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- | .ANEPfSODE. (REGRZTTABI4J. | + | =====An Episode. (Regrettable.)===== |
- | -Related by D. Helmrich as a warning of the misfortunes likely to overtf3ke.Bushwalkers who become too interested in :their work, | + | |
- | The Friday of Eight-hour Day week-end dawned clear and bright. Ticket in pocket (reserved seat), | + | Related by D. Helmrich as a warning of the misfortunes likely to overtake |
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+ | The Friday of Eight-hour Day week-end dawned clear and bright. Ticket in pocket (reserved seat), | ||
As the day wore on I came upon a tantalising, | As the day wore on I came upon a tantalising, | ||
- | Late in the afternoon with a rude shock came the. realization that I probably shouldn' | ||
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- | at the station the tsituation would not have been .qUii.Ae desperate. But no Twelve minutes to wait , Too | ||
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- | With a gasp and a prayer, casting caution to the winds, said.I to the taxi-driver, | ||
- | tho'" | ||
- | "Yes said the Office, you can have it in a few minutes" | ||
- | " | ||
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- | Crows Nest - trpffic police - North Sydney' | ||
- | Cursing all Regulations, | ||
- | " | ||
- | The magic worci, Baru was nowhera thQ. Ladi-co-tors; | ||
- | oted, r returned | + | Late in the afternoon with a rude shock came the realization that I probably shouldn' |
- | , | + | taxi called |
- | 3. | + | |
- | At the first. telephone | + | |
- | "What for?'' | + | |
- | .1 zi,ske4.,,,,:. ...'. . . | + | |
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- | P --getpinched fol-specliiig.&& | + | |
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- | you kricni. Tv' | + | |
- | "How much were te doing?-4" . | + | |
- | a "Over. 601, was the reply. Then.." | + | |
- | Tamworth, but when I came out of the A,ir Force my nerves were so 0,4 | + | |
- | that I'h-sd to come to Sydney. That'S why- I'm bore. I have shock | + | |
- | treatment every day......" | + | |
- | 1-.7T-07(AuTIT | + | |
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+ | Even then if the of a train had coincided with my arrival at the station the situation would not have been quite desperate. But no! Twelve minutes to wait. Too long... | ||
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+ | With a gasp and a prayer, casting caution to the winds, said I to the taxi-driver, | ||
- | " | + | "Yes said the Office, you can have it in a few minutes" |
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- | -y , \-7r' | + | |
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- | " | + | "Please give me your name, address, age and religion", |
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+ | " | ||
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+ | Crows Nest - traffic police - North Sydney - traffic lights - Bridge - traffic police - toll - Bus ahead - Market Street - traffic lights... | ||
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+ | Cursing all Regulations, | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | The magic word Berry was nowhere on the Indicators; The train had gone... | ||
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+ | Dejected, I returned to teh car, and we proceeded at a leisurely pace towareds Chatswood. | ||
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+ | At the first telephone box the driver said, " | ||
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+ | "What for?" I asked. | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | "How much were we doing?" | ||
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+ | "Over 60," was the reply. Then... "You know, I had a garage at Tamworth, but when I came out of the Air Force my nerves were so bad that I had to come to Sydney. That's why I'm here. I have shock treatment every day..." | ||
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+ | =====Sole-Searing.===== | ||
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- | AVARDWoop Aft4 | ||
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- | Sole-Searing, | ||
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- | Take a train for the Gangerangs, slide down Suicide Cr., walk (?) through Canyon, and pass over Solitary on the way home. Are | + | Take a train for the Gangerangs, slide down Suicide Cr., walk (?) through |
