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- | km, | + | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== |
- | No.90 | + | |
- | THE SYDNEY BUS INALKZR | + | A monthly |
- | A Monthly | + | |
- | 11" | + | ---- |
- | JUNE 1942 | + | |
- | Price 7. | + | === No. 90. June, 1942. Price 3d. === |
- | Editor: Clare Kinsella | + | |
- | Associate | + | |**Editor**|Clare Kinsella| |
- | Business Manager; Alex. Colley Subscriptions: Jo. Newland. | + | |**Associate |
- | C ONTENTS | + | |**Business Manager**|Alex Colley| |
- | Personalities & Incidents | + | |**Production**|Yvonne Rolfe| |
- | New Guinea | + | |**Assistant**|Alice Wyborn| |
- | Goobragandra | + | |**Subscriptions**|Jo Newland| |
- | The Voice of the Social Committee | + | |
- | Meet Muskel and Dawn | + | ===== In This Issue: ===== |
- | At Our Own Meeting | + | |
- | Federation Notes | + | | | |Page| |
- | Conservation | + | |Personalities & Incidents|D. Hasluck| 2| |
- | The Southern Cross | + | |New Guinea|H. Carruthers| 3| |
- | Photographic | + | |Goobragandra |
- | Letters from the Lads | + | |The Voice of the Social Committee| | 7| |
- | Into the Purple | + | |Meet Muskel and Dawn|L. Greenacre| 7| |
- | ' | + | |At Our Own Meeting| | 8| |
- | Some People Are So Hel-jful | + | |Federation Notes| | 9| |
- | News from Melbourne and U.S.A. The Voice of the Walks Secretary | + | |Conservation|Abores Australis|10| |
- | by D.Hasluch Page | + | |The Southern Cross|Canopus|11| |
- | 2 | + | |Photographic |
- | " | + | |Letters from the Lads| |12| |
- | * " E.Garrad 6 | + | |Into the Purple| |13| |
- | 00 040 7 | + | |What Do You Think?| |14| |
- | " L.Greenacre 7 | + | |Some People Are So Helpful|??? |
- | 0 ft 8 | + | |News from Melbourne and U.S.A.| |16| |
- | . 000 1.0 9 | + | |The Voice of the Walks Secretary| |17| |
- | " Aboras Australis lo | + | |
- | " Canopus 11 | + | ===== Advertisements: |
- | 11 | + | |
- | 0 12 | + | | |Page| |
- | 13 | + | |Goodman |
- | 14 | + | |Paddy' |
- | ? ? ? 14 | + | |
- | 16 | + | ---- |
- | 17 | + | |
- | 17 | + | =====The Quest For Silence. ===== |
- | 18 | + | |
- | TEE QUEST 07? SILENCE | + | The point of noon is past, outside: light is asleep;\\ |
- | The point of noon is past, outside: light is asleep; brooding upon its perfect hour: the weods are deep and solemn, filled with the unseen presences of light that glint, allure, and hide them; ever yet-more bright | + | brooding upon its perfect hour: the woods are deep\\ |
- | (it seems) the turn of a path will show them: nay, but rest; seek not, and think not; dream, and know not; this is best: the hour is fall; be lost: whispering, the woods are bent, THIS IS THE ONLY REVELATION; BE CONTENT. | + | and solemn, filled with the unseen presences of light\\ |
+ | that glint, allure, and hide them; ever yet-more bright\\ | ||
+ | (it seems) the turn of a path will show them: nay, but rest;\\ | ||
+ | seek not, and think not; dream, and know not; this is best:\\ | ||
+ | the hour is full; be lost: whispering, the woods are bent,\\ | ||
+ | This is the only revelation; be content. | ||
By Christopher Brennan. | By Christopher Brennan. | ||
- | krAA | + | |
- | 2. | + | ---- |
- | PERSONktITIES | + | |
- | | + | ===== Personalities |
- | The lure of unknown tracks once more calling, Ray in whom names strike a chord of response, was intrigued by the name " | + | |
- | to Bendethra and traverse the Dampiers to Cooma. I also being fired with the idea, Ray immediately set out to gain as much information as possible, but in spite of all her efforts very little was attained, of which more anon. | + | By Dorothy Hasluck. |
- | Arriving at lloruya | + | |
- | old man who when asked what he did all day said, " | + | The lure of unknown tracks once more calling, Ray in whom names strike a chord of response was intrigued by the name " |
- | and sometimes I just sets". Well, these two just set as far as I could see while Ray and I cast round desperately for topics of conversation, | + | |
- | on the desert air; especially one on-vegeterianism. That was the only time I saw | + | Arriving at Moruya |
- | any expressions on their faces, which looked as though they thought us escaped lunatics. | + | |
- | Through a change of plan we crossed the Dampiers instead of traversing them, | + | Through a change of plan we crossed the Dampiers instead of traversing them, thus reaching Can Eunice Station, where we were received with much kindness by Mrs. Griggs, a most interesting woman. On top of doing all the work, cooking for shearers, baking bread and making butter, she had achieved a very beautiful garden, was most artistic and very well read. In the course of conversation she mentioned that a Mr. Jack Woods had last year crossed Black Badger from Cooma and called at the Station. You can imagine Ray's disgust on hearing this, as she was in the habit of seeing the gentleman almost every day and hadn't even known he walked. Methinks he was a dark horse. |
- | thus reachir-gCam | + | |
- | We left here with very warm feelings for the occupants and proceeded to the local P.O. as I wanted to send a wire, rather unheard of you'd think, when I was met with " | + | We left here with very warm feelings for the occupants and proceeded to the local P.O. as I wanted to send a wire, rather unheard of you'd think, when I was met with " |
- | the amount the Government charged for its services, the effect of which was rather lost on discovering that she had overcharged me. To cap all, after making out the form, with a grumbled "Why should I keep this?" she crumpled it up and threw it into the waste paper basket before the outraged eyes of we two business women. | + | |
Our next port of call was a small farm where we were to get directions for a short cut. Short, did I say? These people were most hospitable and we were very impressed by the self sacrifice of the wife, who though not in very good health and with a great deal of work to do, had put aside her petrol iron so that she might do her share in the saving of petrol. | Our next port of call was a small farm where we were to get directions for a short cut. Short, did I say? These people were most hospitable and we were very impressed by the self sacrifice of the wife, who though not in very good health and with a great deal of work to do, had put aside her petrol iron so that she might do her share in the saving of petrol. | ||
- | The next day was very cold and bleak and on calling at a house some miles | ||
- | further on for more instructions, | ||
