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 === Erratum. ===
-Due to a misunderstanding, the date of our Christmas party was wrongly given in teh November issue as Saturday, 14th December. This should have been Wednesday, 18th December. Please see page 21 for details.
+Due to a misunderstanding, the date of our Christmas party was wrongly given in the November issue as Saturday, 14th December. This should have been Wednesday, 18th December. Please see page 21 for details.
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-=====White Ant Borings=====
+=== Photography!?!?! ===
-This month our roving termite was sent to cover the fabulous S.B.W. Car Trial. With seven or eight cars competing, he came home with some quaint morsels of Car Trial doings.
-Faced with the task of measuring the width of Wheeny Ck. bridge without a tape, the Renault crew decided to use Henry Gold as a standard of length and laid him. out several times across the bridge.
+You press the button, we'll do the rest!
-The answer of 2.78 Henrys was not accepted by the organisers as it was ruled that a "henry" was a measure used in electricity and not in
+Finegrain Developing. Sparkling Prints. Perfect Enlargements. Your Rollfilms or Leica films deserve the best service.
-length. On converting to feet and inches the answer was still wrong so they couldn't win either way.
-One of the crafty questions concerned the number of blades on a windmill at a certain property along the Comleroy Road. However, there was one big fly in this particular ointment - the windmill was rotating. The first competitor along pulled up and asked the lady of the house, "Excuse me, but could you tell us how many blades on your windmill?" Somewhat mystified but very obligingly the lady replied that she didn't know but would stop the windmill so they could be counted. We believe that the last competitor to come by met with:a somewhat different reception; on slowing down they were. assailed 'by the screaming voice of a little boy from the front garden - "Yes, Mister, no need to stop, I can tell yer. There's sixteen!"
+Leica Photo Service.
+Macquarie Place, Sydney, N.S.W.
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+===== White Ant Borings. =====
+This month our roving termite was sent to cover the fabulous S.B.W. Car Trial. With seven or eight cars competing, he came home with some quaint morsels of Car Trial doings.
+Faced with the task of measuring the width of Wheeny Ck. bridge without a tape, the Renault crew decided to use Henry Gold as a standard of length and laid him out several times across the bridge. The answer of 2.78 Henrys was not accepted by the organisers as it was ruled that a "henry" was a measure used in electricity and not in length. On converting to feet and inches the answer was still wrong so they couldn't win either way.
+One of the crafty questions concerned the number of blades on a windmill at a certain property along the Comleroy Road. However, there was one big fly in this particular ointment - the windmill was rotating. The first competitor along pulled up and asked the lady of the house, "Excuse me, but could you tell us how many blades on your windmill?" Somewhat mystified but very obligingly the lady replied that she didn't know but would stop the windmill so they could be counted. We believe that the last competitor to come by met with a somewhat different reception; on slowing down they were assailed by the screaming voice of a little boy from the front garden - "Yes, Mister, no need to stop, I can tell yer. There's sixteen!"
 Along the Colo River road lay an old and abandoned chaff cutter. It seemed a simple matter for the competitors to estimate the weight of the counterweight on said machine. But everyone reckoned without Duncan. Arriving on the spot first, he robbed the derelict of its vital part and hid it in his car. You can imagine the terrific struggle for possession that followed when the skulduggery was exposed.
 P.S. Duncan finished last!
-"What is the number on the gear-box of the hand-punt at ....." Picture the wide unbelieving eyes of the sorely-tried Car Trialer when
+"What is the number on the gear-box of the hand-punt at .....?" Picture the wide unbelieving eyes of the sorely-tried Car Trialers when they discovered that the required hand-punt was on the opposite side of the Colo River. Amid a wild clamour of threats and oaths, off came clothes and on went costumes as rivals had to swim the drink to get the clue. It was a long number and several memories, of course, wilted under the strain on the swim back - all that effort for a wrong answer! It was fortunate for the organisers that they were already in the water when the mob arrived - perhaps they had some misgivings after all.
-they discovered that the required hand-punt was on the opposite side of the Colo River. Amid a wild clamour of threats and oaths, off came clothes and on went costumes as rivals had to swim the drink to get
-the clue. It was a long number and several memories, of course,
-wilted under the strain on the swim back - all that effort for a wrong answer! It was fortunate for the organisers that they were already in the water when the mob arrived - perhaps they had Some misgivings after all.
