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|**Sales and Subs.**|Shirley Evans| | |**Sales and Subs.**|Shirley Evans| | ||
|**Typed by**|Jean Harvey| | |**Typed by**|Jean Harvey| | ||
- | |**Production and Business Manager**|Brian Harvey (JW1462) | + | |**Production and Business Manager**|Brian Harvey (JW1462)| |
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You see, we have not a great deal laid down for us. The Extraordinary Meeting on April 18th will have to chart its own course to a great extent. Nothing has been pre-determined as to how any moneys accruing from sale or resumption of Portion 7 shall be used. | You see, we have not a great deal laid down for us. The Extraordinary Meeting on April 18th will have to chart its own course to a great extent. Nothing has been pre-determined as to how any moneys accruing from sale or resumption of Portion 7 shall be used. | ||
- | The meeting will necessarily be an " | + | The meeting will necessarily be an " |
A familiar statement when Era funds are being discussed is that the donors made an unconditional gift of their contributions. It is very true that all donations were gifts for the purchase of Era: it is equally true, as outlined above, that they were prepared to have their donations handed to the Government to secure the resumption of Era. However, Era has now been resumed, and despite our best endeavours it seems improbable that we shall be able to devote the funds to any project connected with Era. In these circumstances, | A familiar statement when Era funds are being discussed is that the donors made an unconditional gift of their contributions. It is very true that all donations were gifts for the purchase of Era: it is equally true, as outlined above, that they were prepared to have their donations handed to the Government to secure the resumption of Era. However, Era has now been resumed, and despite our best endeavours it seems improbable that we shall be able to devote the funds to any project connected with Era. In these circumstances, | ||
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Malcolm McGregor, elected President at the Annual General Meting of 1952, was admitted to membership of the Club in February,. 1943. His active interest in walking matters may be judged by the fact that he was elected a Vice-President a little more than a year later, holding that office during the 1944-45 period. | Malcolm McGregor, elected President at the Annual General Meting of 1952, was admitted to membership of the Club in February,. 1943. His active interest in walking matters may be judged by the fact that he was elected a Vice-President a little more than a year later, holding that office during the 1944-45 period. | ||
- | The following year (1946) saw his marriage to fellow member Elsa Isaacs, and shortly afterwards the call of home-building interrupted his walking | + | The following year (1946) saw his marriage to fellow member Elsa Isaacs, and shortly afterwards the call of home-building interrupted his walking |
In two other ways Malcolm has always kept himself up to date with Club matters, and closely associated with Club functions. Members | In two other ways Malcolm has always kept himself up to date with Club matters, and closely associated with Club functions. Members | ||
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After notice of the Annual General Meeting had been taken as read, we brisked through the minutes (somewhat stale after 12 months storage), and received and adopted both Annual Report and Balance Sheet. Then the customary Suspension of Standing Orders, this time somewhat more involved than before, since we had to fix subscription and entrance fee, debate two constitutional amendments which would affect the elections, and secure approval to elect officers while other business proceeded. | After notice of the Annual General Meeting had been taken as read, we brisked through the minutes (somewhat stale after 12 months storage), and received and adopted both Annual Report and Balance Sheet. Then the customary Suspension of Standing Orders, this time somewhat more involved than before, since we had to fix subscription and entrance fee, debate two constitutional amendments which would affect the elections, and secure approval to elect officers while other business proceeded. | ||
- | The Treasurer had a word with us on the first subject. We had made our way through the year with a minute profit, we had actually met the cost of the duplicator from current funds instead of reserves, but if we were to invest in any new equipment in the coming year then the position may become impossible. He favoured an increase in subscription of £1 for members over 21 years of age, and 15/- for junior members, provided that where both man and wife were active members, the wifely sub. should be only 10/-. The probable financial results were demonstrated by a mathematical analysis on the blackboard. Gil pointed out that a number or married couples remained active for sentimental reasons, and would possibly desert us if we socked them £2 for active membership. And as he pointed out we had 26 active married couples, that was to say, "fiftytwo | + | The Treasurer had a word with us on the first subject. We had made our way through the year with a minute profit, we had actually met the cost of the duplicator from current funds instead of reserves, but if we were to invest in any new equipment in the coming year then the position may become impossible. He favoured an increase in subscription of £1 for members over 21 years of age, and 15/- for junior members, provided that where both man and wife were active members, the wifely sub. should be only 10/-. The probable financial results were demonstrated by a mathematical analysis on the blackboard. Gil pointed out that a number or married couples remained active for sentimental reasons, and would possibly desert us if we socked them £2 for active membership. And as he pointed out we had 26 active married couples, that was to say, "fifty-two |
