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- | Away, away, from men and towns, | + | Away, away, from men and towns,\\ |
- | To the wild wood and the downs | + | To the wild wood and the downs --\\ |
- | To the silent wilderness | + | To the silent wilderness\\ |
- | Where the soul need not repress | + | Where the soul need not repress\\ |
- | Its music, lest it should not find | + | Its music, lest it should not find\\ |
- | An echo in another' | + | An echo in another' |
- | While the touch of Nature' | + | While the touch of Nature' |
- | Harmonises heart to heart. | + | Harmonises heart to heart. |
Percy Bysshe Shelley. | Percy Bysshe Shelley. | ||
- | ** | + | =====Through Northern Jungles===== |
- | Through Northern Jungles** | + | |
- | by Wiff Knight, | + | |
- | While staying at Cape Tribulation on Cape York Peninsular, | + | by Wiff Knight. |
- | We left on Thursday 17th August at 7.30 a m. in a flat-bottomed boat and sailed 15 miles north to the Bloomfield River, the sea being very calm, We made very good progress and arrived 4 miles up the Bloomfield River (or the Roaring Meg as it is called locally). It is not the crockadiles that roar, but the amount of water rushing over the rapids | + | While staying at Cape Tribulation |
- | We passed an abo mission run by a Mr.Biddel | + | We left on Thursday 17th August at 7.30 a.m. in a flat-bottomed boat and sailed 15 miles north to the Bloomfield River, the sea being very calm. We made very good progress |
- | The intention of the boys was to go right through | + | We passed an abo. mission run by a Mr. Biddel and his wife, and called in at the Ayton Store, where the boys ordered their month' |
- | This part of the country | + | The intention |
- | Next stop was at China camp, where there are a few men still working. | + | This part of the country was forest |
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- | of pounds and he has not got a lease of any ground yet. He is falling huge kauri trees and pit sawing them into planks | + | |
- | At last, at 5 o' | + | Next stop was at China camp, where there are a few men still working. This place was booming about 1916. I think it is nearly washed out now. We were empty and I was thinking of getting some tucker at the store there, but the lads showed me it - a slab but with a padlock on and no one about! We had a drink of water and a small slice of bread and jam. I left the tucker part to them and did not fancy doing another seven miles of scrub country over three ranges of mountains of the worst country you would walk in. Three miles from our camp we pulled up at a camp and were given a cup of tea and a piece of damper. That helped me to get there. We were walking along the Roaring Meg again and passed a Gins' camp where four of them live and they work for young Pearse. He is putting in a water scheme that is costing him hundreds of pounds and he has not got a lease of any ground yet. He is falling huge kauri trees and pit sawing them into planks to make a race across a gully to carrying the water for tin sluicing. |
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+ | At last, at 5 o' | ||
In the morning we went along the water race and cleaned it out and kept our eyes open for a pig. A bit of wild pork would be a luxury up there. The pigs were quicker than us; we could not get close enough to shoot one. | In the morning we went along the water race and cleaned it out and kept our eyes open for a pig. A bit of wild pork would be a luxury up there. The pigs were quicker than us; we could not get close enough to shoot one. | ||
- | In the afternoon I saw how they wash for tin. They make a water race or trench down the piece of land they intend to wash. At the lowest end they start digging and the water runs down and all the loose earth is washed away. Six feet of earth had to be shifted before they came to the tin. The tin is loose in between granite boulders resting on clay. The racks are inspected to see if they contain tin and if not they are thrown away. After the earth is shifted they gather all the tin; it stays behind on the clay. That has to | + | In the afternoon I saw how they wash for tin. They make a water race or trench down the piece of land they intend to wash. At the lowest end they start digging and the water runs down and all the loose earth is washed away. Six feet of earth had to be shifted before they came to the tin. The tin is loose in between granite boulders resting on clay. The racks are inspected to see if they contain tin and if not they are thrown away. After the earth is shifted they gather all the tin; it stays behind on the clay. That has to be re-washed to get the sand out of it. Before any digging is done the jungle had to be fallen and left to dry and then burned off to get to the earth, so you can see they earn every penny they get. I am told that they make from £4 upwards per week. Food is very dear, about double what it would cost in a town. |
