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-THE LONG WEEKEND.
+===== The Long Weekend. =====
-The President's Trip.
+__The President's Trip.__
 by Black Dog.
-Jack Gentle's Cox's River - Cedar Creek Walk lured cut 26 starters - including the Chief White Ant. All set out from Katoomba and all arrived back at Katoomba as per programmed route.
-Ever seen 26 bads emerging from their tents at 5.45 a m, on a June morning,
+Jack Gentle's Cox's River - Cedar Creek Walk lured out 26 starters - including the Chief White Ant. All set out from Katoomba and all arrived back at Katoomba as per programmed route.
-black as the Ace of Spades, ice everywhere? - I have
-It was good to see the Cosgrove, Leyden, Ardill trio on the track - never a quiet moment - good whipper inners
+Ever seen 26 bods emerging from their tents at 5.45 a.m, on a June morning, black as the Ace of Spades, ice everywhere? - I have!
-Kodachrome ha S it that Jack Gentle was seen crossing the Cox' s River - a pair of ladies shoes in one hand - My Fair Lady's Hand in the other.
-It was felt that the Railway's deficit should be less this year since three bods lost their- return rail tickets.
+It was good to see the Cosgrove, Leyden, Ardill trio on the track - never a quiet moment - good whipper inners!
-Best wishes fer a speedy recovery to Brian Harvey Who broke, a bone in his ankle prior to the rocky section of Cedar Creek - Brian completed the walk in fighting style.
-Jean Ashdown attained great heights and was not too keen to change positinn despite assurances from Husband Frank that the fall would not be great. His ministerings comforted all in Jamieson Valley, and Ilegalong too, I believe.
+Kodachrome has it that Jack Gentle was seen crossing the Cox's River - a pair of ladies shoes in one hand - My Fair Lady's Hand in the other.
-Bad luck to David and Betty Bennett whose car would net go down Nellie 's Glen.
+It was felt that the Railway's deficit should be less this year since three bods lost their return rail tickets.
+Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Brian Harvey who broke a bone in his ankle prior to the rocky section of Cedar Creek - Brian completed the walk in fighting style.
+Jean Ashdown attained great heights and was not too keen to change position despite assurances from Husband Frank that the fall would not be great. His ministerings comforted all in Jamieson Valley, and Megalong too, I believe.
+Bad luck to David and Betty Bennett whose car would not go down Nellie's Glen.
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-Wyanbene Cave.
+__Wyanbene Cave.__
-Dave Brown led 11 starters towlaplore the caves and they report finding a new one Location:- about 30 miles South of Braidwood between the headwaters of the Shoalhaven and Deua Rivers. MHre details hoped for shortly.
-. HEALTH FOOD SHOP QA4VEGETARIAN CAF:
+Dave Brown led 11 starters to explore the caves and they report finding a new one. Location:- about 30 miles South of Braidwood between the headwaters of the Shoalhaven and Deua Rivers. More details hoped for shortly.
-BISCUITS ARE LIGHTER
-AND  LESS BULKY THAN BREAD CHOOSE FROM OUR WIDE RANGE :-
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-WEEATFLAKES KAVLI RYKING DANO
-RYVITA VITAWEAT - AND SPREAD WITH MARMITE !
+__N.P.A. at Kanangm.__
-IS HUNTER ST SYDNEY, 8A/1725.
-TEE LONG WEEKEND.
-N.P.A. at Kanangm.
 Len Fall.
-Twelve adults and two children were at Kanangra Walls for the ovting arranged by the National Parks Association to enable members to have a look at part of the area included in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park proposal.'
-We were welcomed at the Boyd River by the first snow fall the season, but the weather cleared t'wards evening and a very cold night followed.
+Twelve adults and two children were at Kanangra Walls for the outing arranged by the National Parks Association to enable members to have a look at part of the area included in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park proposal.
-Sunday was spent roaming over the t(-)ps and thnse who had not visited the area previously were suitably imnressed by the grandeur nf the views and the necessity fnr conserving it as a National Park. Monday was another beautiful clear day fnr a second visit to the tops -L7 round off a vury cold, but most interesting and inf-,rtfative weekend.
+We were welcomed at the Boyd River by the first snow fall the season, but the weather cleared towards evening and a very cold night followed.
-Davies Canyon.
-Jack Perry had a party of three. Somehow, they managed to visit the tops of Danae Brook and Thurat Rift bef)re reaching Sally Camp Creek and had to by-pass the Canyon. Knowing how cold it can be down there in the middle of summer, and knowing how Joan Walker's party fared last June, we reckon Jack got out of it lightly.
+Sunday was spent roaming over the tops and those who had not visited the area previously were suitably imnressed by the grandeur of the views and the necessity for conserving it as a National Park. Monday was another beautiful clear day for a second visit to the tops to round off a very cold, but most interesting and informative weekend.
-in
-"RESPECTFULLY YOURS".
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+__Davies Canyon.__
+Jack Perry had a party of three. Somehow, they managed to visit the tops of Danae Brook and Thurat Rift before reaching Sally Camp Creek and had to by-pass the Canyon. Knowing how cold it can be down there in the middle of summer, and knowing how Joan Walker's party fared last June, we reckon Jack got out of it lightly.
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+===== Respectfully Yours. =====
 K. A.
-Dear Mr. Editor, you did request a report on a walk, didn't you? And, dear Mr. Editor, you know damn well I only go walkabout every now and then. Do I participate in perilOus parades and peep at peerless panoramas? Not me, mate. Tried trips and trusted troopleaders are my meat and if there, are any unusual happenings being "bunged on, I do not -wish to be included. As Mr. Knightley somewhat unkindly placed on record at the last general Meeting, I'm now bracketed with the hasbeens.
-Leader Frank Leyden could almost be labelled as an ancient walker and more
+Dear Mr. Editor, you did request a report on a walk, didn't you? And, dear Mr. Editor, you know damn well I only go walkabout every now and then. Do I participate in perilous parades and peep at peerless panoramas? Not me, mate. Tried trips and trusted troopleaders are my meat and if there are any unusual happenings being bunged on, I do not wish to be included. As Mr. Knightley somewhat unkindly placed on record at the last general meeting, I'm now bracketed with the hasbeens.
-because of friendship than anything else I find myself being entrained on the 5.45 P.m. on Friday night bound for Kiama. What with being issued with the wrong ticket and several dashes around the Assembly Platform to rectify same I finally climb aboard and justly claim to be the last and most breathless traveller on the train. At Hurstville this claim is challenged by Col Ferguson, whose time allowance of 13 minutes to get from Electric to Steam Platform is thrown somewhat askew on account of his connecting train being eleven minutes late into Central.
-Eight bushies fit nicely into two taxis and we camp near the headwaters of Brogher's Creek. A nice habit of Frank's is to boil the Friday night billy and I begin to like bushwalking again. Mist and light rain in the mnrning, plus a prosaeci lye who got up last and was ready first, put me back:in perspective smartly and then I endure a two hour's non-stop track: bash. At 10 a m., with the promise of sunshine, we stopped and here I became aware that we have eggs in the party. This lanky prospective has a very small pack and he takes this opportunity to inspect and repack, At the conclusion of this task there is an overflow of one brown paper parcel. "Eggs'; the owner briefly explained, and is immediately overwhelmed with advice and suggestions as to the best way to carry the oval delicacies. The egg man doesn't seem very interested in this well meant advice and when we get going again he swings the bundle in his hand.
+Leader Frank Leyden could almost be labelled as an ancient walker and more because of friendship than anything else I find myself being entrained on the 5.45 p.m. on Friday night bound for Kiama. What with being issued with the wrong ticket and several dashes around the Assembly Platform to rectify same I finally climb aboard and justly claim to be the last and most breathless traveller on the train. At Hurstville this claim is challenged by Col Ferguson, whose time allowance of 13 minutes to get from Electric to Steam Platform is thrown somewhat askew on account of his connecting train being eleven minutes late into Central.
