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- | a m., in fact). -It was a wet climb basalt-ca-Pped' | + | ===== Mt. Coricudgy |
- | not really early, says Marie - not till 7.30 p through the rained-: | + | |
- | We were nicely wet through, anyhow up to the knees, by the time We reached he trig at the notthern end of the ridge Mount Coricudgy, which runs for a mile nd a half in a north-westerly direction. There was a cold-wind, and, we repeat e were wet. Max duly parked. his party at the trig in the coldest, windiest | + | By Max Gentle and Marie Byles |
- | lace for a little ten minutes rest while he strolled round to see if there was a Lew anywhere about. He returned in one and a half hours:- However, after about a hour the party, took things into its own hands-, made a fire and had lunch, and wer after that was extremely suspicious of Maxts "ten minute' | + | |
- | 17e completed the day by going out onto the rocky tops of a spur which runs Duthwards from Coricudgy-and commands,' | + | When Max suggests an expedition you can take it for granted that it will be an interesting one, just as when Marie suggests making an early start you know it will be a before dawn one. |
- | The-last morning we left, early, says. Max, late says Marie, 8 a m. to be exact; a climb MountBoonboura which-lies on the-Main Divide. We followed the unmapped - attle track which runs right from-Putty near the. Macdonald River to Rylstone. It s said to have been...the scene of in early days, but it is seldom sed now. For a person wbo does-not mind a long trip with a heavy pack, it is a ast interesting route to take. | + | |
- | We returned to the lorry, via a different route to that by which we had come ad crossed another of those charming streams flowing through a green valley backed T Kamilaroi conglomerate cliffs perforated with many caves. The final descent to ae car-lay through ,a blackberry-sprinkled valley and the luscious black fruit was | + | This expedition was to finish off Max's famous Uraterer trip some years ago when he went from Wallerawang on the main western line across the Wolgan and Capertee Valleys to Mount Uraterer and back by a ridge to the Main Divide and thence by the Cudgegong River to Rylstone. The sandstone canyons and the high basalt dome-like mountains seen on that trip, were a lasting memory. And thus it was that we came to tumble out of the train onto Kandos platform on the morning |
- | ast at perfection. Gorging on blackberries was a little rash in view of the | + | |
- | ature of that lorry and the country over which it had to pass, but nothing wpenedi not even when we ,reached thEk road and started trying to overtake a car in | + | Gwen had also chartered a lorry ready for us, and after breakfast we mounted it thankfully, little dreaming what lay in store. It was a real he-man lorry and had evidently had a tank or tractor for its father or its mother, for when it came to saplings barring its way, it simply |
- | rout of,us whose dust was not altogether pleasant. It is sad to relate that our river, forgot all about the golden rule of doing to others as one would have others | + | |
- | 3 to oneself. Instead, by dint of speed of 58 miles an hour, he rushed upon | + | The lorry at last dropped us in an open, grassy, swampy paddock through whick ran a clear stream and above which towered one of those curious, dome-shaped, |
- | aat car and overtook it, and merely rejoiced -to see the road a cloud of smother- | + | |
- | ag,dust in which the car was lost. But it is questionable whether two wrongs make p a total of road-courtesy! | + | We made through the hills to the Cudgegong Valley at the foot of Mount Coricudgy, and another of those curious dome-shaped hills, Big Ben by name. The Cudgegong was flowing pleasantly when we met it, but unlike the streams in the Wolgan and Capertee valleys - which usually flow only near their sources - this stream behaved normally, and got smaller and smaller |
- | So much for Coricudgy, whose silver blue-gums peering through the white arning mist will linger far longer in the memory than the dreary Monday which )St of the party had to face after a nearly sleepless night in a crowded train. | + | |
- | Who those blue gums will remain more than. a memory, is doubtful, for a acal saw-miller is said to have been given a permit to demolish them. Letters ave been written to the Forestry Department and to the lands Department, and it s hoped that perhaps the- destruction o. unique beauty spot may still be revented. | + | In the remaining daylight Marie made a dash and put Big Ben "in her pack". It was a stinging-nettly climb, but the view from the top is possibly one of the best in the district, and the half bare, partly-screed hill is a landmark which would make it difficult to lose one's way when anywhere in the vicinity. |
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- | MOUNT CORICUDGY & THE.. WESTERN BLUE MOUNTAINS. | + | It rained that night, but ' |
- | By Max: Gentle' | + | |
- | When Max suggestsan | + | We were nicely wet through, anyhow up to the knees, by the time we reached the trig at the northern end of the ridge Mount Coricudgy, which runs for a mile and a half in a north-westerly direction. There was a cold wind, and, we repeat we were wet. Max duly parked his party at the trig in the coldest, windiest place for a little ten minutes rest while he strolled round to see if there was a view anywhere about. He returned in one and a half hours! However, after about an hour the party, took things into its own hands, made a fire and had lunch, and werr after that was extremely suspicious of Max's "ten minute rests". |
- | an interesting one, just as when Marie suggests making an early start you know it will be a before-dawn one. | + | |
- | This expedition was to finish off Max's famous Uraterer trip some years ago when he Went from Wallerawang on the main western line across the Wolgan and Capertee Valleys to Mount Uraterer and back by a ridge to the Main Divide and thence by the Cudgegong River to Rylstone. The sandstone canyons and the high basalt dome-like mountains seen on that trip, were a lasting memory. And thus it was that we came to tumble out of the train onto Kandos platform on the mornin | + | We completed the day by going out onto the rocky tops of a spur which runs southwards from Coricudgy and commands far finer views, Max's Mount Uraterer as well as the pointed Mount Tyan and other familiar points being visible. It as a wild, untrodden country which stretched away to the south - sandstone canyons breaking up a wildly dissected plateau between Mount Tyan and the Wolgan Valley. |
- | Gwen-had also chartered a lorry ready for us, and after breakfast we mounted it thankfully, little dreaming what lay in store. It was a real he-man lorry and had evidently had a tank or tractor for its father or its mother, for when | + | |
- | it came to saplings barring its way, It Simply | + | The last morning we left, early, says Max, late says Marie, 8am to be exact, to climb Mount Boonboura which lies on the Main Divide. We followed the unmapped cattle track which runs right from Putty near the Macdonald River to Rylstone. It is said to have been the scene of cattle-duffing in early days, but it is seldom used now. For a person who does not mind a long trip with a heavy pack, it is a most interesting route to take. |
- | The lorry at last dropped-us ill:an open, grassy, swampy paddock through whick ran a clear stream-and above which towered one of those curiout, dome-shaped, | + | |
- | We made through the hills to the Cudgegong Valley at the foot of Mount Coricudgy, and another of those curious dome-shaped hills, Big Ben by name. The Cudgegong was flowing pleasantly when we met it, but unlike the streams in the Wolgan and Capertee valleys - which usually flow only near their sources - this stream behaved normally, and got smaller and sMaller | + | We returned to the lorry, via a different route to that by which we had come ad crossed another of those charming streams flowing through a green valley backed by Kamilaroi conglomerate cliffs perforated with many caves. The final descent to the car lay through a blackberry-sprinkled valley and the luscious black fruit was just at perfection. Gorging on blackberries was a little rash in view of the nature of that lorry and the country over which it had to pass, but nothing happened, not even when we reached the road and started trying to overtake a car in front of us whose dust was not altogether pleasant. It is sad to relate that our driver forgot all about the golden rule of doing to others as one would have others do to oneself. Instead, by dint of speed of 58 miles an hour, he rushed upon that car and overtook it, and merely rejoiced to see the road a cloud of smothering dust in which the car was lost. But it is questionable whether two wrongs make up a total of road-courtesy! |
- | In the remaining daylight Marie made a dash And put Big Ben "in her pack". It was a stinging-nettly climb, but the View from the top is possibly one of the best in the district, and the half bare, partly-screed hill is a landmark which would make it difficult to lose one's way when anywhere in the vicinity. | + | |
- | It rained that night, but ' | + | So much for Coricudgy, whose silver blue-gums peering through the white morning mist will linger far longer in the memory than the dreary Monday which most of the party had to face after a nearly sleepless night in a crowded train. |
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- | vi) | + | Whether those blue gums will remain more than a memory, is doubtful, for a local saw-miller is said to have been given a permit to demolish them. Letters ave been written to the Forestry Department and to the lands Department, and it is hoped that perhaps the destruction of a unique beauty spot may still be prevented. |
- | c=(" | + | |
- | ANOTHER PADDY SERVICE | + | ===== Call A-Walking ===== |
- | By arrangement with Gordon Pritchard alias the Koala Photo Service), Paddy has established | + | |
- | _SAME DAY PHOTO 'SERVICE.: | + | |
- | ENLARGEMENTS DONE. | + | |
- | SMNDARD CHARGES. | + | |
- | PADDY PALLIN, | + | |
- | 327 George Street, | + | |
- | SYDNEY. | + | |
- | B 3 10 1 (OPPOSITE PALINGS) | + | |
- | -6- | + | |
- | CALL A-WALKING. | + | |
By M.S. | By M.S. | ||
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- | Come where the leaves, are young and green and sweet, And bush scents flow and mingle in the breeze To make one's breathing inspiration true. No rare old perfume of the secret East Intoxicated as this soft, pure air. There, where the cloudless blue of distant sky Peeps shyly down between the tops of trees So lofty as to seem sky's window-frames, | + | Come where the leaves, are young and green and sweet, |
- | Falling with crystal-clearness on the hushed And whispering undertones of lesser songs, Blending and long-drawn-out to soothe and heal That inner ear, so bruised with city's roar, Till in a pleasant, musing daydream wrapt Sun warmed, the happy hours are sped away. | + | And bush scents flow and mingle in the breeze |
- | 10.0.1,11. | + | To make one's breathing inspiration true. \\ |
- | LETTER FROM THE RIVER CANOE CLUB OF N.S.W. "To The Editor, | + | No rare old perfume of the secret East \\ |
- | The rivers were (and again are) low; hence mar production slow; that is the only explanation we can offer for not advising you of further maps completed by us for some months; the low rivers have cramped | + | Intoxicated as this soft, pure air. \\ |
- | Map No.21, Canoeist' | + | There, where the cloudless blue of distant sky \\ |
- | Map No.22. Sketch only of the Snowy River. (Dedick Bridge N.S.W. to Orbost, Vic. Section) Showing river detail as regards position of all rapids etc. This compiled by R.C.C, | + | Peeps shyly down between the tops of trees \\ |
+ | So lofty as to seem sky's window-frames, | ||
+ | All essences of silence and of sound \\ | ||
+ | Make one pervading stillness everywhere\\ | ||
+ | The softest silver plash of water near, \\ | ||
+ | The shivered slurring wail of grasses dry \\ | ||
+ | The mingled music of the bushland birds, | ||
+ | A liquid, golden, bell-like aria,\\ | ||
+ | Falling with crystal-clearness on the hushed | ||
+ | And whispering undertones of lesser songs, | ||
+ | Blending and long-drawn-out to soothe and heal \\ | ||
+ | That inner ear, so bruised with city's roar, \\ | ||
+ | Till in a pleasant, musing daydream wrapt \\ | ||
+ | Sun warmed, the happy hours are sped away. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Letter from the River Canoe Club of N.S.W. | ||
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+ | "To The Editor, | ||
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+ | The rivers were (and again are) low; hence map production slow; that is the only explanation we can offer for not advising you of further maps completed by us for some months; the low rivers have cramped | ||
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+ | * **Map No.21, Canoeist' | ||
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More maps are in course of preparation. | More maps are in course of preparation. | ||
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Yours faithfully, | Yours faithfully, | ||
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(Snd.) E.Caines (Ted) Phillips. | (Snd.) E.Caines (Ted) Phillips. | ||
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Convenor R.C.C. Mapping Section." | Convenor R.C.C. Mapping Section." | ||
- | woRa FROM | ||
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- | e-ktraCts firoM a generai: | ||
- | Dear ' | ||
- | _ In a recent note. Secretary Jean T. " | ||
- | you ,knOvii that the Roote .:nd in -spirit, -as well, as | ||
- | by ie' | ||
- | .o. wN | ||
- | Jean is right. Frankly I hate getting down to writing letters, although I get the -greatest kick 'in the woad from the receiving of them. So in chewing over Jean's remarks I had to ' | ||
- | Whatever you do, don't any of you ever get the impression that drifting_ away from the Club. On the contrary the S.B.W. and all of you who make it what is, mean (if this is ' | ||
- | on 'world Was --Corrifilete 'In f_is-411.-; --Every Walk-on-every 'walks programme, -studied out and -checked- crier:, LE' | ||
- | The day iltay cone- when -We will" be foodlisting and Irdieri tliat- day com es -the other--inierests *which -.assuredly; | ||
- | : - -together again -quite -frequently; | ||
- | -have come 'into my lif e will most- | ||
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- | I've taken -up -g-Olf,--:' | + | ===== Word from Wal. ===== |
- | doMe a--big: | + | |
- | believe Phil told 3e-oti: | + | Some extracts from a general letter front Wal Roots. |
- | periece' | + | |
- | r'Impi intO the tar:and =.hied ourselves down- to Fingal | + | Dear Bushwalkers, |
- | ing ba g. Tricideritly -ided' a s:.it _keeps -the:stew piping hot | + | |
- | for many , | + | In a recent note. Secretary Jean T. " |
- | speaking). befOre 611-: | + | |
- | lighter; - | + | Jean is right. Frankly I hate getting down to writing letters, although I get the greatest kick in the woad from the receiving of them. So in chewing over Jean's remarks I had to confess to myself that I had not, of late, been putting as much into the old club as I had been expecting to receive........ |
- | Then off we went to a little jetty jutting out into the Tweed River. We | + | |
- | hauled a prawn out of the tin, bayoneted him (or her) with the hook and then prepared to cast. I might mention that it was by this time dark with a darkness that effectively cloaked our amateurishness, | + | Whatever you do, don't any of you ever get the impression that I am drifting away from the Club. On the contrary the S.B.W. and all of you who make it what is, mean (if this is possible) more to me today than in those halcyon days when my own world was complete in itself. Every walk on every walks programme is studied out and checked over. Every " |
- | Two more rods have added to the Roots collection since those -days, one belongs to David (who shows distinct tendencies of developing into a good fishing-cobber for his daddy in the years to-come) and the other is a little gem specially desigred for bream. | + | |
- | - | + | The day may come when we will be foodlisting together again quite frequently, and when that day comes the other interestes which have come into my lift will most assuredly assume an ever lessening importance. |
- | Don't get the impression that fishing and golfing | + | |
- | .4.00 The first part of our journey lay along the banks of the Tweed toMurwillumbah. No doubt many of you have been along this lovely strip of road and know just how entrancing it is._ Surely. there 'are few places quite so beautif1.21 | + | I've taken up golf,-and frankly get quite a kick out of it. It is assuredly the nearest |
- | rise gives you a view which is entrancing in its sheer loveliness. Old Man Warning towers above everything and makes the perfect background for almost every view. There is grass, | + | |
- | In-the morn we swam, ate and sunbaked-, and the keen-fisherman threw,a line in just in case. Strange to say a whopping big' | + | Fishing, also, has become |
- | Away then through more beautiful country and. on-to Nimbin. Then. away_eastish | + | |
- | When next we shall be able -to go down that way it's impossible to, say, who knows if ever? Since then we have had petrol rationing and yet more, and more | + | Then off we went to a little jetty jutting out into the Tweed River. We hauled a prawn out of the tin, bayoneted him (or her) with the hook and then prepared to cast. I might mention that it was by this time dark with a darkness that effectively cloaked our amateurishness, |
- | 7 'iv | + | |
- | -9 | + | Two more rods have added to the Roots collection since those days, one belongs to David (who shows distinct tendencies of developing into a good fishing cobber for his daddy in the years to come) and the other is a little gem specially desigred for bream........ |
- | , must yet come. The motor trade is busted wide open and cannot expect to be an other way until after. So who is to tell what next? However, let's all keep the old chin up, there' | + | |
- | Well folks, that is about all for the present. Believe me it has been good having a yarn to you all again, I've thoroughly enjoyed myself. Please | + | Don't get the impression that fishing and golfing |
- | Cheerio: and good camping. | + | |
- | DOINGS OF THE BUSHWALKERS1 | + | ....The first part of our journey lay along the banks of the Tweed to Murwillumbah. No doubt many of you have been along this lovely strip of road and know just how entrancing it is. Surely there are few places quite so beautiful |
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- | The month of May found the above Committee nearing the place it hopes to attain within the walking | + | In the morn we swam, ate and sunbaked, and the keen fisherman threw a line in just in case. Strange to say a whopping big freshwater catfish liked the look of the worm and took it aboard. So we had about three pounds of fish we didn't particularly want. However, we were short of bread, and some milk would have been most acceptable. So, with memories of a certain " |
- | The support given by other Clubs is evident in the supply of material for posting by the Rucksack Club, while other clubs have in hand plans for supporting the scheme financially The River Canoe Club's "Night of Chance" | + | |
+ | Away then through more beautiful country and on to Nimbin. Then away eastish | ||
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+ | When next we shall be able to go down that way it's impossible to, say, who knows if ever? Since then we have had petrol rationing and yet more, and more must yet come. The motor trade is busted wide open and cannot expect to be any other way until after. So who is to tell what next? However, let's all keep the old chin up, there' | ||
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+ | Well folks, that is about all for the present. Believe me it has been good having a yarn to you all again, I've thoroughly enjoyed myself. Please | ||
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+ | Cheerio! and good camping. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Doings of the Bushwalkers' 'Services' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The month of May found the above Committee nearing the place it hopes to attain within the walking | ||
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+ | The support given by other Clubs is evident in the supply of material for posting by the Rucksack Club, while other clubs have in hand plans for supporting the scheme financially The River Canoe Club's "Night of Chance" | ||
The names and addresses of men on record for posting have reached 45 in number and as various doubtful addresses are clarified it is expected to increase this number by ten. | The names and addresses of men on record for posting have reached 45 in number and as various doubtful addresses are clarified it is expected to increase this number by ten. | ||
- | It y4ll_give-satisfaction to luxow that your-Committee' | + | |
- | During June financial support was received from the Coast and Mountain Walkers, River Canoe Club and The Mountain Trails Club. - | + | It will give satisfaction to know that your Committee' |
- | During this month also the Committee made a special effort to contact every man overseas by Air Mail with ,a Canteen Order and a friendly note from his own Club. On the first mailing night of the month the Committee members despatched 22 Air Mail letters and 75 packages of magazines, books etc. a total of 97, while on the second mailing night 82 packages were posted, making a total of 179 mailings for the month. | + | |
- | In last month' | + | During June financial support was received from the Coast and Mountain Walkers, River Canoe Club and The Mountain Trails Club. |
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- | , raffling on Friday nights and this has met with a splendid response. The Committee would like to thank the donors of the many very, tasty items which will be disposed of during subsequent Friday nights. | + | During this month also the Committee made a special effort to contact every man overseas by Air Mail with a Canteen Order and a friendly note from his own Club. On the first mailing night of the month the Committee members despatched 22 Air Mail letters and 75 packages of magazines, books etc. a total of 97, while on the second mailing night 82 packages were posted, making a total of 179 mailings for the month. |
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+ | In last month' | ||
In closing this report of " | In closing this report of " | ||
- | -10... | + | |
- | -THE VOICE OF -THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE SAYS | + | ===== The Voice of the Social Committee says Coming Events of Importance ===== |
- | COMING EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE | + | |
- | 1111111MO | + | * July 18th (Friday) |
- | Dot English will entertain you with tales of her (Fiiday) | + | |
- | July 22nd. (Tuesday) | + | * August |
- | - THE BUSHWALKERS FEDERATION BALL at HORDERN BRCS. BALLROOM | + | |
- | TICKETS | + | * August 20th (Wednesday) |
- | AuTzst | + | * August 29th (Friday) Variety Night. Full of surprises. |
- | August 15th. DorL(2.: | + | |
- | (Friday) | + | About the Bushwalkers Federation Ball |
- | iluaLlumia, | + | |
- | August 2?th. Variety Night. Full of surprises. | + | - as listed above - |
- | ABOUT THE BUSHWALKERS FEDERATION BALL - as listed above.- | + | |
Could we have just one party of Sydney Bushwalkers at the Ball this year? If you wish to come singly, in pairs, or in any other sized group please let the Social Secretary know. But, of course, if you prefer to have your own smaller party that also can be easily arranged. | Could we have just one party of Sydney Bushwalkers at the Ball this year? If you wish to come singly, in pairs, or in any other sized group please let the Social Secretary know. But, of course, if you prefer to have your own smaller party that also can be easily arranged. | ||
- | A BALANCED DIET. | + | |
+ | ===== A Balanced Diet ===== | ||
By Stoddy Jnr. | By Stoddy Jnr. | ||
- | , - | + | |
- | Many a bushland campfire has flickered and and crackled | + | Many a bushland campfire has flickered and and crackled |
- | argued, declaimed, | + | |
- | a man without an opinion on Diet? Everyone is ready to add his or her 'jumbled, or concise gleanings to the mounting and unending-'hubbub | + | But here in these pages is opportunity to make oneself heard, |
- | ' | + | |
- | say:- (Non-Meat-eaters-gnash your teeth - if gnashable). | + | A balanced Diet must impose the least burden |
- | A balanced Diet mutt impose the least iiurden | + | |
I foresee some wise young professor of the future standing up and saying, " | I foresee some wise young professor of the future standing up and saying, " | ||
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