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+ | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to | ||
+ | the Sydney Bushwaiker, | ||
+ | Association Rooms " | ||
+ | Refby Place, Sydney. | ||
+ | Box No. 4476, G.P.O. Sydney. 'Phone JW1462 | ||
+ | Editor - Lob Duncan - MIRO, Camden. | ||
+ | Camden 69251 (D) | ||
+ | Business Mana6.er - Alex Colley. | ||
+ | 355 JULY 1964 Price 11- | ||
+ | C ONTENTS | ||
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+ | At the June General Meeting - | ||
+ | J. Drown National Parks And Nature | ||
+ | Conservation - A. Strom Federation eport - June. Paddy Arl. | ||
+ | A Long Story - Ross Wyborn. Day Talks | ||
+ | South Africa - Rayner Mayer Social Notes for July | ||
+ | The Bushwalker in Society - II. Lil Sweetie Nuggetheart (contd) Our First Two 'rears As Sydney | ||
+ | Busbies - Betty Farquhar | ||
+ | From Jerricknorra to Yadboro - Wombat | ||
+ | Lil Sweetie Nuggetheart (contd) Mountnir | ||
+ | Klimpton Ad. | ||
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+ | 'M SYDNEY | ||
+ | July 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker 2. | ||
+ | AT THE JUNE GENE= 1f7.72ING, | ||
+ | Jim Brown. | ||
+ | Zeout 0 people were on deck to see three now members welcomed | ||
+ | John Worrell, Michael Short and Jim Basilies (refl.: | ||
+ | - | ||
+ | apolocies) and to har (vile Lgenda) a " | ||
+ | of scattering cigarette ash etc over the Club Rocm, and the even ereatel? evil of leavin fires alive. (C.:cull tl-ds rea117- happen in S.F.: | ||
+ | In correspondence there was an el airyfrom Eleanor Bra, seeking photos of Lake rill (near Barn Bluff in 'Jhe Cradle Mt. area) which was named for her father. The Yature Conservation Society advised it would hell its Annual Conference on October 10 an'L roauir': | ||
+ | The Talks Report showed a quite hearteiling ameunt of activity, with about 20 Docile on Stuart Brookes Doss Mountain trip, and 10 prespectivos (apart from the members) on Peter Rempt' | ||
+ | had a party of 12 (including 6 visitors) but no numbers ef Jack Perry' | ||
+ | Again in the Well q.nen2be Creek area 111-m. Reund had a team of 5, whi3,;.e Roy Eraithewaite' | ||
+ | From Federation Report we learned that about 18,000 acres north of the Dell Road were being added to the Blue Mountains National Park, bringing its total area to nearly million acres. Federation he7eed to obtain added representation on the Trust a little later we e,sked our delegates to nominate Wilf Milder. | ||
+ | Complaints about a farlaer whc tried to prevent walkers from using the Six Foot Track had been referred to the Oran:e District Surveyor. One problem was that the existing trails do net follow the exact line of the original rightofwe y, which is shown fairly accurately on the Katoomba military map. | ||
+ | 3 The Sydney Dushwalker July9, 1964. | ||
+ | A fire lookout tower has been erected near the Narrow Neck road - quite an imposinr structure it was said and the sua;ested name "Dig Brother" | ||
+ | Then we were-up to the piece de resistance: you may recall a request from Paul Barnes for Cluls to indicate to Federation what they considered a suitable policy for Natienal Parks, In S.LJjf. a stile committee had 1:-Jon set up and its report was Dullished in the June maem7dne, 70 wore now asked to consider the adoption ef this report. 21fter formal recciPt and " | ||
+ | The paragraph headed " | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | Your reporter' | ||
+ | 4 The Sydney Bushwalker July, 1964. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | A.Strom. | ||
+ | The statement on National Parl- Policy published in "The Sydney Bushwalker" | ||
+ | Definining " | ||
+ | Unfortunately, | ||
+ | is actually a r-eflection of world policy, believe it or not. - The | ||
+ | Americans talk o, groat deal about thenature conservation values of their | ||
+ | National Parks hut in fact, they are always stressing (and using) their Parks for recreational activities associatedwith natural conditions; and this concept of nature conservation seems to have engulfed the - report of the committee of The Sydney Bush Walkers. | ||
+ | Conflictia: | ||
+ | There is a great and tremendous difference between National Parks | ||
+ | for recreation and National P-,,rks for th,: preservation of the biota | ||
+ | | ||
+ | eggs in one basket. Their National Parks are to provide for all kinds | ||
+ | of recreational activities from hotels to hikers as well as scientific research. This mie-'; work if | ||
+ | 1. The National Parks are large enough (and perhaps the United States wins out here). | ||