- | 1T0- come into the fire, God he help you". She then told us to continue on until we came to the sixth house from whore we could out across to Parker' | ||
- | be twelve miles away. By this time thcJ short cut had run !,,Ito 2. miles so decided to call it a day, as the Gap still loomed in the dist t4t hills. | ||
- | The country is full of surprises, for as we were won4ing orr way through bush the next day, we met a bullockteam driven by a boy wearing a 's school | ||
- | badge. After a few hours walking we reached Captain' | ||
- | We concluded our trip at Canberra which was garbed in all the beauty of spring, forming a strong contrast to Nature' | ||
- | Those are just a few of the personal incidents which, to me, add greatly to the enjoyment of a. trip. There is so much to be learned from contact | ||
- | with peolole other than those we are r-,ting every day, for it gives us a wider understanding, | ||
- | NEW GUI7 | ||
- | by HIT. CURRUTHERS: | ||
- | When I first know I was on my way to New Guinea I tried to conjure up all the news I had heard and read about the place and could only remember something about head hunters. I recalled hearing Jock: Marshall lecturing one night but I was very hazy as to what the country was like. Full of expectations of something tropical I watched the dim distant coastline gradually assume larger proportions and through the shimmering heat haze I discerned mountains in the distance. | ||
- | On a very hot afternoon we disembarked and I was very much interested in the native population who seemed to be lying around in convenient patches of | ||
- | ci shade. The scene just looked like a bush walker reunion after lunch. The natives were only wearing ramis and showed well develord torsos. At first glance they looked like women as they have large mops oa:- frizzy hair which is usually ' | ||
- | These chaps usually live in the native villages which fringe the shores. Some of these are very picturesque- as they are framed in a grove of cocoanut | ||
- | 4. | ||
- | palms. Pigs, dogs and piccaninnies roam around the huts and play together | ||
- | in the dust and mud. Their dwellings consist of huts built on poles and constructed from bambos and woven palm leaves. They are rather cool to live in and are waterproof even in heavy rainstorms. The women do most of the work in the | ||
- | camp and it is quite the usual thing to sea a kikenny chopping the wood while the menfolk sit around yarning or smoking plug tobacco. The women mostly wear only a grass skirt in accordance with the tropical stories. So far the natives have been like bush walkers but when gear has to be carried it is always the woman who does th, carrying. Rather a good idea I think. She uses a woven dilly bag which hangs over her back and is supported by a hand around her forehead. | ||
- | On first a-Tearance the countryside is very similar to our own State especially on the' southern coastal area around Gerringong. Gum trees grow profusely and intermingle with pandanus palms and pawpaw trees. In order to provide shade the inhabitants have planted a very pleasant glade of casuarina trees. Further out from the town small peculiar shaped hills break up the coastal plains and | ||
- | present some fine sights. Rocky knolls are a feature of the landscape and | ||
- | combine with a mantle of green foliage in creating an impression of verdent pastures. From a high vantage point a fine view can be obtained of a large area which includes a few miles of coastline out from 'which lazy breakers form | ||
- | a line of white foam as they curl over the coral reef. Small hills in the | ||
- | immediate foreground lead up to a vast mountain range culminating in the ' | ||
- | Portions of this riverare very similar to the Port Hacking with the exception that now and again cocoanut and banana plantations remind one that he is still in the tropics. Further upstream however, the whole countryside alters and the river rushes wildly over huge boulders and between towering and precip- | ||
- | itous cliffs. That is in the mountainous region where some fine scenery rouses the bush walker blood and makes the 7ohotogra-ipher very enthusiastic. | ||
- | It was in the mountains that Arthur Austin and myself spent a very pleasant | ||
- | time chatting over past experiences and admiring the scenery. It was the first time I had met Arthur for two years so we had a lot. to sc,Ly to each other. We did not boil the billy although we did enjoy a drink from a delightful mountain stream that splashed down some rocky walls. - | ||
- | It is amongst the mountains that the Laloki finds its source and there are a number of views that remind me of portions of the Kowmung. For the first few | ||
- | miles the river falls rapidly and rushes over rocky bars before plunging for | ||
- | 250 feet down to a narrow canyon where it roars as it twists arid, turns around massive blocks of conglomerate rock that litter the narrow defile. Patches of tropical jungle growth are seen occasionally as vines and tall trees intertwine and form almost impenetraUle forests. The whole area is similar to our | ||
- | Macquarie Pass with massive rocky walls forming the sides of the valley. | ||
- | 5. | ||
- | Walking up here is not a very popular paatimo as the heat does not encourage undue exertion. There are plenty of Iplacesloorthy of a visit but | ||
- | off the beaten track the long grass hides pitfalls in the form of holes, rocks and logs. There are numerous cruks and springs about but it is not always advisable to drink the water as the natives cannot be trusted in their metho' | ||
- | A few miles back from the town there are some high sPots' from where views of distant mountain ranges can be seen beckoning to the wanderer to come and explbre, They look very interesting but so far I have not been able | ||
- | to go and have a look at them. Canping in this area is very pleasant and | ||
- | reminded me of some of our week end camps around the mountains. Our tent | ||
- | was situated in a very picturesque spot surrounded by---trees and other tall chaps that grow in clumps. We enjoyed some very good cups of coffee while at - this camp and I introduced the beverage to the boys, as We had fresh milk and American coffee the results were better than I expected. We were also fortunate in being able to obtain bananas, paw pe ws, tomatoes pumpkins and | ||
- | sweet potatoes, all brought in by the natives. It was quite the usual thing to see a native come to the tent with a bundle under his arm and say noospaper" | ||
- | t11noospaper" | ||
- | amusing ways of describing various things? Most of the Bushwalkers will remember the way they describe the cross-cut saw:- " | ||
