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- | Ester ,Saturdny howf-,wer wae .Piesta lay, so tnti smtll boys had thAr pro-ces' | + | Easter Saturday however was a Fiesta Day so the small boys had their procession, |
- | At night there was a Grand Ball at every restaurant, | + | |
- | The "Taverne | + | At night there was a Grand Ball at every restaurant. |
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- | 0 | + | The "Taverna" |
- | taken thre, It w-!s a large, grey rough w-, | + | |
- | lights in pirate lanterns, and barrels and bottles hanging from the roof. | + | Fashioned into a hillside, the Greek Theatre stands on the out-skirts of the town. From the rising Auditorium the audience looks down through the arches behind the stage to the beaches and the Coastal villages hundreds of feet below. Built in golden stone it has stood for 2500 years and we thought of the drama enacted on its stage and in the lives of the people through all those centuries. |
- | A brightly costumed orchestra played gloriously from a cave in the wall | + | |
- | to the thronging crowd seen dimly through tobacco smoke, The tiled dancing floor centre, seemed as lorge as a family dining table, and the | + | A very short journey along the coast brought us to Messina, |
- | of carnival flourished. Waiters flew in all directions carrying delicious wines and every little while one of the orchestra turned soloist - the violoniet | + | |
- | Fashioned into a hillside, the Greek Theatre stands on the out- | + | The Sicilians |
- | skirts of the town.. From the rising Auditorium the audience looks down through the arches behind the stage to the beaches and the Coastal villages | + | |
- | hundreds of feet below, Built in golden stone it has stood for 2500 years | + | Ancient, |
- | and we thought of the drama enacted on its stage and in the lives of the people through all those centuries, | + | |
- | A very short journey along the coast brought us to Messina, | + | ====FOOD LISTS==== |
- | Straits of Messina to the :Italian mainland. | + | |
- | The Sicilians | + | |
- | moment of supreme content. | + | Nightmare horrors food lists cause. |
- | Ancient, | + | |
- | FOOD LISTS | + | Immutable as holy laws - |
- | Nightmare horrors food lists cause. Immutable as holy laws - | + | |
- | Juggling pounds and pennyweights, | + | Juggling pounds and pennyweights, |
- | Myopic eyes have read as | + | |
+ | Reviving long forgotten hates, | ||
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+ | Panic when two tins of malt | ||
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+ | Myopic eyes have read as " | ||
Making lunch of even date | Making lunch of even date | ||
- | As preordained as Omarls | + | |
+ | As preordained as Omar' | ||
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Can the sugar with the tea | Can the sugar with the tea | ||
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Be trusted not to disagree? | Be trusted not to disagree? | ||
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Will the butter miss the train | Will the butter miss the train | ||
- | And hread be dry as Western plain? | + | |
- | Will the chap who al-7ays | + | And bread be dry as Western plain? |
- | Such quantities of useless things Bring of bidden quantities | + | |
- | The party' | + | Will the chap who always |
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+ | Such quantities of useless things | ||
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+ | Bring of bidden quantities | ||
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+ | The party' | ||
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Comes the hour of reckoning - | Comes the hour of reckoning - | ||
- | To Peter would I rather wing,. | + | |
+ | To Peter would I rather wing, | ||
Even saints would not exact | Even saints would not exact | ||
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Such punishment for our worst acts. | Such punishment for our worst acts. | ||
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" | " | ||
- | We owe you more, you brought the Cake, | + | |
+ | We owe you more, you brought the cake, | ||
She takes that, now you owe me | She takes that, now you owe me | ||
- | .A "cleaner" point six four two three," | + | |
+ | A "deaner" point six four two three." | ||
ONE OF TEN. | ONE OF TEN. | ||
- | le, | + | |
- | ONE OF THE OLD HAND3 | + | ====ONE OF THE OLD HANDS==== |
- | Maurie Berry told me in a tone which implied understanding on my part that he is one of the "8 originals" | + | |
- | We bemoan even now the paucity of maps and the wartime lack of gear but walking in those days was so different that it is difficult for us to appreciete | + | Maurie Berry told me in a tone which implied understanding on my part that he is one of the "8 originals" |
- | the pre-lightweight era were heavier and we have all the advantages of progress in bushwalking which is practically synonymous with lighter packs. | + | |
- | Can you visualise the Blue Mountains when a trip to Clear Hill and return was considered to require a holiday weekend for its performance? | + | We bemoan even now the paucity of maps and the wartime lack of gear but walking in those days was so different that it is difficult for us to appreciate |
