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 ===== SBW Office Bearers & Committee 1992 ===== ===== SBW Office Bearers & Committee 1992 =====
 The following Office Bearers and Committee Members as well as other Club workers were elected at the Annual General Meeting held on 11th March:- The following Office Bearers and Committee Members as well as other Club workers were elected at the Annual General Meeting held on 11th March:-
-|President|Ian Debert|  Phone 982 2615| +|President|* Ian Debert|  Phone 982 2615| 
-|Vice-President|Spiro Hajinakitas|  332 3452| +|Vice-President|* Spiro Hajinakitas|  332 3452| 
-|Public Officer|Helen Gray|  876 6263| +|Public Officer|* Helen Gray|  876 6263| 
-|Treasurer|Ertith Hamilton|  451 0652| +|Treasurer|* Erith Hamilton|  451 0652| 
-|Secretary|George Floyd|  929 4170| +|Secretary|* George Floyd|  929 4170| 
-|Walks Secretary|Bill Holland|  484 6636| +|Walks Secretary|* Bill Holland|  484 6636| 
-|Social Secretary|Belinda McKenzie|  (B) 646 8413| +|Social Secretary|* Belinda McKenzie|  (B) 646 8413| 
-|Membership Secretary|Barry Wallace|  (B) 436 1313| +|Membership Secretary|* Barry Wallace|  (B) 436 1313| 
-|New Members Secretary|Laurie Bore|  605 9368| +|New Members Secretary|* Laurie Bore|  605 9368| 
-|Conservation Secretary|Alex Colley|  44 2707| +|Conservation Secretary|* Alex Colley|  44 2707| 
-|Magazine Editor|Deborah Shapira|  798 0309| +|Magazine Editor|* Deborah Shapira|  798 0309| 
-|2 Committee Members|Joy Hynes|  982 2615| +|2 Committee Members|* Joy Hynes|  982 2615| 
-| |Dick Weston|  (B) 766 3757| +| |* Dick Weston|  (B) 766 3757| 
-|2 Delegates to Confederation|Spiro Hajinakitas| | +|2 Delegates to Confederation|* Spiro Hajinakitas| | 
-| |Bill Holland| |+| |* Bill Holland| | 
 + 
 +|2 Confederation Delegates **not** on Committee|Gordon Lee|  (043) 88 5589| 
 +| |Jim Callaway|  520 7081| 
 +|Magazine Production Manager|George Gray|  876 6263| 
 +|Magazine Business Manager|Joy Hynes|  982 2615| 
 +|Printers|Kenn Clacher|  (B) 968 0059| 
 +| |Margaret Niven, Les Powell| | 
 +| |Kay Chan & Barrie Murdoch| | 
 +|Assistant New Members Secretary|Margaret Niven|  986 3537| 
 +|Archivist|Ian Debert| | 
 +|Hon. Solicitor|Barrie Murdoch| | 
 +|Hon. Auditor|Chris Sonter| | 
 +|Search & Rescue Contacts|Morrie Ward|  449 6381| 
 +| |George Mawer|  707 1343| 
 +| |Margaret Niven|  986 3537| 
 +|Kosciusko Huts Association Delegate|Ian Wolfe| | 
 + 
 +* Indicates members of Committee.  
 + 
 +For Annual Subscriptions see Page 9  
 + 
 +**Note**: All Club workers are Honorary
  
-• 2 Confederation Delegates  
-NOT on Committee Gordon Lee (043) 88 5589 
-.Jim Callaway 520 7081 
-Magazine Production Manager George Gray 876 6263 
-Business Manager -Joy • Hynes . 982 2615 
-Prfn•erb Kenn Clacher• (B) 968 0059 
-Margaret Niven, Les Powell  
-Kay Chan & Barrie Murdoch  
-.Assistant New Members Secretary Margaret Niven 986 3537 
-Archivist Ian Debert  
-Hon. Solicitor Barrie Murdoch  
-Hon. Auditor Chris Sonter  
-Search '& Rescue •Contacts Morrie Ward 449 6381 
-George Mawer 707 1343 
-Margaret Niven 986 3537 
-Kosciusko Huts Association  
-• Delegate Ian Wolfe 
-* Indicates members of .Committee. For. Annual Subscriptions 
-• NOTE: All Club workers are see Page .9 Honorary. 
-*-* * * * * * * 
-March 1992 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 3 
 ===== To Wander And Wonder ===== ===== To Wander And Wonder =====
  
 by One-of-the-Three by One-of-the-Three
  
-It was Boxing Day.Gully parked the Volvo at the Guthega power station and joined Captain and Old Son in the VW bound for Dead Horse Gap. It was Gully's first walking trip in the Kosciuszko NP and his eyes darted left and right as he took in the passing scene. At 6 pm the trio shouldered their 40 lb packs and began the haul up the old bridle path through snow gums to the Ramsheads. Manurial evidence of brumbies lay on the track.+It was Boxing Day. Gully parked the Volvo at the Guthega power station and joined Captain and Old Son in the VW bound for Dead Horse Gap. It was Gully's first walking trip in the Kosciuszko NP and his eyes darted left and right as he took in the passing scene. At 6 pm the trio shouldered their 40 lb packs and began the haul up the old bridle path through snow gums to the Ramsheads. Manurial evidence of brumbies lay on the track.
  
 Huffing and puffing and random thoughts were interrupted: "The bloody meths - still in the car!" Old Son dropped his pack and retreated down the path. Gully and Captain welcomed the rest. The path entered a snow-grass clearing and three pairs of eyes met without comment. They dropped their, packs and set off in different directions for water. Old Son followed the clearing to a trickle covered by bushes and soon the water was on the boil for tea. Huffing and puffing and random thoughts were interrupted: "The bloody meths - still in the car!" Old Son dropped his pack and retreated down the path. Gully and Captain welcomed the rest. The path entered a snow-grass clearing and three pairs of eyes met without comment. They dropped their, packs and set off in different directions for water. Old Son followed the clearing to a trickle covered by bushes and soon the water was on the boil for tea.
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 They pointed out Tom Groggin, The Pilot, the Cascades trail, and away at the horizon, Victoria's Mount Bogong with its mantle of snow. But Gully was not yet showing signs of enthusiasm, content to observe, to see what he could see. The middle-aged mates picked their way through the rocks below Ramshead and welcomed the sight and sound of a busy stream at the head of Bogong Creek. They pointed out Tom Groggin, The Pilot, the Cascades trail, and away at the horizon, Victoria's Mount Bogong with its mantle of snow. But Gully was not yet showing signs of enthusiasm, content to observe, to see what he could see. The middle-aged mates picked their way through the rocks below Ramshead and welcomed the sight and sound of a busy stream at the head of Bogong Creek.
  
-Dropping their packs yet again, they slowly ascended Ramshead in the mid-day heat of a blazing blue sky. Gully was intrigued with the Swampy Plains River as seen from Ramshead and he predicted that, in time, the plain would drain off into Leatherbarrel Cfeek on its course through gorges to the Murray River. For Gully, the absence of trees in this alpine setting meant no shade and no back-rest during lunch. His failure to enthuse about the Ramsheads caused his friends to shake their heads in disbelief. "Knee-deep in wildflowers, you promied me." Gully bowled at them.+Dropping their packs yet again, they slowly ascended Ramshead in the mid-day heat of a blazing blue sky. Gully was intrigued with the Swampy Plains River as seen from Ramshead and he predicted that, in time, the plain would drain off into Leatherbarrel Creek on its course through gorges to the Murray River. For Gully, the absence of trees in this alpine setting meant no shade and no back-rest during lunch. His failure to enthuse about the Ramsheads caused his friends to shake their heads in disbelief. "Knee-deep in wildflowers, you promised me." Gully bowled at them.
  
