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|Journey in the North|Doreen Helmrich|2| | |Journey in the North|Doreen Helmrich|2| | ||
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over a sea of peaked mountains. The valleys and ridges like long rollers reaching to the coastal plain and the beaches 50 miles away. | over a sea of peaked mountains. The valleys and ridges like long rollers reaching to the coastal plain and the beaches 50 miles away. | ||
- | The Moseleys whom we visited several times were most helpful, gave us a -- | + | The Moseleys whom we visited several times were most helpful, gave us a lot of valuable advice, |
- | lot of valuable advice, | + | |
- | us with strange tales of country people, motorists and walkers. | + | One morning about 11 o' |
- | One morning about 11 o' | + | |
- | tempted off this straight and narrow path by a track leading left, and al- | + | After a steep climb next morning we reached our track on the ridge top again, and nothing would have induced us to leave it. Going on over a whole corrigation of steep knobs, we looked back to Point Lookout on our left, across the depths of Platypus Creek gorge and to the heights of Mount Killiecrankie on our right, till finally we raced down a steep grade right on to Platypus Creek at a pixillated dank spot where an old bark hut had collapsed |
- | though | + | |
- | zig-zag till, to our dismay we turned a corner and saw the deserted Antimony mine we had heard so much about - the ridge, hundreds of feet above. Our volatile spirits soon rose again as we examined the crazy bark huts sloping | + | Late next morning we strolled along till we arrived at the first hut in the valley and visited its owner, one Hector McLeod and dog, and many were the tales he told us! |
- | with the hillside and covered with pumpkin, choko and passion fruit vines, | + | |
- | all bearing fruit or vegetables as the case may be. We went on our way richer for half a pumpkin and a choko (passion fruit not ripe) after seeing | + | So while we were having lunch in the sun by a water lily pool the Sergeant' |
- | vividly coloured birds and hearing " | + | |
- | After a steep climb next morning we reached our track on the ridge top again, and nothing would have induced us to leave it. Going on over a whole corrigation of steep knobs, we looked back to Point Lookout on our left,across the depths of Platypus Creek gorge and to the heights of Mount Killiecrankie on our right, till 'finally we raced down a steep grade right on to Platypus Creek at a pixillated dank spot where an old bark hut had colla-)sed | + | After navigating ourselves across the creek in a small punt, we spent our last day of freedom sunbaking in the solitude of a perfectly unspoiled beach, then into Macksville to catch the North Coast Mail to Sydney. |
- | it away - but then I had seen a four inch Tiger snake coiled on the log, head | + | |
- | up inquiringly, After a few hundred yards of floundering through the wet weedy tangle on the banks of the river we cut up the side, crossed a large bend and arrived at a clearing where two mandarin trees laden with fruit gladdened us. A flat on the next bend by a blue green rocky pool and a group of fragile saplings, provided a perfect campsite for our first night on the Bellingen, | + | As we walked back along the river, an uneasy sensation |
- | Late next morning we strolled along till we arrived at the first hut in the valley and visited its owner, one Hector McLeod and dog, and many were the tales he told us l In a few minutes we were steeped in the atmosphere of the remote places of the earth, where men live close to nature, among ghosts of the Aboriginees and thoughts of strange wild creatures; where valley | + | there was the Sergeant sitting nonchalantly in his car, outside the Post Office. I looked at him courageously as we passed, but he and his Constable (presumably according to prearranged plan) followed us into a tea shop and began their questionnaire. By this time we were furious, but Sergeant Love disarmed us when he told us that he had the amazing theory that we were " |
- | assume a vast importance. Hector caught his horse by cajoling it with a piece of sweet potato and rode along for miles with us till we decided to take to the hills again and try to find our way to still another river - the South Bellingen or Nambucca. To do this we know we must reach Mt.Killiecrankie, | + | |
