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- | THE SYDNYY BUSliJAL:= | + | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== |
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- | No.91 | + | A monthly Bulletin |
- | A monthly Bulletin | + | |
- | JULY 1942 | + | ---- |
- | + | ||
- | Price 3d. | + | === No. 91. July, 1942. Price 3d. === |
- | Editor: Clare Kinsella | + | |
- | Assoc. | + | |**Editor**|Clare Kinsella| |
- | Business Manager: Alex. Colley Subscriptions: Jo Newland. | + | |**Associate Editor**|Grace Jolley| |
- | C ONTENTS | + | |**Business Manager**|Alex. Colley| |
- | 3 e. | + | |**Production**|Yvonne Rolfe| |
- | -9 | + | |**Assistant**|Alice Wyborn| |
- | 8 | + | |**Subscriptions**|Jo Newland| |
- | 9 | + | |
- | 10 | + | ===== In This Issue: ===== |
- | 11 | + | |
- | 12 | + | | | |Page| |
- | 13 | + | |My Lady Goes Talking|I. A. B.| 1| |
- | 13 | + | |Water Worries on the Wollangambi|Edna Garrad| 3| |
- | 14 | + | |Rock Climbing in the City|Lyrebird| 5| |
- | 15 | + | |Technique of Hill Climbing|Marie B. Byles| 8| |
- | 1$ | + | |Some Aspects of Our Military Value|Ubi| 9| |
- | 16 | + | |Services Committee| |10| |
- | 16 | + | |Conservation|Abores Australia|11| |
- | 17 | + | |Federation Notes| |12| |
- | 17 | + | |Scorpio|Canopus|13| |
- | 18 | + | |Muskell and Dawn|L. Greenacre|13| |
- | My Lady Goes Talking | + | |What do you think?| |14| |
- | Water Worries on the Wollangambi | + | |Gloworm |
- | Rock Climbing in the City .. | + | |Wagging Tongues| |15| |
- | Technique of Hill Climbing | + | |Our Own Meeting| |16| |
- | Conservation | + | |A word from the Librarian| |16| |
- | Federation Notes | + | |The Voice of the Social Committee| |17| |
- | Scorpio | + | |
- | Muskell and Dawn | + | ===== Advertisements: |
- | What do you think? | + | |
- | Our Own Meeting | + | | |Page| |
- | A word from the Librarian | + | |Goodman Bros. Photo Supplies |
- | Paddy' | + | |Paddy' |
- | by I. A. B. | + | |
- | by Edna Garraa by Lyrebird | + | ---- |
- | by Marie B. Byles by Ubi | + | |
- | 4.. | + | ===== My Lady Goes Walking. ===== |
- | by Abor,s Australia | + | |
- | 04 | + | by I.A.B. |
- | + | ||
- | + | My lady has a personality\\ | |
- | 4 | + | Especially when she goes walking\\ |
- | It | + | And it changes from walk to walk and from season to season\\ |
- | + | It partly depends on the clothes she wears\\ | |
- | + | But it also depends | |
- | + | I am not thinking of the personality which she reveals when \\ | |
- | by Canopus | + | she speaks that is different, something in which I\\ |
- | by L. Gra:noon | + | am not interested at the moment. I am only interested in\\ |
- | MY LADY GOES WALKING | + | her personality at the distance. |
- | by A.B.. | + | |
- | My lady has a parsonality | + | Maybe it is early morning in the cool and she is wearing\\ |
- | Especially when she goes walking | + | dark blue shorts and a scarlet jumper. Her movements are\\ |
- | And it changes from walk to walk and from season to season It partly depends on the clothes she wears | + | light and brisk as she swings from one side of the track\\ |
- | :Rut it also delpends | + | to the other, leaping the fallen timber and dancing along,\\ |
- | I am not thinking of the personality which she reveals when she speaks that is different, something in which I | + | She fairly races at the foot of the hills and goes straight\\ |
- | am not interested at the moment. I am only interested in her personality at the distance. | + | up them and over with the effortless ease of a rosella swinging\\ |
- | 2. | + | in its flight. Her hair is hanging free with little bits of\\ |
- | Maybe it is early morning in the cool and she is wearing | + | bark still in it and the sunlight |
- | dark blue shorts and a scarlet jumper. Her movements are light and brisk as she swings from one side of the track to the other, leaping the fallen timber and dancing along, She fairly races at the foot of the hills and goes straight | + | |
- | up them and over with the effortless ease of a rosella swinging in its flight. Her hairi' | + | Maybe it is midday in the summertime and the way is uphill.\\ |
- | Maybe it is midday in the summertime and the way is uphill. | + | She is wearing a very brief pair of khaki shorts, a khaki shirt,\\ |
- | She is wearing a very brief pair of khaki shorts, a khaki shirt, a Their of shoes and sox, a battered straw hat with_a | + | a pair of shoes and sox, a battered straw hat with a drooping\\ |
- | Maybe she is wearing wine coloured shorts and a grey shirt and steps along quietly with grace and dignity her blue rag hat flopping easily. If the grade is steep she will rest by a rock and fan herself with her blue floppy hat. Then she will move on slowly with her hands under her pack straps. | + | feather and nought else that I can observe except a monstrous\\ |
- | Or maybe she is climbing the mountain vertically with lilli-pilli | + | heavy pack - if she might be said to be wearing it. All the\\ |
- | in her hair, the berries brushing her brow as she looks down into the chasm below. | + | colours are the same and they are the same as those of the rocks\\ |
- | - . | + | and the ground and the tree trunks and of everything else on which\\ |
- | Or maybe she is striding along with a relentless vigour and set purpose accelerating slightly on the hills or as the heat increases or the journey lengthens | + | the harsh yellow sun is shining. Her moments are slow and\\ |
- | Or maybe she pads alo#g barefoot with the quietness and constancy and tirelessness of a small bush animal | + | laboured and the sweat is running from her in little trickles.\\ |
- | Maybe she is wearing long full slacks her legs like beautiful tree | + | She merges into the landscape which is perhaps just as well. |
- | trunks, moving easily and languorously in the cool creek tracks or in the early morning, but becoming slow and laboured on the uphill grades | + | |
- | Maybe she is wearing jodhpurs (especially if she comes from Melbourne). She may as well be wearing long sleeves and a big hat and boots too. Anyway the effect is to widen her beautiful form unduly in some parts and narrow it unnaturally in others. Her gait is gawky as if she had just alighted from a horse which she had ridden for the | + | Maybe she is wearing wine coloured shorts and a grey shirt and steps\\ |
+ | along quietly with grace and dignity her blue rag hat flopping\\ | ||