-Any outsider visiting Richmond cemetery at about 1600 hours on
+Any outsider visiting Richmond cemetery at about 1600 hours on Saturday, 30th November could have been excused for concluding that the world had suddenly gone crackers. He would have witnessed an extraordinary sight - about twenty bods running up and down among those silent tombs, examining each and every headstone, looking intently for just one belonging to a "pioneer" who passed away in 1840! Needless to say, our pioneer rested in the longest grass in the farthest corner of the graveyard, his epitaph almost indecipherable through the ravages of time. The things people do for fun!
-Saturday, 30th November could have been excused for concluding that the world had suddenly gone crackers. He would have witnessed an. extraordinary sight - about twenty bods running up and down among those silent tombs, examining each and every headstone, looking intently for just one belonging to a "pioneer" who passed away in 18401 Needless to say, our pioneer rested in the longest grass in the farthest corner of the graveyard, his epitaph almost indecipherable through the ravages of time. The things people do for fun!
-====="Next Course Please, Mr. Navigator!"=====
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-(Well, there certainly were some interesting and varied versions on our Car Trial from the competitors, but we sure didn't expect to see the one portrayed above by our Cartoonist. We're not allowed to tell who belongs to Car No. 10; but most people will agree it bears a striking resemblance to a well-known bomb driven by one of our scientific members with a degree in Meditation -- Ed.)
-Hot, dry and dusty, the competitors drove up to North Richmond Hostelry where stood the organisers at their "secret control". There was Snow with a tantalising long cold pale ale in his mitt and a superior leer from ear to ear and shouting to the parched competitors-
+[ Cartoon of car trial vehicle No. 10 ]
-"You can't stop here or you'll be penalised". This was the most unkindest cut of all - et tu Brute!.
-=====Engagement=====
+"Next Course Please, Mr. Navigator!"
+(Well, there certainly were some interesting and varied versions on our Car Trial from the competitors, but we sure didn't expect to see the one portrayed above by our Cartoonist. We're not allowed to tell who belongs to Car No. 10; but most people will agree it bears a striking resemblance to a well-known bomb driven by one of our scientific members with a degree in Meditation - Ed.)
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+Hot, dry and dusty, the competitors drove up to North Richmond Hostelry where stood the organisers at their "secret control". There was Snow with a tantalising long cold pale ale in his mitt and a superior leer from ear to ear and shouting to the parched competitors - "You can't stop here or you'll be penalised". This was the most unkindest cut of all - et tu Brute!.
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+=== Engagement. ===
+There's no doubt that bushwalkers choose some odd out-of-the-way places to pop that important question. So it was with Ken Angel, who was accepted by Beverley Fletcher (of the Newcastle Tech. College & Uni Bushwalking Club) on the top of Ayer's Rock. And Beverley says she wasn't held on the edge, either.
-There's no doubt that bushwalkers choose some odd out-of-the-way places to pop that important question. So it was with Ken Angel, who was accepted by Beverley Fletcher (of the Newcastle Tech. College & Uni Bushwalking Club) on the TOP OF AYERS ROCK. And Beverley says she wasn't held on the edge, either.
 Congratulations and best wishes to both of you from everyone in S.B.W.
-=====Things To Come=====
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-sacrificio pro bono publico?
-DBBS NEWS:- (Extract)
-It is reliably reported the bushwalkers have been sighted carrying hot food with them in special light-weight containers. This averts the risk of lighting fires in a bushfire danger period.
-Your favourite radio-frequency cooker is now available at "____"
+===== To Normanton In The Gulf Country. =====
-=====To Normanton in the Gulf Country=====
+- Jack Perry.
--- Jack Perry
 "For one as cannot sleep in one bed too long, must get 'ence, the same as I 'ave done an' go on observing things until they die." Kipling's Tramp.
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 This was my furthest point North in this area - my next stage being south to Cloncurry.
-=====News from Wee McGregor=====
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-Wildwood Road,
+=== Things To Come. ===
+sacrificio pro bono publico?
+__DBBS News__:- (Extract)
+"It is reliably reported the bushwalkers have been sighted carrying hot food with them in special light-weight containers. This averts the risk of lighting fires in a bushfire danger period. Your favourite radio-frequency cooker is now available at _ _ _ _"
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+===== Don't miss out on the Christmas Party! =====
+R.S.L. Hall, Elizabeth Street.
+Wednesday, 18th December. 8 p.m. - 1 a.m.
+Tickets: 17/6.
+Heather Joyce, Social Sec. - UM8942.
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+===== News From Wee McGregor. =====
+Wildwood Road,\\
 Kensington. Maryland. U.S.A.
 th November, 1957.
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 Well, things have certainly been different since I left Sydney. The plane trip had its moments - after leaving Fiji we ran into the tail of a cyclone and got thrown around quite a lot. The plane developed a sick engine at the same time and this part of the trip was interesting to say the least.