- | white men and who were well educated and interesting. They are very few, however, most of the natives being simple folk who have a very amusing way of laughing at life. | ||
- | Bird life around Port Moresby is very scarce, the most connon visitor being the noisy friar who certainly keeps we to his nano, es7oci-aly early in | ||
- | the morning when we are trying to get a few extra minutes of sleep. The | ||
- | old crow roams around, unmolested, and makes some very auusing noises at | ||
- | appropriate moments, He is protected in this area so he can afford to say Hal Hal laal | ||
- | This description of Port Moresby would not be complete without some references to our own conditions. Sleep is a very precious thing although | ||
- | hard to obtain. Owing to the hords of mosquitos, nets are essential. This means that we spend very hot nights in our nets and although stripped | ||
- | off we canelot stop the persPiration from pouring out of our bodies. Mos- | ||
- | quitoes, flies and ants all present problems but we still manage to smile and take it all in the traditional Aussie s_drit, so I must thank the Club for my previous training with my follow meelbers of the old days and I am quite happy in the fact that experience gained in the Australian bush is standing me in good stead now that events have taken a serious turn. | ||
- | Whether on the Blue Mountains of New South 'Iles or the Mountains of New Guinea, the spirit of comradeShip still prevails and all our trials and troubles are well worth the while if we can keep our country free from the ywllow peril. | ||
- | GOOBRA.GANDIZA. CA.LIPSITE. | ||
- | For two days we had walked by compass course across a blank space on a totally inadequate tourist map. We had tramped over trackless swamps, | ||
- | carmod midst snow drifts, been confronted with a multitude of cattle | ||
- | tracks, but always on our loft were the lovely towering Bogong Peaks that invited us to take our direction from them and seeued to be keeping a | ||
- | watchful eye upon us. Then we had come to the to of the " | ||
- | amazing cattle pass that winds in zigzag fashion some thousand feet or so to th river valley below. It was a stupendous moment. The map had given no indication of the glories of that river valley. The river itself, a silver thread, wound its way between green tree clad hills to the far distance, where it became lost in the foothills of lovely misty blue peaks. | ||
- | More and there were tiny dots that indicated homesteads, and occasionally the valley widened into fertile looking flats. | ||
- | After a long time we descended to the river. An exciting holter | ||
- | skelter' | ||
- | swirls around the river bends in abandonment. | ||
- | In the late afternoon we rounded a band and were confronted with an | ||
- | obvious campsite. From our feet rana brilliantly green tiny river | ||
- | flat, on the far side of which were a group of tall and stately elas, whose autumn tinted leaves Were illuminated by the last rays of the | ||
- | sun. To had come from the bitter cold of the highlands to the coml)ar- | ||
- | atively balmy valley and as we made our camp in those lovely surroundings we all felt I think that we had found perfection indeed. | ||
- | E. GARRAD. | ||
- | The Voice of the Social Committee | ||
- | Says | ||
- | PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DATES;- | ||
- | 8 p m. | ||
- | 8 p m. | ||
- | 8 p m. | ||
- | June 12 (Friday) | ||
- | June 26 (Friday) | ||
- | July 17 (Friday) | ||
- | July 31 (Friday) | ||
- | Reg Alder with musical background will show his color slides. COME ALONG. | ||
- | Annual Photographic Exhibition. | ||
- | Mr.Neville Cayley will tell us about "BIRD CAMOUFLAGE" | ||
- | 8 p m. Club Room Party. Don't miss it | ||
- | MEET MUSEELAND DAWN | ||
- | What! Not another Prospective Muskell | ||
- | Ahl But Dawn is a walker, Joe, she's been to Burning Palms lots af times. | ||
- | / | ||
- | "" | ||
- | , | ||
- | 1 11. | ||
- | k | ||
- | '' | + | The next day was very cold and bleak and on calling at a house some miles further on for more instructions, |
- | ,! 7/ 2 11 2 i i L.Sk ' | + | |
- | .j''' | + | |
- | '''' | + | The country is full of surprises, for as we were wending our way through the bush the next day, we met a bullock team driven by a boy wearing a King's School badge. After a few hours walking we reached Captain's Flat, so called after a famous bullock which had died there. Amidst all the mining buildings and debris, there was one lone tree which Ray was quite sure must have been the tree the famous Captain had used to rub his back against, as never would it have been spared otherwise; the one spot of beauty amidst the desolation. |
- | k., -,-\ , , '1,,,____L, L., ,- ',. ---7-\ | + | |
- | - 4.. | + | He concluded our trip at Canberra which was garbed in all the beauty of spring, forming a strong contrast to Nature' |
- | | + | |
- | , \ , | + | These are just a few of the personal incidents which, to me, add greatly to the enjoyment of a trip. There is so much to be learned from contact with people other than those we are meeting every day, for it gives us a wider understanding, |
- | ..,,,L.,,,A IA \ i) | + | |
- | if 1\ - CC-1* -' ''' | + | ---- |
- | 7 | + | |
- | i / \A...., , .,.__ ...,.....". , | + | ===== New Guinea. ===== |
- | f | + | |
- | i-- / \ | + | by Hec Carruthers? |
- | -', fA.-- ? -' | + | |
- | \...;:-"- 1 --- l | + | When I first knew I was on my way to New Guinea I tried to conjure up all the news I had heard and read about the place and could only remember something about head hunters. I recalled hearing Jock Marshall lecturing one night but I was very hazy as to what the country was like. Full of expectations of something tropical I watched the dim distant coastline gradually assume larger proportions and through the shimmering heat haze I discerned mountains in the distance. |
- | f --7/ 1-----i',', | + | |
- | 1. ( | + | On a very hot afternoon we disembarked and I was very much interested in the native population who seemed to be lying around in convenient patches of shade. The scene just looked like a bush walker reunion after lunch. The natives were only wearing ramis and showed well developed torsos. At first glance they looked like women as they have large mops of frizzy hair which is usually adorned with a tropical flower - the frangipanni is very popular. Their features are good and they are not what I pictured head hunters to be. When spoken to they usually giggle although a number of mission taught boys are always ready to do business such as washing of clothes or the selling of bangles, bananas, etc. |
