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| That old bugbear of Walks Secretaries, | That old bugbear of Walks Secretaries, | ||
| - | Of course, the proof of the pudding... after all, if the exciting day walks on the programme fail to take place, then it becomes a facade, suggesting that we are far more active than we really are. This programme deserves the fullest support, which means support from the members for those leaders who have devised fascinating and attractive trips, | + | Of course, the proof of the pudding... after all, if the exciting day walks on the programme fail to take place, then it becomes a facade, suggesting that we are far more active than we really are. This programme deserves the fullest support, which means support from the members for those leaders who have devised fascinating and attractive trips, |
| Naturally, with such a walkers' | Naturally, with such a walkers' | ||
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| - | After years of jealously storing up the minutes of the Annual General Meeting until they had properly matured, it seemed almost brash and indecent to find those of March 13th being confirmed by the vote of people who really could remember what had occurred. And then on to correspondence, | + | After years of jealously storing up the minutes of the Annual General Meeting until they had properly matured, it seemed almost brash and indecent to find those of March 13th being confirmed by the vote of people who really could remember what had occurred. And then on to correspondence, |
| There was, too, a letter from a lady who harboured dark doubts of our sincerity on conservation matters, particularly on Era. Her motives and her arguments were themselves far from lucid, but she urged us to allow our big bushwalking heart "That pulsing organ to swell to the size of a split pea". What we were to do after this access of generosity was not clear. A suitable, if almost too rational, reply had gone forward from our Conservation Secretary. | There was, too, a letter from a lady who harboured dark doubts of our sincerity on conservation matters, particularly on Era. Her motives and her arguments were themselves far from lucid, but she urged us to allow our big bushwalking heart "That pulsing organ to swell to the size of a split pea". What we were to do after this access of generosity was not clear. A suitable, if almost too rational, reply had gone forward from our Conservation Secretary. | ||
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| General Business was called and Dormie produced a large volume, the Annual of the Mountain Club of South Africa, a body he had visited on his recent tour. The journal had been sent as a complimentary to the Club, and he suggested we respond with twelve months' | General Business was called and Dormie produced a large volume, the Annual of the Mountain Club of South Africa, a body he had visited on his recent tour. The journal had been sent as a complimentary to the Club, and he suggested we respond with twelve months' | ||
| - | Sheila Binns reminded us of subscriptions due - David Brown (a resident of Katoomba when not in the bush elsewhere) passed on the tidings that hot showers were now obtainable at the Reserve at Katoomba at the nominal fee of ld. per person per dip - Frank Barr was presented with the lug bashing outfit which had been waiting for him since the Reunion, and it was called a night at the highly respectable hour of 8.47. | + | Sheila Binns reminded us of subscriptions due - David Brown (a resident of Katoomba when not in the bush elsewhere) passed on the tidings that hot showers were now obtainable at the Reserve at Katoomba at the nominal fee of 1d. per person per dip - Frank Barr was presented with the lug bashing outfit which had been waiting for him since the Reunion, and it was called a night at the highly respectable hour of 8.47. |
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| On reading your editorial (April' | On reading your editorial (April' | ||
| - | If all members of the Club are not fariliar | + | If all members of the Club are not familiar |
| By now you are probably asking, what about your story? | By now you are probably asking, what about your story? | ||
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| The track held good for quite a way, following the land marks as described, and then we lost it. No doubt the fast growing jungle had grown over it. We had been told to bear well to the left to a patch of lantana or we would find ourselves at a cliff face. We wandered back and forth but no sign of a track or a blaze mark did we see. Finally our wanderings brought us out at the top of the cliff face. Well, at least we had some idea of where we were, so we climbed back up and found the lantana patch and found ourselves in amongst the old familiar lawyer vine again. After sidling around the ridge for a while, Bill found a way down and also something that could have been a track. This brought us to some huge caves. We were on the right track at last but it was 6.30 and we still had a long way to go. These caves were about a quarter of a mile long, and at the end - O, joy! - the border fence. As the ground was well cleared either side of the fence it didn't take us long to reach the border gates and there, like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, was a bus. | The track held good for quite a way, following the land marks as described, and then we lost it. No doubt the fast growing jungle had grown over it. We had been told to bear well to the left to a patch of lantana or we would find ourselves at a cliff face. We wandered back and forth but no sign of a track or a blaze mark did we see. Finally our wanderings brought us out at the top of the cliff face. Well, at least we had some idea of where we were, so we climbed back up and found the lantana patch and found ourselves in amongst the old familiar lawyer vine again. After sidling around the ridge for a while, Bill found a way down and also something that could have been a track. This brought us to some huge caves. We were on the right track at last but it was 6.30 and we still had a long way to go. These caves were about a quarter of a mile long, and at the end - O, joy! - the border fence. As the ground was well cleared either side of the fence it didn't take us long to reach the border gates and there, like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, was a bus. | ||