+ | easily. If the grade is steep she will rest by a rock and fan\\ | ||
+ | herself with her blue floppy hat. Then she will move on slowly\\ | ||
+ | with her hands under her pack straps. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Or maybe she is climbing the mountain vertically with lilli-pilli\\ | ||
+ | in her hair, the berries brushing her brow as she looks down into\\ | ||
+ | the chasm below. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Or maybe she is striding along with a relentless vigour and set purpose\\ | ||
+ | accelerating slightly on the hills or as the heat increases or\\ | ||
+ | the journey lengthens | ||
+ | |||
+ | Or maybe she pads along barefoot with the quietness and constancy and\\ | ||
+ | tirelessness of a small bush animal | ||
+ | |||
+ | Maybe she is wearing long full slacks her legs like beautiful tree\\ | ||
+ | trunks, moving easily and languorously in the cool creek tracks\\ | ||
+ | or in the early morning, but becoming slow and laboured on the\\ | ||
+ | uphill grades | ||
+ | |||
+ | Maybe she is wearing jodhpurs (especially if she comes from Melbourne).\\ | ||
+ | She may as well be wearing long sleeves and a big hat and boots too.\\ | ||
+ | Anyway the effect is to widen her beautiful form unduly in some\\ | ||
+ | parts and narrow it unnaturally in others. Her gait is gawky as\\ | ||
+ | if she had just alighted from a horse which she had ridden for the\\ | ||
first time. She has achieved the height of non-seductiveness. | first time. She has achieved the height of non-seductiveness. | ||
- | As I said before my lady has a personality when she goes waking | + | |
- | And it is fortun-, | + | As I said before my lady has a personality when she goes walking\\ |
- | WATER WORRI.WS ON THE WOLLUTGAMBE | + | Sometimes bright and colourful like a mountain parrot\\ |
- | 3. | + | Sometimes dun and quiet like a heron\\ |
+ | And it is fortunate | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Water Worries On The Wollangambe. ===== | ||
by Edna Garrad. | by Edna Garrad. | ||
- | It was one of those trips where everything is prefixed by "if only". If only the train had not been an hour late, the service car driver would not have had to leave us at Mount Wilson for an hour whilst he did another job and we would have arrived at Mount Irvine for a normal lunch, instead of having it at about 3.45pm. This meant that instead of arriving at our intended first | + | |
- | night camp site we had to carry water so that we might camp as soon as night cam:. | + | It was one of those trips where everything is prefixed by "if only". If only the train had not been an hour late, the service car driver would not have had to leave us at Mount Wilson for an hour whilst he did another job and we would have arrived at Mount Irvine for a normal lunch, instead of having it at about 3.45pm. This meant that instead of arriving at our intended first night camp site we had to carry water so that we might camp as soon as night came. |
- | We did not know anyone who had mac's: Le trip into the Wollangamba ar-m the local opinion seemed to be that we woLLid | + | |
- | We reached our intended first night camp site at about 10 a m.the following morning and as there was some doubt regarding the possibility of obtaining water on the ridges, we collected a couple of bags to take with us for the rest of the day. From Tesselate Hill we crossed a saddle and on the far side were confronted with the alternative of working either to the right or the left as the ridge was not negotiable. Unfortunately we went to the right and had a terrific time with lawyer vines and every known obstacle. (Imagine this with water bags!) At lunch time we found that we had gone beyond our main ridge and had to climb the spur and retrace some of our way. We had most impressive views of Wollangambe and Bowens Creeks and judging by the cliffs that line them both we realised that we were not to have an easy time. We camped at a point on the ridge above the gully we hoped to negotiate the following morning and then had a minor tragedy. One of the party tripped and spilt a bag of water: The other bag had sprung a leak and this left us with a billy about two thirds full. However we made do for the night and the following morning at crack of dawn I arose and went looking for water for breakfast. After climbing down through | + | We did not know anyone who had made a trip into the Wollangambe area and the local opinion seemed to be that we would not be successful. However our leader, Dorothy Lawry, picked out a likely-looking |
- | at least negotiate a good distance down the creek 'and we sat forth in high hopes. | + | |
- | There was very little water, just an occasional pool and we made good | + | We reached our intended first night camp site at about 10 a.m. the following morning and as there was some doubt regarding the possibility of obtaining water on the ridges, we collected a couple of bags to take with us for the rest of the day. From Tesselate Hill we crossed a saddle and on the far side were confronted with the alternative of working either to the right or the left as the ridge was not negotiable. Unfortunately we went to the right and had a terrific time with lawyer vines and every known obstacle. (Imagine this with water bags!) At lunch time we found that we had gone beyond our main ridge and had to climb the spur and retrace some of our way. We had most impressive views of Wollangambe and Bowens Creeks and judging by the cliffs that line them both we realised that we were not to have an easy time. We camped at a point on the ridge above the gully we hoped to negotiate the following morning and then had a minor tragedy. One of the party tripped and spilt a bag of water! The other bag had sprung a leak and this left us with a billy about two thirds full. However we made do for the night and the following morning at crack of dawn I arose and went looking for water for breakfast. After climbing down through |
- | progress for quite a time. However we were then confronted with a very deep | + | |
- | drop (which in normal times is probably a lovely fall) and it was clear that we must leave the bed of the creek. By this time the cliffs on the far side | + | There was very little water, just an occasional pool and we made good progress for quite a time. However we were then confronted with a very deep drop (which in normal times is probably a lovely fall) and it was clear that we must leave the bed of the creek. By this time the cliffs on the far side were in sight and we felt that we must reach the Wollangambe after having got so near. We climbed out to the left and were fortunate in finding a reasonably simple way down. |
