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====== The Sydney Bushwalker ====== | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker ====== | ||
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A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, | ||
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Phew! And people complain that I'm a tough editor. | Phew! And people complain that I'm a tough editor. | ||
+ | ===== The Storming of Byangee Walls ===== | ||
- | 'IHE STORMEN | + | 16/17 June |
- | 16Z1Lium | + | |
- | LEADER: Wayne Steele | + | by Morag Ryder |
- | FOLLOWERS: Wendy Lippiatt, Brenda Cameron, Kevin Burrows, Sev Sternhell, Jan Mohandas, Morrie Ward, Jim Oxley, Geoff Yewdall, Morag Ryder, Rick King and Steve Bieger | + | |
- | According to conventional wisdom, the only way you can negotiate Pickering | + | |LEADER:|Wayne Steele| |
- | Point is by abseiling | + | |FOLLOWERS:|Wendy Lippiatt, Brenda Cameron, Kevin Burrows, Sev Sternhell, Jan Mohandas, Morrie Ward, Jim Oxley, Geoff Yewdall, Morag Ryder, Rick King and Steve Bieger| |
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+ | According to conventional wisdom, the only way you can negotiate Pickering Point is by abseiling | ||
with the views somewhat spoiled by thick When the canera-clickina subsided, we | with the views somewhat spoiled by thick When the canera-clickina subsided, we | ||
Snadk-and-jumper time on the summit, clouds racing before a fierce wind. made our way to landslide Creek. Flawing well and very slippery, it provided us with many sporting moments as we leapt, slithered and circumnavigated our way down. | Snadk-and-jumper time on the summit, clouds racing before a fierce wind. made our way to landslide Creek. Flawing well and very slippery, it provided us with many sporting moments as we leapt, slithered and circumnavigated our way down. | ||
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Another leisurely start, about 8.30am. Across the icy Clyde' | Another leisurely start, about 8.30am. Across the icy Clyde' | ||
Watch that rock, | Watch that rock, | ||
- | The Sydhey.Bushwolker | + | |
- | September 199.0 | + | |
- | Page, 4 | + | |
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From the depths of his pack, Wayne extracted a massive, fluorescent orange rope. We spent the next three hours clinging to this lifeline as we: | From the depths of his pack, Wayne extracted a massive, fluorescent orange rope. We spent the next three hours clinging to this lifeline as we: | ||
AND UP | AND UP | ||
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What d'you mean, footholds - | What d'you mean, footholds - | ||
just jump up. | just jump up. | ||
- | September 1990 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 5 | + | |
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.Look - | .Look - | ||
loan see | loan see | ||
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The ground seemed clearer - could it be a track?' | The ground seemed clearer - could it be a track?' | ||
Just one thing puzzled me as we sped back to Sydney. Who was Pickering, and why was the point named after him? | Just one thing puzzled me as we sped back to Sydney. Who was Pickering, and why was the point named after him? | ||
- | EEK!.... I've just trodden on something soft and | + | |
- | wriggly. | + | Advertisement |
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- | Yes - | + | ===== Morong Deep ===== |
- | my fingers | + | |
- | NT | + | January, 1981 |
- | Beef Jer | + | |
- | QI.D | + | |
- | QBB Butter Concentrate | + | |
- | Nsw | + | |
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- | Giant Trees Dried meals | + | |
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- | Mont, J & H, Superior | + | |
- | Day Packs High Tops, Summit Gear | + | |
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- | Wilderness Equipment Backpacks | + | |
- | Goretex Clothing "Cycle Panniers | + | |
- | SA | + | |
- | EASTWOOD | + | |
- | CAMPING | + | |
- | CENTRE | + | |
- | 3 Trelawney St (PO Box 131) Eastwood | + | |
- | Rossi Bo ts | + | |
- | Fnders Baby Carriers | + | |
- | ACT | + | |
- | National Maps | + | |
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- | MORONG DEEP JANUARY 1981 | + | |
by Bob Duncan (First published February 1981) | by Bob Duncan (First published February 1981) | ||
- | The Morong Deep section of the Kowmung River is always a wonderful summer trip, but as I get, few chances to walk these days, I looked forward to it especially eagerly. I also | + | |