- | -.)... 2 | + | |
- | k _.1: ( I (- / ) 1 | + | These chaps usually live in the native villages which fringe the shores. Some of these are very picturesque as they are framed in a grove of cocoanut palms. Pigs, dogs and piccaninnies roam around the huts and play together in the dust and mud. Their dwellings consist of huts built on poles and constructed from bambos and woven palm leaves. They are rather cool to live in and are waterproof even in heavy rainstorms. The women do most of the work in the camp and it is quite the usual thing to see a kikenny chopping the wood while the menfolk sit around yarning or smoking plug tobacco. The women mostly wear only a grass skirt in accordance with the tropical stories. So far the natives have been like bush walkers but when gear has to be carried it is always the woman who does the carrying. Rather a good idea I think. She uses a woven dilly bag which hangs over her back and is supported by a hand around her forehead. |
- | -...4...1-- 4 | + | |
- | a. | + | On first appearance the countryside is very similar to our own State especially on the southern coastal area around Gerringong. Gum trees grow profusely and intermingle with pandanus palms and pawpaw trees. In order to provide shade the inhabitants have planted a very pleasant glade of casuarina trees. Further out from the town small peculiar shaped hills break up the coastal plains and present some fine sights. Rocky knolls are a feature of the landscape and combine with a mantle of green foliage in creating an impression of verdant pastures. From a high vantage point a fine view can be obtained of a large area which includes a few miles of coastline out from which lazy breakers form a line of white foam as they curl over the coral reef. Small hills in the immediate foreground lead up to a vast mountain range culminating in the mighty Mount Victoria which rises to nearly 14,000 feet and forms part of the Owen Stanley Range. From this same viewpoint the whole countryside presents a mixture of greens as trees, bushes and grasses intermingle and provide homes for numerous wallabies and bandicoots. Away in the distance a line of dark green trees denote the course of the Lalaki River with its rapids and crocodiles. |
- | AT OUR OWN =TING | + | |
- | In the absence of the President, Frank Duncan took the chair at the meeting: | + | Portions of this river are very similar to the Port Hacking with the exception that now and again cocoanut and banana plantations remind one that he is still in the tropics. Further upstream however, the whole countryside alters and the river rushes wildly over huge boulders and between towering and precipitous cliffs. That is in the mountainous region where some fine scenery rouses the bush walker blood and makes the photographer very enthusiastic. |
- | The B.S.C. Photographic Competition winners were announced. They were | + | |
- | GAorge | + | It was in the mountains that Arthur Austin and myself spent a very pleasant time chatting over past experiences and admiring the scenery. It was the first time I had met Arthur for two years so we had a lot to say to each other. We did not boil the billy although we did enjoy a drink from a delightful mountain stream that splashed down some rocky walls. |
- | The main business of the evening was a discussion on Charles Jones' | + | |
- | In response to an invitation from the Club, the Youth Parliament sent a | + | It is amongst the mountains that the Laloki finds its source and there are a number of views that remind me of portions of the Kowmung. For the first few miles the river falls rapidly and rushes over rocky bars before plunging for 250 feet down to a narrow canyon where it roars as it twists and turns around massive blocks of conglomerate rock that litter the narrow defile. Patches of tropical jungle growth are seen occasionally as vines and tall trees intertwine and form almost impenetrable forests. The whole area is similar to our Macquarie Pass with massive rocky walls forming the sides of the valley. |
- | spoakeri | + | |
- | Easter sessions of the Youth Parliament are modelled exactly on the procedure of Parliament. A, number of Bills are presented and debated. At the last session the Bills dealt with Youth Employment, Youth Education, Physical Fitness | + | Walking up here is not a very popular pastime as the heat does not encourage undue exertion. There are plenty of places worthy of a visit but off the beaten track the long grass hides pitfalls in the form of holes, rocks and logs. There are numerous cruks and springs about but it is not always advisable to drink the water as the natives cannot be trusted in their method of hygeine. |
- | and National Reconstruction. Last December | + | |
- | support to the war effort and production, and is trying to get into active work. Some of its members are now engaged in collecting food and clothes into depots | + | A few miles back from the town there are some high spots from where views of distant mountain ranges can be seen beckoning to the wanderer to come and explore. They look very interesting but so far I have not been able to go and have a look at them. Camping in this area is very pleasant and reminded me of some of our week end camps around the mountains. Our tent was situated in a very picturesque spot surrounded by trees and other tall chaps that grow in clumps. We enjoyed some very good cups of coffee while at this camp and I introduced the beverage to the boys, as we had fresh milk and American coffee the results were better than I expected. We were also fortunate in being able to obtain bananas, paw paws, tomatoes pumpkins and sweet potatoes, all brought in by the natives. It was quite the usual thing to see a native come to the tent with a bundle under his arm and say " |
- | for the victims of the air raids. A Youth Drive has also been planned. The | + | |
- | Parliament always | + | Bird life around Port Moresby is very scarce, the most common visitor being the noisy friar who certainly keeps up to his name, especially early in the morning when we are trying to get a few extra minutes of sleep. The old crow roams around, unmolested, and makes some very amusing noises at appropriate moments. He is protected in this area so he can afford to Ha! Ha! Haa! |
- | The mooting | + | |
