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 It is the readers who make the Magazine. If anything of interest comes to your notice, write it down and hand it to one of us. Don't be afraid to express yourself through its pages. Remember too our members in camps, here and abroad, whose only contact with the Club is the B.S.C. and the Magazine. They want to know what we are doing, and it would be very selfish of us not to let them know. It is the readers who make the Magazine. If anything of interest comes to your notice, write it down and hand it to one of us. Don't be afraid to express yourself through its pages. Remember too our members in camps, here and abroad, whose only contact with the Club is the B.S.C. and the Magazine. They want to know what we are doing, and it would be very selfish of us not to let them know.
  
-If you don't like the way we run the magazine, tell us. Better still write to the Editor and have your vievs published. It is your Magazine. See that it measures up to your standards.+If you don't like the way we run the magazine, tell us. Better still write to the Editor and have your views published. It is your Magazine. See that it measures up to your standards.
  
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 At the March meeting Marie Byles reported that a Boy Scout had been found cutting down a tree at Cheltenham. The matter was referred to Scout Headquarters with a request that all such offenders should be required to plant another tree at the place where the crime took place. At the last meeting a reply came from the Strathfield Troop, saying that the boy responsible was no longer a member of their troop, but that they would nevertheless be glad to plant a tree in the place of the one cut down. At the March meeting Marie Byles reported that a Boy Scout had been found cutting down a tree at Cheltenham. The matter was referred to Scout Headquarters with a request that all such offenders should be required to plant another tree at the place where the crime took place. At the last meeting a reply came from the Strathfield Troop, saying that the boy responsible was no longer a member of their troop, but that they would nevertheless be glad to plant a tree in the place of the one cut down.
  
-The Secretary for Railways denied the Federation's report that trains billed to stop at Lilyyale on the Sunday after Christmas passed straight through. It was decided however to repeat the request for the appointment of a station attendant. An attendant was needed to stop trains, sell tickets, and see that train doors were properly closed.+The Secretary for Railways denied the Federation's report that trains billed to stop at Lilyvale on the Sunday after Christmas passed straight through. It was decided however to repeat the request for the appointment of a station attendant. An attendant was needed to stop trains, sell tickets, and see that train doors were properly closed.
  
 The Minister for Lands replied to a Federation letter that any person could carry a gun in the Kosciusko area for the purpose of killing noxious animals. It was decided to ask that only shepherds and authorised persons be permitted to carry guns, so that tourists would not be permitted to carry them. The Minister for Lands replied to a Federation letter that any person could carry a gun in the Kosciusko area for the purpose of killing noxious animals. It was decided to ask that only shepherds and authorised persons be permitted to carry guns, so that tourists would not be permitted to carry them.
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 Miss Emily Reynolds of the Rucksack Club is now organising the Playground Walks in place of Dorothy Lawry. Miss Emily Reynolds of the Rucksack Club is now organising the Playground Walks in place of Dorothy Lawry.
  
-A convenor is ruquired for the Federation Publicity Bureau.+A convenor is required for the Federation Publicity Bureau.
  
-Mr. Trevor Krok has gone away from Sydney and has had to resign from the Bluegum Forest Trust. A succeseor has not yet been appointed.+Mr. Trevor Krok has gone away from Sydney and has had to resign from the Bluegum Forest Trust. A successor has not yet been appointed.
  
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 (as Fitzie tells it). (as Fitzie tells it).
  
-The trees in the gully grew green and thick, for the strenm that ran over the rocks brought them nourishing food. The hot winds never blew on them, and the sun only sent his kindest rays to them. So it came about that the Tree Ferns, the Wattles and the Myrtles were the most admired in the district.+The trees in the gully grew green and thick, for the stream that ran over the rocks brought them nourishing food. The hot winds never blew on them, and the sun only sent his kindest rays to them. So it came about that the Tree Ferns, the Wattles and the Myrtles were the most admired in the district.
  
 Up on the hill-side where the young Gums grew, the loose sandy soil contained very little food, for all the water used to run down the hill to the stream in the gully. But the Gums never grumbled. Of all the trees in the forest they were the gayest and most cheerful. Whatever the weather, the Gums were contented and enjoyed their lives to the utmost. Because they were so happy, everyone loved them and the birds and bees would make their homes in their branches. Thus they lived on quietly and contentedly for many years watching the seasons come and go until one day a very bad tempered Summer arrived. Up on the hill-side where the young Gums grew, the loose sandy soil contained very little food, for all the water used to run down the hill to the stream in the gully. But the Gums never grumbled. Of all the trees in the forest they were the gayest and most cheerful. Whatever the weather, the Gums were contented and enjoyed their lives to the utmost. Because they were so happy, everyone loved them and the birds and bees would make their homes in their branches. Thus they lived on quietly and contentedly for many years watching the seasons come and go until one day a very bad tempered Summer arrived.
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 She came early before Spring had left the land and the gentler season fled before her. Scorching winds and blazing sunbeams followed in her train, and even the big trees grew faint and weary and bent their heads before her. She came early before Spring had left the land and the gentler season fled before her. Scorching winds and blazing sunbeams followed in her train, and even the big trees grew faint and weary and bent their heads before her.
  