Somewhat queried was the attitude towards working wives, but Gil observed that these were " | Somewhat queried was the attitude towards working wives, but Gil observed that these were " | ||
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After Federation Report excerpts from a Blue Mountain newspaper was read, with suggestions of road construction from Bell's line of Road to Mt. Banks (Mt. King George). We decided to refer this to Federation for investigation. The Treasurer' | After Federation Report excerpts from a Blue Mountain newspaper was read, with suggestions of road construction from Bell's line of Road to Mt. Banks (Mt. King George). We decided to refer this to Federation for investigation. The Treasurer' | ||
- | We heard the report of the Song Book Sub-Committee, | + | We heard the report of the Song Book Sub-Committee, |
So much having been done in the way of suspended orders, we were already at the adjourned debate on Christmas Parties. Gwen Frost resumed discussion, and Ken Meadows took up the challenge. In the year of the 21st Birthday, he said, many wished we had held a Christmas Party, so why not this time. And to relieve the Social Secretary, why not special sub-committees for both functions? Kath Brown felt that we should be guided by the Social Secretary, and many would not be happy to spend £1 or more on each of two parties in a short time. If we didn't make the minimum number to pay the bill, the Whole Club met the cost. Jack Wren agreed, saying we could hold a good Christmas Party in the Room, and Kevin Ardill hammered home the money angle - the Club would have to pay the tax on both functions. | So much having been done in the way of suspended orders, we were already at the adjourned debate on Christmas Parties. Gwen Frost resumed discussion, and Ken Meadows took up the challenge. In the year of the 21st Birthday, he said, many wished we had held a Christmas Party, so why not this time. And to relieve the Social Secretary, why not special sub-committees for both functions? Kath Brown felt that we should be guided by the Social Secretary, and many would not be happy to spend £1 or more on each of two parties in a short time. If we didn't make the minimum number to pay the bill, the Whole Club met the cost. Jack Wren agreed, saying we could hold a good Christmas Party in the Room, and Kevin Ardill hammered home the money angle - the Club would have to pay the tax on both functions. | ||
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|**Conservation Secty.**|Tom Moppett| | |**Conservation Secty.**|Tom Moppett| | ||
|**Committee Members**|Edna Stretton, Elsie McGregor, Ken Meadows and Jim Hooper| | |**Committee Members**|Edna Stretton, Elsie McGregor, Ken Meadows and Jim Hooper| | ||
- | |**Federation delegates**|Paul Barnes, Allen Strom, Kath Brown and Jeanne Golding | + | |**Federation delegates**|Paul Barnes, Allen Strom, Kath Brown and Jeanne Golding (Kath Brown and Jeanne Golding to sit on Committee from 1/7/52| |
- | (Kath Brown and Jeanne Golding to sit on Committee from 1/7/52| | + | |
|**Substitute Delegates**|Wal Roots and Brian Harvey| | |**Substitute Delegates**|Wal Roots and Brian Harvey| | ||
|**Literary Editor**|Jim Brown| | |**Literary Editor**|Jim Brown| | ||
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- | REUNION | + | =====Reunion |
- | wommeuseam, | + | |
By Kath McKay. | By Kath McKay. | ||
- | :During the week I met one of our past Presl_d | + | |
- | It just can't be done" | + | During the week I met one of our past Presidents, and mentioned |
- | ent s and mentioned | + | |
- | to Alrite.up the Reunion. Said, "na.ny people | + | With this chastening reflection, I take up my typewriter to jot down a few bare facts about the weekend, all too conscious that the narrative must be but a poor shadow |
- | s eIer managed to do | + | |
- | With this chastening reflection, I ' | + | Sometimes, it seems, the gods relent and hand us the perfect gift with no visible strings |
- | narrative must be but- a poor shadow | + | |
- | Sometimes', it seems, the gods relent and hand us the perfect gift with no visible strings | + | "This is right - S.B.W." |
- | This is right - he said. (Two unenlightened cyclists, seeing the sign later, were heard to remark: "South by West? Surely anyone can see the track?) | + | |
- | Just then the P allin car shot by, heading west, so we followed | + | Just then the Pallin |
- | in hot pursuit and a cloud of dust. At journey' | + | |
" | " | ||
- | Quite a bevy of cars were' rarked farther on in the 'bush, where the steep descent begins. "Ah, Stan and Jennie haVe arrived" | ||
- | When. we reached camp there was a scene of great activity. Bill Henley' | ||
- | After selecting a choice position on the river terrace with soft turf, plenty of bracken, water view and nearly all mod, cons., we had time to re-une here and there, inspeet the ideal location of the Camp | ||
- | Fire in a natural amphitheatre, | ||