 Below Ramshead North they watched a young walker dash along and down a snow-drift to retrieve his wind-blown hat. Not a slip or a slide! Oh, to be young again. Captain and Old Son, both admirers of this tent-shaped mass of boulders, led Gully up the easy way through the tors of Ramshead North. Old Son was at it again. "There's Twynam, Carruthers, Kosci and Etheridge," he called from his perch upon the topmost rock. Captain and Gully pretended not to notice. Below Ramshead North they watched a young walker dash along and down a snow-drift to retrieve his wind-blown hat. Not a slip or a slide! Oh, to be young again. Captain and Old Son, both admirers of this tent-shaped mass of boulders, led Gully up the easy way through the tors of Ramshead North. Old Son was at it again. "There's Twynam, Carruthers, Kosci and Etheridge," he called from his perch upon the topmost rock. Captain and Gully pretended not to notice.
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 Wandering along the western bank of the lake, they observed grassy banks within the hollows. where snow and ice were melting. Yes, winter comes, the pond water freezes, the ice expands, gradually pushing the banks outwards over the years. Dandelions growing in the ruins of Albina Hut? Sadly, yes. The weary walkers hauled up on to Muellers Peak and made their individual ways back to the camp on Wilkinsons, each with his own thoughts, happy with a full day spent on the Main Range. Wandering along the western bank of the lake, they observed grassy banks within the hollows. where snow and ice were melting. Yes, winter comes, the pond water freezes, the ice expands, gradually pushing the banks outwards over the years. Dandelions growing in the ruins of Albina Hut? Sadly, yes. The weary walkers hauled up on to Muellers Peak and made their individual ways back to the camp on Wilkinsons, each with his own thoughts, happy with a full day spent on the Main Range.
  
-Shouldering heavy packs for the last full day of walking, they climbed out of Wilkinson Valley, had a last look and joined the lakes track to Muellers Pass. Stopping on Mount Northcote they looked down on Lake Albina and across to the steep slopes of Tounsend Spur where they had descended from Alice Rawson the previous day. Gully was impressed again and his forefinger traced the route of their descent. He was less impressed with the view acrose the Snowy Valley to Charlottes Pass. Below them were the ruins of Kunama Hut, victim of an avalanche in 1956, but Old Son could not recall its name nor the date of its demise. They looked down on Club Lake and wondered at the ski tracks an the snowy steep slopes of Carruthers. "Of course, the snow melts underneath and leaves the crust on top."+Shouldering heavy packs for the last full day of walking, they climbed out of Wilkinson Valley, had a last look and joined the lakes track to Muellers Pass. Stopping on Mount Northcote they looked down on Lake Albina and across to the steep slopes of Townsend Spur where they had descended from Alice Rawson the previous day. Gully was impressed again and his forefinger traced the route of their descent. He was less impressed with the view acrose the Snowy Valley to Charlottes Pass [Charlotte Pass]. Below them were the ruins of Kunama Hut, victim of an avalanche in 1956, but Old Son could not recall its name nor the date of its demise. They looked down on Club Lake and wondered at the ski tracks an the snowy steep slopes of Carruthers. "Of course, the snow melts underneath and leaves the crust on top."
  
 They wandered out on Carruthers Spur, Old Son looking down into a deep gully, probably author Elyne Mitchell's "Little Austria", which turns and leads down to the canyon. After walking past The Sentinel - next time, maybe - the tiring trio lunched overlooking Blue Lake. Gully spotted a grasshopper slowly battling hypothermia on a snow patch as it made its way feebly to the snow grass. Without packs they sauntered out oh Watsons Crags, Old Son pointing out Elyne Mitchell's "Friar's Alp", Mount Tate, and: "Yes, yes, there it is, Dicky Cooper Bogong, midway between Tate and Jagungal." They wandered out on Carruthers Spur, Old Son looking down into a deep gully, probably author Elyne Mitchell's "Little Austria", which turns and leads down to the canyon. After walking past The Sentinel - next time, maybe - the tiring trio lunched overlooking Blue Lake. Gully spotted a grasshopper slowly battling hypothermia on a snow patch as it made its way feebly to the snow grass. Without packs they sauntered out oh Watsons Crags, Old Son pointing out Elyne Mitchell's "Friar's Alp", Mount Tate, and: "Yes, yes, there it is, Dicky Cooper Bogong, midway between Tate and Jagungal."
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 The mood of the mountains! Mist and rain, wet and cold. The packs were heavy with wet tents. A farewell "daay-ooh" to the party up in the mist and the trio descended through boggy marshes, snow gum groves, and thigh-high flowering scrub. "Now you are knee-deep in wildflowers," roared Captain to Gully. They crossed the Snowy on the bridge near Illawong Lodge and Gully led them along the track to Farm Creek. Captain and Old Son crossed the Creek on the flying fox for a lark. Gully, disdaining such boyish behaviour, rock-hopped across. The mood of the mountains! Mist and rain, wet and cold. The packs were heavy with wet tents. A farewell "daay-ooh" to the party up in the mist and the trio descended through boggy marshes, snow gum groves, and thigh-high flowering scrub. "Now you are knee-deep in wildflowers," roared Captain to Gully. They crossed the Snowy on the bridge near Illawong Lodge and Gully led them along the track to Farm Creek. Captain and Old Son crossed the Creek on the flying fox for a lark. Gully, disdaining such boyish behaviour, rock-hopped across.
  
-Guthega at 9.50 am was cheerless. Wet, misty, cold, and not a cup of coffee to be had. Guthega was closed. Gully set out to road-walk the 7 km to his car at the power station where the walk was originally planned to finish. While they waited, Captin and Old Son were strangely silent; there was little to enthuse about now. Their thoughts were of dry clean clothes, a hot shower, a home-cooked meal, and the comfort of one's own bed at home. They had wandered the Main Range and they would always have the memory of the highlights of the walk. And they would return, again to wander and wonder in these mountains.+Guthega at 9.50 am was cheerless. Wet, misty, cold, and not a cup of coffee to be had. Guthega was closed. Gully set out to road-walk the 7 km to his car at the power station where the walk was originally planned to finish. While they waited, Captain and Old Son were strangely silent; there was little to enthuse about now. Their thoughts were of dry clean clothes, a hot shower, a home-cooked meal, and the comfort of one's own bed at home. They had wandered the Main Range and they would always have the memory of the highlights of the walk. And they would return, again to wander and wonder in these mountains.
  
 ===== A Tribute To The Silent Dignity Of A Friend ===== ===== A Tribute To The Silent Dignity Of A Friend =====
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 by Brian Holden by Brian Holden
  
-It is ten years now but I still remember you each time I pass your old place. For most of your long life your environment was created entirely by the random forces of nature. But gradually that all went until there was just you. At first I gave you a respectful glance but with the passing of time, you seemed to draw me to you until Isaw you as dominating everything around you. I realised that in some abstract way you were communicating with me and it was a pleasant experience. As that is what friendship is all about. I do not suppose that I was being too eccentric to call you my friend - my poor friend surrounded by an alien world. As my affection for you grew, my unease grew because you looked so out of place - almost like an intruder.+It is ten years now but I still remember you each time I pass your old place. For most of your long life your environment was created entirely by the random forces of nature. But gradually that all went until there was just you. At first I gave you a respectful glance but with the passing of time, you seemed to draw me to you until I saw you as dominating everything around you. I realised that in some abstract way you were communicating with me and it was a pleasant experience. As that is what friendship is all about. I do not suppose that I was being too eccentric to call you my friend - my poor friend surrounded by an alien world. As my affection for you grew, my unease grew because you looked so out of place - almost like an intruder.
  