-Down in the gully the trees moaned and sighed with pain for they had never known such heat, and they cried to the Gums to shelter them. Hearing the cries the Gums were saddened for it was beyond their power to protect their friends. They said sadly, "We would give our lives to save you dear beautiful things, but we are powerless." The cruel summer heard these words and laughed mockingly. "You would give your lives for them would you? You will soon have a chunce to do so."+Down in the gully the trees moaned and sighed with pain for they had never known such heat, and they cried to the Gums to shelter them. Hearing the cries the Gums were saddened for it was beyond their power to protect their friends. They said sadly, "We would give our lives to save you dear beautiful things, but we are powerless." The cruel summer heard these words and laughed mockingly. "You would give your lives for them would you? You will soon have a chance to do so."
  
 So saying she raced away across the mountain. That very night the chance came. The sun went down a fiery ball behind the hills and as he disappeared a red glow was seen to rise in the eastern sky. "Is the sun coming back again already?" asked a baby tree in tears. The bigger Gums shook their heads. "It is not the Sun. It is the Fire." So saying she raced away across the mountain. That very night the chance came. The sun went down a fiery ball behind the hills and as he disappeared a red glow was seen to rise in the eastern sky. "Is the sun coming back again already?" asked a baby tree in tears. The bigger Gums shook their heads. "It is not the Sun. It is the Fire."
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-These are a few of the dozens of tributes paid to Paddy-made sleeping bags by men on active service and now alas there is no more down. Sources of supply (China and Java etc.) have been cut off and the Governnent has frozen what little is left.+These are a few of the dozens of tributes paid to Paddy-made sleeping bags by men on active service and now alas there is no more down. Sources of supply (China and Java etc.) have been cut off and the Government has frozen what little is left.
  
 Sorry folks C'est la guerre'. Sorry folks C'est la guerre'.
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 This was 2 p.m. and according to schedule we should have been lunching on top of Mt. Merrigal at noon. Imagine our feelings when on arrival we learned from two leisurely passers by that they had left Corral Swamp an hour or more after us, lunched, and skirted easily through the gap at the side - now so obvious - with no thought of climbing the harassing Mt. Mouin at all. This was 2 p.m. and according to schedule we should have been lunching on top of Mt. Merrigal at noon. Imagine our feelings when on arrival we learned from two leisurely passers by that they had left Corral Swamp an hour or more after us, lunched, and skirted easily through the gap at the side - now so obvious - with no thought of climbing the harassing Mt. Mouin at all.
  
-Disillusioned, we pushed doggedly on around Mt. Warrigal, up on to Mt. Merrigal and along Mt Dingo to Splendour Rock, where in the light of the sinking sun we viewed the most superb mountain panornma I've yet seen. However, as we ran our eyes over the sweeping curves of the Yellow Dog crouching on our right, we realised a hasty retreat would be necessary to beat the darkness to the Cox. By now we felt quite content to camp wherever the old dog came to rest, but she made no attempt to help us, in fact merely added to our trials by inflicting minor injuries which caused further delay.+Disillusioned, we pushed doggedly on around Mt. Warrigal, up on to Mt. Merrigal and along Mt Dingo to Splendour Rock, where in the light of the sinking sun we viewed the most superb mountain panorama I've yet seen. However, as we ran our eyes over the sweeping curves of the Yellow Dog crouching on our right, we realised a hasty retreat would be necessary to beat the darkness to the Cox. By now we felt quite content to camp wherever the old dog came to rest, but she made no attempt to help us, in fact merely added to our trials by inflicting minor injuries which caused further delay.
  
 At last night overtook us, hungry and footsore, an unknown distance from the ever more elusive Cox. A fire winking tantalisingly at us from her beckoning banks dispelled our doubts as to whether she existed at all. Hungry, dirty and thirsty as we were, the suggestion of a dry camp was welcomed by the now thoroughly wornout and rebellious "not so tough". Waiting for the moon to rise and throw out her guiding light held no appeal for us. So, the decision made, first thoughts flew to juicy food, and all menus were soon upset by the reckless consumption of items meant to be our joy throughout the trip. Chastened, we thought of the amusement of the unknown campers in comfort on the river when they sighted our fire and guessed our sorry plight. We even speculated whether their sympathy would drive them to our rescue with a bucket of water for which we would have paid a heavy ransom. Having dined to repletion, our flagging spirits managed to revive, and it was in the best of humour that 7 tired, thirsty people eventually sank to rest on the unyielding stony back of Yellow Dog. At last night overtook us, hungry and footsore, an unknown distance from the ever more elusive Cox. A fire winking tantalisingly at us from her beckoning banks dispelled our doubts as to whether she existed at all. Hungry, dirty and thirsty as we were, the suggestion of a dry camp was welcomed by the now thoroughly wornout and rebellious "not so tough". Waiting for the moon to rise and throw out her guiding light held no appeal for us. So, the decision made, first thoughts flew to juicy food, and all menus were soon upset by the reckless consumption of items meant to be our joy throughout the trip. Chastened, we thought of the amusement of the unknown campers in comfort on the river when they sighted our fire and guessed our sorry plight. We even speculated whether their sympathy would drive them to our rescue with a bucket of water for which we would have paid a heavy ransom. Having dined to repletion, our flagging spirits managed to revive, and it was in the best of humour that 7 tired, thirsty people eventually sank to rest on the unyielding stony back of Yellow Dog.
  