- | be re-washed to get the sand out of it. Before any digging is done the jungle had to be fallen and left to dry and then burned off to get to the earth, so you can see they earn every penny they get. I am told that they make from ELF upwards per week. Food is very dear, about double what it would cost in a town. | + | |
The bush is full of birds of all kinds; king parrots, bell-birds, jackey' | The bush is full of birds of all kinds; king parrots, bell-birds, jackey' | ||
- | Sunday morning was spent washing for tin for a couple of hours, then the water failed and we decided to get some fresh meat for dinner. We went through the jungle, Peter first with a cane knife, hacking down cane vines and scrub so we could get through. If you want a drink all you have to do is to cut about three or four feet of cane, hold it up and suck the bottom end and the water will run out and give you a good drink. It is a pity the cane does not grow in the dry areas as there are plenty of running creeks in the jungle. We came out at the river and waited to see some platypus; I was told there ware plenty | + | Sunday morning was spent washing for tin for a couple of hours, then the water failed and we decided to get some fresh meat for dinner. We went through the jungle, Peter first with a cane knife, hacking down cane vines and scrub so we could get through. If you want a drink all you have to do is to cut about three or four feet of cane, hold it up and suck the bottom end and the water will run out and give you a good drink. It is a pity the cane does not grow in the dry areas as there are plenty of running creeks in the jungle. We came out at the river and waited to see some platypus; I was told there ware plenty there but we did not see any. |
- | there but we did not see any. | + | |
It is surprising how the boys find their way through the jungle. Walter with a gun went one way, Peter and I another, and we roamed about for over an hour trying to get out. At last I sighted some cut bushes and we followed them and landed right back at our camp. | It is surprising how the boys find their way through the jungle. Walter with a gun went one way, Peter and I another, and we roamed about for over an hour trying to get out. At last I sighted some cut bushes and we followed them and landed right back at our camp. | ||
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Sunday afternoon was spent looking over another of their claims where there was an old shack with a couple of pawpaw trees, some bananas and plenty of 6 ft. grass in the clearing. | Sunday afternoon was spent looking over another of their claims where there was an old shack with a couple of pawpaw trees, some bananas and plenty of 6 ft. grass in the clearing. | ||
- | I decided to leave on Monday morning early as I did not think it fair to be eating their tucker when it was so hard to get. At 7.20 a m. I left by myself on the return journey and about if miles along I met the pack horses coming in with the boys' supplies. Mr. Pearse' | + | I decided to leave on Monday morning early as I did not think it fair to be eating their tucker when it was so hard to get. At 7.20 a.m. I left by myself on the return journey and about 1 1/2 miles along I met the pack horses coming in with the boys' supplies. Mr. Pearse' |
I had another three miles to do to Mr. Bidell' | I had another three miles to do to Mr. Bidell' | ||
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I found Mr. Bidell and his wife a splendid couple. They made me welcome and put me up for the night. My instructions were to get a black boy to bring me back to my camp from there, fifteen miles overland through jungle. | I found Mr. Bidell and his wife a splendid couple. They made me welcome and put me up for the night. My instructions were to get a black boy to bring me back to my camp from there, fifteen miles overland through jungle. | ||
- | Mr. Bidell tried hard to get me a boy but they were all sick and one young chap that had been out all night getting a turtle promised to take me back in the afternoon by boat. I had an early dinner and walked down to their camp about a mile to the entrance of the river. No sign of the boy. He had not come over from the other side with his turtle. I waited until one o' | ||
- | After he had had his meal the boy came to me and said the wind was no good to sail and for me to come back in the morning. There was nothing left | ||
- | for me to do but to go back to the mission and stay the night. You can't | ||
- | 4 drive them, and when they say " | ||
- | The next morning I got up at 4.30 and went down to the blacks' | ||
- | the dark. He was nowhere about. I asked an old abo and he said he would .7j4r take me. As he had a fire I put my billy on and made a cup of tea and had a snack. We left in a small flattie and sailed for about 4 miles; then the | ||
- | wind dropped and we had to row all the rest. About half way, at Cowie Beach, we pulled in for a drink and I jumped over and had a swim. The water was beautifully clear with a sandy bottom. | ||
