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**February 1999 Issue No. 771:** | **February 1999 Issue No. 771:** | ||
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|2|The Pittwater Track by Roger Treagus| | |2|The Pittwater Track by Roger Treagus| | ||
|4|Annual General Meeting by Eddy Giacomel| | |4|Annual General Meeting by Eddy Giacomel| | ||
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- | ADVERTISERS | + | ADVERTISERS\\ |
- | Alpsport 7 | + | Alpsport 7\\ |
- | + | Eastwood Camping Centre 12\\ | |
- | Eastwood Camping Centre 12 | + | Outland 5\\ |
- | + | Paddy Pallin back cover\\ | |
- | Outland 5 | + | Willis' |
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- | Paddy Pallin back cover | + | |
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- | Willis' | + | |
- | + | ====== The Pittwater Track ====== | |
- | THE PITTWATER TRACK by Roger Treagus | + | by Roger Treagus |
The western foreshore of Pittwater is a special place. It is where the pristine bush of Ku Ring Gai Chase National Park meets the salt water estuary along a 16 km front. The creek water is sweet, the beaches superb and the views from the headlands, stunning. There are no real roads and no cars. Mainly the sounds are birds and outboard motors and even lyre birds mimicking outboard motors. The “offshore” population numbers over 600. It is a vibrant, artistic and wonderfully eccentric community. Where else would they stage an annual dog race where the local dogs are induced to swim from Scotland Island to the mainland. The first dog ashore scores a hamper of Pal and its owner a case of fourex. | The western foreshore of Pittwater is a special place. It is where the pristine bush of Ku Ring Gai Chase National Park meets the salt water estuary along a 16 km front. The creek water is sweet, the beaches superb and the views from the headlands, stunning. There are no real roads and no cars. Mainly the sounds are birds and outboard motors and even lyre birds mimicking outboard motors. The “offshore” population numbers over 600. It is a vibrant, artistic and wonderfully eccentric community. Where else would they stage an annual dog race where the local dogs are induced to swim from Scotland Island to the mainland. The first dog ashore scores a hamper of Pal and its owner a case of fourex. | ||
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This is a very special walk which can only be programmed 4 or 5 times a year, when the sun, moon, tides and weekends are all in conjuction to allow a dry foot crossing of the estuaries and inlets along the track. | This is a very special walk which can only be programmed 4 or 5 times a year, when the sun, moon, tides and weekends are all in conjuction to allow a dry foot crossing of the estuaries and inlets along the track. | ||
- | SBW | ||
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- | 72nd Annual Reunion | ||
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- | at Coolana, | ||
- | Kangaroo Valley | + | **SBW 72nd Annual Reunion at Coolana, |
- | on the weekend 13/14 March 1999 | + | Kangaroo Valley |
after the Annual General Meeting. | after the Annual General Meeting. | ||
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- | + | **Annual General Meeting | |
- | Annual General Meeting | + | |
The AGM is on Wednesday 10 March. | The AGM is on Wednesday 10 March. | ||
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For the wording of the proposed motions refer to the AGM notice which you will have received recently or are about to receive. | For the wording of the proposed motions refer to the AGM notice which you will have received recently or are about to receive. | ||
- | Till the AGM, | + | Till the AGM \\ |
- | + | Eddy Giacomel, | |
- | Eddy Giacomel, | + | |
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+ | ====== And Now a Mid-Week Mailing List ====== | ||
- | AND NOW A MID-WEEK MAILING LIST by Bill Holland. | + | by Bill Holland. |
We've had great mid-week activities, | We've had great mid-week activities, | ||
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Please advise me by phone on 9484 6636 or for the technically minded Email to " | Please advise me by phone on 9484 6636 or for the technically minded Email to " | ||
- | Letter to Sydney Bushwalkers. | + | |
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It’s been fun and a new experience to go tramping with you through all the scratchy bushes, swim the pools to cool the body, and have a beer to cool the inside. | It’s been fun and a new experience to go tramping with you through all the scratchy bushes, swim the pools to cool the body, and have a beer to cool the inside. | ||
