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- | What thoughts of possible disasters run through your mind when you are on Strathfield Station waiting for tho train to bear you away on a week's walking and that train does not arrive! The notice cryptically says " | + | What thoughts of possible disasters run through your mind when you are on Strathfield Station waiting for the train to bear you away on a week's walking and that train does not arrive! The notice cryptically says " |
- | Care-dispelling sleep fortunately covered most of the interval until I arrived in Canberra in the dark of the early morning and sought out the Post Office where I left my pack. Even in the dim light I could see that the trees were all clothed in the vivid reds, yellows and orange of Autumn and I lost not a moment in walking through the terra-cotta avenues of variegated oaks, the darker groves of Prunus Pissardi, the poplars equally golden in formal rows or, in more homely | + | Care-dispelling sleep fortunately covered most of the interval until I arrived in Canberra in the dark of the early morning and sought out the Post Office where I left my pack. Even in the dim light I could see that the trees were all clothed in the vivid reds, yellows and orange of Autumn and I lost not a moment in walking through the terra-cotta avenues of variegated oaks, the darker groves of Prunus Pissardi, the poplars equally golden in formal rows or, in more homely |
- | I was not less interested in the journey to the Mt. Franklin turn-off on account of having been there with the Mailman on a previous occasion. Driving once through the sombre pines on Stromlo, seeing the lofty, blue mountains in the Brindabella Range, standing under the goldcn | + | I was not less interested in the journey to the Mt. Franklin turn-off on account of having been there with the Mailman on a previous occasion. Driving once through the sombre pines on Stromlo, seeing the lofty, blue mountains in the Brindabella Range, standing under the golden |
After dropping several thousand foot and obtaining one or two promising glimpses, we crossed Brindabella Creek and stopped at the Post Office which is at the foot of the mountain. As I had only twenty four hours notice of my leave I had not time in Sydney to enquire about routes so I relied upon information from local people and the vague Southern Tourist map; consequently my itinerary was the result of constant improvisation. Gleaning now as much as I could of the locality from one of the inhabitants, | After dropping several thousand foot and obtaining one or two promising glimpses, we crossed Brindabella Creek and stopped at the Post Office which is at the foot of the mountain. As I had only twenty four hours notice of my leave I had not time in Sydney to enquire about routes so I relied upon information from local people and the vague Southern Tourist map; consequently my itinerary was the result of constant improvisation. Gleaning now as much as I could of the locality from one of the inhabitants, | ||
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- | It was a still, cloudless day and the fields green after the recent rains though the paddock below was tawny with ageing corn and the orchards here bare, here brilliant with red and yellow. The willows along the river were touched with only a dash of yellow and presently a stretch of grass led me through briar roses covered with red-enameled | + | It was a still, cloudless day and the fields green after the recent rains though the paddock below was tawny with ageing corn and the orchards here bare, here brilliant with red and yellow. The willows along the river were touched with only a dash of yellow and presently a stretch of grass led me through briar roses covered with red-enamelled |
- | I had been advised to enquire further directions of Mr. Bluett his being the last house in the valley. When I arrived at his home it was deserted but I espied him returning on horseback over a saddle down the river. With him I stayed the night - his hospitality would not be denied - and was enriched with a great deal of information about the locality and perused several maps of the neighbourhood. We pooled or food resources; Mr.Bluett was pleased to share my chops and sausages and to be re-introduced to chokos while I was regaled on home-made butter and on cream. | + | I had been advised to enquire further directions of Mr. Bluett his being the last house in the valley. When I arrived at his home it was deserted but I espied him returning on horseback over a saddle down the river. With him I stayed the night - his hospitality would not be denied - and was enriched with a great deal of information about the locality and perused several maps of the neighbourhood. We pooled or food resources; Mr.Bluett was pleased to share my chops and sausages and to be re-introduced to chokos while I was regaled on home-made butter and on cream. |
- | The track up Coolamon runs along this lovely creek for some time before it takes to a ridge and steadily climbs upwards | + | The track up Coolamon runs along this lovely creek for some time before it takes to a ridge and steadily climbs upwards |
Though I was camped at about 5,000 feet the night was perfectly still, brilliant with stars and almost warm. I was thrilled when a constellation which had eluded me all the previous Summer just " | Though I was camped at about 5,000 feet the night was perfectly still, brilliant with stars and almost warm. I was thrilled when a constellation which had eluded me all the previous Summer just " | ||
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I would never have believed, considering all the water through which I had trudged during the day, that I could be somewhat desperately searching for water for tea. Yet so it was. A small, shallow pool saved me but, much to my surprise, it had disappeared in the morning. Apparently the water soaked away during the early part of the night when the freezing of the ground prevented further percolation until the following day's sun had warmed the earth. | I would never have believed, considering all the water through which I had trudged during the day, that I could be somewhat desperately searching for water for tea. Yet so it was. A small, shallow pool saved me but, much to my surprise, it had disappeared in the morning. Apparently the water soaked away during the early part of the night when the freezing of the ground prevented further percolation until the following day's sun had warmed the earth. | ||
