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Brian Barden & Ted. Smith. | Brian Barden & Ted. Smith. | ||
- | We came to Cooktown by way of a small R.A.A.F. crash boat and, while waiting on the jetty there for transport, we happened to ask one of the lads how far the town was and whether we could "take a ' | + | We came to Cooktown by way of a small R.A.A.F. crash boat and, while waiting on the jetty there for transport, we happened to ask one of the lads how far the town was and whether we could "take a ' |
That just about sums up the whole place - it makes one wonder how it ever exists. The town from a distance looks very much like any other country town... the same dusty streets with the typical weatherboard buildings on either side and the inevitable assortment of cattle dogs lounging around in the shade. However, this is only from a distance. One seems to realise and feel its deadness only when one stands beside those ramshackle buildings; or in the centre of that dusty road. Most of the structures are two storied with the windows of the shops underneath boarded up, and here and there a door stands open, showing some relic of former trade. In one shop there still stand ancient barber' | That just about sums up the whole place - it makes one wonder how it ever exists. The town from a distance looks very much like any other country town... the same dusty streets with the typical weatherboard buildings on either side and the inevitable assortment of cattle dogs lounging around in the shade. However, this is only from a distance. One seems to realise and feel its deadness only when one stands beside those ramshackle buildings; or in the centre of that dusty road. Most of the structures are two storied with the windows of the shops underneath boarded up, and here and there a door stands open, showing some relic of former trade. In one shop there still stand ancient barber' | ||
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The beach is a mile from town and is quite reasonable at high tide but this one and others of its kind in Northern Queensland are greatly over-rated. We would prefer even Bondi on a Sunday with its crowds to some of these mud covered expanses with never a sign of a decent " | The beach is a mile from town and is quite reasonable at high tide but this one and others of its kind in Northern Queensland are greatly over-rated. We would prefer even Bondi on a Sunday with its crowds to some of these mud covered expanses with never a sign of a decent " | ||
- | Cooktown can never hope to return to its former greatness. Gold and oopper | + | Cooktown can never hope to return to its former greatness. Gold and copper |
Their means of livelihood baffles us. Except for the government jobs... Post Office, Police Station, etc. there seems nothing to do but drink oneself to death and that with a choice of only two pubs. Even to a Bushwalker the country would not appeal but for a few square miles out of town near the ' | Their means of livelihood baffles us. Except for the government jobs... Post Office, Police Station, etc. there seems nothing to do but drink oneself to death and that with a choice of only two pubs. Even to a Bushwalker the country would not appeal but for a few square miles out of town near the ' | ||
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By " | By " | ||
- | It is my oripicn | + | It is my opinion |
The Annual General Meeting should have been confined to the election of officers and to urgent problems where delay may embarrass the Federation or be the means of losing an opportunity. The folk present were " | The Annual General Meeting should have been confined to the election of officers and to urgent problems where delay may embarrass the Federation or be the means of losing an opportunity. The folk present were " | ||
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Whatever may be the outcome of an approach to the Federation on these lines, I think this Club should, in the event of an unfavourable view being taken by the Federation Council, erect our own commemoration tablet to the memory of Gordon Smith and Gordon Manrell on Splendour Rock and I am sure any such move will receive the full approval and support of all club members. | Whatever may be the outcome of an approach to the Federation on these lines, I think this Club should, in the event of an unfavourable view being taken by the Federation Council, erect our own commemoration tablet to the memory of Gordon Smith and Gordon Manrell on Splendour Rock and I am sure any such move will receive the full approval and support of all club members. | ||
