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THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER.
A monthly' Bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, C/- Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown Street, Sydney.
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CONTENTS.
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Editorial - Be Kind to Prospectives 1
At tte May General Meeting 2
Siedlecki's Advertisement 4
Letter from Mr, Don 'Richardson 5
For Ty;tos in Tasmania, Part II, by Jim Brown Federation Notes, By Brian Harvey
Cucambers - Letter from Clem Hallstvom
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EDITORIAL,_
Be Kind to Prospectives.
One of the most pleasant -features of belonging to the 5.B.W0 is the opportunity it presents, not only of forming lasting friendships, but of making newcones. In the early days of the Club the old members went out of their way to welcome a prospective and make him feel at home in the Clubroom. They took a genuine interest in everyone who looked like becoming a member. It's not so easy, now the Club has grown larger, to take a personal interest in every new member in the Clubroom, but if everyone devotes a little time to this good work it should be quite easy to make the prospectives feel they are welcome.
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Walks leaders, more than anyone else, can help them. They should be in the Club room before their walk takes place and be careful to find out the experience and capabilities of any prospective they haven't walked with. Time and again prospectives come out with unsuitable clothing, bad footwear, hopelessly heavy packs, etc. Many of them have no idea what it is like to walk
all day over rough bushland. Some come out once, in poor condition and ill-equipped, have a thoroughly exhausting day and nver come again. Leaders can prevent them from doing this by having a talk to them, finding out what they havo done before warning them off if the walk is too hard, and telling them what to bring. Some members even put on special easy walks for people interested. Just a few miles through the bush with a pack tan effort for anyone who has never done it before.
Once out on a walk the leader can teach them a lot about how to walk, where to walk, how to find their way otc. If he is an experienced and helpful leader prospectives will pick up a lot of very useful knowledgo. in the course of a days walk. The members on a walk can do the sane, and we could mention a couple of members who have been doing this for years and are responsible for bringing' many good walkers into the Club.
The best way of getting to know and helping the prospectives
ds to go on official walks. Nearly every bushtalker agrees that it is only when you have been on a walk wljh people that you really get to know them.
The prospectives must make an effort too. Unless they are prepared to take an interest in the Club and take the trouble to learn the things we teach them about bushcraft, first-aid, map-readirt and conservation, they are not likely to make good members. Unless they go on something more than the tare minimum of walks they wen7t get to know many memberse And they can't expect members to sign their forms unless those members know them well enough to vouch for them. Ours Is not an easy Club to enter, but nobody of ordinary physique, who liked walking and was prepared to learn and fall in with cur ways, has ever been turned down.
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SAL NOTES FOR JUNE
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by.Ddr e. Stretton, Social Sec.
My apologies for the postponement ofl'Olides of the Orient“ on May 19th, but unfortunately Mrs. Jordan had to make an unexpected trip to Queensland. However, I hope the slides on May 26th compensated for your disappointment.
Invitations have been sent to several clubs asking them to at-
tend our next dance on 23rd June. This move should increase the
recently disappointing numbers at these functions and make the night go with a swing.
It has been decided to postpone the Photographic Exhibition until later in the year since restricted lighting seems imminent.
AT THE MAY GENERAL MEETING.
By Jim Brown.
At one stage the May General Meeting seemed bound to establish a new record for brevity. Once again (the third consecutire month) there were no new members to be welcomed by the President; and the fifty members present sat stolidly through the familiar recital of
minutes and correspondence and reports, Indeed, throughout the first twenty minutes of the meeting, your reporter found nothing to report, and even considered submitting a “Nil Return” to the editor.
It was only when formal proceedings closed, and the “generdll business” included announcement of a Committee decision to defer the Annual Photograph'ic Exhibitio n from June to the 27th October that the atmosphere became vibrant. Bill Gillam raised objections to holding the exhibition at Ingersoll Hall with It5 unfavourable lighting, and moved that we investigate the availability of the Education Department'?i
Gallery.
