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 complete absence of liquor but, fortunately, hitting below the belt in the sketches was not prohibited. Otherwise the orchestra would probably have had to be restrained from playing hymns.
-=====Fires In The Kiola State Forest!
+=====Fires In The Kiola State Forest!=====
 Dot Butler
-Fires in KioleaSt*tte Forest! Horror! 2nd lit by Bushwalkers! Worse and VJorse!
+Fires in Kiolea State Forest! Horror! and lit by Bushwalkers! Worse and Worse!
-We weve to be Tuests of the Forestry 1.)eet., and l'jerie ee seonsor of the trip went throuj-h pr1oi cal snaceris of ateerehensima se insvith a forward gazing eye the charred and bl cilened ruins of what had once been a beautiful spotted gum forest2 virgin and unknown to fire until our visitation.
-Our select party of five and to h lvee,(not counting Rona who is still in square pants and can hardly be t7,6.-,:a with any number cteest of the deoimal
+We were to be guests of the Forestry Dept., and Marie as sponsor of the trip went through periodical spaces of apprehension seeing with a forward gazing eye the charred and blackened ruins of what had once been a beautiful spotted gum forest, virgin and unknown to fire until our visitation.
-point), all of the feminine Persuasion, travelled feome 2:- 0 miles south per
-train and service car and Forestry lorry and were finally unstecked at Pebbly Beach on a clearing formerly the Bite of a sewmill. From a background of mountains the forest, untamed and beautiful, swept down to the curved sea shore, and the small clearing with its few derelict huts of rough sewn timber slept quietly within the ridges' safe encircling arms.
+Our select party of five and two halves, (not counting Rona who is still in square pants and can hardly be tagged with any number east of the decimal point), all of the feminine persuasion, travelled some 200 miles south per
-The driver of the Forestry lorry pointed out a tank of water he had placed under a tree for our use and departed with our hearty thanks for the
+train and service car and Forestry lorry and were finally unstacked at Pebbly Beach on a clearing formerly the site of a sawmill. From a background of mountains the forest, untamed and beautiful, swept down to the curved sea shore, and the small clearing with its few derelict huts of rough sewn timber slept quietly within the ridges' safe encircling arms.
-Department's many kindnesses,
-We Selected a c7mp site close enough to the trees for shade and firewood, and also close, to a nice patch of bracken for bedding. It was some
+The driver of the Forestry lorry pointed out a tank of water he had placed under a tree for our use and departed with our hearty thanks for the Department's many kindnesses.
-distance from the tank, but that just couldn't be helped. Liter oall a Bushwalker always expects to have to travel for his water,
-As there a-Tneared to be foraging cattle in the neighbourhood it was deemed advisable to store our perishable goods in one of the moot intact of
+We Selected a camp site close enough to the trees for shade and firewood, and also close to a nice patch of bracken for bedding. It was some distance from the tank, but that just couldn't be helped. After all, a Bushwalker always expects to have to travel for his water.
-the huts. So that Problem was easily solved. But hold, reader, we now come
-to the most imortant point of the story - Whore was the fire to be made? Mariets anti-bushfire Propaganda had fallen on such fertile ground that
+As there appeared to be foraging cattle in the neighbourhood it was deemed advisable to store our perishable goods in one of the most intact of the huts. So that problem was easily solved. But hold, reader, we now come to the most important point of the story - Where was the fire to be made? Marie's anti-bushfire propaganda had fallen on such fertile ground that we couldn't agree an a spot that would be sufficiently safe to suit everyone. Definitely it couldn't be made near the tents because of the proximity of the dry bracken, and it couldn't go up near the trees because the ground was covered with dry forest litter that had never suffered the fate of most of the country we know so well which is burnt bare to the ground every summer, ruining it as a catchment area and opening the gates wide to soil erosion. Eventually we decided on a clear area of bare earth well removed from everything combustible, and Julie and Francis, the two little girls, were appointed chief fire "putter-outers", a job they undertook with such zeal that you had to be pretty smart getting all your meal prepared if you didn't want the fire extinguished before you had finished your cooking. After every meal the same ritual was performed. First the embers were beaten flat and generally mixed up till no sign of red remained, then the water buckets were emptied over the ashes and the whole lot puddled about till you could stand in it in your bare feet, smiling.
