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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | + | ====== The Sydney |
- | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney | + | |
- | t, 273 SEPTEMBER, 1957 Price 9d, | + | |
- | Editor: Frank Rigby, 70 Beach Road, Reprbduction: | + | |
- | Darling Point, MU 4411 (3) Sales & Subs: Jess Martin | + | |
- | Business Manager: Jack Gentle Typed By: Elsie Bruggy | + | |
- | CONTENTS. | + | |
- | Page. | + | |
- | At our August Meeting -- Alex Colley | + | A monthly Bulletin |
- | A Tale for a Couple | + | |
- | Hatswells Taxi & Tourist Service (Advt.) 3 | + | |
- | Your Walking Guide 4 . | + | |
- | Climbing Expedition | + | |
- | White Ant Borings 10 | + | |
- | Report of Ski Lodge Committee -- Colin Putt 11 | + | |
- | The Kowmung Manuscript - Part II -- Jim Hooper 12 | + | |
- | The Sanitarium Health Food Shop (Advt.) 18 | + | |
- | Trip to Banda-Banda & Kemp's Pinnacle - Laurie Rayner 18 | + | |
- | Seven Weeks in New Zealand - Part VII -- Dot Butler 19 | + | |
- | July Walks Report- Brian Anderson 22 | + | |
- | Leica Photo Service (Advt.) 23 | + | |
- | Our Club -- Blue Gum 23 | + | |
- | A Word to Prospectives (Paddy's Advt.) 24 | + | |
- | SPECIAL EXTRA -- | + | ---- |
- | WURRUMBUNGLES SLIDES | + | |
- | COMMITTEE MEETING NIGHT, WED. 2nd OCTOBER, TO COMMENCE AT ABOUT 8.30 P.M. | + | === No. 273. September, 1957. Price 9d. === |
- | Don't stay home because there' | + | |
- | they had plenty of adventures in which you can share, Don't forget -- next Committee Meeting Night. | + | |**Editor**|Frank Rigby, |
- | 2. | + | |**Business Manager**|Jack Gentle.| |
+ | |**Reproduction**|Jess Martin.| | ||
+ | |**Sales | ||
+ | |**Typed by**|Elsie Bruggy.| | ||
- | ====== At Our August Meeting ====== | + | ===== In This Issue: |
+ | |||
+ | | | |Page| | ||
+ | |At our August Meeting|Alex Colley| 2| | ||
+ | |A Tale for a Couple of Wag(g)s|Blue Gum| 3| | ||
+ | |Your Walking Guide| | 4| | ||
+ | |Climbing Expedition - Pidgeon House, The Castle, Tallatarang| | 5| | ||
+ | |White Ant Borings| |10| | ||
+ | |Report of Ski Lodge Committee|Colin Putt|11| | ||
+ | |The Kowmung Manuscript - Part II|Jim Hooper|12| | ||
+ | |Trip to Banda-Banda & Kemp's Pinnacle|Laurie Rayner|18| | ||
+ | |Seven Weeks in New Zealand - Part VII|Dot Butler|19| | ||
+ | |July Walks Report|Brian Anderson|22| | ||
+ | |Our Club|Blue Gum|23| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Advertisements: | ||
+ | |||
+ | | |Page| | ||
+ | |Hattswell' | ||
+ | |Sanitarium Health Food Shop|18| | ||
+ | |Leica Photo Service|23| | ||
+ | |A Word to Prospectives (Paddy' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Special - Extra__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Warrumbungle Slides. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Committee Meeting night, Wed. 2nd October, to commence at about 8.30 p.m. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Don't stay home because there' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Don't forget - next Committee Meeting Night. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== At Our August Meeting. | ||
Alex Colley | Alex Colley | ||
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Two new members, David Bennett and Jack Giblett were welcomed. | Two new members, David Bennett and Jack Giblett were welcomed. | ||
- | Tom Moppett gave us a full report of the conservation conference. Motions had been carried favouring the appointment of representatives of non-governmental organisations on the fauna panel, calling for a ban on the export of fauna, requesting the organisation of a flora and fauna exhibition, and defining a primitive area for the purpose of legislation. Our own motion - requesting the reservation of the Blue Labyrinth north of Erskine Creek - was recast by the conference, who wanted to have the whole area north of the Water Board reservation (including Erskine Creek) reserved. Tom said this was an unwise request | + | Tom Moppett gave us a full report of the conservation conference. Motions had been carried favouring the appointment of representatives of non-governmental organisations on the fauna panel, calling for a ban on the export of fauna, requesting the organisation of a flora and fauna exhibition, and defining a primitive area for the purpose of legislation. Our own motion - requesting the reservation of the Blue Labyrinth north of Erskine Creek - was recast by the conference, who wanted to have the whole area north of the Water Board reservation (including Erskine Creek) reserved. Tom said this was an unwise request as it would not be acceded to and, at his suggestion we deferred a decision on whether we would support a deputation to be organised by the F.A.C. on the matter. Tom had unofficial news of a 1000 acre camping reserve near the Barrington guest house, and the creation of a flora reserve along the valley of the Williams. This reserve would not be used for logging while it was used for recreational purposes. |
- | as it would not be acceded to and, at his suggestion we deferred a decision on whether we would support a deputation to be organised by the F.A.C. on the matter. Tom had unofficial news of a 1000 acre camping reserve near the Barrington guest house, and the creation of a flora reserve along the valley of the Williams. This reserve would not be used for logging while it was used for recreational purposes. | + | |
The report of the ski-lodge committee was read by Alex Colley, in the absence of the convenor, Colin Putt (see page 11). | The report of the ski-lodge committee was read by Alex Colley, in the absence of the convenor, Colin Putt (see page 11). | ||
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The President said that the Federation Ball came shortly after the date of our thirtieth anniversary and several of the old members intended to form a party to celebrate the anniversary, | The President said that the Federation Ball came shortly after the date of our thirtieth anniversary and several of the old members intended to form a party to celebrate the anniversary, | ||
- | At the conclusion of the meeting, Jim Brown drew attention to the lack of objects of beauty in the clubroom, with the possible exception of the bone and the gong, and moved a vote of thanks to John Scott | + | At the conclusion of the meeting, Jim Brown drew attention to the lack of objects of beauty in the clubroom, with the possible exception of the bone and the gong, and moved a vote of thanks to John Scott for the resplendent new notice board. It was carried with acclamation. |
- | for the resplendent new notice board. It was carried with acclamation. | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === New Arrivals. === | ||
- | **NEW ARRIVALS** | ||
Our congratulations to Clem and Enid Hallstrom on the birth of a baby daughter on 1st August. | Our congratulations to Clem and Enid Hallstrom on the birth of a baby daughter on 1st August. | ||
- | From Canberra comes the news that Ian and Pat Wood have also been blessed with a brand new boy - good work, Woodies. We know that we couldn' | ||
- | these now tender blossoms grow up into strong healthy bushwalkers in the years to come. | ||
+ | From Canberra comes the news that Ian and Pat Wood have also been blessed with a brand new boy - good work, Woodies. | ||
- | ====== A Tale for a Couple of Wag(g)s | + | We know that we couldn' |
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Hattswell' | ||
+ | |||
+ | For all your transport problems contact Hattswell' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Telephone: Blackheath 129 or 249. Booking Office - 4 doors from Gardner' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Speedy 5 or 8 passenger cars available. Large or small parties catered for. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Fares: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Kanangra Walls - 30/- per head (minimum 5 passengers) | ||
+ | * Perry' | ||
+ | * Jenolan State Forest - 20/- per head (minimum 5 passengers) | ||
+ | * Carlon' | ||
+ | |||
+ | We will be pleased to quote other trips or special parties on application. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== A Tale for a Couple of Wag(g)s. ===== | ||
- | Blue Gum | + | - Blue Gum. |
A Wag(g) called Geoff and a lass named Grace, | A Wag(g) called Geoff and a lass named Grace, | ||
- | Have named the day, the time and place. \\ | + | Have named the day, the time and place.\\ |
We wish them well. | We wish them well. | ||
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Attired in shorts and hob nailed boots, \\ | Attired in shorts and hob nailed boots, \\ | ||
- | With empty packs to carry loot \\ | + | With empty packs (to carry loot -\\ |
There' | There' | ||
- | And bring your mugs and billies too, \\ | + | |
- | In case there is Some potent brew (For drinking toasts) | + | And bring your mugs and billies too,\\ |
+ | In case there is some potent brew (For drinking toasts)\\ | ||
+ | (For drinking toasts) | ||
Now when the Bridal Pair appear\\ | Now when the Bridal Pair appear\\ | ||
- | The "Busbies" give a rousing cheer,\\ | + | The "Bushies" give a rousing cheer,\\ |
- | And raise their battered hats,\\ | + | And raise their battered hats. |
Newsreel cameras and television\\ | Newsreel cameras and television\\ | ||
Will then record with great precision\\ | Will then record with great precision\\ | ||
- | The "Wgidding | + | The "Wedding |
- | Best Wishes to the Wag(g)s we send Happiness and Joy that never end throughout | + | Best Wishes to the Wag(g)s we send\\ |
+ | Happiness and Joy that never end\\ | ||
+ | Throughout | ||
+ | ---- | ||
- | ====== Your Walking Guide ====== | + | ===== Your Walking Guide. ===== |
- | Wheeny | + | === September. === |