- | Maurie has a record of service to the Club and one which is by | + | |
- | no means ended, He has been on committee many times, has been Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and President. His present love, to which he has | + | Can you visualise the Blue Mountains when a trip to Clear Hill and return was considered to require a holiday weekend for its performance? |
- | glven four years of tireless work, is the Bushwaikers | + | |
- | of which 110 is Treasurer - surely an important post on a Committee filling its coffers in order to happily empty the for the benefit of Bushwalkers in the services, | + | Maurie has a record of service to the Club and one which is by no means ended. He has been on committee many times, has been Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and President. His present love, to which he has given four years of tireless work, is the Bushwalkers |
- | Though Maurie first walked in 1924 his enthusiasm for the bush is greater than ever and do not imagine because of this-date, his snowy hair and growing responsibilities that he hes retired from active walking. | + | |
- | Only, quite recently he " | + | Though Maurie first walked in 1924 his enthusiasm for the bush is greater than ever and do not imagine because of this-date, his snowy hair and growing responsibilities that he hes retired from active walking. Only quite recently he " |
- | You have probably heard of Morriberri Pass from the Cox River Up onto the Gangerang Range and have been deceived by its aboriginal sound. It appears that the well-known cartographer, | + | |
- | who mapped most of the Blue Mountains was arraigned for calling so many | + | You have probably heard of Morriberri Pass from the Cox River up onto the Gangerang Range and have been deceived by its aboriginal sound. It appears that the well-known cartographer, |
- | features after white people so he concocted the above name which satisfied the authorities by passing for genuine aboriginal. Maurie was one of the first walkers to go over this route. | + | |
- | Mauriels | + | Maurie' |
- | "I suppose it is partly my own fault", | + | |
- | N.E..........M.E.M.011=111 | + | ====" |
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- | - | + | By " |
- | Strolling leisurely down Hunter Street in the pseudo Spring Sunshine, | + | |
- | I met Mr.Editor toiling up, Thera was that " | + | Strolling leisurely down Hunter Street in the pseudo Spring Sunshine, I met Mr. Editor toiling up. There was that " |
- | This courtesy exchanged, Mr.Editor remarked: "You don't come into Club these days, do you?" and to counter his tactlessness I replied "Er - no - but I'm " | + | |
- | ."I know it must be hard", I muttered, "but I can't help - you see, I'm right out of touch with everything | + | This courtesy exchanged, Mr. Editor remarked: "You don't come into Club these days, do you?" and to counter his tactlessness I replied "Er - no - but I'm " |
- | Walking! My memory stirred, And my first thought was of my pack. ) bow | + | |
- | I hated that thing! Even now, when I see it squatting | + | "I know it must be hard", I muttered, "but I can't help - you see, I'm right out of touch with everything |
- | of the wardrobe | + | |
- | Straining up, | + | Walking! My memory stirred. And my first thought was of my pack. How I hated that thing! Even now, when I see it squatting |
- | I could not bal.T.ncliii' | + | |
- | sive of snakes in ev' | + | Straining up perpendicular |
- | Bluegum in the dawn mist; Kangaroo Valley and the incomparable soft greenness of Yeola; the majesty of Solitary, the poplars along the Cotter river; the intimacy of a small camp-fire party; bush orchids and th- wildflowers; | + | |
- | continued on my way. But it's all so long ago, and, as I told Mr.Editor, there' | + | Bluegum in the dawn mist; Kangaroo Valley and the incomparable soft greenness of Yeola; the majesty of Solitary, the poplars along the Cotter river; the intimacy of a small camp-fire party; bush orchids and the wildflowers; |
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E. (TED) CAINES PHILLIPS, Convenor of the Topographical Section of the River Canoe Club of N.S.W. writes under date 7/8/45. | E. (TED) CAINES PHILLIPS, Convenor of the Topographical Section of the River Canoe Club of N.S.W. writes under date 7/8/45. | ||
- | Please note thst the following canoeists' | + | |
- | completed: | + | Please note that the following canoeists' |
- | No.31 Paterson River (Paterson to Hunter River junction(Morneth)section | + | |
+ | No.31 Paterson River (Paterson to Hunter River junction (Morpeth) section | ||
No.32 Little Manning and Manning Rivers (Gloryvale to Barrington River junction section). | No.32 Little Manning and Manning Rivers (Gloryvale to Barrington River junction section). | ||
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Again thanking you for your continued publicity of this section' | Again thanking you for your continued publicity of this section' | ||
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