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-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER +====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== 
-'Established Jae 1931 + 
-ON HE AYgHEO +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 +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 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. 
-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 +|**Editor**|Patrick James, PO Box 170, Kogarah, 2217. Telephone 588 2614.| 
-BUSINESS MANAGER +|**Business Manager**|Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Cres., Hornsby Heights, 2077. Telephone 476 6531.| 
-PRODUCTION MANAGER TYPIST +|**Production Manager**|Helen Gray - telephone 86 8263.| 
-ILLUSTRATOR PRINTERS +|**Typist**|Kath Brown.| 
-Patrick James, Box 4476 GPO, Sydney, 2001 Telephone 588 2614 +|**Illustrators**|Morag Ryder.| 
-Anita DOherty, 2 Marine Crescent, Hornsby Heights Telephone 476 6531,1 2077 +|**Printers**|Morag Ryder, Barrie Murdoch, Les Powell.| 
-Helen Gray - Telephone 86 6263 + 
-Kath Brown +=== February 1989 === 
-Morag Ryder + 
-[brag Ryder, Barrie Murdoch, Les Powell +===== In This Issue: ===== 
-FEBRUARY 1989 +  
-Page +| | |Page| 
-National +|No Power Line Through Kanangra-Boyd National Park|Alex Colley| 2| 
-by Alex Colley Frank Rigby Ainslie Morris (& Mike Reynolds +|The Campsite|Frank Rigby| 3| 
-Ian Debert +|Walking in England & Wales - Part 5. Offa's Dyke Path, Wales|Ainslie Morris & Mike Reynolds| 4| 
-No Power Line Through Kanangp7Boyd Park +|Social Report February|Ian Debert| 7| 
-The Campsite +|Notice - the Treasurer| | 7| 
-Walking in England & Wales - Part 5 Offals Dyke Path, Wales Social Report February +|The January General Meeting|Barry Wallace| 9| 
-Natice - the Treasurer +|Fedn. B.W.Clubs NSW - January Meeting|Spiro Hajinakitas|10| 
-The January General Meeting Fedn. B.W.Clubs NSW - January Coolana +|Coolana|Patrick James|11| 
-The Bundeena to Little Marley Footnotes +|The Bundeena to Little Marley Easy Walk|Errol Sheedy|13| 
-Barry Wallace Spiro Hajinakitas Patrick James Errol Sheedy +|Footnotes| |14| 
-2 + 
-3 +===== Advertisements: ===== 
-4 + 
-7 +| |Page| 
-7 +|Eastwood Camping Centre| 8| 
-9 +|Belvedere Taxis - Blackheath|10| 
-10 +|Canoe & Camping - Gladesville & Kogarah Bay|12| 
-11 + 
-13 +Deadline for March Issue - Articles 22 February, Notes 1 March 1989. 
-14 +Deadline for April Issue - Articles 22 March, Notes 5 April 1989. 
-Meeting + 
-Easy Walk +---- 
-Advertisements + 
-Eastwood Camping Centre +===== No Power Line Through Kanangra-Boyd National Park. ===== 
-Belvedere Taxis - Blackheath +
-Canoe & Camping - Gladesville & Kogarah Bay +
-Deadline for March Issue - Articles 22 February, Notes I March 1989 " April 11 IP 22 March, Notes 5 April 1989 +
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-Page 2 The Sydney Bushwalker February 1989 +
-NO POWER LINE THROUGH KANANGRA-BOYD NATIONAL PARK +
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 by Alex Colley by Alex Colley
-When Mount ARmour and the Boyd Plateau were added to Kanangra/Boyd National Park following. the most strenuous and widely publicised conservation campaign in the State's history prior to 1975, conservationists believed that the Kanangra/Boyd wilderness was saved. Eleven years later, + 
-however, in 1986, it was learned that construction of the Mount PiperMarulan power line through the Park was under consideration. +When Mount Armour and the Boyd Plateau were added to Kanangra/Boyd National Park following the most strenuous and widely publicised conservation campaign in the State's history prior to 1975, conservationists believed that the Kanangra/Boyd wilderness was saved. Eleven years later, however, in 1986, it was learned that construction of the Mount Piper - Marulan power line through the Park was under consideration. 
-The Electricity Commission acted with commendable regard to public interest. It commissioned an independent Environmental Impact Study by + 
-Kinhill-Stearns and invited submissions from all intereste4 parties. Kinhill-Stearns delineated four possible corridors for the route of the power line, and after prolonged and extensive research and consultation with the Colong Foundation and other interested parties, recommended a route passing west of the park. +The Electricity Commission acted with commendable regard to public interest. It commissioned an independent Environmental Impact Study by Kinhill-Stearns and invited submissions from all interested parties. Kinhill-Stearns delineated four possible corridors for the route of the power line, and after prolonged and extensive research and consultation with the Colong Foundation and other interested parties, recommended a route passing west of the park. 