- | walk for your first trip. Excellent views of areas north of the Grose. Combined fares approx. 23/-.. | + | |
- | Salvation | + | 20-21-22: __Wheeny |
- | and Pittwater. Wildflowers. Ferry ride pleasant end to | + | |
- | trip. Could be a little scratchy on ridges. Fares approx 10/- | + | 21-22: __Salvation |
- | Glenbrook | + | |
- | trains and Sunday in Puttimbile | + | 21-22: __Glenbrook |
- | Very pleasant open type country. Parts of Blackheath Ck. and Centennial Glen particularly | + | |
- | Woola Falls - Winifred Falls. Easy to medium track walking. | + | 27-28-29: __Cox River-Blackheath Ck. area.__ Easy to medium walking. Very pleasant open type country. Parts of Blackheath Ck. and Centennial Glen particularly |
- | Wildflowers, Fairly easy test walk for prospectives. Fares 5/-. | + | |
- | Eavag_z_22111.11.21EAL2a. Easy to medium walking in very | + | 28-29: __Dr. Barnard Homes.__ For up to date details of this trip check with John White XW 6526. Cost 15/11. |
- | scenic and interesting country - although part of Blue Mts. this section is distinctly different. Three day trip should | + | |
- | mean a moderate pace only. Ideal for those who enjoy pleasant scenery in a leisurely manner. Fares approx. 40/-. | + | 29: __Woola |
- | Kemps9y | + | |
- | Wollondillz_a_.=_NattaLl. Easy to medium river and creek walking. Very photographic area. One major climb over Beloon Pass. Good views of Burragorang and Nattai from | + | === October. === |
- | Pass. Fares approx. 36/3. Note this walk is leaving Saturday morning. Don't forget your swimming costume. | + | |
- | 11-12-13 | + | 4-5-6-7: __Newnes - Wolgan Gap Area.__ Easy to medium walking in very scenic and interesting country - although part of Blue Mts. this section is distinctly different. Three day trip should mean a moderate pace only. Ideal for those who enjoy pleasant scenery in a leisurely manner. Fares approx. 40/-. |
- | new country. | + | |
- | 13 Cowan Waz. Medium ridge and creek walking. A little | + | 4-5-6-7: __Kempsey |
- | scratchy. Views of Berowra Ck, Wildflowers, Cost 5/-. | + | |
+ | 5-6-7: __Wollondilly R. - Nattai R.__ Easy to medium river and creek walking. Very photographic area. One major climb over Beloon Pass. Good views of Burragorang and Nattai from Pass. Fares approx. 36/3. Note this walk is leaving Saturday morning. Don't forget your swimming costume. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 11-12-13: __Mt. Renwick.__ Mainly medium walking with a little rough. Transport will be by Puttmobile. Cost to be advised. Trip more of an exploratory nature. Could be very interesting new country. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 13: __Cowan Way.__ Medium ridge and creek walking. A little scratchy. Views of Berowra Ck. Wildflowers. Cost 5/-. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === On Taking Life Easy. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ask the four recent Wurrumbungles Trippers about the New Look in bushwalking. You'll agree that they' | ||
+ | |||
+ | - There was fully ten minutes walking from the cars to Base Camp. | ||
+ | - Base Camp was not shifted all week, therefore no packs were humped. | ||
+ | - Nearly 1 cwt of food (and at over 3 lbs/ | ||
+ | - One member had two sleeping-bags. | ||
+ | - A chess set and a pack of cards were considered essential items of equipment. | ||
- | ON TAKING LIFE EASILY | ||
- | Ask the four recent Wurrumbungles Trippers about the New Look in | ||
- | : | ||
- | ' | ||
- | , | ||
- | 1) There was fully ten minutes walking from the cars to Base Camp. | ||
- | 2,i, Base Camp was not shifted all week, therefore no packs were humped. | ||
- | 3.1 Nearly 1 cwt of food (and at over 3 lbs/ | ||
- | 4. One member had two sleeping-bas. | ||
- | ' | ||
What next? | What next? | ||
- | 4, | ||
- | SEPTEMBER. | ||
- | 20-21-22 | ||
- | 21-22 | ||
- | 21-22 | ||
- | 27-28-29 | ||
- | 2-29 | ||
- | 2 | ||
- | 0 TOBER. 4t5-6-7 | ||
- | 4-5-6.77 | ||
- | 5-6-7 | ||
- | ====== Climbing Expedition - Pigeon House, The Castle, Tallatarang | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ===== Climbing Expedition - Pigeon House, The Castle, Tallatarang. June 14/ | ||
- | JUNE 14/ | ||
By Malcolm, Digby, Geof and Dot. | By Malcolm, Digby, Geof and Dot. | ||
- | Strange things happened to this trip before ever it left the Club room, To begin with it was down on the programme as an official walk, but this fell through at the last minute owing to prohibitive transport costs, so the official leader | + | Strange things happened to this trip before ever it left the Club room. To begin with it was down on the programme as an official walk, but this fell through at the last minute owing to prohibitive transport costs, so the official leader |
- | where or other - for the whole weekend he was never quite sure just | + | |
- | where it was and pointed us out two or three different plateaux on the edge of which his car was reputed to be roosting. However, sufficient to the day is the evil thereof, and when Snow and Henry eventually met up with us after taking a bee-line across the landscape he told us he | + | The main aim of the trip into this area was to climb Tallatarang from the Clyde River side; Last Easter John Manning had seen a spot which he thought would go, so he was appointed leader. The party was kept small to give it every chance of success. The five to accompany John were Dot and Grace, Geoff, Mike Elphick and the Dalai Lama. Why put Dalai Lama in? You might ask. It was suggested that prayers might be needed and who better than Dun Kahn for that job? |
- | didn't plan to give another thought to where his car might be until it was time to find it on the last day. George also, unintentionally or | + | |
- | otherwise (probably otherwise if I know George) took an unknown road | + | Now the Castle Party - we would try the Eastern cliff faces from Byangee Gap - just to make it hard, and ten bods with Putto as leader decided to give it a go. Digby was one who said he'd be in it as he sat by the fire chewing his bit of dessert ironbark. |
- | which landed him up practically within coo-ee of the campspot | + | |
- | this' | + | "Now to give us plenty of time" said Colin, " |
- | Malcolm.) | + | |
- | The main aim of the trip into this area was to climb Tallatarang from the Clyde River side; Last Easter John Manning had seen a spot which he thought would go, so he was appointed leader. The party was kept small to give it every chance of success. The five to accompany John were Dot and Grace, Geoff, Mike Elphick and the Dalai Lama. Why put Dalai Lama ih? You might ask. It was suggested that prayers might be needed and who better than Dun Kahn for that job? | + | " |
- | Now the Castle Party - we would try the Eastern cliff faces from Byangee Gap - just to make it hard, and ten bods with Putto as leader decided to give it a go. Digby was one who said he'd be in it as he sat by the fire chewing his bit of dessert ironbark. | + | |
- | "Now to give us plenty of time" said Colin, " | + | So it was settled, Colin was appointed alarm clock for 5.a.m. Grace was to get Geoffo moving, Heather was listed to start George going, |
- | " | + | |
- | " | + | About ten the goodnight brew was brewed and shortly after the camp settled down. The fires dimmed and Jack Frost spread his icy fingers over the flats. 3 a.m. - a lone figure crept from a tent and threw a log on a fire - it disappeared - again all was quiet. |
- | So it was settled, Colin was appointed alarm clock for 5.a.m. Grace was to get Geoffo moving, Heather was listed to start George going, | + | |
- | 6. | + | Five to five... |
- | so he had no excuse. As for the others, they were young enough not to notice the early rising. | + | |
- | About ten the goodnight brew was brewed and shortly after the camp q. settled down. The fires dimmed and Jack Frost spread his icy fingers over the flats. 3 a.m. - a lone figure crept from a tent and threw a log on a fire - it disappeared - again all was quiet. | + | "Get up you lazy loafers" |
- | Five to five -- | + | |
- | "Get up you lazy loafers" | + | "Put my billy on please" |
- | his wake; again he gave his call; the youngtuns | + | |
- | wraiths, only old Male stayed in his bag. This cunning old so and so | + | "Take my billy off its boiling" |
- | had pitched his tent right by his fire, by now blazing happily due to Colints | + | |
- | "Put my billy on please" | + | "Hey, Digby", |
- | "Why are we up now?" says Heather vaguely, "I don't know" | + | |
- | Grace. "Where are we going?" | + | Bushwalkers at 5.a.m. on a mid-winter morning are a strange lot. I don't know how to describe them. The moans and groans, the - Oh! I wish I had a tape recorder. The comments were priceless. |
- | "Take my billy off its boiling" | + | |
- | "Hey, Digby", | + | The clock ticked on and food of one sort and another was consumed. All of the two parties were moving except one - the old - was still in his bag. |
- | Bushwalkers at 5.a.m. on a mid-winter morning are a strange lot. | + | |
- | I don't know how to describe them. The moans and groans, the -- Ohl | + | |
- | I wish I had a tape recorder. The comments were priceless. | + | |
- | The clock ticked on and food of one sort and another was consumed, | + | |
- | All of the two parties were moving except one - the old -- was still in his bag. | + | |
Six o' | Six o' | ||
- | "Get up 1" he cried | + | |
- | " | + | "Get up !" he cried. |
- | Breakfast was nearly finished and at 6,30 came the call. | + | |
+ | " | ||
" | " | ||
- | Now think of what has happened. Fifteen Dushwalkers are up, fed and dressed ready to go, and one fed ready to go - to sleep - | ||
- | Not - the whips are cracking and old Malc, slides from his bag at last. There they are, sixteen bods in mid-winter, ready to leave camp at 6.30 a.m. Not bad, eh! At twenty to seven the remaining | ||