+ | =====Through The Easter Byways.===== | ||
- | THROUGH THE EASIER BYWAYS | ||
Allen A. Strom. | Allen A. Strom. | ||
- | tert ali'o?ry Yap the Barrington Tops. See that long, | + | |
- | drawn-cut separates the 7L1lians | + | Let's read this Military Map of the Barrington Tops. See that long, drawn-out ridge which separates the Williams |
- | terrifict | + | |
- | egoinm t ;T1 chum, we goaded | + | But then, the Barrington is different |
- | this ridge as w,-)d managed the or any other decent, self... | + | |
- | respecting, straight-forward tapering | + | Coming from the Tops we tried to pick that ridge -- in one -- and as we proceeded gently down and down, with rain forest just peeping over the edge to the right and left -- we breathed nervously -- breathed with fear -- and then it happened! We were hemmed in by brush! Racked with thirst and saturated with sweat, I looked at Doug. -- "Go on" he said, "the brush is better than a return through those Snow Gums". |
- | But then, the Barrington is differo/, | + | |
- | broken or growing in groves as spindly saplings and, what is more desperate, | + | Down and through |
- | it's impossible to take a bearing or a sight matal! The military (upon the | + | |
- | map) says in its wisdom, -- " | + | That night we slept the clock round as we lay on a flat patch hewn from the virgin forest |
- | Coming from the Tops we tried to pick that ridge -- in one -- and as we | + | |
- | proceeded gently down and downs with rain forest just peeping over the edge to the right and left ..- we breathed nervously -- breathed with fear -- and | + | .... |
- | then it happened! We were hemmed in by brush! Racked with thirst and saturated with sweat, I looked at Doug. -.- "Go on" he said, "the brush is better than a return through those Snow Gums" | + | |
- | Down and through through that pitilessly cruel vines the Lawyer Vine; and two thousand feet below we are on the Chichester - sometimes with water | + | And so came the quiet, the calm, after exertion! The blood pounding thru' the temples; the limbs aching with excess activity; 'tis all finished and quietly we ramble along the fertile, cultivated banks of the Chichester -- the light chlorophyll green of grass and herb ending |
- | round our chest, sometimes with raging, narrow gulches and maddening waterfalls -- twisting, turning -- always with the silent, green, clammy brush -- occasionally the blood-curdling, | + | |
- | That night we slept the clock round as we lay on a flat patch hewn from the virgin forest next day we moved off with the hope that soon we would | + | Slowly we mooched along, ceasing to remark |
- | see the green swards cut by man from the army of the giant timbers; before | + | |
- | two hours had passed, we were confronted with a narrow ravine charging | + | ---- |
- | -- by walls of wretched hornfels -- God never made a harder rock! "What now?" my eyes asked and it was up and up, higher and higher, towards the crown of the | + | |
- | ridge -- four thousand feet at the crest, the brush as thick as ever, and | + | The merits of Narrow |
- | whistling Lyre Birds scattering at their first sight of man! For four hours VO hacked and pushed, and swore, and fell following the ridge, following | + | |
- | the ridge -- that conftsings | + | ---- |
- | flagging spirit, only torn legs, torn arms, torn thighs; the tender flesh | + | |
- | finds irritation | + | Who left a bottle at the Reunion campfire? Anyone answering this question is sure to receive our thanks and a black eye some dark night. |
- | OS S - | + | |
- | And so came the elliet, the calm, after exertion! The blood pounding thru' | + | ---- |
- | 9. | + | |
- | the temples; the limbs aching with excess activity; 'tis all finished | + | |
- | and quietly we ramble along the fertile, cultivated banks 'of the Chichester -- the light chlorophyll green of grass and herb enning | + | |
- | Slowly we mooched along, ceasing to rclIa77: | + | |
- | sheer boredom of repetition, until in enter the , | + | |
- | Suffice here to say, I have seen nothing more Kanzftrno GrasJ | + | |
- | reaching to the knees, extending from dam-edNc t tho iMll tra=:,[.;ht c:Lean | + | |
- | and upright Spotted | + | |
- | The merits of Narrow | + | |
- | Eho left a bottle at the Reunion campfire? Anyone answering this question is sure to receive our thanks and a black eye some dark night. | + | |
- | 1.1. | + | |
Readers are asking, these questions. | Readers are asking, these questions. | ||