-Morning! and my first waking thought was "what has happened to the thirst I went to bed with?" Strange it should have vanished so completely. The Cox had somehow lost hor allure, and it was with the usual reluctance we finally abandoned the fleecy fastnesses of cosy sleeping bags.+Morning! and my first waking thought was "what has happened to the thirst I went to bed with?" Strange it should have vanished so completely. The Cox had somehow lost her allure, and it was with the usual reluctance we finally abandoned the fleecy fastnesses of cosy sleeping bags.
  
 Half an hour's rough descent down the rocky back of our host, however, and lo! there she lay, rippling an invitation which was joyously accepted as we plunged headlong into her icy but refreshing depths. Half an hour's rough descent down the rocky back of our host, however, and lo! there she lay, rippling an invitation which was joyously accepted as we plunged headlong into her icy but refreshing depths.
  
-With what contentment then we settled down to a welcome breakfast, the trials of "Black Friday" already forgotten in the rapture of just being "on tho Cox". The meal over we padded along the banks towards our next campsite, near Breakfast Creek, revelling in the rapids bequeathed by the recent rain.+With what contentment then we settled down to a welcome breakfast, the trials of "Black Friday" already forgotten in the rapture of just being "on the Cox". The meal over we padded along the banks towards our next campsite, near Breakfast Creek, revelling in the rapids bequeathed by the recent rain.
  
 After lunch the more energetic half of the party climbed the ridge behind us and dropped down to explore Harry's River and the Canyon, which proved a pleasant substitute for their original goal - Davies Canyon. Having watched them disappear I began retracing my steps to look for the 7th member of the party whose non-appearance was beginning to alarm the two of us left behind. A mile downstream, just as my fears reached the stage of picturing the mangled body, the smiling Ruth appeared, thoroughly damp in all but spirits, having just received an unexpected embrace by the all too friendly Cox. The drying out process with other domestic duties occupied what was left of the afternoon until the braves returned. After lunch the more energetic half of the party climbed the ridge behind us and dropped down to explore Harry's River and the Canyon, which proved a pleasant substitute for their original goal - Davies Canyon. Having watched them disappear I began retracing my steps to look for the 7th member of the party whose non-appearance was beginning to alarm the two of us left behind. A mile downstream, just as my fears reached the stage of picturing the mangled body, the smiling Ruth appeared, thoroughly damp in all but spirits, having just received an unexpected embrace by the all too friendly Cox. The drying out process with other domestic duties occupied what was left of the afternoon until the braves returned.
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 This accomplished, we traversed the newly clothed green tablelands with pleasure at the refreshing sight they made. The lunching rendezvous was Kirbys, but owing to the party falling into two detachments and some confusion as to who was meant by Kirby, we of the second division finally partook of lunch convinced that the others were very dull indeed and not sure if we'd see them again. This accomplished, we traversed the newly clothed green tablelands with pleasure at the refreshing sight they made. The lunching rendezvous was Kirbys, but owing to the party falling into two detachments and some confusion as to who was meant by Kirby, we of the second division finally partook of lunch convinced that the others were very dull indeed and not sure if we'd see them again.
  
-Despite the handicap of blistered feet suffered by one member of each division, we met again after coming thro' the Valley at Mark Foy's farm where hope of transport for the lame quickly disappeared with one glamce at the already overloaded bus.+Despite the handicap of blistered feet suffered by one member of each division, we met again after coming thro' the Valley at Mark Foy's farm where hope of transport for the lame quickly disappeared with one glance at the already overloaded bus.
  
 With some sympathy for the sufferers, we started off up Murphy's Track, a direct and scenic route leading right up to the Hydro, from which we looked back over Megalong changing with the lengthening shadows as we rose. On top the scene was crowned by a really magnificent traditional sunset. By now the air was chillier than at any time throughout the trip, and no time was wasted in invading the cafe to indulge in juicy steak before venturing out into the blast again to catch the train for home. With some sympathy for the sufferers, we started off up Murphy's Track, a direct and scenic route leading right up to the Hydro, from which we looked back over Megalong changing with the lengthening shadows as we rose. On top the scene was crowned by a really magnificent traditional sunset. By now the air was chillier than at any time throughout the trip, and no time was wasted in invading the cafe to indulge in juicy steak before venturing out into the blast again to catch the train for home.
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 (Being extracts from a letter). (Being extracts from a letter).
  