-At the first opportunity Frank lost the track - a familiar turn of his. "Was there last time", "spread out a bit", then "can't afford the time to look" and finally the ominous 'We'll steer a compass c-urse". So we push through bracken and vines, cross creeks on rotting logs and generally perform like idiots. Then in the thickest part of it Bill Cosgrove found the egg. Bellows cut "Look at the big. aird's egg" and pounces on it like a starving goanna. "There's another one" (Bill),
-and so. there was, and both specimens passed by the egg board as fresh and fit for a human consumption. You wouldn't have to be told that the brown paper -parcel. had sprung a leak and a couple of the contents had gone to earth. Bill is a bit disappointed, but not as much as the owner who has a swift check and finds only four out of twelve eggs are still surrounded by shell.
+Eight bushies fit nicely into two taxis and we camp near the headwaters of Brogher's Creek. A nice habit of Frank's is to boil the Friday night billy and I begin to like bushwalking again. Mist and light rain in the morning, plus a prospective who got up last and was ready first, put me back in perspective smartly and then I endure a two hour's non-stop track bash. At 10 a.m., with the promise of sunshine, we stopped and here I became aware that we have eggs in the party. This lanky prospective has a very small pack and he takes this opportunity to inspect and repack. At the conclusion of this task there is an overflow of one brown paper parcel. "Eggs", the owner briefly explained, and is immediately overwhelmed with advice and suggestions as to the best way to carry the oval delicacies. The egg man doesn't seem very interested in this well meant advice and when we get going again he swings the bundle in his hand.
-E1entually we hit semi-open country and peer expectantly down to Brngher's Creek and from a point further South we had a look into the luverley Kangaroo Valley. We had lunch before descending into the valley of Br-)gher's Creek. I presume four eggs were eaten as a lunch but I'm not sure. The climb down the chimney was interesting and unexciting except to the leader who kept imploring the tailenders not to kick rocks down on top of him. I keep thinking to myself "Why not", but I suppose the thought is a little uncharitable.
-Later on we made a final descent to Brogher's Creek to camp, and you'll be
+At the first opportunity Frank lost the track - a familiar turn of his. "Was there last time", "spread out a bit", then "can't afford the time to look" and finally the ominous "We'll steer a compass course". So we push through bracken and vines, cross creeks on rotting logs and generally perform like idiots. Then in the thickest part of it Bill Cosgrove found the egg. Bellows out "Look at the big bird's egg" and pounces on it like a starving goanna. "There's another one" (Bill), and so there was, and both specimens passed by the egg board as fresh and fit for a human consumption. You wouldn't have to be told that the brown paper parcel had sprung a leak and a couple of the contents had gone to earth. Bill is a bit disappointed, but not as much as the owner who has a swift check and finds only four out of twelve eggs are still surrounded by shell.
-happy to know I got scratched to the bone on another of Leyden's short cuts, blunted
-my dinner knife cutting lawyer vine, lantana and sundry vines to such a degree I couldn't cut my steak at dinner. Also fell for the old one about "feeling much better after a swim in the creek before dinner". Feeling dammit! I had feeling alright. As well as the scratches and wounds, the water stirred up a vivid reminder of the afternno/ joust with hip high stinging 'nettles. And then the character (eggless now) made a meal of a tin of coffee essence. Makes 24 cups it says on the tin and the lot went in one go: Shades of Clem Hallstrom and his cucueSers.
+E1entually we hit semi-open country and peer expectantly down to Brogher's Creek and from a point further South we had a look into the luverley Kangaroo Valley. We had lunch before descending into the valley of Brogher's Creek. I presume four eggs were eaten as a lunch but I'm not sure. The climb down the chimney was interesting and unexciting except to the leader who kept imploring the tailenders not to kick rocks down on top of him. I keep thinking to myself "Why not", but I suppose the thought is a little uncharitable.
-From Brogher's Creek we found a new way up onto C-)ok's Nob, and enjoyed a wonderful view from a rock that scraped yards of skin off my knees and shins while being surmounted. Oh yes, Mr. Editor, I'll write up a trip anytime you want it. Brian Harvey wrote one about a wheelbarrow trip once. How about one entitled The World From a Wheelchair"
-CONSERVILT ION REPORT.
+Later on we made a final descent to Brogher's Creek to camp, and you'll be happy to know I got scratched to the bone on another of Leyden's short cuts, blunted my dinner knife cutting lawyer vine, lantana and sundry vines to such a degree I couldn't cut my steak at dinner. Also fell for the old one about "feeling much better after a swim in the creek before dinner". Feeling dammit! I had feeling alright. As well as the scratches and wounds, the water stirred up a vivid reminder of the afternoon joust with hip high stinging nettles. And then the character (eggless now) made a meal of a tin of coffee essence. Makes 24 cups it says on the tin and the lot went in one go! Shades of Clem Hallstrom and his cucumbers.
-CONFERENCE OF CONSERTgION BODIES: Mr. Strom advises that a conference will be held
-on Saturday 8th August. The agenda Committee meets on June 12th and notification is requested of any res-autions the S.B.W. would like discussed. The Club is entitled to two delegates.
+From Brogher's Creek we found a new way up onto Cook's Nob, and enjoyed a wonderful view from a rock that scraped yards of skin off my knees and shins while being surmounted. Oh yes, Mr. Editor, I'll write up a trip anytime you want it. Brian Harvey wrote one about a wheelbarrow trip once. How about one entitled "The World From a Wheelchair"
-PROPOSED ROCK CARVINGS AT GOVETT'S LEAP: Attention is drawn to the press report on this subject. (See notice
-GREATER BLUE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK: When opening 'Cahill 's Lookout" on the Scenic
+----
-Cliff Drive at Megalong 'Talley, the Premier said that he had apnroved a recommendation to proclaim a 150,000 acre area for the park. (See Notice Board.)
-SPREAD OF GARBAGE IN THE "CASTLE" AREA: Litter, which can only attributed to walkers because they are the only ones who visit the Area, continues to spread in this vicinity.
+===== Conservation Report. =====
-LETTER. TO THE EDITOR.
+=== Conference of conservation bodies: ===
-Dear Mr. Edit-'r,
-In your last isaue Allen Strom asks "How many of your readers, dear Sir, prefer
+Mr. Strom advises that a conference will be held on Saturday 8th August. The agenda Committee meets on June 12th and notification is requested of any resolutions the S.B.W. would like discussed. The Club is entitled to two delegates.
-to fiddle with the enjoyment of the bushlands Whilst plans are being laid to leave onl jthe ashes fir future generations"? -
-The answer can be found by counting the non-fiddlers and subtracting them from the total. lf the readers who attend meetings, two have accounted fir 95% of conservA tion business. One of these has been unable to attend meetings lately. A couple of others, though less talkative, are willing workers. CT the readers who don't attend meetings, two are leaders in conservation work and several others work. Some if not all, the non-fiddling readers who don't attend meetings, have probably wearied of trying to interest members in conservation projects.
+=== Proposed rock carvings at Govett's Leap: ===
-The number of readers taking an active interest would be 10, or less. The circulation of the magazine is about 180. The number of fiddlers is therefore
--10 - 170.
+Attention is drawn to the press report on this subject. (See notice board)
-Yours sincerely, Alex Colley.
-.
+=== Greater Blue Mountains National Park: ===
-WALKING GUIDE,
-JULY 10-11-12 Katoomba - Nellie's Glen - Black Jerry's - Cox River - Gibraltar Ck.- Cullenbenbong - Blackheath Creek - Blackheath.