- | I arrived back at 12 o' | ||
- | LOWER PRICES | + | Mr. Bidell tried hard to get me a boy but they were all sick and one young chap that had been out all night getting a turtle promised to take me back in the afternoon by boat. I had an early dinner and walked down to their camp about a mile to the entrance |
- | With prices on the up-grade, it is refreshing to hear | + | |
- | of reductions. Paddy has by careful planning managed | + | |
- | First comes Bag. is 31/ shorter and a little narrower than the standard bag. Filled | + | |
- | This bag is specially suitable | + | |
- | The " | + | |
- | Price 35/-. | + | |
- | Waterproof covers are 1/6d extra as usual. | + | |
- | F. A. PALLIN | + | |
- | 327 George Street, SYDNEY | + | |
- | oar. Palings 'Phone B;3101. | + | |
+ | After he had had his meal the boy came to me and said the wind was no good to sail and for me to come back in the morning. There was nothing left for me to do but to go back to the mission and stay the night. You can't drive them, and when they say " | ||
- | FEDERATION NEWS | + | The next morning I got up at 4.30 and went down to the blacks' |
- | A year or so ago some members were inclined to say, "What good is the Federation?" | + | I arrived back at 12 o'clock to find my wife in the tent waiting for me. She had been staying with Mrs. Mason at her place while I was away and just came down to the tent to see if everything |
- | Once again it was a case of " | + | =====Federaton News===== |
- | No, the mystery of the missing notice of that September meeting was not cleared up. At that meeting the Federation Council was advised that an application had been lodged with the appropriate Govt Dept, for a lease and a permit to quarry in the vicinity of Colong Caves. It was decided to oppose this application when it comes before the Land Board. | + | A year or so ago some members were inclined to say, "What good is the Federation? What does it do? We don't hear of anything it is doing." |
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+ | Once again it was a case of " | ||
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+ | At that meeting the Federation Council was advised that an application had been lodged with the appropriate Govt. Dept. for a lease and a permit to quarry in the vicinity of Colong Caves. It was decided to oppose this application when it comes before the Land Board. | ||
The S.B.W. Delegates being absent, apparently all those present thought an Annual Federation Camp would be a good idea, and a committee of three was appointed to investigate and organise it. | The S.B.W. Delegates being absent, apparently all those present thought an Annual Federation Camp would be a good idea, and a committee of three was appointed to investigate and organise it. | ||
- | One of the main items of Federation News is that Council has decided that in future its meetings shall be opened to a " | + | One of the main items of Federation News is that Council has decided that in future its meetings shall be opened to a " |
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+ | In fact there is no excuse for not joining what the Federation is doing, for this month they asked for various helpers as well as announcing that the Clear Hill Working Bee had marked and defined the Wallaby Track which is part of Duncan' | ||
- | In fact there is no excuse for not joining what the Federation is doing, for this month they asked for various helpers as well as announcing that the Clear Hill working Bee had marked and defined the wallaby Track which is part of Duncan' | ||
The digging of three Wel1s in Corral Swamp having been postponed till the weather got warmer. This Working Bee is being organised by Brian Harvey for the end of October or early in November, and volunteers were called for. | The digging of three Wel1s in Corral Swamp having been postponed till the weather got warmer. This Working Bee is being organised by Brian Harvey for the end of October or early in November, and volunteers were called for. | ||
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The Department of Local Government having asked the Federation to arrange for a number of copies of the Protected Wild Flowers Proclamation to be taken into the bush and fixed in conspicuous places, several members present at the S.B.W. October meeting took the calico proclamations for erection. | The Department of Local Government having asked the Federation to arrange for a number of copies of the Protected Wild Flowers Proclamation to be taken into the bush and fixed in conspicuous places, several members present at the S.B.W. October meeting took the calico proclamations for erection. | ||
- | Similar assistance is being sought by the Bushfires Advisory Council but their Bushfire Posters have not yet been received. When Tom Moppett gets a supply, | + | Similar assistance is being sought by the Bushfires Advisory Council but their Bushfire Posters have not yet been received. When Tom Moppett gets a supply, |