- | There was a heavy frost as I climbed the fire-break beside the pine plantation over Yarrangobilly. The: forester had told me of a track leading directly to Mr. Jounama but, failing to find, it, I decided to make for the summit of Michelago which towers over and is visible from the town. | + | There was a heavy frost as I climbed the fire-break beside the pine plantation over Yarrangobilly. The forester had told me of a track leading directly to Mr. Jounama but, failing to find it, I decided to make for the summit of Michelago which towers over and is visible from the town. |
- | I passed through many stretches of gums only a little less beautiful than our blue gums and followed a ridge right to the top which is itself a long ridge covered with huge rocks. | + | I passed through many stretches of gums only a little less beautiful than our blue gums and followed a ridge right to the top which is itself a long ridge covered with huge rocks. |
A mile from Jounama is the Big Plain Peak,. the most spectacular peak I have seen in N.S.W. - about a hundred feet of vegetation-free, | A mile from Jounama is the Big Plain Peak,. the most spectacular peak I have seen in N.S.W. - about a hundred feet of vegetation-free, | ||
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"Down, down, down" - these words of Matthew Arno1d applied to the depths of the sea could equally well be used to describe the interminable climb down to the banks of a large stream. Could this be the Goobarragandra? | "Down, down, down" - these words of Matthew Arno1d applied to the depths of the sea could equally well be used to describe the interminable climb down to the banks of a large stream. Could this be the Goobarragandra? | ||
- | I soon suspected my mistake when the next morning with day pack only I started down the river. After a couple of miles of open valley the river plunged into a wild gorge in which walking became exceedingly rough. It did not improve so I turned back, lunched at my camp spot and then set out again, with all gear and with more humility, to find out where I was. From an old hut shaded by several brilliantly coloured trees I found a tract which avoided some of the worst country and, being high above the river, afforded splendid views of the forbidding mountains flanking the other side. About three in the afternoon I caught a glimpse of a little clearing up a side creek and as I approached it could see a hut from whose chimney smoke curled while two horses stood under the usual vividly golden tree. The two young stockmen had just arrived from " | + | I soon suspected my mistake when the next morning with day pack only I started down the river. After a couple of miles of open valley the river plunged into a wild gorge in which walking became exceedingly rough. It did not improve so I turned back, lunched at my camp spot and then set out again, with all gear and with more humility, to find out where I was. From an old hut shaded by several brilliantly coloured trees I found a tract which avoided some of the worst country and, being high above the river, afforded splendid views of the forbidding mountains flanking the other side. About three in the afternoon I caught a glimpse of a little clearing up a side creek and as I approached it could see a hut from whose chimney smoke curled while two horses stood under the usual vividly golden tree. The two young stockmen had just arrived from " |
A few miles walk brought me to Goobarragandra Station where I met the owner and spent the night in his wool-shed. On the menu for dinner were quinces - or rather a quince for they were huge - which I had gathered along the river where cart loads of those ripe fruits were going to waste. Anyone watching me this night or any other night on this trip would have been surprised to see me washing up with great ardour, at the least provocation employing even soap and pot-mit. I have decided that in this respect, virtue is its own reward. I was now within half a day's walk of Tumut with only about half my time expended so little wonder that memories of Canberra and Brindabella urged me to return via Lacmalac and Argalong. | A few miles walk brought me to Goobarragandra Station where I met the owner and spent the night in his wool-shed. On the menu for dinner were quinces - or rather a quince for they were huge - which I had gathered along the river where cart loads of those ripe fruits were going to waste. Anyone watching me this night or any other night on this trip would have been surprised to see me washing up with great ardour, at the least provocation employing even soap and pot-mit. I have decided that in this respect, virtue is its own reward. I was now within half a day's walk of Tumut with only about half my time expended so little wonder that memories of Canberra and Brindabella urged me to return via Lacmalac and Argalong. | ||
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From Goobarragandra the road follows the river to Lacmalac which is a fertile flat then a sheet of gold. Here a kindly lady offered me a lift in a sulky and I gladly climbed in with the bag of chips, the kitten and the bunch of flowers going to town, she providing a coincidence in that I should get a lift over the only portion of the walk which I would have had to retrace my steps. As we rounded the rises along the road we looked over the valley in which lay Tumut surrounded by light blue hills. Many people have been fortunate in seeing Tumut in the Autumn. I cannot odd anything but that I know of no place to equal it - even Canberra, by comparison, is yet too consciously beautiful and New Norfolk, Tasmania, not such a riot of colour. | From Goobarragandra the road follows the river to Lacmalac which is a fertile flat then a sheet of gold. Here a kindly lady offered me a lift in a sulky and I gladly climbed in with the bag of chips, the kitten and the bunch of flowers going to town, she providing a coincidence in that I should get a lift over the only portion of the walk which I would have had to retrace my steps. As we rounded the rises along the road we looked over the valley in which lay Tumut surrounded by light blue hills. Many people have been fortunate in seeing Tumut in the Autumn. I cannot odd anything but that I know of no place to equal it - even Canberra, by comparison, is yet too consciously beautiful and New Norfolk, Tasmania, not such a riot of colour. | ||