- | looked, at the weather especially anxiously, for the leader was the notoriously fair-weather | + | The Morong Deep section of the Kowmung River is always a wonderful summer trip, but as I get few chances to walk these days, I looked forward to it especially eagerly. I also looked at the weather especially anxiously, for the leader was the notoriously fair-weather ski-tourer and walker, David Rostron. Friday dawned cloudy and a little threatening, |
- | ski-tourer and walker, David Rostron. Friday dawned cloudy and a little threatening, | + | |
- | SO. to forestall a.last minute cancellation I removed the, phone from the hook. However at | + | Approaching Wentworth Falls, |
- | 7.30. pm, David Rostron and Peter Harris picked | + | |
- | Approaching Wentworth Falls, | + | In the morning we met the other members of the trip. In alphabetical order they were:- Diana Bucknell, Don and Jenny Cornell; Bob and Margaret Hodgson, Tony Marshall, Rob Mason, Alan Pike, Fazeley |
- | to mutter, but Peter, anxious to reach Leura and call in on the wife of a climbing friend | + | |
- | of his (away in W.2.), drove on. At Leura Peter rushed into the. house, and a'few.minutes | + | (a) A fast 50 km traverse of the Axe Head Range, or\\ (b) A cold Kalang Falls abseiling trip |
- | lateryaneSea | + | |
- | at about 11.30 pm. We were the last to arrive, it was drizzling steadily, so we erected | + | |
- | our tents and slept: | + | |
- | In the morning we met the other members of the trip. In alphabetical order they were:- | + | |
- | Diana Bucknell, Don and JennY. | + | |
- | were ShoCkedrto seethe | + | |
- | poor erection. Barry himself looked. bedraggled.- The weather was still uncertain. The | + | |
- | drizzle had. stopped, but low cloud and mist remained, and in break S through this we could see high wind-swept cirrus. Most experts thought this a sure sign Of impending storm, but 'as the leader offered:- | + | |
- | (a) A 'fast 50 km traverse of the Axe. Head Range, or | + | |
- | -(b), A told Kalang Falls abseiling trip ' | + | |
as alternatives, | as alternatives, | ||
- | The leader announced a pack limit of 20 lbs, and brought out his spring scales in an attempt to enforce it. Most packs, weighed in the range of 15 to 17 pounds, but John Redfern' | + | |
- | The weighing done, we re-entered the cars and drove a little further along Kanangra | + | The leader announced a pack limit of 20 lbs, and brought out his spring scales in an attempt to enforce it. Most packs, weighed in the range of 15 to 17 pounds, but John Redfern' |
- | Road, and then along the fire trail which leads towards Morong Falls. A little short of | + | |
- | Morong Creek we disembarked. A leader with only normal route-finding ability would have | + | The weighing done, we re-entered the cars and drove a little further along Kanangra Road, and then along the fire trail which leads towards Morong Falls. A little short of Morong Creek we disembarked. A leader with only normal route-finding ability would have cautiously |
- | cautiously | + | |
- | the cairn on the right shoulder? | + | Reaching the Kowmung, we found our progress seriously impeded by blackberries and loganberries. John Redfern feared they were bad for the stomach, and walked around them unimpeded; the rest of us stopped and feasted every few metres. The Kowmung was flowing, but low; it could be crossed anywhere with ease; what is normally a tricky trip was one of simple boulder-hopping. |
- | to the Kowmung and Saw its drought-stricken appearance. It contained no white water at all; | + | |
- | possibly it was not even flowing. We began the steep descent to the river and from a vantage point looked back at Morong Falls; it was completely dry. | + | However Morong Deep becomes narrower and wilder as one goes downstream, and soon we came to reaches where the easiest progress was made by bombing into pools and swimming. In time we came to a fall of 3 or 4 metres |
- | ,Reaching the Kowmung, we found our progress seriously impeded by blackberries and | + | |
- | loganberries. John Redfern feared they were bad for the stomach, and walked around them | + | Margaret Hodgson, Diana Bicknell, Rob Mason, Barry Wallace (I hope I haven' |
- | unimpeded; the rest of us stopped and feasted every few metres. The Kowmung was flowing, | + | |
- | but low; it could be crossed anywhere with ease; what is normally a tricky trip was one of simple boulder-hopping. | + | |
- | However Morong Deep becomes narrower and wilder as one goes downstream, and soon we came to reaches where the easiest progress was made by bombing into pools and swimming. In time we came to a fall of 3 or 4 metres | + | |
- | to bomb. Here, with some difficulty, | + | |