- | you tirc of life? Do your kidneys trouble-you? Are you spotless - c,.1! ]i de (remember Inner Cleanliness comes First)? Kill care on Suicicke_Cr4eakS | + | |
- | Do I sound rather keen on Ti-Willa Canyon? Until last yecr it was just a n5me on the map to me, and not particularly attractive at that. Last year it became The Name on the m5p for me, for I christened Suicide Creek with a spectaculor jump over_a | + | Do I sound rather keen on Ti-Willa Canyon? Until last year it was just a name on the map to me, and not particularly attractive at that. Last year it became The Name on the map for me, for I christened Suicide Creek with a spectaculor jump over a cliff. |
- | This year I revisited the scene of the crime. Having passed | + | |
- | swampy beginning, and Adght have watel"in it when others haven' | + | This year I revisited the scene of the crime. Having passed |
- | . e 4afax_tb,, | + | |
- | If you're wise, this is where you camp, oven without water. We h1 tea on two tins Of spaghetti heated in the ashes. Add 7 tin opener | + | If you're wise, this is where you camp, even without water. We had tea on two tins Of spaghetti heated in the ashes. Add a tin opener (to get the spagaetti out - am I not obvious) and you have a ready made atom gun. |
- | (to get the spagaetti out - am I not obvious) and you have a-ready made atom gun. | + | |
- | Next morni pg, if you woke up, you follow down Suicide Ck. ' | + | Next morning, if you wake up, you follow down Suicide Ck. Naturally |
- | At this point the lunatic is well advised to take the ridge on his or her right h-,Ind -nd follow it down. Care must be taken tht the ridge dows not follow you ,down In tais wild land where the hand of -atah hs never set foot, olh hardly ever, the fpot of the w9llaby | + | |
- | rocks, | + | At this point the lunatic is well advised to take the ridge on his or her right hand and follow it down. Care must be taken that the ridge does not follow you down. In this wild land where the hand of man has never set foot, or hardly ever, the foot of the wallaby |
- | You're down. Or are you? If you haven' | + | |
- | If you're lucky, there will be only a series of pools hero and | + | You're down. Or are you? If you haven' |
- | there, water flowing between them Under thegroxindiu,atar-Ihorn rocks mak- | + | |
- | ing up the bed of th,a stra9m, | + | If you're lucky, there will be only a series of pools here and there, water flowing between them under the ground, water-worn rocks making |
- | rock, the water flowing along a self-made channel. At these places you're apt to sit down,suddenly. Gee, octopi | + | |
- | About every five minutes you change direction with the stream. | + | About every five minutes you change direction with the stream. Eagerly you anticipate |
- | Eagerly you anticip? | + | |
- | 0 | + | I might make mention |
- | you'v stopped | + | |
- | come to long shale slippery dip. You don' | + | For all the hard work so far you have the banifits of almost tame wild life, Rose Robins will flutter around you, and lyre birds are forever dashing off in a panic before your irresistible progress (that's for the benefit |
- | I mieht m?..ke mantich | + | |
- | For all the hard vvork so for you hlve the banifits of almost tame wild life,_ Rosa Robins will flutter around you, and lyre birds are forever dashing off in a panic before your irresistible progress (thRt''s for the banifit | + | Having mode the creek once more you keep on walking |
- | Having mode the croak once more you keep on wnlkirig | + | |
- | Uhan you' | + | When you' |
- | Further down the creek widens out, and here ' | + | |
- | . are grassy banks - and nettles - and traces of the bovine breed. The river okes grow tall and straight, and Sunlight roaches | + | Further down the creek widens out, and here and there at the bends are grassy banks - and nettles - and traces of the bovine breed. The river okes grow tall and straight, and sunlight reaches |
- | And right whore you think there' | + | |
- | And if it iSn't yet dusk-i*doptt we'rry: Have tea, bed down quickly,- and sweat dreams to yOu.'..For tomorrow-4nd tomorrow you have to strug, | + | And right where you think there' |
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+ | And if it isn't yet dusk, don't worry. | ||
For the Gossaa. | For the Gossaa. | ||
The social round ,on. Labour Day. | The social round ,on. Labour Day. |
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