+When opening "Cahill's Lookout" on the Scenic Cliff Drive at Megalong Valley, the Premier said that he had approved a recommendation to proclaim a 150,000 acre area for the park. (See Notice Board.)
-Note that this trip now starts from Katoomba, not Blackheath as shown on the Walk's Programme. Camp at foot of Nellie's Glen and at Sandy Hook on Cox. Mostly pleasant track and river walking.
-Leader: Frank Young. Fares 25/-.
+=== Spread of garbage in the "Castle" area: ===
-JULY 12: Campbelltown - Pheasant Creek - O'Hare's Creek - Campbelltown. Rural road bash to Wedderburn, scramble into Pheasant Creek and rockhopping on O'HarOs Creek. Pleasant creek scenery.
-Leader: David Ingram Fares 7/4d.
+Litter, which can only attributed to walkers because they are the only ones who visit the area, continues to spread in this vicinity.
-JULY 17-18-19: Leura - Lockley's Pylon - Blue Gum - Grand Canyon - Lake Medlm - Medlow Bath.
-Camp out from Laura on Friday night. Level walking to Lockley's - views down the Grose River and of Mts. King Gerrge and Hay. Steep descent 2000' to Blue Gum far comfortable camp.. Sunday, a pleasant track climb up thr-,ugh the Grand Canyon (Beauchamp Falls, ferny 'dells, underground stream).
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-Medium test walk for prospectives with some experience.
-Leader: John Logan Fares 24/-,
+=== Letter to the Editor. ===
-JULY 18-19:
-Glenbrook - Euroka - The Oaks - Erskine Creek - Warragamba Dam inspection - Bus to Penrith.
+Dear Mr. Editor,
-Mostly level track walking. Camp at Euroka on Saturday night. -
-Inspect the Dam on Sunday. Leader: Jack Perry Fares 15/-
+In your last issue Allen Strom asks "How many of your readers, dear Sir, prefer to fiddle with the enjoyment of the bushlands whilst plans are being laid to leave only the ashes for future generations"?
-JULY 19: Cowan - Ellanora Trig - Cliff Trig - Cowan.
-Notecha,ectTra _Da m.steamfromCentral.
+The answer can be found by counting the non-fiddlers and subtracting them from the total. Of the readers who attend meetings, two have accounted for 95% of conservation business. One of these has been unable to attend meetings lately. A couple of others, though less talkative, are willing workers. Of the readers who don't attend meetings, two are leaders in conservation work and several others work. Some, if not all, the non-fiddling readers who don't attend meetings, have probably wearied of trying to interest members in conservation projects.
-Medium ridge walking mostly on tracks. Fine panoramas of the Hawkesbury.
-Leader: John Noble Fares 7/-.
+The number of readers taking an active interest would be 10, or less. The circulation of the magazine is about 180. The number of fiddlers is therefore 180-10 = 170.
-JULY 24-25-26: Three Peaks Trip for "Ladies only".
-Blackheath - Car to Carlons - White Dog - Cloudmaker K7anangra Creek - Paralyser Kanangra River - Guouogang - Canons.
+Yours sincerely,
-Start training Girls! Although the programme says 5000' climbing, a conservative eStimate is 11,000 (UP). Then of course there's a lot of climbing down, too.
-- Leader: Heather Joyce Fares 35/-.
+Alex Colley.
-JULY 26:
-Glenbrook Euroka - Nepean Lookout - Glenbrook.
+----
-Some rock hopping dawn Glenbr^-ok Gorge; lunch at the Nepean Junction. Climb 300' to The Lookout, then to Eureka and track walk. to Glenbrook.
-Leader: Ernie French. Fares 13/-
+===== Walking Guide. =====
-(Continued on Page 21.)
-.
+|July 10-11-12|Katoomba - Nellie's Glen - Black Jerry's - Cox River - Gibraltar Ck. - Cullenbenbong - Blackheath Creek - Blackheath. Note that this trip now starts from Katoomba, not Blackheath as shown on the Walk's Programme. Camp at foot of Nellie's Glen and at Sandy Hook on Cox. Mostly pleasant track and river walking. Leader: Frank Young. Fares 25/-.|
-"Sitting in O'Keefe's Hut, under the lee of Jagungal, hands wrapped around a steaming mug of cocoa, it was pleasant to thaw out now and reflect on the last two hurs of scrub bashing struggle down the Northern slopes of the mountain.
+|July 12|Campbelltown - Pheasant Creek - O'Hare's Creek - Campbelltown. Rural road bash to Wedderburn, scramble into Pheasant Creek and rockhopping on O'Hares Creek. Pleasant creek scenery. Leader: David Ingram. Fares 7/4d.|
-"It had been raining heavily with the icy bite that mountain rain has and every bush had deluged
+|July 17-18-19|Leura - Lockley's Pylon - Blue Gum - Grand Canyon - Lake Medlm - Medlow Bath. Camp out from Laura on Friday night. Level walking to Lockley's - views down the Grose River and of Mts. King Gerrge and Hay. Steep descent 2000' to Blue Gum for comfortable camp. Sunday, a pleasant track climb up through the Grand Canyon (Beauchamp Falls, ferny dells, underground stream). Medium test walk for prospectives with some experience. Leader: John Logan. Fares 24/-.|
-us with more icy gallons. Those jackets of Paddy's were really something and I blessed the inspiration
+|July 18-19|Glenbrook - Euroka - The Oaks - Erskine Creek - Warragamba Dam inspection - Bus to Penrith. Mostly level track walking. Camp at Euroka on Saturday night. Inspect the Dam on Sunday. Leader: Jack Perry. Fares 15/-.|
-that had prompted us to include them in our gear. A well thought out garment with a removeable hood and double overlapping front, made from t:mgh PVC cloth, long enough for complete body protection but not too long to interfere with free leg movement. The yellow colour was a bright thought too, especially in the foggy murk outside when it was so easy-to lose sight of the person with you. Just the shot for that
+|July 19|Cowan - Ellanora Trig - Cliff Trig - Cowan. __Note change of Train to 8.10a.m. steam from Central__. Medium ridge walking mostly on tracks. Fine panoramas of the Hawkesbury. Leader: John Noble. Fares 7/-.|
-Tassie trip next Christmas. At 4.10. 0 a real
+|July 24-25-26|Three Peaks Trip for "Ladies only". Blackheath - Car to Carlons - White Dog - Cloudmaker - Kanangra Creek - Paralyser - Kanangra River - Guouogang - Carlons. Start training Girls! Although the programme says 5000' climbing, a conservative eStimate is 11,000 (UP). Then of course there's a lot of climbing down, too. Leader: Heather Joyce. Fares 35/-.|
-bargain, really worth much more."
+|July 26|Glenbrook Euroka - Nepean Lookout - Glenbrook. Some rock hopping down Glenbrook Gorge; lunch at the Nepean Junction. Climb 300' to The Lookout, then to Euroka and track walk to Glenbrook. Leader: Ernie French. Fares 13/-.|
-"By the look of things -)utside the old "choofer" stove was a good buy too  53/6d. worth of comf=t for walkars in this weather."