- | were in sight and we felt that we must reach the Wollangambe after having got | + | |
- | so near. We climbed out to the left and were fortunate in finding a reasonably simple way down. | + | Wollangambe Creek is delightful. Lots of water rushes between |
- | Wollangambe Creek is delightful. Lots of water rushes between | + | |
- | boulders, sparkles over rapids and then lies in deep pools reflecting the high imposing cliffs. We had a swim and began rock hopping. It is a mile an | + | It was much harder work next morning with packs, and Dorothy' |
- | hour country, and the trip altogether might be described as a five day test walk: The following morning we arrived at the junction of Bowens Creek, where | + | |
- | we camped in a most delightful cave, situated about twenty feet above water level and with a soft sandstone floor and high roof. It was here decided that rather than go on to the Colo we would attack the ridge and see if there was any chance of our climbing it the follbwing | + | When we came to the awkward corner previously referred to both girls refused point blank to go around it. I was absolutely determined at this stage that we would get up (actually it gave me the horrors to think of climbing down with the packs again) and after some difficulty found another way up. We did all kinds of unorthodox things and any experienced rock climber would have been horrified, but we got there! And was it worthwhile! |
- | difficulty for some hundreds of feet and then came to a corner where there were good hand and foot holds but it was necessary for your body to hang out | + | |
- | in space in a somewhat awkward manner. To express it mildly Grace did not care for the look of this manoeuvre and as by this time it was getting dark it was decided to turn back and risk the balance of the climb the following day. | + | I have seldom seen such a grand and impressive view and it ranks very close to Kanangara in my estimation. The top of the ridge for some distance is not more than 20 feet and it sweeps back somewhat like the prow of a ship. The creeks come together through the high cliff walls and then go out through another gorge to join the Colo. Needless to say we had not carried water up the ridge and we continued on until we reached the camp site above the creek we had climbed down. This was about 2.30 and we had not bothered about lunch. |
- | It was much harder work next morning with packs, and Dorothy' | + | |
- | perched on a narrow ledge whilst I went ahead and found negotiable ways up. I found later that they did not appreciate these waits. Grace sang every | + | Grace nobly offered to go down the gulley and get water, and Dorothy arranged to have a rest and meet her half way up and help with the water bags. In due course they set forth and I occupied myself making an arrow in stone to indicate to future parties where to turn off for water, etc. Dorothy returned about an hour after leaving camp but without |
- | ,song she knew to keep her spirits up and as Dorothy looked down to the water | + | |
- | some hundreds of feet below, her only comfort was that as we had no ropes | + | My imagination worked overtime and I had most dreadful mental pictures of what might have happened |
- | (and therefore were not mountaineering) her personal accident policy would | + | |
- | operate if the worst befell her. She also tried to imagine the discomfort | + | Returning to camp we persuaded ourselves that we were following her footprints, but this was a barren hope. |
- | of any coroner who might have to come out and view the scene of the accident: | + | |
- | When we came to the awkward corner previously referred to both girls | + | It was now dark and as a last resort Dorothy |
- | refused | + | |
- | stage that we would get up (actually it gave me the horrors to think of climbing down with the packs again) and after some difficulty found another way Up. We did all kinds of unorthodox things and any experienced rock climber would have been horrified, but we got there: And was it worthwhilej | + | It seems that Grace had missed her way going down, and rather than waste time had decided to come back to camp and get instructions from us. However she was then unable to find the way back through the cliffs (probably by this time most abominably tired after the morning climb) and she worked |
- | I have seldom seen such a grand and impressive view and it ranks | + | |
- | very close to Kanangara in my estimation. The top of the ridge for some | + | |
- | distance is not more than 20 feet and it sweeps back somewhat like the prow of a ship. The creeks come together through the high cliff walls | + | |
- | and then go out through another gorge to join the Cob, Needless to say we | + | |
- | had not carried water up the ridge and we continued on until we reached | + | |
- | the camp site above the creek we had climbed down. This was about 2.30 and we had not bothered about lunch. | + | |
- | Grace nobly offered to go down the gulley and get water, and Dorothy arranged to have a rest and meet her half way up and help with the water bags. In due course they set forth and I occupied myself making an arrow in | + | |
- | stone to indicate to future parties where to turn off for water, etc. | + | |
- | Dorothy returned about an hour after leaving camp but without | + | |
- | called | + | |
- | 5. | + | |
- | My imagination worked overtime and I had most dreadful mental | + | |
- | pictures of what might have happpned | + | |
- | 0 | + | |
- | had got water and then further down the creek, but saw no sign of Grace. Returning to camp we persuaded ourselves that we were following her footprints, but this was a barren hope. | + | |
- | It was now dark and as a last resort Dorothy | + | |
- | It se ms that Grace had missed her way going down, and rather than waste time had decided to come back to camp and get instructions from us. However she was then unable to find the way back through the cliffs (probably by this time most abominably tired after the morning climb) and she work, | + | |