Dormie assailed this opinion. The extra expense was unwarranted, he maintained, and would create a schism in the club, with some members going to the exhibition and others to the Club rooms. Besides, it woul4
deprive the Treasurer of his best financial scoop of the year. He
found an additional argument in long established custom of holding the exhibition at the Club Boom late in June, and also protested against the change of date. Ruby Payne Scott argued that social functions held away from the Club Room had frequently been poorly attended, and even though Ingersoll Hall was ill-adapted for the diplay, it was a very satisfactory meeting place.
Edna Stretton stated that the lighting in the Club Room was being improved, and there would be addittional lighting for the exhibition, an Bill Gillam challenged the point that social events failed when held elsewhere - what of the Christmas Party? The motion to seek the Education Department's Gallery was then lost.
Dormie attacked the Committee's decisiai to vary the date of the Exhibition. June it had been for so long, tlat it was unthinkable to defer the eYent. Why? Because of the threa; Df blackouts, said the President. Dormie found allies in Alex Collu and John Johnson, who pointed out that the Club Room was in the Cy area, which wa2 never blacked-out except in direst emergency under legislaticn (as in last year's coal strike) or through a line failulis. John John3on added a rider with the thought that time was rather short for organi3ation of
a June exhibition. “There's no organisation needed, protested Dormie. “You lust get members to bring their print;”. A narrow margin Trpported Committee's plan to hold the exl ibiion in October.
Kevin Ardill now rose to explain tha'; he had approached several members to lead a walk on the next prograrve: this because the Walks Secretary had been finding difficulty in completing the programme. One of the mbmers he contacted had stated he had no intention of leading a walk, as he was doing most of h. s walking with another Club.
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The member concerned was a Committee man. Alex Colley said that any Committee member who was able to lead a walk should do so. Refusal to lead a walk was setting a very bad example to other members, Nor could a Committee member discharge his important task of admitting new members unless he went on afficidL walks. Any Committee member who refused should be prepared to resign.
Bill Gillam commented that the meeting was being very vague, and there should be a motion on the matter or it should be allowed to lapse. Whereupon Alex Colley moved that the matter be referred to Committee which should report 1J-s finding back to the General Meeting.
Don Frost followed with a statement that he had found a lack
of co-operation in preparing the Walks Pregramme9 and requested that members commence thinking now for the summer schedule.
It was agreed that the time was ripe fol., tree planting at Era, and the President announced that the position was under consideration. Gil Webb siggested more mature seedlings than last time, 14-fter the meeting closed at 8,50 Gil conducted a successful sale of the surplus sundries from the washed-out Reunion.
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Letter to the Editor. Dear Sir,
I read with interest the Editorial in the May 1950 issue of “The Sydney Bushwalker”, and in order that we might correct any misunderstanding I join issue with you (in friendly fashion) on one or two points. Fitly I accept full personal responsibility for the communication, which was not from the Ski council but from “son Richardson to Paddy Pallin”: I concurred in Mr. Pallinis action in forwarding the letter on. A second letter I sent was in connection with advice from the Kosciusko State Park Trust on interference with
wireless sets. I also sent to Mr. Pallin a report on White/s River Hut from Mr. Ray Briggs (a bushwalker), on which was my minute reading
…,Go-operation such as that given by Mr. Briggs and other thoughtfu; walkers and skiers is in marked contrast to the abuse and lack of
consideration exhibited by the few who by their actions spoil things for the majority”.
Subsequently, on reporting my action to the Safety Sub-committee
of the Ski Council of N.S.Wo (of which I am Convenor, and also performing thf, duties of Secretary and Chairman), it was agreed that similar letters be sent to Victorian bodies, as Victorians are frequently to be found on the Kosciusko ranges. On 15/5/50 I drafted a circular letter to “Victorian Skiing and Bushwalking controlling Bodies and Allied Organiations”, and have sent copies of this to your Federation, Youth Hostel Association, National Fitness Council and Y.M,C,A. I propose also to send a similar letter to the 3oy Scouts Jssoci ation.