+|July 31, August 1-2-3|(Bank Holiday) Katoomba - Nellie's Glen - Carlon's - Splendour Rock - Clear Hill - Katoomba. No river crossings. No wet feet! Friday night camp at foot of the Glen. Easy walk to The Glen Allan base camp via Carlon's Farm. On Sunday walk without packs. Climb Mouin and Warrigal, then to Splendour Rock and return to camp. Excellent walk for prospectives and New Members. Views of the Gangerang , Kanangra, etc. Leader: Brian Harvey. Fares 23/-.|
+|July 31, August 1-2|Ettrema Gorge - Track clearing trip. See page 18 for details. Leader: Colin Putt.|
+|August 1-2|St. Anthony's - Dodd's Lagoon - Yeola - Gerringong Creek - Budderoo Track - Jamberoo. A fairly rugged trip. 2,000' drop to Yeola - pleasant camping in valley. Climb to the Barren Ground area on Sunday. Coastal panoramas. Leader: George Gray.|
+|August 2|Glenbrcok - Euroka - Fireworks Ridge - Campfire Creek - Glonbrook. Recommended test walk. Easy track to Euroka. Scramble along Campfire Creek. Leader: Jack Gentle. Fares 13/-.|
+|August 7-8-9|Katoomba - Korrowall Buttress - Cedar Creek - Katoomba. Camp on Narrow Neck Friday night. Then over Solitary and down The Buttress - steady nerves needed here - rope work possible if wanted. Camp on Cedar Creek. Rockhopping up the Creek on Sunday - waterfalls and cascades. Leader: Jack Perry. Fares 23/-.|
+|August 8-9|Colo Vale - Mt. Flora - Nattai River - Starlight's Trail - Hilltop. The upper Nattai - a comparatively unspoiled bit of "little river". Medium going with some rock-hopping. River opens to attractice flats at Starlights. Expect wet feet. Lunch on train Saturday. Leader: Jim Brown. Fares 24/-.|
+|August 9|Lilyvale - Era - Burning Palms - Otford. Pleasant walk, coastal views. Lunch at Burning Palms. Tea in the Bush! Leader: Irene Pridham. Fares 7/6d.|
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+===== Paddy Made. =====
+"Sitting in O'Keefe's Hut, under the lee of Jagungal, hands wrapped around a steaming mug of cocoa, it was pleasant to thaw out now and reflect on the last two hours of scrub bashing struggle down the Northern slopes of the mountain.
+"It had been raining heavily with the icy bite that mountain rain has and every bush had deluged us with more icy gallons. Those jackets of Paddy's were really something and I blessed the inspiration that had prompted us to include them in our gear. A well thought out garment with a removeable hood and double overlapping front, made from tough PVC cloth, long enough for complete body protection but not too long to interfere with free leg movement. The yellow colour was a bright thought too, especially in the foggy murk outside when it was so easy to lose sight of the person with you. Just the shot for that Tassie trip next Christmas. At £4.10. 0 a real bargain, really worth much more."
+"By the look of things outside the old "choofer" stove was a good buy too - 53/6d. worth of comfort for walkers in this weather."
 Gear for all weathers at Paddy's.
-Norwegian heavy woollen jumpers at
-. very good prices.
+Norwegian heavy woollen jumpers at very good prices. £5.11. 0 to £6. 6. 0.
-E5.11. 0 to a. 6. 0.
 A really rugged garnent for winter walkers.
-PADDY PAWN rz
-Lightweight Camp Gear
+paddy Pallin. Lightweight Camp Gear.
- CASTLE REAGH St SYDNEY
-M2685
+ Castlereagh St., Sydney. BM2685.
-.
-NEWS FROM LYN BABER.
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-"India is much colder than I thought it would be. Actually we are here in the winter, but I still thought it would be hot. Darjeeling was cold, really oold winter weather, and mist nearly all the time. The Indian people as a whole aren't as. friendly as the Burmese or Thais, but we have met a lot of nice ones. India is as flat as a board, just seems to be paddy fields stretching in every direction. The shops all Look awfully dirty and the majority of the people are vary poor. We have only just been able to buy some fresh vegetables and fruit, and have we been making the most of it in the last few days? We eat a lot of rice and cook vegetables or open a tin to go with it. I quite enjoy it too. In one town in Burma, 'when vegetables were quite a novelty to us, we bought some potatoes, eggs and cabbage, and that night could even find some dry wood for a fire. We really had a feast and christened it "Australia Day". We are still awaitinp for this Ganges ferry. Actually /4ight now I am sitting on the banks of the great river finishing this . letter. The ferry does not go for another hour. Tonight it is New Year's Eve. I'd just love to be somewhere exciting to see the New Year in, but I don't expect we will be - never know though. We are now on this ferry 'waiting for it to go. It is only a half hour crossing, 3 miles across the Ganges, Which seems to just spread in every direction, a muddy grey scene. We are surrounded by bales of jute and spitting Indians, and some even ask you for buckshees.
+===== News From Lyn Baber. =====
+"India is much colder than I thought it would be. Actually we are here in the winter, but I still thought it would be hot. Darjeeling was cold, really cold winter weather, and mist nearly all the time. The Indian people as a whole aren't as friendly as the Burmese or Thais, but we have met a lot of nice ones. India is as flat as a board, just seems to be paddy fields stretching in every direction. The shops all look awfully dirty and the majority of the people are very poor. We have only just been able to buy some fresh vegetables and fruit, and have we been making the most of it in the last few days? We eat a lot of rice and cook vegetables or open a tin to go with it. I quite enjoy it too. In one town in Burma, when vegetables were quite a novelty to us, we bought some potatoes, eggs and cabbage, and that night could even find some dry wood for a fire. We really had a feast and christened it "Australia Day". We are still awaiting for this Ganges ferry. Actually right now I am sitting on the banks of the great river finishing this letter. The ferry does not go for another hour. Tonight it is New Year's Eve. I'd just love to be somewhere exciting to see the New Year in, but I don't expect we will be - never know though. We are now on this ferry waiting for it to go. It is only a half hour crossing, 3 miles across the Ganges, which seems to just spread in every direction, a muddy grey scene. We are surrounded by bales of jute and spitting Indians, and some even ask you for buckshees.
 Birla Temple, New Delhi, 11th January.
-Our home in New Delhi. It's unbelievable. We are staying in a huge temple, the Birla Temple. Actually it is a Hindu Temple but there is a section for travellers. We have a small marble-floored room - a bit cramped, but it doesn't matter because we are hardly ever in it. Tomorrow we leave - we arrived last Tuesday and tomorrow, Monday - and we have had a wonderful time hare, made some terrific friends. First of all there is Eric's friends from last time. Next Bruce saw an Architect's sign plate in town and on the spur of the moment went in with some story and landed us an
-invitation first of all to an evening at this man's home, and met his family and
+Our home in New Delhi. It's unbelievable. We are staying in a huge temple, the Birla Temple. Actually it is a Hindu Temple but there is a section for travellers. We have a small marble-floored room - a bit cramped, but it doesn't matter because we are hardly ever in it. Tomorrow we leave - we arrived last Tuesday and tomorrow, Monday - and we have had a wonderful time here, made some terrific friends. First of all there is Eric's friends from last time. Next Bruce saw an Architect's sign plate in town and on the spur of the moment went in with some story and landed us an invitation first of all to an evening at this man's home, and met his family and friends, etc. Next day he took some of us on a trip aroard town to see some of the historical buildings and to some of the newly constructed ones, purely architectural, but very good. That night the six of us all went to his Uncle and Aunt's home and were entertained in a very Indian fashion, and later showed our slides, etc. and then last night Bruce and I had dinner at his house - a real roast chicken, all "hotted up" Indian style, bought specially for us as he is a Hindu and consequently a vegetarian. Our number three friends, and the best fun, are two Sikh men (the ones with the turbans and beards). They have been great pals. Tonight we had tea at the home of one of them, and the night before last at the other - served on a carpet on the floor. We have been to all sorts of odd places with them, to the Market at Old Delhi, to Ghandi's Tomb, to real Indian Restaurants, and today, Sunday, in the middle of tha day, to a most exclusive restaurant in town, dancing. We didn't even know we were going, and no make-up at all - but did I care? I was wearing scruffy old slacks, rubber sandals and my hair was in a pigtail. They always look immaculate with their beautiful black beards and turbans to harmonise with their smart clothes. Indian men always remark upon the fact that they could not speak with Indian girls as they speak to us. Even now the parents always arrange all the marriages, so that they very rarely know their brides at all. We will be sorry to leave. Angela leaves us here and Bruce is another one who would like to stay. Mr. Bathia has offered him a job in his firm and also Norman has offered him a job in his furniture business, designing furniture. He might even come back again.