It was a very happy reunion when Dorothy and she got back into camp and three hungry women put away an enormous tea (which included a pan full of meat fritters each) before turning in to a well deserved rest. | It was a very happy reunion when Dorothy and she got back into camp and three hungry women put away an enormous tea (which included a pan full of meat fritters each) before turning in to a well deserved rest. | ||
- | .Next day we got back to Mount Irvine. It was a strenuous trip but most satisfying and we heartily recommend this country to our fellow walkers. | + | |
- | ROCK CLIMBING IN THE CITY | + | Next day we got back to Mount Irvine. It was a strenuous trip but most satisfying and we heartily recommend this country to our fellow walkers. |
- | by "LYREBIRD". | + | |
- | My friend Bill and I had not been in the bush for a long time. 77e work at making | + | ---- |
- | imDortant | + | |
- | " | + | ===== Rock Climbing In The City. ===== |
- | My friend Bill and I looked at each other. | + | |
- | know of the big -change over. 7e got the same answer everywhere | + | by "Lyrebird". |
- | My friend Bill wouldn' | + | |
- | "Now don't be a fool Bill, we'll never Ret away with a thing li7oe the police would be onto us in half a second," | + | My friend Bill and I had not been in the bush for a long time. We work at ... making |
- | "Gantt you take a risk? We'll fix ,n ol without any trouble. | + | |
- | After a fair amount of persuasion, I agreed. It was just about dark | + | " |
- | now :,nd fairly cold so we thought it best to find a place to -out up the tent. | + | |
- | We had no idea that plain earth was so difficult to find in the city, everywhere we looked | + | My friend Bill and I looked at each other. |
- | resourceful. There had been rain a few days before and he hunted round till he found a pool in a gutter. There were no tadpoled iu it of course, but we thought we'd take a risk of its being pure, so Bill soaked it LIn with his | + | |
- | handkerchief and squeezed it into the billy. raided a few "BE TIDY" tins and with Bill's old straw hat, we soon had a fire going and the billy | + | My friend Bill wouldn' |
- | boiling. As we didn't want to burn the whole of Bill's hat we went to bed early and slept well. | + | |
- | Next morning we were wakened by some bird singing. A night-watchman | + | "Now don't be a fool Bill, we'll never get away with a thing like that, the police would be onto us in half a second," |
- | on his way home, probably. | + | |
- | and set off for the bridge. | + | "Can' |
- | Of courae | + | |
- | the bridge (really sizing | + | After a fair amount of persuasion, I agreed. It was just about dark now and fairly cold so we thought it best to find a place to put up the tent. We had no idea that plain earth was so difficult to find in the city; everywhere we looked |
- | in his charge | + | |
- | my friend Bill leading, the ascent began. | + | Next morning we were wakened by some bird singing. A night-watchman on his way home, probably. We packed quickly, had breakfast with cold tea and set off for the bridge. |
- | Footholds and landholds | + | |
- | When we. were about half way up we heard a short but didn't like to | + | Of course |
- | look down as we had as much as we could do to hang on. Once my friend Bill's | + | |
- | foot slipped and he slid down two blocks of granite but then he got a good | + | Footholds and handholds |
- | gri e and managed to pull himself up again. We kept plugging on steadily until we reached the level of the little windows in the side and decided | + | |
- | ..e:v1tr..h aver Ernm halo- to the underneath of the roadway. It was rather | + | When we were about half way up we heard a shout but didn't like to look down as we had as much as we could do to hang on. Once my friend Bill's foot slipped and he slid down two blocks of granite but then he got a good grip and managed to pull himself up again. We kept plugging on steadily until we reached the level of the little windows in the side and decided |
- | 7. | + | |
- | . a ticklish job getting ourselves round the dorner | + | By this time we gathered that there must be a fair crowd down below, there seemed to be a lot of noise and the policeman |
- | 0 were round the corner we found thJro was nothing else for it, we'd have to make a leap to get to the nearest steel stanchion. How Bill managed to turn from facing in towards the rock, I don't know, but he did. | + | |
- | By this time we gathered that there must be a fair crowd down below, there seemed to be a lot of noise and the policeman | + | First I had a look down below and saw the policeman had multiplied himself to hundreds and crowds of other folk were mixed in. Then I noticed a boat anchored right under us and chaps with hoses as though they were preparing to aim at us. Why, I couldn' |
- | First I had a look down below and saw the policeman had multiplied | + | |
- | himself to hundreds and crowds of other folk wore mixed in. Then I noticed | + | "Well that's pretty cold treatment," |
- | a boat anchored right under us and chaps with hoses as though they were preparing to aim at us. V1hy, I couldn' | + | |
- | "Well that's' | + | Suddenly the knot I had tied gave way and with a sickening jerk, I dropped, but at that very second I was struck by an all powerful jet of water from the water-police hoses, which lifted me high into the air. Then the chap who was pumping must have stopped for the jet dropped |
- | could tell by the look in Bill's eyes that everything was not quite right. | + | |
- | Suddenly the knot I had tied gave way and with a sickening jerk, I dropped, but at that very second I was struck by an all powerful jet of water from the water-police hoses, which lifted me high into the air. Than the chap who was pumping must have stopped for the jet drc: | + | "Look up", said my friend Bill, and there above me I saw hundreds more policemen looking down on us with such queer expressions on their faces. |
- | its height, and w with it. But there was someone with brains down below and the next minute up I went again and landed as lightly as a wet feather right beside Bill. | + | |
- | "Look up", said my friend Bill, and there above me I saw hundreds | + | "I guess we can't go any further", |
- | more policemen looking down on us with such queer expressions on their faces. | + | |
- | "I guess we can't go any further", | + | We had a bit of chocolate and began to climb up to the road way. On the way up and when we got there the police had a lot to say and we let them run on for a while but then my friend Bill explained the situation; that we worked |