- | 7. sleepers had the camp to themselves: The parties gore away on time. | ||
- | (Now perhaps you would like o hear from Mr. Rigby how the Castle party fared) | ||
- | The Very Early Morning Kookaburras rubbed their sleepy unbelieving eyes and looked again. In the first wan light of day ten hazy half- conscious figures sleepwalked across the meadow, their frozen feet crunching into the firm white frost which lay like a giant sheet, spread over tho slumbering river flats. This was incredible! Bush- walkers afoot at this ungodly hour and in this temperature: | ||
- | When the light had brightened up a trifle, the shadowy figures could no longer hide their true identities. Out tn front and eging us on as per usual, loped the Putt Machine, brandishing a spanking new | ||
- | red and blue nylon climbing rope. Malcolm and Heather started skipping along together in some sort of Mad Goblin' | ||
- | The plan was to 'climb the Castle from the eastern side, where a " | ||
- | At 0900 hours we stood in the saddle and surveyed the sandstone | ||
- | cliffs towering above us - well, it certainly. wouldn' | ||
- | gully in which some good climbing rock sloped upwards at a respectable angle. So great was our enthusiasm we were soon all over it like a rash. After the first pitch, ideal for loosening up lazy muscles, | ||
- | the angle became steeper and it was time to bring out the rope for a | ||
- | spot of belaying. Up went the bods, one by one, cautiously feeling their way in steady climbs, until it was the turn of that really | ||
- | outstanding mountaineer, | ||
- | pitch as though the very Devil were at his heels, arms and legs | ||
- | ing in all directions at once, footholds and handholds being used and | ||
- | 8. | ||
- | abused in extra-rapid succession. The proverbial rat in the drainpipe would be considered a tired old slowcoach compared with our hero - one could only bring to mind those movies which are speeded up to | ||
- | such an extent as to provoke uncontrollable laughter in the observer - | ||
- | for such indeed was the effect. Of course there is a rumour that certain persons at the top of the rope helped the show along, to say the least, but this was certainly not apparent from below. And so | ||
- | ended the brightest piece of comedy of the whole weekend. | ||
- | After this episode a wee bit of exploration was called for as the next step of the mountain loomed ominously and awkwardly above. Several routes which might go were investigated by Alan, Jack and Digby but were wisely rejected in favour of the " | ||
- | The party having negotiated this obstacle (with some more frantic antics by Bookie), the rest of the climbing route was obvious - there were no alternatives whichever way you looked at it. Several interesting pitches of moderate severity, a pleasant mixture of chimneying scrambling and straight face climbing, with just the right amount of challenge, finally brought us to the top of the first big sandstone step of the mountain. The final step still remained. So far it had been good clean fun in the warm sunshine, despite a few cold shivers down several spines. | ||
- | Malcolm had enjoyed the leading most of the time., but First Prize for the best laissez-faire attitude to the whole adventure must go to Snow. During the waits he would stretch out on a sunny ledge without a care in the world and dream the dreams that only Snow can dream. Only when his turn finally came to climb a pitch would he give the slightest attention to the mountain. Perhaps this is the best attitude after all if one can cultivate that sort of mountaineering temperament. | ||
- | The old Enemy had by this mooched along to about 1300 hours - and with ten bods using the one rope this was not surprising. Lunchtime - and what better place for lunch than beside a tiny stream running across this wide forested ledge, with a glorious 180panorama of that | ||
- | rugged and beautiful landscape to feast the eyes upon. Our gaze wandered down onto the Byangee plateau, now well below us, then across to | ||
- | Pidgeon House and finally to the Pacific on the horizon. And from | ||
- | there the eye came slowly back to the Clyde Valley way down in the blue depths on our left and then shot up the cliffs of Tallatarang on the other side, and we wondered how our comrades were ' | ||
- | A human shout from the summit of the Castle brought us back to the near-at-hand and we wondered how this could be until we remembered the other walking parties in the area - they had apparently come up by the " | ||
- | 9. | ||
- | as we climbed to the top of the fantastic tp-ail, wp ran into a Y.H.A. party on their way down; the odd places you meet up with bushwaikerst It was a surprise to recognise familiar faces - some of us had encountered them before in all the last outposts of walking realms, even in far-off Tasmania: After a quick sojourn on the top, in which several of the very active ones made a hasty trip to the Byangee end, our party started down again at the rather latish time of 1500 hours. We would not want to dawdle but now we would descend by the usual west- side route, through that remarkable squeeze-hole passage which tunnels right through the tail, and then on down through the cursed sapling forest with its scratchy undergrowth and the torn and twisted | ||
- | creek courses with their obstropolis boulder beds. Cries of "Never | ||
- | again - give me rock-climbing any day" could be heard from front to rear, even from those who can't really make up their minds about climbing and its risks. | ||
- | Finally, as the last light of day flickered and went completely | ||
- | out, we thankfully set foot once again in the more friendly Yadbor' | ||
- | Creek and of course there were the usual false and frustrating leads. After crossing the Creek for the umpteenth time (we can't feel our | ||
- | toes any more), Colin called a halt to collect the bods together in the inky blackness. " | ||
- | link? Missing link? Ah, yes, it must be Bookie. "Where are you, Bookie?" | ||
- | oathful, wrathful shout | ||
- | "How the blinkin' | ||
- | b--- hole?" Well, of course, not one of us had seen hide nor hair of a " | ||
- | Poor Bookie - the gods were agin' | ||
- | and tents of our camp look more like home to us. Their glow seemed | ||
- | to match an inner glow deep inside us, the glow of success, the | ||
- | glow from a day of happy fulfilment and from a job well done. It was | ||
- | time to have a laugh at.the Kookaburras. | ||
- | (And speaking of kookaburras takes us back-again to the early | ||
- | hours of this same day, because we have yet to hear how the Tallatarans party fared. Next month we'll drop our fishing line into thee deep pool of Geoffo' | ||
- | COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHERS --- PLEASE NOTE | ||
- | FOR SALE. | ||
- | Beaded-glass screen material, 48" x48", in excellent | ||
- | condition. Going cheaply. | ||
- | If you're interested, please see -- | ||
- | Frank Rigby, 'Phone MU 4411 (Business) | ||
- | 10. | ||
- | ====== White Ant Borings ====== | + | Now think of what has happened. Fifteen Bushwalkers are up, fed and dressed ready to go, and one fed ready to go - to sleep - no! - the whips are cracking and old Malc. slides from his bag at last. There they are, sixteen bods in mid-winter, ready to leave camp at 6.30 a.m. Not bad, eh! At twenty to seven the remaining 7 sleepers had the camp to themselves. The parties were away on time. |
- | HOW MANY KILOWATTS TO KILL A WART? At the Dalai Lama's castle at Camden there is a solid concrete building, situated in an isolated cow pasture, wherein is housed the electrical equipment our friend Duncan uses to fill in the gaps in his knowledge of the ionisphere, luna doings, siderial twilight and such like. At a recent " | + | (Now perhaps you would like to hear from Mr. Rigby how the Castle party fared) |
- | The Acme of Diplomacy: Snow had stretched out luxuriously and lay basking in the sunshine on the summit of Beoulagerie Spire. The shadow of another member of the party fell across him. Snow waited with patience, but the shadow did not budge. "You know", says Snow, " | + | The Very Early Morning Kookaburras rubbed their sleepy unbelieving eyes and looked again. In the first wan light of day ten hazy half-conscious figures sleepwalked across the meadow, their frozen feet crunching into the firm white frost which lay like a giant sheet, spread over the slumbering river flats. This was incredible! Bushwalkers afoot at this ungodly hour and in this temperature. After the initial shock was over, no normal strain of Kooka could be expected to restrain itself. A whole bunch of rascals combined in a torrent of rollicking raucous laughter, which had, we felt, a fair share of nasty derision mixed up with it. Such was the beginning of the day the S.B.W., Castle Climbing Contingent, set off to do battle with that famous landmark. |
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+ | When the light had brightened up a trifle, the shadowy figures could no longer hide their true identities. Out in front and egging us on as per usual, loped the Putt Machine, brandishing a spanking new red and blue nylon climbing rope. Malcolm and Heather started skipping along together in some sort of Mad Goblin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The plan was to climb the Castle from the eastern side, where a " | ||
+ | |||