 One day I saw that you were gone. I was told that you had to go as your space was required. "Required" they said coldly. Those few square meters that had been yours for all those years. I sensed that you felt the danger as when I looked at you, you seemed to look back to me for help - but I was helpless. I was helpless because the species I belong to, has, to the misfortune of the planet we shared, formed a social structure which has a great momentum to invade the space of all other life. That structure has me trapped as I depend upon it for my survival. Pathetically, I can only hope that its momentum decreases. One day I saw that you were gone. I was told that you had to go as your space was required. "Required" they said coldly. Those few square meters that had been yours for all those years. I sensed that you felt the danger as when I looked at you, you seemed to look back to me for help - but I was helpless. I was helpless because the species I belong to, has, to the misfortune of the planet we shared, formed a social structure which has a great momentum to invade the space of all other life. That structure has me trapped as I depend upon it for my survival. Pathetically, I can only hope that its momentum decreases.
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 Your removal was justified as every injustice must be. You could not feel nor think as they could - and that was that. If only they could appreciate that you could communicate in another way. You radiated pure substance when all around you was purely superficial. Why had they not noticed this? Maybe I noticed a quality which was not there? I do not believe so for there is another world inside this world which modern social conditioning has dulled the receptors of most men to. Tragically, while that conditioned rigidity dominates, injustices will be done. Your removal was justified as every injustice must be. You could not feel nor think as they could - and that was that. If only they could appreciate that you could communicate in another way. You radiated pure substance when all around you was purely superficial. Why had they not noticed this? Maybe I noticed a quality which was not there? I do not believe so for there is another world inside this world which modern social conditioning has dulled the receptors of most men to. Tragically, while that conditioned rigidity dominates, injustices will be done.
  
-Now what eulogy would be suitable for my defenseless friend? To start with I could say that from your great girth that you were very old. I could say that you were probably born when Columbus was alive. That is the usual response to the death of those of your kind which have reached a great age - but I won't follow that tradition. Why should I link your worth to some event in the history of man? You can stand on your own dignity. The coexistance of man is not needed to dignify your existence. It was undignified man who wantonly put you out of existence.+Now what eulogy would be suitable for my defenseless friend? To start with I could say that from your great girth that you were very old. I could say that you were probably born when Columbus was alive. That is the usual response to the death of those of your kind which have reached a great age - but I won't follow that tradition. Why should I link your worth to some event in the history of man? You can stand on your own dignity. The coexistence of man is not needed to dignify your existence. It was undignified man who wantonly put you out of existence.
  
 I would rather say that you experienced many, many magic days of peace. which I imagine my spirit sharing with you. Sunrises reflecting off your leaves, cold winds and balmy breezes swaying your branches, afternoon showers washing over your trunk - and when the rain stopped, you glistened in the sunset. They were all much the same - those days - and yet they were entirely different. Little things made them so. Wonderful little things like the movement of insects and shadows and the changing of colours. I would rather say that you experienced many, many magic days of peace. which I imagine my spirit sharing with you. Sunrises reflecting off your leaves, cold winds and balmy breezes swaying your branches, afternoon showers washing over your trunk - and when the rain stopped, you glistened in the sunset. They were all much the same - those days - and yet they were entirely different. Little things made them so. Wonderful little things like the movement of insects and shadows and the changing of colours.
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 Those were the days when there was no white man anywhere in the land. There was the black man but he was different. He belonged to a different social structure to my own - and it gave him dignity as it let the land retain its. One day all men may see this and when they do they will live in real dignity - just like you did. Those were the days when there was no white man anywhere in the land. There was the black man but he was different. He belonged to a different social structure to my own - and it gave him dignity as it let the land retain its. One day all men may see this and when they do they will live in real dignity - just like you did.
  
-Kanangra Walls Callout 9/11 February 1992 +===== Kanangra Walls Callout 9/11 February 1992 =====
  
 by Keith Maxwell by Keith Maxwell
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 The following letter was received by Keith from two members of the Upper Blue Mountains B.W. Club:- We could like to extend our sincerest thanks to Search & Rescue for the time and effort members put in to the search for our two friends lost in the Mount Cloudmaker area during the 'Big Wet'. Particularly to those who braved the appalling conditions to go out into the bush to search - thank you. You came so close to finding them! While this was an experience none of us would wish to repeat in a hurry, useful lessons were learned and we all came through the wiser for it. The following letter was received by Keith from two members of the Upper Blue Mountains B.W. Club:- We could like to extend our sincerest thanks to Search & Rescue for the time and effort members put in to the search for our two friends lost in the Mount Cloudmaker area during the 'Big Wet'. Particularly to those who braved the appalling conditions to go out into the bush to search - thank you. You came so close to finding them! While this was an experience none of us would wish to repeat in a hurry, useful lessons were learned and we all came through the wiser for it.
  