-we couldn't agree an a spot that would be sufficiently safe to suit yvryr,ne. Definitely it couldn't be made near the tents because of the nroxielity of the dry bracken, and it couldn't go up near the trees because the ground was covered with dry forest litter that had never suffered the fate of most of the country we know so well which is burnt bare to the ;round every summer, ruining it as a catchment area and opening the gates Tide to soil erosion. Eventually we decided on a clear area of bare earth well removed from everything combustible, and Julie and Francis, the two little 4r1s, were appointed chief fire "putter-outeren, a job thy und rtook oiith such zeal that you had to be pretty smart getting all your meal -er--2ared if you didn't want the tire extinguished loforu had finiEh2d your ceking.
-After every m al the same ritual was nerfermid. First thi ezibers were beaten flat and generally mixed up till no sign of rd 1.raained, then the water buckets were emptied over th ashe's and the whole lot puVl ,c1 about till you could stand in it in your bare feet, smiling.
+So that is the sort of fire I was referring to in my first paragraph when I spoke of Bushwalkers fires, and that is the sort of treatment Bushwalkers fires should get everywhere, always. For suppose instead of our ruthlessly-repressed little cooking fires which scarcely dusted the green forest air with faint blue smoke I had to paint the picture suggested by the title of this piece - a raging roaring monster, unleashed by Bushwalkers, ravening through the dappled green beauty of spotted gums, belching smoke and flames and leaving a scene overwhelmed by black ruin! Ah, that would be another story.
-So that is th- sort of fire I vas refereimr, to in my first paragraph when I spoke of Bushwalkers fires, and that is th sort of treatment Bushwelkers fires should get everywhere, always. For suppose instead of our ruthlessly- repressed little cooking fires which scrcely dusted the green forest air with faint blue smoke I had to paint the picture suggested by the title of this piece - a raging roaring monster, unleashed by Bushwalkers, ravening through the dappled green beauty of spotted gums, belching smoke and flames and leaving a scene overwhelmed hy black ruin! Ah, that would be another story.
+=====What Is A Primitive Area?=====
-VIHeT IS ?
- ri E.Eyles
+by Marie B. Byles
-Recent discussions about the Kosciusko primitivo area have revealed a definite cleavage of o-Anion as to what a primitive area should be.
-The minority opinion regards a Primitive area as a place vtere nature- lovers may go freely in order to se- the wildlife in its natural state It is to be educational, and therefore of use to human beings. It is asserted that a primitive area would serve no purpose if human beings were not to have the pleasure of seeing it, There is also the important point that perhaps the only way of keeping the wild life is to educate mankind to appreciate and enjoy it.
+Recent discussions about the Kosciusko primitive area have revealed a definite cleavage of opinion as to what a primitive area should be.
-If it is once admitted that a primitive area exists for the pleasure of human beings, then it automatically follows that facilities must be given for human beings to go into it. Perhaps roads and motorists might
-be excluded, but tracks, huts and pasture grounds must be arranged. Indeed the people who best appreciate wild plants and animals (as distinct from far horizons and 1DJ-eety snots) are not the bushwalkers tough enough to rush through the bush with heavy packs containing tents, but the older people, who are nature-lovers rather than trampers and ne:d a hut. If 7, primitiv-, area is to serve the interests of human beings, to be consistent we must
+The minority opinion regards a primitive area as a place where nature-lovers may go freely in order to see the wildlife in its natural state. It is to be educational, and therefore of use to human beings. It is asserted that a primitive area would serve no purpose if human beings were not to have the pleasure of seeing it. There is also the important point that perhaps the only way of keeping the wild life is to educate mankind to appreciate and enjoy it.
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-admit that all types of human beings, who will not wantonly destroy it, must be catered for within its precincts, and personally-cordected narties led by scientists would be the most acceptable of all visitors.
+If it is once admitted that a primitive area exists for the pleasure of human beings, then it automatically follows that facilities must be given for human beings to go into it. Perhaps roads and motorists might be excluded, but tracks, huts and pasture grounds must be arranged. Indeed the people who best appreciate wild plants and animals (as distinct from far horizons and beauty spots) are not the bushwalkers tough enough to rush through the bush with heavy packs containing tents, but the older people, who are nature-lovers rather than trampers and need a hut. If a primitive area is to serve the interests of human beings, to be consistent we must admit that all types of human beings, who will not wantonly destroy it, must be catered for within its precincts, and personally-conducted parties led by scientists would be the most acceptable of all visitors.