- | We had a bit of chocolate and began to climb up to the road waST. On the way up and when we got there the police had a lot to say and we let | + | |
- | them run on for a while but then my friend Bill explained the situation; | + | ---- |
- | that we worked making | + | |
- | THE TECHNIQUE OF HILL CLIMBING | + | ===== The Technique Of Hill Climbing. ===== |
- | by Marie D. Byle | + | |
- | Tourists in Switzerland have often remarked how extremely slowly the professional guide will start up hill. The young amateur will rush | + | by Marie b. Byles. |
- | scornfully | + | |
- | the top first, not the young enthusiast despite the advantage of youth on his side. | + | Tourists in Switzerland have often remarked how extremely slowly the professional guide will start up hill. The young amateur will rush scornfully |
- | Why? Because the professional understands the importance of rhythm in the technique of hill-climbing, | + | |
- | kept up for a long time without breaking the rhythm by rests. | + | Why? Because the professional understands the importance of rhythm in the technique of hill-climbing, |
- | This is the technique of hill-climbing, | + | |
- | walkers | + | This is the technique of hill-climbing, |
- | beginner, when exactly the opposite is the case, for when you rest you break the rhythm, put a strain on the heart and lungs when you re-start, | + | |
- | and in the end you probably do not reach the top as soon as you otherwise might. | + | It should be possible for the normal person to climb 1000 feet or more without resting, and if he cannot do this, it shows that the pace is too quick and should be moderated. Young people can go more quickly than older ones, and usually men more quickly than women. There is no reason why everyone (except the leader) should not take the pace that suits him, and test of what does suit him, is whether he can climb 1000 feet without resting, without breathlessness and without any strain, or whether he could, if required, carry on a conversation while climbing, - not that the last is recommended. As for the leader, it should be his duty to moderate his own pace to that of the slowest in the party; otherwise there will be a tendency for the slow one to strain himself, especially if he is a beginner and does not want to be considered a weakling. |
- | It should be possible for the normal person to climb 1000 feet | + | |
- | or more without resting, and if he cannot do this, it shows that the | + | ---- |
- | pace is too quick and should be moderated. Young people can go more quickly than older ones, and usually men more quickly than women. | + | |
- | There is no reason why everyone (except the leader) should not take the | + | ===== Some Aspects Of Our Military Value. ===== |
- | pace that suits him, and 'test of what does suit him, is whether he | + | |
- | can climb 1000 feet without resting, without breathlessness and without any strain, or whether he could, if required, carry ou a conversation while climbing, - not that the last is recommend_d. As for the leader, it should be his duty to moderate his own pace to that of the slowest in the party; otherwise there will be a tendency for the slow one to strain himself, especially if he is a beginner and does not want to be considered a weakling. | + | by "Ubi". |
- | 9. | + | |
- | . | + | Now that a military organisation has seen fit to use members of our Club to further their (i.e. the organisation' |
- | SOME ASPECTS OF OUR =ITARY VALUE | + | |
- | bu "Uhl". | + | I have noticed the military |
- | Nov that a military organisation has seen fit to use members of our Club | + | |
- | to further their (i e. the organisation' | + | All of the warlike types in evidence may not be equally useful, may even be of little value; but it must be understood at the outset that in wartime everyone must do a job even if it is only nullifying the work of ten others. |
- | out the number of members we possess who have a definite military value if | + | |
- | only that of confusing the enemy who may be following them. Many there are who by nature | + | Time Bomb Bushwalkers appear quite inoffensive when they arrive at a pleasant |
- | I have noticed the military | + | |
- | statements as astrologers, | + | To disclose the strategic positions of other walkers is the task of the " |
- | are no match for armed sampans in choppy water. One cannot, however, be too | + | |
- | dogmatic as the sampans were only 190 miles off shore and therefore in water | + | A most insidious variety newly arrived with the approach |
- | well known to their owners and also took the carriers by surprise by throwing | + | |
- | seen, however, whether an adequate reply can be made to armed sampans which travel equally as well (with the tide) under water and without a crew. One should treat with reserve the resuls | + | Our fourth sample is the High Velocity |
- | p | + | |
- | will know that as a military expert I am the veriest type and most likely | + | "Ubi". |
- | would, if unmr,lested, attempt a bare-faced prophecy and so ruin my infant career. | + | |
- | All of the warlike types in evidence may not be equally useful, may even be | + | ---- |
- | of little value; but it must be understood at the outset that in wartime everyone must do a job even if it is only nullifying the work of ten others, | + | |
- | Time Bomb Bushwalkers appear quite inoffensive when they arrive at a nleasant | + | ===== "Read, Mark, Learn And Inwardly Digest!!" |
- | ' | + | |
- | nation | + | All the " |
- | fasts and breakfasts postponed until lunch when a shorter repeat performance ensues. This type may be extinguished by being completely smothered in dry sand. | + | |
- | To disclose the strategic positions of other walkers is the task of the | + | __The Bushwalkers' |
- | " | + | |
- | quiet but within very short walking distance are considered by " | + | |
- | to be good Operational Stations for night and daylight sweeps. This category being always female, can be coerced into harmlessness only by being given the slip - or at least the equivalent in coupons. | + | |
- | A most insidious variety newly arrived with the anproach | + | |
- | Anti-personnel Bushwalker. The "Anti-Dersanells" first day on the track appears unexceptionable but. it-is noticed that he does not go near water | + | |
- | 10. | + | |
- | but to drink. Each succeeding day is the same until the. evidence overwhelming and even his best friends begin to wonder. Attack from leeward | + | |