-"I finished up my 1ast patient ut 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, then toured off with bike and pack to Central and caught the train to Goulburn. Rode out of Goulburn about 4.30 p.m. and covered 20 miles, I suppose, before camping for the night. All road signs have been removed (war precaution) and I didn't have a road map or a watch, so conditions were as near to primitive and breaking into virgin country, as they could be.+"I finished up my 1ast patient at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, then toured off with bike and pack to Central and caught the train to Goulburn. Rode out of Goulburn about 4.30 p.m. and covered 20 miles, I suppose, before camping for the night. All road signs have been removed (war precaution) and I didn't have a road map or a watch, so conditions were as near to primitive and breaking into virgin country, as they could be.
  
-There was a howling southerly against me all the way and about dusk it begun to spot rain, so, as my entire worldly possessions consisted at that moment of a sleeping bag, a singlet, a plate and a knife, I bethought me to look for shelter, and that pretty rapidly. The country was bare und open and stoney and stumpy, with no shelter even for a wallaby so I took to examining all bridges and culverts passed over in the hope of finding one without water under it. Ah, thank Heuven, (as Mandus would say), here at last is __the__ perfect camp spot! - a concrete tunnel under the road a yard square whose purpose is to carry storm water into yonder muddy clay pond. Its floor is about 6" above water level at the moment and quite dry. Let us hope there is no flood tide in the night.+There was a howling southerly against me all the way and about dusk it begun to spot rain, so, as my entire worldly possessions consisted at that moment of a sleeping bag, a singlet, a plate and a knife, I bethought me to look for shelter, and that pretty rapidly. The country was bare and open and stoney and stumpy, with no shelter even for a wallaby so I took to examining all bridges and culverts passed over in the hope of finding one without water under it. Ah, thank Heaven, (as Mandus would say), here at last is __the__ perfect camp spot! - a concrete tunnel under the road a yard square whose purpose is to carry storm water into yonder muddy clay pond. Its floor is about 6" above water level at the moment and quite dry. Let us hope there is no flood tide in the night.
  
 I blocked up the far end of it with bushes and stones to keep the wind out for one thing, for it roared through as down a funnel, then I collected a heap of grass which the wind had banked up against a wire rabbit proof fence and lined my little dug-out. I blocked up the far end of it with bushes and stones to keep the wind out for one thing, for it roared through as down a funnel, then I collected a heap of grass which the wind had banked up against a wire rabbit proof fence and lined my little dug-out.
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 I had a bath in the reedy clay-pool, lit a fire at the entrance to my burrow, snuggled down in my sleeping bag among the grass and ate bread and cheese while I wrote a letter home by firelight, then went to sleep among a scent of briar roses from the nearby bushes, which always brings me memories of what I love best in this world. I had a bath in the reedy clay-pool, lit a fire at the entrance to my burrow, snuggled down in my sleeping bag among the grass and ate bread and cheese while I wrote a letter home by firelight, then went to sleep among a scent of briar roses from the nearby bushes, which always brings me memories of what I love best in this world.
  
-Next day did about a hundred miles and snoozed in a railway paddock or shunting yard under some gum-trees and was woken at 1 a.m. by the Station Master to catch the train south. The Express was crowded, so I put up a card table between two seats and curled up on that in my sleeping bug und slept the sleep of the just till 7 a.m. when the train pulled into Albury.+Next day did about a hundred miles and snoozed in a railway paddock or shunting yard under some gum-trees and was woken at 1 a.m. by the Station Master to catch the train south. The Express was crowded, so I put up a card table between two seats and curled up on that in my sleeping bug and slept the sleep of the just till 7 a.m. when the train pulled into Albury.
  
-Two hundred miles to Melbourne and two days to get there - that is a fairly simple arithmetical calculation. Perfect weuther - no wind - very flat country so 100 miles was wiped off the slate easily by dark. Discovered that all cash was gone bar 8/- which I thought I had better keep in case I had to get the train for the last 30 or 40 miles. So, my child, draw in your belt! Nothing but 2 slices of bread and cheese for breakfast, for dinner and tea for next two days!+Two hundred miles to Melbourne and two days to get there - that is a fairly simple arithmetical calculation. Perfect weather - no wind - very flat country so 100 miles was wiped off the slate easily by dark. Discovered that all cash was gone bar 8/- which I thought I had better keep in case I had to get the train for the last 30 or 40 miles. So, my child, draw in your belt! Nothing but 2 slices of bread and cheese for breakfast, for dinner and tea for next two days!
  
 Did another 100 miles the next day and arrived as lean as a greyhound. Did another 100 miles the next day and arrived as lean as a greyhound.
  
-There was no need to get the train at all us I got a lift for 20 miles in a military cattle truck in which some 15 lads were packed. Being in Khaki all I had to do was put on one of their military hats, pull it well down and take no interest in anything whenever we passed other military trucks or were stoppod by officers on road patrol, and all went well. However I could see the young lad driving began to get a bit anxious as we approached the outskirts of the city, so I got him to put me off about 15 miles from town, and pedalled the rest of the way.+There was no need to get the train at all us I got a lift for 20 miles in a military cattle truck in which some 15 lads were packed. Being in Khaki all I had to do was put on one of their military hats, pull it well down and take no interest in anything whenever we passed other military trucks or were stopped by officers on road patrol, and all went well. However I could see the young lad driving began to get a bit anxious as we approached the outskirts of the city, so I got him to put me off about 15 miles from town, and pedalled the rest of the way.
  