- | The washing up was barely done before the company began to move towards the Camp Fire, torches flickering in and out between the trees and curses curdling the air as feet tripped over the guy ropes. The night was warm, still and starlit, so sleeping bags were taken along as cushions rather than for warmth. A touch of Roman luxury was lent by the Barretts' | ||
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- | Tom MoRpett; as outgoing P resid.ent, bade us reflect a moment on past camp-fires, then introduced the two old rrembers (Renge Browne and Tarro) and two new (Pat Sullivan and. Billy Rodgers) whose torches of kerosene-soaked rag touched off_ the 1952' Camp Fire, A Masterpiece it was too, one of the best Bill Henley has ever built us-, burning in a compact glowing mass the whole night | ||
- | Paddy was soon on thejob of leading choruses, and the new song book :issued recently under Kath Brown' | ||
- | The traditional impressive ceremony of investing the new President | + | Quite a bevy of cars were parked farther on in the bush, where the steep descent begins. "Ah, Stan and Jennie have arrived" |
- | Duncan; Maurie Berry, Edna Garrad and Tom Moppett...- | + | |
- | . | + | When we reached camp there was a scene of great activity. Bill Henley' |
- | -Our new President, together with -El.sa-; | + | |
- | one with a'MadaMe | + | After selecting a choice position on the river terrace with soft turf, plenty of bracken, water view and nearly all mod. cons., we had time to re-une here and there, inspect the ideal location of the Camp Fire in a natural amphitheatre, |
+ | |||
+ | The washing up was barely done before the company began to move towards the Camp Fire, torches flickering in and out between the trees and curses curdling the air as feet tripped over the guy ropes. The night was warm, still and starlit, so sleeping bags were taken along as cushions rather than for warmth. A touch of Roman luxury was lent by the Barretts' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Tom Moppett, as outgoing President, bade us reflect a moment on past camp-fires, then introduced the two old members (Renee Browne and Tarro) and two new (Pat Sullivan and Billy Rodgers) whose torches of kerosene-soaked rag touched off the 1952 Camp Fire. A Masterpiece it was too, one of the best Bill Henley has ever built us, burning in a compact glowing mass the whole night . | ||
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+ | Paddy was soon on the job of leading choruses, and the new song book issued recently under Kath Brown' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The traditional impressive ceremony of investing the new President, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Our new President, together with Elsa, gave us a topical | ||
+ | |||
+ | Kevin Ardill presided at the initiation of some 16 new members who were compelled to quaff (out of a boot) a horrid brew or witchetty grubs, sock-washing water, grey hairs of wisdom from Renee' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The most amusing sketch of the evening was a dramatised version of Jim Brown's article in the February issue of the magazine, "To Make Damper" | ||
+ | |||
+ | The most appealing musical turn was undoubtedly that of "The Pat Sullivan Singers" | ||
+ | |||
+ | Before the Camp Fire was well under way who should arrive but Ray Bean and Ron Eddes, just dropping in for the evening and off again after the performance as though it were a suburban picture theatre. Brightest quip of the evening came from Ray as we talked with him over supper. He had drunk his cocoa, and twiddling with his mug, got the handle stuck on the third finger of his left hand. He wrestled with it anxiously, muttering "Hope I can get it off - I'd hate to be married to a mug. So does my wife" | ||
+ | |||
+ | A rough count of heads at the Camp Fire showed the number at about 90, and with a few more arrivals on Sunday and 11 children we were well over the century. The children ranged from Barry Duncan and Peter Cramp in their teens to the Herb Morris' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Quite a number saw the night out - not by the camp fire proper, where Tom Kenny-Roya1 for one slept undisturbed - but in small groups round individual fires, where singing was kept up till 6.30 a.m. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Several tents were struck early and the Duncan family, Clare and Fifi Kinsella, Edna Garrad, Maurie Berry, Tuggie Harris and others took their departure. The rest of the assembly spent a leisurely morning talking, eating and dipping in the creek. Noises off like a paddle steamer coming round the bend proved to be merely Renee Browne doing a backward kick stroke in the shallow water. | ||
+ | |||
+ | At 12.30 Miriam Steenbohm as usual judged the damper contest, awarding first prize to Claude Haynes, second to Bill Rodgers and third to " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The same perfect weather continued throughout Sunday, and not even the crowded tedious train journey homewards could shake our conviction that Woods Creek is the best Re-Union location we have seen for many year, | ||
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+ | |||