- | Less aquatic members of the party, led by Peter Harris and his Lilo, began a high sidle to avoid the fall. When David reached the pool below he had a bright red tape burn across his | + | |
- | body, at the sight of which further members took off for the high sidle. I threw David' | + | |
- | pack down to him in the pool below, only to be abused because he was protective about the fresh eggs it contained. | + | |
- | Page ar ' The Sydney BushWilker September 1890 | + | |
- | Margaret Hodgson, Diana Pkicknell, Rob Mason, Barry Wallace (I hope I haven' | + | |
- | All in all the trip down the river was easy and 'pleasant, with boulder-hopping | + | |
party piked and climbed down a poor old casuarina which had already lost most of its bark from previous piking | party piked and climbed down a poor old casuarina which had already lost most of its bark from previous piking | ||
- | parties. The trip was almost without incident. John | + | parties. The trip was almost without incident. John Redfern (I was told) fell into a crevasse but was recovered. |
- | Redfern (I was told) fell into a crevasse but was | + | |
- | recovered. Barry Wallace almost surmounted a smooth | + | |
- | granite slab only to go back to the river on hands and knees in a stately long slow slide, leaving four barely, discernable trails of skin and flesh behind him By dint of Lilo and high sidling Peter Harris did the whole trip without getting wet above the navel. | + | |
- | It was still afternoon when we began leaving the | + | |
- | narrowest part of Morong Deep; here we made camp on a | + | |
- | 'small forested ledge. We were amazed to see John Redfern | + | |
- | unpack not only food and sleeping bag, but a tent fly; that his pack should weigh only 11 pounds defied all.laws of physics. It being so early, | + | |
- | four of us walked back to the last big pool for another swim, and here David and Barry gave | + | |
- | FazeleyV lessons in bombing. A cunangly graded series of educational techniques was used - | + | |
- | explanation, | + | |
- | We returnui to, the campsite and prepared our evening meals. Mine was tuna, deb, and | + | |
- | surprise peas, but, others ate more luxuriously. Various varieties of tea were brewed and | + | |
- | compared. Peter Harris' | + | |
- | pools, rose markedly when he brought out his fresh rockmelon and shared it around. After | + | |
- | tea our leader, David Rostron, told us something of his enviable experiences during a recent phase of his' | + | |
- | Then.we retired to our summer sleeping bags. It was a balmy night, an idyllic campsite, | + | |
- | and after a day's pleasant exercise all slept soundly. All, that is, except John Redfern, | + | |
- | Peter Harris, and Fazeley Read. In the morning these three complained of a sleepless night. | + | |
- | John complained that he had been constantly attacked by possums. Peter complained that he had been kept awake worrying about a joke which our leader had told him before bedtime. Fazely complained that she had been kept awake by my shouting blasphemies in my sleep. | + | |
- | After breakfast we set off down the river and after about only five minutes came to the last good swimming hole. We spent an hour or so here and then set off again. The Kowmung | + | |
- | now widened considerably and we were once more in blackberry eating country. At the foot of thegalith Ridge we stopped for morning tea. | + | |
- | A steep climb up the ridge took us to that remarkable place where Hanrahan' | + | |
- | Hanrahan' | + | |
- | began to follow it up. Despite the drought, Hanrahan' | + | |
- | to swim in, but big enough to dip in and cool off. Over all, our leader had arranged fair, | + | |
- | but not perfect weather. Yesterday, while we were swimming the Kowmung, it was overcast. | + | |
- | Today, while we were climbing, it was hot and sunny. Still, the pools made things very tolerable. | + | |
- | We stopped for lunch and then set off up the creek again. It was now that Peter Harris' | + | |
- | reputation as an expert on Amphibia suffered a blow from which it may never recover. On being | + | |
- | shown a specimen of frog excreta by Rob, he proclaimed with a great show of confidence that | + | |
- | September 1990 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 9 | + | |
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- | it was that of a green tree frog (Hyla macrocopra). However, unknown to him, it had been | + | |
- | seen by Rob and several other members of the party to have been produced by a lesser spotted river frog (Bachytra rivula) which had jumped out of a pool as a red-bellied black snake slid | + | |
- | in. The snake could still be seen in the pool. When confronted with these facts Peter | + | |