+ | 2. The Pressures of people can be held at bay (and information seems to show this is a losing battle). | ||
+ | 3. The National Park System samples all the various kinds of environments in adequate quantity (but unfortunately scenic values usually come first). | ||
+ | Now Great Britain has another approach. There is a National Park | ||
+ | System and i National Nature Reserve System. The first provides open space for recreational and other usbs, the s&cond system to hold environ- | ||
+ | ment for true, sound and wellapplied nature conservation. | ||
+ | July, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalkor 5 | ||
+ | .. 111. | ||
+ | True, Sound and Wellapplied Nature Conservation. | ||
+ | I think I have come to the conclusion that true9 sound and well applied nature conservation cannot be resolved by a National Park System. | ||
+ | Firstly, because National Parks must provide for recreation. I know that the term " | ||
+ | lands as places miles from nowhere are indeed, very, very privileaged | ||
+ | people. It cannot be repeated, and each year and each child which is born9 puts this kind of experience further and further away from succeeding generations. | ||
+ | Secondly, because we select National Parks for their " | ||
+ | values" | ||
+ | My guess is that staking our hopes on National Parks, particularly National Parks in Now South Wales, will only lead to the loss of many wildlife species. Admittedly, National Parks can contribute to a wildlife conservation programme but " | ||
+ | Experts on Nature Conservation. | ||
+ | If the bushwalkine; | ||
+ | 6 The Sydney Bushwalker July, 1964 | ||
+ | No policy on National Parks is worthwhile that qoesnt recognise the changing living of Man. The early Americans called their National Parks " | ||
+ | WE MAY TELL VIN THE BATTLE FOR NATIONAL PARKS BUT FAIL TO CONSERVE THE-IToTA. | ||
+ | .....aa",, | ||
+ | FEDERATION REPORT JUNE 1964. | ||
+ | Blue Mountains Yational Park Trust. Federation has resolved to nominate Messrs. Alan Rirby and J. 777711der as candidated for the vacancy on the Park Trust. | ||
+ | Nature Conservation Society will hold its Annual Conference and Dinner on Oct.10. The after dinner topic will be Rutile Mining. More details later. Six Foot Track. Federation 2s letter to the District Surveyor, Lands Dept. has now been referred from the Orange office back to head office in Sydney. Apparently lots of " | ||
+ | Search and Rescue Practice Week-end. Oct 17-18-19 July, 1964 in Kuringai Chase. A Search and Rescue Demonstration will be held on October 17-18. | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | National Parks Association. The Ezplorars Groups, which investigate | ||
+ | possible sites for National Parks, will give an exhibition of their work | ||
+ | at the November Meeting of the Association, | ||
+ | Heathcote Primitive Area. The Trust is nootiating with various authorities who wish to :- (a erect another power transmission line across the area. | ||
+ | (b) erect an aerial beacon on Woronora Trig. (the highest point) | ||
+ | (c) wish to drill for coal within the area. | ||
+ | A government grant of 1,000 will permit the employment of a full-time ranger. | ||
+ | Blue Mountains National Park. Mr e Alan Strom has been appointed a Trustee. All campsites were overcrowded during the Easter Holidays and the establishment of more has been suggested, About 20 acres of the Blackheath Water Reserve close to the Western Highway are to be transferred to the Trust for the establishment of a Park. Information and Management Centre to cost about Z259000. 10,0 00 has already been granted toward the cost. Federation is to supply notes on bushwalking in the Park when required for publication in a booklet to be prepared as a guide to the features of the Park. Annual Ball. This will be held on September 11, 1964 and assistance by anybody willing to wrrk on the Committee will be gratefully accepted. | ||
+ | We have always found most bushwalkers | ||
+ | to be very practical people especially | ||
+ | when it comes to buying their equipment. | ||
+ | Thrt's why it's always a pleasure explaining to them the features of Paddymade equipment, | ||
+ | they so quickly appreciate the practical features and design of our gear. | ||
+ | We have always collaborated with walkers in | ||
+ | designing and improving many of our items of equipment, that's why so many walkers recommend | ||
+ | it. It's the best a walker can buy: PADDYMADE. | ||
+ | 4.7 | ||
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+ | PADDY PALLIN PTYLIMITED. 109A Bathurst Street, | ||
