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|Business Manager:| J.W. Mullins| | |Business Manager:| J.W. Mullins| | ||
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|Are Bushwalkers Mad? |Marie B. Byles |1| | |Are Bushwalkers Mad? |Marie B. Byles |1| | ||
- | |Bush Walkers in New Zealand|Dot English |2| | + | |Bush Walkers in New Zealand|Dot English |
|Wading Harry' | |Wading Harry' | ||
|Antonio - A New Dolly Ballad | |8| | |Antonio - A New Dolly Ballad | |8| | ||
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===== Are Bushwalkers Mad? ===== | ===== Are Bushwalkers Mad? ===== | ||
- | By M.B.B. | + | By M.B.B. |
Most people would reply emphatically, | Most people would reply emphatically, | ||
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===== Bush Walkers in New Zealand ===== | ===== Bush Walkers in New Zealand ===== | ||
- | by Dot English. | + | by Dot English. |
- | 25 Mile Hut, | + | 25 Mile Hut,\\ |
28/12/1937. | 28/12/1937. | ||
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We have had swims in all the lakes and rivers and the sea encountered on our way. The water is absolutely frigid - the sea no less than the snow fed lakes and rivers - its current sweeps up direct from the South Pole. We dived in pink and supple and come out blue and stiff without our breath. "In and out" is the order of the bath. | We have had swims in all the lakes and rivers and the sea encountered on our way. The water is absolutely frigid - the sea no less than the snow fed lakes and rivers - its current sweeps up direct from the South Pole. We dived in pink and supple and come out blue and stiff without our breath. "In and out" is the order of the bath. | ||
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Gordon and Bert and I (Dot) climbed a hill overlooking Milford Sound, so as to get a view of the waters of the Sound. The hill was about 2,500 ft. and this we expected would take us at the most a couple of hours, which we had to fill in before tea. So we set out, following up a watercourse then cut off into the bush. Gee, did you ever imagine bush could be so dense and matted - it grew up almost perpendicular slope so that we practically climbed up from tree to tree. We slipped up perpendicular rock faces - erstwhile waterfalls - burying our hands and toes in the thick featherbed moss to which we clung, (We think this must be a misprint! Ed. ) then followed a steep tree-clad ridge where the ground underfoot was feet thick with fallen trees and branches so moss-covered that we couldn' | Gordon and Bert and I (Dot) climbed a hill overlooking Milford Sound, so as to get a view of the waters of the Sound. The hill was about 2,500 ft. and this we expected would take us at the most a couple of hours, which we had to fill in before tea. So we set out, following up a watercourse then cut off into the bush. Gee, did you ever imagine bush could be so dense and matted - it grew up almost perpendicular slope so that we practically climbed up from tree to tree. We slipped up perpendicular rock faces - erstwhile waterfalls - burying our hands and toes in the thick featherbed moss to which we clung, (We think this must be a misprint! Ed. ) then followed a steep tree-clad ridge where the ground underfoot was feet thick with fallen trees and branches so moss-covered that we couldn' | ||
- | You should see our cooking arrangements over here. We started out with a knife, spoon plate and mug apiece, but have now little by little lost various items of cutlery so that we take it in turns with spoon for our porridge and Dot eats from the pot with a knifes, while, Brenda | + | You should see our cooking arrangements over here. We started out with a knife, spoon plate and mug apiece, but have now little by little lost various items of cutlery so that we take it in turns with spoon for our porridge and Dot eats from the pot with a knifes, while, Brenda |
There is a poor lone lad with an enormous pack down in the valley unable to cross the flooded river. Bert and Roy have just gone down with the rope and ice-axes to help get him over - great excitement. | There is a poor lone lad with an enormous pack down in the valley unable to cross the flooded river. Bert and Roy have just gone down with the rope and ice-axes to help get him over - great excitement. | ||
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Our next address will be c/o The Hermitage, Mt. Cook (till 28th. January) after which it will be c/o G.P.O. Wellington. | Our next address will be c/o The Hermitage, Mt. Cook (till 28th. January) after which it will be c/o G.P.O. Wellington. | ||
- | Hoping to hear from some or all of you, and kin regard and the Compliments of the Seasot | + | Hoping to hear from some or all of you, and kin regard and the Compliments of the Season |
From the Whole Pack,\\ | From the Whole Pack,\\ | ||
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I am, etc.,\\ | I am, etc.,\\ | ||
- | J. Gibson per H.M. Whaite.\\ | + | J. Gibson |
Hon Secretary, | Hon Secretary, | ||
Warrigal Club of N.S.W. | Warrigal Club of N.S.W. | ||
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The following paragraph culled from an article by a New Zealand tramper in London is of very considerable interest:- | The following paragraph culled from an article by a New Zealand tramper in London is of very considerable interest:- | ||
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==== Melbourne Men Walkers 43 Years Old and Still Young. ==== | ==== Melbourne Men Walkers 43 Years Old and Still Young. ==== | ||
- | The annual report of the Molbounlo | + | The annual report of the Melbourne |
- | taste left by that shocking motoring article in "The Melbourne Walker" | + | |
- | them. On re-union walks they seem to average about 40 and on Ladiest | + | |
- | Walkers complain that their membership grows too rapidly. Apparently clubs always covet what they have not. It would be an interesting subject for an inter-club debate, the question of whether a large or small membership is more desirable. | + | |
(Forty-third Annual Report of the Melbourne Walking and Touring Club). | (Forty-third Annual Report of the Melbourne Walking and Touring Club). | ||
==== How Hikers Bushwalk in Potomac. ==== | ==== How Hikers Bushwalk in Potomac. ==== | ||
- | Perhaps we do not often stop to think how differently the hiking or bushwalking or | + | Perhaps we do not often stop to think how differently the hiking or bushwalking or tramping (or whatever you will) movement has developed in Australia as compared with other lands. The objects of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club show that difference more clearly than do many articles: |
- | tramping (or whatever you will) movement has developed in Australia as compared with other lands. The objects of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club show that difference | + | |
- | more clearly than do many articles:- | + | "To open, develop, extend and maintain trails for walkers, mountain-climbers and nature-students in wooded and mountain regions - - and more particularly the Appalachian Trail - to construct and maintain camp sites, open shelters and permanent camps - - to collect data of interest to users of the trail concerning history, geology-, botany, forestry and wild life - - to prepare maps etc." - the rest of the objects are similar to our own. Bushwalkers often feel very superior because they need no tracks or shelters, but how many would be willing to give up one Sunday a month for a "work trip?" And do we take the trouble to acquaint ourselves with the botany, geology and forestry of the bush we pass through? This American Club has regular " |
- | "To open, develop, extend and maintain trails for walkers, mountain-climbers and nature- | + | |
- | students in wooded and mountain regions - - and more particularly the Appalachian Trail - to construct and maintain camp sites, open shelters and permanent camps - - to collect data of interest to users of the trail concerning history, geology-, botany, forestry and mild life - - to prepare maps etc." - the rest of the objects are similar | + | |
- | to our own. Bushwalkers often feel very superior because they need no tracks or shelters, | + | |
- | but how many would be willing to give up one Sunday a month for a "work trip?" And do we take the trouble to acquaint ourselves with the botany, geology and forestry of the | + | |
- | bush we pass through? This American Club has regular " | + | |
- | walking a mere five or six miles so that the members may really learn about things on | + | |
- | the way. As usual each club may learn from every other. Probably we should find their | + | |
- | walks ridiculously tame, but they could certainly run rings round us in other respects. Bulletin Potomac Appalachian Trail Club - October 1937. | + | |
==== Live Wires. ==== | ==== Live Wires. ==== |
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