- | Some people of whom I enquired the way via Argalong assured me that there was a graded track to Brindabella which I found to be correct. Others, however, were just as pessimistic in describing to me the type of maze styled by country people a track so that I had visions of getting half way and having to recoil before the impassible. All the afternoon I walked the road struggling up several thousand feet of barren hillside to the higher country. I was rewarded by several exceptionally lovely views. The first, presumably that called " | + | Some people of whom I enquired the way via Argalong assured me that there was a graded track to Brindabella which I found to be correct. Others, however, were just as pessimistic in describing to me the type of maze styled by country people a track so that I had visions of getting half way and having to recoil before the impassible. All the afternoon I walked the road struggling up several thousand feet of barren hillside to the higher country. I was rewarded by several exceptionally lovely views. The first, presumably that called " |
After leaving the timber mill, where I lunched, the country was worse than dull until the first glimpse of Mt. Coree flushed by the sun. Mt. Coree in sight means that Brindabella is not far away and, after crossing the river, I hastened in the gathering darkness to the same delightful lawn by the river on which I have lunched a week before. Once again it was such a perfect night that I wondered whether I had not received all my share of blessing together and, knowing that the physical effort was now over, I looked forward to an evening of chores performed followed by a night of carefree sleep. As I sat at my fire I could see the now Moon, Jupiter and Venus together over the black outline of the mountains and so bright, even among the bright stars, that the tumbling water in the river sparkled with a gaiety rare in the night-time. The clear night ushered in a perfect morning through the growing warmth of which I was able to wander along the river and up the valley where, though the Autumn leaves had faded and fallen, Winter was still flouted by the gladdening sunshine. | After leaving the timber mill, where I lunched, the country was worse than dull until the first glimpse of Mt. Coree flushed by the sun. Mt. Coree in sight means that Brindabella is not far away and, after crossing the river, I hastened in the gathering darkness to the same delightful lawn by the river on which I have lunched a week before. Once again it was such a perfect night that I wondered whether I had not received all my share of blessing together and, knowing that the physical effort was now over, I looked forward to an evening of chores performed followed by a night of carefree sleep. As I sat at my fire I could see the now Moon, Jupiter and Venus together over the black outline of the mountains and so bright, even among the bright stars, that the tumbling water in the river sparkled with a gaiety rare in the night-time. The clear night ushered in a perfect morning through the growing warmth of which I was able to wander along the river and up the valley where, though the Autumn leaves had faded and fallen, Winter was still flouted by the gladdening sunshine. | ||
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=====Rock Climbers.===== | =====Rock Climbers.===== | ||
- | Several members of the Club have recently enjoyed reading Thomas Firbank' | + | Several members of the Club have recently enjoyed reading Thomas Firbank' |
- | "On Sept. 8 I led a party up Hell's Punchbowl. Tambler climbed second and Excelsior Jones third. Owing to the length of the pitches we used two ropes of a hundred and twenty feet in half weight. We wished to decide whether a variant which lies to the east of the ordinary route was practicable. There are no holds on the first pitch of a hundred feet. Progress is made by jamming the fist in a crack and proceeding thus hand over hand. At the ond of this pitch is an ample stance the size of a saucer. I belayed Tumbler' | + | "On Sept. 8 I led a party up Hell's Punchbowl. Tambler climbed second and Excelsior Jones third. Owing to the length of the pitches we used two ropes of a hundred and twenty feet in half weight. We wished to decide whether a variant which lies to the east of the ordinary route was practicable. There are no holds on the first pitch of a hundred feet. Progress is made by jamming the fist in a crack and proceeding thus hand over hand. At the end of this pitch is an ample stance the size of a saucer. I belayed Tumbler' |
This sort of thing goes on for several hundred feet, until: | This sort of thing goes on for several hundred feet, until: | ||
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By Arbores Australis. | By Arbores Australis. | ||
- | Last month we saw that trees should not be promisciuously | + | Last month we saw that trees should not be promiscuously |
The same facts are a reason why forest lands should be cultivated when they have deteriorated or been destroyed. Unfortunately, | The same facts are a reason why forest lands should be cultivated when they have deteriorated or been destroyed. Unfortunately, | ||