 Arrived in about 7 p.m. and rang Perce Woodman - a friend in need to stray Bushwalkers, very like Paddy - and he held out a helping hand to a lady in distress by inviting me to stay with himself and his sister for the night, which invitation was promptly accepted. Arrived in about 7 p.m. and rang Perce Woodman - a friend in need to stray Bushwalkers, very like Paddy - and he held out a helping hand to a lady in distress by inviting me to stay with himself and his sister for the night, which invitation was promptly accepted.
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 Members will be pleased to hear the class distinctions are becoming somewhat blurred at Medlow Bath. On Easter Sunday a party of Bushwalkers, who looked like the lower classes, (though the blood in their veins was deepest blue - it was very cold) asked for food and were fed. They were the only ones in the restaurant, but we are assured that this had nothing to do with the fact that they got in first. Members will be pleased to hear the class distinctions are becoming somewhat blurred at Medlow Bath. On Easter Sunday a party of Bushwalkers, who looked like the lower classes, (though the blood in their veins was deepest blue - it was very cold) asked for food and were fed. They were the only ones in the restaurant, but we are assured that this had nothing to do with the fact that they got in first.
  
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-- 13 - +===== Letters And News From The Lads===== 
-LETTEHS AND NEl'1S FROl:"! THE LADS • + 
-. . --------·---. --- +=== John Glover (8-12-41) === 
-JOHN GLOVER :- In some parts of Iceland I have gone for long wallrn, + 
-8-12":"41 and also climbed some of tho ·smaller mountains which +In some parts of Iceland I have gone for long walks, and also climbed some of the smaller mountains which are very barren. Most are snowcapped and from 500 ft. upwards covered in mist. Very few alpine plants grow on themWe had several very cold swims in the creeks and also the ocean where we were anchored. We caught some salmon in some of the lower ones. The water is very hard but quite pleasant to drink. There isn't a tree or bush in sight anywhere on the island. I think I am right in saying there is one mountain that is about 10,000 feet high. It sticks up towards the sky and about half of it is snow covered
-arc very barren.· Most are snowca1_Jped and from 500 ft. + 
-upwards coyered in mist. Very fr:;w alpine plants grow on th~m1Nc had · +I had been at sea up till the end of September and then had a spell on shore. In that ten months aboard the last ship I escorted many convoys. 
-several very cold swims in the creeks and also the ocean where wo were + 
-anchored. We caught some salmon in somi.: of the lower onos. The water +While on leave in London I was in a guard of honour outside the Club in which I was staying. This was when the Queen officially opened it. She spoke to me and also the other Empire troops in the Guard of Honour. She was dressed in a light blue dress, hat and coat with shoes to match. She is very pretty and has a very pleasant speaking voice. 
-• is very hard but quite pleasant to drink. There isn't a tree or bush + 
-;; in sight anywhere on the island. I thi~k I am right in saying there i.s +I don't know whether you knew that I was in the Roosevelt-Churchill meeting. A Church Service was held aboard H.M.S. "Prince of Wales" and I was also aboard for the Service. It was a marvellous sight and was the first time that I had seen ChurchillHe was not with a cigar in his mouth this time (nobody is allowed to smoke on the quarter-deck of any naval ship). 
-one mountain that is about 10,000 feet high. It sticks up to'v'lards the + 
-sky and about half of itis sno·w covered, +I and other Australians are very strictly censored. After the war I shall tell you all my experiences and what has happened that is not published or broadcast, that is, of course, if you want to listen. I can tell you that I have not been kept idle in England, they have kept me on the move at sea most of the time and consequently I have visited several interesting countries
-I had been at sea up till the end of September and then had a spell + 
-on shore. In that ten months aboard the iast ship I escort~d ma~y · +=== Jack Spain (25-3-42) === 
-convoys. + 
-VJhile on leave in London I was in a guard of hotiour outside tho Club +__RAAFQueensland.__ am now stationed up in the peanut country on a new station, it is not nearly finished yet, only few of the huts have electric light. Of course there is the water problem, the water we use is from an artesian boreand as the boilers are not yet fixed it is all cold and very cold at that. The other night which was a "going out night" the tank ran dry, so the showers were turned off and there were we covered in red dust and engine grease and the places of refreshment closing at 8 p.m. One chap got the bright idea of having a bath in the wash tubs and before we could say peanuts there were quite a number of very dirty airmen sitting in the wash tubs having bathsit was a sight for sore eyes but we did get to town in time
-in which I was staying. This was when the Queen o'fficially opened it . + 
-She spoke to me and also the other Empire troops in the GQard of Honour. +I hope to be in Sydney on leave early in May, I have been packed three times only to have my leave washed out; but this time I should make it. If I am in Sydney on a Friday night I will call in and see you, it is over two years since I joined up