-friends, etc. Next day he took some of us on a trip aroard town to see some of the historical buildings and to some of the newly constructed ones, purely architectural,
-but very good. That night the six of us all went to his Uncle and Aunt's home and were entertained in a very Indian fashion, and later showed our slides, etc. and then
+Our New Year's Eve was very odd indeed. We spent most of New Year's Eve day waiting for a ferry to cross the Ganges and that night we spent in a Dak bungalow on the other side - a very very old Indian town, not very big - actually a Moslem town, Rajmahal. We just felt that we should do something. Angela, Bruce and I wandered through the black little streets, bought some peanuts and ate them beside a big Moslem Temple on the banks of the Ganges, with a huge red moon coming up over what looked like the sea, but really was just the river stretching as far as the eye could see. Then for midnight we rushed back to our house, dragged the others out, and sang "Aud Lang Syne" out on the lawn in a circle. Since we have been in Delhi we have hardly bought ourselves any food at all, always managing an invitation somewhere. We had been warned a long time ago that our tummies would probably be upset in India and before we reached Delhi we all seemed to be taking pills. Lou's explanation of pills is either "stop" or "go". Nobody had any lasting effects. New Delhi is beautiful, terrific public buildings and parks and lovely homes and trees. Really a masterpiece, but Old Delhi is just the usual Indian jumble of people and shops and cows and motor cars and beggars. Have been to see the Taj Mahal - very beautiful, but main complaint was too many tourists. From 5 a.m. here at the temple we have the priests wailing and chanting over loudspeakers, very eerie.
-last night Bruce and I had dinner at his house - a real roast chicken, all "hotted
-up" Indian style, bought specially for us as he is a Hindu and consequently a vegetarian. Our number three friends, and the best fun, are two Sikh men (the ones with
-the turbans and beards). They have been great pals. Tonight we had tea at the home
-of one of them, and the night before last at the other - served an a carpet on the
-floor. We have been to all sorts of odd places with them, to the Market at Old Delhi, to Ghandi's Tomb, to real Indian Restaurants, and today, Sunday, in the middle of tha day, to a most exclusive restaurant in town, dancing. We didn't even know we were going, and no make-up at all - but did I care? I was wearing scruffy old slacks, rubber sandals and my hair was in a pigtail. They always look immaculate with their beautiful black beards and turbans to harmonise with their smart clothes. Indian men always remark upon the fact that they could not speak with Indian girls as they speak to us. Even naw the parents always arrange all the marriages, so that they very rarely know their brides at all. We will be sorry to leave. Angela leaves us here and Bruce is another one who would like to stay. Mr. Bathia has offered him a jcb in his firm and also Norman has offered him a job in his furniture business, designing furniture. He might even come back again.
-Our New Year Eve was very odd indeed. We spent mast of New Year's Eve daywiting for a ferry to crass the Ganges and that night we spent in a Dak: bungalow
-.
-on the other side - a very very old Indian town, not very big - actually a Moslem town, Rajmahal. We just felt that we should do something; 'Angela, Bruce and I wandered through the black little streets, bought some peanuts and ate them beside a big Moslem Temple on the banks of the Ganges, with a huge red moon coming up over what looked like the sea, but really was just the river stretching as far as the eye could see. Then for midnight we rushed back to our heuse, dragged the others out,
- and sang "Aud Lang Syne" out on the lawn in a circle. Since we have been in Delhi we have hardly bought ourselves any food at all, always managing an invitation somewhere We had been warned a long time ago that our tummies would nrobably be upset in India and before we reached Delhi we all seemed to be taking pills. Lou's explanation of pills is either "stop" or "go". Nobody had any lasting effects. New Delhi is beautiful, terrific public buildings and narks and lovely homes and trees. ,Really a masterpiece, but Old Delhi is just the usual Indian jumble-of people nnd shops and cows and meter cars and beggars. Have been to see the Taj Mahal - very beautiful, but main complaint was too many tourists. From 5 a m. here at the temple we have the priests wailing and chanting over loudspeakers, very eerie.
 Kabul, Afghanistan, 21st January.
-Here we are once mare in a capital city, but this one sure is strange. It is only qiite small really. We arrived at 10.30 p m. the night before last, snow on the ground, not a soul anywhere, great big wide streets, and pulled up outside the royal palace. Unfortunately the guard did not invite us in so we had to go looking for somewhere else to sleep. Eventually stayed at the Hotel de Kabul (the only one in town) and that cost us 10/- per head. Really hurt, as you can imagine, but last night and tonight we are much better. off. Lou and I are staying with a couple (he looks after the Embassy Office) and the boys stayed with the British Military Attache. If our visas come through we leave temorrow for Kandahar. We have -t(- collect Iran and Iraqi visas, have been promised them, could not get them at all in Delhi. Afghanistan is just so different from anything else we have seen. It is either jagged snow-capped mountains or flat desolate wastes. Kabul itself is in a valley completely surrounded by mountains. There is no green anywhere. All the trees are bare and brown and there is snow lying about everywhere. All the h-uses are inside high mud-walled compounds so that no houses are on view. Some of the people are very white and some look Tibetar. All the women cover their faces. They wear long capes which go around them and all that you can see are their ankles. The Afghan boy who works for Valerie Neil (who we are staying with) asked her to keep all his wages for three months. When she asked why he replied "So that I can buy a new wife. The one I've got now is no good. When I go home on Friday I will beat her". Here, I must add, that PS well as this bad wife he has five children.
-'Men we were in India we were all given some of their famous Betel nut to chew, but Bruce broke a tooth on it and an abscess had formed, and he has had this out today So many people in the East chew Betel nut and it looks horrible. They have bright red mouths and lips from it and some even bave their teeth caked in it. They spit this horrible red juice all over the place. It was funny to see us all trying it. John gulped it down, Angela nibbles a little bit, Eric had tried it before so he flatly refused, Bruce broke his tooth and Lou and I escaped r,und the other side of the Landrover and spat ours out on the garden.
+Here we are once more in a capital city, but this one sure is strange. It is only quite small really. We arrived at 10.30 p.m. the night before last, snow on the ground, not a soul anywhere, great big wide streets, and pulled up outside the royal palace. Unfortunately the guard did not invite us in so we had to go looking for somewhere else to sleep. Eventually stayed at the Hotel de Kabul (the only one in town) and that cost us 10/- per head. Really hurt, as you can imagine, but last night and tonight we are much better off. Lou and I are staying with a couple (he looks after the Embassy Office) and the boys stayed with the British Military Attache. If our visas come through we leave temorrow for Kandahar. We have to collect Iran and Iraqi visas, have been promised them, could not get them at all in Delhi. Afghanistan is just so different from anything else we have seen. It is either jagged snow-capped mountains or flat desolate wastes. Kabul itself is in a valley completely surrounded by mountains. There is no green anywhere. All the trees are bare and brown and there is snow lying about everywhere. All the houses are inside high mud-walled compounds so that no houses are on view. Some of the people are very white and some look Tibetar. All the women cover their faces. They wear long capes which go around them and all that you can see are their ankles. The Afghan boy who works for Valerie Neil (who we are staying with) asked her to keep all his wages for three months. When she asked why he replied "So that I can buy a new wife. The one I've got now is no good. When I go home on Friday I will beat her". Here, I must add, that as well as this bad wife he has five children.