-A WEEKEND IN THE "ROYAL"+===== A Weekend In The "Royal" ===== 
 by Keith Docherty by Keith Docherty
-1st 8522ELEttEY2i/ + 
-I met Laurie Waken and Rosemary Kenny (she was on as visit from Brisbane) in Eddy Avenue where we boarded the bus for Kogarah as the railway line was closed between Central and Kogarah. At Loftus Brian Bolton and John Jansons were waiting for us, wondering why we were half an hour late. We were surprised to see Brian had only a small day pack. It turned out he had to +**1st & 2nd February** 
-work on Sunday so he decided to join us for the Saturday. + 
-At the Information Centre at Audley we found that only the leader of the party had to +I met Laurie Quaken and Rosemary Kenny (she was on a visit from Brisbane) in Eddy Avenue where we boarded the bus for Kogarah as the railway line was closed between Central and Kogarah. At Loftus Brian Bolton and John Jansons were waiting for us, wondering why we were half an hour late. We were surprised to see Brian had only a small day pack. It turned out he had to work on Sunday so he decided to join us for the Saturday. 
-carry a permit, but the permit is only valid until 31st March 1992. It makes one wonder what + 
-is going to happen after that date. I. also picked up a permit for the Heathcote National Park +At the Information Centre at Audley we found that only the leader of the party had to carry a permit, but the permit is only valid until 31st March 1992. It makes one wonder what is going to happen after that date. I also picked up a permit for the Heathcote National Park to cover my "Kingdom Come" trip on 14/15 March. 
-to cover my "Kingdom Come" trip on 14/15 March. + 
-The cloudy morning was ideal for walking and we enjoyed Lady Carrington Drive. We had a drink at Jersey Springs and a late morning tea at Calala. Lunch was beside the rock overhang on the Walumarra Track. At Garie Trig Brian left us and headed for Otford. We took the service trail to the Curra Moors Track 8nd had afternoon tea beside Curra Brook. A short scrub +The cloudy morning was ideal for walking and we enjoyed Lady Carrington Drive. We had a drink at Jersey Springs and a late morning tea at Calala. Lunch was beside the rock overhang on the Walumarra Track. At Garie Trig Brian left us and headed for Otford. We took the service trail to the Curra Moors Track 8nd had afternoon tea beside Curra Brook. A short scrub bash through burnt banksia brought us to our campsite on Curracurrong Creek at 3.50 pm. Once the tents were up there was swimming in the beautiful pool below the waterfall. This is the waterfall near Eagle Rock. A bit of exploring revealed even better swimming pools and camp-sites but we were comfortable where we were. I shall probably camp at the other place when I do my 22/23 February walk. 
-bash through burnt banksia brought us to our campsite on Curracurrong Creek at 3.50 pm. Once + 
-the tents were up there was swimming in the beautiful pool below the waterfall. This is the waterfall near Eagle Rock. A bit of exploring revealed even better swimming pools and camp- +Wood fires are not allowed in the Royal, but John used eolid fuel tablets to boil a brew of tea and cook his dinner. The rest of us had food that didn't need cooking (or was pre-cooked). It was a beautiful evening and we didn't miss a fire. We lay on the warm sandstone with the creek flowing around us and sipped our rum while the wattle birds plunged into the creek to cool off. The wattle birds made a lot of noise before they settled down for the night, and the only noise after that was the occasional "bonking" of the bonk frogs. 
-sites but we were comfortable where we were. I shall probably camp at the other place when I + 
-do my 22/23 February walk. +On Sunday morning there was swimming in the waterfall pool, very refreshing, and a leisurely. breakfast. We eventually set off for Bundeena at 10.44 am. Morning tea was at Curracurrang where we saw a lot of litter and several groups of campers. At Wattamolla we had drinks and ice-creams before heading for Little Marley and, lunch. After lunch and swimming John headed for a beer at Bundeena and later caught the 4 pm ferry. Laurie, Rosemary and I weren't interested in a beer so we caught the 3 pm ferry. 
-• Wood fires are not allowed in the Royal, but John used eolid fuel tablets to boil a brew +
-of tea and cook his dinner. The rest of us had food that didn't need cooking (or was pre-cooked). It was a beautiful evening and we didn't miss a fire. We lay on the warm sandstone with the creek flowing around us and sipped our rum while the wattle birds plunged into the creek to +
-cool off. The wattle birds made a lot of noise before they settled down for the night, and the only noise after that was the occasional "bonking" of the honk frogs. +
-On Sunday morning there was swimming in the waterfall pool, very refreshing, and a +
-leisurely. breakfast. We eventually set off for Bundeena at 10.44 am, %ming tea was at +
-Curracurranq where we saw a lot of litter and several groups of campers. At Wattamolla we +
-had drinks and ice-creams before heading for Little Marley and, lunch. After lunch and +
-swimming John headed for a beer at Bundeena and later caught the 4 pm ferry. Laurie, Rosemary +
-and I weren't interested in a beer so we Caught the 3 pm ferry.+
 It was a very enjoyable walk that revealed the wide variety of vegetation and terrain and scenery in the Royal National Park. Laurie has already booked on my next walk. It was a very enjoyable walk that revealed the wide variety of vegetation and terrain and scenery in the Royal National Park. Laurie has already booked on my next walk.
-ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 1992+ 
 +===== Annual Subscriptions 1992 ===== 
 The following annual subscriptions were decided at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 11th March 1992:- The following annual subscriptions were decided at the Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday 11th March 1992:-
-Single Member • 0 1, , t t $ 30 +|Single Member|  $30| 
-Household . . . . . 48 +|Household|  $48| 
-Non-active Member . • • 9 +|Non-active Member|  $9| 
-t, 11 I I 21 +|Non-active Member plus magazine|  $21| 
-plus magazine . +|Magazine only|  $12| 
-Magazine only • • . 12 + 
-According to the Constitution subscriptions must be paid no later +According to the Constitution subscriptions must be paid no later than six months from the beginning of the Club's financial year, i.e.lst
-than six months from the beginning of the Club's financial year, i.e.lst+
 January. The Treasurer would appreciate early payment (see enclosed notice). January. The Treasurer would appreciate early payment (see enclosed notice).
-Page 10 The Sydney Bushwalker March 1992 + 
-A TRAIN CALLED "STUMPY"+===== A Train Called "Stumpy" ===== 
 by Jim Brown by Jim Brown
-If you have watched - even in a half-hearted way - film releases of the past 5 to 10 years, you will know there is "A Fish Called Wanda". But did you know that once there was + 
-a.train called "Stumpy"? +If you have watched - even in a half-hearted way - film releases of the past 5 to 10 years, you will know there is "A Fish Called Wanda". But did you know that once there was a train called "Stumpy"?  
-I suppose this doesn't seem to have much to do with bushwalking. In fact, I think that + 
-if I were Editor of our valued journal, I would be inclined to return this with (I hope) a +I suppose this doesn't seem to have much to do with bushwalking. In fact, I think that if I were Editor of our valued journal, I would be inclined to return this with (I hope) a polite rejection slip. However, at one time Stumpy had quite a deal to do with my going walking in the bush, although I doubt whether other walkers of that time shared my regard for him (or should it be "her"?...or "it"?).  
-polite rejection slip. However, at one time Stumpy had quite a deal to do with my going + 
-walking in the bush, although I doubt whether other walkers of that time shared my regard for him (or should it be "her"?...or "it"?). +It was well before I came to a bushwalking Club, and when I was just learning the mingled pleasurea and labour of the game - this places it in the 1938-41 period. After studying old walks programs of that time, I realise that walkers who didn't have to work on Saturday mornings would take off, as they do now, on the Friday evening, travelling almost invariably by rail in those days, and would then walk out an hour or two and make camp in the bush.  
-It was well before I came to a bushwalking Club, and when I was just learning the mingled pleasurea and labour of the game - this places it in the 1938-41 period. After studying old + 
-walks programs of that time, I realise that walkers who didn't have to work on Saturday mornings would take off, as they do now, on the Friday evening, travelling almost invariably by rail in those days, and would then walk out an hour or two and make camp in the bush. +However, knowing nothing of this, I was not impressed with the idea of going off on the Friday night and camping a relatively short distance from a town. Instead I looked for means of starting very early on the Saturday (or if I was on a spell of annual leave, at whichever daybreak seemed convenient). This was how I found Stumpy.  