- | This is the first reason far the cultivation of forests. The second is the need for conservation of our timber supplies. Too often, the rapacity of this age of materialism causes the timber-miller to rush into a forest with his timber mills, to take out the best trees, and then leave it without any thought of the future generation which will require timber. On the west coast of New Zealand hundreds of miles of marvellous forests have in this way been transformed into deserts of gorse and blackberry. Until recently our Forestry Department had been largely concerned with collecting royalties from timber millers rather then with (1) conserving the forests until their maximum value is attained, and (2) replacing the timber taken out by the saw-millers. Today it does its best to conserve the forests and re-plant or regenerate the timber. But it is an uphill task, for under the cry of "war work" timber millers often think they are free to destroy the timber resources of the State. The censcientious | + | This is the first reason far the cultivation of forests. The second is the need for conservation of our timber supplies. Too often, the rapacity of this age of materialism causes the timber-miller to rush into a forest with his timber mills, to take out the best trees, and then leave it without any thought of the future generation which will require timber. On the west coast of New Zealand hundreds of miles of marvellous forests have in this way been transformed into deserts of gorse and blackberry. Until recently our Forestry Department had been largely concerned with collecting royalties from timber millers rather then with (1) conserving the forests until their maximum value is attained, and (2) replacing the timber taken out by the saw-millers. Today it does its best to conserve the forests and re-plant or regenerate the timber. But it is an uphill task, for under the cry of "war work" timber millers often think they are free to destroy the timber resources of the State. The conscientious |
The difficulty about forest cultivation from the point of view of the ordinary individual, is that trees take so long to mature there is seldom a worthwhile return during the lifetime of any one person, and few people are willing to outlay money in the hope that their children will reap the benefit. Forestry is obviously one of those public services which only a State or Local Council can usually undertake successfully. We have State Forestry Departments in Australia but the possibility of Local and Community forestry enterprises has not been exploited, and yet this is something that the ordinary citizen like ourselves could take up successfully. | The difficulty about forest cultivation from the point of view of the ordinary individual, is that trees take so long to mature there is seldom a worthwhile return during the lifetime of any one person, and few people are willing to outlay money in the hope that their children will reap the benefit. Forestry is obviously one of those public services which only a State or Local Council can usually undertake successfully. We have State Forestry Departments in Australia but the possibility of Local and Community forestry enterprises has not been exploited, and yet this is something that the ordinary citizen like ourselves could take up successfully. | ||
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Bushwalkers who are looking for a delightful place in which to spend a holiday, cannot do better than to take train to Tumut and Mail Car to Talbingo, 20 miles out on the road to Yarrongobilly. There are good sites for a fixed camp on the grassy banks of creek and river, or one can stay at the Hotel and enjoy perfect meals and unlimited hot baths. | Bushwalkers who are looking for a delightful place in which to spend a holiday, cannot do better than to take train to Tumut and Mail Car to Talbingo, 20 miles out on the road to Yarrongobilly. There are good sites for a fixed camp on the grassy banks of creek and river, or one can stay at the Hotel and enjoy perfect meals and unlimited hot baths. | ||
- | Mary said "Come and eeot me somehwere | + | Mary said "Come and meet me somewhere |
- | Thc drive along the Tumut river provided every new vistas or delightful scenery where willow trees and gums framed the swiftly flowing streams. Each bend of the road reveals something different, and one feels that the car travels much too quickly through the beautiful valley. On the right hand side of the road the steep wooded hills hid the Bogongs from sight, and on the left the land sloped down to the river and beyond farm houses appeared tucked away in the midst of orchards. Passing through Blowering we saw the men employed by the Irrigation Commission drilling for rock bottom. A dam may be built here some time in the future, and the waters of the Tumut will cover the valley as far as Talbingo. | + | The drive along the Tumut river provided every new vistas or delightful scenery where willow trees and gums framed the swiftly flowing streams. Each bend of the road reveals something different, and one feels that the car travels much too quickly through the beautiful valley. On the right hand side of the road the steep wooded hills hid the Bogongs from sight, and on the left the land sloped down to the river and beyond farm houses appeared tucked away in the midst of orchards. Passing through Blowering we saw the men employed by the Irrigation Commission drilling for rock bottom. A dam may be built here some time in the future, and the waters of the Tumut will cover the valley as far as Talbingo. |
Round a bend in the road we came suddenly to the little hotel. It sits right on the road at the foot of the mountains, and in the back garden the Tumut river and the Jounama Creek meet. The high, rocky banks are good places to fish from, and below the rapids there is a swimming pool. A flying fox is the only way of getting across the river dryshod since the footbridge was swept away in the last flood. | Round a bend in the road we came suddenly to the little hotel. It sits right on the road at the foot of the mountains, and in the back garden the Tumut river and the Jounama Creek meet. The high, rocky banks are good places to fish from, and below the rapids there is a swimming pool. A flying fox is the only way of getting across the river dryshod since the footbridge was swept away in the last flood. | ||
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A trip to Yarrangobilly Caves can be easily made while staying at Talbingo. One can go by car and back in a day. But it is better to go up in a Mail Car which comes out from Tumut on Tuesdays and Fridays, and returns on Monday and Thursday each week. | A trip to Yarrangobilly Caves can be easily made while staying at Talbingo. One can go by car and back in a day. But it is better to go up in a Mail Car which comes out from Tumut on Tuesdays and Fridays, and returns on Monday and Thursday each week. | ||
