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-YDNEY BUSHWALKER +====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ======
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-A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, Box 4476 GPO, Sydney 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.45 pm at the Ella Community Centre, 58a Dalhousie Street, Haberfield (next to the Post Office). Prospective members and visitors are invited to visit the Club on any Wednesday. To advertise in this magazine please contact the Business Manager. +
-EDITOR Patrick James, PO Box 170, Kogarah 2217 +
-Telephone 588 2614 +
-BUSINESS MANAGER Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Cres., Hornsby Heights 2077 Telephone 476 6531 +
-PRODUCTION MANAGER Helen Gray - Telephone 86 6263 +
-TYPIST ILLUSTRATOR PRINTERS +
-Kath Brown +
-Morag Ryder +
-Kenn Clacher & Morag Ryder +
-JUNE, 1988  +
-Wandering in Wollemi National Park +
-Sheila Binns, Honorary Member SBW Recollections of Charlie Brown's +
-Christys Creek to Arabanoo Creek Trip Myrmecia +
-Annual Subscriptions 1988 +
-A Few Thoughts From Victoria +
-The May General Meeting +
-Federation Meeting Report May & Rogaine Letter to the Editor Spring Walks Program Volley Foot +
-Footnotes +
-Page +
-by Christina Steers 2 +
-3 +
-Jack Higgs 4 +
-Anon 7 +
--7 +
-Sandra Bardwell 8 +
-Barry Wallace 9 +
-Spiro Hajinakitas 11 +
-Hans Stichter 12 +
-John Porter 13 +
-Dr. Mac 13 +
-14 +
-Advertisements  +
-Canoe & Camping Gladesville 6 +
-Eastwood Camping Centre 10 +
-Belvedere Taxis Blackheath 12 +
-(Deadline for July issue - Articles 29 June, Notes 6 July) +
-Page 2 The Sydney Bushwalker June, 1988+
  
-WANDERING  IN WOLLEMI NATIONAL PARK+Established June 1931. 
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 +A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, Box 4476 GPO, Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday from 7.45 pm at the Ella Community Centre, 58a Dalhousie Street, Haberfield (next to Post Office). Prospective members and visitors are invited to visit the Club on any Wednesday. To advertise in this magazine please contact the Business Manager. 
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 +|**Editor**|Patrick James, P.O. Box 170, Kogarah, 2217. Telephone 588 2614.| 
 +|**Business Manager**|Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Cres., Hornsby Heights, 2077. Telephone 476 6531.| 
 +|**Production Manager**|Helen Gray - Telephone 86 8263.| 
 +|**Typist**|Kath Brown.| 
 +|**Illustrators**|Morag Ryder.| 
 +|**Printers**|Kenn Clacher & Morag Ryder.| 
 + 
 +=== June 1988 === 
 + 
 +===== In This Issue: ===== 
 +  
 +| | |Page| 
 +|Wandering in Wollemi National Park|Christina Steers| 2| 
 +|Sheila Binns, Honorary Member SBW| | 3| 
 +|Recollections of Charlie Brown's Christys Creek to Arabanoo Creek Trip|Jack Higgs| 4| 
 +|Myrmecia|Anon| 7| 
 +|Annual Subscriptions 1988| | 7| 
 +|A Few Thoughts From Victoria|Sandra Bardwell| 8| 
 +|The May General Meeting|Barry Wallace| 9| 
 +|Federation Meeting Report May & Rogaine|Spiro Hajinakitas|11| 
 +|Letter to the Editor|Hans Stichter|12| 
 +|Spring Walks Program|John Porter|13| 
 +|Volley Foot|Dr. Mac|13| 
 +|Footnotes| |14| 
 + 
 +===== Advertisements: ===== 
 + 
 +| |Page| 
 +|Canoe & Camping Gladesville| 6| 
 +|Eastwood Camping Centre|10| 
 +|Belvedere Taxis Blackheath|12| 
 + 
 + 
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 + 
 +===== Wondering In The Wollemi. =====
  
 by Christina Steers by Christina Steers
  
 One Saturday morning in February 1988, eleven members of the Sydney Bush Walkers made direction from Mount Irvine for Tesselated Hill and Bungleboori Junction on the Wollongambe River, a distance of approximately 8 km and listed as a medium overnight walk. The day was overcast and misty, and drifts of rain blotted out the views. One Saturday morning in February 1988, eleven members of the Sydney Bush Walkers made direction from Mount Irvine for Tesselated Hill and Bungleboori Junction on the Wollongambe River, a distance of approximately 8 km and listed as a medium overnight walk. The day was overcast and misty, and drifts of rain blotted out the views.
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 A route was found down to the junction with the use of a rope on one tricky section. Dislodged rocks were a problem, and shouted warnings were frequent. A route was found down to the junction with the use of a rope on one tricky section. Dislodged rocks were a problem, and shouted warnings were frequent.
  
-Soon after making camp amongst rocks at the river's edge,.the rain thundered down. A fly shelter was erected near the fire, where a hot toddy of rum and lemon barley water was prepared to warm us. A cup was delivered to my tent, where I lay snug as night descended.+Soon after making camp amongst rocks at the river's edge, the rain thundered down. A fly shelter was erected near the fire, where a hot toddy of rum and lemon barley water was prepared to warm us. A cup was delivered to my tent, where I lay snug as night descended.
  