- | , Our fourth sample is the High Velocity | + | |
- | certainty. However, he never stops walking until night when he is completely | + | |
- | re"- "UBItt. | + | |
- | "READ, MARK, LEARN AND INWARDLY DIGEST :: " | + | |
- | All the " | + | |
- | THE BUSHWALKERS1 SERVICES COMMIT= | + | |
to send to the boys in camps where reading matter is scarce. | to send to the boys in camps where reading matter is scarce. | ||
- | Joan Savage, Grace Jolly, " | ||
- | If it is not convenient to bring the magazines to the Clubroom,. they may be dropped into " | + | Joan Savage, Grace Jolly, " |
- | THE SERVICES COMMITTEE. | + | |
- | 11. | + | If it is not convenient to bring the magazines to the Clubroom, they may be dropped into " |
- | . . CONSERVATION | + | |
- | CII) How Bush Fires Destroy our Timber Resources. | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ===== Conservation. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | === (II) How Bush Fires Destroy our Timber Resources. | ||
by Abores Australis. | by Abores Australis. | ||
- | We all know that bushfires destroy | + | |
- | Yet from a timber point of view they might just as well not be th)re. 7hy? | + | We all know that bushfires destroy |
- | The reason is pertly | + | |
- | work. The callitris or white pine is an exception to this rule that knots render a timber useless. But this is a soft wood. Most of our timbers. are hard woods. But even a soft wood is more valuable without knots. Those lovely little tufts of young shoots, which spring out of the trunk of the tree after the bush fire has passed over, have sealed the doom of the tree from a timber point of view and it would be better not there. | + | Yet from a timber point of view they might just as well not be there. Why? |
- | It may be objected that pinus insignis, or common pines used for box making, grow with branches right from their feet. The answer is that the | + | |
- | lower branches are carefully cut off by the forester as the tree grows upward. In the centre there is always the remains of the knot where the br nch for- | + | The reason is partly |
- | merly grew, but the outside timber is fresh, clean and free from knots. Also | + | |
- | this, too, is a soft wood. | + | It may be objected that pinus insignis, or common pines used for box making, grow with branches right from their feet. The answer is that the lower branches are carefully cut off by the forester as the tree grows upward. In the centre there is always the remains of the knot where the branch formerly |
- | The cl., | + | |
- | However, although the regrowth caused by a bushfire is welcome to the | + | The destruction |
- | forester, it is small consolation to have lost thousands of trees which have grown for anything up to a hundred years and get in retc rn young seedlings which have a hundred years leeway to make up. So bush fires remain the nightmare of the forester and kee-o him chained to his post during the suyIner | + | |
- | (Next month "How the danger of Forest | + | However, although the regrowth caused by a bushfire is welcome to the forester, it is small consolation to have lost thousands of trees which have grown for anything up to a hundred years and get in return |
- | 12. | + | |
- | FEDERATION NOTES | + | (Next month - "How the danger of Forest |
- | At the Federation' | + | |
- | eat many thousands of:trout from the streams of this sanctuary and the local | + | ---- |
- | residents have an annual | + | |
- | This fisherman said that his -Association is very keen on conservationlbut | + | =====Federation Notes. ===== |
- | believes that if all shooting in the Kosciusko Alpine Reserve were prohibited | + | |
- | the cormorants, foxes and dingoes would breed there and prey upon the sheep and wild life of the surrounding | + | At the Federation' |
- | Federation decided that a recommendation should be made to the authorities | + | |
- | for permits to shoot foxes, dingoes and cormorants to be issued only to local residents | + | This fisherman said that his Association is very keen on conservation, |
- | OOO OO | + | |
- | The report of the Tracks and Blazes Committee | + | Federation decided that a recommendation should be made to the authorities for permits to shoot foxes, dingoes and cormorants to be issued only to local residents |
- | publication in this issue as the C.M.W' | + | |
- | able. Arrangements have been made for further information to be received by that Club so its members can consider the matter further. | + | ---- |
- | At the 7orki4g | + | |
- | V a' | + | The report of the Tracks and Blazes Committee |
- | A letter was received-from the Under Secretary. for Lands advising that, | + | |
- | owing to shortage of staff, it is impossible at present to do any field sur- | + | ---- |
- | veying | + | |
- | -.: | + | At the Working |
- | ....-:,:::-.:-.:: .j t..3:.,i--.- ':' | + | |
- | .' | + | ---- |
- | ';:t1..L.: | + | |
- | .:c..,,i 7 ..,:.-., ..: | + | A letter was received from the Under Secretary for Lands advising that, owing to shortage of staff, it is impossible at present to do any field surveying |
- | , . : 1. | + | |
- | --- | + | ---- |
- | 0 SCORPIO | + | |
- | by Canous. | + | ===== Scorpio. ===== |
- | If, in the early evening you follow the Milky ITay down towards the Eastern horizon for about two-thirds of the distance | + | |
- | brilliant star in the oon stellatioil | + | by Canopus. |
- | thd of Arttai4e ret chi: | + | |
- | 'Antares | + | If, in the early evening you follow the Milky Way down towards the Eastern horizon for about two-thirds of the distance |
- | 500 -itimes | + | |
- | it rrvals | + | Antares |
- | ;tO - The | + | |
- | Gre...ks believed that pt | + | The likeness of the constellation to a scorpion is obvious. The Greeks |
- | ij*.61se.; | + | |
- | - ,. the hori' | + | " |
- | , | + | |
- | the harS' | + | __Acknowledgment__: " |
- | his crathe: | + | |
- | - - .' | + | |
- | :r | + | |
- | Acknowledgment | + | |
"An Easy Guide to Southern Stars," | "An Easy Guide to Southern Stars," | ||
- | "Stars of the Southern Heavens," | + | |
- | 7K, | + | "Stars of the Southern Heavens," |
- | TI4At R14 Ci't, C1 0 uo nThvkE, | + | |
- | 0 v ci-.A, | + | "The Stars in Their Courses," |
- | ---..--" | + | |
- | !II : / | + | ---- |
- | . -,.. | + | |
- | ---1,..., - | + | ===== What Do You Think? ===== |
- | _____,..... .:;, | + | |
- | .,.._... ,_ . | + | === Alex. Colley writes: |