- | We were invited to a wedding at the hotel. Mine Host's charming daughter was married to the son of a Pioneer family in the district. We decorated the little Dance Hall which is used as a church on Sundays, with chrysanthamams and dahlias from the garden and Autamn | + | We were invited to a wedding at the hotel. Mine Host's charming daughter was married to the son of a Pioneer family in the district. We decorated the little Dance Hall which is used as a church on Sundays, with chrysanthamams and dahlias from the garden and Autumn |
Autumn is certainly a lovely time to go to the Tumut Valley. Could there be a more beautiful sight than those huge poplars whose leaves have turned golden? Yes, they tell me that the wildflowers in Spring beggar description. So I think I'll go. | Autumn is certainly a lovely time to go to the Tumut Valley. Could there be a more beautiful sight than those huge poplars whose leaves have turned golden? Yes, they tell me that the wildflowers in Spring beggar description. So I think I'll go. | ||
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- | al* ma*. am IMP | + | =====Letters From The Lads And Lasses.===== |
- | LETTERS FROM THE LADS AND LASSES. | + | |
- | Letters | + | |
- | H.J. Thomas .6 Rucksack N. Melville C. M. W. | + | |
- | Alan Hardie S.B.W. Bill Burke S.B.W. | + | |
- | Geoff Higson S. B.W. B. Evans Rucksack | + | |
- | Ron Boakes Y.M.C.A. | + | |
- | Harrz Thomas | + | |
- | neglecting my walking. Aticast once a week I go for a walk in the surrounding country with a cobbor, one " | + | |
- | afraid my walking days will be cancelled until I either roach Sydney again 0 or the winter is with us again. Would you mind sending me a few photos of various places that the Walkers froquont, notably, tho Bluo Gum, North : | + | |
- | 11. | + | |
- | Era, Mtrloy Beach, Kanangra otc., I will reciprocate with t:spical photos of thc cJantry ht,ru of which I havo taken many. | + | |
- | Ninian Mblville Now Guinea. Zifc; up hero | + | |
- | OOIIgS1aaOaiQjQ s Y. I am learni hor. my ' | + | |
- | Alan Hardie - North Australia. Tho ontertainm-nts and hospitality (whore such oxistsj arranged for us-Cannot compare with the honour, gopd cheer and spentanity of our old bashwalkor gathuring. I watch with interest in the ' | + | |
- | Whon,I have a day of rest, I walk round about our camp. The long grasses now arc dry and dead, and near the roadside arc discoloured with the rod dust stirred up by the army trucks. You can hoar the dead grass cracnc underfoot, as you walk through it. Thom arc some good panoramas to be gained by climbing the neighbouring mountains 'which arc siiadclot with huge monoliths and bare woatherworn rocks. What I do not like aboat thos6 mountains, however, is the long grass you have to wade fitircuE, although it'is now dead or dying. You are fearfal about | + | |
- | treading on, imagining some rock-python or tiger-snako uri6or | + | |
- | Moreover, grass seeds with barbed points as sharp as noodles got iL0-3 one's clothes and socks, malcing things very uncomfortabj c for S311.0 time after. I have known the seeds still to be in my socks after a:11 my washing and scrubbingp and for weeks afterwards. A crisTains Coati-2o about wandering these mountains is, howver, | + | |
- | is very inter, | + | |
- | ng Mar - the official language of all shapes and sizes. I have round the camp, mk y bed, do dram cut lengthwise) polish trip is in my opinion equal to | + | |
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- | rcmarkablc fcaturc about thc bash up hcrc is thc pcculiar spocics of gum oucalypt that predominates. It scums toloc altogothcr out of kocping with tho hot climc:te, bcaring vividly groon lcavcs, instcaa of parcho1. ary ones, tlirlt one would n-Ltnraly expoct. Mbrcvor, tho trunk ana bough do not bctro y tho 9-114,: | + | Letters |
- | colour arui rinr-L-kflioly clean.- The Loaves aro rourtdd in shapc likc thc | + | |
- | 1L8--aocu:. loaghs an.LL tra;.1k ' liston in the san's xys; ana to look upon them io to make the olDsorvor feel fresh and. to -J.:orrsot tho enervation that como of tropicc7 heat. Thu stTangcst pLrL abut it all is that thoso gums scam to thrivo 'host in tho sandiest p1accs I wIsh I 7v_no7 tho corroct, botani c-_1 name of thosc troc, Just not tho nichts Erc r2jEerab1y cola, | + | |
- | whjlc thodays crc hot, j c aro glad. to scc thL; r,u r2 cone np tho hills, | + | |
- | and_ a ro l.a t2c2mor g-9co down our spine as wo watcJ.. iii 11.k l' | + | |
- | westorA 1=zon, 'rho irony of it all is that our grc,atc:ts takon | + | |
- | frm bar= J6ft Wollongong; thoy havc novur Lcon l' | + | |
- | enty wo th=o vicims of sonic hasty gonoralisation. 1,11 into: | + | |
- | foature of tic cold:misty nights, howover, is thc faint rajnbow offoct madc. by concentric cdrlos around the moon. Thu rcason for this isl-I think, that tho moon is much brightor than down south, bcoaasc it roflocts more of the sun's rays. ILs the morning san asccnds, shafts of light arc soon protruding through thc trees and permeating the cola,misty air, and I am rcmindoa of tho concluaing scoria of Walt Disncy' | + | |
- | Gooff. son_- Now Guinca. We arc all hoping, praying to got out of horo- | + | |
- | ToTaT GO -.tar to no avail. On Monday we did a stunt with -it was | + | |
- | quite gooa in spots and vary fast. By the tine it was over we were fairly knocked up. A good nights sloop fixod that, we arc now as good-as now. (Oh Yeah) Woll anyway we are good which is no fault of ours: I'll look forward to thc photograph you will bo sonding, as far as I am conccrnod they are dofinitoly a morale booster of tho first ratc. Tho- way GcorGc Archer' | + | |
- | Officers on occasions. - | + | |
- | Talking about going poa picking rciindsie f '' | + | |
- | I. erc I am back on tho job looking for inspiration. | + | |
- | The nights up hare arc vury cold and very clear. Thu sleepin bags arc not adcquate, not being a patch on tho genuino Padd ymadotTbat, ovon so; they are bettor than blankets. The days arc perfect withoUt a cloud in the sky and a nico cool breeze. I wish I had the gift of the gabs to be ablc to doscribo the countrysido hero. It ia somothing like thc Blue Labyrinth on a largor scale only much grecncT and not so scrubby. Its rather pretty if one ciald only got tho thought of the Army out of ono's mina for a while. The vast majority of trees just here are-mostly gums, Blue sI3ttoa etc., but I havonIt noticca any rod.. There are alSo ciult. a few Acacias but the Paper Barks are far more namorous. | + | |
