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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | + | ====== The Sydney |
- | A monthly Bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney | + | |
- | Yo. 172 1949 Price 6d. s | + | |
- | .=a/SMN | + | |
- | Editor: Alex Colley,.55 Kirribilli Production Asst: Bill Gillam | + | |
- | Av., Milson' | + | |
- | Production and Business Manager! Typed by Jean Harvey aaael-43 | + | |
- | Brian Harvey Jolley. Map traced by Ta-i4e, | + | |
- | CONTENTS | + | |
- | Page | + | |
- | Editorial | + | A monthly Bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, C/- Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown St., Sydney. |
- | At Our February Meeting 3 | + | |
- | Social Notes for March 4 | + | |
- | Photographic Exhibition, 1949 5 | + | |
- | Laz, by " | + | |
- | Berry Taxi Service Advt. 6 | + | |
- | Apiey-Tia-Yarrowitch, by A.L. Wyborn 7 | + | |
- | On the Road to Armidale, by Max Gentle 9 | + | |
- | What Every Young Mugger Should Know, by Jim Brown 11 | + | |
- | " | + | |
- | Official Anzac Week-end Walk 15 | + | |
- | Swimming Carnival, 1949 16 | + | |
- | Gossip ---I6 | + | |
- | ====== Editorial - The Annual Report ====== | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | === No. 172. March, 1949. Price 6d. Subscriptions Apr., 1949 to Jan. 1950 4/2. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | |**Editor**|Alex Colley, 55 Kirribilli Ave, Milson' | ||
+ | |**Production and Business Manager**|Brian Harvey| | ||
+ | |**Production Asst**|Bill Gillam| | ||
+ | |**Sales and Subs**|Helen Brooks| | ||
+ | |**Typed by**|Jean Harvey and Grace Jolley| | ||
+ | |**Map traced by**|Jo Morris| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== In This Issue: ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | | | |Page| | ||
+ | |Editorial - The Annual Report| | 1| | ||
+ | |At Our February Meeting| | 3| | ||
+ | |Social Notes for March| | 4| | ||
+ | |Photographic Exhibition, 1949| | 5| | ||
+ | |Laz|" | ||
+ | |Apsley-Tia-Yarrowitch|A.L. Wyborn| 7| | ||
+ | |On the Road to Armidale|Max Gentle| 9| | ||
+ | |What Every Young Mugger Should Know|Jim Brown|11| | ||
+ | |" | ||
+ | |Official Anzac Week-end Walk| |15| | ||
+ | |Swimming Carnival, 1949| |16| | ||
+ | |Gossip| |16| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Advertisements: | ||
+ | |||
+ | | |Page| | ||
+ | |Berry Taxi Service| 6| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Editorial - The Annual Report. | ||
To the casual reader one Annual Report is like another, but to the connoisseur each has its distinctive flavour and lingering aroma. The 1947 report was distinctly sour. It dealt mainly with the things that weren' | To the casual reader one Annual Report is like another, but to the connoisseur each has its distinctive flavour and lingering aroma. The 1947 report was distinctly sour. It dealt mainly with the things that weren' | ||
- | The m: | + | |
+ | The membership | ||
The library provides just one bite and leaves us wondering what happened to the rest. | The library provides just one bite and leaves us wondering what happened to the rest. | ||
- | The description of the pro7ress | + | |
- | The next course is entitled-" | + | The description of the progress |
- | Now come the sweets. The local newspaper is describing the village picnic. In every paragraph large attendances have been enjoying themselves spontaneously in a most gratifying manner. Not only did we have the greatest celebration of all times on the occasion of our 21st birthday, but the Christmas party, the re-union, and the many other items on the social programme all went off with a swing. Even the Instructional Walks, which were planned primarily for instruction, | + | |
- | The next course is brief but tasty. "The photographic. exhibition was one of the best for many years ., some of the exhibitions would have done credit to any open photographic | + | The next course is entitled " |
- | - exhibition" | + | |
+ | Now come the sweets. The local newspaper is describing the village picnic. In every paragraph large attendances have been enjoying themselves spontaneously in a most gratifying manner. Not only did we have the greatest celebration of all times on the occasion of our 21st birthday, but the Christmas party, the re-union, and the many other items on the social programme all went off with a swing. Even the Instructional Walks, which were planned primarily for instruction, | ||
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+ | The next course is brief but tasty. "The photographic exhibition was one of the best for many years... some of the exhibitions would have done credit to any open photographic exhibition" | ||