-However, knowing nothing of this, I was not impressed with the idea of going off on the Friday night and camping a relatively short distance from a town. Instead I looked for means + 
-of Starting very early on the Saturday (or if I was on a spell of annual leave, at whichever +The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines "stumpy" as "thick-set, of small height or length", and this was true enough of the train so called - well, it was of short length anyway.  
-daybreak seemed convenient). This was how I found Stumpy. + 
-The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines "stumpy" as "thick-set,of.small height or length", and this was true enough of the train so called - well, it was of short length anyway. +"Stumpy" was a bush boy and never came into the wicked City, so you had to go out a bit to find him. On week-days you could join a train leaving Sydney Terminal for Riverstone Meat Works at 5.30 am, and at Parramatta change to another outer suburban train which would take you to Penrith. No doubt the Meat Works train returned almost immediately as a morning peak-hour journey, conveying commuters from the Richmond line: similarly the Penrith train came back as a morning peak-hour trip. On Saturdays you could connect with Stumpy, by catching a train about 5.40 am, stopping Strathfield, Parramatta, thence all stations to Penrith arriving about 7.50 am. There you would find "Stumpy", known by that name to most Railway staff and a good many residents of the Blue Mountain towns.  
-"Stumpy" was a bush boy and never came intO the wicked City, so you had to go out a bit to find him.. On week-days you Could join a train leaving Sydney Terminal for Riverstone Meat Works at 5.30 am, and at Parramatta change to another outer suburban train which would take you to Penrith. No doubt the Meat Works train returned almost immediately as a morning + 
-peak-hour journey, conveying commuters from the Richmond line: similarly the Penrith train +Six days a week, Mondays to Saturdays, Stumpy would push off from Penrith about 7.10 am and make his way up the Blue Mountains, Calling at all stations, and finally ending his innings at Mount Victoria about 9.15 am. "Stumpy" because he consisted sometimes of four light carriages, on other days six equally light cars - a load of 100 or 150 tonnes behind the engine. When only four cars the locomotive was usually a "30" Class tank engine, similar to those handling outer suburban trains. A six-car set called for the larger "32" Class engine - a simple, rugged, reliable machine, then approaching 50 years of age, but still used commonly for shorter "country" trains. When the tank engine was used (and I never encountered Stumpy with a tank engine up front) the limited water endurance would have necessitated at least two 5-minute halts to top up. The "32" engine with its bigger tender-tank, normally watered once, at Lawson. Of course, at the time I am talking about, and for almost 20 years afterwards, steam locomotives handled virtually all railway traffic outside the Sydney suburban area, including any places west of Parramatta.  
-,came back as a morning peak-hour trip. On Saturdays you could connect with Stumpy, by catching a train about 5.40 am, stopping Strathfield, Parramatta, thence all stations to Penrith + 
-arriving about 7.5 am. There you would find "Stumpy", known by that name to most Railway +I was never able to work out why the train (Stumpy) was provided at all on Saturdays - at times I was the only passenger in a carriage with 48 seats. On week days, however, it left Penrith almost empty but from Springwood westward picked up quite a goodly crowd of school children for some private schools between Lawson and Blackheath, as well as many for Katoomba High School. Quite a mob would alight at Katoomba, leaving just a sprinkling for points west. 
-staff and a good many residents of the Blue Mountain towns. + 
-Six days a week, Mondays to Saturdays, Stumpy would push off from Penrith about 7.10 am and make his way up the Blue Mountains, Calling at all stations, and finally ending his innings at Mount Victoria about 9.15 am. "Stumpy" because he consisted sometimes of four light +Stumpy had one other claim to recognition. Being such a short, light train, it had no need of a "bank" engine - an additional locomotive for the steep sections between Valley Heights and Katoomba, where the line climbed 2,000 ft in just over 20 miles - an average gradient of 1 in 53, with some pinches as severe as 1 in 31 or 1 in 33 - that was pretty close to the toughest grade you could expect a steam locomotive with a trailing load to surmount. This eliminated the time taken for coupling and detaching the "bank" engine, so Stumpy was ten minutes faster than any other "all stops" train. 
-carriages, on other days six equally light cars - a load of 100 or 150 tonnes behind the + 
-engine. When only four cars the locomotive was usually a "30" Class tank engine, similar to +In particular, I remember my last journey on Stumpy. It was in February 1941, and I had planned to reconnoitre the Mount Hay ridge out from Leura. The bush road then ended about 7 km out from Leura, and the rest of the way was along a lightly-forested ridge.. I knew that near Lawson you got a good view from the railway out towards the ridge I aimed to follow, so planted myself on the right-hand side, opened a window wide, and peered out. 
-those handling outer suburban trains. A six'-car set called for the larger "32" Class engine - a simple, rugged, reliable machine, then approaching 50 years of age, but still used commonly + 
-for shorter "country" trains. When the tank engine was used (and I never encountered Stumpy +The engine (3278 on this trip) watered at Lawson as usual, the lid of the tank was closed with a clang, the fireman returned to the cab, and the first beats of the exhaust ("I know I can, I know I can") sounded. A strong north-westerly gale was blowing in through my open window, and the hose from the loco watering tower, caught in a savage gust, slapped against the side of the train and off-loaded several hundred litres over me, the seat and the floor of the coach. At least I was well-washed as I scrambled out dripping at Leura and started back down the Highway to the Mount Hay Road.  
-with a tank engine up front) the limited water endurance would have necessitated at least two + 
-5-minute halts to top up. The "32" engine with its bigger tender-tank, normally watered +Ah, well, Stumpy, many a time you carried me when I was just beginning to find the great green/blue Wonderland. Requiescat in pace, Stumpy - or in the Australian vernacular - "You'll do me for a rough old mate". 
-once, at Lawson. Of course, at the time I am talking about, and for almost 20 years after- + 
-wards, steam locomotives handled virtually all railway traffic outside the Sydney suburban area, including any places west of Parramatta. + 
-I was never able to work out why the train (Stumpy) was provided at all on Saturdays - at times I was the only passenger in a carriage with 48 seats. On week days, however, it +===== The February General Meeting ===== 
-left Penrith almost empty but from Springwood westward picked up quite a goodly crowd of school children for some private schools between Lawson and Blackheath, as well as many for Katoomba +
-High School. Quite a mob would alight at Katoomba, leaving just a sprinkling for points west. +
-Stumpy had one other claim to recognition. Being such a short, light train, it had no +
-need of a "bank" engine - an additional locomotive for the steep sections between Valley Heights and Katoomba, where the line climbed 2,000 ft in just over 20 miles - an average gradient of +
-March 1992 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 11 +
-1 in 53, with some pinches as severe as 1 in 31 or 1 in 33 - that was pretty close to the toughest grade you could expect a steam locomotive with a trailing load to surmount. This eliminated the timetaken for coupling and detaching the "bank" engine, so Stumpy was ten . minutes faster than any other "all stops" train. +
-In particular, I remember my last journeVOP Stumpy. It was in February 1941, and I had planned to _reconnoitre the Mount Hay ridge out from Leura. The bush road then ended about +
-7 km out from Leura, and the rest of the way was along a lightly-forested ridge.. I knew that near Lawson you got a good view from the railway out towards the ridge I aimed to follow, so +
-planted myself on the right-hand side, opened a window wide., and peered out +
-The engine (3278 on this trip ) watered at Lawson as usual, the lid of the tank was closed with a clang, the fireman returned to the cab, and the first beats of the exhaust ("I know I can, I know I can") sounded. A strong north-westerly gale was blowing in through my open +
-window, and the hose from the loco. watering tower, caught in a savage gust, slapped against the side of the train and off-loaded several hundred litres over me, the seat and the floor +
