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+====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ======
-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
+Established June 1931.
-Street, Haberfield (next to the Post Office). Prospective members and
-visitors are invited to visit the Club on any Wednesday. To advertise
+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.
-in this magazine please contact the Business Manager.
-EDITOR (for this issue) Patrick James, Box 4476 GPO, Sydney 2001
+----
-Morag Ryder,. Box 347 PO, Gladesville 2111 Telephone 809 4241
-Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Crest.Hornsby Heights Telephone 476 6531 2077 Helen Gray, Telephone 86 6263
+|**Editor (for this issue)**|Patrick James, Box 4476 GPO, Sydney 2001.|
-Kath Brown
+|**New Editor**|Morag Ryder, Box 347 PO, Gladesville 2111. Telephone 809 4241.|
-Morag Ryder
+|**Business Manager**|Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Crest., Hornsby Heights, 2077. Telephone 476 6531.|
-Barrie Murdoch, Kenn Clacher, Les Powell
+|**Production Manager**|Helen Gray - telephone 86 8263.|
-NEW EDITOR
+|**Typist**|Kath Brown.|
-BUSINESS MANAGER
+|**Illustrators**|Morag Ryder.|
-PRODUCTION MANAGER
+|**Printers**|Barrie Murdoch, Kenn Clacher, Les Powell.|
-TYPIST
-ILLUSTRATOR PRINTERS
+=== March 1989 ===
-MARCH 1989
-Office Bearers & Committee Members 1989 The Dusky Track - The South Island of New Zealand
+===== In This Issue: =====
-In Memorium - Wally Roots
-What's in a Name - The Aboriginal Guns Advice on Equipment and Clothing Said the Leader "Hours Behind"
+| | |Page|
-"Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" Fedn.B.W. Clubs NSW - February Meeting The February General Meeting
+|Office Bearers & Committee Members 1989| | 2|
-Footnotes
+|The Dusky Track - The South Island of New Zealand|Jim Oxley| 3|
-SIN Annual Subscriptions 1989
+|In Memorium - Wally Roots|Dot Butler| 4|
-Page
+|What's in a Name - The Aboriginal Guns|Jim Brown| 5|
+|Advice on Equipment and Clothing|Don Finch| 7|
-by Jim Oxley 3
+|Said the Leader "Hours Behind"|Barrie Murdoch|10|
-Dot Butler 4
+|"Where Have All the Leaders Gone?"|Kath Brown|11|
-Jim Brown
+|Fedn.B.W. Clubs NSW - February Meeting|Spiro Hajinakitas|12|
-Don Finch 7
+|The February General Meeting|Barry Wallace|13|
-Barrie Murdoch 10
+|Footnotes| |14|
-Kath Brown 11
+|SBW Annual Subscriptions 1989| |14|
-Spiro Hajinakitas 12
-Barry Wallace 13
+===== Advertisements: =====
+| |Page|
-Advertisements
+|Canoe & Camping - Gladesville & Kogarah Bay| 6|
-Canoe & CAmping - Gladesville & Kogarah Bay Eastwood Camping Centre
+|Eastwood Camping Centre| 9|
-Belvedere Taxis - Blackheath
+|Belvedere Taxis - Blackheath|12|
-Deadline for April issue - Articles 29 March, Notes 5 April " May 26 April, 3 May
+Deadline for April Issue - Articles 29 March, Notes 5 April 1989.
+Deadline for May Issue - Articles 26 April, Notes 3 May 1989.