- | 4:,, | + | |
- | \\ | + | It was Dave Stead who first pointed out to me that there are no young casuarinas along the Cox. They are all eaten by cattle. Droughts kill some of the big old trees, and floods undermine others. Every time you see the Cox there are many newly fallen trees. If this continues there will be nothing to hold the banks and they will be washed away and replaced by boulders and gravel. Before this time let us hope that the Greater Blue Mountains National Park, or a similar scheme has become a reality. |
- | 14. | + | |
- | VI HAT DO YOU THINK ? | + | === Doubtful |
- | 1111,- | + | |
- | Alex. Colley writes:- | + | Why is it that when looking westward from the highspots around Sydney that Mt. King George and Mt. Hay appear higher than all the surrounding tablelands, when the mountains south of the Cox, reputedly higher and approximate1y |
- | It was Dave Stead who first panted dut to me that there are no young casuarinas along the Cox. They are all eaten by cattle. Droughts kill some of the big old trees, and floods undermine others. Every time you see the Cox there are many newly fallen trees. If this continues there will be nothing to hold the banks and they will be washed away and replaced by boulders and gravel. Before this time let us hope that the Greater Blue Mountains National Park, or a similar scheme has become a reality. | + | |
- | Dountful | + | === "Sleepy Sue" |
- | Thy is it that when looking westward from the highspots around Sydney that Mt.King George and Mt.Hay appear higher than all the surrounding tablelands, when the mountains south of the Cox, reputedly higher and a7prOximate1y | + | |
- | "InEEPY SUE" | + | In reply to " |
- | In reply to " | + | |
The club songs are, I think, just dying of old age and although new and exciting trips are being done continually the people who do them aren't people who write songs about them. | The club songs are, I think, just dying of old age and although new and exciting trips are being done continually the people who do them aren't people who write songs about them. | ||
- | ANOTHER LETTER FOR TH CORRESAX1DENCE PAGE OR IS IT? | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Another Letter For the Correspondence Page - Or Is It? ===== | ||
Dear Clare, | Dear Clare, | ||
- | I have never looked upon you as a lady, and perhaps that was part of | + | |
- | your attraction for me, but I sea now that I was wrong, your ability to resist the temptation to open my fan mail before forwarding it to me, stams you as | + | I have never looked upon you as a lady, and perhaps that was part of your attraction for me, but I see now that I was wrong, your ability to resist the temptation to open my fan mail before forwarding it to me, stamps |
- | a Lady with a capital L Don't worry Clare, dear--I still can't help liking | + | |
- | you in spite of that. It's all rather contradictory however, 'cause no lady | + | C. Also wrote to me, but not so pleasantly, she said she'd like to get her teeth into me and as I said before, she is rather long in the tooth, so I think I won't come down to the club room on Fridays until she cools down. |
- | should have published my rather confidential and personal letter to you as you did, but it's all for the bestlas | + | |
- | ladies all called " | + | As for the " |
- | the Glaciarium where she thinks the two of us would cut a dashing figure. Number two is passionately fond of music and would like me to hear her sing -- per- | + | |
- | haps it's as well -- I'm not musical | + | My latest idea for your magazine is that I should write an answers to correspondence page, a la Dorothy Dix, you know the sort of thing. It goes something like this:- |
- | "the harbour is such a good place at night for a murder:" I'm just a little | + | |
- | hazy as to her meaning, but of course she can't mean anything unpleasant, | + | Question - Should I go co-tenting with "X" who is a Committee member, or would it be irregular? New Lady Member. |
- | the committee was always so careful about the compatability of prospective | + | |
- | members and I've always trusted | + | Answer - No dear, not yet, wait until you've been in the Club a while, get on the committee yourself and then it will be quite the thing. Clubman. |
- | 15. | + | |
- | C. Also wrote to me, but not so pleasantly, she said she'd like to | + | ---- |
- | get her teeth into me and as I said befOre, she is rather long in the tooth, so I think I won't come down to the club room on Fridays until she cools down. | + | |
- | As for the " | + | =====Wagging Tongues. ===== |
- | My latest idea for your magazine is that I should write an answers to | + | |
- | correspondence page, a la Dorothy Dix, you know the sort of thing. It goes | + | What was the REAL attraction of the recent day walk which called out 22 members? It certainly wasn't the leader; no one took any notice of him except to wait for him and tell him each time they altered the destination. Of course it may have been the one and a half piece bathing suit so capably displayed by one of our girls, it would have sunk a thousand ships. Some trellis work with a little lattice kept it together. Hope we are not too old fashioned. |
- | something like this:- | + | |
- | Question-- Should I go co-tenting with 'T" who is a Committee member, or | + | Four tough Guys had a quiet week-end in George Dibley's cottage in Katoomba. Decisive handling of Tim Coffey each bedtime, by shutting him in a room by himself, gave them a comparatively quiet night. But it took a them three hours to cook the breakfast. |
- | would it be irregular? | + | |
- | New Lady Member. | + | Conditions |
- | Answer | + | |
- | thing. | + | On a recent official walk the party came on a soldier standing guard. He was hungry, no provisions had come through for several days. Bert Whillier |
- | Clubman. | + | |
- | WAGGING TONGUES | + | "That was big of you," we said. |
- | What was the REAL attraction of the recent day walk which called out 22 members? It certainly wasn't the leader; no one took any notice of him | + | |
- | except to wait for him and tell him each time they altered the destination. Of course it may have been the one and a half piece bathing suit so capably | + | |
- | displayed by one of our girls, it would have sunk a thousand ships. Some trellis work with a little lattice kept it together. Hope we are not too | + | |
- | old fashioned. | + | |