-of the coach. At least I was well-washed as I scrambled out dripping at Leura and started +
-back down the Highway to the Mount Hay Road. +
-Ah, well, Stumpy, many a time you carried me when I was just beginning to find the great green/blue Wonderland. Requiescat in pace, Stumpy - or in the Australian vernacular - +
-"You'll do me for a rough. old mate". +
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-:L.r.:-c,h 1922 The Sydney Bushwalkr P-cige 13 +
-THE FEBRUARY GENERAL MEETING+
 by Barry Wallace by Barry Wallace
-So there we were folks, just 17 or so of us, with Bill Holland and Patrick James at the table and the Ume at 2015. + 
-There were apologies from Michelle Powell and Helen and George Gray. The Minutes were read with Bill and Patrick doing a sort of "Mickey and Donald run a general meeting" act over the handwritten notes. Patrick became quite good at the two syllable words after a while, and-was just settling down nicely when he reached the end of the minutes. +So there we were folks, just 17 or so of us, with Bill Holland and Patrick James at the table and the time at 2015. 
-New members Ann Davidson, Jan Hedges, Marella Hogan, Peter Lafferty, Diane Mather and Louise Sylva were welcomed to-full membership with Bill displaying a degree of discrimination that would be not approved of in some quarters. + 
-Correspondence brought letters from Lithgow Council, from Paddy. Pall-in Adventure shops offering to provide speakers to address our gatherings, from the Hon. Auditor - a letter of congratulation on the quality of the accounts presented for audit, to Lithgow Council, to the Director of the Department of Planning and the Environment, to the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs advising them regarding our delegates, to Mr Sheerlock advising him of the results of the raffle of-the painting which he donated and to one of the NSW Government Ministers. +There were apologies from Michelle Powell and Helen and George Gray. The Minutes were read with Bill and Patrick doing a sort of "Mickey and Donald run a general meeting" act over the handwritten notes. Patrick became quite good at the two syllable words after a while, and was just settling down nicely when he reached the end of the minutes. 
-. The Treasurer's Report (did Erith day "boring") brought news that we .received income of $71, + 
-and spent $892 (or $961 if we include Coolana). The closing balance was $2,062. +New members Ann Davidson, Jan Hodges, Marella Hogan, Peter Lafferty, Diane Mather and Louise Sylva were welcomed to full membership with Bill displaying a degree of discrimination that would be not approved of in some quarters. 
-Next came the Walks Report. We began with the weekend of 17,18,19 January with David •Rostron leading a party of 14 through Morong Deep in what was described as the best weather. There was also a rather confused story about David and a black snake, dancing, a tango,.I think they said. Ian Debert cancelled his Kangaroo Valley canoeing trip, Jim Callaway reported 19 . + 
-and a half starters on his Bundeena to Otford walk, and Greta James reported steamy (?) conditions for the 15 walkers who went on her Kanuka Brook.- Campfire Creek trip. The description of this area as pristine on the walks program does leave one wondering. +Correspondence brought letters from Lithgow Council, from Paddy Pallin Adventure shops offering to provide speakers to address our gatherings, from the Hon. Auditor - a letter of congratulation on the quality of the accounts presented for audit, to Lithgow Council, to the Director of the Department of Planning and the Environment, to the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs advising them regarding our delegates, to Mr Sheerlock advising him of the results of the raffle of the painting which he donated and to one of the NSW Government Ministers. 
-The following weekend saw Brian Holden, that recently come-out chauvinist petrol-head, + 
-leading a party of 13 into the Shoalhaven River valley. They reported some difficulties in seeing-off a rather too frindly goanna who persisted in searching the camp for goodies. There was no report of Dick Weston and Kanuka Brook exploring bludge weekend, but Alan Mewett reported• 19 starters enjoying a pelasant day on his Brooklyn to who:-knows-where swimming day walk. +The Treasurer's Report (did Erith say "boring") brought news that we received income of $71, and spent $892 (or $961 if we include Coolana). The closing balance was $2,062. 
-The weekend of 31 Jan, 1/2 February brought out Jim Rivers with a party of 19 on his Wollongambe Wilderness trip persevering through initial drizzle and fog which later cleared to warm conditions. Keith Docherty reported that the 4.5 starters on his Loftus to Bundeena weekend walk found the going tough. The 0.5 was Brian Bolton we are told. Peter Christian's ongoing series of Canyon trips saw a party of 6 going through Galah Canyon on the Sunday. -The Saturday session in Heart Attack Canyon was cancelled, possibly for health reasons. Wilf Hilder reported a warm but pleasant day for the 29 people who came along an his Great North Walk Stage 2 - Chatswood to Thornleigh. + 
-If one is to have a definitive wet weekend then 7,8,9 February would have to have come close. It rained and rained. Greta James and the advance guard of her Zobels Gully trip . reached Newnes through dense fog on the Friday night, slept o the pub verandah through the steadily increasing downpour, and went home in the morning. Kenn Clacher cancelled his Bell Canyon trip for similar reasons. Not to be outdone Errol Sheedy and Alan Mewett also cancelled their day walks. All of which brought the Walks Report to a soggy finish.+Next came the Walks Report. We began with the weekend of 17,18,19 January with David Rostron leading a party of 14 through Morong Deep in what was described as the best weather. There was also a rather confused story about David and a black snake, dancing, a tango,I think they said. Ian Debert cancelled his Kangaroo Valley canoeing trip, Jim Callaway reported 19 and a half starters on his Bundeena to Otford walk, and Greta James reported steamy (?) conditions for the 15 walkers who went on her Kanuka Brook - Campfire Creek trip. The description of this area as pristine on the walks program does leave one wondering. 
 + 
 +The following weekend saw Brian Holden, that recently come-out chauvinist petrol-head, leading a party of 13 into the Shoalhaven River valley. They reported some difficulties in seeing off a rather too frindly goanna who persisted in searching the camp for goodies. There was no report of Dick Weston and Kanuka Brook exploring bludge weekend, but Alan Mewett reported 19 starters enjoying a pleasant day on his Brooklyn to who-knows-where swimming day walk. 
 + 
 +The weekend of 31 Jan, 1/2 February brought out Jim Rivers with a party of 19 on his Wollangambe Wilderness trip persevering through initial drizzle and fog which later cleared to warm conditions. Keith Docherty reported that the 4.5 starters on his Loftus to Bundeena weekend walk found the going tough. The 0.5 was Brian Bolton we are told. Peter Christian's ongoing series of canyon trips saw a party of 6 going through Galah Canyon on the Sunday. The Saturday session in Heart Attack Canyon was cancelled, possibly for health reasons. Wilf Hilder reported a warm but pleasant day for the 29 people who came along an his Great North Walk Stage 2 - Chatswood to Thornleigh. 
 + 
 +If one is to have a definitive wet weekend then 7,8,9 February would have to have come close. It rained and rained. Greta James and the advance guard of her Zobels Gully trip reached Newnes through dense fog on the Friday night, slept on the pub verandah through the steadily increasing downpour, and went home in the morning. Kenn Clacher cancelled his Bell Canyon trip for similar reasons. Not to be outdone Errol Sheedy and Alan Mewett also cancelled their day walks. All of which brought the Walks Report to a soggy finish. 
 There was a Conservation Report and a Confederation Report. There was a Conservation Report and a Confederation Report.
-General eUeiness saw passage of a motion that we repair or replace the screen we use to + 
-view slides. After a number of announcements, most of which are out of date by now, the +General Business saw passage of a motion that we repair or replace the screen we use to view slides. After a number of announcements, most of which are out of date by now, the meeting closed at 2112. 
-meeting closed at 2112. + 
-* * * * * * * * * +===== To Trek Or Not To Trek ===== 
-Page 14 The Sydney Bushwalker March. 1992 +
-TO TREK OR NOT TO 'TREK+
 by Gordon Lee by Gordon Lee
-For those trying to make up their minds, here is some useful information which may help + 
-you decide. The facts and figures quoted are the result of literally painstaking research +For those trying to make up their minds, here is some useful information which may help you decide. The facts and figures quoted are the result of literally painstaking research carried out in Kathmandu in September, 1991. The estimated inflation rate in Nepal is 15%, so add that to the calculation you make for 1992. All monies quoted are converted to AUS dollars at the exchange rate current in 1991. These rates are listed at the end of the article. 