+ | ====Legal Eagles At Work.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Is the Woods Creek Re-union legal? At the February Meeting it was resolved to hold the Annual Re-Union "on the weekend immediately following the Annual General Meeting" | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Too Little and Too Late.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Madden damper was insufficiently cooked to present to the Judges at the Re-union. Comment by L. Scotland - " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====How We Went To The Reunion.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | By " | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is the only way to get to reunions, we say, as the latest acquisition speeds merrily along the highway under the expert (?) touch of the proud owner. We think pityingly of those lesser fortunate beings doomed to rely on the vagaries of the Railways Department, not to mention the tantrums of bus owners, to get them to Woods Creek. Spoils half the fun, we think. | ||
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+ | Reaching the wide open spaces of Beecroft, we settle down to enjoy the scenery and the weather. So much better than dirty steam trains. Alas, man proposes, but God (and the devil) disposes. Our complacency is suddenly shattered by what is surely an alien sound in any self-respecting vehicle. | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | "Eh, Jim, this cane out from somewhere, do you think its important?" | ||
+ | |||
+ | Jim rather thinks it might be, so the car is nursed gently into the side of the road, where it rests at a tired-looking angle with two wheels in the gutter, and apparently seeking support from a friendly telegraph pole. Off comes the wheel, and after much poking and probing the two experts sit back and assure each other solemnly that there is " | ||
+ | |||
+ | After about an hour the N.R.M.A. arrives in the person of a bored looking mechanic who obviously has no inclination to soil his fingers with our miserable wreck. What is needed, it seems, is some rare and elusive contraption called a wheelpuller. Personally I'd settle for a wheelbarrow. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Heated discussion follows, resulting in the proud owner departing (by courtesy of said Railways Department) for Chatswood to try to locate a friend who might be at home, and might have a key to a garage which might contain a tool which might do the job which might end in us getting to the Reunion after all. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Jim pessimistically inquires about the trains to North Richmond. There aren't any. The prospects of hitching being regretfully abandoned we turn sadly for home. By 5.30 p.m. much anxious telephoning establishes the fact that the Reunion is ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ah well, as someone was heard to remark recently: "The only thing wrong with a Vauxhall is you vaux all the way there, and you vaux all the way back". Could this, I wonder, be the origin of the expression " | ||
- | Kevin Ardill presided at the inifiation of some -:16 new members who | ||
- | were compelled to quaff (out of a `boot)_. a horrid, brew. or Witchetty--grubs, | ||
- | - , | ||
- | sock-washing. water, gtkey. liaars of wisdom from Renee' | ||
- | The most amusing- sketch. of the ,..evening was a..-dramatised version of Jim Brown' | ||
- | \ the baker' | ||
- | .- . | ||
- | The most appealing musical tUrn. was, undoubtedly that of -"The, Pat | ||
- | Sullivan Sin.g-ersg. who harmonised in several items with the ease born of | ||
- | ' long practice on their. recent Tasmanian trip. , Indeed one round they ... | ||
- | sang - or.- noboAy -at home - became virtpa-1,1y the theme 'Song | ||
- | 10. | ||
- | of this year Is Reunion. Snatches of it echoed from tent after tent as we went sleepily bedwards, and- in the morning we woke to hear again its simple dharming melody. | ||
- | Before the Camp Fire was well under way who shou3d arrive but Ray Bean a rd Ron Eddes, just dropping in for the evening and off again after the performance as though it were a suburban picture theatre. Brightest quip of the evening catre from Ray as we talked with him over supper. | ||
- | He had drunk his cocoa, and twiddling with his mug, got the handle stuck on the:third finger of his left hand. He wrestled -with it anxiously, muttering Hope I can get it off - Id hate to be married to a mug. So does my wife". | ||
- | .A rough count of heads at the Camp Fire showed the number at about 90, and with a few more arrivals on Sunday and 11 children we were well over the century. Thechladren ranged 'from Barry Duncan and Peter Cramp in their teens to the Herb Morris 's product Rosemary, or. Norris Minor, - just toddling, and having the time of her life at her first reunion. In between these ages came Rona and Wendy Butler, Nancy and Katherine Moppett, Eileen Ashdown and George and Josephine Barnes; and a very late arrival was Jack Gentle with his small son, Barry, at 1 p.m. on Suhday. Other late-comers on Sunday were Jim Hcoper and BarryFrecker, | ||
- | Quite a number saw the night out - not by the camp fire proper, where Tom Kenny7-Roya1 for one slept undisturbed - but in ', | ||
- | Several tents were stimck early and ' the Duncan family, Clare and Fifi Kinsella, Edna Garrad, Maurie Berry, Tuggie Harris and others took | ||
- | their departure. The rest of the assembly spent a leiurely morning talking, eating and dipping in the creek. Noises off like a paddle steamer coming round the bend proved to be merely Renee Browne doing a backward kick stroke in the shallow water. | ||
- | At 12.30 Miriam Steenbohm as usual judged the damper contest, | ||
- | - awarding first prize to Claude Haynes, second to Bill Rodgers and third | ||
- | to " | ||
- | The s ate perfect weather continued thral' | ||
- | ' | ||