After this the flavours are a little flat. There was not enough support for the photographic section. The trees planted at Era nearly all died. Yes, we have had just about enough. Conservation is heavy going - full of fatty indigestible words. And when we read that our delegates to the Federation "have opposed the use of fire-arms by members of affiliated Clubs", | After this the flavours are a little flat. There was not enough support for the photographic section. The trees planted at Era nearly all died. Yes, we have had just about enough. Conservation is heavy going - full of fatty indigestible words. And when we read that our delegates to the Federation "have opposed the use of fire-arms by members of affiliated Clubs", | ||
- | But after a little rest we find that we still have room for | ||
- | the fruit and nuts in the form of the Secretary' | ||
- | Now are we resigned to Dr. Hardie' | ||
- | , And so with light hearts we proceed to the Annual General | ||
- | Meeting to select the cooks who will serve up the repast in 1950. | ||
- | ====== At Our February Meeting ====== | + | But after a little rest we find that we still have room for the fruit and nuts in the form of the Secretary' |
- | Reported by Jim Brown, Ast.Hon.Sec. | + | Now are we resigned to Dr. Hardie' |
+ | |||
+ | And so with light hearts we proceed to the Annual General Meeting to select the cooks who will serve up the repast in 1950. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== At Our February Meeting. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Reported by Jim Brown, Ast. Hon. Sec. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Perhaps the fact that the February meeting was held at the end of thc most ennervating week of heat in Sydney' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The President was in the chair, and about 60 lethargic menbers present at the opening. Three new members, Misses Audrey (Billy) Davis, Wilma Turner and Dorothy Jurd, were welcomed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dormie announced that recent changes in the City of Blue Mountairis Council had undone much of the good conservation work, and the new members of the Council would have to be educated, but in company with the Parks and Playgrounds Movement, the work was going on. | ||
- | Perhaps the fact tle,at,the 7ebruarT meetinp7, was held at the | ||
- | end of thc most ennervatrag week of heat in Sydney' | ||
- | The President was in the chair, and about 60 lethargic menbers present at the opening. Three new members, :asses Audrey (Billy) Davds, Wilma Turner and Dorothy Jurd, were welcomed. | ||
- | Dormie announced that recent changes in the City of Blue Yountairis Council had undone much of The good conserv lticn work, | ||
- | and the new merfbers of the Council would have to be educated, but in company with the Parks and Playgrounds Movement, the work was going on. | ||
Edna Stretton' | Edna Stretton' | ||
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It could not laugh off Bill Henley' | It could not laugh off Bill Henley' | ||
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It was stated that a new trustee for Blue Gum would be elected at the Annual General Meeting and nominations should be kept in mind. | It was stated that a new trustee for Blue Gum would be elected at the Annual General Meeting and nominations should be kept in mind. | ||
- | This brought us to the southerly gale and the matter of the Annual Re-union. These must have co-molded | + | |
- | But it was mention of the damper contest which drew the crabs. Kevin Ardill complained that the judges last year ate the lemon peel from his daoper, and was told there should be no peel in - darpers | + | This brought us to the southerly gale and the matter of the Annual Re-union. These must have co-incided |
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- | "Take a swab!" urged someone. | + | But it was mention of the damper contest which drew the crabs. Kevin Ardill complained that the judges last year ate the lemon peel from his damper, and was told there should be no peel in dampers |
- | Gil Webb wanted to know whether it was to be a real damper "with ashes next to its skin" or that insipid, emasculated product of the metal age "a powder cake". The judges refused to eat their Peck of dirt or more, and voted that the despised " | + | |
- | Dormie now rose to another vital matter, and advanced a triple- barreled motion, which (summarised) was that we urge the Federation to write the Minister for Tourist Activities asking (1) that defacement or damage to huts in scenic and similar reserves be /lade a punishable offence (?) that visitors' | + | Gil Webb wanted to know whether it was to be a real damper "with ashes next to its skin" or that insipid, emasculated product of the metal age "a powder cake". The judges refused to eat their peck of dirt or more, and voted that the despised " |
- | Colin Lloyd mentioned that the proximity of Seaman' | + | |