-Page 2 The Sydney Bushwalker March 1989
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-S.B.W OFFICE BEARERS & COMMITTEE 1989
+===== S.B.W Office Bearers & Committee 1989. =====
 The following Office Bearers and Committee Members as well as other Club workers were elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Club held on Wednesday, 8th March, 1989:-
-President * Don Finch 88 1035
-Vice-President * Kenn Clacher 419 2973
+|President|Don Finch*|88 1035|
-Public Officer * Barbara Bruce 546 6570
+|Vice-President|Kenn Clacher*|419 2973|
-Treasurer * Spiro Hajinakitas 332 3452
+|Public Officer|Barbara Bruce*|546 6570|
-Secretary * Deborah Shapira 439 7555 (B)
+|Treasurer|Spiro Hajinakitas*|332 3452|
-Walks Secretary * John Porter 797 9784
+|Secretary|Deborah Shapira*|439 7555 (B)|
-Social Secretary * Carol Bruce
+|Walks Secretary|John Porter*|797 9784|
-New Members Secretary * Carol Lubbers 699 5450
+|Social Secretary|Carol Bruce*| |
-Conservation Secretary * Alex Colley 44 2707
+|New Members Secretary|Carol Lubbers*|699 5450|
-Magazine Editor * Morag Ryder 809 4241
+|Conservation Secretary|Alex Colley*|44 2707|
-Membership Secretary * Oliver Crawford 44 1685
+|Magazine Editor|Morag Ryder*|809 4241|
-Committee Members  Wendy Lippiat
+|Membership Secretary|Oliver Crawford*|44 1685|
- Maurie Bloom 2 Delegates to Federation  Gordon Lee
+|2 Committee Members|Wendy Lippiat*| |
- Geoff Bridger
+| |Maurie Bloom*| |
-Federation Delegates
+|2 Delegates to Federation|Gordon Lee*| |
-(not on Committee) Jim Percy John Porter
+| |Geoff Bridger*| |
-Magazine Business Manager Anita Doherty
+|2 Federation Delegates (not on Committee)|Jim Percy| |
-Magazine Production Manager Helen Gray
+| |John Porter| |
-Printer Kenn Clacher (and others) Assistant New Members
+|Magazine Business Manager|Anita Doherty| |
-Secretary Narelle Lovell
+|Magazine Production Manager|Helen Gray| |
-Archivist Ainslie Morris
+|Printer|Kenn Clacher (and others)| |
-Solicitor Barrie Murdoch
+|Assistant New Members Secretary|Narelle Lovell| |
-Auditor Tony Marshall
+|Archivist|Ainslie Morris|428 3178|
-Search & Rescue Contacts Hans Stichter
+|Solicitor|Barrie Murdoch|498 7834|
-Don Finch
+|Auditor|Tony Marshall| |
-Bob Younger Kosciusko Huts Assn. Delegates Jim Percy
+|Search & Rescue Contacts|Hans Stichter (688 3050)|
-Ray Hookway Transport Officer Les Powell
+| |Don Finch (88 1035)| |
-NOTE: All Club workers are honorary. Indicates members of Committee.
+| |Bob Younger (57 1158)| |
-3178
+|Kosciusko Huts Assn. Delegates|Jim Percy| |
-7834
+| |Ray Hookway| |
-3050
+|Transport Officer|Les Powell|389 9968|
-1035
-1158
+Note: All Club workers are honorary. * Indicates members of Committee.
-9968
-ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS - See Page 14
+Annual Subscritptions - See Page 14.
-March 1989 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 3
-THE DUSKY TRACK - THE SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
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+===== The Dusky Track - The South Island Of New Zealand. =====
 by Jim Oxley
-"I heard the silence, felt it like something solid, face to face
-And I knew that I had left behind the man-constructed world. Had, alr-es-dy
+"I heard the silence, felt it like something solid, face to face... And I knew that I had left behind the man-constructed world. Had already escaped from a world in which the days are consumed by clocks and dollars and traffic and other people. Had crossed over into a world that was governed by the sun and the wind and the lie of the land. A world in which the things that mattered were the pack on your back and sunlight on rough rocks and the look of the way ahead. A world in which you relied always on yourself... And in that quiet place I felt that I had moved inside the silence."
-escaped from a world in which the days are consumed by clocks and dollars
-and traffic and other people. Had crossed over into a world that was
-governed by the sun and the wind and the lie of the land. A world in which the things that mattered were the pack on your back and sunlight on rough
-rocks and the look of the way ahead. A world in which you relied always
-on yourself And in that quiet place I felt that I had moved inside the
-silence."
 From Halfway Hut Book - Dusky Track.
-As I write I think of Carol, John, Les, Debby and Neil who would surely be on their way - sleeping in Hauroko Burn Hut, recovering from the attentions of the local sandflies. There wouldn't have been much action on the first
-day - just bus, truck and boat, but a few nice views seen along Lake Hauroko.
+As I write I think of Carol, John, Les, Debby and Neil who would surely be on their way - sleeping in Hauroko Burn Hut, recovering from the attentions of the local sandflies. There wouldn't have been much action on the first day - just bus, truck and boat, but a few nice views seen along Lake Hauroko.
 The walk really begins with tomorrow's route to Halfway Hut - not much hardship - just a few beech roots, the odd rise and fall, mud and initiation to three rope bridges - not as bad as they sound.
-The second day is the climax of the trip - the snow grass country
-around Lake Roe Hut. The trip from Halfway Hut is much steeper than yestek-
+The second day is the climax of the trip - the snow grass country around Lake Roe Hut. The trip from Halfway Hut is much steeper than yesterday's, but the snowline and relief from sandflies is enough. A trip to the meadows above completes a happy day - provided it doesn't rain!
-day's, but the snowline and relief from sandflies is enough. A trip to the meadows above completes a happy day - provided it doesn't rain!