- | LEGAL EAGLES AT WORK. Is the Woods Creek. Re-union legal.? At the. Februa747-WJEETE-TE-Was resolved to hold the Annual e.Union "on the weekend imMediately following the Annual General Meeting | ||
- | TOO LITTLE AND TOO LATE. The Madden danper was insufficiently cooked to rre-s-erirE7=7" | ||
- | (7, | ||
- | HOW WE WENT TO THE REUNION. | ||
- | mu..myarp.smas ae-w.aa | ||
- | ' By IT' | ||
- | This is the only way to get to reanions, we say, as the latest acquisition speeds merrily along the highwayunder the expert (?) touch of the proud owner. We think pityingly of those lesser forttmatO beings doomed to rely on the vagaries of the Railways Department, not to mention the tantruns of busowners,, to get them to Woods Creek. Spoils half the fun, we think. | ||
- | Reaching the wide open -spaces of Beecroft, we settle down to enjoy ,the bcenery and the weather. So much better than dirty steam trains. Alas, man proposes, but God (and the devil) disposes. Our complacenCy is suddenly shattered by what is surely an alien sound in any self- respecting vehicle. | ||
- | O.K.", says the proud owner, hop ing out gaily, "only the exhaust fallen off: ' Follows sUndry scrabblings underneath with a few kicks aimed at the suspect part, and off we go again. Not for long, however. An ominous clunk-clunking noise from the vicinity of the back wheel suggests that the maligned exhaust was-not the cause of the trouble. The proud owner disappears Underneath once more, to emerge pre s ently dusty and slightly puzzled, holding aloft a rather forlorn- looking 'spare part' | ||
- | "Eh, JiM, this cane out from somewhere, do you think its important?" | ||
- | Jim rathir thinks it might be, sd the car is nursed gently into the side ofthe road, where it rests at a tired-looking angle with two wheels in. the gutter, and apparently seeking support from a friendly telegraph pole. Off comes the wheel, and after much poking and probi3g the tw9 experts sit back and assure each other solemnly that there is | ||
- | something gonefin there. Finding that they oanft dismantle the car with the aid of numerous spanners (andsa nail file), they finally sit down to wait for the N.R.M.A. During this time the proud owner displays the usual traits of most owners of broken-down vehicles. They are prone to suddenly get up, wand-er r-ound the car, land one or two thoughtful kicks in the general direction of the offending bit of mechanism, gaze dejectedly round the landscape and sit down again. The process Is repeated at roughly ten minute intervals. | ||
- | After aboat an hour the N.R.M.A. arrives in the person of a bored looking mechanic who obviously has no inclination to soil his fingers with our miserable wreck. What is needed, it seems, is some rare and elusive contraption called a wheelpuller. Personally I'd settle for a wheelbarrow. | ||
- | | ||
- | (by courtesy of said Railways Department for Chatswood to try to locate a friend Who might be at home' Might have a key to a garage which might contain a tool which might do the job which might end in us getting to the Reunion after all. | ||
- | Jim pessimistically inquires about the trains to North Richmond. There aren't any. The prospects of hitching being regretfully abandoned | ||
- | we turn sadly for home. By 5.30 p.m. much anxious telephoning establishes the fact that the Reunion is ' | ||
- | Ah well, as someone was heard to remark recentlr: 1;The only thing wrong with a Vauxhall is you vaux all the way there, and you vaux all the way back". Could this, I wonder, be the origin of the expression !Windscreen Bushvauxer!. | ||
Anyway, I don't have to repack for Federation Reunion! | Anyway, I don't have to repack for Federation Reunion! | ||
- | B.O. AREAS. | + | |
- | There have been dire prophesies that walking this winter will | + | ---- |
- | be very much limited as a result of the gummer's bush fires. Certainly it is depressing, if not actually uncomfortable, | + | |
- | TO start with, observations along the Narrow | + | =====B.O. Areas.==== |
- | The Gangerangs and the Mt, Guouogang - Mt. Jenolan country show burnt patches (from distant viewpoints). The valley of the Cox is untouched from Blue Dog down to Cedar Creek; but from this point fires have burnt almost to-water level on the left (north) bank. Thegn.ssy | + | |
+ | There have been dire prophesies that walking this winter will be very much limited as a result of the summer's bush fires. Certainly it is depressing, if not actually uncomfortable, | ||
+ | |||
+ | To start with, observations along the Narrow | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Gangerangs and the Mt, Guouogang - Mt. Jenolan country show burnt patches (from distant viewpoints). The valley of the Cox is untouched from Blue Dog down to Cedar Creek; but from this point fires have burnt almost to water level on the left (north) bank. The grassy | ||
To sum up, walking in the south Blue Mountains should be generally quite reasonable this winter. | To sum up, walking in the south Blue Mountains should be generally quite reasonable this winter. | ||
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- | WITH OR WITHOTT MINT SAUCE. | ||
- | With the election of Don FROST to Walks Secretary, please don't gain the impression of cold wintery walks. Don is like the rest of us - he likes roast lamb - but don't give him the CCU SHOULDER - at least then 'le approaches you to help complete his Walks Programme for July - October. Remember, spring will be in the air half-way through his programme - there' | ||
- | TASMANIA | ||
- | By. Frank Rigby. | ||