+ | Dormie now rose to another vital matter, and advanced a triple-barreled motion, which (summarised) was that we urge the Federation to write the Minister for Tourist Activities asking (1) that defacement or damage to huts in scenic and similar reserves be made a punishable offence (2) that visitors' | ||
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+ | Colin Lloyd mentioned that the proximity of Seaman' | ||
It was decided that information regarding dedicated land at Blackheath, and its possible transfer to private ownership, should be passed on to the Parks and Playgrounds Movement. Also, that a reminder be sent to the Minister for Lands regarding timber cutting in the Mark Morton Reserve. | It was decided that information regarding dedicated land at Blackheath, and its possible transfer to private ownership, should be passed on to the Parks and Playgrounds Movement. Also, that a reminder be sent to the Minister for Lands regarding timber cutting in the Mark Morton Reserve. | ||
- | After announcement that the late Photo Section was going to rise Phoenix-like as a Federation-wide activity, the meeting closed in moderating climatic conditions at 9.25 p m, | ||
- | ====== Social Notes for March ====== | + | After announcement that the late Photo Section was going to rise Phoenix-like as a Federation-wide activity, the meeting closed in moderating climatic conditions at 9.25 p.m. |
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Social Notes for March. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some documentary films, by courtesy W.E.A., will be shown on 18th March. The reels will be carefully selected and are bound to be of interest to Bushwalkers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mr. Walter Gruse has some interesting slides to show us on 25th March. His topic - " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The lecture set down for 29th April has now been arranged. Mr. Alan Strom will give a talk " | ||
- | Some documentary films, by courtesy W.E.A., will be shown on 18th March. The reels will be carefully selected and are bound to be of interest to Bushwalkers, | ||
- | Mr. Walter Gruse has some interesting slides. to show us on 25th March. His topic. - '' | ||
- | The lecture set down for 29th April has now been arraned. Mr. Alan Strom will give a talk " | ||
- Edna Stretton, Social Secretary. | - Edna Stretton, Social Secretary. | ||
- | 5 | ||
- | PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIFITION | ||
- | The Committee has already appointed acommittee, consisting of Ray Kirkby, Phil Hall and Jack Thorpe, with Raley Cotter as convenor, to arrange the photographic exhibition, which will be held on its traditional day - the last Friday in June. Photographers are reminded of this date because it takes some time to take, develop", | ||
- | As announced at the February meeting, the Committee has voted funds to enable the first, second and third best photographs to be published in the magazine. A competent critic will be obtained, and all photographers will be able to benefit by al expert analysis of their exhibits. The suggested sire of photographs, | ||
- | -apceptable. In fact a panel of small photographs is often most interesting. Age of Photographs is immaterial. There are some _photographs of which we never tire. | ||
- | ====== Laz ====== | + | ---- |
+ | ===== Photographic Exhibition. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Committee has already appointed a committee, consisting of Ray Kirkby, Phil Hall and Jack Thorpe, with Raley Cotter as convenor, to arrange the photographic exhibition, which will be held on its traditional day - the last Friday in June. Photographers are reminded of this date because it takes some time to take, develop, print, enlarge and mount a suitable masterpiece. As announced at the February meeting, the Committee has voted funds to enable the first, second and third best photographs to be published in the magazine. A competent critic will be obtained, and all photographers will be able to benefit by al expert analysis of their exhibits. The suggested size of photographs, | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Laz. ===== | ||
By " | By " | ||
+ | |||
So Laz - our Volga boatman of many a camp fire in the years that are fled - is no more. And the manner of his passing - alone in the snow near Cradle Mountain, with his pack beside him - was appropriate. He always did like solitude. | So Laz - our Volga boatman of many a camp fire in the years that are fled - is no more. And the manner of his passing - alone in the snow near Cradle Mountain, with his pack beside him - was appropriate. He always did like solitude. | ||
- | Thirty years ago he wandered round our now familar mountain tracks with his chosen pal - an Airedale - also carrying its awn neat tailored pack of dog biscuits. To me - this lone walker - the dog, and the two spotless tidy packs, seems the completest picture of Laz. | + | |