The only inference I can draw from your remark it is sicnifisant that such a letter should be written to the Federation” is that my
letter gave you the impression that I was laying the blame on 1:ssah-
walkers. Believe me, when I say that my obiect was to seek co-operatf op and assistance in preventing abuse etc. of hutsi and what better bodies,
than the Ski Council (for winter use) and your i'ederation (for smmer use) to try to stamp out malpractices, Let me quote the last paragraph of my letter of 15/5/60 (sigli ed. by me as convenor of the Safety Sub-
Committee): “We know that the acts and omissions complained of are repugnant to the code of behaviour of Use organiations whose assistanee and co-operation we seek, ad consequently we feel confident that our appeal for help will not go unheeded, ”
We have during winter, exercised such control that skiers generally observe the rules on the main-range; during s-smmer the task is more
= difficult. As you say there are many classes of hut users and, while
you can discipline members of the 'Federation just as we can discipline members of skiing clubs, there is little we can do to curb the “others”, I have definite evidence that on two occasions, offenders were walkers, not fishermen, Shooters or hoboes. Whether these walkers were frolA = N.S.W., or Victoria; or were members of the Federation I cannot say.
I'm afraid I must also join issue on your sweeping assertion that o a skier the term “bushwalker” includes hikers, shooters, etc. etc.
“Skiers can be divided ihto various categories just as losash trippers can. Many skiers (like myself) were walkers first; and these at least distinguish between the genuine bushwalker and the hijh-heeled hiker. As an example, note the wording of my letter published inuS.M.H.” on 21/5/49, headed “Lost Hikers”. In my letter of 15/5/50 above referred to I mention “skiers buskiwalkers and users generally”. I have always striven to observe the difference, because I know you are justly prou d of your code of behavlour; and it is for this very reason that I appeal or your help, and that the Ski Council 4eekf, the Federations co-operation. Such huts as Sleman!s and Perisher we will never keep free from abuse because these are visited by motorists and hikers in summer and by the fancy-sweater skier in winter, the skier who lights a fire for the heck of it and leaves the place littered with orange peel and other scraps, 1311+: out on the main ranfLe it is dil,:ferent. Food and fuel might, in blizzard conditions, be the means of saving a life. I was bliaard bound in a hut in 1S46 for six days; the wireless was o k for receiving but not for sending; we could hear Alpine Hut, thinking we ,Jere short of food and knowing we could not 5.1./'Vive a main range c..:-ossirz, saying they would get through to us if possible. Here were people willing to risk their lives for us, end we could not let them know that wa were 0.K. and had ample food for two weeks or more. This is WhiteL' River Hat, extended, lined and fitted out by Kosciusko 1,1pine Club, and stocked with essential food fuel etc. 141though we charge skiers 5/- per night, we still lose money. If every user played the game
reckon we could reduce our charges to P. couple of bob a nZot. No chappe has previously been made for other than winter use, but we contemplate now making a charge to all users, partLc5lisarly as our grea'2es cost is replacing equipment damaged or pilfered during ssmme:,, The Clubs aim is merely to cover expenses; consequentlyif our honour system works in spAmmer (it works pretty well in winter), and users take care of the hut and contents and food; charges will be reduced accordIngly,
Thilis is not a new campaign on my part. I have give-s publicity through the Press, Ski Annual, eto to abuses for some :oars now I could quote ad lib many instances, including skiers of a certain type. of dish=iest and utterly selfish actions. Now I am renewing my efforts, this time as an official of the Ski Council and speaking with the voice of the ssfety-subcommittee. With the concerted efforts of all decent habitues of the bush and snowlands; perhaps we can erf-isssate the vandals into decent human beings, capable of appeclating the beauties of nature and of conserving rather than desiri-oying.
With all good wishes, yours sincerely,
Don Richardson.“
We were very pleased to receive Mr. Riohardson7s letter because it puts beyond doubt his appreciation of the ideals and behaviour of the S.B.W. We still believe that most skiers describe almost anyone who camps in the Alps in summer time as a bushwalker. but the point of the editoriv,1 was, in part, that they cannot be blamed for dcing so. “Bushwalkers' have become an amorphous collection of people and if th3
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public cannot distinguishebetween campers with packs, hikers, ftsherMen etc. and members of our own and other walking clubs, that is largely the fault of the clubs themselves.