If you want to do something bigger and better for the bushwalking movement itself, the Publicity Bureau offers you the chance. It has a panel of lecturers who give talks about various phases of bushwalking to any outside groups who ask for lectures, and it is now forming a panel of bushcraft instructors to go out " | If you want to do something bigger and better for the bushwalking movement itself, the Publicity Bureau offers you the chance. It has a panel of lecturers who give talks about various phases of bushwalking to any outside groups who ask for lectures, and it is now forming a panel of bushcraft instructors to go out " | ||
+ | =====Sleep Beneath The Stars===== | ||
- | SLEEP BENEATH THE STARS | + | by R.L. Stevenson. |
- | by R.L.Stevenson. | + | |
- | Night is a dead monotonous period under a roof; but in the open world it passes lightly, with its stars and dews and perfumes, and the hours are marked by changes in the face of Nature, What seems a kind of temporal death to people choked between walls and curtains, is only a light and living slumber to the man who sleeps a-field, All night long he can hear Nature breathing deeply and freely; even as she takes her i' | + | Night is a dead monotonous period under a roof; but in the open world it passes lightly, with its stars and dews and perfumes, and the hours are marked by changes in the face of Nature. What seems a kind of temporal death to people choked between walls and curtains, is only a light and living slumber to the man who sleeps a-field, All night long he can hear Nature breathing deeply and freely; even as she takes her rest she turns and smiles; and there is one stirring hour unknown to those who dwell in houses, when a wakeful influence goes abroad over the sleeping hemisphere, and all the outdoor world are on their feet. It is then that the cock first crows, not this time to announce the dawn, but like a cheerful watchman speeding the course of night. Cattle awake on the meadows; |
At what inaudible summons, at what gentle touch of Nature, are all these sleepers thus recalled in the same hour to life? Do the stars rain down an influence, or do we share some thrill of mother earth below our resting bodies? Even shepherds and old country-folk, | At what inaudible summons, at what gentle touch of Nature, are all these sleepers thus recalled in the same hour to life? Do the stars rain down an influence, or do we share some thrill of mother earth below our resting bodies? Even shepherds and old country-folk, | ||
+ | =====Highlights===== | ||
+ | Sponsored by Stephenson & Bird, Opticians, Optometrists and Orthopists. | ||
- | ON EYELIDS | + | ====On Eyelids==== |
Borrow a mirror and look into the nasal corner of the eye and you will see a crescent shaped fold of tissue, known as the half-moon fold. In man this structure has no great use, it is like the appendix, and is simply the remnant of a third eyelid known as the nictitating membrane. | Borrow a mirror and look into the nasal corner of the eye and you will see a crescent shaped fold of tissue, known as the half-moon fold. In man this structure has no great use, it is like the appendix, and is simply the remnant of a third eyelid known as the nictitating membrane. | ||
It is found in some reptiles, all birds and some herbivorous mammals. These latter often graze in long and sharp grass and require protection against the spears of grass which might enter the eye. | It is found in some reptiles, all birds and some herbivorous mammals. These latter often graze in long and sharp grass and require protection against the spears of grass which might enter the eye. | ||
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In a particular form of desert alligator this third eyelid is well developed and possesses a window, so that in a sand storm the lid can be closed and the reptile can still see through the window. | In a particular form of desert alligator this third eyelid is well developed and possesses a window, so that in a sand storm the lid can be closed and the reptile can still see through the window. | ||
- | In certain snakes the upper and lower lids disappear completely and the nictitating membrane completely covers the eyeball and becomes transparent, | + | |
+ | In certain snakes the upper and lower lids disappear completely and the nictitating membrane completely covers the eyeball and becomes transparent, | ||
You have no nictitating membrane over your eyes, and you can't shed your skin but you can protect your sight by consulting Morrie Stephenson. | You have no nictitating membrane over your eyes, and you can't shed your skin but you can protect your sight by consulting Morrie Stephenson. | ||
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- | ON STRENGTH | + | ====On Strength==== |
