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 Telephone 9411 1873
 Email rraymond@ozemail com au
-Business Manager: Elizabeth.Miller 1 The-Babette, Castlecrag, 2068 Telephone 9958 7838
+Business Manager: Elizabeth Miller 1 The Babette, Castlecrag, 2068 Telephone 9958 7838
 Production Manager: Frances Holland Printers: Kenn Clacher, Barrie Murdoch, Margaret Niven, Les Powell, Tom Wenman,
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 Anthony Crichton & Spiro Hajinakitas, Delegates to Confederation:
 Jim Callaway & Wilf Hilder
-NOVEMBER
+NOVEMBER 1999
 Issue No. 780
-. October General.
+. October General Meeting Report
-Meeting Report
+. A Colo-Uraterer Venture by Max Gentle
-. A Colo-Uraterer Venture
+. Frank Rigby's illness.
-by Max Gentle
+. Coolana Music Festival.
-.  Frank Rigby's illness.
+. Note from John Hogan
-.  Coolana Music Festival. 8. Note from John Hogan
 . Bushwalkers Locked out Too by Garth Coulter & Peter Stitt
 . Change to SBW Website by Eddy Giacomel
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-Page 2 The Sydney Bushwalker, November 1999
 The October General Meeting
-Reported I y &nay Wallace
+Reported by Barry Wallace
 The meeting began at around 2011 with the president in the chair and 16 or so members present. There were apologies for Gretel Woodward and Fran Holland and new members Margaret Barrie, Gavin Lower and Rick Symons were welcomed to the club in the usual way.
 The minutes of the September general meeting were read and received, with the only matter arising being mention that the letter regarding funding cuts to the NPWS was still in draft form awaiting the required specific details.
 Correspondence included a letter from Natural Areas Limited, enclosing a share certificate, from a Nigel Haverman wishing to survey our membership for information, a return thanks for our condolences on the death of Bill Hall, minutes of the recent Confederation meeting and details of Confederation's wilderness policy.
 The treasurer's report was next, with information that we began the month with a balance of $11,346, and ended with a balance of $12,678.
 Bill Capon presented the walks reports, leading off with the weekend of 11, 12 September when Michelle Powell and Owen Kimberley led a walk out from Yerranderie. The party of 3 had a great time despite some reported shoe problems along the way.
 WiIf Hilder led a party of three on his Saturday walk in the Illawarra Escarpment State Recreation Ana. It was a beautiful day with the Gymea lilies in bloom, and a late lunch due to errors in certain guesstimations.
 Ralph Penglis's Sunday walk on Sydney Harbour had no details other than a head count of around 12. David Trinder led 11 starters on his Sunday walk on Kings Tableland on a good day, and David Robinson had 14 walkers out on his Bundeena to Waterfall trip the same day.
 Kenn Clacher reported 4 starters, an excellent trip and four river crossings on his Jagungal jaunt over the extended weekend of 18 to 20 September.
 Wilf Wider led two starters on stages land 8 of the Great Illawarra Coast Walk over the weekend of 18, 19 September. The K to K on the other hand went over the weekend of 17, 18, 19 September with a cast of 6 walkers and 7 support staff. Conditions were clear and pleasant due to earlier strong winds accompanying a cool change.
 Anne Maguire had 26 and great weather conditions for her Sunday walk out from Wentworth falls but Geoff Dowsett's bicycle trip in Wollemi National Park that day did not go.
 The weekend of 24, 25, 26 September saw Tony Manes with the party of 16 on his walk in Morton National Park enjoying fine conditions on the Saturday but experiencing rain on the Sunday.
-Peter Miller and the party of 11 on his Saturday walk out from Mountain Lagoon experienced wet conditions. Ron Watters' Sunday trip to Gibraltar Range had 11 starters, encountered several kangaroos and narrowly avoided impact with a feral pig during a rapid descent of one of the ridges. They also reported the area extensively ploughed up by pigs.
+Peter Miller and the party of 11 on his Saturday walk out from Mountain Lagoon experienced wet conditions.
+Ron Watters' Sunday trip to Gibraltar Range had 11 starters, encountered several kangaroos and narrowly avoided impact with a feral pig during a rapid descent of one of the ridges. They also reported the area extensively ploughed up by pigs.
 Patrick James reported rumbles of thunder and 12 walkers on a gruelling stroll for his Parramatta History walk. There is a suggestion he is attempting to capture in writing his emotional response to the Parramatta Dam. Watch this space folks.
 The October Long Weekend saw arrival of the deluge.
 The party of 12 on Ian Rannard's Barrington/Gloucester trip abandoned the walk on Sunday afternoon after heavy rain and extensive mud.