On several occasions our skiing part of S.B.W. members has had to spend hours oleaning up filthy huts. Who left them in that condition will never be known, but Mr. Richardson can rely on the
cooperation of S,B.W, members in trying to apprehend those responsible for these and other acts of larrikinism.
Though we wih Mr.. Richardson success in hi campaign we believe that there us little hope, of reaching the offenders by public 2y or voluntary policing. The task of co-ordinating and supervising the Use of huts seems to be one for the Park Trust, acting, on the adv,t co of the Ski Council. - Ed.
MYSTERIOUS KATOOMBA,
On the flrst Narrow Neck 'Is a surveyor/8 pet-,4 More surveyor's pegs and ether alarming signs such as stakee,:Ped and -,;1-Itte cards, etc. have been placed near the Megalong Track and alons the lower part of the track to perilTs hole. At the top of the DevIl's hole we came across a large red dice and thought it must at least mark the spot for the turning of the first sod. On closer examination the sfJnister object proved to be a child's toy banjo. roes anyoLe kf ow what all the survey marks are for? It doesn't seem possible that a road could be taken up the Devil's hole, or to the first Narrow Nnck.
The mystery of the seaplane on the mountain top - referred to last year - was taken a stage further. The seaplalic ls now rest:cmgr Ube
a seagull in a sink, in a dirty lookinc pind a bit bigger than Ingersoll Hall, A speedboat races round it in circles. The citizens seem to enjoy :Lt. There were a number of thaT, in their overcoat s standing round the edge of the ponl..
A POISON PLANT?
In the last issue we had occarion to refer to the cond!tion of the epidermis of various members of Kevin Ardill's Grose-Mo unt Hay party.
vents assumed a more serious turn when those who were scratched developed a type of blood poisonir g. Small lumps started to fester and then the scratches became infected too. At least fix members of the party were affected, some worse than others. Fortunately al) are praetivally cured now but probably only becmse of penic4lin ointment-.
A few :Tears ago an ex-member, Geoff Parker, went up the Colo to Wollongambie Basin looking for two lost men. He found them, but developed the same type of skin infection on his arms and legs. Re spent months in hospital and it was a long time after that before he got ria of the infection. That was before penicillin. He knew of another ease too.
It is probbbly a bacterial infection. The 13 members of Kevinfs party could make a useful contribution to the cause of falentifying
the cause of the infection if they all wrote a statement to show whether they were scratched, whether they developed the complaint, and how lit first revealed itself. If these descriptions were sent in to the Department of Health or the C.S.I.R. it might lead to the diLscovery of the cause of the trouble and would at least furnish valuable data. The fact that five of the party developed the complaint proves that its origin was,somethfmg in the bush, whereas single caees of blood poisoning could be due to other causes.
GOSSIP
Complaints have been heard that there is not enough gossip in the magazine. Of course there Lsntt. But the only complaints that will get a hearing are those from contributors. Remember the editorial policy. No rirticles, no magazine.
OR TYROS IN TASMANIA.
By Jim BroTr, PART 2: '7= ALL 2aLL INTO THE Y)IT(Z-1.
As set out in Pert I of this epic, this Seet.-Ion e o deal with the three regions most commonly visited by 1 LCAii 'co ',he Tasmanian scene. These three areas are recommended be-a12.3e as a 'Ine-77” Tasmanian myself I visii:ed them last summer: and because I wou2d1)!t suggest tackling wilder country until one has el)t one'e teeth on she Reserve or the Frenchman. Tassy, walking conditions can be far more severe than those we know near home.
1. THE CRADLE MOUNTAIN - LAKE ST.CLAIR SCENIC RESLRVE.
MAPS. The Walkers? Guide and Map - Cradle M'c.,
National Park - obtainable from Tasmanian Tole:Isis's 1IszeaL16 is not particularly accurate, but quite sufficient and easily followed.