-She was dressed in a light blue dress, hat and coat v1ith shoes to match. + 
-She is very pretty an.d ·ha'a very pleasant spealdng voice. +We have been working with the Yanks since Christmas and have picked up Yankee sayings and habits. We got onto the American cigarettes and now we have been moved away from them it is hard to get back to our ownBy the way my nick name is no longer "Spanish" but "See See"
-I don't know ':Vhether you knew that I was in the Roosevelt-Churchill + 
-meeting. A Church Service was held ~board H.M.s. "Prince of 17ales11 and I +=== Bob Savage (16-2-42) === 
-was also aboard for the Service. It was a marvellous sight and was the + 
-first time that I had seen ChurchillHe was not with a cigar in his +Note:- We have a long and particularly interesting letter from Bob, five foolscap pages, in factanyone may have the loan of a copy on application to DunkThe following are short extracts:"During the early portion of the course at the Lebanon Ski School we were concentrating on the individual ski-ing proficiency of the students, the snow was very icy - so much so in fact that a number of the seats of the wind-proof trousers gave out under the strain of constant contact with the ground, or rather iceBiddell said that we reversed the Napoleonic dictum "that an army marches on its stomach"Shortly before Christmas I had to go down to Corps Headquarters and during my absence heavy snow fell cutting off all communication by phone or road. After a rush trip to Halfa on Christmas Eve I left Headquarters on Christmas morning hoping to be at the School for a late Christmas dinner. The first mishap was on a short cut road that I had used in summer but I had no idea what Lebanon winter rains could do to a second class roadAfter skidding into a two foot deep water cut on the surface of the road I was pulled out by a towing truck about three in the afternoon. The Unit kindly pulled me out and gave us some cold meat - all that was left of their Christmas dinnerThen along the normal road, up all the hair pin bends until I reached about five thousand feet and was plowing through six inches of snow. The final straw was when the vehicle ahead of me got stuck on a corner and I could not get pastWe eventually, just on dark, turned both vehicles around by locking the wheels and skidding the front around on the icy surface. Then downhill in the dark, all hair pin bends again, and when I was on the level ground near the coast we skidded again, hit a stone wall and I was pulled out by a recovery vehicle about one a.m. on Boxing morning. Quite definitely the worst Christmas Day that I have ever spent. The next day I borrowed another truck since mine was well smashed up and got within five miles of the School where my staff met me with ski and so I got home. 
-mouth this time (nobody is allowed to smoke on the quarter-deck of any + 
-naval ship). +----
-I and other Australians are very strictly censored. After tl;.e war +
-I shall tell you all my experiences and what has happened that is not +
-published or broadcast, that is, of course, if you want to listen. I +
-can tell you that I have not been kept idle in England, they have kept me +
-on the move at sea most of the time and consequently I have visited several +
-inte+esting-countrios· +
-JACK SPAIN ~---r;--· - ' 25-3-'-i-2. +
-________ .________ _ +
-RAAF. Q._1LAND. I a.m. now stationedup in tho peanut country on-a new-station, it is not nearly finished yet, only few +
-of the huts have electric light. Of cours-:: there is tho +
-water problem, the water we use is from an artesian bore and as the boilers +
-arc not yet fixed it is all cold and very cold at thO.t. 'The other night +
-which was a "going out night" the tank ra.n dry, so the showers were turn;d +
-off and there were we covered in red dust and engine grease and the ~olaces +
-of refreshment closing at 8 :p~m. One chap got the bright idea of ha~ing a+
-bath in the wnsh tubs and before we could say peanuts there were quite a +
-number of very dirty airmen sitting in the wash tubs having baths it wa.s a +
-sight for sore eyes but we did get to town in time, ' +
-I hope to be in Sydney on leave early in May, I have been packed three +
-- 14 - +
-times only to have my leave washGd out; but this time I should mcltc it. +
-If I am in Sydney on a Friday night I vdll call in and see you, it is +
-over two years since I joined up~ +
-We have boen working with the Yanks sinceChristmas and have p;:t_cked +
-up Yankee sayings 2..nd habits. We got·onto the American cigu~ettes and now +
-we have be.;;moved away from them it is hard to get back to: .our own+
-By tho way my nick name is no longer 11Spn.nish:but 11 Si~ See"+
-BOB SAVAGE +
-16-2-42. +
-Note:- We have a long and particularly interesting lettor +
-from Bob, five foolscap pages, in ~act6.nyone.may have the +
-loan of a copy on application to DunkThe follovdng are +
-short extracts:11During the early portion of the course at +
-the Lebanon Ski School we were concentrating on theindividual ski-ing proficiency +
-of the students, the snow was very icy - so much so in fact that a +
-number of the seats of the wind-proof trousers gave out under the strain +
-of constantcontact with the ground, or rather iceBiddell said that we +
-reversed the Napoleonic dictU:"that an army marches on its stomach"+
-Shortly before Christmas I had togo down to Corps Heo.dquarters and during +