-I spent a day in San Francisco (plans for several more days on the way home) and this place has got something. After breakfast I wandered about for a bit, then booked a ride on a bus around the city. You've heard about the hills and the steep roads in San Francisco - well don't you believe them any more. The places I Saw were much steeper than any of the stories had led MB to believe - they're terrific. The cable cars - Oh boy - Oh boy - the Scenic Railway at Katoomba is kid stuff to these cars and these run in the modern city streets. Up and down the hills they go with the customers hanging on like hell. It was great. In the evening I went with Nina and Mark (Nina is a niece of Dr. Harris) to the top of the Mark (Mark Hopkins Hotel, 19 stories up on top of one of these hills) for cocktails. The sight from the top as the lights of the city began to glow is undescribable - the patterns of lights - the movement of cars - the colours - a sight I shall never forget. I'm glad that San Francisco is on the return track.
-Washington itself is a government city - it is beautiful but unattractive. The buildings are superb, but it is the trees and parks that carry the place in my eyes. The trees are everywhere and there is plenty of grass to play on. When I arrived the leaves had begun to turn colour and the day to day pageant was wonderful to behold. The soft yellows, the bold oranges and reds and the browns all took turns before one's eyes until any individual colour became lost in the overall beauty of the scene. Then COMBS the fall - the grass is patterned then covered, then buried in the falling leaves. It is truly an experience to follow the story of the leaves.
-The countryside generally is flat and featureless - there is very little of the ruggedness seen around Sydney. Travelling out of Washington into Virginia is mostly flat going with rolling grass lands' (milk country) everywhere. The farm buildings are very pretty, but the tree colouring is the thing that one sees at this time of year. About 70 miles to the west the ridges of the Appalachians begin to
-rise and I have been on part of the Sky Line Drive, A car trip admittedly, but we have nothing like it in Australia. It is designed so that the customers can see every beauty spot on its 120 mile length, and the look out points are quite unobtrusive. The planners have done a fine job. The scenery is superb, the Virginia dairy, lands to the east and to the west is the Shanandoah River Valley. I hope my slides can give you' some idea of tree colours and the terrain.
-There has been too much to do to spend enough time in Washington itself yet, to get a full picture of all its beauties. One feature that
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-I have examined is the Rock Creek Park. Rock,Creek is a little dribble of water which starts up in Maryland and runs right through Washington to join the Potomac River. The whole of the banks of the creek are
-reserved and extensive bush.  Walks can be made right through the centre of the -city, possible, I am told, to go for a whole day and have no sight of any buildings, cars, etc.  I've-visited some of its places and roamed about. Everywhere the autumn colours and the leaf carpet, so different from our land.
-Elsa and Bobby arrived a week ago, in time to see -the latter part of the tree colours. It was good to have them here with me. At the Moment Bobby and I have colds, but they will go soon and then more trips into the country.
+I spent a day in San Francisco (plans for several more days on the way home) and this place has got something. After breakfast I wandered about for a bit, then booked a ride on a bus around the city. You've heard about the hills and the steep roads in San Francisco - well don't you believe them any more. The places I saw were much steeper than any of the stories had led me to believe - they're terrific. The cable cars - Oh boy - Oh boy - the Scenic Railway at Katoomba is kid stuff to these cars and these run in the modern city streets. Up and down the hills they go with the customers hanging on like hell. It was great. In the evening I went with Nina and Mark (Nina is a niece of Dr. Harris) to the top of the Mark (Mark Hopkins Hotel, 19 stories up on top of one of these hills) for cocktails. The sight from the top as the lights of the city began to glow is undescribable - the patterns of lights - the movement of cars - the colours - a sight I shall never forget. I'm glad that San Francisco is on the return track.
-So far tho days are warm enough, but don't think about the mornings. We're, not half way through autumn yet, but now we have to scrape the ICE off the windscreen of the car before setting out for the Lab. in the mornings.  I'll let you know later what it is like in the winters.
+Washington itself is a government city - it is beautiful but unattractive. The buildings are superb, but it is the trees and parks that carry the place in my eyes. The trees are everywhere and there is plenty of grass to play on. When I arrived the leaves had begun to turn colour and the day to day pageant was wonderful to behold. The soft yellows, the bold oranges and reds and the browns all took turns before one's eyes until any individual colour became lost in the overall beauty of the scene. Then comes the fall - the grass is patterned then covered, then buried in the falling leaves. It is truly an experience to follow the story of the leaves.