Sketch map, ihest CoEst of Tasmania (South Skoth)9 is useful for general layout of the region and environs 0_noluding FI,enchmanfs Cap). Probably available from Paddy, 1” ,z 2t miles.
STORES: If entering the Reserve from the northern end (Cradle Mt.) if-TSadvisable to pick up stores at Le,unceston or Burnie (whichevar is the landfall from the Yain4.and). Bring dehydrated stuff (except dried milk) from Sydne7, but all normal grocery lines may be left for Tasmanian stores. If time in Launceston is short, or if arrival there is on Sunday, a letter and cheque forwarded to Ingles rty., Growers,
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6100 e.”4:7), lo The Quadrant, Launceston, will bring good service. At our request, they delivered the groceries required, including eggs carefully packed, to the Airways office at Launceston, where we colleted them on arrival. Any items forgotten at Launceston may be picked up at Sheffield, a fair sized town on route to Waldheim Chalet (Cradle Mt.). If the attack on the Reserve is to be made from the south (Lake St.Clair) rationing arranfr,ements would depenL1 on the town from which the trip commenced. Bring your dried stuff from Sydney, but rely for normal grocer items on Hobart or Queenstown, while the Hanger at Lake St.Clair (Mr. A.J. Lamont, Ranger, Lake St.Ciair, via Dcrwent ,Bridge) runs a small store which stocks most camping requisites, including eggs, chocolate, tinned meats, bacon, porridge etc. (Bread ordered in advance.) To lighten one?s pack for travelling, parcels of food, clothing, etc., may also be sent to Mr. Lamont, who will collect them from Derwent Bridge Post Office and store them for a small charge. If required, he will arrange transport of such packages or foodstuffs from his own store up the Lake to Narcissus Hut for parties coming from the north. Naturally, written advice and payment for stores and services should be sent well in advance. ACCESS: To the northern end b7 way of Launceston or Burnie, Trains leave those points daily (except Sunday) at about 9.301a,m3 and 6,30 a m. respectively. Change trains at Railton Junction, aid join rail motor to Sheffield. Fare from Launceston_to Sheffield about The proprietor of 1Ialdheim Chalet (Mr. E. Connell, “Waldheim”, Cradle Valley, via Sheffield) will arrange motor transport from Sheffield to Waldheim Chalet, at a oost of about 5 per car load (car carries five but the charge is more or less standard, irresective of number carried. Accommodation at the Chalet may also be arranged at a teriff of about l3/- per day. Naturally, requests for transport or lodgjJLs must be made some time ahead, either direct to Mr. Connell, or throlzh the Tasmanian Government lourist Bureau. If not desirous of staying at the Chalet, camping in that vicinity would be unpleasant under weather conditions we experienced, but may be satisfactory in a fine spoil e Ad-vance request to Mr Connell may secure use of the Picnic Hut near the Chalet., Do riot confuse, this with Kitchen Hut, 3 miles away and on the shoeldor of Cradle Mt. Kit che Hut is at best an emergeny refe, and uct worthy of ovel,n:s. ht halt except in case of trcableo Access to the scuth of the Reserve fs by way of the HobartZueenstown road. During last summer rbuses loft Hcbat at a,n also E p m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, arfeving Derwent BrfLdge” about 5 hours later. eturn services leave Geonstewn at F) a,:m daily and 2 p0m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturday, pass Ike:went Bridge about Si hours later, and reach Hobart about 4 p,m, and 9,3e p,m. respectively. Derwant Bridge is 2* miles from Lake St,Clair, where small cabins may be rented from the Ranger at a few shillings per nights The Ranger also operates a launch service up the lake to Narcissus Hut, if one desires to avoid a days march to that point. IBus fare Hobart to DerwentBridge about 25/-, launch faro about 57,.. Parties coming through the Reserve from the north may arrange to be 11. picked up by launch at Narcissus, by writing the Hanger some time ahead and specifying date. THE RESERVE WALK. The map issued by the Tourist Bureau covers this very completely, and only a:few notes are needed here, supplementing the general comments of Part 1. The trail is well staked and clearly defined throughout, and although generally muddy, it should be practically impossible to lose ones way. Walking will be fuirly slow, Et9 a rule, but summer days are very long. Except for the first day out from Waldheim, generally regarded as a “long” 12 miles, the remaining stages from hut to hut are well within the capacity of modest walkers. Indeed, if you are a 'tiger“ party, it may be poss.