- | tried to cOver himself by muttering something about the difference in feeding conditions between the Kowmung and the Ettrema. | + | |
- | Hanrahan' | + | |
- | We hurried past one section where the cliffs above looked very unstable, and where the creek bed was strewn with recently fallen jagged rocks. Soon after we had taken the apparent left branch at a sharp V-fork, the creek had become almost as steep as the containing walls.. Here, while our leader and Bob HOdgson debated about the exact position at which they had ,left the creek last time, we left thecreek and climbed up the side. We had followed the creek up so far that this climb of only about 300 metres took us onto the tops. Soon after :.that,. we were on the fire trail which led to the completely dry Morong Creek, and then our' cars. | + | |
- | From start to finish of the trip some members walked so competently, | + | |
- | Back in the car, David Rostron, John Redfern and ',were so grateful to have Peter Harris chauffeuring us again that we completely forgot his Lilo, his naive response to jokes, and the gaps in his knowledge of Amphibia. We sat back and relaxed (except Don and Jenny) for | + | |
- | a magnificent meal at Young' | + | |
- | Vanessa, and then we were home. David-Rostron had done a magnificent job arranging and leading the trip, and a very fair job arranging the weather. | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * ,* | + | |
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- | BLACKHEATH TAXIS & TOURIST SERVICES | + | |
- | 10 & 10 SEATER MINI BUS TAXI | + | |
- | O4787 8366 | + | |
- | KANANGRA BOYD | + | |
- | . UPPER BLUE MOUNTAINS | + | |
- | SIX FOOT TRACK | + | |
- | PICK UP ANYWHERE FOR START OR FINISH OF YOUR WALK BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT | + | |
- | Share the Fare Competitive Rates | + | |
- | The Sydney Bushweiker | + | |
- | KAKADU TASMANIA VICTORIA FLINDERS RANGES NSW RED CENTRE | + | |
- | r HAPPY WALKER ADVENTURE TOURS | + | |
- | WHAT MAKES OUR TOURS SPECIAL? | + | |
- | * Leisurely Walks | + | |
- | We Incorporate leisurely walks from 5 minutes to a full day to really get to the essence of an area. | + | |
- | . * Two Leaders for 16People | + | |
- | This lets us cater for those wanting a gentle stroll and those with extra energy. | + | |
- | * Unrushed | + | |
- | We cover fewer road km but enjoy and absorb each area more, with mostly 2 or more nights In | + | |
- | each camp. | + | |
- | * Best Time of Year | + | It was still afternoon when we began leaving the narrowest part of Morong Deep; here we made camp on a small forested ledge. We were amazed |
- | Because | + | |
- | programme tours for their best season. | + | |
- | * Length of Tour | + | |
- | From 4-day Victorian tours to 16-day Red Centre, we cater for all preferences and pockets. | + | |
- | * Attentitin | + | |
- | Essential | + | |
- | doonas, your own pillow from home, chairs with backs, large tents with a torch | + | |
- | light in each. | + | |
- | * Budget Prices | + | We returned to the campsite and prepared our evening meals. Mine was tuna, deb, and surprise peas, but, others ate more luxuriously. Various varieties of tea were brewed and compared. Peter Harris's reputation, which had sunk because of his use of a Lilo to cross pools, rose markedly when he brought out his fresh rockmelon and shared it around. After tea our leader, David Rostron, told us something of his enviable experiences during a recent phase of his employment which involved testing water beds. |
- | KAKADU/ToP END | + | |
- | DetwIn | + | |
- | Litchfield | + | |
- | Kathy' | + | |
- | RED CENTRE | + | |
- | . I | + | |
- | MecDonfiell Fla, Alice Spi rings | + | |
- | ioAyers Rock 510.1ge5 | + | |
- | Perih | + | Then we retired to our summer sleeping bags. It was a balmy night, an idyllic campsite, and after a day's pleasant exercise all slept soundly. All, that is, except John Redfern, Peter Harris, and Fazeley Read. In the morning these three complained of a sleepless night. |
- | NSW VOLCANIC& | + | |
- | HIGH PLAINS & FEATHERTOP MT BUFFALO GRAMPIANS 4110 | + | After breakfast we set off down the river and after about only five minutes came to the last good swimming hole. We spent an hour or so here and then set off again. The Kowmung now widened considerably and we were once more in blackberry eating country. At the foot of the Megalith Ridge we stopped for morning tea. A steep climb up the ridge took us to that remarkable place where Hanrahan' |
- | .0TWAYS & PORT CAMPBELL | + | |
- | RANGES 1--- | + | We stopped for lunch and then set off up the creek again. It was now that Peter Harris' |
- | MI Kern;far | + | |
- | FLINDERS | + | Hanrahan' |