+ | Thirty years ago he wandered round our now familar mountain tracks with his chosen pal - an Airedale - also carrying its own neat tailored pack of dog biscuits. To me - this lone walker - the dog, and the two spotless tidy packs, seems the completest picture of Laz. | ||
I first met him one cold crisp morning when day was very young, near Thirroul. I had walked up Bulli Pass to catch the sunup - and at the lookout I met four walkers, I think they had come from Appin. The face of one was very familiar to me - for a long time I had seen him at many a city hall where the best of music was to be heard. It was Laz. This was about 1918-19. I still have a snap of them perched on the top fence rail with the ocean behind. | I first met him one cold crisp morning when day was very young, near Thirroul. I had walked up Bulli Pass to catch the sunup - and at the lookout I met four walkers, I think they had come from Appin. The face of one was very familiar to me - for a long time I had seen him at many a city hall where the best of music was to be heard. It was Laz. This was about 1918-19. I still have a snap of them perched on the top fence rail with the ocean behind. | ||
- | The life of Laz reads like another Steinbeck book. Born in the Caucasian part of Russia, life was a grim struggle for the Puras. By sheer necessity his mother was compelled to play foster mother to the ,higher ups, selling the milk nature intended for little Laz. By some means the family got to the greatest foster mother - London. Even there the struggle went on - our Laz toiling long hours in a basement making superlative clothes for the higher ups. Laz ran to a standstill and a doctor advised a new country - Canada or N.Z. In a coin toss style Laz picked N.Z., but, after a time - finding the people much too suburban - he came over here - with a little cash and a lot of skill. By sheer hard | + | |
- | 6 | + | The life of Laz reads like another Steinbeck book. Born in the Caucasian part of Russia, life was a grim struggle for the Puras. By sheer necessity his mother was compelled to play foster mother to the higher ups, selling the milk nature intended for little Laz. By some means the family got to the greatest foster mother - London. Even there the struggle went on - our Laz toiling long hours in a basement making superlative clothes for the higher ups. Laz ran to a standstill and a doctor advised a new country - Canada or N.Z. In a coin toss style Laz picked N.Z., but, after a time - finding the people much too suburban - he came over here - with a little cash and a lot of skill. By sheer hard work he managed to bring the family overseas to share sunny Australia. The vices and follies of mankind snared none of his cash or time - his life lay in his craftmanship, |
- | work he managed to bring the family overseas to share sunny Australia. The vices and follies of mankind snared none of his cash or time' | + | |
- | Most of his life he was tosed between two fears (or bayonets) one - th,at the Pretty Things | + | Most of his life he was tosed between two fears - (or bayonets) one - that the Pretty Things |
- | 'much bigger and sharper. - that one - and just one. - 'would pounce on him and by a stroke of the pen and a spot of gold - prison him body and soul for life. | + | |
We once had a heavenly ten days at Kossy - according to Laz the apex of his life - and this female subject was much discussed. I used to tease him unmercifully with visions of a married Laz with lots of small editions - and be it known many a wistful expression betrayed him. | We once had a heavenly ten days at Kossy - according to Laz the apex of his life - and this female subject was much discussed. I used to tease him unmercifully with visions of a married Laz with lots of small editions - and be it known many a wistful expression betrayed him. | ||
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I shall miss him greatly and for long. Politically we were poles apart but in all else we clicked as one. | I shall miss him greatly and for long. Politically we were poles apart but in all else we clicked as one. | ||
- | We had a long conversation just before he left. I tried my best to dissuade him from air travel, he would not agree, but said: !IWell, I'm very grateful to you for trying to stop me, for it looks like there is someone who would like to see old Laz keep on living" | ||
- | How little we knew: | ||
+ | We had a long conversation just before he left. I tried my best to dissuade him from air travel, he would not agree, but said: "Well, I'm very grateful to you for trying to stop me, for it looks like there is __someone__ who would like to see old Laz keep on living" | ||
- | APSLEY-TIA- YARROWITCH. | + | How little we knew! |