- | Why was not a Government Investigator sent by plane to see the appalling living conditions in some parts of | + | |
- | . MOorabinda? | + | Why was not a Government Investigator sent by plane to see the appalling living conditions in some parts of Moorabinda? |
Cannot better lights be installed in the corridors at Paddy' | Cannot better lights be installed in the corridors at Paddy' | ||
- | Evc r7nne should know that a psychological meteorologist is a who looks into a girl's eyes to see weather. | + | |
- | OBBLIGATO_ | + | ---- |
- | The scene was the monthly meeting of the Council of Federated Bush Walking Clubs an occasion where decorur4 | + | |
- | Sentiment and frivolity | + | Everyone |
- | But the month was February, the night wa ho ai in the Olympian heights four floors above the council chamber dwelt a broadcasting station, which shall be nameless. Why should we give it a free plug in our popular magazine? | + | |
- | The Federation' | + | ---- |
- | "I think we shall have some air" she said, flinging the windows | + | |
- | Delegates trickled in by ones and twos, mopping their brows, and the meeting opened in its wonted orderly manner. Indeed there was no untoward | + | =====Obligato.===== |
- | "Re toilet rooms on Cheltenham station the Commissioner for Railways writes refusing our request" | + | |
+ | By K.M. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The scene was the monthly meeting of the Council of Federated Bush Walking Clubs - an occasion where decorum | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sentiment and frivolity | ||
+ | |||
+ | But the month was February, the night was hot, and in the Olympian heights four floors above the council chamber dwelt a broadcasting station, which shall be nameless. Why should we give it a free plug in our popular magazine? | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Federation' | ||
+ | |||
+ | "I think we shall have some air" she said, flinging the windows | ||
+ | |||
+ | Delegates trickled in by ones and twos, mopping their brows, and the meeting opened in its wonted orderly manner. Indeed there was no untoward | ||
+ | |||
+ | "Re toilet rooms on Cheltenham station | ||
"Lay your little head on my shoulder" | "Lay your little head on my shoulder" | ||
+ | |||
Ignoring the invitation the secretary continued: | Ignoring the invitation the secretary continued: | ||
- | "A letter from a Mr.Golightly of Come-by-Chance, | + | |
+ | "A letter from a Mr.Golightly of Come-by-Chance, | ||
" | " | ||
- | The meeting stirred uneasily on its hard chairs. Really, this was not the | + | |
- | time..., | + | The meeting stirred uneasily on its hard chairs. Really, this was not the time... |
- | " | + | |
- | "They appear to have it what:" said Mr.Cholmondeley, | + | " |
- | "They do indeed" | + | |
+ | "They too need the air" murmured the sotto-secretary, | ||
+ | |||
+ | "They appear to have it, what!" said Mr.Cholmondeley, | ||
+ | |||
+ | "They do indeed" | ||
" | " | ||
- | " | + | |
- | " | + | " |
- | " | + | |
- | aw11.111. 11 | + | " |
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+ | " | ||
The orchestra finished its whispering campaign and paused before embarking on deeper seas of passion. They began the Beguine. | The orchestra finished its whispering campaign and paused before embarking on deeper seas of passion. They began the Beguine. | ||
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"The Federation Reunion will be held in October as it was last year, on the week-end nearest the full moon-" | "The Federation Reunion will be held in October as it was last year, on the week-end nearest the full moon-" | ||
+ | |||
"It brings back a night of tropical splendour" | "It brings back a night of tropical splendour" | ||
- | " | ||
- | " - and Oawn by the shore an orchestrals | + | " |
+ | |||
+ | " - and down by the shore an orchestra' | ||
"Re portions of land north of Burning Palms -" | "Re portions of land north of Burning Palms -" | ||
- | " - and even the palms seem to be swaying -0' | + | |
- | "the Minister for Lands writes that no satisfaction can be expected" | + | " - and even the palms seem to be swaying -" |
- | Narrabeen" | + | |
- | " and now when I hear people curse the chance they have wasted, | + | "the Minister for Lands writes that no satisfaction can be expected" |
- | fact the words might have sprung from the lips of the secretary herself. | + | |
+ | " and now when I hear people curse the chance they have wasted, | ||
"The Bouddi Working Bee will be held on the second week end in May -" | "The Bouddi Working Bee will be held on the second week end in May -" | ||