-Peter Miller's party of three, on his attempt to climb Mount Colong one more time, was heartened by the fine Saturday after a long night of rain on Friday. The rains returned at dusk on Saturday however, and were still at it when the party moved out to the getting- home side of the creeks on Sunday morning. Peter Kaye had 9 on his Hill End walk.
-The Sydney Bushwalker: First Edition July 1931
+Peter Miller's party of three, on his attempt to climb Mount Colong one more time, was heartened by the fine Saturday after a long night of rain on Friday. The rains returned at dusk on Saturday however, and were still at it when the party moved out to the getting- home side of the creeks on Sunday morning.
-Official publication of The Sydney Bush Walkers Inc.
-The Sydney Bushwalker, November 1999 Page 3,
+Peter Kaye had 9 on his Hill End walk. Conditions were wet but the walk was lovely.
+Bill Capon treated the 7 starters on his Wolgan area walk to a couple of eleyekhour days to make up for the wet conditions. Judy Jones and the party of 10 on her Sunday Sydney Harbour walk adapted to the wet conditions by joining the Mal Jazz Festival.
+Geoff Dowsett's Munmorah State Recreation area walk the same day saw wet conditions and ended up listening to a country rock band, presumably under shelter.
-Conditions were wet but the walk was lovely.
-Bill Capon treated the 7 starter's on his Wolgan area walk to a couple of eleyekhour days to make up for the wet conditions. Judy Jones and the party of 10 on her Sunday Sydney Harbour walk adapted to the wet conditions by joining the Mal Jazz Festival.
-Geoff Dowsett's Mtuirnorah State Recreation area walk the same day saw wet conditions and ended up listening to a country rock band, presumably under shelter.
 Conditions had fined somewhat by the Weekend of 9, 10 October when Roger Treagus led a party of 20 on his Sunday walk from Mount Ku-ring-gal to Narrabeen Beach in unexpectedly hot conditions. Only 16 people saw out the full distance with progress in the conditions being slow and the overall experience described as not easily forgotten.
 Phil Newman had a party of four on his Sunday walk out from Canons on a long, hot day.
 Ian Rannard's mid week walk from Lidcombe to Hurlstone Park attracted a party of 6 to conclude the walks reports for the month.
 Conservation report brought news that the Regional Forest Agreements for the NSW south coast areas are pending. As has been the case Australia wide, loss of further forest areas to the agreements is anticipated.
-A new edition Of the NSW wilderness areas red index was launched on 14th October.
-The Bush club celebrated its 60th anniversary recently.
+A new edition Of the NSW wilderness areas red index was launched on 14th October.The Bush club celebrated its 60th anniversary recently. George Mawer has possession of Nun's training notes.
-George Mawer has possession of Nun's training notes.
-There Was no general business; so after the announcements, the meeting closed at 21.14.
+There was no general business, so after the announcements, the meeting closed at 21.14.
 Colo Uraterer Venture by Maxwell Gentle
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 This early epic trip by two of the SBW Tigers traversed a spectacularly rugged area that still presents interesting possibilities for present day walkers.If members are interested in reading similar stories of early walks please let me know. Gordon Smith, Max Gentle 's partner on this walk, died at the infamous Sandakan POW camp five months before the Japanese capitulated. Max Gentle died of a heart attack at the age of 51 in July 1962. Ed
-Mr. Gordon Smith andI arrived at Capertee Railway Station at 4.30 am. Thursday, February 5th, 1931. Daybreak found us walking leisurely along the undulating roadway that runs from Capertee to Glen Alice, It zig-zagged around the head of Coco Creek and passed under the shadow of spectacular-sandstone walls, but after a while a more open country was reached, over which were scattered numerous sheep stations. After passing the Coco Creek ford we found ourselves in a broad valley. We had left the aptly-termed Tower Mountain (Crown Mt.) behind us, and were now abreast of Mount Genowlan on our left and Canobla Gap on our right.
+Mr. Gordon Smith and I arrived at Capertee Railway Station at 4.30 am. Thursday, February 5th, 1931. Daybreak found us walking leisurely along the undulating roadway that runs from Capertee to Glen Alice, It zig-zagged around the head of Coco Creek and passed under the shadow of spectacular-sandstone walls, but after a while a more open country was reached, over which were scattered numerous sheep stations. After passing the Coco Creek ford we found ourselves in a broad valley. We had left the aptly-termed Tower Mountain (Crown Mt.) behind us and were now abreast of Mount Genowlan on our left and Canobla Gap on our right.
 The surrounding mountains gave an impression of great wildness. A few miles to the northward could be seen the Chimney Stack, (Mt. Tayer) which, from its conical appearance may have been a one-time volcano, Though the surrounding country was purely sandstone the bed of Coco Creek was composed of granite cobblestones. The creek itself was a chain of pools, fringed with river oaks and occasional willows. The undulating grassland through which it flowed was all taken up by sheep and cattle runs.