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+ | ===== Berry Taxi Service. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Cars meet all trains at Berry. 6-passenger car service can be arranged to Woodhill, Cambewarra and Berry Mountains. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Reasonable charges. Phone Berry 10 for bookings. 24 hour service. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Proprietors - Lee and Bissett. Queen Street, Berry. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Apsley - Tia - Yarrowitch. ===== | ||
By A.L. Wyborn. | By A.L. Wyborn. | ||
- | (Oor, location of rain points of interest see - Max Gentle' | + | (For location of main points of interest see Max Gentle' |
- | TheOkley | + | |
- | of timber in Australia. After leaving the Hastings the highway gradually ascends. to plateau like 'country over 39,000 feet high,. which is rent by very deep' | + | The Oxley Highway runs inland from Wauchope on the North Coast past Walcha and Tamworth. The first portion follows the Hastings River closely through |
- | It was to this region that the.." | + | |
- | The leader, | + | It was to this region that the " |
- | yards away. ,The volcanic walls, went down into Ominously | + | |
- | . | + | The leader, Alan Hardie, knew what to expect, but Clem Hallstrom |
- | Our route lay roughly east. betWeen | + | |
- | old man troo over seven feet high, accompanied by light grey kangaroos. | + | Our route lay roughly east between |
- | The camp 'turned out to be. the ,last water before Tia and was on the tOps close 'to the junction' | + | |
- | 8 | + | The camp turned out to be the last water before Tia Falls, |
- | spectacular as the part of the Apsley near the falls, which is not even m entioned | + | |
- | Leaving camp we soon came to the western side of the Tia Gorge, which, although as deep as the Apsley has accessible heavily timbered sides. We were following the edge south to Tia Palls, When I almost trod on a large black snake, which, being poised to strike, caused me to beat a hasty retreat. However | + | Leaving camp we soon came to the western side of the Tia Gorge, which, although as deep as the Apsley has accessible heavily timbered sides. We were following the edge south to Tia Falls, when I almost trod on a large black snake, which, being poised to strike, caused me to beat a hasty retreat. However |
- | Peter' | + | |
- | From here we cow. t a glimpse of Garibaldi Rock protruding from the side of Deep Creek a few miles downstream, a remarkable square pyramid of basalt. Standing on the ridge between the two creeks, we noticed how thickly wooded was the narrow Peter' | + | Peter' |
- | The bottom of Deep Creek was reached after a steep deseent, to find the water in stagnant pools, and overall a hot oppree, | + | |
+ | From here we caught | ||
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+ | The bottom of Deep Creek was reached after a steep descent, to find the water in stagnant pools, and overall a hot oppressive | ||
We went round on the ridge opposite the falls early next morning to appreciate the fine setting of the twin cascades, dropping an estimated 600 feet into a large amphitheatre. Above the falls the placid river meandered through light green grassy paddocks, and dark green coppices of eucalypts, and was edged with laden blackberry bushes, their roots deep in the water. | We went round on the ridge opposite the falls early next morning to appreciate the fine setting of the twin cascades, dropping an estimated 600 feet into a large amphitheatre. Above the falls the placid river meandered through light green grassy paddocks, and dark green coppices of eucalypts, and was edged with laden blackberry bushes, their roots deep in the water. | ||
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- | It was six miles of dreary road bashing then in the hot sun, back to the Oxley Highway, ti-ere to wait one and a half hours under a mailbox for the charabfJne back to the coast. The less said about this part of the trip the better, as the charabanc was crowded and the lcurney was slow. Children were everywhere; Clem and I shared one sturdy lad on our knees for most of the way, and I sat on a case of peaches - so enjoyable; | ||
- | On arrival at Wauchope Station we found we had time on our hands, so continued twelve riles in the conveyance to have a hasty look at Port Macquarie township. I was not very impressed, as everything-was on the holiday resort commercialised style, ;Ind the surroundings were very flat. As I gazed on the large number of auto tents huudierl on the black soil behind the breakwater, I thought of other camp spots, pleasant and quiet, above the Apsley, Tia and Yarrowitch Falls. | ||
- | ON THE ROAD TO AFFIDALE | + | It was six miles of dreary road bashing then in the hot sun, back to the Oxley Highway, there to wait one and a half hours under a mailbox for the charabanc back to the coast. The less said about this part of the trip the better, as the charabanc was crowded and the journey was slow. Children were everywhere; Clem and I shared one sturdy lad on our knees for most of the way, and I sat on a case of peaches - so enjoyable! |