 Again, if it doesn't rain, the next day the party may make a trip to Tamatea Peak which will give splendid views west, more than forty kilometres to the sea with magnificent mountain ranges stacked in all directions.
-It will be a real tug when on the fifth day the party descends again below the snowline to the welcoming embrace of the local sandflies. But
-before that they will have further magnificent views along the Pleasant Range and a very rapid descent off it.
+It will be a real tug when on the fifth day the party descends again below the snowline to the welcoming embrace of the local sandflies. But before that they will have further magnificent views along the Pleasant Range and a very rapid descent off it.
-For me the time around Loch Roe was the best part of the trip but there was more, much more, to come. The trip to Dusky Sound was interesting with more mud than before but relief from the sandflies gained with a row in the
-hut boat up Supper Cove. Perhaps they have luck with fiehing - the fish
+For me the time around Loch Roe was the best part of the trip but there was more, much more, to come. The trip to Dusky Sound was interesting with more mud than before but relief from the sandflies gained with a row in the hut boat up Supper Cove. Perhaps they have luck with fiehing - the fish fall on the hook here.
-fall on the hook here.
-The next day should bring more fishing - then the next day, perhaps sick of fish they'll retrace their steps to Loch Maree Hut. They could perhaps continue the same day to Kintail Hut via a very confusing sphagnum
+The next day should bring more fishing - then the next day, perhaps sick of fish they'll retrace their steps to Loch Maree Hut. They could perhaps continue the same day to Kintail Hut via a very confusing sphagnum bog. The mud only gets worse!
-bog. The mud only gets worse!
-It was raining when I crossed Centre Pass last year. As I reached the high point the winds hit me and almost took my breath away as I gazed on rain squalls; waterfalls; wet, grey rocks against wet, grey skies;
+It was raining when I crossed Centre Pass last year. As I reached the high point the winds hit me and almost took my breath away as I gazed on rain squalls; waterfalls; wet, grey rocks against wet, grey skies; produced something magnificent. I hope this year's party has fine weather but not at this point.
-produced something magnificent. I hope this year's party has fine weather
-but not at this point.
+For me the last day seemed an anticlimax except for hot showers while waiting for the ferryman and the shock reunion with "civilization". But enough - enough of "days... consumed by clocks and dollars and traffic and other people". I'm off - off in search of a "way ahead" and again - "inside the silence".
-For me the last day seemed an anticlimax except for hot showers while waiting for the ferryman and the shock reunion with "civilization". But
-enough - enough of "days....consumed by clocks and dollars and traffic and
+(The trip along the Dusky Track by five SBW members this February caused a flood of happy memories for Jim and prompted him to re-walk on paper, his trip. It will be interesting to read and compare the reports from this year's visitors. Editor)
-other people". I'm off - off in search of a "way ahead" and again - "inside the silence".
--X it I*. it if
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-(The trip along the Dusky Track by five SBW members this February caused a flood of happy memories for Jim and prompted him to re-walk on paper, his trip. It will be interesting to read and compare the reports from this year's visitors. EDITOR)
-Page 4 The Sydney Bushwalker March 1989
+===== In Memorium - Wally Roots. =====
-IN MEMORIUM - WALLY ROOTS by Dot autler
+by Dot Butler
 The death occurred on 24th February 1989 of Walter J. Roots, aged 84, while on a visit to Tasmania.
-As a young man he was a member of No. 7 Patrol of the Bondi Life Saving Club, along with Harold Chardon and Tom Herbert. (All three became Presidents of the SBW.) Tom persuaded him to join the newly formed Sydney Bush Walkers and very soon he found himself on Committee, holding office as Secretary from 1930 to 1936. He was heavily involved, as a producer and performer, with the Club's entertainments, especially the plays which were produced at the ST. James Theatre annually from 1928 to 1937.
-He had a great love for the bush and introduced his son and four daughters to camp life while they were still infants. His son David was prime mover in the formation of the Sydney Rock Clithbers Club.
+As a young man he was a member of No. 7 Patrol of the Bondi Life Saving Club, along with Harold Chardon and Tom Herbert. (All three became Presidents of the SBW.) Tom persuaded him to join the newly formed Sydney Bush Walkers and very soon he found himself on Committee, holding office as Secretary from 1930 to 1936. He was heavily involved, as a producer and performer, with the Club's entertainments, especially the plays which were produced at the St. James Theatre annually from 1928 to 1937.
+He had a great love for the bush and introduced his son and four daughters to camp life while they were still infants. His son David was prime mover in the formation of the Sydney Rock Climbers Club.
 Wally played a key part in the Club's first conservation efforts. Right from its foundation the Club was involved in trying to preserve some thousands of acres of bushland at Garrawarra as a recreational reserve. When success crowned their efforts Wal was one of the seven trustees appointed to control Garrawarra Park until later it was added to the Royal N.P.