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John Sniedze, December 1998. | John Sniedze, December 1998. | ||
- | Letter to the Editor. | + | |
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Hikers! HIKERS! | Hikers! HIKERS! | ||
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- | Summer walking in the Snowy Mountains | + | ====== |
Some unreliable musings by Cathryn Ollif | Some unreliable musings by Cathryn Ollif | ||
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Lucky participants in this walk were: Maurice Smith and George Mawer (co-leaders), | Lucky participants in this walk were: Maurice Smith and George Mawer (co-leaders), | ||
- | POSITIONS VACANT | + | |
+ | **POSITIONS VACANT** | ||
Although all SBW positions are up for grabs, | Although all SBW positions are up for grabs, | ||
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ARCHIVIST. | ARCHIVIST. | ||
- | This is a key role in SBW Management. Essential requirement for this challenging position is reading ability. | + | This is a key role in SBW Management. Essential requirement for this challenging position is reading ability. |
- | A Golden Weekend | ||
+ | ====== A Golden Weekend ====== | ||
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by Tom Wenman | by Tom Wenman | ||
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We departed early the next morning, up the ridge which looked so innocuous on the map, and yet, a short time after the start greeted us with a somewhat exposed dirt scramble, which no doubt sent the adrenalin racing through most of us. Thereafter a steepish climb brought us to the summit of the ridge, and Ian's precision navigation took us out to within a few hundred yards of the cars, to conclude the walk just after midday. | We departed early the next morning, up the ridge which looked so innocuous on the map, and yet, a short time after the start greeted us with a somewhat exposed dirt scramble, which no doubt sent the adrenalin racing through most of us. Thereafter a steepish climb brought us to the summit of the ridge, and Ian's precision navigation took us out to within a few hundred yards of the cars, to conclude the walk just after midday. | ||
- | COOLANA CHRISTMAS | + | |
+ | ====== Coolana Christmass ====== | ||
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+ | by Joan Rigby | ||
PRESENT: Gemma Gagne; George and Helen Gray; Pamela Irving; three generations of the Ratcliff-Lengakis family; Frank and Joan Rigby; Hans Stitcher and Laurie; Frank Woodgate; thirty+ species of birds; two Wombats and a Diamond Python. | PRESENT: Gemma Gagne; George and Helen Gray; Pamela Irving; three generations of the Ratcliff-Lengakis family; Frank and Joan Rigby; Hans Stitcher and Laurie; Frank Woodgate; thirty+ species of birds; two Wombats and a Diamond Python. | ||
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Over the rest of the holiday week walkers camped above the cliff line, dropped in for a chat, or left for walks elsewhere. Those remaining interspersed bouts of slashing, weeding and mowing with swims and much food. Finally, only Gemma was left to enjoy the peace and beauty of Coolana. | Over the rest of the holiday week walkers camped above the cliff line, dropped in for a chat, or left for walks elsewhere. Those remaining interspersed bouts of slashing, weeding and mowing with swims and much food. Finally, only Gemma was left to enjoy the peace and beauty of Coolana. | ||
- | Trekking in East Africa (Part 1) | + | |
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by Jan Szarek | by Jan Szarek | ||
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Sanford Larson' | Sanford Larson' | ||
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*acting editor 1 issue only | *acting editor 1 issue only | ||
- | FOOTNOTES by Patrick James. | + | |
+ | ====== Footnotes ====== | ||
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+ | by Patrick James. | ||
Just a little bit late but happy Chinese New Year to you all. Did you sort out all the Valentine cards you received; who sent which one and why. Do you remember the occasion? | Just a little bit late but happy Chinese New Year to you all. Did you sort out all the Valentine cards you received; who sent which one and why. Do you remember the occasion? | ||
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Together with the Minister for the Environment, | Together with the Minister for the Environment, | ||
- | This issue we have the first installments | + | This issue we have the first instalments |
You may recall in July and August 1997 an article by Peter Freeman on the Snows of Kilimanjaro. | You may recall in July and August 1997 an article by Peter Freeman on the Snows of Kilimanjaro. | ||
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