+ | SYDNEY. 262685. | ||
+ | PADDY PAWN tZ, | ||
+ | Lightweight Camp Gear | ||
+ | Guly, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalkcr 8. | ||
+ | A LONG STORY. | ||
+ | Ross Wyborn. | ||
+ | "See you at 7.00 at Penrith" | ||
+ | The trip vols for one party to walk from Mt. Irvine via a maze of ridges and Mt. ' | ||
+ | Dave Balmer drove Barry Higgins, ne honorable editor and myself in John Powell /s car to Mt. Irvine. On Saturday morning Dave and Barry who braved the cold night air in the scrub draoTged us OUT cf the car where we spent a warm comfortable night. It was not yet 12stt and Duncan protested but we told him "It was the tough ones you remembered" | ||
+ | When it was light erough to see we started out along the ridge to Tesselate Hill where we found some interesting-rtessalations" | ||
+ | The Sydney Bushwalker July9 1964* | ||
+ | The sun had not reached the bottom of the gorge here all morning and we froze as we nibbled our lunch and slurped drinks amongst the wet rocks. After lunch we walked around the corner to find the sun shining. We left the creek on a spur where there was an interesting 5 foot waterfall in | ||
+ | the main creek. The way up entailed a bit of climbing and pack passing up rocks on a narrow spur which on one side dropped into the " | ||
+ | After looking around a bit Duncan spotted a good way up and a few minutes later we were scrambling up to the top of the ridge. We had been expecting all sorts of things but it proved just another ridge. The ridge was easy to follow being rather sharp and occasionally we burst through the bushes to the edge of the cliff where we had a good view into the Wollangambe Gorge. About 5 p m, the sun was fading (in the west too, we weren' | ||
+ | No chance of making that tonight, we said, looks like a dry camp on this ridge somewhere. About 10 minutes later we climbed onto some rocks just before a saddle and there was a pool of water. As we shouted water, Dave came bounding through the scrub with a new least of life. The pool was only 1 inch deep and had mud on the bottom, but it was wet so we camped there, lighting a fire on the rock, and later sleeping in the bushes below. | ||
+ | On Sunday we were again up before light and after a bite to eat and a sip of water (plus mud as the pool was emptying) we left at first light. Mt. Mistake proved much further than we thought. After one hill there was | ||
+ | another. After about 3 hours we finally reached the right hill which was | ||
+ | Mt. Mistake. Navigating got more difficult now but after we negotiated a very scrubby low saddle the scrub improved. There were many low ridges | ||
+ | everywhere but only one led in the direction we wanted to go. One small escapade in the wrong direction led us to water se we were pleased, but | ||
+ | there were many arguments as we made others. Duncan showed from a scientific | ||
+ | view point that if you take larger steps with your right leg, than your left, you walk in anticlockwise circles and viceversa. Dave our mathematician enlarged on this to say that if you increased the length of your right step | ||
+ | and decreased the length of your left step you will finally end up walking in | ||
+ | anticlockwise circles in the same spot. This didn't help our navigation much. | ||
+ | We climbed another bump and when we reached the top we found it was | ||
+ | grassy on the small basalt cap. It must be" | ||
+ | . of the others, I wonder where they are". We had giVen- up yelling by this time. Maybe they will go home before we arrive at the cars anq leave us here. Oh Well, we must go on now We covered the ground to Pommel Hill_ | ||
+ | July, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker | ||
+ | in good time but were slightly mixed up thinking that Pommel Hill was Tambo Limb. In actual fact for the whole trip we were looking at | ||
+ | Tambo Limb and calling it Mt. Cameron. Just below Pommel Hill we-fOund Volley prints going in both directions. "The cowards have only came here then gone back" we thought. We climbed Pommel Hill and had lunch on the track at permanent water. " | ||
+ | we lost the track but we soon arrived. at Nt. Cameron_ which is a beautiful spot with tall slender Blue Gums and soft grass. The road bash was uheventful and our thoughts were centred on whether there 'would be any car whiting for us. "Snow couldn' | ||
+ | They had got onto the wrong ridge nna ended up in a monstrous creek, which John Powell had a liking for ana wouldn' | ||
+ | DAY WALKS. | ||
+ | JULY 19, | ||
+ | area around Uloola Swamp, seen on this walk, is to be set aside as a primitive | ||