-In normal circumstances this would have been the end of the matter, but there was a change of Government and grazing interests in the Oberon district sought to have the line put through public instead of private lands. They meant through the Park. This would have necessitated a new EIS at a + 
-cost of $1 million, plus adding $5-10 million to the cost of construction. No time was lost in requesting the Hon Tim Moore, Minister for Conservation, to afford interim protection to the Park by invoking section 59 of the +In normal circumstances this would have been the end of the matter, but there was a change of Government and grazing interests in the Oberon district sought to have the line put through public instead of private lands. They meant through the Park. This would have necessitated a new EIS at a cost of $1 million, plus adding $5-10 million to the cost of construction. No time was lost in requesting the Hon Tim Moore, Minister for Conservation, to afford interim protection to the Park by invoking section 59 of the National Parks Act. It could also have been protected under section 7 of the Wilderness Act. These provisions were in the Acts to counter just such threats. As an additional protection, the Colong Foundation nominated the Kanangra/Boyd wilderness for investigation by the NPWS under the provisions of the Wilderness Act. 
-National Parks Act. It could also have been protected under section 7 of + 
-the Wilderness Act. These provisions were in the Acts to counter just such +In November last year Mr Pickard, Minister for Minerals and Energy, decided to adhere to the recommended route. He made it clear, however, that the decision was not influenced by concern for the integrity of parks or wilderness, but because he was bound by the decision of the previous Government. "Decisions" he wrote, "may have been forced upon the Electricity Commission by their political masters of the day... Economic argument considered in the environmental debate disadvantaged the local people." He concluded that "Given the impossible position we inherited from the previous Government whose decisions put people last, I have no other option." 
-threats. As an additional protection, the Colong Foundation nominated the Kanangra/Boyd wilderness for investigation by the NPWS under the provisions of the Wilderness Act. + 
-In November last year Mr Pickard, Minister for Minerals and Energy, decided to adhere to the recommended route. He made it clear, however, +The Colong Foundation replied to this letter pointing out that the choice of the preferred route was made on environmental, not property ownership grounds (as stated in the EIS). It pointed out that the Park was available to all the people of New South Wales and visitors from beyond and its preservation should outweigh the wishes of individual land owners, provided they were adequately compensated for any adverse effect on their properties. It is difficult to comprehend how a power line would affect the carrying capacity of a grazing property. 
-that the decision was not influenced by concern for the integrity of parks or wilderness, but because he was bound by the decision of the previous + 
-Government. "Decisions" he wrote, "may have been forced upon the. Electric- +---- 
-ity Commission by their political masters of the day Economic argument + 
-considered in the environmental debate disadvantaged the local people." He concluded that "Given the impossible position we inherited from the previous Government whose decisions put people last, I have no other option." +===== The Campsite. ===== 
-The Colong Foundation replied to this letter pointing out that the choice of the preferred route was made on environmental, not property ownership grounds (as stated in the EIS). It pointed out that the Park was available to all the people of New South Wales and visitors from beyond and its preservation should outweigh the wishes of individual land owners, provided they were adequately compensated for any adverse effect on their + 
-properties. It is difficult to comprehend how a power line would affect the carrying capacity of a grazing property. +by Frank Rigby 
-* * * * * * * * + 
-February 1989 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 3 +"At five o'clock we should start to look for a campsite." It was agreed. It seemed we would need lots of time to find one. 
-THE CAMPSITE  by Frank Rigby +
-"At five o'clock we should start to look for a campsite." It was agreed. It seemed +
-we would need lots of time to find one.+
 The creek was pretty in places but its rocky bed was difficult to walk. I wondered whether we were making good one kilometre in an hour. Probably not. There was no sign that anyone had ever been there before for even where some unpassable obstacle forced us to the banks the bush gave no clues of a previous passage. In hours of walking we had noticed only one possible campsite and that was set well away from the creek. It was also rather gloomy because the rainforest pressed closely on all sides and barely any sky could be glimpsed through the canopy above. The creek was pretty in places but its rocky bed was difficult to walk. I wondered whether we were making good one kilometre in an hour. Probably not. There was no sign that anyone had ever been there before for even where some unpassable obstacle forced us to the banks the bush gave no clues of a previous passage. In hours of walking we had noticed only one possible campsite and that was set well away from the creek. It was also rather gloomy because the rainforest pressed closely on all sides and barely any sky could be glimpsed through the canopy above.