-However, the vast majority of bushwalkers have ruled that a )rimitive area must be for the wild life, which shall flourish there, not for our pleasure, but for its own. After all, why should man in his ar,o,i,nce say that primaeval lands are of value only in so far as they subserve his ends. Is not this the vicious old profit mot:ve coming out in another i'or? Romans stripped the Delmatian hills in Quest of timber to build their empire. Kidman blaeted a trail of ruin across -ustralia to build a fortune. It is true that people who want a primitive area onle, 'Jecaese it satisfies a human desire, would not ruin it like Kidman or th; Romans, but their motives are the same, profit to themselves, mental or physical, if not material.
-Cannot man for once admit that there are other things beside himself with rights, and that he is not the only being in the universe? The majority of bushwalkers say he can and should. Human beings will not be excluded from the primitive area but no facilities for entering it will be given, and the flowers may hlossom and the kangaroos and wombats enjoy their lives there, whether any one sees them or not,
+However, the vast majority of bushwalkers have ruled that a primitive area must be for the wild life, which shall flourish there, not for our pleasure, but for its own. After all, why should man in his arrogance say that primaeval lands are of value only in so far as they subserve his ends. Is not this the vicious old profit motive coming out in another form? The Romans stripped the Dalmatian hills in quest of timber to build their empire. Kidman blasted a trail of ruin across Australia to build a fortune. It is true that people who want a primitive area only because it satisfies a human desire, would not ruin it like Kidman or the Romans, but their motives are the same, profit to themselves, mental or physical, if not material.
-Ti cp PHILLT-3S R:71JORTS THE C'eMPLTION OF FOLLOWING M.-PS
+Cannot man for once admit that there are other things beside himself with rights, and that he is not the only being in the universe? The majority of bushwalkers say he can and should. Human beings will not be excluded from the primitive area but no facilities for entering it will be given, and the flowers may blossom and the kangaroos and wombats enjoy their lives there, whether any one sees them or not.
+=====Ted Phillips Reports The Completion Of The Following Maps=====
 (River Canoe Club)
-N0, 29 - MILL-RIZ;,Y RIVER (TOLVIONG TO ALBURY)com-Qiled and drawn by Gordon Ballard, No ,30. CENT= :IND NORTHERN L',.K1E tbis togethe r with its companiom
-(southern Lake Illavr rra-- Map N0,15) completes the manning for
+No.29. - Murray River (Tolwong to Albury) compiled and drawn by Gordon Ballard.
-c,inoeing purposes of th, entire lake).
-UCE SIHPSON GUINEL to "DUNK"
+No.30. - Central and Northern Lake Illawarra  (this, together with its companion
-Have just received your letter of the l'eth pri1 and as I have been thinking of drowping you a line for some time now and as there is no time like the present, here goes. You know, I think, that I am in Nev Guinea. I sent you a lettercard from here just before Christmas, and you will have guessed that I have been in nction for a couple of months now - you said "I wonder where you are making your presence felt now, and whet fun you are having." As for where I am, the newspapers will give you the exact
+(southern Lake Illawarra-- Map No.15) completes the mapping for canoeing purposes of the entire lake).
-locations I am not permitted to say any more than "I am in New Guinea." But then there is only one camraign going on in N.G. at present, so it should not be herd to guess, And I will say this - the War Corresnondants
-ar being given a pretty free h-nd in renorting this campaign, You are
+=====Bruce Simpson - New Guinea To "Dunk"=====
-getting the dinkum oil on this show just as soon as it happens. There is no delay in releasing information on this campaign. We see the Sydney and Brisbane newspapers the day after you do and I am often surprised how
-up-to-the-minute they are. Australian National Airways give us a great service in this regard. For months pest thir plane - a big Silver Douglas - has flown right over every one of our positions along th , coast and drooped yesterday's Sydney and Brisbane newsnaners to the troops right from the front line lon ck to base. And boy there sure is -t r-.ce end a
+Have just received your letter of the 15th April and as I have been thinking of dropping you a line for some time now and as there is no time like the present, here goes. You know, I think, that I am in New Guinea. I sent you a lettercard from here just before Christmas, and you will have guessed that I have been in action for a couple of months now - you said "I wonder where you are making your presence felt now, and what fun you are having." As for where I am, the newspapers will give you the exact locations. I am not permitted to say any more than "I am in New Guinea." But then there is only one campaign going on in N.G. at present, so it should not be hard to guess. And I will say this - the War Correspondents are being given a pretty free hand in reporting this campaign. You are getting the dinkum oil on this show, just as soon as it happens. There is no delay in releasing information on this campaign. We see the Sydney and Brisbane newspapers the day after you do and I am often surprised how
-scramble for those papers - at least in our areas, for of course artillery positions are comparatively safe, being behind the protective infantry and in parts of this country you're out of view of the enemy at fifty y rds. Sometimes however, its quite different.