+ | At 0900 hours we stood in the saddle and surveyed the sandstone cliffs towering above us - well, it certainly wouldn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | After this episode a wee bit of exploration was called for as the next step of the mountain loomed ominously and awkwardly above. Several routes which __might__ go were investigated by Alan, Jack and Digby but were wisely rejected in favour of the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The party having negotiated this obstacle (with some more frantic antics by Bookie), the rest of the climbing route was obvious - there were no alternatives whichever way you looked at it. Several interesting pitches of moderate severity, a pleasant mixture of chimneying, scrambling and straight face climbing, with just the right amount of challenge, finally brought us to the top of the first big sandstone step of the mountain. The final step still remained. So far it had been good clean fun in the warm sunshine, despite a few cold shivers down several spines. | ||
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+ | Malcolm had enjoyed the leading most of the time, but First Prize for the best laissez-faire attitude to the whole adventure must go to Snow. During the waits he would stretch out on a sunny ledge without a care in the world and dream the dreams that only Snow can dream. Only when his turn finally came to climb a pitch would he give the slightest attention to the mountain. Perhaps this is the best attitude after all if one can cultivate that sort of mountaineering temperament. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The old Enemy had by this mooched along to about 1300 hours - and with ten bods using the one rope this was not surprising. Lunchtime - and what better place for lunch than beside a tiny stream running across this wide forested ledge, with a glorious 180 panorama of that rugged and beautiful landscape to feast the eyes upon. Our gaze wandered down onto the Byangee plateau, now well below us, then across to Pidgeon House and finally to the Pacific on the horizon. And from there the eye came slowly back to the Clyde Valley way down in the blue depths on our left and then shot up the cliffs of Tallatarang on the other side, and we wondered how our comrades were facing in their new adventure over there. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A human shout from the summit of the Castle brought us back to the near-at-hand and we wondered how this could be until we remembered the other walking parties in the area - they had apparently come up by the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Finally, as the last light of day flickered and went completely out, we thankfully set foot once again in the more friendly Yadbora Creek and of course there were the usual false and frustrating leads. After crossing the Creek for the umpteenth time (we can't feel our toes any more), Colin called a halt to collect the bods together in the inky blackness. " | ||
+ | |||
+ | "How the blinkin' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Poor Bookie - the gods were agin him again. We went back and rescued him and then hit it for home and never did the warm fires and tents of our camp look more like home to us. Their glow seemed to match an inner glow deep inside us, the glow of success, the glow from a day of happy fulfilment and from a job well done. It was time to have a laugh at the Kookaburras. | ||
+ | |||
+ | (And speaking of kookaburras takes us back-again to the early hours of this same day, because we have yet to hear how the Tallatarang party fared. Next month we'll drop our fishing line into thee deep pool of Geoffo' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Colour Photographers - Please Note. For Sale. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Beaded-glass screen material, 48" x 48", in excellent condition. Going cheaply. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If you're interested, please see Frank Rigby, 'Phone MU 4411 (Business). | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== White Ant Borings. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | __How many kilowatts to kill a wart__? At the Dalai Lama's castle at Camden there is a solid concrete building, situated in an isolated cow pasture, wherein is housed the electrical equipment our friend Duncan uses to fill in the gaps in his knowledge of the ionisphere, luna doings, siderial twilight and such like. At a recent " | ||
+ | |||
+ | __The Acme of Diplomacy__: Snow had stretched out luxuriously and lay basking in the sunshine on the summit of Beoulagerie Spire. The shadow of another member of the party fell across him. Snow waited with patience, but the shadow did not budge. "You know", says Snow, " | ||
We hear that Kath Gibbs has resigned her post at Dunedoo Memorial Hospital and will shortly be in Sydney for a month or so. Hope to see you joining your old friends again out on the track, Kath. | We hear that Kath Gibbs has resigned her post at Dunedoo Memorial Hospital and will shortly be in Sydney for a month or so. Hope to see you joining your old friends again out on the track, Kath. | ||
+ | |||
The Admiral has at last confessed. In a signed statement (obviously prepared in a moment of weakness) he has painted a sorry picture of his boat's nautical navigation on that Friday night of the recent boat trip from Bobbin Head. The revelations are so fantastic that we're saving them up for another month just to stretch out your curiosity. | The Admiral has at last confessed. In a signed statement (obviously prepared in a moment of weakness) he has painted a sorry picture of his boat's nautical navigation on that Friday night of the recent boat trip from Bobbin Head. The revelations are so fantastic that we're saving them up for another month just to stretch out your curiosity. | ||
Keith Renwick showed us a close-up of a bat during his recent slide night on Caving. We don't altogether agree with Keith' | Keith Renwick showed us a close-up of a bat during his recent slide night on Caving. We don't altogether agree with Keith' | ||
- | The "Panel of Experts" | + | The "Panel of Experts" |
- | ====== Report of the Ski Lodge Committee ====== | + | ---- |
+ | ===== Report of the Ski Lodge Committee. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Colin Putt - Convenor. | ||
- | -- Colin Putt - Convenor. | ||
The Committee, appointed mainly for the purpose of making inquiries on the feasibility of erecting a hut in the Kosciusko area, had held six meetings, and is of the opinion that it is not constituted to go further - i.e. to start erecting the hut. | The Committee, appointed mainly for the purpose of making inquiries on the feasibility of erecting a hut in the Kosciusko area, had held six meetings, and is of the opinion that it is not constituted to go further - i.e. to start erecting the hut. | ||
- | Four visits have been made to the Kosciusko State Park - one to inspect a hut for sale, two to select a site and one to see the site in winter, Two of these visits were made for the sole purpose of the Committee' | ||
- | Following the Committee' | ||
- | Snow Reveller' | ||
- | The cost of a hut which would conform to the minimum requirements of the Trust was estimated at 957, exclusive of labour cost. | ||
- | Laurie Rayner, architect, has consented to design a suitable hut | ||
- | and has conferred with the Trust architects on their requirements. A preliminary plan has been prepared by him. John Scott, builder/ has agreed to cost Laurie Rayner' | ||
- | The steps to be taken in the construction of a hut ara: | ||
- | 1. Agreement on final plan, submission of same to Trust and approval | ||
- | of Trust. | ||
- | 2. Formation of a Co-operative Society, | ||
- | 3. Collection of funds. | ||
- | 4. Organisation of building. | ||
- | To carry the project to a conclusion hut officials are required | ||
- | for the following tasks: | ||
- | 1. Chairman of the Co-operative Society, who will presumably | ||
- | organise and guide the project. | ||
- | 2, Treasurer. - | ||
- | 3, Secretary | ||
- | 4., Builder | ||
- | 5, Architect. | ||
- | The Committee has no suggestions for any of these officials except the latter two. One person could, of course combine two or | ||
- | more of these functions, but this would mean increased work | ||
- | RECENT ACQUISITIONS BY THE LIBRARY. | + | Four visits have been made to the Kosciusko State Park - one to inspect a hut for sale, two to select a site and one to see the site in winter. Two of these visits were made for the sole purpose of the Committee' |
- | " | + | |
+ | Following the Committee' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The cost of a hut which would conform to the minimum requirements of the Trust was estimated at £957, exclusive of labour cost. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Laurie Rayner, architect, has consented to design a suitable hut and has conferred with the Trust architects on their requirements. A preliminary plan has been prepared by him. John Scott, builder, has agreed to cost Laurie Rayner' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The steps to be taken in the construction of a hut are: | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Agreement on final plan, submission of same to Trust and approval of Trust. | ||
+ | - Formation of a Co-operative Society. | ||
+ | - Collection of funds. | ||
+ | - Organisation of building. | ||
+ | |||
+ | To carry the project to a conclusion hut officials are required for the following tasks: | ||
+ | |||
+ | - Chairman of the Co-operative Society, who will presumably organise and guide the project. | ||
+ | - Treasurer. | ||
+ | - Secretary. | ||
+ | - Builder. | ||
+ | - Architect. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Committee has no suggestions for any of these officials except the latter two. One person could, of course combine two or more of these functions, but this would mean increased work. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Recent Acquisitions By The Library. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