- | objects of some political | + | This description of Port Moresby would not be complete without some references to our own conditions. Sleep is a very precious thing although hard to obtain. Owing to the hords of mosquitos, nets are essential. This means that we spend very hot nights in our nets and although stripped off we cannot stop the perspiration from pouring out of our bodies. Mosquitoes, flies and ants all present problems but we still manage to smile and take it all in the traditional Aussie spirit, so I must thank the Club for my previous training with my follow members of the old days and I am quite happy in the fact that experience gained in the Australian bush is standing me in good stead now that events have taken a serious turn. |
- | an appreciation of the outdoors. The question was, not "what could the Youth | + | |
- | Parliament do for us?" but "what could we do for the Youth Parliament?" | + | Whether on the Blue Mountains of New South Wales or the Mountains of New Guinea, the spirit of comradeship still prevails and all our trials and troubles are well worth the while if we can keep our country free from the yellow peril. |
- | bodies, such as the N.R.M.A. and Parks and Playground movement had found the same. The delegates time could be better spent working through the Federation. Charles Jones, the mover of the motion to se-ed delegates, thought it was | + | |
- | extremely important to put the conservation | + | ---- |
- | 9. | + | |
- | also gain members by this means. He thought we should be ashamed of ourselves if we could not, as had been suggested, find four delegates | + | ===== Goobragandra Campsite. ===== |
+ | |||
+ | For two days we had walked by compass course across a blank space on a totally inadequate tourist map. We had tramped over trackless swamps, camped midst snow drifts, been confronted with a multitude of cattle tracks, but always on our left were the lovely towering Bogong Peaks that invited us to take our direction from them and seemed to be keeping a watchful eye upon us. Then we had come to the top of the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | After a long time we descended to the river. An exciting helter skelter stream the Goobragandra, | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the late afternoon we rounded a bend and were confronted with an obvious campsite. From our feet ran a brilliantly green tiny river flat, on the far side of which were a group of tall and stately elms, whose autumn tinted leaves were illuminated by the last rays of the sun. We had come from the bitter cold of the highlands to the comparatively balmy valley and as we made our camp in those lovely surroundings we all felt I think that we and found perfection indeed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | E. Garrad. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== The Voice Of The Social Committee. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Says: Please note the following dates: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |June 12 (Friday) 8 p.m.|Reg Alder with musical background will show his color slides. Come along.| | ||
+ | |June 26 (Friday) 8 p.m.|Annual Photographic Exhibition.| | ||
+ | |July 17 (Friday) 8 p.m.|Mr. Neville Cayley will tell us about "Bird Camouflage" | ||
+ | |July 31 (Friday) 8 p.m.|Club Room Party. Don't miss it!!!| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== At Our Own Meeting. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the absence of the President, Frank Duncan took the chair at the meeting. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The B.S.C. Photographic Competition winners were announced. They were George | ||
+ | |||
+ | The main business of the evening was a discussion on Charles Jones' | ||
+ | |||
+ | In response to an invitation from the Club, the Youth Parliament sent a speaker, | ||
+ | |||
+ | The meeting | ||
The motion was then put to the meeting and carried. | The motion was then put to the meeting and carried. | ||
- | FEDERATION NOTES | + | |
- | In reply to a Federation letter re the carrying of guns in the Kosciusko area, the Chief Secretary said that there was already draft legislation for the more rigid control of shooting in sanctuaries. If it could be proved that there were few noxious birds or animals in the Nosciusko | + | ---- |
- | In reply to a Federation protest re damage to trees at the junction of Ulooloo and Kangaroo Creeks the Superinten& | + | |
+ | ===== Federation Notes. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | In reply to a Federation letter re the carrying of guns in the Kosciusko area, the Chief Secretary said that there was already draft legislation for the more rigid control of shooting in sanctuaries. If it could be proved that there were few noxious birds or animals in the Kosciusko | ||
+ | |||
+ | In reply to a Federation protest re damage to trees at the junction of Ulooloo and Kangaroo Creeks the Superintendent | ||
It was resolved that any walker making a map should submit a copy to the Federation before making it public. | It was resolved that any walker making a map should submit a copy to the Federation before making it public. | ||
- | The Federation adopted the report of the Committee on the Marking of Tracks. This report will be made available to all clubs and sent to the | + | |
- | Department of Lands, Park Trusts and other bodies. It is a very well reasoned | + | The Federation adopted the report of the Committee on the Marking of Tracks. This report will be made available to all clubs and sent to the Department of Lands, Park Trusts and other bodies. It is a very well reasoned |
- | 44 adults and 4 children were present at the BoUddi- | + | |
- | fences repaired, lantana cleared and a hut cleaned out. | + | 44 adults and 4 children were present at the Bouddi |
- | The President, Mr.Oliver | + | |
- | extends from Newcastle to Nowra and inland to Bathurst. 31 walkers have either promised to join the V.D.C. or work as auxiliaries. | + | The President, Mr. Oliver |
- | The work will be purely reconnaisance work. Groups of walkers will be | + | |
- | allocated to particular areas, and will be required to get to know the district | + | The work will be purely reconnaisance work. Groups of walkers will be allocated to particular areas, and will be required to get to know the district well enough to be able to guide men either at night or day without the slightest difficulty. Girls will be able to help, but not officially. Rail warrants will be provided. |
- | -) well enough to be able to guide men either at night or day without the slightest | + | |
- | difficulty. Girls will be able to help, but not officially. Rail warrants will be provided. | + | ---- |
- | 10. | + | |