+up-to-the-minute they are. Australian National Airways give us a great service in this regard. For months past their plane - a big Silver Douglas - has flown right over every one of our positions along the coast and dropped yesterday's Sydney and Brisbane newspapers to the troops right from the front line back to base. And boy! there sure is a race and a scramble for those papers - at least in our areas, for of course artillery positions are comparatively safe, being behind the protective infantry and in parts of this country you're out of view of the enemy at fifty yards. Sometimes however, its quite different.
-One day the "newspaper bomber" circled our gun position t;dce, c me
-in very low and tossed us i couple of parcels. Imaj_ne the excitment
+One day the "newspaper bomber" circled our gun position twice, came in very low and tossed us a couple of parcels. Imagine the excitement when it was discovered that the larger parcel contained twenty Peters Ice Cream Bricks! It was like manna from Heaven. A gift from Peters' Brisbane Manager. And very much appreciated by all. Nobody ever thought they'd see ice cream in this part of the world, much less be eating it in the front line! And the other parcel contained a fruit cake baked the day before by the pilot's next door neighbour in Brisbane who wanted to do something for the boys up north. And that was very much appreciated by all too. At that time (end of February) we ware still waiting for our Christmas parcels to arrive!
-when it was discovered that th.: 1 Lrger ercel contained twenty Peters Ice Cream Bricks' It was like mannl from Heaven. L. gift from Peters' Brisbane Manager. ,Lnd very much a epreci-ted by all. Nobody evr thought they'd see ice cream in this -e-rt of th, world, much less be J-ting it in the front line! And the oth,r parcel contained a fruit cake baked the
-day before by the pilot's next door neighbour in Brisbane who ranted to do something for the boys up north. And that was very much al)precieted by all too. At that time (end of Febru-ry) we ware still waiting for our Christmas parcels to arrive!
+As you have probably read in the papers, our guns have been blasting the Nips to some order for some time now, and our advance has been steady and successful. Nippon is being driven back further and further - will soon have his back to the wall.
-As you have probably re-d in the napers, our guns have been blasting the Nips to some order for some tire now, and our advance has been steady and successful. Nipnon is being driven 'back further and further - will soon have his beck to the wall.
-I take my hat off to the infantry - they are doing a marvellous job in those cruel mounteins. We consider it an honour to give them all the support we cell., whenever and wherever they require it. They're heroes, every blinkint one of Tem.
+I take my hat off to the infantry - they are doing a marvellous job in those cruel mountains. We consider it an honour to give them all the support we can, whenever and wherever they require it. They're heroes, every blinkin' one of 'em.
-At nresent I am resting - this battery is out for a wek or so -
-and we are bivouacld by the see. It is a pleasant break before:. we go in
+At present I am resting - this battery is out for a week or so - and we are bivouac'd by the sea. It is a pleasant break before we go in again. Here we are getting fresh (frozen) meat and butter several times a week. It is flown in and dropped by parachute by the "kai bombers" and a very welcome change it is from tinned rations - bully beef, M & V, service biscuits and dehydrated vegetables etc. I'm afraid I won't take too kindy to lightweight walking when I get back. My pack will contain great hunks of steak, bags of bananas, peaches and cream - and the mileage for the weekend walk must not exceed ten! There'll be a lot of "armchair walkers" in the Clubs after the war, I reckon.
-again. Here we are getting fresh (frozen) meat and butter several times
-a week. It is flown in and dropped by pnrechute by the "kai bombers" and a very welcome change it is from tinned rations - bully beef, M & V, servic,y biscuits and dehydrated vegetables etc. I'm afraid I won't take too kir41y to lightweight walking when I get beck, My pack will contain great hunks
+We have our lighter moments here at times. For instance, the boong boy who went past this morning, riding an old Jap bicycle up the track. It had no tyres, no brakes, no oil, very little seat, and he was pushing like hell to make it go through the sand. But he had the usual cheery smile on his face. And in reply to my greeting "How are you going, Joseph?" he grinned even more broadly and said "Wheely-wheel belonga me, 'e bugger-up finish". I like their language - it is so expressive. "Bugger-up finish" - a very common expression - needs no explanation. But perhaps I should mention that a bicycle is "wheely-wheel sit-down run", which is quite a good description of a push-bike isn't it?
-.