- | the ridges spread like fingers from the palm of a hand and each lead down to a river. This involved quite a neat niece of direction finding - to arrive at an unseen object in unknown country, without a maps After nearly abandoning | + | ==== August in the Bush ==== |
- | hope several times next day, because our ridge was not a ridge but a series of cones each higher than the one before, we came within sight of the elusive mountain, seemingly about a mile away. We walked for another | + | |
- | So while we were having lunch in the sun by a water lily pool the Sergeants | + | by Ray Birt |
- | After navigating ourselves across the creek,in a small punt, we spent our last day of freedom sunbaking in the solitude of a perfectly unspoiled | + | |
- | beach, then into Macksville to catch the North Coast Lail to Sydney. | + | "The pretty brave things thro the coldest days\\ Imprisoned in vale of brown,\\ They never lost heart, tho the blast shrieked |
- | As we walked back along the river, an uneasy sensation | + | |
- | there was the Sergeant sitting nonchalantly in his car, outside the Post Office. I looked at him courageously as we passed, but he and his Constable (presumably according to prearranged plan) followed us into a tea shop and began their questionnaire. By this time we were furious, but Sergeant Love disarmed us when he told us that he had the amazing theory that we were " | + | The Springelia Incarnate (Swamp Heath) is one of the " |
- | AUGUST IN THE ausx | + | |
- | by Ray Dirt. | + | The Acacia longiflora also joins the band, flowering in great profusion on the lower Mountains at the present time, it has bright |
- | "The pretty brave things thro the coldest days Imprisoned in vale of brown, | + | |
- | They never lost heart, tho the blast shtieked | + | |
- | But patiently each wrought her wonderful dress, Or fashioned her beautiful crown, | + | ==== A Visit to the Observatory ==== |
- | And now they are coming to lighten the world Still shadowed by winter' | + | |
- | The Springelia Incarnate (Swamp Heath) is one of the " | + | by " |
- | The Acacia longiflora also joins the band/ flowering in great profusion on the lower Mountains at the present time, it has bricht | + | |
- | 6, | + | Thursday July 16th was a great day for the Club's stargazers. Often we had looked at the stars and wondered perhaps what that blurred patch was, or how such and such a star could possibly be, in reality, two stars. |
- | - | + | |
- | A VISIT TO THE OBSERVATORY | + | At 8 o' |
- | Thursday July 16th was a groat day for the Club's stargazers. Often we had looked at the stars and wondered perhaps what that blurred patch was, or how such and such a star could possibly be, in reality, two stars, Often we had read of the many beautiful objects visible through a large telescope, and few of us had ever seen them. | + | within the dome was one small light - all we could use in the blackout. Soon the telescope was trained on a part of the sky and one by one we looked |
- | At 8 o' | + | |
- | is housed. Through the top of the dome we could see a strip of che ek-s, and | + | |
- | within the dome was one small light - all we could use in the blr=7.-; | + | |
- | the telescope was trained on a ptrt of the sky and one by one we into | + | |
- | regions of space far beyond the reach of ordinary eyesight. As we locked | + | |
- | of the stars under observation. The stars are continually moving across the | + | |
- | sky, and would soon move out of sight in so large a telescope, if it were | + | |
fixed. | fixed. | ||
- | The telescope was trained on a region in Argo where few, if any, stars are visible to the naked eye. In the yepiece | + | |
- | over the whole circle of vision. Next we looked at a well known nebula about | + | The telescope was trained on a region in Argo where few, if any, stars are visible to the naked eye. In the eyepiece |
- | Eta Argus. We could see a great number of small stars and, beyond the clouds | + | |
- | of luminous matter which form the nebula. Then we looked at the triple star, Alpha Crucis (at the foot of the Cross). This star, which to the naked eye | + | Next we looked at a star cluster |
- | appears to be one bright star, is really three stars, Through the telescope | + | |
- | Next we looked at a star clister | + | Lastly we looked at Antares, the first magnitude |
- | 20,000 years the light waves have travelled through space, and the first solid object they have encountered in their journey is the retina of ynur eye. | + | |