-India is jUst so steeped in religion - mainly Moslems, Hindus and Sikhs. Everywhere there are Temples and Shrines, even out in the rice fields. There seems to be
-a lot of bad feeling between the different grrupe too, especially over the partitioning of Pakistan. We visited.Benares, which is the religious centre of India, but did net visit any of the Temples' there. We stayed overkaght in the Circuit house and it was absolute luxury. There were huge lounge and dihing room with great high ceilings and
+When we were in India we were all given some of their famous Betel nut to chew, but Bruce broke a tooth on it and an abscess had formed, and he has had this out today. So many people in the East chew Betel nut and it looks horrible. They have bright red mouths and lips from it and some even have their teeth caked in it. They spit this horrible red juice all over the place. It was funny to see us all trying it. John gulped it down, Angela nibbles a little bit, Eric had tried it before so he flatly refused, Bruce broke his tooth and Lou and I escaped round the other side of the Landrover and spat ours out on the garden.
-,
-beautiful old furniture, beautiful gardens outside, lots of servants, and it all only c'st us 3 rupees altngether, about 6/-. Of course next =riling when we left all the servants were it asktng for buckshees. What a racket that is in India. While in Benares, which is a very big city, ire visited a place where they hand-weave magnificent pure silk sarees, using real gold and silver thread. We asked the prices, but that was all - nothing cheaper than the equivalent of C8.
+India is jUst so steeped in religion - mainly Moslems, Hindus and Sikhs. Everywhere there are Temples and Shrines, even out in the rice fields. There seems to be a lot of bad feeling between the different groups too, especially over the partitioning of Pakistan. We visited Benares, which is the religious centre of India, but did not visit any of the Temples there. We stayed overkaght in the Circuit house and it was absolute luxury. There were huge lounge and dining rooms with great high ceilings and beautiful old furniture, beautiful gardens outside, lots of servants, and it all only cost us 3 rupees altngether, about 6/-. Of course next morning when we left all the servants were out asktng for buckshees. What a racket that is in India. While in Benares, which is a very big city, we visited a place where they hand-weave magnificent pure silk sarees, using real gold and silver thread. We asked the prices, but that was all - nothing cheaper than the equivalent of £8.
 Continued on 23rd January.
-I didn't have a chance to finish earlier but y-u should jus-b see where we are ww. Lou, Bruce and I are sitting in the back, John in the front. Lou and Bruce are making horrible noises with flutes that we bought in Amritsar (India) and John is singing to himself. We are parked on the side of the read in the snow waiting for Eric to return from Kabul, -which is 30 miles away with a new bit frr the Landr-,ver. It is 2i h-urs since he went now and probably will be awhile yet. When Tess was serviced in Kabul they said that the bushes in the dynamo needed re7lacing but they had no spares and they should get us to Kandahar, 318 miles away, but one has broken now so they'll just have to give us something.. We're in a valley completely c-vered in snow, surrounded by snow-clad mountains. The altitude is around the 8,000' mark
-and it's mighty chilly. The road is just solid ice and when you step off it you're likely to sink a foot deep in snow.. When we tried to boil water it took ages and ages - probably because we had to melt the snow first. But actually we are quite cosy. There are a couple of houses that look like fortresses nearby but we expect no invitations from them. The Afghans are a strange race. Anyway, back to our travels. After Delhi we visited Chundi Garh, which is in the Punjab. It's a completely new town, designed by a world famous Swiss Architect called Le Corbusier. I've seen photographs of lots of his buildings in Art magazines and it was terrific to actually see them in real life. From there we went on to Amritsar, whih is the home and birth place of the Sikhs. While there we visited the Golden Temple. To even be allowed in the grounds we had to wear hats, take off our shoes and wash our feet in a pool We saw no other tourists there - all Indians on a religi-us pilgrimage. The Temple itself is all golden, not very big, and in the middle of a big square lake. All the Sikhs come and bathe and drink the waters of this lake and purify themselves. We
+I didn't have a chance to finish earlier but you should just see where we are now. Lou, Bruce and I are sitting in the back, John in the front. Lou and Bruce are making horrible noises with flutes that we bought in Amritsar (India) and John is singing to himself. We are parked on the side of the road in the snow waiting for Eric to return from Kabul, which is 30 miles away with a new bit for the Landrover. It is 2 1/2 hours since he went now and probably will be awhile yet. When Tess was serviced in Kabul they said that the bushes in the dynamo needed replacing but they had no spares and they should get us to Kandahar, 318 miles away, but one has broken now so they'll just have to give us something. We're in a valley completely covered in snow, surrounded by snow-clad mountains. The altitude is around the 8,000' mark and it's mighty chilly. The road is just solid ice and when you step off it you're likely to sink a foot deep in snow. When we tried to boil water it took ages and ages - probably because we had to melt the snow first. But actually we are quite cosy. There are a couple of houses that look like fortresses nearby but we expect no invitations from them. The Afghans are a strange race. Anyway, back to our travels. After Delhi we visited Chundi Garh, which is in the Punjab. It's a completely new town, designed by a world famous Swiss Architect called Le Corbusier. I've seen photographs of lots of his buildings in Art magazines and it was terrific to actually see them in real life. From there we went on to Amritsar, which is the home and birth place of the Sikhs. While there we visited the Golden Temple. To even be allowed in the grounds we had to wear hats, take off our shoes and wash our feet in a pool. We saw no other tourists there - all Indians on a religious pilgrimage. The Temple itself is all golden, not very big, and in the middle of a big square lake. All the Sikhs come and bathe and drink the waters of this lake and purify themselves. We went right into the temple by a bridge with hoards of people (had to leave our cameras outside). It was just a continuous stream of people all taking food into the temple and throwing money at the holy men's feet. All this time there were other men chanting, playing drums, and several reading their holy book aloud, which is a continuous process. The whole place was beautifully decorated with very fine paintings all over the walls and roofs.
-went right into the temple by a bridge with hoards of people (had to leave our cameras
-outside). It was just a continu-us stream of people all taking food into the temple
+Just after Amritsar we crossed the border into Pakistan - more forms to fill in, more officials, and more stamps in our passports. It's amazing how people, customs and countryside seem to change on the border. When we entered Pakistan we noticed much drier and hillier country - a terrific lot of soil erosion. Apparently a deal of the trouble between Pakistan and India is over water. The Moslem people have different features and very few have beards, and the tea is wonderful. Honestly, we have become real connoisseurs of tea. From Singapore onwards we have been buying tea in glasses. Through Malaya, Thailand and Burma it is always served with condensed milk and sugar, and we quite liked it too, after a while. It was always too complicated when we tried to explain "no milk, no sugar", "milk, no sugar" etc. so we just accepted what we were given, and then in India we were actually served tea in cups, with real milk (buffalo milk and boiled too) sometimes flavoured with cinnamon - delicious. In the other countries there was no milk at all. In Pakistan they are very fussy indeed - fine china cups, no less, still boiled buffalo milk, but absolutely terrific tea, the best anywhere. Here in Afghanistan they use no milk at all and half the time it is green tea, always served in tiny cups and as many small teapots as cups, so that we can have 5 or 6 cups each.
-and throwing m-ney at the holy men's feet. All this time there were other men chanting, playing drums; and several reading their holy book aloud, which is a continuous
-process. The -whole place was beautifully decorated with very fine paintings all over the walls and roofs.