- | Thank all the B.S.C. for the vc,rious books etc.,. -thcy have sent me. | + | |
- | in the past. | + | |
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- | GOSSIP. | + | |
- | We haven' | + | |
- | One of the Bushwalker members of the Silent &; | + | |
- | More congratulations. We really need a special page for those. announcements with a charge of 1/ par lino. This time the zpngrat -ulations are for Pere. Harvey who has gone over the brink and is now a married raan of somo weeks' standing. | + | |
- | You may have road this one in the " | + | |
- | Now are thoro any more? Well then. | + | |
- | It is torriblc the way Flo Allsworth loses her voice every Low weeks. We fool sure she wastrying to toll as something last week and it must have been good, by the way she was struggling. | + | |
- | The Clubroom may sdom rather empty for the next two weeks and for why? Wells quito a Levi people have gone North of 53. For those who like it cold, the weather is according to all weather reports just what they want. Mt. Franklin hasn't had so much snow for years. | + | |
- | Another party is leaving in a fortnight' | + | |
- | More noxt time. Perhaps wo'll 'have thainsido story of the' snow trip s for you. ; | + | |
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- | OUR 0".IN YEETIIIG. | + | H.J. Thomas (Rucksack), N. Melville (C.M.W.), Alan Hardie (S.B.W.), Bill Burke (S.B.W.), Geoff Higson (S.B.W.), B. Evans (Rucksack), |
- | Bangs Bang: went the President' | + | |
- | New members welcomed were Norma Bowden, Christa Calnan, Doug. McGaire and Ron Perrot. | + | |
- | The Hon. Sec. haa apparently had a busy time writints letters to various people but it was not until she n3entioned correspondence with the Commissicller of Police that any stal:tline; effect was noti,dible amon,s the listener. The word flEoliue" | + | |
- | A letter was recieved from the Editor of The :,c_sh-,: | + | |
- | The Federation Sec. told of a proj?osal to bay for 'MOO, Lot r at Era (Nth. Nth.Era); The Fed. to supl)ly f,200, the remaininc; half to be raised amonc, the clubs. The pro-)oser arc,-aou that if the lands were resamed the money could be refanded; if not resTr ea, the place woald always be valuable and a good return would be asared if it wore sold. | + | |
- | Voting on a motion of Edna Garrud' | + | |
- | war-loan, should be used as part of the Ts contribution but Malcolm McGre,sor pointed out that our Fiscal Policy should not be decided by such a small gathering of members, all that was necoo=y at the =meant was that the Club's approval be sent to the Federation. | + | |
- | The Hon.Treas.' | + | |
- | FEDBATION REPORT, | + | |
- | It was decided to ask the Yoath Hostels _-_sso3ia,; | + | |
- | lord reached the Federation, thro<jh Paddy Pallin, th,t Ja.T-Tocson, | + | |
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- | 5'. and settlement alang it. Inquiries arc being made and Mr. Hodgson will be v written to for any maps he can supply. | + | |
- | Mr. Eric Easton, President of the Rucksack | + | |
- | The National Fitnes2 Council is callf ng a confer of all intereste& | + | |
- | The National Fitness Council i planning to establish a Fitness Camp as well as a Youth Hostel at Kosciusko, when conditions permit. Regarding the suggestion for-a Youth Hostel at the foot of Nioka Ridge, National Park, it was decided that that position would be unsuitable. Instead, Federation recommends either Kingfisher Creek or where the gatekceperTs cottage used to be in National Park near Waterfall, with preference to -Kingfisher Crook. | + | |
- | The actioh of the Hon..Socretary in writing to the Lands Department and the Park b & Playgrounds Movement protesting against a suggestion from Woy Woy Shire Council to place a sanitary depot in 7arrah Reserve, was hoartily ondorsocl$. . | + | |
- | SOCIAL EVENTS FOR YOUR C, | + | |
- | AUGUST 20tti. 8.15 p m. "Old Tails" retold again by Reg. h.1d or and. Malcolm McGregor. | + | |
- | AUGUST -27th. 8 p m. Clubroom party. ,Dancing etc. - sapper. | + | |
- | SEPTEMBER 17th ii,15 p m. Lecture by Dr. Ian Hogbin "The Dovolopment of New Guinea and the future of tho native" | + | |
- | SEPTEMBER 24th 8 p m. Services Committee nioht. | + | |
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- | Careful-Spectacle fitting. | + | |
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- | @ Fixing an appointment 11111 facilitate the reservation of time for giving@ 641 you proper attention, but ,should you be unable to rinG us beforehand, @ | + | |
- | @ your visit,will be welcomb at any time you may choose to call. Q' | + | |
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- | aC(A)Ca daL;f:11:: L.ILD.{(5., LaLaartil: | + | |
- | @ YOUR OPTOMETRIST Q | + | |
- | @ F. GOODMAN, ILI;0. | + | |
- | @ Optometrist and Optician | + | |
- | @ 20 Hunter Street, | + | |
- | @ SYDNEY | + | |
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- | THE OVERVIORIaD ENGLISH ILL-.NGU.A.GE. | + | |
- | A fellow feeling makos us wondrous kind. Those of us | + | |
- | who arc suffering from overwork can maybo find it in our hearts to sympathise with an overworked word which we all use constantly when thinking of oamPing gear. | + | |
- | The loss a person knows of the art of lightweight camping | + | |
- | the more likely is he to overburden this poOr word with a multitude , | + | |
- | 1. A cloth or an article which is completoly and absolutely resistant to percolation or penetration by water. | + | |
- | 2. A cloth or an article which is wator repollant (often called showtrproof). | + | |
- | 3. A cloth or an article (such as a tunt) which when tightly stretched and pitched at an angle will successfully ran | + | |
- | off water. | + | |
- | ,. | + | |
- | 4. All above, | + | |
- | When used as above it is of c)ursc an adjective but is it just as frequently used as a noun when it moans | + | |
- | 5. A shoot or a garment with the properties doseribed in any or all of Nos. 1,2,3 or 4. | + | |
- | And it can also be used asc.. vorb in which case it signifies the procozs of so treating a pioco of cloth or an article so that it acquires the properties describbd in 1,2, 3 or 4 or any combination of them. | + | |
- | -Ncxt-mmth-vm shall examine this subject further. | + | |