- | Four tough Guys had a quiet week-end in George Dibley/s cottage in | + | |
- | Katoomba. Decisive handling of Tim Coffey each bedtime, by shutting him | + | |
- | in a room by himself, gave them a comparatively quiet night. But it took a them three hours to cook the breakfast. | + | |
- | Cohditions | + | |
- | these days and we expect to hear of more suckers being taken for walks. | + | |
- | On a recent official walk the party came on a soldier standing guard. He was hungry, no provisions had come through for several days. Bert Whinier | + | |
- | was deeply moved and handed over two or three pounds of his lunch, "That was big of you," we said. | + | |
" | " | ||
- | 16. | + | |
- | AT OUR TIN MEETING., | + | ---- |
- | The meeting opened with the welcoming of a,new member, Miriam.Lennox. | + | |
- | It was announced that Frank Freeguard has been transferrod | + | ===== At Our Own Meeting. ===== |
- | The Coast and MoUntain 7alkors | + | |
- | The theatre party at the Minerva realised | + | The meeting opened with the welcoming of a new member, Miriam Lennox. June Winebury |
- | The report of the committee formed to report on a policy for the Federation re the marking of tracks was read by the convenor, Marie Byles. It was approved by the meeting. The Federation have not yet adopted it, | + | |
- | as the Coast and Mountain | + | It was announced that Frank Freeguard has been transferred |
- | MAGAZINE NOTTCE. | + | |
- | Uould you please hand in your contribution for next | + | The Coast and Mountain Walkers |
- | month' | + | |
- | .17th July to | + | The theatre party at the Minerva realised |
- | C. KINSELLA, | + | |
- | 42 Point Road, 100L7ICH. | + | The report of the committee formed to report on a policy for the Federation re the marking of tracks was read by the convenor, Marie Byles. It was approved by the meeting. The Federation have not yet adopted it, as the Coast and Mountain |
- | BUSECIALKERS | + | |
- | Attention is drawn to your thriving Club Library | + | ---- |
- | join in the queue and climb the world' | + | |
- | jungles, tread the untrodden wastes with intrepid explorers all for | + | ==== Magazine Notice. ==== |
- | only one penny per week; | + | |
- | PLEASE NOTE: Donations, to,the.113Drary | + | Would you please hand in your contribution for next month' |
- | Your librarian quickly-becomes | + | |
- | 17. | + | C. Kinsella, 42 Point Road, Woolwich. |
- | THE VOICE OF THE " | + | |
- | PLEASE NOTE THE FOLL(TING DATES: | + | ---- |
- | July 16th Thursday 7.45 p m. VISIT TO THE OBSERVATORY | + | |
- | N.B. As parties are limited to 15, please notify Doreen Helmrich as soon as possible if you wish to be included. | + | Bushwalkers! |
- | July 17th Friday 8. 0 p m. R. NEVILLE GAYTFY, one of our best known Ornithologists will tell us about "BIRD CAMOUFLAGE" and illustrate with coloured slides. | + | |
- | July 31st 'Friday 7.45 p m. CLUB ROOM PARTY. | + | Attention is drawn to your thriving Club Library |
- | Fun and Games, and Dancing. | + | |
- | August 15th & 16th SPORTS CARNIVAL, at " | + | Please note: Donations to the library |
- | Auguat 216t Friday 8. 0 p m. MR. JACOBS | + | |
- | August 25th Tuesday 7.45 p m. DANCE AT "PAKIES". | + | Your librarian quickly becomes |
- | FOR ALL YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS and for | + | |
- | EXCELLENT DLVELOPING TIORK | + | ---- |
- | and | + | |
- | ENLARGING SERVICE | + | ===== The Voice Of The Social Committee Says. ===== |
- | GOODMAN BROS. | + | |
- | 20 Hunter Street, Sydney | + | Please note the following dates: |
- | (0-Y.0# Wynyard) | + | |
- | 18. | + | |July 16th Thursday 7.45 p.m.|__Visit to the observatory__. |
- | 0 | + | |July 17th Friday 8.0 p.m.|__Mr. Neville Gayley__, one of our best known Ornithologists will tell us about "Bird camouflage" and illustrate with coloured slides.| |
- | C 0.-UPONS | + | |July 31st Friday 7.45 p.m.|__Club Room Party__. Fun and Games, and Dancing.| |
+ | |August 15th & 16th|__Sports Carnival__, at " | ||
+ | |August 21st Friday 8.0 p.m.|__Mr. Jacobs__, | ||
+ | |August 25th Tuesday 7.45 p.m.|__Dance at "Pakies"__.| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | For all your photographic requirements | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Goodman Bros__. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 20 Hunter Street, Sydney (opp. Wynyard) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Coupons. ===== | ||
"Now our days of philandering are over". Socks and neckties, hats, and shoes are no longer to be bought lightly on the whimsey of the moment. Care, caution, thought and deliberation are all called for in the distribution of our meagre ration of coupons over our annual requirements. | "Now our days of philandering are over". Socks and neckties, hats, and shoes are no longer to be bought lightly on the whimsey of the moment. Care, caution, thought and deliberation are all called for in the distribution of our meagre ration of coupons over our annual requirements. | ||
- | Camp needs are not entirely untouched and now the wearing of ancient antique and amorphous straw hats will become a national service instead of a means whereby walkers may work off their inhibitions, | + | |
- | Most of Paddy' | + | Camp needs are not entirely untouched and now the wearing of ancient antique and amorphous straw hats will become a national service instead of a means whereby walkers may work off their inhibitions. |
+ | |||
+ | Most of Paddy' | ||
But here are some items which are affected. | But here are some items which are affected. | ||
- | Mens Vlomens | ||
- | 1=1 | ||
- | Shorts 12 coupone no stock | ||
- | Lumber jackets 12 10 | ||
- | Cape with collar | ||
- | or hood 33 22 | ||
- | " | ||
- | Cycle Ca7,e 12 10 | ||
- | Leggings 4 4 0 | ||
- | 6x4 CaDe-za-oundsheets without collar or hood do not require as' coupons, Likewise groundsheets., | ||
- | PADDY PALLIN, | ||
- | 327 George Street, tPhone B3101. SYDNEY. | ||
+ | | |__Mens__|__Womens __| | ||
+ | |Shorts|12 coupons|No stock| | ||
+ | |Lumber jackets|12|10| | ||
+ | |Cape with collar or hood|33|22| | ||
+ | |Waterproof hood| 6| 3| | ||
+ | |Cycle Cape|12|10| | ||
+ | |Leggings| 4| 4| | ||
+ | |||
+ | 6x4 Cape groundsheets without collar or hood do not require coupons, Likewise groundsheets, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Paddy Pallin, | ||
+ | |||
+ | 327 George Street, Sydney. 'Phone B3101. | ||
+ | |||
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