- | P7 Max Gentle. | + | |
- | Sunlight, mountains, a road, a bicycle, a re' | + | On arrival at Wauchope Station we found we had time on our hands, so continued twelve miles in the conveyance to have a hasty look at Port Macquarie township. I was not very impressed, as everything was on the holiday resort commercialised style, and the surroundings were very flat. As I gazed on the large number of auto tents huddled on the black soil behind the breakwater, I thought of other camp spots, pleasant and quiet, above the Apsley, Tia and Yarrowitch Falls. |
- | Beyond Singleton, I peddled through pouring rain to Muswellbrook | + | |
- | which slowed me consider- | + | ---- |
- | ably. Next day, when | + | |
- | crossing the Liverpool | + | ===== On The Road To Armidale. ===== |
- | L.,..0moms ______zaapz___1 | + | |
- | | + | By Max Gentle. |
- | serer- 1 sunlight appeared, to aft | + | |
- | l',// \ s -%, | + | Sunlight, mountains, a road, a bicycle, a restful |
- | ty | + | |
- | VI, | + | Beyond Singleton, I peddled through pouring rain to Muswellbrook which slowed me considerably. Next day, when crossing the Liverpool Range, the aforementioned sunlight appeared, to reveal a fine panorama, looking eastward over the Mount Royal Range and Barrington Tops. |
- | / | + | |
- | P, | + | I had a feeling of satisfaction at having defeated the elements, and was able to appreciate the next stage of the journey through rich meadows, |
- | / | + | |
- | | + | I left the New England Highway at Bendemeer, and followed |
- | 41,,oci ---1.. | + | |
- | Be NI? | + | A number of tableland streams were to be seen, winding through grazing properties on their way eastward, to form the Apsley |
- | Mount Royal Range and | + | |
- | t \ | + | A few miles further on I nade a side trip to view the Tia Falls in a very rugged setting, and to adnire the swimming pool under the cascades at the top. |
- | A-4 4( < | + | |
- | 7 J-1* 1 1 Barrington Tops. | + | Further east, the highway crosses a range of hills on to the watershed of the Hastings, there the coastal and easterly |
- | p5 Y ti | + | |
- | 0 | + | Grand mountain scenery unfolds while descending to the Hastings |
- | L401>E | + | |
- | IfIArity tpZ C.+"Cp N | + | I followed the coast road north over the Macleay River at Kempsey, and just beyond there obtained a striking view of Mt. Banda Banda to the southwest. |
- | VP | + | |
- | 1CP .10 as | + | After passing through dairying and tomato growing land along Warrel Creek, the popular |
- | ce. | + | |
- | -..,.. P115) 1 | + | The next morning I swam at the Bellingen mouth at Urunga, then followed that river upstream to Thora, its fresh water pools providing |
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- | ?" 4- ...--po C? 7 ST EPAZNZ | + | The road up Dorrigo Mountain is characterised by magnificent mountain scenery, and maybe its main attraction is where it passes under Newell waterfall. The dairying and potato growing land of Dorrigo plateau later gave way to forest clad hills, as the road climbed to Ebor. |
- | p...k. L | + | |
- | ,...., | + | Beyond Ebor Falls, there is something about the look of the forest which indicates a high altitude above sea level. The trees are mainly of those Eucalyptus species, |
- | ) | + | |
- | SAIze | + | The road to Armidale brought me to the village and store at Wollomombi. The Wollomombi Falls, 28 miles from Armidale, make a sheer plunge of 1,100 feet, and then surge down a steep slope into a great ravine, from whose floor rises a rock of immense size - it is said to be 600 feet high. Two rivers meet below the falls, their combined waters plunging down a chasm, whose sheer cliffs exceed 1,600 feet in height. |
- | I.had a feeling of satisfaction at having defeated the elements, and was able to appreciate the next stage of the journey through | + | |
- | oetween | + | |
- | then the willow lined Peel River at Tamworth, the boulder strewn ridges of Moonbi Range laci the willow- lined river at Dendemeer. | + | |
- | I left the New England Highway at Bendomeer, and | + | |
- | 10 | + | |
- | , A '. . t I | + | |
- | Efollowed | + | |
- | , . , | + | |
- | and then crossed the Main Dividing Range at an, | + | |
- | feeti, | + | |
- | A number of tableland streams were to be seen, | + | |
- | A few miles further on I nade a side' | + | |
- | Further east, the highway crosses a range of hills on to the watershed of the Hastings, there the coastal and easterly | + | |
- | Grand mountain scenery unfolds while descending to the Hastings | + | |
- | .1. followed the coast road north over the Macleay River at | + | |
- | Kempey,.and just beyond there obtained a striking view of Mt. Banda Banda to the southwest. | + | |
- | After passing through dairying and. tomato growing land along Warrel Creek, the popular | + | |
- | The next morning I swam at the Bellingen | + | |