- | Werrumbungles | + | |
- | Sydney | + | From start to finish of the trip some members walked so competently, |
- | NSW SOUTH COAST & MOUNTAINS SNOWY MTNS & | + | |
- | FAR SOUTH COAST | + | Back in the car, David Rostron, John Redfern and I were so grateful to have Peter Harris chauffeuring us again that we completely forgot his lilo, his naive response to jokes, and the gaps in his knowledge of Amphibia. We sat back and relaxed (except Don and Jenny) for a magnificent meal at Young' |
- | Wonnengade.Moroke WILSONS PROM. & WALKERVILLE | + | |
- | PROGRAMME | + | Advertisement |
- | 1990 | + | |
- | Oct 13-16 Grampians | + | Advertisement |
- | 25-28 Grampians Over SO | + | |
- | Nov 3-8 Wilsons Prom Over 50 | + | ===== Confederation Meeting ===== |
- | 10-10 NSW South Coast & Mine 23-26 Otways & Port Campbell Coast Dec 1-4 Mt Buffalo | + | |
- | 8-11 Wilsons Prom & Walkerville 20-30 High Plains & Featherlop | + | 21st August 1980 |
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- | Tasmania Grand Tour No. 1 Tasmania Grand Tour No 2 Otways & Port Campbell Coast NSW Voicanlcs & Sandstone Gramplane | + | |
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- | September 1990 The Sydney Bushurallter Page 11 | ||
- | CONFEDERATION MEETING held 21.8.90 | ||
by Deborah Shapira | by Deborah Shapira | ||
- | ESLIMETE12222: | + | |
- | Annual General Meeting: A special general meeting will need to be called in order to receive | + | |Correspondence|There were numerous items. An item from the Mitchell Library underlined the need for a permanent archivist. Warwick Blayden has been approached and is willing to make some order out of the archives.| |
- | A.G.M. Treasurer' | + | |Annual General Meeting:|A special general meeting will need to be called in order to receive A.G.M. Treasurer' |
- | documents. | + | |S. & R. Report:|1. The First Aid certificates now come to the S & R Committee, so could recipients please send stamped self-addressed envelopes. 2. S & R assisted at the Paddy Pallin classic. 3. S & R is participating in rock rescue training. 4. Approval was given for S & R to purchase rope for rock rescue squad and for pack hauling.| |
- | S. & R. Report: 1. The First Aid certificates now come to the S & R Committee, so could | + | |Conservation Report:|1. Nadgee is to be nominated as a wilderness and this was proposed in 1978 by F.B.W. 2. A combined meeting was held with the Colong |
- | recipients please send stamped self-addressed envelopes. | + | |Tracks and Access:|The first weekend in November will be a Maxwell Tops Restoration weekend (this is nothing to do with Keith' |
- | 2. S & R assisted at the Paddy Pallin classic. | + | |Ball Report:|This will be held 21.9.90 at Petersham Town Hall. The theme will be animals in the bush. Tickets are available from Club Secretaries.| |
- | 3. S & R is participating in rock rescue training. | + | |General:|Some ambiguities need to be straightened out in the Constitution. |
- | 4. Approval was given for S & R to purchase rope for rock rescue squad and for pack hauling. | + | |
- | Conservation Report: 1. Nadgee is to be nominated as a wilderness and this was;proposed | + | Advertisement |
- | in 1978 by F.B.W. | + | |
- | 2. -A combined meeting was held with the Colony | + | ===== The August General Meeting ===== |
- | ' | + | |
- | 36 There was some discussion on the Colony | + | |
- | Kpnangra-Boyd.as a wilderness area. Some changes were suggested. | + | |
- | Tracks and Access: The first weekend in November will be a Maxwell Tops Restoration weekend | + | |
- | (this is nothing to do with Keith' | + | |
- | Ranger and the idea is to trim the vegetation on the tracks, such that walkers will walk on the tracks and not elsewhere. | + | |
- | Ball agpoll: This will be held 21.9.90 at Petersham Town Hall. The theme will be animals. | + | |
- | in the bush. Tickets are available from Club Secretaries. | + | |
- | General: Some ambiguities need to be straightened out in the Constitution. | + | |
- | :;\ | + | |
- | GET OFF THE BEATEN TRACK | + | |
- | TREK THROUGH TWO OF AUSTRALIA' | + | |
- | SPECTACULAR. YET LEAST KNTOWN | + | |
- | NATIONAL PARKS | + | |
- | KEEP RIVER | + | |
- | Nestled next to the Western Australian border on the Victoria Highway lies one of the Northern Territory' | + | |
- | GREGORY | + | |
- | Gregory is the newest and ' | + | |
- | 116-ire fir a free brodmre dorribing- our buslnvalking touts to these and other areas in the 1IT and she Kimberley. | + | |
- | Willis' | + | |
- | Page 12 The Sdney BUshWalker $epteMber'' | + | |
- | THE AUGUST GENERAL MEETING | + | |
by Barry Wallace | by Barry Wallace | ||