+----
-Just after Amritsar we crossed the border into Pakistan - more forms to fill in, more officials, and more stamps in our passports. It's amazing how people,customs
-and c-untryside seem to change on the border, When we entered Pakistan we noticed much drier and hillier ceuntry - a terrific lot of soil erosion. Apparently a deal of the trouble between Pakistan and India is over water. The Moslem peeple have
+===== Illinbah Round Trip. =====
-different features and very few have beards, and the tea is wonderful. Honestly, we have become real connoisseurs of tea. From Singapore onwards we have been buying toa in glasses. Through Malaya, Thailand and Burma it is always served with condensed
-milk and sugar, and we quite liked it too, after a while. It was always too complic-
-ated when we tried to explain "no milk, no sugar", "milk, no sugar" etc. so we just accepted what we were given, and then in India we were actually served tea in cups,
-with real milk (buffalo milk and bliled ton) sometimes flavoured with cinnamon - delicious. In the other countries there was no milk at all In Pakistan they are
-very fussy indeed - fine china cups, no less, still boiled buffalo milk, but absol-
-utely terrific tea, the best anywhere. Here in Afghanistan they use no milk at all
-and half the time it is green tea, always served in tiny cups and as many small teapots as cups, so that we can have 5 or 6 cups each.
-.
-ILLINBAH ROUND TRIP.
 Edna Garrad.
-Marien, Mnuldy and I had a grand holiday at Binna-Burra and spent happy days walking on the excellent graded tracks threughmt the Lamingten National Park. Unfortunately Mouldy sprained an ankle and was gr-unded on the terrace of the L-dge, where at least he could sunbake and enjoy a magnificent view. For a final walk Marion and I decided to d-) the Illinbah Round trip. It sounded wenderful - giant flooded gums, quandongs, fig trees, palms - the sunlit Cedar Read, etc. Well, the morning trip on a graded track threugh really magnificent trees, was glori-us. We had lunch at Illihbah clearing and then Nur troubles started. Illinbah is situated on the C.-.nmera River and was in bygone days a favourite haunt of the aboriginals, who were able to hunt lots of wild life in the jungle surrounding the clearing. Then later on jt, became the last grazing place for the bullocks used by the timbergetters before they traversed the old Cedar Road. There was no food far them in the jungle. The clearing is now somewhat overgrown, but surrounded by lovely white gums, and of course all around are the high mountains. We had read that there were foUrteen crossings of the Coomera River to be faced. From the start we had difficulty in picking up the Cedar Road and from then on we were fat' most of the time worried women Trees had fallen across the track and many of them had roitted. On crossing them you.' legs were likely to sink amongst stinging trees (tiny ones but with plenty of sting) and everywhere the thorny fronds of the Queensland Lawyer were ready to tear us an
-our clothing. It was no country for shorts and our legs suffered. At each crossing
+Marion, Mouldy and I had a grand holiday at Binna-Burra and spent happy days walking on the excellent graded tracks througout the Lamingten National Park. Unfortunately Mouldy sprained an ankle and was grounded on the terrace of the Lodge, where at least he could sunbake and enjoy a magnificent view. For a final walk Marion and I decided to do the Illinbah Round trip. It sounded wonderful - giant flooded gums, quandongs, fig trees, palms - the sunlit Cedar Read, etc. Well, the morning trip on a graded track through really magnificent trees, was glorious. We had lunch at Illinbah clearing and then our troubles started. Illinbah is situated on the Coomera River and was in bygone days a favourite haunt of the aboriginals, who were able to hunt lots of wild life in the jungle surrounding the clearing. Then later on it became the last grazing place for the bullocks used by the timbergetters before they traversed the old Cedar Road. There was no food for them in the jungle. The clearing is now somewhat overgrown, but surrounded by lovely white gums, and of course all around are the high mountains. We had read that there were fourteen crossings of the Coomera River to be faced. From the start we had difficulty in picking up the Cedar Road and from then on we were for most of the time worried women. Trees had fallen across the track and many of them had rotted. On crossing them your legs were likely to sink amongst stinging trees (tiny ones but with plenty of sting) and everywhere the thorny fronds of the Queensland Lawyer were ready to tear us and our clothing. It was no country for shorts and our legs suffered. At each crossing it was necessary to wander up and down looking for the track on the other side - it never seemed to be directly opposite - and without the track it was just impossible. We were about three hours doing three miles, and what painful miles! At each crossing we would pause in midstream to admire the scenery, each secretly wondering where we might sleep that night. There were lots of birds and we were several times startled by scrub turkeys, and surprised to find how high they fly in the jungle. We were very relieved when we found ourselves at the swimming pool, and knew that from this point there was a track. As we strode up the last mile - road - we were very thankful to be going back to hot showers, a three-course meal and an inner spring mattress; for once we had no nostalgia for little tents and a billy of stew.
-it was necessary to wander up and down looking far the track on the other side - it
-never seemed to be directly opposite - and without the track it was just impossiblcle were about three hours doing three miles, and what painful miles: At each crossing
+----
-we would pause in midstream to admire the scenery, each secretly wondering where we
-might Sleep that night. There were lots of birds and we were several times startled by scrub turkeys, and sir-prised to find how high they fly in the jungle. We were very relieved when we found ourselves at the swimming pool, and knew that from this point there was a track. As we strode up the last mile - road - we were vary thankful to
+=== Mahratta Rum Liqueur (Patent Applied For). ===
-be going back:to hat Stowers, a three-course meal and an inner spring mattress; for
-once we had no nostalgia far little tents and a billy of stew.
+__Ingredients__: Rum, ordinary or O.P., Lemon Cordial, Ordinary Honey, Brown Sugar, Angostura Bitters.
-MAHRATTA RUM LIQUEUR P)ATENT APPLIED FOR).
-Ingredients: Rum, ordinary or 0.P., Lemon Cordial, Ordinary Honey,
+__Method__: As a base, heat a quantity of lemon cordial half the volume of the desired finished product in a small saucepan, but do not boil. To make a half-pint, add two heaped tablespoonsful of brown sugar, stir until dissolved. Then add as much honey as will cling to a tablespoon and dissolve. Pour into warmed-up milk jug and add 4/5 ounces of rum, with about 15 shakes from the angostura bitters bottle. Stir and pour into plastic container for your next trip. If O.P. rum is used, a little more sugar may be necessary. Any deficiency in quantity to fill the plastic container can be made up with cordial.
-Brawn Sugar, Angostura Bitters.
-Method: As a base, heat a quantity of lemon cordial half the volume of the desired finished product in a small saucepan, but do not boil. To make a half-pint, add two heaped tablespoonsful of brown sugar, stir until dissolved. Then add as much honey as will cling to a tablespoon and dissolve. Pour into warthed-up milk jug and add 4/5 ounces of rum, with about 15 shakes from the cingostura bitters bottle. Stir and pour into plastic container for your next trip. If O.P. rum is used, a little more sugar may be necessary. Any deficiency in quantity to fill the plastic container can
+A little juggling with quantities of sweetening and smoothing ingredients may be necessary to suit individual tastes. Owing to the vast amount consumed in sampling to obtain the right flavour, it may be necessary to aim at two pints to get a final satisfactory half-pint, by which time the manufacturer will be unable to distinguish between brown sugar and angostura bitters. No liability on the part of the patentee if the plastic container dissolves before reaching Blue Gum Forest. The S & R Section would then have no difficulty in following the aromatic drips from the rucksack.
- be made up with cordial.
-A little juggling with quantities of sweetening and smoothing ingredients may be necessary to slit individual tastes. Owing to the vast amount consumed in samnling to obtain the right flavour, it may be necessary to aim at two pints to get a final satisfactory half-pint, by which time the manufacturer will be unable to distinguish between brown sugar and angostura bitters. No liability on the part of the patentee if the plastic container dissolves before reaching Blue Gum Forest. The S ScR Section would then have no difficulty in following the aromatic drips from the rucksack.
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-ETTREMA GORGE.
+===== Ettrema Gorge. =====
 Colin Putt.
-Many walkers still think of the Ettroma Gorge as inaccessible tiger country, situated beyond the edge of the known world; in fact their mental image of it is rathrer like a journalist's idea of Jamieson or wherever else the people he's writing about got lost. May I present the true facts?