- | Lastly we looked at Antares, the first maghitude | + | |
- | from our sight, but that there happened to be few other stars in its vicinity. It seemed as if a spacial | + | |
For nearly two hours we had been taking it in turn to look through the eyepiece of the telescope, and for two hours Mr. Rayner had described and explained and had answered an almost continuous barrage of questions about almost everything in the sky, as well as the workings of the telescope. | For nearly two hours we had been taking it in turn to look through the eyepiece of the telescope, and for two hours Mr. Rayner had described and explained and had answered an almost continuous barrage of questions about almost everything in the sky, as well as the workings of the telescope. | ||
- | After this he took us down to the library | + | |
+ | After this he took us down to the library | ||
We had to be practically pushed out Of the observatory at 11 o' | We had to be practically pushed out Of the observatory at 11 o' | ||
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Our thanks are due to Mr. Rayner for devoting his evening to our visit, and I am sure he has never spoken to a more fascinated audience. | Our thanks are due to Mr. Rayner for devoting his evening to our visit, and I am sure he has never spoken to a more fascinated audience. | ||
- | by " | + | |
- | 8. | + | ==== Whispered on the Wind ==== |
- | WHISPERED ON THE WIND. | + | |
Members are hiding their sins very cleverly these days, or the publicity has sent them to earth. In spite of snooping round regularly on Friday nights we can't raise a thing. | Members are hiding their sins very cleverly these days, or the publicity has sent them to earth. In spite of snooping round regularly on Friday nights we can't raise a thing. | ||
- | No engagements, | + | |
- | those recently engaged. | + | No engagements, |
- | The latest male recruit to the ranks of the engaged, took exception | + | |
- | . to the way we spelt his fiancee's name, and we would like to say here and | + | The latest male recruit to the ranks of the engaged, took exception to the way we spelt his fiancée's name, and we would like to say here and now that it was just as Irish as her own, and as someone mentioned, she will be changing it soon anyway, so why worry. |
- | now that it was just_as | + | |
- | will be changing it soon anyway, so why worry. | + | Can' |
- | Can' | + | |
- | who reproved us for misspelling her name. In this case we loft a T out of it and couldn' | + | Dot English tells us she visited Brian and Jean Harvey on two successive Sundays. " |
- | Dot English tells us she visited Brian and Jean Harvey on two successive Sundays. " | + | |
- | gurgles Brian deep down in his 7th chin. They are quite pleased with the life and Jean is developing into some cook. | + | ==== Important Dates for your Social Calendar ==== |
- | IMPORTANT DATED | + | |
- | FOR YOUR | + | |Sept. 16th|Wednesday|Theatre or Picture Party - if there is anything worth seeing| |
- | .SOCIAL, | + | |Sept. 25th|Friday|Lecture |
- | CALENDAR | + | |Oct. 16th|Friday|The Bushwalker Services Committee will entertain| |
- | Sept. 16th Wednesday | + | |Oct. 30th|Friday|Epidiascope Night - please |
- | worth seeing. | + | |
- | Sept. 25th Friday | + | |
- | Miss Dorothy Taylor. | + | |
- | Oct. 16th Friday | + | |
- | Oct. 30th Friday | + | |
- | 9. | + | |
==== Federation Notes ==== | ==== Federation Notes ==== | ||
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There has been another surge of Bushwalking folk into Melbourne. We had a party at Perce Woodman' | There has been another surge of Bushwalking folk into Melbourne. We had a party at Perce Woodman' | ||
- | have forgotten the lad's testimonials, | + | have forgotten the lad's testimonials, |
maybe wife to be, or something like that - the old memory seems to be failing somewhat) also several other bushwalking pals of his (plus wives newly acquired). He was a bit perturbed at this toomuchness, | maybe wife to be, or something like that - the old memory seems to be failing somewhat) also several other bushwalking pals of his (plus wives newly acquired). He was a bit perturbed at this toomuchness, | ||
in the way of matrimonial engagements, | in the way of matrimonial engagements, | ||
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==== Notice ==== | ==== Notice ==== | ||
- | === New Additions to the Library === | + | __New Additions to the Library__ |
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