+ | |||
"To live it again is past all endeavour" | "To live it again is past all endeavour" | ||
- | "By Jove, he's right there" murmured several voices approvingly, | + | |
- | "Order:" said the President. | + | "By Jove, he's right there" murmured several voices approvingly, |
+ | |||
+ | "Order!" said the President. | ||
"Here are letters from the secretaries of several clubs which had been on the unfinancial list, apologising, | "Here are letters from the secretaries of several clubs which had been on the unfinancial list, apologising, | ||
- | "and here we are, swearing to love for ever, and promising never to part" added the tenor, who was'now accompanied vocally by several other lads of the village and full orchestra. | + | |
- | " | + | "and here we are, swearing to love for ever, and promising never to part" added the tenor, who was now accompanied vocally by several other lads of the village and full orchestra. |
- | The secretary obliged by raising her voice a few eamitomes. | + | |
- | "Bush Fire Posters. Suggestions for new posters have been received - one is | + | " |
- | 'Put out Your Picnic Fire' -" | + | |
- | " - let the love that was once a fire remain an ember" sobbed the voice, con | + | The secretary obliged by raising her voice a few semitones. |
- | fuoco e con amore. | + | |
- | "and I would add, poor cold water on it till you can walk through it barefoot" | + | "Bush Fire Posters. Suggestions for new posters have been received - one is 'Put out Your Picnic Fire' -" |
+ | |||
+ | " - let the love that was once a fire remain an ember" sobbed the voice, con fuoco e con amore. | ||
+ | |||
+ | "and I would add, pour cold water on it till you can walk through it barefoot" | ||
"Oh yes let them begin the Beguine -" bellowed the boys upstairs - but at this point the chairman was understood to remark that if they were just going to begin the Beguine it was time we ended, and he therefore declared the meeting closed. | "Oh yes let them begin the Beguine -" bellowed the boys upstairs - but at this point the chairman was understood to remark that if they were just going to begin the Beguine it was time we ended, and he therefore declared the meeting closed. | ||
- | BATS IN : THE- -.BELFRY | + | =====Bats In The Belfry?===== |
- | Well not exactly, but if we had one we'd have them in it. Instead they (the bats). content themselves with wheeling and cavorting in a super display of aerogymnastics in the, garden and the street in front of the house. Their powers of flight are amazing; they beat any bird in their ability to change direction in quick time. They appear at dusk and wing their way in silence avoiding with uncanny precision obstacles such | + | |
- | as branches and phone wires. The lack of noise is rather | + | Well not exactly, but if we had one we'd have them in it. Instead they (the bats) content themselves with wheeling and cavorting in a super display of aerogymnastics in the garden and the street in front of the house. Their powers of flight are amazing; they beat any bird in their ability to change direction in quick time. They appear at dusk and wing their way in silence avoiding with uncanny precision obstacles such as branches and phone wires. The lack of noise is rather interesting for if we had bats ears we would hear quite a lot which raises the interesting question "If a noise is something which can be heard, is something we can't hear a noise?" |
- | interesting for if we had bats ears we would hear quite a lot which raises the interesting question "If a noise is something which can be heard, is something we can't hear a noise?" | + | |
- | by most human ears. I say most advisedly because I had a camping companion once who affected a very superior air because | + | ---- |
- | his ears were capable of hearing bat talk. Scientiets | + | |
- | xxxxx 3C. X IC x XX | + | |
Paddy is pleased to advise that he now has stocks of first quality green japara for the making of tents. Orders will be accepted for any stock pattern tent. | Paddy is pleased to advise that he now has stocks of first quality green japara for the making of tents. Orders will be accepted for any stock pattern tent. | ||
- | PADDY FALUN, | ||
- | ' | ||
- | CAMP GEAR FOR MIXERS | ||
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- | el | ||
+ | Paddy Pallin. | ||
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+ | ' | ||
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+ | __Camp Gear For Walkers__ |
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