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 Established June 1931 Established June 1931
  
-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 Pbst Office). Prospective members and visitors are invited to visit the Club on any Wednesday. To advertise in this magazine please contact the Business Manager.+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 2814\\ +|EDITOR:| Patrick James, PO Box 170, Kogarah 2217. Telephone 588 2814| 
-BUSINESS MANAGER Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Cres, Hornsby Heights 2077 Telephone 476 6531\\ +|BUSINESS MANAGER:| Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Cres, Hornsby Heights 2077 Telephone 476 6531| 
-PRODUCTION MANAGER Helen Gray - Telephone 86 6263\\ +|PRODUCTION MANAGER:| Helen Gray - Telephone 86 6263| 
-TYPIST: Kath Brown\\ +|TYPIST:| Kath Brown| 
-ILLUSTRATOR: Morag Ryder\\ +|ILLUSTRATOR:| Morag Ryder| 
-PRINTERS: Kenn Clacher & Morag Ryder\\+|PRINTERS:| Kenn Clacher & Morag Ryder|
  
 ===== JULY 1988 ===== ===== JULY 1988 =====
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 Having tired of being deafened, we hastened into John Porter's car and set off for our starting point where the trail crosses the upper reaches of the Forbes and shortly thereafter reaches the 'Racecourse'. We ceremoniously weighed our packs, which varied from 27 to 42 lb (guess who took that honour) and started off. Having tired of being deafened, we hastened into John Porter's car and set off for our starting point where the trail crosses the upper reaches of the Forbes and shortly thereafter reaches the 'Racecourse'. We ceremoniously weighed our packs, which varied from 27 to 42 lb (guess who took that honour) and started off.
  
-At first the going was es we sighted trout in a large pooy, open, and more or less level, the stream gentle. Shortly we sighted trout in a large pool. Soon Soon it became more scrubby and we took to the river bed. After two hours we rounded a corner and there we were, looking down the throat of a small canyon, quite unexpectedly, at a beautiful pool beyond, with the water crashing into it in about a 10 metre waterfall. Negotiating our way down to the pool, we made an obvious lunch spot, swam, and fed the skinks peanut butter and squashed flies. One thought my finger tasted better!+At first the going was es we sighted trout in a large pool, open, and more or less level, the stream gentle. Shortly we sighted trout in a large pool. Soon Soon it became more scrubby and we took to the river bed. After two hours we rounded a corner and there we were, looking down the throat of a small canyon, quite unexpectedly, at a beautiful pool beyond, with the water crashing into it in about a 10 metre waterfall. Negotiating our way down to the pool, we made an obvious lunch spot, swam, and fed the skinks peanut butter and squashed flies. One thought my finger tasted better!
  
-After lunch the rock hopping started and remained for most of the rest of the trip. One spot worthy of note, not long before camp, a fascinating rock formation featuring parallel roupded ribs of rock between which ran the several shallow channels of the river. On one side was a huge overhanging wall of black rock and around everything the rain forest.+After lunch the rock hopping started and remained for most of the rest of the trip. One spot worthy of note, not long before camp, a fascinating rock formation featuring parallel rounded ribs of rock between which ran the several shallow channels of the river. On one side was a huge overhanging wall of black rock and around everything the rain forest.
  
-We found a good spot to camp but it was already occupied by six members of SPAN, one of whoilhad been a prospective with SBW. Problem - to find another spot in the area of limited camping sites. We found a not so bad one a little way up a ridge which was not exatly level but good enough and we settled in for the night.+We found a good spot to camp but it was already occupied by six members of SPAN, one of who had been a prospective with SBW. Problem - to find another spot in the area of limited camping sites. We found a not so bad one a little way up a ridge which was not exactly level but good enough and we settled in for the night.
  
 When darkness came down and we settled into our beds the bush seemed to come alive. There were scrapings and rustling everywhere around us. By torch I examined two visitors at close range - a huge cockroach which found us straddled across its usual hunting ground, and later an equally large beetle which tried to hide under my 'pillow' upon being illuminated. This character was startlingly beautiful, having large bright orange stripes alternating with black across its body. These two creatures of the night were redirected on their way and scurried off into the night, presumably in search of either a mate or food. When darkness came down and we settled into our beds the bush seemed to come alive. There were scrapings and rustling everywhere around us. By torch I examined two visitors at close range - a huge cockroach which found us straddled across its usual hunting ground, and later an equally large beetle which tried to hide under my 'pillow' upon being illuminated. This character was startlingly beautiful, having large bright orange stripes alternating with black across its body. These two creatures of the night were redirected on their way and scurried off into the night, presumably in search of either a mate or food.
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 by Jim Brown by Jim Brown
  
-Not only the Australian Aborigines, who advanced Australia Fair for perhaps 40,000 years, but also the Poms who came along about 200 years ago to show them how to do it properly, seem to have had trouble with words including (and particularly words comencing with) "k" and "g" - or, to be strictly correct, the sounds those letters are intended to convey.+Not only the Australian Aborigines, who advanced Australia Fair for perhaps 40,000 years, but also the Poms who came along about 200 years ago to show them how to do it properly, seem to have had trouble with words including (and particularly words commencing with) "k" and "g" - or, to be strictly correct, the sounds those letters are intended to convey.
  
 One may fairly ask "What's the problem about 'k' and ‘g'?" Well, apparently there is quite an affinity. Any writer of Isaac Pitman's shorthand will know that. His method is based on sounds rather than the printed letters. He focusses on the way lips, tongue and teeth go about producing the sounds and in the cases of "k" and "g" points out that we speak them in exactly the same way, with the proviso that "g" is slightly more emphatic, more forcibly uttered. Thus in shorthand the sound "k" is represented by a light stroke, and "g" by the same symbol but written heavily. Several other consonants can be paired in the same way - for example "t" and "d" or "p" and "b". One may fairly ask "What's the problem about 'k' and ‘g'?" Well, apparently there is quite an affinity. Any writer of Isaac Pitman's shorthand will know that. His method is based on sounds rather than the printed letters. He focusses on the way lips, tongue and teeth go about producing the sounds and in the cases of "k" and "g" points out that we speak them in exactly the same way, with the proviso that "g" is slightly more emphatic, more forcibly uttered. Thus in shorthand the sound "k" is represented by a light stroke, and "g" by the same symbol but written heavily. Several other consonants can be paired in the same way - for example "t" and "d" or "p" and "b".
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 O Don't forget the Club Auction on 27th July. Charlie Brown is the auctioneer. Come along for a fun evening but bring lots of goodies and your cash! O Don't forget the Club Auction on 27th July. Charlie Brown is the auctioneer. Come along for a fun evening but bring lots of goodies and your cash!
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