| - | The bus driver lived in a small house just inside Queensland and he told us that the bus went to Murwillunbah | + | The bus driver lived in a small house just inside Queensland and he told us that the bus went to Murwillumbah |
| We camped on soft green grass near a good open stream in the Numinbah Valley. The weather had improved considerably, | We camped on soft green grass near a good open stream in the Numinbah Valley. The weather had improved considerably, | ||
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| ====Train Trouble.==== | ====Train Trouble.==== | ||
| - | Jenny and Stan Madden looked like stealing a march on Bill Rodgers' | + | Jenny and Stan Madden looked like stealing a march on Bill Rodgers' |
| Similarly, the Shoalhaven party had train trouble, using a total of eight trains and two cars to get to and from Tallong. The official party on the 5.10 was delayed by a bad case of "hot box" and a weary engine, and were finally trans-trained at Moss Vale to a following service. Frank Rigby came in solitary splendour on the 9.18 ex Central which finally steamed out at 11.10 p.m. On the return trip, the three somnambulists of the party "came home with the milk in the morning" | Similarly, the Shoalhaven party had train trouble, using a total of eight trains and two cars to get to and from Tallong. The official party on the 5.10 was delayed by a bad case of "hot box" and a weary engine, and were finally trans-trained at Moss Vale to a following service. Frank Rigby came in solitary splendour on the 9.18 ex Central which finally steamed out at 11.10 p.m. On the return trip, the three somnambulists of the party "came home with the milk in the morning" | ||
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| Budderoo! Have you ever poured over the Kiama Ordinance Sheet and wondered what lay beyond and about that name? | Budderoo! Have you ever poured over the Kiama Ordinance Sheet and wondered what lay beyond and about that name? | ||
| - | I always had a sneaking suspicion that there was something of great interest to tempt the settler out that way... a long way out... out on a limb, as it were! I've wondered too... where did that name come from? Perhaps it sounds aboriginal, or an anglicised version of an aboriginal name for there are similar sounding words in many Australian place names. But the locals pronounce it as a sort of " | + | I always had a sneaking suspicion that there was something of great interest to tempt the settler out that way... a long way out... out on a limb, as it were! I've wondered too... where did that name come from? Perhaps it sounds aboriginal, or an anglicised version of an aboriginal name for there are similar sounding words in many Australian place names. But the locals pronounce it as a sort of " |
| - | We started off from just below Knight' | + | We started off from just below Knight' |
| - | To Carrington Falls first of all, the mecca of many a bushwalk, giving its usual fine show, perhaps enhanced by the recent fresh rain in the Kangaroo. Nearby the swamps are aflame with the little Christmas Bell (Elandfordia nobilis) spangled with the White of the Sundow (Drosera binata) in flower. From Carrington to Gerringong Falls (on the Gerringong Creek) is by strange and devious timber-getters' | + | To Carrington Falls first of all, the mecca of many a bushwalk, giving its usual fine show, perhaps enhanced by the recent fresh rain in the Kangaroo. Nearby the swamps are aflame with the little Christmas Bell (Elandfordia nobilis) spangled with the White of the Sundow (Drosera binata) in flower. From Carrington to Gerringong Falls (on the Gerringong Creek) is by strange and devious timber-getters' |
| These swampy plains bring happy recollections of their close cousins the snowy plains... the low, bent and white-barked Scribbly Gums assisting the delusion. Wide, gently falling greeneries, studded with the red and yellow of Bells when we saw them, many of the specimens beginning to seed... a good sign; apparently this is too far out for the picker, both amateur and professional. | These swampy plains bring happy recollections of their close cousins the snowy plains... the low, bent and white-barked Scribbly Gums assisting the delusion. Wide, gently falling greeneries, studded with the red and yellow of Bells when we saw them, many of the specimens beginning to seed... a good sign; apparently this is too far out for the picker, both amateur and professional. | ||
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| The feeling of frustration somewhat dampened the appreciation of the splendid views around and down the Kangaroo Valley. The Head looks directly towards the township and as we camped at the Head, we saw the " | The feeling of frustration somewhat dampened the appreciation of the splendid views around and down the Kangaroo Valley. The Head looks directly towards the township and as we camped at the Head, we saw the " | ||