-my absence heavy snow fell cutting off all comraunic.a.tion by phone or road. +
-After a rush trip to Halfa on Christmas Eve I left Headquarters on Christmas +
-morning hoping to be at the School for alate Christmas dinn~;J;'. The +
-first mishap was.on a short cut road that I had used in summer but I had +
-no idea what Lebanon winter rains could do to a second class roadAfter +
-skidding into a two foot deep WQter cut on tho surface of the road I was +
-pulled out by a towing truck about three in the afternoon. The Unit kindly +
-pulled me out and gave us some cold meat - all that was left of their +
-Christmas dinnerThen along the normal road, up all the hair pin bends +
-until I reached about five thou9and fuct and was plowing through six inches +
-of snow. The final straw was when the vehicle ahead of me got stuck on a +
-corner and I could not get po.st. VIG eventually, just on do.rk 1 turned +
-both vehicles around by locking the wheels and skidding the front around +
-on the icy surface. Then downhill in the dark, all l;air pin bends again, +
-and when I was on the level ground near the coast we skidded again, hit +
-a stone wa+l and I was pulled out by a recovery vehicle about one a.m. +
-on Boxing morning. Quite definitely the worst Christmas Day that I ho.vc~ +
-ever spent. The next day I borrowed another truck since mine was well +
-smashed up and got within ~ive miles of the School where my staff met me +
-with ski and so I got home.+
 Since recc1v1ng this letter we hear he has been promoted to Lieut-Colonel. Since recc1v1ng this letter we hear he has been promoted to Lieut-Colonel.
 Congratulations, Bob. Congratulations, Bob.
-Another promotion - our Ex-Secr~tCLry, Tom Moppett, now has three stripes - + 
-Cong:r.:;;. tu].;J. t:i.one, Tom, +Another promotion - our Ex-Secretary, Tom Moppett, now has three stripes - Congratulations, Tom. 
-• ~- + 
-12th +---
-Tuesday + 
-22nd +===== The Voice Of The Social Committee===== 
-Friday + 
-29th +SaysPlease note the following dates
-Friday + 
-2nd +|May 12th - Tuesday|Party for the funds of the Bushwalker Emergency Services. It was to have been at the "Minerva" but the show doesn't seem worthwhile, so we are looking for a good picture. Any suggestion please?| 
-Tuesday +|May 22nd - Friday|Lecture with Slides by MrPrice Conigreve.| 
-26th +|May 29th - Friday|Stunt Night is here again, and Grace Edgecombe and Ray Kirkby are looking for talent tell them about yourself.| 
-Friday +|June 2nd - Tuesday|We will have another small dance, if enough people would like one.| 
-15 +|June 26th Friday|Annual Photographic ExhibitionBegin now to plan your exhibit. If you haven't taken your masterpiece, don't delay, we will be looking for it.
-THE VOICE Qlt, THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE + 
-.A Y S +---- 
-PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DATES. + 
-PARTY for THE FUNDS OF TilE BUSHWALKIT::R E~JERGENCY SERVICES +===== Beyond The Brown Out===== 
-It was to have been at the "MINERVA" but the show doesn't + 
-seem worthwhile, so we are looldng for a good picture. +It is not so long since a great glow lit up the skies above the city. Dazzling signs glared and blinked at us, attracting our attention to various slogans, placards and symbols which exhorted us to buy things we didn't need or couldn'pay for (If we did need them and could pay for them we would have bought them anyway). The brown-out has blotted out the glare and the signs. Looking upward now you will see instead the misty luminosity of the Milky Way. If the buildings are not too tall you will see that it stretches over the whole dome of the sky from the Eastern to the Western horizon. Towards the East is the great curve of Scorpio and the red star Antaree. Nearly above is the Southern Cross and towards the West Canis Major with the brilliant Sirius sparkling with bluish-white intensity. If you are interested in piecing together the constellations the stars will acquire a new meaning. You will be pleased to recognise old friends and get to know new ones. 
-Any suggestion please? + 
-LECTURE with SLIDES by MRPRICE" CONIGREVE +Apart from the beauty of the sky itself the names of the stars and constellations are sonorous and mystical. Some were named by the Greeks, many were named before the days of recorded history. The animals, real and legendary, the tools and household goods, the Gods, the thoughts and myths of the ancients are still reflected back to us from above. Many centuries have passed since they were named. Since then homo sapiens has done much to destroy the beauty of the earth, but the skies remain very much as they were before he, or the earth he lives on, ever existed. 
-STUNT NIGHT is here again, and Grace Edgecombe and Ray + 
-Kirkby are looking for talent tell them about_3_0..E.!_Blf+by "Canopus". 
-· We will have another small DANCE, if ~_nough peopl_e. would + 
-like-~· +---
-~UAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION_Begin now to plan your + 
-exhibit. If you haven't taken your masterpiece, don't +===== More About The Re-Union. ===== 
-delay, we will be looking for it. + 
-- - - - - ~ ..:.. ..:. +Taro sent in an article which was bit late for the last issue, but not too late to be interesting, for re-unions never grow stale as time passes. So here are some extracts from his article. 
-BEYOND THE BR01NN-OUT+ 