Remember our appeal for suitable book donations to the Club Library a couple of months back. Well, the response has not been exactly overwhelming, | Remember our appeal for suitable book donations to the Club Library a couple of months back. Well, the response has not been exactly overwhelming, | ||
- | 12, | ||
- | ====== The Kowmung Manuscript Part II. ====== | + | ---- |
- | Jim Hooper | + | ===== The Kowmung Manuscript - Part II. ===== |
+ | |||
+ | - Jim Hooper. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Last month we saw an archaeologist, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Suddenly I was swept sideways and down - into the dip of a pressure-wave. Desperately I trod water to try and keep the manuscript up a bit higher. The stick was just too long for a comfortable " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Gasping for air between tightly clenched teeth, I knew the manuscript would have to go if I couldn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Down I went again... another pressure-wave... tread, tread, tread, furiously. The manuscript might still be dry. My foot touched a rock. In a flash of light I could see two rocks jutting out of the water just a few feet away. I lunged hard towards them. Water trickled down the back of my throat. Spluttering and half-choking, | ||
+ | |||
+ | A searing flash of lightning filled the air, and then darkness. Glancing across to the bank I saw an enormous blueish cloud of vapour shimmering and swirling in an intense circle of light about the Stumpus. | ||
- | Last month we saw an archaeologist, | ||
- | who was guessing his location on the Kowmung River.: | ||
- | " | ||
- | a Paleolithic bushwalker (fleshless variety); grabs a roll of Papyrus | ||
- | (The Manuscript, and dives for the river. (So far he's been swimming for a month). Now read on -- | ||
- | Suddenly I was swept sideways and down --- into the dip of a pressure-wave. Desperately I trod water to try and keep the manuscript up a bit higher. The stick was just too long for a comfortable | ||
- | " | ||
- | flashed, and in the instant I was striking out again for the opposite | ||
- | bank. I seemed to be in part of a channel where the current was strongest. | ||
- | Gasping for air between tightly clenched teeth, I knew the manuscript would have to go if I couldn' | ||
- | Jaws aching relentlessly, | ||
- | it was obvious the manuscript would have to go in a few seconds. I'd try swimming with only one hand, but the current was too strong. | ||
- | lid never last the distance. | ||
- | Down I went again --- another pressure-wave --- tread, tread, | ||
- | tread, furiously. The manuscript might still be dry. My foot touched a rocks In a flash of light I could see two rocks jutting out of the | ||
- | water just a few feet away. I lunged hard towards them. | ||
- | Water trickled down the back of my throat. Spluttering and half- choking, I grabbed blindly at the nearest rock. My fingers ,round a crevice where the rock was sloping nearly flat into the water' | ||
- | A searing flash of lightning filled the air, and then darkness. | ||
- | Glancing across to the bank I saw an enormous blueish cloud of vapour | ||
- | shimmering and swirling in an intense circle of light about the Stumpus. | ||
The rock upon which I was resting gave a sudden tremor and from around the Stumpus I could hear an ugly grating sound. A dull and distant rumbling drowned the growl of the river. Thoroughly awe-struck I gazed across from my little island of rock. I held tight to the manuscript. | The rock upon which I was resting gave a sudden tremor and from around the Stumpus I could hear an ugly grating sound. A dull and distant rumbling drowned the growl of the river. Thoroughly awe-struck I gazed across from my little island of rock. I held tight to the manuscript. | ||
- | The Stumpus itself; it's encompassing gigantic boulders and | + | |
- | even the ridge behind it seemed alive and as if under some terrific subterranean tension. A low humming sound drifted across the river. | + | The Stumpus itself; it's encompassing gigantic boulders and even the ridge behind it seemed alive and as if under some terrific subterranean tension. A low humming sound drifted across the river. The blueish vapour around the Stumpus changed its hue to a greenish colour, and as it did so the humming |
- | The blueish vapour around the Stumpus changed its hue to a greenish | + | |
- | 13. colour, and as it did so the humming | + | The vapour-cloud seemed to writhe violently about the Stumpus and then it changed abruptly to a vivid yellow burst of light accompanied by a high-pitched screaming whine... Cr-r-aa-ack! Zzw oo omm! |
- | The vapour-cloud seemed to writhe violently about the Stumpus and then it changed abruptly to a vivid yellow burst of light accompanied | + | |
- | 4 by a high-pitched screaming whine Cr-r-aa-ack Zzw oo omm; | + | All hell seemed let loose... A blast of light and air flattened the water in front of me, and then, strangely, the blast-wave passed overhead and across the rock like a gentle breeze. It must have been deflected upwards from the water by the far end of the rock on which I was lying. |
- | All hell seemed let loose ---- A blast of light and air flattened the water in front of me, and then, strangely, the blast-wave passed overhead and across the rock like a gentle breeze' | + | |
- | Trees gesticulated violently, and nearly bent themselves double | + | Trees gesticulated violently, and nearly bent themselves double in answer to the blast. Water surged up along the opposite river-bank. A swirling tumultuous red cloud rose up above the Stumpus... The Stumpus? Where is it? Is it gone? I can't see. Boulders large and small, crashed with a continuous roar down the ridge. Crash! Splash!! Some of them were falling into the river. |
- | in answer to the blast. Water surged up along the opposite river-bank. A swirling tumultuous red cloud rose up above the Stumpus | + | |
- | large and small, crashed with a continuous roar down the ridge. Crash; | + | Pssst!... Psst! Phutt! The yellow flame spat again, flared up, then died. Darkness. Pssst! Darkness again. Pssst! The flame flickered, grew in intensity, waned, became brighter, then suddenly increased in size. Fingers despairingly closed themselves about the flame. |
- | ---- | + | |
- | Splash. Some of them were falling into the river. | + | Sitting under the tent with legs crossed yogi-fashion, |
- | Pssst; | + | |
- | then died. Darkness. Pssst; Darkness again. Pssst; The flame flickered, grew in intensity, waned, became brighter, then suddenly increased in size. Fingers despairingly closed themselves about the flame. | + | Slipping, sliding, cussing and bumping through the dark undergrowth, |
- | Sitting under the tent with legs crossed yogi-fashion, | + | |
- | He'd spent all day hunting for paleolithic sign-posts, and all he'd got for his efforts was a sting from a bee; Everything was wet.,. the other bloke had apparently forgotten to come back to ,camps, and it was raining cats and bloody dogs. | + | Sand! Surely camp must be somewhere near at hand. We had a small beach " |
- | Slipping, sliding, cussing and bumping through the dark undergrowth, | + | |
- | Sand; Surely camp must be somewhere near at hand. We had a small , beach " | + | An ear-splitting roar tumbled down the slope: " |
- | An ear-splitting roar tumbled down the slope: " | + | |
- | don't get steam up in a minute'," I think I had found the P,dmiral. | + | Scrambling on unwilling legs, I reached the top of the embankment to see " |
- | Scrambling on unwilling legs, I reached the top of the embankment to see." | + | |
- | 14. | + | I struggled round to the open end of the tent. This might call for a bit of tact. It might look as if I was overdue |
- | I struggled round to the open end of the tent. This might call for a bit of tact. It might look as if I was OVerdue | + | |
- | ing primus, He looked up astonished. " | + | The primus spluttered into a fitful flame. " |
- | 0ouldn't find the TEA:" | + | |
- | The primus spluttered into a fitful flame. " | + | " |
- | some of the four-bob stuff --- you could have used that." | + | |
- | " | + | "Old Snoot is going to go crazy with delight when we get back. We've won the day, Admiral! I've found the Stumpus Charcundus and I've recovered a manuscript!" |
- | adjusted a billy on the primus: "Never mind. Very Soong we'll have a | + | |
- | brew under way. I could do with one, and I suppose you could tool I've had a lousy day --- Not one paleolithic post! How'd you go with your recce?" | + | |
- | "Old Snoot is going to go crazy with delight when we get back. We've won the day, Admiral I've found the Stumpus Charcundus and I've recovered a manuscript:" | + | |
"Wh a a t", yelled the Admiral! | "Wh a a t", yelled the Admiral! | ||
- | It took me several seconds to fathom what had happened. The walls of the tent had suddenly shrunk | + | |
- | about an unusual type of Primus/ and I realised that we would avert the danger of a fire, because he had.put his foot on itl The tent | + | It took me several seconds to fathom what had happened. The walls of the tent had suddenly shrunk into a vertical plane! In the confusion I shot to my feet in time to hear the Admiral scream something about an unusual type of Primus, and I realised that we would avert the danger of a fire, because he had put his foot on it! The tent collapsed about us, and with us. The rain had stopped. |
- | collapsed about us, and with us. The rain had stopped. | + | |
- | The admiral was very patient, and as he concentrated, | + | The admiral was very patient, and as he concentrated, |
- | a detailed account of what had happened at the Stumpus. After an hour | + | |
- | and a half he completed cutting the billy off my foot with his pen- | + | "You know, it's a pity you got the MS so wet". The Admiral |