| - | On the third day a quick retreat was called in order to make the rendezvous with our transport. Back over the Budderoo capping, skirting Bulloh Hill we came upon the better section of the Budderoo Track, no doubt improved some little time ago by the timber merchants. The plan was to locate Ulrich' | + | On the third day a quick retreat was called in order to make the rendezvous with our transport. Back over the Budderoo capping, skirting Bulloh Hill we came upon the better section of the Budderoo Track, no doubt improved some little time ago by the timber merchants. The plan was to locate Ulrich' |
| The loneliness of the plateau, the freedom of the wide swampy plains, the changing environment brought about by the volcanic cappings and the fine views made the Budderoo Trip very worthwhile. One felt again the value of isolation and the desire to keep the land for the refreshment of the soul. Here too is the extremely important job that this land must help to do: maintenance of the waters in the Kangaroo and its tributaries. | The loneliness of the plateau, the freedom of the wide swampy plains, the changing environment brought about by the volcanic cappings and the fine views made the Budderoo Trip very worthwhile. One felt again the value of isolation and the desire to keep the land for the refreshment of the soul. Here too is the extremely important job that this land must help to do: maintenance of the waters in the Kangaroo and its tributaries. | ||
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| - | Speaking of errors | + | Speaking of errors |
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| 11. NO, we don't exactly sleep under the stars. We carry light weight tents, weighing only two or three pounds. COMMANDOS TO DELETE ENTIRRTY. | 11. NO, we don't exactly sleep under the stars. We carry light weight tents, weighing only two or three pounds. COMMANDOS TO DELETE ENTIRRTY. | ||
| - | 12. There will/will not/may be men/milen in the party (delete phrases and sex not appropriate). | + | 12. There will/will not/may be men/women in the party (delete phrases and sex not appropriate). |
| 13. FOR MEN ONLY. The women normally carry all their own gear. | 13. FOR MEN ONLY. The women normally carry all their own gear. | ||
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| + | =====Down In The Forest....==== | ||
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| + | .... were 31 members of S.B.W., some willing assistants from Y.M.C.A., and 2nd Bexley Scouts, who happened to be in Blue Gum: one chain block; one engine-driven drill: 2 axes: 2 mattocks: one cross cut saw: one fettler' | ||
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| + | A few went down the pass on Friday night, but the majority of the main party camped at the top, rose at 6 a.m., toted the terrific weight down the 2,000 feet of Perry' | ||
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| + | The two main features of the job were to build a dam, or silt pack (a wall against which water-borne silt, rock and timber will pile up, gradually becoming fairly impervious to water) extending from the north bank across the main flow of the Grose: and digging a diversion channel to take the current - more and more over the weeks as the dam becomes effective. A fallen tree, about 70 feet long, was manoeuvered into position with the chain block, keyed against the bank at one end, and against a river oak and fallen timbers in mid-channel at the other. This took a party much of Saturday, and the final placing was done in the dawn of Sunday. Meantime another party cut sections of log to be braced against the tree, side by side, to form the main wall, and these were stacked on Sunday morning: further logs were cut and jammed under the downstream side, and rubble and branches piled against the upstream side. | ||
| - | DOWN IN THE FOREST | ||
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| - | were 31 members of S.B.W., some willing assistants from Y.M.C.A., and 2nd Bexley Scouts, who happened to be in Blue Gum: one chain block; one engine-driven drill: 2 axes: 2 mattocks: one cross cut saw: one fettler' | ||
| - | A few went down the pass on Friday night, but the majority of the main party camped at the top, rose at 6 a.m., toted the terrific weight down the 2,000 feet of Perry' | ||
| - | The two main features of the job were to build a dam, or silt pack (a wall against which water-borne silt, rock aid timber will pile up, gradually becoming fairly impervious to water) extending from the north bank across the main flow of the Grose: and digging a diversion channel to take the current - more aid" | ||
| Another party cut out the diversion channel, some 120 feet long: this had been opened by noon on Saturday, and at the close of that day's work was taking about one-third of the total flow. After a large, rotting log, almost buried in shingle, had been blasted and cut and moved against the south bank to prevent erosion there, the flow along the diversion increased to about 40% of the total stream, the remainder filtering through interstices in the silt pack. | Another party cut out the diversion channel, some 120 feet long: this had been opened by noon on Saturday, and at the close of that day's work was taking about one-third of the total flow. After a large, rotting log, almost buried in shingle, had been blasted and cut and moved against the south bank to prevent erosion there, the flow along the diversion increased to about 40% of the total stream, the remainder filtering through interstices in the silt pack. | ||
| - | Yeoman service came from the girls who, in addition to building temporary stone weirs, and tossing stones against the main wall, collected piles of the tins littering the Forest floor, cooked the meals, and provided vast quantitiek: | + | |