 Day dawned with little promise but no rain as yet, but after we ascended the ridge at the point of the junction, making for Lost Flat Mountain, the mist floated down. Colours were intensified, as drizzle dampened the gum tree trunks, creating patterns varying in shades from rose to mustard. Day dawned with little promise but no rain as yet, but after we ascended the ridge at the point of the junction, making for Lost Flat Mountain, the mist floated down. Colours were intensified, as drizzle dampened the gum tree trunks, creating patterns varying in shades from rose to mustard.
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 A large black kettle was boiling on their fire, which we were welcome to, provided we had the tea or coffee. The men were grateful for a cup, and also a map, and the promise to build a cairn at the point of departure from the creek, up river. We crossed the waist-deep Wollongambe River, and continued upstream to an unnamed creek. This was a bush-lover's delight, even in the eerie light of dusk, with green, mossy rocks, ferns and cascades. A large black kettle was boiling on their fire, which we were welcome to, provided we had the tea or coffee. The men were grateful for a cup, and also a map, and the promise to build a cairn at the point of departure from the creek, up river. We crossed the waist-deep Wollongambe River, and continued upstream to an unnamed creek. This was a bush-lover's delight, even in the eerie light of dusk, with green, mossy rocks, ferns and cascades.
-We negotiated a high waterfall in the rapidly fading light, sidling along a narrow rock ledge above the deep pool below, then up with a rope and a hand-hold to the top of the waterfall, which we traversed on hands and knees under a rock overhang. From then an we depended on our night vision, or a white sandshoe one step ahead. The weird blue light of many glow-worms added enchantment to the drama. Only at the last were torches produced from wet pockets or the deep cavities of rucksacks, to light our way over boulders.+ 
 +We negotiated a high waterfall in the rapidly fading light, sidling along a narrow rock ledge above the deep pool below, then up with a rope and a hand-hold to the top of the waterfall, which we traversed on hands and knees under a rock overhang. From then on we depended on our night vision, or a white sandshoe one step ahead. The weird blue light of many glow-worms added enchantment to the drama. Only at the last were torches produced from wet pockets or the deep cavities of rucksacks, to light our way over boulders.
  
 Fortunately a log in the stream bed, familiar to the leader, had not budged, and a small cairn was built as promised. We ascended the hillside rapidly with torches held in our mouths, but we were beaten at the top by a cliff-face which gave nothing away. Fortunately a log in the stream bed, familiar to the leader, had not budged, and a small cairn was built as promised. We ascended the hillside rapidly with torches held in our mouths, but we were beaten at the top by a cliff-face which gave nothing away.
  
-At 10 pm, those who had said that there was no question but thatthey had to be back in Sydney that night, had weakened, and dying batteries were the deciding factor. A convenient low cave and overhang to accommodate all eleven of us materialised, for which we were enormously grateful. Food and water were in short supply, but everyone had a nibble before we settled down in the cold, still night. For an hour I shivered in my damp thermal jacket and light sleeping bag, then made a frantic, noisy search for my few remaining leathery apricots which miraculously warmed me.+At 10 pm, those who had said that there was no question but that they had to be back in Sydney that night, had weakened, and dying batteries were the deciding factor. A convenient low cave and overhang to accommodate all eleven of us materialised, for which we were enormously grateful. Food and water were in short supply, but everyone had a nibble before we settled down in the cold, still night. For an hour I shivered in my damp thermal jacket and light sleeping bag, then made a frantic, noisy search for my few remaining leathery apricots which miraculously warmed me. 
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 +We were up at first light, pulling on soggy clothing, then in high spirits made our way rapidly up through the rock face. By 9 am we were on the Mount Wilson - Mount Irvine bitumen road where one of the cars was parked. Whilst drivers motored off, we built a fire and reminisced over our recent challenging experiences.
  
--We were up at first light, pulling on soggy clothing, then in high spirits made our way rapidly up through the rock face. By 9 am we were on the Mount Wilson-Mount Irvine bitumen road where one of the cars was parked. Whilst drivers motored off, we built a fire and reminisced over our recent challenging experiences.+The leadership was commendable. Oliver was also cold, tired and hungry, but maintained his calm as he reconnoitred the way ahead. We came through unscathed and reassured that it is no great disaster to have an unscheduled night in the bush. It is just wise to carry emergency rations - and to protect wrist watches. Two were lost while scrambling up the creek.
  
-The leadership was commendable. Oliver was also cold, tired and-hungry, but maintained his calm as he reconnoitred the way ahead. We came through unscathed and reassured that it is no great disaster to have an unscheduled night in the bush. It is just wise to carry emergency rations - and to protect wrist watches. Two were lost while scrambling up the creek.+Note:- This SBW walk was first published in the CMW magazine. ED.
  
-NOTE:- This SSW walk was first published in the CMW magazine. ED.+----
  
 ===== Sheila Binns, Honorary Member SBW ===== ===== Sheila Binns, Honorary Member SBW =====
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-===== Recollections of Charlie Brown's Christys Creek to Arabanoo Creek Trip =====+===== Recollections of Charlie Brown's Christys Creek to Arabanoo Creek Trip. =====
  
 by Jack Higgs by Jack Higgs
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