- | knife. The toe was sore, but so what? Tea was supposed to be good for the hot-foot. With supper under way, we would soon be able to get to with the torches and start deciphering the manuscript. | + | |
- | "You know, it's a pity you got the MS so wet". The Admiral | + | |
- | ed a hunk of garlic: "As it is now, it looks as if it's written in a | + | |
- | derivative of the old Cuneiform | + | |
" | " | ||
+ | |||
" | " | ||
- | The Admiral reached into the pocket of his pack for the magnifying glass, "By the way Admiral | + | |
- | 15 | + | The Admiral reached into the pocket of his pack for the magnifying glass, "By the way Admiral... That post the Prof. found in the Blue Labyrinth? Didn't he say it was marked in a new form of writing?" |
- | "Yes, by cripes! I've got some notes on it in the other pocket. The Prof. had it named Rucksaeform I'll bet that's it:" | + | |
- | a Together we worked on the breakdown of sufficient of the MS to | + | "Yes, by cripes! I've got some notes on it in the other pocket. The Prof. had it named Rucksaeform... I'll bet that's it!" |
- | find out it's purpose. Stifling some copious yarns, I reckoned we'd have at least 18 months work ahead of us before we could actually complete the full translation. | + | |
- | " | + | a Together we worked on the breakdown of sufficient of the MS to find out it's purpose. Stifling some copious yarns, I reckoned we'd have at least 18 months work ahead of us before we could actually complete the full translation. |
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
" | " | ||
- | " | + | |
- | "I guess so, Admiral, These dam' perforations on the MS are giving me the wrong idea anyway!" | + | " |
- | "Hold it fella! | + | |
- | the next section? | + | "I guess so, Admiral. These dam' perforations on the MS are giving me the wrong idea anyway!" |
- | "OK mate You read ' | + | |
- | The Admiral paused, turned a page of his Translation-guide, | + | "Hold it fella!... These two characters on the second line in the next section?... I recognise those... Man! We've got a clue!" |
- | Swinging his glasses down so they hung on one ear, the Admiral gave a prodigious yawn. " | + | |
+ | "OK mate! You read ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Admiral paused, turned a page of his Translation-guide, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Swinging his glasses down so they hung on one ear, the Admiral gave a prodigious yawn. " | ||
After three hours of struggling with the intricacies of translating the MS, we had made a little progress. However, we were still very much in the dark as what it was all about. | After three hours of struggling with the intricacies of translating the MS, we had made a little progress. However, we were still very much in the dark as what it was all about. | ||
- | "I knew we'd be in strife by not starting at the beginning", | ||
- | yawned the Admiral. "To increase Madi by Terrafak is a fundarnata1 to the Fourth Requirement" | ||
- | . | ||
- | "Well, I don't know"; I said, "It seems to me that these " | ||
- | ments" are in relation to the Leaders of walks. If-that' | ||
- | Leader do before he goes on a walk?" | ||
- | "Ohl Go Madi Terrafak your skull --- I'm getting too dam' tired to concentrate", | ||
- | " | ||
- | Leader' | ||
- | Pulling a long face, the Admiral' | ||
- | back off the end'of his 'nose. " | ||
- | 16. | ||
- | "Give me that formula again, in the Fourth Requirement, | ||
- | obtained bye again multiplying bye 0.25. Thus th Leader' | ||
- | "OK, Admiral, Now what's that example? What's this " | ||
- | " | ||
- | 14 multiplied by 25 percent for Terrafak --- add 14 then multiply by 0.25 again. --- What have yougot now?" | ||
- | " | ||
- | " | ||
- | day, allowing for the terrain?" | ||
- | "I reckon it at 17.5 miles, say, 18 for the full day". The | ||
- | Admiral threw his spare boots outside the tent. "Woww! Yer clot, | ||
- | You hit my ruddy sore toe", I bellowed at him. " | ||
- | Both looking a little more awake, the Admiral resumed: "OK. In | ||
- | a half-day the Leader walks 9 miles, and in a quarter-day, | ||
- | " | ||
- | the right idea --- they' | ||
- | the MS for tonight, Admiral. How about a cuppa and then hitting the sack?" | ||
- | awoke hazily to find a kind soul giving MB my porridge (Terrys | ||
- | Meal) by pouring it from a billy into the top of my sleeping-bag. | ||
- | Another kindred spirit had energetically grabbed my big toe through the bag and was pulling my leg --- just like yours! | ||
- | ,..1 | ||
- | WEDDING BELLS FOR BUSHWALKERS. | + | "I knew we'd be in strife by not starting at the beginning" |
- | Two of our very good friends and fellow members, Goof Wagg and Grace Aird, will jump into the common melting pot of matrimony on the | + | . |
- | night of Wednesday, 18th September. The S.B.W. sincerely wishes you, Goof and Grace, all the happiness | + | "Well, I don't know"; I said, "It seems to me that these " |
- | together through | + | |
- | outdoor life will always play a big part in attaining that happiness, | + | |
- | among us just as you always have been in the past. (F.S. We'll allow | + | |
- | you a little time off now and then for home-building and certain other t thinp;s) - Ed. | + | |
- | Congratulations to Club Member Allen Strom, whose marriage to | + | |
- | Miss Edwina Gray of the Caloola Club took place on 22nd August. | + | |
- | | + | |
- | ====== Trip to Banda Banda and Kemp's Pinnacle ====== | + | "Oh! Go Madi Terrafak your skull... I'm getting too dam' tired to concentrate", |
- | Laurie Rayner | + | " |
- | This walk on Eight-Hour weekend is breaking new and tough ground. The area which lies between | + | Pulling a long face, the Admiral excitedly slammed |
- | Tould not mind taking my car which would considerably cheapen the tr14p? but would mean retracing our steps instead of a continuous ridge f I do take my car I would prefer to leave straight after lunch on the Friday to avoid night driving on the road to Newcastle. | + | |
- | should like to hear from those who wish to tackle this as soon as possible to be able to complete transport arrangements for this pioneering walk, | + | |
+ | "Give me that formula again, in the Fourth Requirement, | ||
- | ====== Seven Weeks in New Zealand | + | "OK, Admiral. Now what's that example? What's this " |
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | "I reckon it at 17.5 miles, say, 18 for the full day". The Admiral threw his spare boots outside the tent. " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Both looking a little more awake, the Admiral resumed: "OK. In a half-day the Leader walks 9 miles, and in a quarter-day, | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | |||
+ | I awoke hazily to find a kind soul giving me my porridge (Terrys Meal) by pouring it from a billy into the top of my sleeping-bag. Another kindred spirit had energetically grabbed my big toe through the bag and was pulling my leg... just like yours! | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Wedding Bells For Bushwalkers. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Two of our very good friends and fellow members, Geof Wagg and Grace Aird, will jump into the common melting pot of matrimony on the night of Wednesday, 18th September. The S.B.W. sincerely wishes you, Geof and Grace, all the happiness that life can bring in your journey together through the years ahead. We know that bushwalking and the outdoor life will always play a big part in attaining that happiness, so we rest contentedly with the thought that you will still be actively among us just as you always have been in the past. (P.S. We'll allow you a little time off now and then for home-building and certain other things) - Ed. | ||
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+ | Congratulations to Club Member Allen Strom, whose marriage to Miss Edwina Gray of the Caloola Club took place on 22nd August. | ||
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+ | === The Sanitarium Health Food Shop. === | ||
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+ | For health foods at their best. | ||
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+ | Ovaltine tablets - in light metal containers. Dried fruits - delicious and energy-giving. Nuts - in infinite range to suit all tastes. Biscuits - ideal for that 'tween meals snack. | ||
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+ | And many other exciting foods ideal for the walker. | ||
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+ | See our recipe page for meatless meals. All these available at our store: | ||
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+ | 13 Hunter Street, Sydney. ' | ||
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+ | ===== Trip To Banda Banda And Kemp's Pinnacle. ===== | ||
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+ | - Laurie Rayner. | ||
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+ | This walk on Eight-Hour weekend is breaking new and tough ground. The area which lies between the Hastings and the Macleay Rivers contains some of the best virgin bush forests of N.S.W. The valleys are easy and used for cattle grazing, but as you rise on the granite ridges at about 3000' a jungle takes over from the open gum forest. The reason for this change lies in the volcanic nature of the tops of which the highest is Banda-Banda with a superb view. The other peaks to be climbed are Rocky Peak, Spokes Hill, Camerons Bluff, Mt. Boss and last but not least Kemp's Pinnacle. A huge rocky outcrop which may or may not have been climbed, it looks a decidedly tough proposition from the side I have viewed it some years ago. The rail fares are £5 return to Kempsey. There will be additional car fares from Kempsey to Kookaburra Sawmill and from Pappinbarra to Wauchope. If we have a full car this should be approximately 30/- per head. I would not mind taking my car which would considerably cheapen the trip but would mean retracing our steps instead of a continuous ridge walk. If I do take my car I would prefer to leave straight after lunch on the Friday to avoid night driving on the road to Newcastle. | ||