-carried out in Kathmandu in September, 1991. The estimated inflation rate in Nepal is 15%9 +
-so add that to the calculation you make for 1992. All monies quoted are converted to AUS dollars at the exchange rate current in 1991. These rates are listed at the end of the article.+
 SOURCES OF INFORMATION:- SOURCES OF INFORMATION:-
-1. Mr A.G.Punt, President of the Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN) +  - Mr A.G.Punt, President of the Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN) 
-2. Interviews with four separate Trekking Agencies. +  - Interviews with four separate Trekking Agencies. 
-3. Prices Brochure from the Royal Nepalese Airline. +  - Prices Brochure from the Royal Nepalese Airline. 
-4. Tourist Information Centre, Kathmandu. +  - Tourist Information Centre, Kathmandu. 
-S. Information gleaned personally.+  - Information gleaned personally. 
 From the President of TAAN I was given the list of Agencies in that organisation as at September 1991 and will gladly check an Agency for you if you ring me on (043) 88 5589. From the President of TAAN I was given the list of Agencies in that organisation as at September 1991 and will gladly check an Agency for you if you ring me on (043) 88 5589.
-As I see it there are three ways of going about it:- DOING IT ON THE CHEAP (1) + 
-Organise a bunch of buddies - you get a better discount on .airfares that way - then go see +As I see it there are three ways of going about it:-  
-a few travel agencies, get their best offer on the flight. There will be an overnight stopover. + 
-in Bangkok on the way out. +==== Doing It On The Cheap (1) ==== 
-BANGKOK: ..I can only recommend one hotel, The Liberty, 215 Pratipat Road (Baht 559 - A38 dbl) with a good cheqp. restaurant. If you are travelling with someone who knows their way . + 
-. around Bangkok then Khoa San Road is cheqper where you can get reasonable ,accommodation for between Baht BO to 200 (Aus 5/10 dbl). What you choose will depend on budget, luggage, knowledge, etc.+ 
 +Organise a bunch of buddies - you get a better discount on airfares that way - then go see a few travel agencies, get their best offer on the flight. There will be an overnight stopover in Bangkok on the way out. 
 + 
 +**Bangkok:** I can only recommend one hotel, The Liberty, 215 Pratipat Road (Baht 559 - A38 dbl) with a good cheap restaurant. If you are travelling with someone who knows their way around Bangkok then Khao San Road is cheaper where you can get reasonable accommodation for between Baht 80 to 200 (Aus 5/10 dbl). What you choose will depend on budget, luggage, knowledge, etc. 
 Getting there and back from the Airport can be a problem. Some of the choices are:- Getting there and back from the Airport can be a problem. Some of the choices are:-
-1. Taxi. You shouldn't pay more than B120 (Aus:$6) to Liberty or B200 (Aus $10). to Khao San. +  - Taxi. You shouldn't pay more than B120 (Aus $6) to Liberty or B200 (Aus $10) to Khao San. 
--Mini Bus. • These come-in about every hour and could cost up to 860 (Aus $3). If you are +  - Mini Bus. These come in about every hour and could cost up to B60 (Aus $3). If you are going to Liberty then a Fax to that hotel could possibly arrange transport. 
-going to Liberty :then a Fax to that hotel could. possibly arrange. transport. +  - Local Bus. These are the cheapest. Taking these will depend on the amount of gear you are carrying and knowing how to get where you want to go. 
-3. Local Bus. These are the cheapest. Taking these will depend on the amount of gear you +  - Trains. There are two, Ordinary and Special. The station is just "across the road" from the airport. The Special costs Aus $4 and the Ordinary Aus $2. These take you to Hualamphong Station (Central - Bangkok). You have to know how to get to where you want to go from there. Take Tuk Tuk or Taxi. 
-are carrying and knowing how to get where you want to go. + 
-Trains. There are two, Ordinary and .Special. The station is lust "across the' road" from +When you get through the airport check, take the **map** offerred to you as you leave the airport. This may help you get round the city. When you get outside there will be lots of hotel touts lined up with boards announcing their hotels. Look for Annapurna Lodge or Hotel New Ganeesh. Both are clean and cheap. Annapurna Lodge R120 (Aus $3.20) New Ganeesh R450 with'breakfast (Aus $12). These prices are for doubles with bathroom and toilet attached. Singles are 75% cheaper and both singles and doubles with communal bath and toilet are cheaper still. 
-the airport. The Special costs Aus $4 and the Ordinary Aus $2. These take you.to Hualamphong . + 
-Station (Central - Bangkok). You have to know' how' to get to where You want to go from there. +**The Trek.** You can trek on your own but your choice of routes is limited. The "popular" routes have lodges and "tea houses" along the way where you can get food and accommodation. These include Everest Base Camp, treks out of Pokhara to Annapurna Base Camp, Ghorapani and the Tomsom Trail etc. These are the long ones. There are shorter - enquire. 
-Take Iuk Tuk or'Taxi.: + 
-When you get through the airport check, take the MAP offerred to you- as you leave the +Going on your own may mean the hiring of porters and/or a guide, Remember **not** to hire them "with food" for you will have to pay for it. When you are paying for it, boy can they eat, so strike a rate "without food". Also solo can be more expensive. Single rooms can sometimes be aS dear as a double if you are paying for the room only. 
-airport. This may help you get round the city. When you get outside there will be lots of + 
-hotel touts lined up with boards announcing their hotels. Look for Annapurna Lodge or Hotel +==== The Middle Range (2) ==== 
-New Ganeesh. Both are clean and cheap. Annapurna Lodge R120 (Aus $3.20) New Ganeesh R450 + 
-.with'breakfast.(Aus $12). These prices are for-doubles with bathroom and tdilet attached. . Singles are 75% cheaper and both singles and-doubles with communal bath and toilet are cheaper still. + 
-THE TREK. You can trek on your own 'but your choice of' routes is limited, The "popular" . +All as for the foregoing. Again a group is cheaper on airfares.  
-routes have lodges and "tea houses" along the way where you can get food and accommodation. + 
-These include Everest Base Camp, treks out of Pokhara to Annapurna Base Camp, Ghorapani and the Tomsom Trail etc. These are the long ones. There are shorter - empire. +When you have settled down in Kathmandu, go to several trekking agencies and enquire as to the possibilities - choice of treks, conditions and prices. It helps if you know something about the country and where you want to go. Another suggestion is that if you have six people, why not split into three groups and with a similar set of questions, three agencies can be consulted at once, then compare notes and decide. The going rates vary from $US35 to $US70 per day, from basic accommodation to delux - tables and chairs and showers each night. 
-Going on your own may mean the hiring of porters and/pr a guide, Remember NOT to hire +$US40 seems to be a good basic price. 
-them "with food" for you will have, to pay for it. When yclt_.1 are paying•for it, boy can they eat, + 
-so strike a rate "without food". Also solo can be more expensive. Single rooms can sometimes +Climbing can be arranged at a little extra cost. An example of cost is given below:- 
-be aS dear as a double if you are paying for the room only. + 
-THE MIDDLE RANGE (2) +**Makalu and Everest Base Camp** - Approximately 30 days. 
-All as for the Foregoing. Again a group is cheaper on airfares. +|Fly from Kathmandu to Tumlingtar|  $US  44| | 
-When you have settled down in 'Kathmandu, go to several trekking agencies and enquire as to +|Trek 30 days @ $US40 per day|  1,200| | 
-March 1992 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 15 +|Trekking Permit approx.|  15| | 
-the possibilities - choice of treks, conditions and prices. It helps if you know something +|Fly out Lukla|  77| | 
-about the country and where you want to go. Another suggestion is that if you have six people, why not split into three .groups and with a similar set of questions three agencies can be consulted at once, then compare notes and decide. The going rates vary from SUS 35 to SUS 70 per day, from basic accommodation to delux - tables and chairs and showers each night. +|Spending money (less $77) optional (In small denomination Rupees)|  50| | 
- of cost is given below:- +| |  $US 1,376|  (Aus $1,840)| 
-$US 40 seems to be a good basic price. SUS 44 • + 
-Climbing can be arranged at a little extra cost. An example 1,200 +Don't forget that these prices will be subject to inflation as stated in Nepal in 1992. So it would have been possible to do this trek in 1991 for approx. Aus. $4,000. This of course is without food, sundry fares and any purchases for extra clothing gifts etc, but **does include** - Air fare, Trek fees, Airport tax, one week's accommodation in Bangkok and Kathmandu and taxi to and from Bangkok to airport. Don't forget Health and Travel Insurance. 