-13bl to telescope two of the shorter stages into one day, provided you are content to see only the mud at your feet. Even timid climbers should find some of the peaks reasonably easy (notwithstanding which, I confess we didn?t completely surmount any ourselves). The rock formation consists mainly of a platform of sandstone, capped by ragged columns of dolor to which make a striking skyline. The huts forming the end of each -'ago (“indomerer Pellor Ducane, Narcissus - from north to south) are comfol-ablo, though usually liable to overcrowding between mid-De3eTJper and 'Lc.1(3-=1:-DIelary. The smallest hut, Pelion, sleeps only C with eem:9 bu:3 a south on the main trail (the hut being on a loop t- The no rih-eae.) two permanent tents give alternative shelter-fl to say o always ensures leaving a supply of firewood for 1.re Y,ext reach the hut. Camping would be possible in a n-ebe, of plaees under fair weather conditions, but these zoints are rather 77,-c7 eepa7,ated by thickly grown or swampy areas. JJont rely on being able to camp When one feels inclined. The majority of significant mountains; lakes and locality spots can be seen from the trail itself in clear woaher, ad one may explore them at discretion, One deteu2z, whie”–1 is re.?o=erde:', that into Pine Valley, where there is a conior.:able 11), ace] fi dc )r two spent in trips, using the hut as a base, 17oed. not be tod0,:vn;z to overcrowding at Pine Valley Hut and dismal wea7vio, w mLssod a scheduled stay there, and so failed to explore the Lab:7ith or ascend the Acropollis - noted local attractions, 14nother deviation recommended is to LakecMarion, prettily sitLLated in the shadow of Mt. Ciould and the Guardians. By walking the accepted stages on successlve clays, and taking no rest days, the trip through from Waldheim to Narcissus Hut oc,J=ies four days. (1, “aldheim-Windermere, 12 miles: 2. Pelion Hat 10 Miles: 3: Ducane Hut, 2 miles: 4. Narcissus Hut, 12 miles). It is much better, if time permits to have a day or two in reserve for side trips, to allow for bad weather; while a day spent browsing around Dove Lake and the other environs of Cradle Mountain is a happy thought, l2 Wellm it was intended to cover all three significant walking areas in Tasmania in this Part 2 - but the ;ength of the foregoing alarms me: perhaps you will find that the editor chips in here, and defers the rest for a further edition. If so, I accept that as the penalty for using too many words. FEDERATION NOTES. by Brian G. Harvey. CLEAR HILL “SECONDARY” LADDER. It appears that the fencing wire ladder referrud to in last menthts Notes wac not as inft2,m as reported, and was no worse than Tarro's Ladder before the latter was replaced by pitons. A watchful eye is to be maintained en its condition. BOUDDI NATURAL PARK. Mr. Allen Strom of S.B.W and Miss Daphne Ball 77C77-.77-177V7777n appointed trustees of this reer-;ation in lieu. of Miss Marie Byles and Mr. Theo Atkinson. Appreciation of the work of the retiring trustees was recorded. WAMBERAL BUSHLANDS PRESERVATION COTT_ITTEE was given sl-D1:)ort 1n is protests to the Minister for Lands regarding the loasans of a tlot of flora and fauna reserve at walliberal for the estahl7Ishnnt ct a .'ades and Labour Council holiday camp. Indignation was (ixL,red at t'e, action of the alienation of the land and the eJftcr: on -].c s-2bsoil and encroaching sand dunes, as at Kurnoll. FEDERATION RETTNION Camp Committee reported were Fresent ali=“67a, where water, frewo..:id and ace11-co available in large quantics. 