+The countryside generally is flat and featureless - there is very little of the ruggedness seen around Sydney. Travelling out of Washington into Virginia is mostly flat going with rolling grass lands (milk country) everywhere. The farm buildings are very pretty, but the tree colouring is the thing that one sees at this time of year. About 70 miles to the west the ridges of the Appalachians begin to rise and I have been on part of the Sky Line Drive. A car trip admittedly, but we have nothing like it in Australia. It is designed so that the customers can see every beauty spot on its 120 mile length, and the look out points are quite unobtrusive. The planners have done a fine job. The scenery is superb, the Virginia dairy lands to the east and to the west is the Shanandoah River Valley. I hope my slides can give you some idea of tree colours and the terrain.
+There has been too much to do to spend enough time in Washington itself yet, to get a full picture of all its beauties. One feature that I have examined is the Rock Creek Park. Rock Creek is a little dribble of water which starts up in Maryland and runs right through Washington to join the Potomac River. The whole of the banks of the creek are reserved and extensive bush walks can be made right through the centre of the city. It is possible, I am told, to go for a whole day and have no sight of any buildings, cars, etc. I've visited some of its places and roamed about. Everywhere the autumn colours and the leaf carpet, so different from our land.
+Elsa and Bobby arrived a week ago, in time to see the latter part of the tree colours. It was good to have them here with me. At the moment Bobby and I have colds, but they will go soon and then more trips into the country.
+So far the days are warm enough, but don't think about the mornings. We're not half way through autumn yet, but now we have to scrape the ICE off the windscreen of the car before setting out for the Lab. in the mornings.  I'll let you know later what it is like in the winter!!!
 The people here are as friendly and hospitable as any we have ever met and the food!  Where we are living food is definitely one of the finer things in life. They spend more time on its preparation than we do, but the result is really something. Figures will need watching or we will really come rolling home.
-We are living with Dr. Harris in a fairly new house in Maryland: about 15 miles from the centre of Washington. It is a bit like the magazine.pictures - washing machine - T.V..- 3 radios - 2 bathrooms rumpus room with bar etc. We are extremely lucky to have been invited' here and Dr. Harris is truly one of the best.
+We are living with Dr. Harris in a fairly new house in Maryland about 15 miles from the centre of Washington. It is a bit like the magazine pictures - washing machine - T.V. - 3 radios - 2 bathrooms rumpus room with bar etc. We are extremely lucky to have been invited here and Dr. Harris is truly one of the best.
 My work at the Laboratory is going very well and with luck the job will be finished when we leave for home.
-Wherever I've been so far I've been impressed by the cleanliness of the-parks etc. I have not seen any litter by the roadsides-'as we see. only too often in Sydney. The cities and towns are clean and the picnic grounds used by car travellers are delightful. The people as a whole are more conscious of the surroundings than we are. It is something to aim for in Australia. The impact on me when strolling around these litterfree areas was very noticeable and I imagine the reverse impact must be solid on visitors to our country.
+Wherever I've been so far I've been impressed by the cleanliness of the-parks etc. I have not seen any litter by the roadsides as we see only too often in Sydney. The cities and towns are clean and the picnic grounds used by car travellers are delightful. The people as a whole are more conscious of the surroundings than we are. It is something to aim for in Australia. The impact on me when strolling around these litter free areas was very noticeable and I imagine the reverse impact must be solid on visitors to our country.
-However, we are very conscious of the beauties of our own. homeland.  From our short experience, travelling is wonderful, it is exciting, but homecoming will be satisfying.
+However, we are very conscious of the beauties of our own homeland.  From our short experience, travelling is wonderful, it is exciting, but homecoming will be satisfying.
-Elsa Bobby and I would like to convey through the Magazine our
+Elsa Bobby and I would like to convey through the Magazine our very best wishes for the Christmas season to all the gang at the Club.
-very best Wishes for the Christmas season to all the gang at the ClUb.
 So long for now,
 Malcolm
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+===== Paddy Made. =====
+=== Gifts. ===
+If you want gifts for outdoor types where better could you go than Paddy's? There's an enormous selection of plastic bottles, jars and containers and aluminium goods of all kinds.
+The Paddymade factory has been working overtime to cope with Christmas demands and there are good supplies of everything right now, but shop early to avoid delay and make sure of your choice.
+Sydney Bushwalkers will be spread far and wide over the map over the Christmas holidays. Wherever you are Paddy wishes you good camping and good fellowship for Christmas and the coming year.
+Paddy Pallin. Lightweight Camp Gear.
+Castlereagh St., Sydney. 'Phone: BM 2685.
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