- | There I was, well out of it all in the snow country, watching the blizzard and catching | + | |
- | a cold, when they didn't hold the August General Meeting for lack of a quorum. A week later, there I Was thick in the midst of it, cold and all, and when the President in the chair called the 15 pr so members present to order at around 2006 my pen underwent sudden and catastrophic | + | There I was, well out of it all in the snow country, watching the blizzard and catching a cold, when they didn't hold the August General Meeting for lack of a quorum. A week later, there I was thick in the midst of it, cold and all, and when the President in the chair called the 15 or so members present to order at around 2006 my pen underwent sudden and catastrophic failure. Life gets tedious, don't it. |
- | failure. Life gets tedious, don't it. | + | |
- | On the balance of probabilities it looks as if they had apologies from some people, most of whom were not present at the time, and welcomed, or called for welcome, three prospectiues | + | On the balance of probabilities it looks as if they had apologies from some people, most of whom were not present at the time, and welcomed, or called for welcome, three prospectives |
By the time your scribe had replaced the failed pen they were up to reading the Minutes of the previous meeting. These were received with no matters arising. | By the time your scribe had replaced the failed pen they were up to reading the Minutes of the previous meeting. These were received with no matters arising. | ||
- | COrrespondence | + | |
- | The ,Treasurer' | + | Correspondence |
+ | |||
+ | The Treasurer' | ||
The Walks Secretary was away sick so there was no Walks Report. We are threatened with a double dose next month so please make sure you come to the meeting to make up the numbers. Your scribe should be back in the snow country by then and we don't want another delayed meeting, do we? | The Walks Secretary was away sick so there was no Walks Report. We are threatened with a double dose next month so please make sure you come to the meeting to make up the numbers. Your scribe should be back in the snow country by then and we don't want another delayed meeting, do we? | ||
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There were no F.B.W. delegates present, so we passed on that one too. | There were no F.B.W. delegates present, so we passed on that one too. | ||
- | General Business. sawpassage | + | |
- | There were no announceMents | + | General Business |
- | * * * | + | |
- | r ESPECIALLY FOR THE LESS MOBILE | + | There were no announcements |
- | On OCTOBER 20 - a visit to Mt. Tomah Botanic Gardens, BBQ lunch and a trip on,the Zig Zag.Railway. Overnight camp near the top of Pierces Pass. For all detlairls | + | |
- | THE CHRONIC OPERAS REVISITED | + | |ESPECIALLY FOR THE LESS MOBILE |
- | There was an air of expectancy over the audience | + | |
- | We began with 'The Longest Day', on the vissisitudes of doing the Three Peaks, Tiger Walkers version. Next came highlights from '1001 Trogolytes', | + | ===== The Chronic Operas Revisited ===== |
- | Jim and his friends gather tunes from a variety of sources, but the plots and scripts are original. It was easy, to tell that the cast had done all this before, they managed to make themselves heard without microphones and slipped into the descant harmonies with the ease of familiarity. | + | |
+ | There was an air of expectancy over the audience | ||
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+ | We began with 'The Longest Day', on the vissisitudes of doing the Three Peaks, Tiger Walkers version. Next came highlights from '1001 Trogolytes', | ||
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+ | Jim and his friends gather tunes from a variety of sources, but the plots and scripts are original. It was easy to tell that the cast had done all this before, they managed to make themselves heard without microphones and slipped into the descant harmonies with the ease of familiarity. | ||
What a shame we don't have more singers of such quality. They would be an asset at any campfire. Certainly the crowd on that Wednesday night appreciated their efforts and applauded them loud and long. | What a shame we don't have more singers of such quality. They would be an asset at any campfire. Certainly the crowd on that Wednesday night appreciated their efforts and applauded them loud and long. | ||
- | September 1.9WV 1110 wywomy wwwilwil+mwt, | + | |
- | FRIENDS OF DURRAS - is raising $1,000,000 to buy over 500 hectares of land on Lake Durres | + | __Friends of Durras__ |
- | You can help by buying the OCTOBERAdomen!' | + | |
- | print of the Painting' | + | __And Guess Who__..... was seen at the Club wearing a dazzling new diamond |