- | CONSERVATION | + | ===== Conservation. ===== |
- | (1) _How Timber-Cutting_ destroTs | + | |
- | - By ABORES AUSTRALIS. | + | === (1) How Timber-Cutting Destroys |
- | If in the course of our bushwalking we see a lovely group of :brees, blue-gums, for instance, and hear that timber-millers are going to cut it, we probably get very indignant and do our best to stop the desecration, From a scenic point of view we can probably judge better than most people. But from the forestry point of view most of us are pretty poor judges, | + | |
- | What determines whether | + | By Abores Australis. |
- | Obviously if a tree is tall and straight and has reached the full limit of its growth, it is a proper tree for the sawmill, and both the forester and the sawmiller will be ogmed. The trouble is that the saw- | + | |
- | miller | + | If in the course of our bushwalking we see a lovely group of trees, blue-gums, for instance, and hear that timber-millers are going to cut it, we probably get very indignant and do our best to stop the desecration. From a scenic point of view we can probably judge better than most people. But from the forestry point of view most of us are pretty poor judges. |
- | of their growth. These lovely tall trees with another 15 or 20 years of | + | |
- | rapid growth are the very apple of his eye. They are also the apple of the eye of the forester, and under no circumstances should they be cut unless they are growing too closely together, and of this the forester is the only judge. | + | What determines whether |
- | Among the younger trees a certain number | + | |
- | to grow tall, straight and branchless, the forester' | + | Obviously if a tree is tall and straight and has reached the full limit of its growth, it is a proper tree for the sawmill, and both the forester and the sawmiller will be agreed. The trouble is that the sawmiller |
- | grow close together. If too many are removed the remainder will develop branches and so become useless as future timber. | + | |
- | Tall, straight and branchless, fully grown and perfectly sound - that is the ty-.)e | + | Among the younger trees a certain number |
- | are of little or no use. | + | |
- | Are the bushwalkers' | + | Tall, straight and branchless, fully grown and perfectly sound - that is the type of tree that makes good timber. However much from a scenic or soil-erosion |
+ | |||
+ | Are the bushwalkers' | ||
(Next month: "How bush fires destroy our timber resources" | (Next month: "How bush fires destroy our timber resources" | ||
- | 11. | + | |
- | Ta SOUTHERN J.,.,.),SS | + | ---- |
- | by CANDPUS. | + | |
- | ,There are quite a few people who are not sure which is the Southern Cross, and many more who do not know whore to look for it. | + | ===== The Southern Cross. ===== |
- | During the year the Cross makes a complete clockwise circle in the skylas, in fact, do all the other stars. The circle it describes touches the Southern | + | |
- | horizon and comes to a point nearly overhead. The centre of this circle is | + | by Canopus. |
- | known as the South Celestial Pole. This is a point of some significance to | + | |
- | Bush Walkers because it is always in exactly the same place in the sky and is directly south. To find this point draw an imaginary line from the head to the foot of the Cross and project it three and a half times its own length. | + | There are quite a few people who are not sure which is the Southern Cross, and many more who do not know where to look for it. |
- | At present the Cross is nearly overhead in the early evening. It is set in the Milky Way, and lying against it to the East is a pear shaped black space known as the "Coal Sack". This is not a sort of black hole in the sky, buta large mass of gas which obscuras | + | |
- | the Cross are the two pointers. The brighter of these, Alpha Centauri, is the second nearest star to the earth. It is 4.2 light years away from us. | + | During the year the Cross makes a complete clockwise circle in the sky as, in fact, do all the other stars. The circle it describes touches the Southern horizon and comes to a point nearly overhead. The centre of this circle is known as the South Celestial Pole. This is a point of some significance to Bush Walkers because it is always in exactly the same place in the sky and is directly south. To find this point draw an imaginary line from the head to the foot of the Cross and project it three and a half times its own length. |
- | To the ancients, before a Cross had any significance for mankind, the two pointers and the two stars of thu Cross nearly in line with them, wore imagined as the four feet of the Centaur, Chiron, who instructed Jason and the heroes in the arts of peace and war. It was seen on the horizon at | + | |
- | Jerusalem at th- time of the Crucifixion, | + | At present the Cross is nearly overhead in the early evening. It is set in the Milky Way, and lying against it to the East is a pear shaped black space known as the "Coal Sack". This is not a sort of black hole in the sky, but a large mass of gas which obscures |
- | NOTE | + | |
- | (AND TO BE NOTED) | + | To the ancients, before a Cross had any significance for mankind, the two pointers and the two stars of the Cross nearly in line with them, were imagined as the four feet of the Centaur, Chiron, who instructed Jason and the heroes in the arts of peace and war. It was soon on the horizon at Jerusalem at the time of the Crucifixion, |
- | ALL YE WHO PRIDE YOURSELVES IN THE POSSESSION OF "THOSE GOOD PICTURES" | + | |
- | AND TIMEHONOURED EXHIBITION TO MAKE IT NOT ONLY SUCCESSFUL, BUT THE BEST AND GREATEST YET. | + | ---- |
- | EXHIBITION DATE JUNE 26th 1942. | + | |
- | FOR ANY PARTICULARS, CONTACT:- | + | =====Note |
- | JOHN NOBLE | + | |
- | PEG ALDER | + | All ye who pride yourselves in the possession of "those good pictures" |
- | ROLEY COTTER | + | |
- | 12. | + | __Exhibition Date - June 26th 1942.__ |
- | LETT= FROM THE LADS. | + | |
- | BILL BURKE From the " | + | For any particulars, contact:- John Noble, Reg Alder, Roley Cotter. |
- | 25-3342. | + | |
- | Land is much brighter. The only fly in the ointment is our CO's. rather definite ideas on how the troops should occupy their time. He believes in leaving us with practically no time with which to get into mischief. | + | ---- |
- | NORRIE MACDONALD. From New Guinea. There are some excellent walks about | + | |
- | -0E-747-71727--- | + | ===== Letters From The Lads. ===== |
- | GEORGE LODER From Ottawa, Canada. I an now in the final phase of my | + | |
- | 7-3-42. | + | === Bill Burke 25-3-42. === |
