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- | 18. | + | ====== The Warrumbunglers ====== |
- | THE WARR1M3Ui\TGLERS. | + | |
Geof Wagg. | Geof Wagg. | ||
- | It was all arranged; we were to take the air for Tooraweenah at 7 a m. on Friday morning. To do this our party made its way to Bankstown on Thursday night, Jim Hooper meeting en route a very happy tram guard who thought he had the " | + | |
- | it won't make that much difference", | + | It was all arranged; we were to take the air for Tooraweenah at 7 a m. on Friday morning. To do this our party made its way to Bankstown on Thursday night, Jim Hooper meeting en route a very happy tram guard who thought he had the " |
- | "It is with infinite regret That I report a sad upset: | + | |
- | In Melbourne it is rather wet - My aeroplane is grounded!" | + | "It is with infinite regret That I report a sad upset: In Melbourne it is rather wet - My aeroplane is grounded!" |
Jaws sagged; Anderson spoke to Melbourne and the trunk line cable melted, but that was the story. | Jaws sagged; Anderson spoke to Melbourne and the trunk line cable melted, but that was the story. | ||
- | After much haggling and an admirable last minute dash for the | + | After much haggling and an admirable last minute dash for the train the considerably reduced party of Dot Butler, Ken Angel, Frank Barr, Snow Brown, and myself (being too numerous to mention) were |
- | train the considerably reduced party of Dot Butler, Ken Angel, Frank Barr, Snow Brown, and myself (being too numerous to mention) were | + | embarked and headed in the general |
- | embarked and headed in the gener al direction of Kanangra Walls. We arrived there at dusk and spent a cosy night in the cave. The morning | + | set off down Murdering Gulley to the Spires. Never believe the old saying that " |
- | dawned bright and clear, and after some photography on the tops we | + | |
- | set off down Murdering Gulley to the Spires. Never believe the old | + | |
- | saying that " | + | |
- | , continue Presently and we forced our way downwards into the beautiful | + | |
- | upper reaches of Kanangra Creek. We lunched at the base of the scree slope between the two Spires, then while Ken rested his bruised quadriceps the rest of us sought the heights. After some intrepid | + | |
- | scrambling we arrived on top and added our names to those in the can | + | |
- | in the cairn. On the way down we did some exhilarating scree glissad- | + | |
- | 4.ng and arrived at the bottom at 4.15, the Whole thing having taken us | + | |
- | three hours. We nushed | + | |
About 2 a m, we awoke in the rain and put the tent up. | About 2 a m, we awoke in the rain and put the tent up. | ||
- | After breakfast next morning we pushed on in misty rain making | + | |
- | excellent time, and spurred on no doubt by the countless nettle stings. | + | After breakfast next morning we pushed on in misty rain making excellent time, and spurred on no doubt by the countless nettle stings. Then we stopped for lunch the rain started fair dinkum and most of us |
- | Then we stopped for lunch the rain started fair dinkum and most of us | + | were drenched. |
- | were drenched. | + | a really comfortable night. Pardon my mirth; we counted without our nettle stings. These had so excited our nervous systems we hardly got two consecutive winks all night; excepting Snow, of course, who is impervious to such minor details as nervous systems. So we were glad when another dawn, albeit grey and clammy, filtered through the sky and we could be on our way, which was now by Breakfast Creek and Carlon' |
- | a really comfortable night. Pardon my mirth; we counted without our | + | |
- | nettle stings. These had so excited our nervous systems we hardly got two consecutive winks all night; excepting Snow, of course, who is impervious to such minor details as nervous systems. So we were glad | + | This worried Frank exceedingly. We hurried on up Breakfast Creek with Frank muttering encouragingly to himself: "I am not going up, I am going down hill; I am as fresh as a daisy" |
- | when another dawn, albeit grey and clammy, filtered through the sky | + | |
- | and we could be on our way, which was now by Breakfast Creek and Carlon' | + | |
- | 19. | + | |
- | The popliteal fossa is the hollow at the back of the knee housing a muscle called the popliteus, and the popliteus initiates flexion at the knee joint.) This worried Frank exceedingly. We hurried on up Breakfast Creek with Frank muttering encouragingly to himself: "I am not going up, I am going down hill; I mn as fresh as a daisy" | + | |
The following Letter from E. Gaines (Ted) Phillips," | The following Letter from E. Gaines (Ted) Phillips," | ||
CALLING ALL CARS! CALLING ALL CARS! 'The Editor of the ' | CALLING ALL CARS! CALLING ALL CARS! 'The Editor of the ' |
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