- | followed that river upstream to Thora, its fresh water pools provid | + | |
- | ,- | + | |
- | ing some excellent swimming as a change from the surf.. | + | |
- | The road up Dorrigo Mountain is-characterised by magnificent mountain scenery, and maybe its main attraction is whereit | + | |
- | , | + | |
- | Beyond,.Ebor Falls, there is something about the look of the | + | |
- | , | + | |
- | forest which indicates a high altitude above sea level. The trees are mainlyof | + | |
- | on | + | |
- | read a signboard there - "The Snowy. Range - 5,000 feet". As | + | |
- | this point was the highest reached on the tour, the downgrade' | + | |
- | Lookoat, 9 miles away. . | + | |
- | I I | + | |
- | The road to Armidale brought me te'the village and store at Wollomombi. The Wollomombi Falls, 28 miles from Armidale2 the a | + | |
- | 11 | + | |
- | sheer plunge of 1,100 feet, and then surge down a steep slope into a great ravine, from whose floor rises a rock of immense size - it is said to be 600 feet high. Two rivers | + | |
From Wollomombi, I peddled along the road to Armidale, to complete a 530 miles tour in 10 days. | From Wollomombi, I peddled along the road to Armidale, to complete a 530 miles tour in 10 days. | ||
- | ffliame. am. | ||
- | ====== What Every Young Mugger Should Know ====== | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ===== What Every Young Mugger Should Know. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | By Jim Brown. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sometimes I wish I could have been a walker in those far-off days when a bushwalker was a curiosity and his gear a miscellany of oddments of his own devising. For there' | ||
+ | |||
+ | So it's a good thing that walkers have not become entirely uniform; it's well that we still dress in various degrees of disreputability, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Early in his/her career the prospective must make up his/her hind. The decision need not be irrevocable, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Now let us suppose you are a light drinker and decide to be a little mugger. At your first halt you proudly produce your natty, Persil-washed, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Occasionally of course you'll strick a fairminded brewer. Schollastic leanings prompt him [illegible] ion the drink equally. He will use your pannikin as a measure, look dismayed at the miserable swill on the deck of the big mugs and promptly top them up. Ah, yes - but he has used your little mug as a measure. Has he also used it as a dipper? Is it cocoa you are drinking? If so, you will have to wash the __outside__ of your pannikin too. Tough on the little mugger, ain't it? | ||
+ | |||
+ | There one fairly sure way to discourage the use of your little mug as a ladle: place it in a prominent position on top of a deposit of cow dung (it is almost certain there will be some, especially if you are camped at Era.) But careful! Don't do this if it is night, for the brewer' | ||
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+ | How do I know all this? By bitter experience, my dears! I have in my time been a little mugger. It was not always so. In my earliest walking days I carried a military monstrosity of metal which swallowed 1 1/2 pints without effort. This forsook when about to do a very tough trip, acquiring instead an absurd little thimble of aluminium. Don't let them do this to you! The aluminium burns your lips and fingers. The only way of al1eviating the position is to put some sticking plaster around the rim and handle. Use three diefferent strips on the rim, and mark them " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Of course, you can go super lightweight and take no mug at all, drinking out of a plate or billy, but if you are a fastidious type who doesn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Just lately we had a non-walker away with us one weekend. When the brew was ready for pouring, I pointed a finger at her and said laconically, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Well, thank you for your tolerance if you have tolerated me so far. All I really want to say is the little mugger is a silly mugger. Thank you. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Kurnell Peninsula: ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Very good news comes from our Parks and Playgrounds Movement delegate, Mrs. Hilda Stoddart. The Minister for Lands has approved of action being taken to reserve an area of 970 acres on the Peninsula for public recreation. In addition the Minister for Lands has approached the Minister for Conservation with a view to appropriate action being taken to prevent any further erosion or the area. It is the first instance we know where official action has been contemplated to stop erosion on a public reserve. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The campaign for the reservation of this area has been going for 30 years. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Narrow Necks and Ruined Castle: | ||