-MAKALU AND EVERST BASE CAMP - Approximately 30 days. 15 + 
- 77 +==== Dearest (3) ==== 
- 50 + 
-Fly from Kathmandu to Tumlingtar  + 
-Trek 30 days @ SUS 40 per day-  +Go through a Trekking Agency in Australia. This will relieve you of any running around doing-it-yourself-activity but, as you will find out, it will cost. Stay with the **recognised** Agencies. 
-• Trekking Permit approx.  + 
-Fly out Lukla  +**Beware** of "Privateers" or "Semi-Commercials" who may offer prices which seem to be better than those of the recognised Agencies for they may not be as attractive as they are presented. Check with what is contained here or with me on the number previously quoted. 
-• Spending money (less $77) optional  + 
-(In small denomination Rupees)  +**Regardless** of whether you go with a recognised Agency, Privateer or Semi-Commercial Organiser be sure that you get contracts for all the conditions that apply, such as refund in case of cancellation (very important), what exactly the trekking fees cover, whether the accommodation charges are reasonable etc. 
-$US 1,376 (Aus $1,840) +(NOTE: SUS 1 = SAus. 76 cents = Baht 25 = Nepalese R 49 (black) R 42 (official)) 
-Don't forget that these prices will be subject to inflation as stated in Nepal in 1992. So it would have been possible to do this trek in 1991 for approx. Aus. $ 4,000. This of course is without food, sundry fares and any purchases for extra clothing gifts etc, but DOES INCLUDE - Air fare, Trek fees, Airport tax, one week's accommodation in Bangkok and Kathmandu + 
-and taxi to and from Bangkok to airport. Don't forget Health and Travel Insurance. +===== Social Notes ===== 
-DEAREST (3) +
-Go through a Trekking Agency in Australia. This will relieve you of any running around doing-it-yourself-activity but, as you will find out, it will cost. Stay with the RECOGNISED Agencies. +
-BEWARE of "Privateers" or "S&Iii-Commercials" who may offer prices which seem to be better than those of the rocognised Atcpncies for they may riot be as attractive asthey are presented. Check with what is contained here or with me on the number previously quoted. +
-REGARDLESS of whether you go with a recognised A4pncy, Privateer or Semi-Commercial Organiser be sure that you get contracts for all the conditions that apply, such as refund in case of cancellation (very important), what exactly the trekking fees cover, whether the accommodation charges are reasonable etc. +
-(NOTE: SUS 1 = SAus. 76 cents Baht 25 = Nepalese R 49 (black) R 42 .(official)) +
-SOCIAL NOTES+
 On March 25th there will be a Safety & Leadership Workshop - for past, present and future Leaders as well as followers - we all have something to learn. On March 25th there will be a Safety & Leadership Workshop - for past, present and future Leaders as well as followers - we all have something to learn.
 +
 15th April - Slides with a difference - Les Simmons. Great slides of those special moments at dusk and dawn plus bush and sports photography. 15th April - Slides with a difference - Les Simmons. Great slides of those special moments at dusk and dawn plus bush and sports photography.
 +
 22nd April - "Wilderness Protection & Management in the State of N.S.W." A talk by Keith Muir of the Colong Foundation. 22nd April - "Wilderness Protection & Management in the State of N.S.W." A talk by Keith Muir of the Colong Foundation.
-Peter Christian will show an audio visual with large screen - Tasmania from mountains to)sea visiting 7 Nation Parks. On 29th April.+ 
 +Peter Christian will show an audio visual with large screen - Tasmania from mountains to sea visiting 7 National Parks. On 29th April. 
 On 15th April meet for dinner 6.30 pm at the Thai Restaurant just down from the Clubroom. The restaurant is upstairs. On 15th April meet for dinner 6.30 pm at the Thai Restaurant just down from the Clubroom. The restaurant is upstairs.
-Page 16 The Sydney Bushwalker March 1992 + 
-CONFEDERATION OF BUSHWALKING CLUBS .NSW INCORPORATED +===== Confederation Of Bushwalking Clubs NSW Incorporated ===== 
-MinOtes of General Meetin  18th February+ 
 +**Minutes of General Meeting  18th February** 
 by Spiro Hajinakitas by Spiro Hajinakitas
-Insurance + 
-A Motion was passed that will add $0.25 per Club Member to the cost of both Public +**Insurance** 
-Liability and Sports Accident Insurance and the money will be set aside to a special account to be used as an Insurance Sinking Fund. I + 
-Search  & Rescue  +A Motion was passed that will add $0.25 per Club Member to the cost of both Public Liability and Sports Accident Insurance and the money will be set aside to a special account to be used as an Insurance Sinking Fund.  
-- A Motion was passed to set up a sub-committee to review and make recommendations on the future direction of Search & Rescue, particularly in relation to its continued membership of the NSW Volunteer Rescue Association. This has become necessary as in recent times regional Police have not called upon "outsiders" for assistance, preferring to use their own local people and any available helicopters. + 
-It was reported that the unfortunate Newcastle Bushwalker who drowned in Wollemi Creek earlier this year an his first Club trip was an excellent swimmer, a swimming isntructor no less. At the time of the accident he was wearing a cheap tight-fitting rucksack which was extremely difficult to remove, and may have been a factor contributing to the tragedy. +**Search & Rescue** 
-Conservation +A Motion was passed to set up a sub-committee to review and make recommendations on the future direction of Search & Rescue, particularly in relation to its continued membership of the NSW Volunteer Rescue Association. This has become necessary as in recent times regional Police have not called upon "outsiders" for assistance, preferring to use their own local people and any available helicopters. 
-Confederation is to urge the Government to ensure the appointment of members to the National park Advisory Committees does include a member of Confederation, particularly Royal, Delia, Morten. and Blue Mountains. + 
-Confederation alscris to suggest to the Government that a guaranteed minimum percentage of the State Budget' be allocated towards Conservation. +It was reported that the unfortunate Newcastle Bushwalker who drowned in Wollemi Creek earlier this year an his first Club trip was an excellent swimmer, a swimming instructor no less. At the time of the accident he was wearing a cheap tight-fitting rucksack which was extremely difficult to remove, and may have been a factor contributing to the tragedy. 
-Publicity + 
-An official list of spokeeo_ +**Conservation** 
-ple has been appointed to be on call in answer to requests + 
-from the media for radio interviews, television appearances and press interviews. +Confederation is to urge the Government to ensure the appointment of members to the National Park Advisory Committees does include a member of Confederation, particularly Royal, Deua, Morton and Blue Mountains. 
-Newsletter+ 
 +Confederation also is to suggest to the Government that a guaranteed minimum percentage of the State Budget be allocated towards Conservation. 
 + 
 +**Publicity** 
 + 
 +An official list of spokespeople has been appointed to be on call in answer to requests from the media for radio interviews, television appearances and press interviews. 
 + 
 +**Newsletter** 
 It is hoped that the "Bushwalker" will soon be printed. It is hoped that the "Bushwalker" will soon be printed.
-General Business + 
-The "Keyhole" section of Claustral Canyon is partially blocked and it now requires an abseil from a higher. point.+**General Business** 
 + 
 +The "Keyhole" section of Claustral Canyon is partially blocked and it now requires an abseil from a higher point.  
 Peter Treseder has been awarded an Order of Australia. Peter Treseder has been awarded an Order of Australia.
-Confederation has donated $250 to support the Environment Liason Officer work in the NSW Parliament. + 
-* *•* * * * * * +Confederation has donated $250 to support the Environment Liaison Officer work in the NSW Parliament. 
-1,4 + 
-S .13.W . CIPF4 1.1U11N +=====SBW Equivalent of Column 8===== 
-At the last Red Cross Blood Bank Presentation of Badges on Friday, 6th March 1992 S.B.W. was well represented (unbeknownst to those concerned at the beginningof the evening): the first recipient (for 50 donations) was former President, Barbara Bruce; in the middle (for 75 donations) was Presidential nomination Ian Debert; and the last recipient (for 175 donations) was Jan Wouters. +At the last Red Cross Blood Bank Presentation of Badges on Friday, 6th March 1992 S.B.W. was well represented (unbeknownst to those concerned at the beginning of the evening): the first recipient (for 50 donations) was former President, Barbara Bruce; in the middle (for 75 donations) was Presidential nomination Ian Debert; and the last recipient (for 175 donations) was Jan Wouters. 
-Ka friend of SBW)+ 
 +(a friend of SBW)
  
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