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+ | I should like to hear from those who wish to tackle this as soon as possible to be able to complete transport arrangements for this pioneering walk. | ||
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+ | ===== Seven Weeks in New Zealand | ||
- | Dot Butler | + | - Dot Butler. |
- | Night, and the glory of the stars - all around the eternal mountain peaks piercing the sky - down there the grey-white glaciers coiled like sleeping serpents in their beds - here the tumbled moraine rocks, | + | Night, and the glory of the stars - all around the eternal mountain peaks piercing the sky - down there the grey-white glaciers coiled like sleeping serpents in their beds - here the tumbled moraine rocks, shadowy-soft in the starlight - here the little hut over which the darkness broods like a vast motherly hen - and within the hut four bodies safe and soundly sleeping. |
- | shadowy-soft in the starlight - here the little hut over which the darkness broods like a vast motherly hen - and within the hut four bodies safe and soundly sleeping. | + | |
- | Suddenly with shattering insistence the alarm clock whirrs and shouts and we reluctantly crawl out of our bunks, light a candle, and get the breakfast porridge on the way. We eat as we pack up. Then on | + | Suddenly with shattering insistence the alarm clock whirrs and shouts and we reluctantly crawl out of our bunks, light a candle, and get the breakfast porridge on the way. We eat as we pack up. Then on with the boots. We clump outside and pick up our ice axes at the doorway and in the grey light before the dawn we make our way up the moraine heap to the first snow field on Mt. De la Beche. We have taken our first steps on the day's climb, our goal the twin snow peaks of the Minarets, ten thousand feet of sheer perfection. |
- | with the boots. We clump outside and pick up our ice axes at the doorway and in the grey light before the dawn we make our way up the moraine heap to the first snow field on Mt. De la Bache. We have taken our | + | |
- | first steps on the day's climb, our goal the twin snow peaks of the Minarets, ten thousand feet of sheer perfection. | + | |
- | A steep climb up several snowfields plastered on the rocky flanks of Mt. De la Beche, and then a long plod round a steeply inclined iced slope to the high Ranfurley Glacier while dawn touches the white summits with pink fingers suffusing them with rosy life. The Minarets are a snow climb all the way. In the thickly packed snow great crevasses open to incredible depths, hung with silver stalactites, | + | A steep climb up several snowfields plastered on the rocky flanks of Mt. De la Beche, and then a long plod round a steeply inclined iced slope to the high Ranfurley Glacier while dawn touches the white summits with pink fingers suffusing them with rosy life. The Minarets are a snow climb all the way. In the thickly packed snow great crevasses open to incredible depths, hung with silver stalactites, |
- | got over the bergschrund at its base, then cramponed up the steep side of the pyramid and stood on the top of our first 10,000 footer. George took photographs, | + | |
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- | It was too late in the afternoon to think of climbing Mt. De la Beche whose rocky summit rose out of the snowfield near by. It would probably have taken another hour or so, which time we could not spare | + | It was too late in the afternoon to think of climbing Mt. De la Beche whose rocky summit rose out of the snowfield near by. It would probably have taken another hour or so, which time we could not spare if we were to be off the mountain before dark, and in any case we felt it would be something in the nature of an anticlimax after the Minarets, so we followed back in our tracks and at sundown arrived back at the steep snow slopes above the hut. Here Whaka suggested glissading, and I watched him shoot down with the speed of a mail train till he came to a stop below looking as small as a grain of wheat. Snow and George scooted after him with terrific enthusiasm, and then I launched myself on the most thrilling and glorious glissade of a lifetime. " |
- | if we were to be off the mountain before dark, and in any case we felt it would be something in the nature of an anticlimax after the Minarets, so we followed back in our tracks and at sundown arrived back at the steep snow slopes above the hut. Here Whaka suggested glissading, and I watched him shoot down with the speed of a mail train till he came to a stop below looking as small as a grain of wheat. Snow and George scooted after him with terrific enthusiasm, and then I launched myself on the most thrilling and glorious glissade of a lifetime. " | + | |
- | Back to the little hut, full of contentment after our successful day. We planned to cross over Grahams Saddle next day, to the Almer hut on the Franz Josef Glacier, so after our evening meal of pemmican | + | Back to the little hut, full of contentment after our successful day. We planned to cross over Grahams Saddle next day, to the Almer hut on the Franz Josef Glacier, so after our evening meal of pemmican stew and potato powder, and dried apricots to follow, we packed up in readiness for an early start in the morning. And as we busied ourselves with these tasks, night crept quietly over the mountains and another day soundlessly slipped away. |
- | stew and potato powder, and dried apricots to follow, we packed up in readiness for an early start in the morning. And as we busied ourselves with these tasks, night crept quietly over the mountains and another day soundlessly slipped away. | + | |
- | Dawn saw us on our way, loaded with our heavy packs which by now had become part of us, creeping over the heaped moraine boulders, looking for a way down their steep slope to the Rudolf Glacier. Although it didn't look more than a half hour's climb, it took us two or three hours to get down to the glacier level. Then we followed up the glacier, the terrain getting steeper and steeper till in places it | + | Dawn saw us on our way, loaded with our heavy packs which by now had become part of us, creeping over the heaped moraine boulders, looking for a way down their steep slope to the Rudolf Glacier. Although it didn't look more than a half hour's climb, it took us two or three hours to get down to the glacier level. Then we followed up the glacier, the terrain getting steeper and steeper till in places it seemed not many degrees from the perpendicular. A guided party had come across the previous day, so we kept on the lookout for their footprints, but they were not always easy to see in the hard snow and rocky sections. It was not yet necessary to rope up. We had spread out looking for tracks. I was alone on a snow slope about seven thousand feet up when I heard a soft swishing noise above. Thinking it was George I looked up, to see a huge fallen pillar of rock the size of a grey nurse shark sliding swiftly towards me: the heat of the sun had melted the ice which had held it to the snow face, and now it was on its way to join other avalanche rocks way down on the glacier below. I thought, if I rush wildly to one side I might run right into the track of it, with consequences too catastrophic to contemplate. It was not obvious which way it was going to slide, so I stood my ground and watched it come at me, as a hunter would watch a charging rhinocerus, then when it was just a couple of yards off I jumped to one side and watched it whistle right through the track of my footprints which I had made only a couple of seconds ago. Wow!! The others heard it crashing down to its doom but didn't see it. Snow told me later, with a note of disappointment in his voice, that he had thought it was my pack. |
- | seemed not many degrees from the perpendicular. A guided party had come across the previous day, so we kept on the lookout for their footprints, but they were not always easy to see in the hard snow and rocky sections. It was not yet necessary to rope up. We had spread out looking for tracks. I was alone on a snow slope about seven thousand feet up when I heard a soft swishing noise above. Thinking it was George I looked up, to see a huge fallen pillar of rock the size of a grey nurse shark sliding swiftly towards me: the heat of the sun had melted the ice which had held it to the snow face, and now it was on its way to join other avalanche rocks way down on the glacier below. I thought, if I rush wildly to one side I might run right into the track of it, with consequences too catastrophic to contemplate. It was not obvious which way it was going to slide, so I stood my ground and watched it come at me, as a hunter would watch a charging rhinocerus, then when it was just a couple of yards off I jumped to one side and watched it whistle right through the track of my footprints which I had made only a couple of seconds ago. Wow ! The others heard it crashing down to its doom but didn't see it. Snow told me later, with a note of disappointment in his voice, that he had thought it was my pack. | + | |
- | Graham' | + | Graham' |
- | louder and louder and then we saw, coming up the Tasman Valley, the Mt, Cook Tourist plane - a bright blue humming bird looking incredibly tiny and brave against the stark rocky walls and icy avalanche precipices of the Mt, Cook Range, It came through the pass, right over our heads, and three times it circled us and dipped its wings in greeting before flying off towards the west coast Fox Glacier. For a while we | + | |