- | The painting sales 'will hopefully raise $100,000, so please help this conservation cause. | + | |
- | 41-# | + | |CLUB CLOSED.... on OCTOBER 3rd 1990| |
- | Was diamond | + | |
- | our Social smiling was none | + | ===== Bring your own Chainsaw? ===== |
- | ...AND GUESS WHO | + | |
- | seen at the Club wearing a dazzling new | + | On the 3rd & 4th of November, the N.P.W.S. will organise a track-restoration weekend on Maxwell Tops, (Kanangra Walls). This includes trimming back that spring-loaded vegetation from the main tracks, to encourage people to use only these. A maze of ' |
- | 'ring; third finger, left hand? None other than Sec., Greta Davis! The guy who Couldn't stop other than our Club'Sec., Patrick James. | + | |
- | Must be something about secretarying which encourages people to get closer. to each other. Perhaps we should arrange an Extra Ordinary Committee Meeting to celebrate, with all the appropriate congratulations | + | **SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE OVERDUE!!** |
- | and champagne-drinking. | + | |
- | As yet no Date has been set, but watch this space.... | + | Please pay if you have not already done so. If you are not sure, check with Tony Marshall - Ph. 713.6985. Unfinancial |
- | ****************** | + | members will not receive further Magazines or Walks Programs. |
- | CLUB CLOSED.... on OCTOBER 3rd 1990 | + | |
- | ****************** | + | Single active member $30\\ Household $48\\ Non-active member $ 9\\ Non-active member with magazine $21 |
- | BRING YOUR OWN CHAINSAW? | + | |
- | On the 3rd & 4th of November, the N.P.W.S. will organise a track-restoration | + | ===== Footnotes ===== |
- | weekend on Maxwell Tops, (Kanangra Walls). This includes trimming back that | + | |
- | spring-loaded vegetation from the main tracks, to encourage people to use only these. A maze of ' | + | by The Editor |
- | in terrible soil erosion. Hopefully, in the future some of the deep ' | + | |
- | If you would like to help NPWS with this essential work, please contact John Porter for further details. Ph. 797.9784 | + | **Do you have five minutes to spare?** |
- | ******************* | + | Then send a card to Bob Niven (his address is on the membership list). Bob is just home from hospital, having had an operation and a humorous card would definitely help to brighten his day. |
- | SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE OVERDUE!! | + | |
- | Please pay if you have not already done so. If you are not | + | **Addition to Wollomi National Park - ideal for base camps.** |
- | sure, check with Tony Marshall - Ph. 713.6985. Unfinancial | + | |
- | members will not receive further Magazines or Walks Programs | + | Kandos Weir, not far from Rylstone, lies in an area called Dunns Swamp, which has just been added to Wollomi. Here the Cudgegong River, flanked by broad river flats, winds lazily between low hills. The area is suitable |
- | Single active member $30 | + | |
- | Household $48 | + | If you want to know more, contact - The Superintendent, |
- | Non-active member $ 9 | + | |
- | Non-active member | + | **A bit more for the Budawangs** |
- | with magazine $21 | + | |
- | ' | + | After so many fights and worries over National Parks, its nice to have a little good news. In January the Government gazetted and 8,000 Ha addition to the Morton National Park. One part is a very large block of old vacant crown land over Sentry Box Canyon and the lower part of Jones Creek. The other addition extends the Park boundary, east to a line 10 metres west of the Yarramunmun Fire Trail. |
- | Page 14 The Sydney Bushwalker V V September 1990 | + | |
- | FOOTNOTES | + | **The Park which might yet be** |
- | DO NW HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPARE? | + | |
- | Then send a card to Bob Niven, (his address is on the membership list) Bob is just home from hospital, having had an operation and a humorous card would definitely help to brighten his day. | + | Believe it or not, Baulkham Hills Shire Council has finally lost patience with the State Department of Lands, and begun a campaign to have the old Maroota State Forest and surrounding area declared a National Park. Since 1976 conservationists |
- | ADDITION TO WOLLOMI NATIONAL PARK - ideal for base camps. | + | |
- | Kandos Weir, not far from Rylstone, lies in an area called Dunns Swamp, which has just been added to Wollomi. Here the Cudgegong River, flanked by broad river flats, winds lazily between low hills. The area.is.s4itable | + | **Guess who was on the 7:30 Report?** |
- | If you want to know more, contact - The Superintendent, | + | |