- | S. & R. week-end on the Ne-pean | + | |
- | HEC,, | + | From the Middle |
- | 5-5-42.- | + | |
- | nised most of the members. It brought back old memories | + | === Norrie MacDonald 28-4-42. === |
- | pecially | + | |
- | mugs - "Mugs as big as dinpors". (Hac has sent a very vivid | + | From New Guinea. There are some excellent walks about up this way also marvellous scenery, of course punctuated by native villages and the smell attached thereto. There is little that I can say but that life has its moments and dog fights are quite exciting in the distance but not so hot when directly up stairs. As for bombs, well I have been close enough for my liking although you get used to them and only curse them for perhaps making you dive for a trench, and unlike Sydney it rains well up here and off times the trench is half full of dirty water but who minds; many the times I have hugged mother earth while she is enshrouded with about 6" of water not so hot. |
- | and interesting description of the country and life in New Guinea for publication in the S.D.W. Magazine, so look out for it.) | + | |
- | By the way, Hoc is now back in Australia. Gunner Anderson is also back from Malaya via Palembang and Java. | + | === George Loder 7-3-42. === |
- | 13. | + | |
- | LETTERS AND NEWS FROM THE LADS: | + | From Ottawa, Canada. I am now in the final phase of my training, |
- | Bob Savage turned up at the beginning of last month.. He looked very well and fit, and a ring of interested listeners gathered around him:to hear his descritions | + | |
- | Irving Calnan came back from camp for a week end. He relaxed by going on the week-end test walk and caught the 1 a m. train back on Sunday morning. He expected to get a good rest the next day, by means which must remain a milit: | + | === Hec. Carruthers 5-5-42. === |
- | INTO THE PURPLE | + | |
+ | New Guinea. I have just Met Arthur Austin who has returned from overseas, he showed | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | By the way, Hec is now back in Australia. Gunner Anderson is also back from Malaya via Palembang and Java. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Bob Savage turned up at the beginning of last month. He looked very well and fit, and a ring of interested listeners gathered around him to hear his descriptions | ||
+ | |||
+ | Irving Calnan came back from camp for a week end. He relaxed by going on the week-end test walk and caught the l a.m. train back on Sunday morning. He expected to get a good rest the next day, by means which must remain a military | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Into The Purple. ===== | ||
We led you astray in the last issue, by saying that Mrs. Dick Jackson, was formerly " | We led you astray in the last issue, by saying that Mrs. Dick Jackson, was formerly " | ||
- | The Stork had a cross country trip to Orange a short while ago, with c a heavy pack. Delivered the goods to Mrs. Hundt, whom we remember | + | |
- | A member was heard the other night, wishing rather wistfully, that after the War, he night have a Tank so that we could do some of the really rough country, that country which strangely enough appeals to so many of our Walkers. We have quieter..anbitions | + | The Stork had a cross country trip to Orange a short while ago, with a heavy pack. Delivered the goods to Mrs. Hundt, whom we remember |
- | We thought the high price of vegetables would have killed off our pet vegetarians and were therefore surprised at the number of them in the Club room recently, looking so well that we susnect | + | |
- | Six members, including three Committee members, and two prospectives went on Doreen Helmrich' | + | A member was heard the other night, wishing rather wistfully, that after the War, he might have a Tank so that we could do some of the really rough country, that country which strangely enough appeals to so many of our Walkers. We have quieter |
- | 14. | + | |
- | WHAT DO | + | ---- |
- | YOU THINK? | + | |
- | GingerPup | + | We thought the high price of vegetables would have killed off our pet vegetarians and were therefore surprised at the number of them in the Club room recently, looking so well that we suspect |
- | New Member | + | |
- | Black Billy writes: We "Old UNs" loved our camp fires, loved the music | + | ---- |
- | we had thereat, Ballads of yester year, Gilbert & Sullivan, Schubert and other tuneful memories, and the old club songs which now seem almost to have passed into the limbo of forgotten things. | + | |
+ | Six members, including three Committee members, and two prospectives went on Doreen Helmrich' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== What Do You think? ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Ginger Pup__ wants to know:- Is anyone able to tell me why certain ridges on the mountains are called "The Dogs"? | ||
+ | |||
+ | __New Member__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Black Billy__ | ||
Do the new folk have similar tastes? Do they know the melodies we loved so well, and which blend so with the night song of the bush? For the camp fires are not quite what they were, it seems to me. Wherein lies the change? Or am I out of step? | Do the new folk have similar tastes? Do they know the melodies we loved so well, and which blend so with the night song of the bush? For the camp fires are not quite what they were, it seems to me. Wherein lies the change? Or am I out of step? | ||
- | Fed-Up: Being a keen walker my two children have been no obstacle on trips. I carry one in my arms and one on my back, although I have weak ankles. The arrival of the third is disheartening, Where can I pit it? Glad of any advice. | + | |
- | COME PEOPLE ARE SO HELPFUL! | + | __Fed-Up:__ Being a keen walker my two children have been no obstacle on trips. I carry one in my arms and one on my back, although I have weak ankles. The arrival of the third is disheartening. Where can I put it? Glad of any advice. |
- | A letter for the correspondence page -- or is it? Dear Clare, | + | |
- | In reply to yours of Tuesday and returning to the subject of whether I should write the " | + | ---- |
- | I think you said that a Social Gossip writer has to write rather scandalously to make a success of it - yes you did -- you must remember; | + | |
- | T was just stepping out of my bath or rather your bath and as you handed me the towel - the perfect hostess always - you poked me in the ribs and said " | + | ===== Some People Are So Helpful! ===== |
- | J5. | + | |
- | Sunday night as I was dampsetting her hair after a walk and then she quoted Mencken as having written that " | + | A letter for the correspondence page - or is it? |