-About the same time the Club was involved with the preservation of Blue Gum Forest. It was necessary to buy out a lessee. Money for this worthy cause was donated by bushwalkers and tree lovers. More than half the required sum came as a loan from Mr. W. J. Cleary. To repay
-Mr. Cleary the Bushwalkers raised money from one of their annual concerts and from the Blue Gum Forest Ball. Wally treasured one of the admission tickets - gum leaves painted blue, artistically inscribed with hand lettering. Together with the repayment cheque, Wal, who was a great photographer, presented Mr. Cleary with an album of photos of Blue Gum Forest.
+About the same time the Club was involved with the preservation of Blue Gum Forest. It was necessary to buy out a lessee. Money for this worthy cause was donated by bushwalkers and tree lovers. More than half the required sum came as a loan from Mr. W. J. Cleary. To repay Mr. Cleary the Bushwalkers raised money from one of their annual concerts and from the Blue Gum Forest Ball. Wally treasured one of the admission tickets - gum leaves painted blue, artistically inscribed with hand lettering. Together with the repayment cheque, Wal, who was a great photographer, presented Mr. Cleary with an album of photos of Blue Gum Forest.
 When the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs was formed in 1932 Wally became its first Secretary. Federation was a very vital organisation in those days - with Wally's enthusiasm it could hardly be otherwise.
-In the early days of the Club we had annual Swimming Carnivals at Bushwalkers Basin, and Wal proudly kept the award telling that he was "Diving Champion of the SBW". Another valued item was one of the early maps made by Myles Dunphy. Every Meeting night Myles would bring his Blue Mountains & Burragorang map into the Clubroom, and members who had recently done walks would add their new discoveries or corrections. A limited number of copies were printed
-(some two or three hundred), one of which Wal treasured. Root's Route at Kanangra features on
+In the early days of the Club we had annual Swimming Carnivals at Bushwalkers Basin, and Wal proudly kept the award telling that he was "Diving Champion of the SBW". Another valued item was one of the early maps made by Myles Dunphy. Every Meeting night Myles would bring his Blue Mountains & Burragorang map into the Clubroom, and members who had recently done walks would add their new discoveries or corrections. A limited number of copies were printed (some two or three hundred), one of which Wal treasured. Root's Route at Kanangra features on the map. His bushwalking keepsakes will be a valuable inclusion in the Club Archives.
-the map. His bushwalking keepsakes will be a valuable inclusion in the Club Archives.
 Wal considered the highlight of his walking career to be the discovery of Splendour Rock. The small party had made their way to the end of Mount Dingo from a camp on Warrigal, and Wal had gone on to be confronted by the most fantastic view in the Blue Mountains - most probably the first white man to be on Splendour Rock. Another of his "discoveries" was the "Pirates' Caves" - remarkable formations in the sea cliffs at Catherine Hill Bay.
-In 1936 WAlly was elected President. At the welcoming ceremony at the Annual Reunion Wally, with his flair for the dramatic, had himself ushered on stage by a choir dressed in long white robes and halos and each holding an arum lily, singing -
-"Pure, pure and righteous are we,
+In 1936 Wally was elected President. At the welcoming ceremony at the Annual Reunion Wally, with his flair for the dramatic, had himself ushered on stage by a choir dressed in long white robes and halos and each holding an arum lily, singing -
-We are your Committ-ee.
-Try to be as like us as you can be
+"Pure, pure and righteous are we,\\
-But you'llnever be as pure as our Committ-ee!"
+We are your Committ-ee.\\
+Try to be as like us as you can be\\
+But you'll never be as pure as our Committ-ee!"
 (This was a time when co-tenting was being heatedly debated.)
-The choir drew aside to reveal Wally, robed as Moses Roots, who declaimed his TEN COMMANDMENTS, all of which seemed to hinge on making the life of the President more comfortable.
+The choir drew aside to reveal Wally, robed as Moses Roots, who declaimed his Ten Commandments, all of which seemed to hinge on making the life of the President more comfortable.
 Apart from his bushwalking, Wally was a very successful businessman, and a regular forceful and enthusiastic speaker in the Rostrum Club.
 In his later years the sea became his other love and he joined the Coastal Patrol and spent much of his retirement in his little boat up and down the coast.
 And so we close the book on 84 years of enthusiasm and integrity, more than half of them being directed to bushwalking and the great outdoors. The present day walkers are the beneficiaries. (See also Page 13)
-March 1989 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 5
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 WHAT'S IN A NAME?
 THE ABORIGINAL GUNS by Jim Brown