-It is not so long since a great glow lit up the ski.es above the city. +".... Then came another bright spot. A more or less lecture on incendiary and other (very other) bombs. When I say the actors were Rootsie! Duncan!! Bean!!! all may guess we got our moneys worth. 
-Dazzling signs glared and blinked at us, attracting our attention to various + 
-aJ..os"~.J:l.S p1::~-Nu:ds and symbols which exhorted us to buy things we didn't need +Personally I find the satanic humor of Duncan most attractive, may be tis my angelic disposition makes me fall for it. 
-or co1.l.ld.n 1t pay for (If we did need them and could pay for them we would + 
-have bought them anyway). The brown-out has blotted out the glare and the +The whole affair was a clever tangle of N.E.S. instruction and blood transfusion - the blood in this case being the new blood - that is - the new members - whose initiation was cleverly combined with the N.E.S effort. The part tickled me most was Dr. Mephisto Duncan's transfusion of the blood of a tasty young (female) morsel into his own wide chest
-signs. Looking upward now you will see instead the misty luminosity of the + 
-Milky Way. If the buildings are not too tall you will see that it stretches over +.... Our new President was given the symbols of office, then Dorothy gave the history of the famous bone. Our new Pres. must have held nearly every office in the S.B.W. If she could now use her influence she might got the job of chucker-out some Friday night, and thus complete the list
-the vthole "dohe of the sky from the Eastern to the \".!estern horizon. Towards + 
-the East is the great curve of Scorpio and the red star Antaree. Nearly +Cocoa was served, everyone relaxed, and the second stage began. Somehow - at this point - the tide always surges closer to the fire. They sang about everything and everybody. One very high spot was the "Donkey'Serenade"Edgar and Joyce charmed all with duets from Ruddigore and Pinafore. 
-above is the Southern Cro~s and towards the 1'1est Canis Major with the brj_lliant + 
-Sirius sparkling with bluish-white intensity. If you are interested_in +Peter again and again. Choruses to the right and left, in unison - in opposition. Joyce Dummer sung "Trees" to all that fine assemblage of trees and tree lovers (Name and address required of any dame who can sing this poem bettern our Joyce). 
-piecing together the constellations the stars will acquire a new meaning. + 
-You will be pleased to recognise old friends and get to know new ones. +Even Dot English, L.H. (= long hair) gave a recitation, most unexpected and convincing, with the soft purr of a 16 cylinder job
-Apart from the beauty of the sky itself the ~anes of the stars and + 
-constellations are sonorous and mystical. Some were named by the Greeks, +.... am prepared to admit that between the hours of 9P. and 2A. the flute was occasionally heard." 
-many were named before the days of recorded history. Th~ animals, real and+ 
-legendary, the tools and househol~ goods, the Gods, the thoughts and myths +----
-of the ancients are still reflected back to us from above. 1fany centuries +
-have passed since they were named. Since then homo sapiena has done rluch +
-to destroy the beauty of the earth, but the skies remain very much as they+
-were before he, or the earth he lives on, ever ·~xisted. by "Canopustt+
-16 +
-MORE ABOUT THE RE-UNION +
-Taro sent in an article which was a· bit late for the last issue, but +
-not too late to be interesting, for re-unions never g~ow stale as time +
-passes. So here are some extracts from his article. +
-••••• Then c~ac another bright spot. A more or le~s lecture on +
-incendiary and other .(very other) bombs. 1.:!hen I say the actors were +
-Rootsie! DuncanJ l BeanJ J! all may guess we got our 1:1oneys worth. +
-Personally I find the satanic humor of Duncan most attractive, may be +
-tis my angelic disposition makes me fall for it. +
-The whole affair was a c~ever tangle of N.E.S. instruction and blood +
-transfusion - the blood in this case being the new blood - that is - the +
-new members - whose initiation was cleverly combined with the ~.E.S •. effort. +
-The part tickled me most was Dr. Mephisto Duncan's transfusion of the +
-bloo·d of a tasty young (female) morsel into his ovm wide chest  +
-• • • ." •• • Our new President \vas given the syr:1bols of office·, then Dorothy +
-gave the history of the famous bone. Our new ·Pres. must have held nearly +
-every office in the S,B.W. If she could now use her influence she might +
-got the job of ch1..1.cker-out some Friday night, and thus complete the list~ +
-Cocoa was served, everyone rolaxed, and the second stage began. +
-Sonehow - at this point - the tide always surges closer to the fire. They +
-sang about everything and everybody. One very high spot was th;r"Donkey 1s +
-Serenade. Edgo.r and Joyce charmed all with duets from Ruddig~e and +
-Pinafore., -"'~ +
-Peter again and again. Choruses to the right and left, in unison - in +
-opposition. Joyce Duru:1er sung "Trees" to all that fine assec1blage of tret:s +
-and tree lovers (Name and address required of any darae who can sing this +
-poem bettern our Joyce). +
-E.ven Dot English, L.H. (= long h: .. dr) gave a recitation, nost unexpected +
-andconvincing, with tho soft purr of a 16 cylinder .job, +
-•••••••• an prepared to adl:ri.t.that between the hours of 9P. and 2A. +
-the fluto was occasionally heo:trd.." +
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-+
-. '~.+
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