- | '(Part I of an account of a motor cycle tour- of the Apple | ||
- | There was much merriment and chuckling among the thirty odd motorcyclists who cane over with me on the TrTaroona" | ||
- | The first piece of trouble came along before "the thing" had moved ten yards on Tasmanian soil. The wretched clutch cable protested by snapping clean in two, but a spare ready-made duplicate prevented the bad language' | ||
- | , 4 And so to Launceston for the Pirst stop, accompanied by two long- lost friends I had net on the boat. Strange to say, I was in front, but after a couple of miles I became aware of the fact that I was travelling alone. After a short wait, my friends duly turned up - with my torch! My pannier bags were so full of gear that it was impossible to close them completely and so they protested quite justifiably by starting to throw a few things out. At this early stage all sorts of hoTrible misgivings crowded my mind concerning a certain lack of preparedness for this, my longest trip. However, it proved to be a false alarm as I was fortunate enough to be in possession of all the odd and sundry baggage a the end of the trip-. | ||
- | The glorious orchard and river scenery, of the Tamar Valley is indeed a sight worthy of Tasmaniars front doorstep. The excellent bitumen road was also conducive to high spirits (especially after what I had heard of Tassie roads), and I found myself singing the praises of the Island Stateis powers-that-be. I could never have guessed that this premature impression of the roads was to be dashed to pieces on the corrugated gravel a couple of days later. | ||
- | Our first impressions of Launceston were the beautiful gardens on every side and the attitude of the people to life. No one in Tasmania | ||
- | n ever hurries or ever seems to have to hurry. There are no jammed streets, no survival-of-the-fittest atmosphere and, most conspicuous, | ||
- | With so much material all around, I was itching to get the colour camera clicking and so to.orre of those magnificent private gardens | ||
- | or in actuality this one :was more like a flower farm - blooms en Masse of every conpeivable variety and colour. With a try-anything-onces te of mind we walked in and found the avid gardener almost hidden behia bank or vivid gladioli. With obvious pride he showed us around nestate" | ||
- | 14. | ||
- | with raspberries, | ||
- | of the-line of least resistance when we fed in town - and providential, | ||
- | it (I have now thrown away all my aluminium pegs), I eventually conquered the " | ||
- | into the cosiness of the sleeping-bag and recuperation. My first day in Tass le, I felt, had been worth remembering. | ||
- | The next morning my new found companions and I parted company,- they to travel the Island in the anti-clockwise direction while I was to try the clockwise. I think they had grave suspicions concerning the capabilities of my frail looking _machine, and I in my turn became possessed of an indescribable hunch that they were going the wrong-way somehow. How providentially right this turned out to be was plainly evident when we eventually compared notes. They had ploughed their way day after day through rain and-cold and slush, a veritable motorcyclist' | ||
- | And so I plodded my way over towards the east coast, with-the ' continuous chatter of the exhaust my only companion,. An attempt on 4,000 feet Mt. Barrow was made 'but on this day the engine flatly refused to tackle the climbing in anything but low gear and so a humiliating retreat had to be made. The rich farming country around Scottsdale is a sight indeed, as every conceivable vegetable gilows in.profusion. Suddenly you leave the farms and find yourself in that exquisite mountainous region of the north-east corner. Then almost as suddenly again the blue of the Tasman Sea_ hits you from below. That is the beauty of Tasmania - over the nexthill is a complete change of scenery type - what a contrast to parts of cur mainland with its unending monotony for hundreds of. miles at a stretch. I put-putted | ||
- | into the camping ground at st. Helens tired and hungry but was immediately compensated with a going-concerm fire and a huge flounder freshly caught by a fellow camper. Imagine that; _My joy I 5ust could not express. Well, flounder, chips, onions and what-not, washed down by a billy of tea, can keep anyone happy for a. while, I guess.- | ||
- | New Year's Eve had-come round again and true to form, I was in foreign parts as seems to be my annual ,fate, this time rapidly eating up the Tassy east coast., Coles Bay. was the meXt.objective and covered inred dust and a ndw familiar growth of beard, I crashed to a | ||
- | horizontal | + | ---- |
- | coast -re all there. I could imagine a summer resort a la Hayman Island | + | |
- | all time, I climbed one of the mountains there per the tourist route, but apart from this, I can recommend this granite to all exponents of the rock-climbing art. | + | =====With Or Without Mint Sauce.===== |
+ | |||
+ | With the election of Don Frost to Walks Secretary, please don't gain the impression of cold wintery walks. Don is like the rest of us - he likes roast lamb - but don't give him the Cold Shoulder - at least when he approaches you to help complete his Walks Programme for July - October. Remember, spring will be in the air half-way through his programme - there' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Tasmania By Two-Stroke.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | By Frank Rigby. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (Part I of an account of a motor cycle tour of the Apple Isle.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | There was much merriment and chuckling among the thirty odd motorcyclists who came over with me on the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The first piece of trouble came along before "the thing" had moved ten yards on Tasmanian soil. The wretched clutch cable protested by snapping clean in two, but a spare ready-made duplicate prevented the bad language customary on such occasions. | ||
