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 Of course, some move to counter the unhappy position was desirable and the experiment is a worth-while one, but we should not promise ourselves miraculous results.
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 Gymea Bay,
 November, 3rd 1953.
-The Editor,
-'The Sydney Bushwalker".
+"The Editor, "The Sydney Bushwalker".
- Dear Sir:
-News- has it that protests against the taking of timber from the Morton Primitive Area via the dedication of the Area as a Flora Reserve under the control of the Forestry Commission have so far averted the consummation of the deed. Authority has been shown that quite a number nf folk do not agree that the Forestry Commission should be given a free hand on the "say so" of some of its officers. I feel that Ministers and Under Secretaries can be quite out of touch with the knowledge that an area is widely used for recreation and that those that use it are very opposed to having it destroyed by timber-getting. Letters from Societies and Clubs are often received as expressions of opinions by the writers themselves, but when numerous, more-or-less private citizens join in the correspondence, there is a greater need to sit up and tai m notice.
+Dear Sir:
-It is gratifying to know then, that our many friends have supported the appeal to authority published in the October Number of our journal; but we would be blindly optimistic if we thought the battle was won. May I renew the plea to your readers to be in it"? If they have already written, could they influence their friends to do likewise? The decision on the fate of Morton may now rest with the Department of Lands. Maybe your readers (whether they have'lhelped or not) could ask the Minister and/or the Under Secretal, of that Department to use his influence in having the Area so dedicated that only an Act of Parliament could interfere with its primitive nature. We do not want Morton desecrated, nor do we want it left to "waste away"; it must be used, used by the Nation,
-in such a manner that it will remain for all time, an ecological unit of natural beauty.
+News has it that protests against the taking of timber from the Morton Primitive Area via the dedication of the Area as a Flora Reserve under the control of the Forestry Commission have so far averted the consummation of the deed. Authority has been shown that quite a number of folk do not agree that the Forestry Commission should be given a free hand on the "say so" of some of its officers. I feel that Ministers and Under Secretaries can be quite out of touch with the knowledge that an area is widely used for recreation and that those that use it are very opposed to having it destroyed by timber-getting. Letters from Societies and Clubs are often received as expressions of opinions by the writers themselves, but when numerous, more-or-less private citizens join in the correspondence, there is a greater need to sit up and take notice.
+"It is gratifying to know then, that our many friends have supported the appeal to authority published in the October Number of our journal; but we would be blindly optimistic if we thought the battle was won. May I renew the plea to your readers "to be in it"? If they have already written, could they influence their friends to do likewise? The decision on the fate of Morton may now rest with the Department of Lands. Maybe your readers (whether they have helped or not) could ask the Minister and/or the Under Secretary of that Department to use his influence in having the Area so dedicated that only an Act of Parliament could interfere with its primitive nature. We do not want Morton desecrated, nor do we want it left to "waste away"; it must be used, used by the Nation, in such a manner that it will remain for all time, an ecological unit of natural beauty.
 Yours sincerely,
 (Sgd.) Allen A. Strom. WE 2528."
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-LOWER KANGAROO AND LOWER SHOALELVEN RIVERS.
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+=====Lower Kangaroo And Lower Shoalhaven Rivers.=====
 Data based on trip carried out July 31st, August lst/2nd/3rd, 1953.
 Route: Moss Vale - car to Sandy Creek - Meryla Pass - Yarrunga Ck. - Kangaroo River - Shoalhaven River - Budgong Creek and road to Bomaderry (Nowra).
 The one-time coach road down Meryla Pass is in quite good condition, and makes easy walking. About 3/4-mile past the ford of Yarrunga Creek, we followed a side track down to the Kangaroo, which we crossed just below the junction of Yarrunga Creek. We followed down the south-east bank of the Kangaroo (the easiest bank as far as Bundanoon Creek), and camped at the junction of Kangaroo with Shoalhaven, having made about 13 miles for the day.
 The following day we went down the Shoalhaven. Going for the first 1/2-mile on the north bank was bad, and we then crossed. Recommend crossing the rivers near the junction, and keeping to the southern bank of the Shoalhaven, which gives the best going most of the way. In all, we made six crossings to obtain the best going, but this would be influenced by the state of the river. At the beginning of August there had been three months of drought, but we could see debris thirty or forty feet above our heads in trees. After wet weather it is doubtful if the trip could be made, as the north bank of the Shoalhaven is the rougher. Provided the crossings can be made it is quite attractive walking over agreeable flats, with honeycombed cliffs, several hundred feet in height, rising on both sides of the valley. Crossings become less frequent after passing the junction of Yalwal Creek. We camped about 1/2-mile up Budgong Creek on the Sunday night, with about 12 miles covered for the day.