+ | |||
+ | Dear Clare, | ||
+ | |||
+ | In reply to yours of Tuesday and returning to the subject of whether I should write the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | I think you said that a Social Gossip writer has to write rather scandalously to make a success of it - yes you did - you must remember; | ||
Then my dear you go on and contradict yourself by saying that if the gossip is too scandalous, the people mentioned such as " | Then my dear you go on and contradict yourself by saying that if the gossip is too scandalous, the people mentioned such as " | ||
- | Then there' | + | |
- | On second thoughts | + | Then there' |
- | Here are a few notes for the first | + | |
- | MONTH'S NATURE NOTES by GLO7ORM. | + | On second thoughts |
- | The Species Hillus Billy Antipodeus, unlike its American counterpart is nugatory | + | |
- | It's favourite haunts are hills, more hills and occasionally bosky dells, At least once a year and usually in the month of March it swarms in large numbers in lovely spots in the bush and performs strange rites around the newly chosen queen, much as happens in the life cycle of bees. Such a swarming was seen this March down Heathcote Creek, by one observer. | + | Here are a few notes for the first - |
- | It is omniverous, compatable, and. usually spotlessly clean in its habits, while its song is " | + | |
- | During the rest of the year - a metter | + | ==== Month's Nature Notes. ==== |
- | _ | + | |
- | 16. | + | by Gloworm. |
- | MELBOURNE STARTS | + | |
- | One Perce Woodman, whom you may have met walking with the S.B.Wts on occasion (he was at the Federation Reunion and has been in at the Club on a | + | The Species Hillus Billy Antipodeus, unlike its American counterpart is migratory |
- | few occasions) has started a club here which is called the Melbourne Bushwalkers. It's constitution is based on that of the S.B.W1s, and Perce grows lyrical whenever he speaks of the S.B.W' | + | |
- | in U S A. | + | It's favourite haunts are hills, more hills and occasionally bosky dells. At least once a year and usually in the month of March it swarms in large numbers in lovely spots in the bush and performs strange rites around the newly chosen queen, much as happens in the life cycle of bees. Such a swarming was seen this March down Heathcote Creek, by one observer. |
- | What I miss most here in New Orleans is the lack of facilities for outdoor exercise. New Orleans is built on the Mississippi delta and there is nothing but swamps all around - you cannot walk at all. Then the facilities for swimming are very poor - a lukewarm and dirty lake and two city pools and that is all. No nice clean ocean with white, sandy beaches to sunbake on With summer coming | + | |
- | steamy and never lets up night or day for weeks on end. Thu Gulf is a hundrud | + | It is omniverous, compatable, and usually spotlessly clean in its habits, while its song is " |
- | From the "Sun Tree Book"--- | + | |
- | The trc.: | + | During the rest of the year - a matter |
- | 17. | + | |
- | OYEZ: OYEZ! 'OYEZ: | + | ---- |
- | THE MLKS SECRETARY CRAVES ATTENTION!, | + | |
- | In the spirit of "the Club must carry on many members have volunteered to lead walks, though in some cases they are attached to | + | ===== Melbourne Starts |
- | some organisation such as N.E.S., Red Cross etc. which moans that they may be prevented at the last moment from le-.aing thir walks. This makes it imperative that those desirous of joining walk give reasonable notice | + | |
- | to leader. If the leader tells you lie may not be available, phone 7a1ks | + | Extracts from a letter from Dot English: |
- | Secretary (F.X.7019) during the week. He will tell you whether the walk | + | |
- | is still on, or name the substitute leader. | + | One Perce Woodman, whom you may have met walking with the S.B.W' |
- | ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION | + | - lending |
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== From Suzanne Reichard | ||
+ | |||
+ | What I miss most here in New Orleans is the lack of facilities for outdoor exercise. New Orleans is built on the Mississippi delta and there is nothing but swamps all around - you cannot walk at all. Then the facilities for swimming are very poor - a lukewarm and dirty lake and two city pools and that is all. No nice clean ocean with white, sandy beaches to sunbake on. With summer coming | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== From the "Sun Tree Book. ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The tree which moves some to tears of joy, is in the eyes of others a green thing that stands in the way - But to the eyes of the man with imagination | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! The Walks Secretary Craves Attention! ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the spirit of "the Club must carry on" | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Annual Photographic Exhibition | ||
Have you planned your exhibit yet? | Have you planned your exhibit yet? | ||
- | ir ya,u haven' | + | |
- | negatives along, and we will talk thom over. I'll make a fine job of the onlargoments. | + | If you haven' |
- | You know | + | |
- | TONY GOODMAN. | + | You know .......... |
- | GOODMAN BROS. | + | |
- | 20 Hunter Street, Sydney (opposite | + | Tony Goodman. |
- | 18. | + | |
- | PANIC BUYING | + | Goodman Bros. 20 Hunter Street, Sydney. (opposite |
- | The Bushwalking fraternity, (through long contact with the bush) is far too level-headed to indulge in any such antisocial | + | |
- | walkers to make their precious | + | ---- |
- | utmost. Materials are scarce and likely to be scarcer; they are reserved for necessities and comforts for the Forcs and | + | |
- | Public Safety bodies. Therefore, if you can make your old | + | ===== Panic Buying. ===== |
- | pack or tent last out a little longer, do so; Paddy will be pleased to r, | + | |
+ | The Bushwalking fraternity (through long contact with the bush) is far too level-headed to indulge in any such anti-social | ||
Newcomers to walking can still be assured of getting most of what they require and they are welcome. | Newcomers to walking can still be assured of getting most of what they require and they are welcome. | ||
- | PADDY PALLIN, | ||
- | 327 GEORGE STREET, | ||
- | SYDNEY. | ||
- | IPHONE: B.3101. | ||
+ | Paddy Pallin. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 327 George Street, Sydney. ' | ||
+ | |||
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