- of steak, bags of bananas neeches and cream - and the mileage for the weekend walk must not exceed ten! Th re'll be a lot of "armchair walkers" in the Clubs after the war, I reckon.
+They hate the Japs, these boys, and their tenderness and devotion to duty in carrying our wounded out of those terrible hills is a legend, and every word of it is true. I hope the Government and the people do not forget them when the war is over. I can assure you there are hundreds of soldiers who will never forget them. For many owe their lives to these brave and faithful stretcher bearers. They have performed seemingly impossible tasks in getting our wounded to the dressing stations in time for the doctors to perform the operation that has saved another life. We must not forget these things.
-We have our lighter moments here at times. For instance, the boong boy who went past this morning, riding an old Jap bicycle up the track. It had no tyres, no brakes, no oil, very little seat, and he
-was pushing like hell to meke it go through the send, But he had the
+And now Dunk, apart from saying I'm well and as happy as can be expected under the circumstances, there's not much more to tell you at the moment. Give my regards to all my Bushwalker friends, and thank them one and all for the good work they have done and are doing for us who are in the Services by their assistance to the Service Committee.
-usual cheery smile on his face. And in renly to my greeting "How are you going, Joseph?" he grinned even more broadly and said "Who ly-wheel
-belonga me, le bugger-up finish". I like their language - it is co expressive. "Bugger-up finish" - a very common:expression - needs no explanation. But perhans I should mention that a bicycle is "wheely-wheel sit-down run", which is quite a good description of a push-bike isn't it?
+I still receive those magazines and copies of the "Sydney Bushwalker" that you send me from time to time and they are more welcome than ever in this place where reading matter is so scarce, and those Bushwalker snapshots of the places that I used to know and others that I went to see after the war are a constant link with good old Aussie and the cobbers of the bush tracks and mountain trails.
-They hate th,2 Jens, these boys, and their tend rness nd (31;e)tion to duty in carrying our wounded out of those terrible hills is a 1-7,nd, and every word of it is true. I hope the Government and th, ,)eo -le do
-not forget them when the war is over. I can assure you ther re hueldreds of soldiers who will never forget them. For many owe th ir liv-s to
-these brave and faithful stretcher bearers. They have perormed S. :11ifllT impossible tasks in getting our wounded to the dressing st:tions in time for the doctors to perform the operation tht has s ved
-We must not forget these things. -
-And now Dunk, apart from sf,yin-2 Pm well end ae hv-.7 as can be expected under the circamst nces, th re's not much mor,i t tell you at the moments Give my regards to all my Dushw-Ilker fri nds, an ti ,-21-1k them one and all for the ooti work they h-v.,) done and re doing for us Who are in the Services by their asietence to the Service Committee:.
-I still receive those magazines and coie5 nf the "Sydney Bush- walker" that you send me from time to time and they are more welcome than ever in this place where reading matter is so scarce, and those Bush- walker snapshots of the pincea that I used to know and others that I went to see after the war are a consAnt link with good old Aussie and the cobbers of the bush tracks and mountain trails.
 Thanks for everything, Dunk, especially your bright and breezy letters.
-.)TeiS TO R3MailiRe..
+=====Dates to Remember=====
 th July - Party in Clubroom
-th and 12th August - Sports _Carnival
-If you already have dates or these occasions den't let that pr,vent your attendance - bring her or him along too.
+th and 12th August - Sports Carnival
-SOME GRAINS OF SALT
+If you already have dates for these occasions don't let that prevent your attendance - bring her or him along too.
+=====Some Grains Of Salt=====
 In a recent Club a-oting the tears welled up in my eyes as I listenA to a speaker(male) describing the hapless, helpless position of girls desiring to go wallzing but without BIG BROTHERS or PROSPCCTS. To my UTTER CONFUSION, information has come to my ears which greatly rduc is my chances of being a SHEPHERD OF LOST SHEEP; CHRISTA CAL= and NC:1n BARDEN recently com7Dleted a week out YERR-NDT]RIE way, meeting no fiercer WOLF than a prospector. I wonder if, in similar circumstances, a c-,1bratd nugget received the name of THE WELCOME STRANGER?
 The other intrepid pair were SALLY MACKAY and PEGGY D;.r'SDON who proposed to walk to KANANGM and back. These poor unfortunates chose the WET WEEK for their jaunt yet rut up a most creditable pJrforJ1nce. A car load of June-Weekendrs found them walking along th3 K7.nangra Road at about 1.a m. after leaving the Kowmung that morning.