+ | |||
+ | And so to Launceston for the first stop, accompanied by two long-lost friends I had met on the boat. Strange to say, I was in front, but after a couple of miles I became aware of the fact that I was travelling alone. After a short wait, my friends duly turned up - with my torch! My pannier bags were so full of gear that it was impossible to close them completely and so they protested quite justifiably by starting to throw a few things out. At this early stage all sorts of horrible misgivings crowded my mind concerning a certain lack of preparedness for this, my longest trip. However, it proved to be a false alarm as I was fortunate enough to be in possession of all the odd and sundry baggage a the end of the trip. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The glorious orchard and river scenery of the Tamar Valley is indeed a sight worthy of Tasmania' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Our first impressions of Launceston were the beautiful gardens on every side and the attitude of the people to life. No one in Tasmania ever hurries or ever seems to have to hurry. There are no jammed streets, no survival-of-the-fittest atmosphere and, most conspicuous, | ||
+ | |||
+ | With so much material all around, I was itching to get the colour camera clicking and so to one of those magnificent private gardens - or in actuality this one was more like a flower farm - blooms en masse of every conceivable variety and colour. With a try-anything-once state of mind we walked in and found the avid gardener almost hidden behind a bank or vivid gladioli. With obvious pride he showed us around his " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The next morning my new found companions and I parted company, they to travel the Island in the anti-clockwise direction while I was to try the clockwise. I think they had grave suspicions concerning the capabilities of my frail looking machine, and I in my turn became possessed of an indescribable hunch that they were going the wrong-way somehow. How providentially right this turned out to be was plainly evident when we eventually compared notes. They had ploughed their way day after day through rain and cold and slush, a veritable motorcyclist' | ||
+ | |||
+ | And so I plodded my way over towards the east coast, with the continuous chatter of the exhaust my only companion. An attempt on 4,000 feet Mt. Barrow was made but on this day the engine flatly refused to tackle the climbing in anything but low gear and so a humiliating retreat had to be made. The rich farming country around Scottsdale is a sight indeed, as every conceivable vegetable grows in profusion. Suddenly you leave the farms and find yourself in that exquisite mountainous region of the north-east corner. Then almost as suddenly again the blue of the Tasman Sea hits you from below. That is the beauty of Tasmania - over the next hill is a complete change of scenery type - what a contrast to parts of our mainland with its unending monotony for hundreds of miles at a stretch. I put-putted into the camping ground at St. Helens tired and hungry but was immediately compensated with a going-concern fire and a huge flounder freshly caught by a fellow camper. Imagine that! My joy I just could not express. Well, flounder, chips, onions and what-not, washed down by a billy of tea, can keep anyone happy for a while, I guess. | ||
+ | |||
+ | New Year's Eve had come round again and true to form, I was in foreign parts as seems to be my annual fate, this time rapidly eating up the Tassy east coast. Coles Bay was the next objective and, covered in red dust and a now familiar growth of beard, I crashed to a horizontal stop in the treacherous loose sand right outside the chateau, much to the amusement of the inmates. This Freycinet Peninsula seems to be a Nature | ||
(To be concluded.) | (To be concluded.) | ||
- | I.M11. | + | |
- | STILL WATERS | + | ---- |
- | Who is this quiet, unassuming | + | |
- | the pool? First he yaffles most of the prizes at the Swimndng | + | ====Still Waters |
- | ill | + | |
- | TENACITY. | + | Who is this quiet, unassuming |
- | Talking of leeches (vide March nagazine). Unqualified " | + | |
- | MOLE-OLOGY. | + | ---- |
- | The latest pastime. One of our members has a mole which reveals that he will marry early and probably die throll3h | + | |
- | BUSHWALKERS UNLIMITED. | + | ====Tenacity.==== |
- | mm. | + | |
- | Congratulations to Marjorie and Paul Barnes on the birth of a son ----- to Laurie and John Woods an the birth of a daughter - Rosalind | + | Talking of leeches (vide March magazine). Unqualified " |
- | FEDERATION NOTES. | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Mole-ology.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The latest pastime. One of our members has a mole which reveals that he will marry early and probably die through | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Bushwalkers Unlimited.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Congratulations to Marjorie and Paul Barnes on the birth of a son -- to Laurie and John Woods an the birth of a daughter - Rosalind | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Federation Notes.===== | ||