One holiday week-end not so long ago, a large party of Club members hired a drive yourself truck to take them to their starting point. Like most trucks, it was not so new and they had more than a spot of bother with it. | One holiday week-end not so long ago, a large party of Club members hired a drive yourself truck to take them to their starting point. Like most trucks, it was not so new and they had more than a spot of bother with it. | ||
- | On one of the various occasions when horsepower had to be replaced by man-power, one of the girls noticed | + | On one of the various occasions when horsepower had to be replaced by man-power, one of the girls noticed |
+ | The mechanics (?) of the party had given up tinkering and all the men of the party were pushing, shoving and heaving at the recalcitrant truck; all, that is, except the Strong Man of the party, who was standing on a log, solemnly and blissfully practising " | ||
- | CLUB GOSSIP | + | =====Club Gossip===== |
In case you haven' | In case you haven' | ||
- | Ex-member Jack Hallett will certainly remember Eight Hour Weekend 1939 ! After visiting his wife and very new son (John Cyril) in hospital, he returned home to find that burglars had been there in his absences. | + | Ex-member Jack Hallett will certainly remember Eight Hour Weekend 1939! After visiting his wife and very new son (John Cyril) in hospital, he returned home to find that burglars had been there in his absence! |
Speaking of families and absences and things that keep folk from bush walking, we have not seen much of the Armstrongs or the Austens for a long time, and we understand that Clem and Ada, Ernie and Jean have all transferred to the Non-Active list. However, Jean Austen is back in town now and may be seen at John Sands any time you are buying Christmas Cards. | Speaking of families and absences and things that keep folk from bush walking, we have not seen much of the Armstrongs or the Austens for a long time, and we understand that Clem and Ada, Ernie and Jean have all transferred to the Non-Active list. However, Jean Austen is back in town now and may be seen at John Sands any time you are buying Christmas Cards. | ||
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We are also glad to announce that Doreen Helmrich has returned safely from Europe. | We are also glad to announce that Doreen Helmrich has returned safely from Europe. | ||
- | Book these dates, and start saving your pennies -- Tuesday, December 12th - Club Concert. Tuesday, December 19th,- Christmas Dinner. | + | Book these dates, and start saving your pennies -- |
+ | Tuesday, December 12th - Club Concert.\\ | ||
+ | Tuesday, December 19th,- Christmas Dinner. | ||
- | "And i never saw a city full of men manage to be as happy as a congregation of mosquitoes who have discovered a fat man on a camping trip" Archy | + | ---- |
- | From Archy' | + | |
- | **The Poor Cow** by Jack Debert. | + | "And I never saw a city\\ |
+ | full of men manage to be as happy\\ | ||
+ | as a congregation of mosquitoes\\ | ||
+ | who have discovered a fat man\\ | ||
+ | on a camping trip" | ||
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+ | Archy | ||
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+ | From Archy' | ||
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+ | =====The Poor Cow===== | ||
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+ | by Jack Debert. | ||
" | " | ||
- | Can you walkers imagine just what will happen should our Greater Blue Mountains National Park dream be realized and cows prohibited from the domain? | + | Can you walkers imagine just what will happen should our Greater Blue Mountains National Park dream be realized and cows prohibited from the domain? |
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+ | I have been walking many years but not sufficiently long enough to know whether cows, civilization or what brought these pests into those areas. Most of our pests are imported (that goes for me too) nevertheless when once the pests are here we should endeavour to overcome them. The cows do quite a lot of good for the walker and I have yet to have it proved conclusively that the destruction they do outweighs their benefits. | ||
- | I have been walking many years but not sufficiently long enough to know whether | + | The statement about "the terrain |
- | The statement about "the terrain been unsuitable than ever greet the slaughterman" | + | The erection of wooden guards |
- | The erection | + | A solution to the felling |
- | inclined cows who sighed | + | |
- | A solution to the felling of casurinas would be to ask the Government to declare them a protected tree, only to be lopped for stock feeding. Many years ago the Upper Burragorang Progress Association endeavoured to have the trees protected, but failed, If the Federation combined with the Soil Erosion Department tried for protection nowadays they should prove more successful. | + | ---- |
Be canny wi' the firewood ! | Be canny wi' the firewood ! |
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