-Point Possibility, on the eastern side of the gorge, is about four hors' walk from the road for a fit party. The Yalwal roadhead is 118 miles from Sydney G.P.O., and all but 17 of these miles are on first class tarseal. The pace is easier to get to than Black Dog Rock! The river itself is, in Paddy's wards "like a smaller Kowmung", it is enclosed in a deep but wide valley with high bluffs on both sides, and the valley itself contains side-streams which have never been fully investigated, and large isolated mountains Which have never been climbed. The surrounding country is, to say the least, extensive, and contains many delightful streams of the Upper Yadboro type, between high sandstone ridges and caps with granite outcropping lower down. Walkers have passed through this country here and there, but the greater part of it is unnamed and unknown. What are we waiting for?
+Many walkers still think of the Ettrema Gorge as inaccessible tiger country, situated beyond the edge of the known world; in fact their mental image of it is rathre like a journalist's idea of Jamieson or wherever else the people he's writing about got lost. May I present the true facts?
-All that we need is a more certain knowledge of the quickest way in we are in the same position here as were the early walkers before the standard routes from
-Katoomba to the Cox became wellknown. The best way in to Ettrema is almost certainly that discovered by the incredibly ingenious Old Buffers (wait till you see it, and
+Point Possibility, on the eastern side of the gorge, is about four hours' walk from the road for a fit party. The Yalwal roadhead is 118 miles from Sydney G.P.O., and all but 17 of these miles are on first class tarseal. The pace is easier to get to than Black Dog Rock! The river itself is, in Paddy's words "like a smaller Kowmung", it is enclosed in a deep but wide valley with high bluffs on both sides, and the valley itself contains side-streams which have never been fully investigated, and large isolated mountains which have never been climbed. The surrounding country is, to say the least, extensive, and contains many delightful streams of the Upper Yadboro type, between high sandstone ridges and caps with granite outcropping lower down. Walkers have passed through this country here and there, but the greater part of it is unnamed and unknown. What are we waiting for?
-you'll see what I mean), but the old goldminers' track, and various animal pads and
-open glades which make up the streamlined version of their route, are overgrown and
+All that we need is a more certain knowledge of the quickest way in we are in the same position here as were the early walkers before the standard routes from Katoomba to the Cox became wellknown. The best way in to Ettrema is almost certainly that discovered by the incredibly ingenious Old Buffers (wait till you see it, and you'll see what I mean), but the old goldminers' track, and various animal pads and open glades which make up the streamlined version of their route, are overgrown and slow and difficult to follow. The overgrowth is mostly weeds and creepers; these old tracks are beaten too hard for saplings to grow on them, and the passage of one or two good big walking parties would leave them clearly marked for months.
-.low and difficult to follow. The overgrowth is mostly weeds and creepers; these old tracks are beaten too hard for saplings to grow on them, and the passage of one or two good big walking parties would leave them clearly markpd for months.
-The first of these parties is going down on Friday night, 31st July. The idea is to walk lightweight, without tents as there are plenty of caves, and on arriving at Point Possibility, to split up into small groups to explare in various directions and regather at midday Sunday to return to Yalwal. For further details see me.
+The first of these parties is going down on Friday night, 31st July. The idea is to walk lightweight, without tents as there are plenty of caves, and on arriving at Point Possibility, to split up into small groups to explore in various directions and regather at midday Sunday to return to Yalwal. For further details see me.
-'Phone JU3218 (home) ; FJ8811 (business).
-David Ingram has recently visited Cairns and reports that Joan Walker is well, and walking when possible. A picture of Joan on the top of Mt. Bartle Frere, the highest peak in Queensland, appeared recently in the Queensland Centenary issue of "Walkabout". News from Bushies will be welcomed. Address 0/- Commonwealth Health
+'Phone JU3218 (home); FJ8811 (business).
-Laboratories, Cairns, QueenSLand.
-   WHERE'S THE TREASURER ? ?
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-Ron Knightley was last seen on June 27th boarding a 'plane for New Guinea.
-Don't worry folks, we've checked that our Bank balance is still intact: During his three weeks business trip, Ron will be seeing old meMber Bill Carter, who is Director of Posts and Telegraphs in New Guinea.
+David Ingram has recently visited Cairns and reports that Joan Walker is well, and walking when possible. A picture of Joan on the top of Mt. Bartle Frere, the highest peak in Queensland, appeared recently in the Queensland Centenary issue of "Walkabout". News from Bushies will be welcomed. Address C/- Commonwealth Health Laboratories, Cairns, QueenSLand.
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+=== Where's the Treasurer?? ===
+Ron Knightley was last seen on June 27th boarding a 'plane for New Guinea. Don't worry folks, we've checked that our Bank balance is still intact! During his three weeks business trip, Ron will be seeing old member Bill Carter, who is Director of Posts and Telegraphs in New Guinea.
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 MR. liARVEY WINS THE LOTTERY.
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 As the helicopter ascends Brian fingers the notes. "This green stuff sure feels better than gum leaves" he remarks.
 On the way home Smiggins envisages the headlines "Lottery Winner Recluse - Prefers Cave to Hotel". But at that very moment Mrs. Jones' little dog "Patch" gets stuck while pursuing a rat through a welded steel pipe embedded in concrete under 30 feet of rock. The rescue operations extend over three days and occupy so much space that there is no room for Smigginst story. Sales boom, but the world never hears' the Story of the hiktng lottery winner.
-JULY 31, AUGURT 1-2-3
-JULY 31- AUGUST 1-2
-AUGUST 1-2
-WALKING GUIDE CONCINUED)
-(Bank Holiday) Katoonba - Nellie's Carlon's - Splendour Rock - Clear Hill - Katoornba
-No river crossings. No wet feet: Friday night camp at foot of the Glen. Easy walk to The Glen Allan base camp via Carlon's Farm. On Sunday walk without packs. Climb Mouin and Warrigal, then to Splendour Rock and return to camp. Excellent walk for
--)r so e ctives and New Members. Views of the Gang erang , Kanangr a ,Su;?
-Leader: Brian Harvey Fares 23/-
-Ettrema Gorge - Track clearing trip. See page 18 for details,: Leader: Colin Putt
-St. Anthony's - Dodd's Lagoon - Yeola Gerringong Creek - Budderoo Track Jamberoo.
-A fairly rugged trip. 2,000' drop to Yeola - pleasant camping in valley. Climb to the Barren Ground area on Sunday. Coastal panoramas.
-Leader:. George Gray
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-AUGUST 2
-AUGUST 7-8-7
-AUGOST 8-9
-AUGUST 9
-WALKING GETEJLEITNTEE
-Glenbrcok - Euroka - Fireworks Ridge - Campfire Creek - Glonbrook Recommended test walk. Easy track to Euroka. Scramble along Campfire Creek.
-Leader: Jack Gentle Fares 13/-.
-Katoomba Korrowall Buttress - Cedar Creek - Katoomba.
-Camp on Narrow Neck Friday night. Then over Solitary and down The Buttress - steady nerves needed here - rope work possible if wanted. Can on Cedar Creek. Rockhopping up the Creek on Sunday - waterfalls and cascades.
-Leader: Jack Perry Fares 23/-.
-Colo Vale - Mt. Flora - Nattai River - Starlight's Trail - Hilltop. The upper Nattai - a comnaratively unspoiled bit of "little river". Medium going with some rock-hopping. River opens to attractice flats at Starlights. Exnect wet feet. Lunch on train Saturday.
-Leader: Jim Brown Fares 24/-
-Lilyvale - Era - Burning Palms - Otford.
-Pleasant walk, coastal views. Lunch at-Burning Palms. Tea in the Bush:
-Leader: Irene Pridham Fares 7/6d.
 THE SKI JUMPER (A TRUE TALE)
 by Chintz Ribs. A monetary interlude: