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-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER+**THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER** 
 A Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton Street,Sydney A Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton Street,Sydney
  
-JANUARY, 1942 Price 3d. No.85+**JANUARY 1942 Price 3d. No.85**
  
-Editor: Dorothy Lawry  +|**Editor**| Dorothy Lawry | 
-Business Manager: Jean West +|**Business Manager**| Jean West | 
-Subscriptions: Jean West  +|**Subscriptions**| Jean West | 
-Art: Mary Stoddart. +|**Art**| Mary Stoddart.| 
-Production: Jean West.+|**Production**| Jean West.|
  
-CONTENTS +**CONTENTS** 
  
-Editorial  +|Editorial | 1| 
-Letters from the Lads ; No.10 from Bill Burke +|Letters from the Lads ; No.10 from Bill Burke | 2| 
-An Appreciation  by Edna Garrad +|An Appreciation  by Edna Garrad |3 | 
-At Our Own Meetings +|At Our Own Meetings |4 | 
-Paddy's Advertisement  +|Paddy's Advertisement |5 | 
-"Hell & High Timber"  +|"Hell & High Timber" | 6| 
-Federation Notes  +|Federation Notes | 8| 
-Another Clue; from "Wajahero" +|Another Clue; from "Wajahero" | 9| 
-Club Fun and Food by Taro +|Club Fun and Food by Taro |10 | 
-Goodman Bros,' Photo Supplies Advertisement  +|Goodman Bros,' Photo Supplies Advertisement |11 | 
-Club Gossip +|Club Gossip |11 | 
-Commentary by "Cassowary"  +|Commentary by "Cassowary" |13 | 
-"They're the Same the Whole World Over" +|"They're the Same the Whole World Over"|14 | 
-The Voice of the Social Committee +|The Voice of the Social Committee |16 |
  
  
-** + 
-NEW YEAR, 1942.**+====== New Year 1942 ====== 
  
 There used to be a tradition that at New Year one made "good resolutions" fully expecting to break them at the first temptation. Another old custom was to wish all one's friends "A Happy New Year". Nowadays traditions and customs are going down like ninepins almost as fast as plans for holiday trips. There used to be a tradition that at New Year one made "good resolutions" fully expecting to break them at the first temptation. Another old custom was to wish all one's friends "A Happy New Year". Nowadays traditions and customs are going down like ninepins almost as fast as plans for holiday trips.
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-**LETTERS FROM THE LADS - No.10.**+====== Letters From The Lads - No.10 ====== 
 + 
 From Bill Burke. From Bill Burke.
  
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 No.2 A.O.D. . No.2 A.O.D. .
 2/1 Ord.Stores Coy. - A.I.F. ABROAD. 2/1 Ord.Stores Coy. - A.I.F. ABROAD.
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-**AN APPRECIATION**  by Edna Garrad.+====== An Appreciation ====== 
 + 
 +by Edna Garrad.
  
 We have in our Club a member who contributes a tremendous amount towards the success of the majority of trips undertaken each year. His work for conservation etc., is well known to all walkers - and to many other folk - but it is an appreciation of something more personal that I would like to express. We have in our Club a member who contributes a tremendous amount towards the success of the majority of trips undertaken each year. His work for conservation etc., is well known to all walkers - and to many other folk - but it is an appreciation of something more personal that I would like to express.
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-**AT OUR OWN MEETINGS** +====== At Our Own Meetings ====== 
  
 From the Ordinary Monthly Meeting and the Extraordinary General Meeting held on December 12th come the following items of interest; From the Ordinary Monthly Meeting and the Extraordinary General Meeting held on December 12th come the following items of interest;
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 "Don't despise little things - the mosquito is more bother than the elephant." -- and the Jap than the drought. "Don't despise little things - the mosquito is more bother than the elephant." -- and the Jap than the drought.
  
-1942. 
  
-1941 has seen us allabsorbed to a greater extent into the War Machine. More and more men have donned uniform. Those of us who remain have extra work and added responsibilities both in our jobs and in the voluntary war work which we may have undertaken. 1942 is ahead.+1941 has seen us all absorbed to a greater extent into the War Machine. More and more men have donned uniform. Those of us who remain have extra work and added responsibilities both in our jobs and in the voluntary war work which we may have undertaken. 1942 is ahead.
  
 A year of portent. Come what may we can all be relied on to go forward "each to our allotted task". A year of portent. Come what may we can all be relied on to go forward "each to our allotted task".
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-**"HELL AND HIGH TIMBER"** +====== Hell and High Timber ====== 
  
 In June 1938 an article under the above title appeared in Collier's magazine; a condensed version of it appeared in the "Reader's Digest" for October 1938, (our copy half-price from the N.S.W.Bookstall Co recently) and as it is once more the bushfire season in Australia, we are taking the liberty of republishing part of it. We trust all our readers will be warned, and always exercise the utmost care to prevent bushfires as a result of reading this article and we believe the authors and previous publishers will be glad we have given their words a chance to do more good work.-- Editor. In June 1938 an article under the above title appeared in Collier's magazine; a condensed version of it appeared in the "Reader's Digest" for October 1938, (our copy half-price from the N.S.W.Bookstall Co recently) and as it is once more the bushfire season in Australia, we are taking the liberty of republishing part of it. We trust all our readers will be warned, and always exercise the utmost care to prevent bushfires as a result of reading this article and we believe the authors and previous publishers will be glad we have given their words a chance to do more good work.-- Editor.
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 Burned:over all that nice country where we were", Mr.George Spelvin shrugs, looking up from his evening newspaper. "Lucky we visited it in time. You know " he muses, flicking his cigarette toward the fireplace with a practice, snap of his middle  finger,"I wonder how these fires get started." Burned:over all that nice country where we were", Mr.George Spelvin shrugs, looking up from his evening newspaper. "Lucky we visited it in time. You know " he muses, flicking his cigarette toward the fireplace with a practice, snap of his middle  finger,"I wonder how these fires get started."
  
-This year,Mr.Spelvin's cigarette - or his unextinguished match, or a smouldering coal, from his pipe, or a campfire he didn't quite put out, or a patch of ground he tried to burn over during a high wind - will cause over 150,000 forest fires in the United States. These fires will devastate more than 40 million acres of timberlands. This year, thanks to Mr. Spelvin's carelessness - it has been established that over 90 per cent of all our forest fires are man- caused, and therefore preventable - the country will lose 50 million dollars in timber alone, enough lumber to fill a string of freight cars extending from New York to San. Francisco and back again. The game and fish that will be killed by fire - with destruction of forage, of nests of ground birds and waterfowl, of spawning grounds for trout - will more than equal the total of all the hunters guns and anglers' hooks combined. The losses in young growth killed, watersheds ruined, floods, silted streams and barren soil, industry stopped, recreational possibilities go on forever, cannot be estimated. +This year Mr.Spelvin's cigarette - or his unextinguished match, or a smouldering coal, from his pipe, or a campfire he didn't quite put out, or a patch of ground he tried to burn over during a high wind - will cause over 150,000 forest fires in the United States. These fires will devastate more than 40 million acres of timberlands. This year, thanks to Mr. Spelvin's carelessness - it has been established that over 90 per cent of all our forest fires are man- caused, and therefore preventable - the country will lose 50 million dollars in timber alone, enough lumber to fill a string of freight cars extending from New York to San. Francisco and back again. The game and fish that will be killed by fire - with destruction of forage, of nests of ground birds and waterfowl, of spawning grounds for trout - will more than equal the total of all the hunters guns and anglers' hooks combined. The losses in young growth killed, watersheds ruined, floods, silted streams and barren soil, industry stopped, recreational possibilities go on forever, cannot be estimated. 
  
 Usually there is a little lull before an oncoming fire, a hollow silence that you can sense. Gradually you begin to feel the heat in short pulsing wave, though the fire may still be three or four miles away, and for the first time you hear the wind behind the fire. The sound grows into a strange hissing roar and then, out of the distance, pours a solid black cloud, black underneath,and under that the orange glow of flames. Now the roar is like a thousand freight trains crossing steel trestles. The fire envelops a whole mountain at once, leaps a canyon to the next mountain. It crosses a stream - one moment there is a trout brook, the next moment the flames have lapped it clean and left the stream-bed dry as dust ... Usually there is a little lull before an oncoming fire, a hollow silence that you can sense. Gradually you begin to feel the heat in short pulsing wave, though the fire may still be three or four miles away, and for the first time you hear the wind behind the fire. The sound grows into a strange hissing roar and then, out of the distance, pours a solid black cloud, black underneath,and under that the orange glow of flames. Now the roar is like a thousand freight trains crossing steel trestles. The fire envelops a whole mountain at once, leaps a canyon to the next mountain. It crosses a stream - one moment there is a trout brook, the next moment the flames have lapped it clean and left the stream-bed dry as dust ...
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-**FEDERATION NOTES.**+====== Federation Notes ====== 
  
 In December the Federation Council meeting was held a week early to avoid clashing with the S.B.W. Christmas Party. In December the Federation Council meeting was held a week early to avoid clashing with the S.B.W. Christmas Party.
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 A letter was received from the Railways stating that, after investigation, two extra trips of the rail motor from Waterfall to Sutherland had been added to Sunday timetables - at 5.33 p m. and 6.22 p m. -and that they had started running on November 23rd. These would have helped the traffic congestion quite appreciably, so it was a pity that the Japs stepped in on December 7th and killed the traffic before the effect of the improved service could be really seen. A letter was received from the Railways stating that, after investigation, two extra trips of the rail motor from Waterfall to Sutherland had been added to Sunday timetables - at 5.33 p m. and 6.22 p m. -and that they had started running on November 23rd. These would have helped the traffic congestion quite appreciably, so it was a pity that the Japs stepped in on December 7th and killed the traffic before the effect of the improved service could be really seen.
  
-The Minister for Lands had replied to the Federation's request for the reservation of Crown Land on either bank of Shot Machine Creek,Lindfield,that he did not think it necessary to keep all that area for public use, but had authorised the reservation of approximately the lower half of all the blocks on+The Minister for Lands had replied to the Federation's request for the reservation of Crown Land on either bank of Shot Machine Creek Lindfield, that he did not think it necessary to keep all that area for public use, but had authorised the reservation of approximately the lower half of all the blocks on
 the right bank between Tryon Road and the creek. Of course, in this matter, the Federation, although it was the prime mover, was acting in support of the Parks & Playgrounds Movement as that body has more influence in matters covering lands in the Sydney metropolitan area. the right bank between Tryon Road and the creek. Of course, in this matter, the Federation, although it was the prime mover, was acting in support of the Parks & Playgrounds Movement as that body has more influence in matters covering lands in the Sydney metropolitan area.
  
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 To NON-SUBSCRIBERS: Make sure of your copy of each month, and join our happy list of subscribers To NON-SUBSCRIBERS: Make sure of your copy of each month, and join our happy list of subscribers
  
-** +**ANOTHER CLUE!**
-ANOTHER CLUE!**+
  
 I was interested in Mumbedah's article in the last Bushwalker regarding the route of Guouagang to Kanangaroo, and the other night to keep myself sane after listening to the war news, I dug up some old photographs. One I have is a beauty and it gives the route quite clearly. I think Munbedah is not quite correct however his sketch would suggest that the way down is a combination of routes 2 and 1 as it gives the impression that 2 and 1 join. I was interested in Mumbedah's article in the last Bushwalker regarding the route of Guouagang to Kanangaroo, and the other night to keep myself sane after listening to the war news, I dug up some old photographs. One I have is a beauty and it gives the route quite clearly. I think Munbedah is not quite correct however his sketch would suggest that the way down is a combination of routes 2 and 1 as it gives the impression that 2 and 1 join.
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-**CLUB FUN AND FOOD** by Taro.+====== Club Fun and Food ====== 
 +  
 +by Taro.
  
 Not that I do it very often - but I admit it is nice to walk into the clubroom on Friday nights. It is nice to see all the horrible old faces and the lovely new ones. Better still to drop in on a free night, when liberty is spelt with 2 Capital LLs. Not that I do it very often - but I admit it is nice to walk into the clubroom on Friday nights. It is nice to see all the horrible old faces and the lovely new ones. Better still to drop in on a free night, when liberty is spelt with 2 Capital LLs.
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-So join with me in three hearty British cheers for the great God Organisation.,+So join with me in three hearty British cheers for the great God Organisation.
  
 (X) "leadies" thought to be Taroese for lead-pencils. It had the Editor tricked for a while so she passes this guess on to all readers lest they think it a mere mis-spelling of "ladies". (X) "leadies" thought to be Taroese for lead-pencils. It had the Editor tricked for a while so she passes this guess on to all readers lest they think it a mere mis-spelling of "ladies".
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 A minimum of transport (at a maximum cost) means trips as close to home as possible. Don't forget that "Lights out along the coast" means ---- "No fires after dark", And always, everywhere, EXTINGUISH your fire before leaving it. A minimum of transport (at a maximum cost) means trips as close to home as possible. Don't forget that "Lights out along the coast" means ---- "No fires after dark", And always, everywhere, EXTINGUISH your fire before leaving it.
  
-ALL YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS AND A CAREFUL, EXPERT, DEVELOPING, PRINTING AND ENLARGING SERVICE 
-at GOODMAN BRCS. PHOTO SUPPLIES 20 Hunter Street, Sydney 
-(opposite Wynyard). 
  
 +====== Club Gossip ======
  
-**CLUB GOSSIP** 
    
 This month's most important announcement is that the first English Bride of this war, as far as the S.B.W. is concerned, is Mrs Oliver Moriarty. In London on November 1st, Miss Sheila Scanlan and "Morrie" were married, and the idea then was that we might be seeing them in Sydney sometime in February. Whatever changes world events may make to their plans, we wish them both every happiness. This month's most important announcement is that the first English Bride of this war, as far as the S.B.W. is concerned, is Mrs Oliver Moriarty. In London on November 1st, Miss Sheila Scanlan and "Morrie" were married, and the idea then was that we might be seeing them in Sydney sometime in February. Whatever changes world events may make to their plans, we wish them both every happiness.
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-** +====== Commentary ====== 
-COMMENTARY** By "Cassowary".+ 
 +By "Cassowary".
  
 "Australia for the free! "Australia for the free!
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-**ON THAT HOT DAY**  By "Mumbedahu.+====== On That Hot Day ====== 
 +  
 +By "Mumbedahu.
  
 Now that the very hot weather is here, we must be on the lookout for sun-stroke. This can occur on a cloudy day as well as a bright sunny one. The onset may be gradual, with complaints of headache and drowsiness, or the walker may drop straight down in his tracks. The skin is hot and dry,fast pulse and noisy breathing,while the victim may become delirious. Exhaustion predisposes the condition,so take care on "the ruff and tuff" to watch your mates. Now that the very hot weather is here, we must be on the lookout for sun-stroke. This can occur on a cloudy day as well as a bright sunny one. The onset may be gradual, with complaints of headache and drowsiness, or the walker may drop straight down in his tracks. The skin is hot and dry,fast pulse and noisy breathing,while the victim may become delirious. Exhaustion predisposes the condition,so take care on "the ruff and tuff" to watch your mates.
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 The treatment consists of laying the patient in the shade,stripping off his clothes and splashing him with cold water or covering him with wet towels, and fanning him. Should breathing fail,apply artificial respiration. Camp where you are and do not go on until patient feels well enough and then rest in the hottest part of the day for the balance of the trip. Allow only fluid diet for first couple of meals. The treatment consists of laying the patient in the shade,stripping off his clothes and splashing him with cold water or covering him with wet towels, and fanning him. Should breathing fail,apply artificial respiration. Camp where you are and do not go on until patient feels well enough and then rest in the hottest part of the day for the balance of the trip. Allow only fluid diet for first couple of meals.
    
-** + 
-"THEY'RE THE SAME THE WHOLE WORLD OVER"** says the Editor.+====== They're the Same The Whole World Over ====== 
 +  
 +says the Editor.
  