17:o c,a1,=,1 and the absence of motor-bikes ark, It was shown that sites approachablo only on ice'. An the past Macquarie Fields has proved or ,.ntloradryi, -he ).-'cort contained much,admiration for Dorman Lo,,67s c f 'Donl:oylt3 Serenade” and “Ghost Riders in the Sky', It 'A7t) T;hat fut are relznions would be held in May of each year on the wood nearest the first full moon. FEDERATION DANCE in March resulted in a not prof; of 1o,a7.nd. WITER-1757= sliggusted aff1;aed 7-17.5sciptiZni so that a izoe copy of a o*;: be posted to all members. The suggestion was net El-oed, and it was felt an annual produced under such oolidL-tlens would resait in a publication of poor literary standard The ITEk;arle should sell on it own merits. Owing to the persisting high p oining costs there w22 be no annual this year. CODE OF ETHICS. A supply-has been forwarded to all clubs and we now 'await critnisms (if any) MAR4 MORETON PRIMITIVE AREA. The question of timber cut ring in this area was again raised, and it was learnt that as difficult was being met in the demarkation of the reserve boundary, the matter was resting in a dusty Department of Lands pigeon hole, 13 Letter to the Editor. au. ma. 4. .musam cro….amsimul owe .ntoma ufa. =M.N. ITC 7 -INIRERS. “Sir: It was amusing, reading of my cucumbers, but unfitting that they should be placed in the sane class as the many concoctions for t various an d assorted palates”. These concoctions are known only too well to. bushwalkers. At times, admittedly, one must laugh at the eating habit s of s onio people, but the eat ing. of c.11c,i trabc.:s is quite in order and should not be looked upon as abnormal, A cream horn decked with a spread of imanut butter is on a par with an ice cream on a 'choice terri or steak. Still, likes and dislikeq are the marks of individuality, It is certainly not unusual., and yet it is always surprising, how easy it is for one to bor.:cm:a singled out and have the finger of scorn pointed in mockery bec:ause one does what one wishes. I know, because I have had it poLn ted at me many times for eating cucumbers, which are said to be poD2orLouF5-, same finger makes one laugh on realising the ignoi'ance behind its oscillating movement. The gentleman who consumed that odd combination, to the amazement of witnesses, is intrepid. But I wonder if the same ge.-1',7-.1c-mar. on de7ouring that same crean-horn-plus-peal-Int-buLt er a anbi_na tion woild. -feel assured of stamina., as would another eating fo,pd 1,4-orthl If he feels so assured, then he can point the f no: waeut fear of being humiliated. Cucumber rates high as a food, wheres the othe7c- ,:r.L.,-!;Inns are worse than second rate. In diet I have 1102 ivals; end vLa you think about that doesnYt matter, but dont despise the C”.1.cri Ha:11” - 1 , -44=P BIGGER BRIGHTER fIND BETTER BUSH GARDENS. On a recent trip Paddy visited Adelaide and had the ploasure of doing an overnight camping trip in the Onkaparinga Gorge (known affectionately as the 'Onka perstinka or just plain “Onle7 to the Adelaide Bushwalkes). It was an interesting trip. Not the least interesting was the discovery of a tree which in ignorance we assumed to be confined to the Sydney district - the Port Jackson Pine (also known as the Middle Harbour pine - Callitris Cupressiformis). There grew quite a little copse of them in the gorge and we went up and shook their hands - delighted to find familiar faces so far from home. On the way back to the city we 'aid a visit to a real native garden (there seemed to be acres of it where ')77-erj collected some of the finest West Australian end Victorian species. The good lady who aimed the place came out armed with secateurs and a bundle of envelopes and now we have a stack of native shrub seeds which will give us work far years to come. XXXXXXXXXXXX What has Paddy Got? MYar White japara tents. Lightweight japara groundsheets. Steel frame rucksacks. Billies upright and squat types. Flatic screw top jars. Orders for sleeping bags opened 1st March. There ray still be some left. Give Paddy a ring. Phone BX 3505 PADDY PikLLIN, Camp Gear for Walkers 327 George St., SYDNEY.