+ | |||
+ | In a letter read before the last meeting Marie Byles reported that both the City of Blue Mountains and the Parks and Playgrounds Movement had written to the Lands Department about shouldering half the cost of the two freehold portions on the Narrow Necks which were recently sold: no reply had been received. The Parks and Playgrounds Movement had written to both the City of Blue Mountains and the Lands Department about resuming the surface only of the Mining Conditional Lease portions, but so far no answer had been obtained. The Director of Tourist and Immigration Activities was interviewed and expressed himself wholeheartedly behind keeping the area in its natural state, and promised to write to the Lands Department about this, and about the resumption. The Federation had written to the Lands Department and the City of Blue Mountains about keeping the area roadless, but the City Council refused to commit itself, saying that it might want to put a scenic road on Narrow Necks one day. The portions marked " | ||
- | By Jim grown. | + | Marie would be pleased to have some good prints of photos of the Narrow Necks so that she could write an article for the " |
- | Sometimes I wish I could have been a walker in those far-off days when a bushwalker was a curiosity and his gear a miscellany of oddments of his own devising. For there' | + | ---- |
- | So it's a good thing that walkershave not become entirely uniform, it's well that we still dress in-various degrees of disreputability, | + | |
- | Early in his/her career the prospective must make up his/her hind. The decision need not be irrevocableis-c it isn't necessary to lose sleep over the,issue, but if you are one of those impossible people who determine something a4-71d stick resolutely to it fair Or foul, then you ,should consider this parting of the ways, this crossroads in your walking career. For, understand: there is no mean. You are either a big m4gger_or a little-mugger. You-maybe a large big mugger or a small little_ mugger, but you can t be a-medium mugger Why? Because inobody, | + | |
- | Now let us suppose you are a light drinker and decide to be a little mugger._ At your firt-hal t Tqu- Proudly produce your natty, | + | |
- | Pannikin, to find it surrounded bya-Motley* collection pf, | + | |
- | last 701/ know what is meant by " | + | |
- | isprenser of the brew says, " | + | |
- | 101-111 fair, sbar ", and this absolves him from ay attempt at eciaa.1 | + | |
- | diviEtioa of ,th -q1)0, | + | |
- | be Very lucky', | + | |
- | Gccasio nally of course you 'II stpt f airmincted brewer | + | |
- | -vocaaliStic leanings prompt burr ion the drink equally | + | |
- | 12 ( | ||
- | He will use your pannikin as a measure, look dismayed at the miserable on the deck of -the big mugs and promptly ,top them | ||
- | up. Ah, yes - butjhe has used your little mug as a measure. Has he also used it as a dipper? Is it cocoa you are drinking? If so, you will have to wash the- outside of your pannikin too. 'Tough on the little mugger, ain't | ||
- | There one fairly sure way t,o discourage the use of your little mug as a ladle: place-it 1n ,a prominent position on top of a deposit of cow dung (it is almost certain there will- be some, especially if you are camped at Era.) But careful:- Don't do this if it is night, for the breWerls eyes may be dimmed by smoke, and he may still use your pannikin. | ||
- | How do I know all this By bitter experience, my dears I I have in my time been a little-mugger. It was'. nvt always so. In my earliest walking day b- I carried a /military _monstrosity of metal which swallowed 1-1-g pints without effort, This ' | ||
- | normal big mug. I say again, luau a -big mug. | ||
- | Of course, you can go super lightweight and take no mug at all, drinking out of a caate or billy, but if you are a fastidious type who doesn' | ||
- | Just lately we had a non-walker away with us one weekend. When the brew was ready for pouring, I pointed-a finger at her and said laconically, | ||
- | Well, thank you for your tolerance if you have tolerated me so far. All I really want to say is the little mugger is a silly_ mugger. Thank you. | ||
- | KLTRNELL PENINSULA: \Aery good news comes from. our Panics and Playgrot-r-nisTroWirja-delegater Mrs. Hilda Stodda-rt. The ' | ||
- | a view to appropriatt, | ||
- | erosion or the area. the first instance we lc,- | ||
- | 13 | ||
- | officin.1 action has been. contbcrIplated to stop erosion on a public reserve. | ||
- | The campaign for the reserv: | ||
- | 7ARRCW EOKS AYD RUINED CASTLE: In a letter read beforc last nre-ei-.-ii-is' | ||
- | road on Narrotr-Necks One The portions narked " | ||
- | arie would be pleaSed to /ha-ve some good prints of photos of | ||
- | the ' | ||
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