-At five o'clock exactly we stumbled upon it. A clear level space, just large enough for one tent, appeared at the edge of a small pool. Why it was clar, apart from some cutting grass, was impossible to tell; there seemed no obvious reason. But the place of our overnight camp was set, there was nothing else. I flattened the cutting grass by stamping on it + 
-and minutes later it took its revenge by drawing blood as I put up the tent, one side open to the pool. On some shingle at the water's edge nearby we managed to light a small fire and the customary hot rum and lemon was appreciated even more than usual. +At five o'clock exactly we stumbled upon it. A clear level space, just large enough for one tent, appeared at the edge of a small pool. Why it was clear, apart from some cutting grass, was impossible to tell; there seemed no obvious reason. But the place of our overnight camp was set, there was nothing else. I flattened the cutting grass by stamping on it and minutes later it took its revenge by drawing blood as I put up the tent, one side open to the pool. On some shingle at the water's edge nearby we managed to light a small fire and the customary hot rum and lemon was appreciated even more than usual. 
-After we had eaten I stood up to look around me in the gathering dusk. What a surprise! Behind our fireplace little flashing lights were flitting back and forth just a few metres away. It was magic. "Just look at this. Fireflies everywhere. Who could have imagined such a thing in the daylight?" In my mind the campsite had suddenly assumed a new status, from something merely pleasant to something rather special. "All we need now are some glow-worms," said Joan, looking over to the opposite bank of the pool. Indeed, it seemed a likely place + 
-for the bank rose vertically from the water and was covered with moss and ferns; I remembered how pretty it had looked when we had first arrived. But nothing special was now to be seen so we retired to the tent and must have fallen asleep within minutes. +After we had eaten I stood up to look around me in the gathering dusk. What a surprise! Behind our fireplace little flashing lights were flitting back and forth just a few metres away. It was magic. "Just look at this. Fireflies everywhere. Who could have imagined such a thing in the daylight?" In my mind the campsite had suddenly assumed a new status, from something merely pleasant to something rather special. "All we need now are some glow-worms," said Joan, looking over to the opposite bank of the pool. Indeed, it seemed a likely place for the bank rose vertically from the water and was covered with moss and ferns; I remembered how pretty it had looked when we had first arrived. But nothing special was now to be seen so we retired to the tent and must have fallen asleep within minutes. 
-I was prodded gently in the ribs. I'm sure I would have complained at such treatment + 
-but it did me no good beOause I was prodded again, this time with some vigour. It was pitch +I was prodded gently in the ribs. I'm sure I would have complained at such treatment but it did me no good because I was prodded again, this time with some vigour. It was pitch dark, surely not time to get up yet. "I'm making no apologies," whispered Joan, "you have to see this. It's like looking at the stars without looking at the sky." "What time is it?" I asked, still trying to figure out what was going on. "About one o'clock. Now stop grumbling and sit up." Slowly I did as I was told and then I understood. Pinpoints of brilliant light shone steadily from somewhere in the inky blackness outside the tent. The mossy bank, of course! Joan was right; it was just like looking up at the stars on one of those clear moonless nights in the bush. It was beautiful, fascinating. Glow-worms in all their glory! 
-dark, surely not time to get up yet. "I'm making no apologies," whispered Joan, "you HAVE to + 
-see this. It's like looking at the stars without looking at the sky." "What time is it?" +"Well, what do you think of that?" I finally managed to say. "If you remember, I did make a wish for them. This is the fulfilment." 
-I asked, still trying to figure out what was going on. "About one olclOck. Now stop +
-grumbling and sit up." Slowly I did as I was told and then I understood. Pinpoints of brilliant light shone steadily from somewhere in the inky blackness outside the tent. The mossy bank, of course! Joan was right; it was just like looking up at the stars on one of +
-those clear moonless nights in the bush. It was beautiful, fascinating. Glow-worms in all +
-their glory! +
-"Well, what do you think of that?" I finally managed to say. "If you remember, I did +
-make a wish for them. This is the fulfilment."+
 "Remarkable." It was the only word that would come out of me. "Remarkable." It was the only word that would come out of me.
-############ + 
-Page 4 The Sydney Bushwalker February 1989+---- 
 + 
 WALKING IN ENGLAND AND WALES WALKING IN ENGLAND AND WALES
 PARTS  by Ainslie Morris PARTS  by Ainslie Morris
 & Mike Reynolds & Mike Reynolds
 OFFA'S DYKE PATH WALES OFFA'S DYKE PATH WALES
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 Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a King called Offa. He was the king of Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was a King called Offa. He was the king of
 Mercia (central England) and reigned from 757 to 796. He built (or rather, he coerced the peasants to build) a dyke to demarcate a frontier between Wales and England. The "marc" or march ran in a fairly straight line 271 km from the Severn River estuary to the North Wales coast, and this is the route of the present-day long-distance path. The dyke is an earthwork, far from continuous even wlien built, and at its highest is a twelve foot bank above Mercia (central England) and reigned from 757 to 796. He built (or rather, he coerced the peasants to build) a dyke to demarcate a frontier between Wales and England. The "marc" or march ran in a fairly straight line 271 km from the Severn River estuary to the North Wales coast, and this is the route of the present-day long-distance path. The dyke is an earthwork, far from continuous even wlien built, and at its highest is a twelve foot bank above
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