-At the junction of Budgong Creek farms begin to appear on the side streams joining the Shoalhaven, and a few :miles below tidal influences commence. We walked out on the Monday by back roads to
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-Bomaderry, and it would appear that similar roads lead out from Burner an the southern bank. The Yalwal military map, lacking in much detail, appears reasonably accurate in its road information and it seems probable that one could easily go out on the south side of the Shoalhaven by the track shown as leading into Yalwal Creek. From Budgong Creek it is about 13 miles by roads to Bomaderry.
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-A CHRISTMAS GIFT..
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-"YOUR DELIGHT"...A DELICIOUS PACK GP GLACE PINEAPPLE PEARS APRICOTS CR/ST/ALLISED PINEAPPLE CUMQUATS FRUIT NOUGAT PAW PAW AND OTHER FRUITS - TWO SIZES 11/- and 14/- A 'PERFECT GIFT I
-AND - FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS CAMP - OR TRIP - OR JUST HOME ..
-DRIED FRUITS ... APRICOTS PRUNES PEACHES STONELESS DATES TURKISH FIGS ALMONDS & RAISINS
-SALTED & RAW PEANUTS PLAIN AND SALTED CASHEWS CHINESE GINGER - IN JARS IN SYRUP - OR CRYSTALLISED
-ASSORTED NUTS FOR THE CHRISTMAS DAY TABLE APRICOT flOLL8F EATFLAIE AND RYEVITA BISCUITS
-THE SANITARIUM HEALTH FOOD SHOP
-HUNTER STREET, SYDNEY
-A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND GOOD WALKING IN THE  NEW YEAR
-TO ALL BUSHWALKERS I!
-"They (Boy Scouts) are a pack of little monsters - each a practising juvenile delinquent". No - not quoted from one of our General Meetings but Clifton Webb in the film "Mister Scoutmaster". (The foregoing doe._, not necessarily represent the views of this journal.)
+At the junction of Budgong Creek farms begin to appear on the side streams joining the Shoalhaven, and a few miles below tidal influences commence. We walked out on the Monday by back roads to Bomaderry, and it would appear that similar roads lead out from Burrier on the southern bank. The Yalwal military map, lacking in much detail, appears reasonably accurate in its road information and it seems probable that one could easily go out on the south side of the Shoalhaven by the track shown as leading into Yalwal Creek. From Budgong Creek it is about 13 miles by roads to Bomaderry.
-Home on the Range ... but the Range was the Rifle Range at Long Bay, FETTETWaytriFFers from Maroubra to La Perause on November 1st gave a passable re-enactment of the first wave of Marines going ashore on Iwo Jima when the machine guns opened up. Committee seemed to think it may be considered a test walk. The duo-leaders didn't stop running until they reached La Perbuse, where they joined a tram away ahead of their weaker followers.
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+"They (Boy Scouts) are a pack of little monsters - each a practising juvenile delinquent". No - not quoted from one of our General Meetings but Clifton Webb in the film "Mister Scoutmaster". (The foregoing does not necessarily represent the views of this journal.)
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+__Home on the Range__... but the Range was the Rifle Range at Long Bay, and the day trippers from Maroubra to La Perause on November 1st gave a passable re-enactment of the first wave of Marines going ashore on Iwo Jima when the machine guns opened up. Committee seemed to think it may be considered a test walk. The duo-leaders didn't stop running until they reached La Perouse, where they joined a tram away ahead of their weaker followers.
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 FOUR DILLS DUMPED IN 'DILLY BY DAM' DISPOSAL DINGHY. By "Rudolf".
 All, what a fine day it was as I flowed between the majestic walls of the Burragorang Valley! Flowing between the tree-lined grassy banks I felt at peace with the world. There were no canoeists racing over me - no bushwalkers with hobnailed boots treading in me, no tourists throwing tins and rubbish at me - indeed, this seemed to be my lucky day. At my favourite rapid near Central Burragorang I laughed as I was thrown around by the rocks but, as I turned the bend my laughter changed to horror. There on the bank were four ridiculously clad creatures carrying a large one-man.dinghy. Yes, it was the R.A.A.B. (Royal Australian Assault Boat ) hLOVERDUCK"9 with four members of the S.B.W. (Sydney Blimp Wreckers). As I looked across her broad bow I saw on the bridge :-