- | In the =anti= Paddy still trios with sonicmeasure of | + | |
- | success to supply walkers with capping gear to suit their noods. | + | |
- | ?Phone B3101 PADDY PALLIN. | + | |
- | 327 George Street | + | |
- | SYDNEY. | + | |
- | Camp Gear for Walkers. | + | |
+ | ===Harry Thomas - From Tennant Creek.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Whilst here in the north I am not neglecting my walking. At least once a week I go for a walk in the surrounding country with a cobber, one " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Ninian Melville - New Guinea.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Life up here is very interesting and the boongs make a lifetime study. I am learning MOTU - the official language here. My ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Alan Hardie - North Australia.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The entertainments and hospitality (where such exists) arranged for us cannot compare with the humour, good cheer and spontanaity of our old bashwalker gathering. I watch with interest in the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | When,I have a day of rest, I walk round about our camp. The long grasses now are dry and dead, and near the roadside are discoloured with the red dust stirred up by the army trucks. You can hear the dead grass crackle underfoot, as you walk through it. There are some good panoramas to be gained by climbing the neighbouring mountains which are studded with huge monoliths and bare weatherworn rocks. What I do not like about those mountains, however, is the long grass you have to wade through, although it is now dead or dying. You are fearful about what you are treading on, imagining some rock-python or tiger-snake under your feet. Moreover, grass seeds with barbed points as sharp as needles get into one's clothes and socks, making things very uncomfortable for some time after. I have known the seeds still to be in my socks after all my washing and scrubbing, and for weeks afterwards. A consoling feature about wandering these mountains is, however, that they form part of the same Great Dividing Range that the Blue Mountains belong to. I feel that I have a connecting link with the Gingra and Gangerang Ranges of happy memory. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A remarkable feature about the bush up here is the peculiar species of gum eucalypt that predominates. It seems to be altogether out of keeping with the hot climate, bearing vividly green leaves, instead of parched dry ones, that one would naturally expect. Moreover, the trunk and boughs do not betray the slightest mark of any bush fire, although growing in regions where bush fires should be rampant. They are silvery-white in colour and remarkably clean. The leaves are rounded in shape like the fig-leaf. Leaves, boughs and trunk glisten in the sun's rays; and to look upon them is to make the observer feel fresh and to forget the enervation that comes of tropical heat. The strangest part about it all is that these gums seem to thrive best in the sandiest places. I wish I knew the correct botanical name of there trees. Just now the nights are miserably cold, while the days area hot. We are glad to see the sun come up over the hills, and a cold tremor goes down our spine as we watch it sink beneath the western horizon. The irony of it all is that our greatcoats were taken from us before we left Wollongong; they have never been replaced, evidently we were the victims of some hasty generalisation. An interesting feature of the cold, misty nights, however, is the faint rainbow effect made by concentric circles around the moon. The reason for this is, I think, that the moon is much brighter than down south, because it reflects more of the sun's rays. As the morning sun ascends, shafts of light are soon protruding through the trees and permeating the cold, misty air, and I am reminded of the concluding scene of Walt Disney' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Geoff Higson - New Guinea.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | We are all hoping, praying to get out of here but so far to no avail. On Monday we did a stunt with ----- it was quite good in spots and very fast. By the time it was over we were fairly knocked up. A good nights sleep fixed that, we are now as good as new. (Oh Yeah) Well anyway we are good which is no fault of ours. I'll look forward to the photograph you will be sending, as far as I am concerned they are definitely a morale booster of the first rate. The way George Archer' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Talking about going pea picking reminds me of "The Pea Pickers" | ||
+ | |||
+ | Here I am back on the job looking for inspiration. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The nights up here are very cold and very clear. The sleeping bags are not adequate, not being a patch on the genuine " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Thank all the B.S.C. for the various books etc., that they have sent me in the past. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Gossip.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | We haven' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | One of the Bushwalker members of the Silent Service has indeed been working silently lately, we hadn't heard a thing. The silence is now broken and he is engaged to be married to Miss Rock. Fortunately the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | More congratulations. We really need a special page for these announcements with a charge of 1/ par line. This time the congratulations are for Perc. Harvey who has gone over the brink and is now a married man of some weeks' standing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | You may have read this one in the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Now are there any more? Well then. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is terrible the way Flo Allsworth loses her voice every few weeks. We feel sure she was trying to tell us something last week and it must have been good, by the way she was struggling. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Clubroom may seem rather empty for the next two weeks and for why? Well, quite a few people have gone North of 53°. For those who like it cold, the weather is according to all weather reports just what they want. Mt. Franklin hasn't had so much snow for years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Another party is leaving in a fortnight' | ||