| - | All the objectives of the working bee were carried, out. We are now at the mercy of the Grose. If the River behaves fairly normally, with only minor floodings, there see n,9 every possibility of success: | + | Yeoman service came from the girls who, in addition to building temporary stone weirs, and tossing stones against the main wall, collected piles of the tins littering the Forest floor, cooked the meals, and provided vast quantities |
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| - | of course, a major flooding, before the silt pack has become established, | + | All the objectives of the working bee were carried out. We are now at the mercy of the Grose. If the River behaves fairly normally, with only minor floodings, there seems every possibility of success: of course, a major flooding, before the silt pack has become established, |
| - | PEDERATION NOTES APRIL MEETING. | + | |
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| + | =====Federation Notes - April Meeting.===== | ||
| By Allen A. Strom. | By Allen A. Strom. | ||
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| A compass and a sum of money has been found between Breakfast Creek and Carlon' | A compass and a sum of money has been found between Breakfast Creek and Carlon' | ||
| - | Notebook found near -TugloW | + | |
| - | OP STREAMS | + | Notebook found near Tuglow |
| - | The attention of Federation was drawn to-a Current Series | + | |
| - | FEDERATION REUNION | + | ===Pollution of Streams: |
| - | SEARCH AND RESCUE 1LEEKEND, | + | |
| - | MEETINGS CF COMMITTEE: At the rooms of the Big Sister Movement, | + | (in particular, Nattai, Kedumba and Cox's) by town sewage. This matter was discussed in response to a letter from Paddy Pallin who asked that Councils concerned be requested to take steps to prevent pollution. Federation decided that such action was waste of time as Councils already contended that the treatment of sewage effluents was satisfactory. |
| - | NEWCASTLE TECHNICAL COLLEGE BUSHWALEERS: would like a copy of Current | + | |
| - | YOUTH HOSTEL__MIDDLE RILL GARIE: Some discussion took place concern- | + | The attention of Federation was drawn to a Current Series |
| - | Hostel in the National Park at | + | |
| - | Garie. It was stated that the building at Little Marley was now being used as a National Fitness Camp and was no longer under the- control of the 'Youth Hostels Association. It was agreed that delegates should endeavour to obtain an expression of attitude from the Clubs concerning the erection of Hostels in National Parks. The matter will be further discussed at the May Meeting of Federation. | + | ===Federation Reunion, |
| - | And talking of records, we have it'on reliable authority that the party which arose at 6,3. a..m.,.aLd.,lugged all the heaviest gear down Perry' | + | |
| - | POLLUTION | + | Favourable comment was made concerning the organisation of the Reunion and Campfire. The attendance |
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| - | ivanisopismatly | + | ===Search and Rescue Weekend: |
| - | EEET TIM. | + | |
| - | T.", | + | May 2/3rd proceeding as planned |
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| - | 6L:;^..X 1,6-46g6:010 | + | ===Bushwalkers' |
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| - | y. | + | The large hall at the Paddington Town Hall has been booked |
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| - | 6 6 | + | ===Meeting of Committee:=== |
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| - | Tim is Robert' | + | At the rooms of the Big Sister Movement, |
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| + | ===Newcastle Technical College Bushwalkers:=== | ||
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| + | would like a copy of Current | ||
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| + | ===Youth Hostel, Middle Rill, Garie:=== | ||
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| + | Some discussion took place concerning the decision to erect a Youth Hostel in the National Park at Garie. It was stated that the building at Little Marley was now being used as a National Fitness Camp and was no longer under the control of the Youth Hostels Association. It was agreed that delegates should endeavour to obtain an expression of attitude from the Clubs concerning the erection of Hostels in National Parks. The matter will be further discussed at the May Meeting of Federation. | ||
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| + | And talking of records, we have it on reliable authority that the party which arose at 6.3 a.m., and lugged all the heaviest gear down Perry' | ||
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| + | =====Paddy Made.===== | ||
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| + | Tim is Robert' | ||
| Maybe if we were like Tim, covered with fur, and could exist on the contents of garbage tins or something similar we could get away on Bushwalks without packs, but alas! it is not so, and we do the next best thing and get a " | Maybe if we were like Tim, covered with fur, and could exist on the contents of garbage tins or something similar we could get away on Bushwalks without packs, but alas! it is not so, and we do the next best thing and get a " | ||
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| - | Lightweight Camp Gear | ||
| - | 201 CASTLEREAGH St SYDNEY | ||
| - | M2,678 | ||
| + | Paddy Pallin. Lightweight Camp Gear. | ||
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| + | 201 Castlereagh St Sydney. M2678 | ||
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