- | thought it was trying to show us the route through the pass, but on inspection we found that this was not so. A bit more prospecting around eventually showed us the easy way down. | + | |
- | All through the long afternoon we walked through the timeless | + | All through the long afternoon we walked through the timeless |
There is much comfort in high hills\\ | There is much comfort in high hills\\ | ||
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With loftier images from their life apart.\\ | With loftier images from their life apart.\\ | ||
They set our feet on curves of freedom bent\\ | They set our feet on curves of freedom bent\\ | ||
- | To snap the circles of our discontent.\\ | + | To snap the circles of our discontent. |
Mountains are moods of larger rhythm and line\\ | Mountains are moods of larger rhythm and line\\ | ||
Moving between the eternal mode and mine\\ | Moving between the eternal mode and mine\\ | ||
Moments in thought of which I am but part.\\ | Moments in thought of which I am but part.\\ | ||
- | I lose in them my instant of,brief ills.\\ | + | I lose in them my instant of brief ills.\\ |
There is great easing of the heart\\ | There is great easing of the heart\\ | ||
And cumulance of comfort in high hills. | And cumulance of comfort in high hills. | ||
- | The words said themselves over and over again in my mind and soaked themselves into the landscape, and the landscape gave them back with part of itself incorporated in, them, so that now when I hear the words I see again the wide white solitude, the golden air, the shining breathless circle of the mountains reaching for the sky; I know again the rich companionship that imperceptibly grows - that binds a mountaineering party together as all about them the tremendous majesty of the peaks gathers closely and the glorious dreams and heroisms of all the climbers gone before them make the air seem bright with more than summer sun. | + | The words said themselves over and over again in my mind and soaked themselves into the landscape, and the landscape gave them back with part of itself incorporated in them, so that now when I hear the words I see again the wide white solitude, the golden air, the shining breathless circle of the mountains reaching for the sky; I know again the rich companionship that imperceptibly grows - that binds a mountaineering party together as all about them the tremendous majesty of the peaks gathers closely and the glorious dreams and heroisms of all the climbers gone before them make the air seem bright with more than summer sun. |
The last half mile to the hut was through deep snow. We sank into it almost up to our knees, and an inquisitive kea arrived from nowhere and padded along beside us like a little old man of the mountains, cocking his head to one side and squarking derisively whenever we would flounder forward on our faces. If we succeeded sometimes in getting ahead of him he would take to the air and fly to a spot just in front of us. Then he would turn and give us a cocky look as much as to say, "See how easy that is? I don't know why you're making such a labour of it." George threw a chunk of snow at him at last, but they tell me this is bad luck. | The last half mile to the hut was through deep snow. We sank into it almost up to our knees, and an inquisitive kea arrived from nowhere and padded along beside us like a little old man of the mountains, cocking his head to one side and squarking derisively whenever we would flounder forward on our faces. If we succeeded sometimes in getting ahead of him he would take to the air and fly to a spot just in front of us. Then he would turn and give us a cocky look as much as to say, "See how easy that is? I don't know why you're making such a labour of it." George threw a chunk of snow at him at last, but they tell me this is bad luck. | ||
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There was a reception committee of several more keas to greet us as we reached the hut, and they skated along the ridge pole and slid down the iron roof on their claws as we stamped inside and dumped our packs. Here I will leave us, making ourselves at home, and the final instalment next month will tell how we fared on the Franz Josef Glacier and the few days remaining of our holiday before returning to Sydney. | There was a reception committee of several more keas to greet us as we reached the hut, and they skated along the ridge pole and slid down the iron roof on their claws as we stamped inside and dumped our packs. Here I will leave us, making ourselves at home, and the final instalment next month will tell how we fared on the Franz Josef Glacier and the few days remaining of our holiday before returning to Sydney. | ||
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- | ====== July Walks Report | + | ===== July Walks Report. ===== |
- | Brian Anderson - Walks Secretary. | + | - Brian Anderson - Walks Secretary. |
- | Our walking activities during July were very quiet compared to that of the previous months. This was probably due to the Spastic Centre Working Bee which reduced 18 active bods from the field of | + | Our walking activities during July were very quiet compared to that of the previous months. This was probably due to the Spastic Centre Working Bee which reduced 18 active bods from the field of walking and also the failure of the Sports Carnival which was to be held at Era. |
- | walking and also the failure of the Sports Carnival which was to be held at Era. | + | |
Of the ten programmed walks, three failed to get under way due to insufficient starters. In all seventy-eight Walkers had joined the seven trips, the seventy-eight comprising 51 members, 21 prospectives and 6 visitors. | Of the ten programmed walks, three failed to get under way due to insufficient starters. In all seventy-eight Walkers had joined the seven trips, the seventy-eight comprising 51 members, 21 prospectives and 6 visitors. | ||
- | There were three changes in the seven programmed walks. David Brown led his walk to Splendour Rock a week earlier, Edna Garrad changed her walk from Scouters Mountain to go via Morella Karong and David | + | There were three changes in the seven programmed walks. David Brown led his walk to Splendour Rock a week earlier, Edna Garrad changed her walk from Scouters Mountain to go via Morella Karong and David Ingram' |
- | Ingram' | + | |
David Brown has reported from his Splendour Rock walk that three members of the party had pulled out at Deberts Knob to return to Carlons Farm. From the Grand Canyon, Jack Gentle has reported all the direction arrows have been repainted a beautiful white thus making the area safe for white ants. | David Brown has reported from his Splendour Rock walk that three members of the party had pulled out at Deberts Knob to return to Carlons Farm. From the Grand Canyon, Jack Gentle has reported all the direction arrows have been repainted a beautiful white thus making the area safe for white ants. | ||
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Of course the exception to all these supposed quiet trips was Peter Stitt' | Of course the exception to all these supposed quiet trips was Peter Stitt' | ||
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- | Blue Gum | + | - Blue Gum. |
S ydney people everywhere, wonder who they are,\\ | S ydney people everywhere, wonder who they are,\\ | ||
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Y ou wonder if they are "all there" to carry such a swag\\ | Y ou wonder if they are "all there" to carry such a swag\\ | ||
B ut you don't know the pleasures that they find in these bushwalks \\ | B ut you don't know the pleasures that they find in these bushwalks \\ | ||
- | T ill you've shared their company, their camp fires and their talk\\ | + | U ntil you've shared their company, their camp fires and their talk\\ |
S hould a walker become lost - no matter where or when\\ | S hould a walker become lost - no matter where or when\\ | ||
H oopers Search & Rescue crew will be out in force again\\ | H oopers Search & Rescue crew will be out in force again\\ | ||
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"S ydney Bush Walkers", | "S ydney Bush Walkers", | ||
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- | ====== A Word to Prospectives | + | ===== Paddy Made. ===== |
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+ | === A Word to Prospectives. === | ||
It is quite a common thing for Walkers to come into Paddy' | It is quite a common thing for Walkers to come into Paddy' | ||
- | Take thought, therefore, before investing money in camp gear and get the advice of the old hands first. Paddy made camp gearfor | + | Take thought, therefore, before investing money in camp gear and get the advice of the old hands first. Paddy made camp gear for Walkers offers a wide range of joys to suit individual requirements. The prices asked are the lowest prices practical for the quality of goods offered. These prices are in many cases lower than " |
- | asked are the lowest prices practical for the quality of goods offered. These prices are in many cases lower than " | + | |
Paddy is the largest manufacturer of light weight camp gear in Australia and the resulting economies are passed on to the customer. Wherever you meet Walkers you will see Paddy made gear. | Paddy is the largest manufacturer of light weight camp gear in Australia and the resulting economies are passed on to the customer. Wherever you meet Walkers you will see Paddy made gear. | ||
- | Phone: DM 2685. PADDY PALLIN PTY. LTD.\\ | + | Paddy Pallin. Lightweight Camp Gear. |
- | PADDY PALLIN\\ | + | |
- | Lightweight Camp Gear\\ | + | |
- | 201 CASTLE REACH St SYDNEY | + | |
+ | 201 Castlereagh St., Sydney. ' | ||
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