 The Melbourne Walking Club is to be congratulated on the 1941 issue of "The Melbourne Walker". Its cover and set-up are now similar in style to "The Bushwalker" and its articles are of more than local interest. The S.B.W. has only one copy of "The Melbourne Walker" for 1941 but it has over two hundred and sixty members, so probably most of them will never see this magazine.  The Melbourne Walking Club is to be congratulated on the 1941 issue of "The Melbourne Walker". Its cover and set-up are now similar in style to "The Bushwalker" and its articles are of more than local interest. The S.B.W. has only one copy of "The Melbourne Walker" for 1941 but it has over two hundred and sixty members, so probably most of them will never see this magazine. 
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 To whet the appetite of those who are in Sydney and can queue up the Club's copy - and to give members overseas some idea of our Victorian compatriots - we take the liberty of reprinting one article. Here it is: To whet the appetite of those who are in Sydney and can queue up the Club's copy - and to give members overseas some idea of our Victorian compatriots - we take the liberty of reprinting one article. Here it is:
  
- +**Ourselves** by The Editor: Walker's Rag:
-**OURSELVES.** by The Editor: Walker's Rag:+
  
 "If ever you feel like going on an unorthodox ramble in the country you could not do better than to get in touch with one of the unorthodox members of the Melbourne Walking Club. To do this requires no mechanical skill. Merely shut your eyes and twirl a pin around haphazardly above the names of all the members of the Club, then let it stab into one of them: He will probably object, but the point is this: You will have chosen a suitable person for your peculiar idea, because this Club is made up of a hundred percent, died in the wool, ultra-unvarnished human essences of unorthodoxy. To see the various styles of walking gear, the different methods of erecting a tent, the numerous ways of setting and lighting a fire, the hundred and one assorted assortments of foodstuffs, and the diverse methods of cooking and eating is alone worth a close inspection; even if it means giving up mowing the back and front lawns at the week-end. "If ever you feel like going on an unorthodox ramble in the country you could not do better than to get in touch with one of the unorthodox members of the Melbourne Walking Club. To do this requires no mechanical skill. Merely shut your eyes and twirl a pin around haphazardly above the names of all the members of the Club, then let it stab into one of them: He will probably object, but the point is this: You will have chosen a suitable person for your peculiar idea, because this Club is made up of a hundred percent, died in the wool, ultra-unvarnished human essences of unorthodoxy. To see the various styles of walking gear, the different methods of erecting a tent, the numerous ways of setting and lighting a fire, the hundred and one assorted assortments of foodstuffs, and the diverse methods of cooking and eating is alone worth a close inspection; even if it means giving up mowing the back and front lawns at the week-end.
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 "Taking the whole thing, by and large, you will agree with me that if you feel like going on that unorthodox outing, which was mentioned for no reason at all at the start of this article, then the twirling pin method of selecting your companion should be fool proof." "Taking the whole thing, by and large, you will agree with me that if you feel like going on that unorthodox outing, which was mentioned for no reason at all at the start of this article, then the twirling pin method of selecting your companion should be fool proof."
      
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 The Melbourne Walking Club has one advantage over the S.B.W. - it is over forty years old, we a mere fourteen - but that if offset by one major disadvantage so far as diversity is concerned - it has no women members. 2b and 20 members would be hard to find in the S.B.W., and we try to keep out the 3cs,but we know all the others, intimately. The Melbourne Walking Club has one advantage over the S.B.W. - it is over forty years old, we a mere fourteen - but that if offset by one major disadvantage so far as diversity is concerned - it has no women members. 2b and 20 members would be hard to find in the S.B.W., and we try to keep out the 3cs,but we know all the others, intimately.
  
 "We forget who it was said that there is no smoke without fire but he could have tried to start a campfire with damp twigs." --"The Open Road", Sydney. "We forget who it was said that there is no smoke without fire but he could have tried to start a campfire with damp twigs." --"The Open Road", Sydney.
-** 
  
-THE VOICE OF THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE SAYS** 
  
-"Heres Hoping We can enjoy These Entertainments as per the Social Programme." 
  
 +**The Voice of the Social Committee Says** 
 +
 +"Heres Hoping We can enjoy These Entertainments as per the Social Programme."
  
 January 16th (Friday)  Lecture with coloured 'slides -- "A Naturalist in New Guinea" -- by MR. MEL. WARD of the Australian Museum. January 16th (Friday)  Lecture with coloured 'slides -- "A Naturalist in New Guinea" -- by MR. MEL. WARD of the Australian Museum.
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