+ | |||
+ | More next time. Perhaps we'll have the inside story of the snow trips for you. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Our Own Meeting.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Bang! Bang! went the President' | ||
+ | |||
+ | New members welcomed were Norma Bowden, Christa Calnan, Doug. McGuire and Ron Perrot. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Hon. Sec. had apparently had a busy time writing letters to various people but it was not until she mentioned correspondence with the Commissioner of Police that any startling effect was noticible among the listeners. The word " | ||
+ | |||
+ | A letter was received from the Editor of "The Bushwalker" | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Federation Sec. told of a proposal to buy for £400, Lot 7 at Era (Nth. Nth.Era); The Fed. to supply £200, the remaining half to be raised among the clubs. The proposer argued that if the lands were resumed the money could be refunded; if not resumed, the place would always be valuable and a good return would be assured if it were sold. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Voting on a motion of Edna Garrad' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Hon.Treas.' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Federation Report.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It was decided to ask the Youth Hostels Association to suggest that the proposed restriction of camping at Little Marley be altered from " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Word reached the Federation, through Paddy Pallin, that Mr. Hodgson, President of the Blue Mountain Shire, was interested in about 500 square miles of Crown Lands in the Blue Mountains that have been earmarked for a reserve. He is anxious that it should be restocked with wild life and native plants. There was a suggestion that this area was between the Colo River and the Main Western Highway, but it was thought likely that it might actually be the two areas asked for by the Federation last year, namely the Mt. Hay Highlands and the Blue Labyrinth, which lie between the Grose River and the Warragamba, and are separated by the Main Western Highway and settlement along it. Inquiries are being made and Mr. Hodgson will be written to for any maps he can supply. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mr. Eric Easton, President of the Rucksack Club, was elected Technical Adviser to the Publication Committee for 1943. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The National Fitness Council is calling a conference of all interested bodies to consider the classification of reserves and the definitions recently submitted by the Conservation Bureau of the Federation. Miss Byles and Mr.Whaite were elected as Federation delegates, with Mr.Blom as substitute. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The National Fitness Council is planning to establish a Fitness Camp as well as a Youth Hostel at Kosciusko, when conditions permit. Regarding the suggestion for a Youth Hostel at the foot of Nioka Ridge, National Park, it was decided that that position would be unsuitable. Instead, Federation recommends either Kingfisher Creek or where the gatekeeper' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The action of the Hon.Secretary in writing to the Lands Department and the Parks & Playgrounds Movement protesting against a suggestion from Woy Woy Shire Council to place a sanitary depot in Warrah Reserve was heartily endorsed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Social Events For Your Calendar.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |August 20th 8.15 p.m.|" | ||
+ | |August 27th 8 p.m.|Clubroom party. Dancing etc. - supper.| | ||
+ | |September 17th 8.15 p.m.|Lecture by Dr. Ian Hogbin "The Development of New Guinea and the future of the native" | ||
+ | |September 24th 8 p.m.|Services Committee night.| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====The Overworked English Language.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind. Those of us who are suffering from overwork can maybe find it in our hearts to sympathise with an overworked word which we all use constantly when thinking of camping gear. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The less a person knows of the art of lightweight camping the more likely is he to overburden this poor word with a multitude of meanings. The word is __waterproof__. It is used by campers to describe: | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. A cloth or an article which is completely and absolutely resistant to percolation or penetration by water. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 2. A cloth or an article which is water repellant (often called showerproof). | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3. A cloth or an article (such as a tent) which when tightly stretched and pitched at an angle will successfully run off water. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 4. All above definitions blended in varying proportions according to the users imagination. | ||
+ | |||
+ | When used as above it is of course an adjective but is it just as frequently used as a noun when it means: | ||
+ | |||
+ | 5. A sheet or a garment with the properties described in any or all of Nos. 1, 2, 3 or 4. | ||
+ | |||
+ | And it can also be used as a verb in which case it signifies the process of so treating a piece of cloth or an article so that it acquires the properties described in 1, 2, 3 or 4 or any combination of them. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Next month we shall examine this subject further. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the meantime Paddy still tries with some measure of success to supply walkers with camping gear to suit their needs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Paddy Pallin. Camp Gear for Walkers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 'Phone B3101. 327 George Street, Sydney. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- |
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