- | Box 351,, Muswellbrook, | + | Non other than Paddy Pallin himself! Being-interviewed about the very successful Paddy Pallin Ski Classic - (not suprising, with all the snow we've had), and his imminent 90th birthday. |
- | A BIT MORE FOR THE BUDAWANGS | + | |
- | After so many fights and worries over National Parks, its nice to have a little good hews. In January the Government gazetted and 8,000 Ha addition to the Morton National Park. One part is a very large block of old vacant crown land over Sentry Box Canyon and the lower part of Jones Creek.. The other addition extends the Park boundary, east to a line 10 metres west of the Yarramunmun Fire Trail. | + | And so why am I typing all this in my inimitable erratic style, with my inimitable erratic spelling? |
- | THE PARK WHICH MIGHT YET BE | + | |
- | Believe it or not, Baulkham Hills Shire Council has finally lost patience with the State Department of Lands, and begun a campaign to have the old Maroota State Forest and surrounding area declared a National Park. Since I076 Conservationists | + | ===== Why Are Meeting Attendances Low? ===== |
- | close to Sydney. | + | |
- | GUESS WHO WAS ON ' | + | This year we have had to adjourn two General Meetings due to insufficient number of people being at the club. The committee want to understand why people are not coming to meetings as frequently as they did in the past. It will help us if you would take a few minutes to fill in this questionnaire and to either send it to: |
- | Non other than Paddy Pallin himself! Being-interviewed about the very successful Paddy Pallin Ski Classic - (not suprising, with all the snow | + | |
- | we've had), and his imminent 90th birthday. | + | Greta Davis\\ Sydney Bush Walkers\\ Box 4476 GPO\\ SYDNEY 2001 |
- | I wonder if he ever gets tired of being asked 'How Do You Keep So Healthy?' | + | |
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- | And so why am I typing all this in my inimitable erratic style, with my inimitable erratic spelling? | + | |
- | Because Kath Brown has gone to the West to view the wildflowers, | + | |
- | Have a lovely time Kath, but please remember to come back, I don't think I could stand much more of V this. (I don't think our readers could stand much more of me either, but thats another story). | + | |
- | The Ed. | + | |
- | Why Are Meeting Attendances Low? | + | |
- | This year We have had to adjourn two General Meetings due to insufficient number of people being at the club. The committee want to understand why people are not coming to meetings as frequently as they did in the past. It will help us if you would take a few minutes to fill in this questionnaire and to either send it to: | + | |
- | Greta Davis | + | |
- | Sydney Bush Walkers | + | |
- | Box 4476 | + | |
- | GPO | + | |
- | SYDNEY 2001 | + | |
or give it to Greta Davis at the club. The deadline for the survey is the November General Meeting. The committee will analyse the survey, consider what to do and make recommendations to the club. | or give it to Greta Davis at the club. The deadline for the survey is the November General Meeting. The committee will analyse the survey, consider what to do and make recommendations to the club. | ||
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1. How many times have you been to a club meeting in the last year? | 1. How many times have you been to a club meeting in the last year? | ||
- | 2. Rate on a scale of 1 - 5 (5 wild horses wouldn' | + | |
- | More interesting social program Please list any ideas for club nights that you might have. | + | 2. Rate on a scale of 1 - 5 (5 = wild horses wouldn' |
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- | About five years ago, the club experimented with having quarterly General Meetings. As attendances at General Meetings have been particularly poor, would you like to see them conducted less often? | + | * Change the meeting night from Wednesday. |
- | Every second month | + | * Change the meeting location. |
- | Every 3 months | + | |
- | Every 4 months | + | About five years ago, the club experimented with having quarterly General Meetings. As attendances at General Meetings have been particularly poor, would you like to see them conducted less often? |
- | Half yearly | + | |
+ | * Every second month | ||
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If you have any other ideas about how we might improve our meeting nights, please list them below. | If you have any other ideas about how we might improve our meeting nights, please list them below. | ||
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- | Why Are Meeting Attendances Low? | ||
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