By Allen Strom. | By Allen Strom. | ||
- | INFORMATION OFFICER. | + | |
- | BUSHFIRE FIGHTING AND FLOOD RESCUE. | + | ====Information Officer: |
- | 16. | + | |
- | THE PORT DAVEY TRACK (TASMANIA): Repoted | + | Mr. Pallin |
- | and Gordon Vale had-Teen cut off by the Australian Newsprint Mills. | + | |
- | . The Launceston Walking Club is organising a petition to the authorities | + | ====Bushfire Fighting and Flood Rescue: |
- | and wculd like any information that Sydney | + | |
- | 25 _MILLION OIL REFINERY AT KURNELL: The pr oposal | + | Approaches have been made to the Police Department and the Bushfire Committee |
- | 77757-17IETR7F-r6F-rEFFT-U77E7gla | + | |
- | ERA LANDS. | + | ====The Port Davey Track (Tasmania):==== |
- | , | + | |
- | - | + | Reported |
- | GARAWARRA PARK: The President reported on another, move by the Burnihg | + | |
- | - | + | ====£25 Million Oil Refinery At Kurnell:==== |
- | FEDERAIiI0 N REUNION: To be held at uroka -Clearing on March 28/ | + | |
- | weeks. There had been a good reception from the National Park Trust and the public generally. The activities | + | The proposal |
- | 1. That plans be drawn up for recommencement of -actiirities | + | |
- | 2. That we ask for greater publicity on fire ban periods and | + | ====Era Lands: |
- | their significance. - | + | |
- | 3. That the Bushfire Advisory Committee be supplied with a resumiof | + | The Secretary |
- | 4 the Bushfire | + | |
- | QUORUM AT FEDERATION MEETING: It was agreed that the quorum shall be rilne d' | + | ====Garawarra Park:==== |
- | 17. | + | |
- | SWIMMING CARNIVAL N TES. | + | The President reported on another move by the Burning |
+ | |||
+ | ====Federation Reunion:==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | To be held at Euroka | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Bushfire patrols In National Park:==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The President reported that these patrols had been successfully carried out over the last six or seven weeks. There had been a good reception from the National Park Trust and the public generally. The activities | ||
+ | |||
+ | - That plans be drawn up for recommencement of activities | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Quorum At Federation Meeting:==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It was agreed that the quorum shall be nine delegates, representing | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Swimming Carnival Notes.===== | ||
By Kevin Ardill. | By Kevin Ardill. | ||
- | Believe it or not, the Swimming Carnival was held in perfect weather. The sun shone, the water sparkled, the competition for cups and prizes was particularly keen: the only criticism that could be expressed was that of 250 active members only a bout 30 active | + | |
+ | Believe it or not, the Swimming Carnival was held in perfect weather. The sun shone, the water sparkled, the competition for cups and prizes was particularly keen: the only criticism that could be expressed was that of 250 active members only about 30 active members were present. To sum up, the bodies were dampened, the spirits were not. Rather amazingly nobody drowned in the underwater events and one or two dark horses (or fishes) came to light. | ||
Results - with comments. | Results - with comments. | ||
- | MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP: | ||
- | MEN'S BREASTSTROKE: | ||
- | LADIES' | ||
- | MANDELBERG CUP: JEAN AND TOM MOPPETT: A fluke, but don't | ||
- | ---" | ||
- | DIVING: KEITH RENWICK: Showed a clean pair of heels to the judges. Corny, what! | ||
- | TIE PLUNGE: TOM MOPPETT: A natural for a married. t1.1 plunge ye ar s ago. | ||
- | UNDERWATER SWIM: TOM IVIOPPETT: At least 55 yards underwater 7-1E7 more than a fair effort. | ||
- | The Henley Cup for most points scored was won by WILL RODGERS and all competitors wish to express their thanks both for Bill' | ||
- | illaisummmime nommiffil | ||
- | One of the many Reunion highlights was Conductress Miriam Steenbohm,, | ||
- | He | ||
+ | __Men' | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Men' | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Ladies' | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Mandelberg Cup__: Jean and Tom Moppett: A fluke, but don't envy Tom trying to prove he played the major part in the win. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Diving__: Keith Renwick: Showed a clean pair of heels to the judges. Corny, what! | ||
+ | |||
+ | __The Plunge__: Tom Moppett: A natural for a married. He took plunge years ago. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Underwater Swim__: Tom Moppett: At least 55 yards underwater was more than a fair effort. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Henley Cup for most points scored was won by Will Rodgers and all competitors wish to express their thanks both for Bill's interest and enthusiasm in running the Carnival. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | One of the many Reunion highlights was Conductress Miriam Steenbohm, who did a good job collecting fares on the second bus from Woods Creek to Richmond. She handled, with practised charm, those who claimed half fare rates because they wore short pants. The fare bag added just the right touch, Mim. | ||
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