+ | area by the National Park Trust. It is of particular interest as are the | ||
+ | several sets of aboriginal rock carvings to be seen en route. Suitable as | ||
+ | a first' walk for new member. Train: 8.20 a m. Cronulla train from Central Electric Station CHANGE AT SUTHERLAND for rail motor to Waterfall. Tickets: Waterfall return @ 6/- each. Map: Port Hackinr; Tourist or Port Hadkkng Milit. | ||
+ | Leaders :Betty Farquhar.. | ||
+ | JULY 26. Waterfall -Hacking River - Flat Rock Crossing - South Test Arm Ck Audley. 12 miles. Interesting cOuntry with good possibilities. for map | ||
+ | reading practice. Should be some good stands of wattle and other early wild flowers. Scratchy in parts. Bring a torch. Train: 8.20 a m. Cronulla train from Central Electric Station CHANGE AT SUTHERLAND for rail motor to Waterfall. | ||
+ | Mar.: Port Hacking Tourist or Fort Hacking Military. Leader - Gordon Redmond. AUGUST | ||
+ | across the moors. Very scratchy in parts and gaiters are recommended. Train: 8,50 a m. Cronulla train from Central Electric Station. 10.0 a m. ferry Cronulla to Bundeena. Tickets: Cronulla return @ about 5/6 plus 1/6 | ||
+ | ferry fare and 2/6 bus fare Garie to Waterfall. Maps Port Hacking Tourist | ||
+ | or Port Hacking Military. Leader: John Holly. | ||
+ | AUGUST 9: Lilyvale - Era. Beach - Stockyard Grk - The Burgh Track - Hel nsburgh. 12 biles. A.Walk in very familiar country, but with a difference. The | ||
+ | scramble up Stockyard Creek is strenuous but interesting and the return trip | ||
+ | via The Burgh Track provides a welcome change. Train:8.42 a m. Wollongong train from Central Steam Station. Tickets: Lilyvale return @ 7/7 return. Map: Port Hacking Tourist. Leader: Jack Gentle. | ||
+ | 11. The Sydney Bushwalker July, 1964 | ||
+ | SOUTH AFRICk. | ||
+ | Rayner Mayer. | ||
+ | "In Africa, there is no Past or Future:, only the present" | ||
+ | At the very foot of Africa lies a ceuntry, with (71-eat similarities to Australia. South Africa is a larce country, relatively underdeveloped possessing great mineral wealth. 7ater is an all Laportant commodity and where there is water, there is life. Lare sectinns of 1he interire2 are semidesert and desert supporting only very scanty grazine;. The most populated region in the country is the Titwaters=nd complex, the most important mining area in the country. Johanl' | ||
+ | Few South Africans include Australia in their trevels prefering to travel northwards rather than eastwards. Yet whenever Aussies learn that | ||
+ | I come from Seuth Africa, semothinR seems to click. For through hearing or reading, well nigh everyone has learnt cf the current treuieled times in South Africa. | ||
+ | In simple terms, the fact is that there are srmo three million Europeans and twelve million Africans, each with their own standard of living. The problem is whether the two croups could assimilate and if so how. The Europeans arc themselves divided on this point: a majority seem to favour complete separate development whilst a minority (but still a fair proportion) would favour integration The proconists of separate development point out, for instance, that even in the Dec; South of America where the Yogroes and Mite have lived together for a century or more, | ||
+ | ' | ||
+ | The eventual outcome is di cult to ferteli because the pressure exerted by the outside world on South Africa is (Treat and only complicates | ||
+ | an already difficult pro,elem. A compromise might be a federation of a large | ||
+ | number of small states each with their own white or 'elack Government. But Time alone will tell. | ||
+ | The topography of South Africa is much more rugged than Australia. There is no extensive coastal plain and there is generally at least one folded mountain range before the escarpment is reached. is thus much more up and down rather than along u Rock climbing is rather | ||
+ | popular and there are some fine areas especially round Cape Town with good soli a granite. | ||
+ | The finest climg area in South Africa is the DrakensburgMaulti | ||
+ | area in SW Natal. Here emtend some mighty ranges for over one hundred | ||
+ | July, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker 12. | ||
+ | .1101...arriMINIINolOwl....*now. | ||
+ | miles and up to 11,000 feet in height. The centre of this area is Bergville and Royal Natal National Park, where a splendid mountain amphitheatre is flanked on one side by the Eastern Buttress and on the other by the Sentinel with MontAuxSauces on top of the plateau. | ||
+ | South African public orinion is much more enlir; | ||
+ | Park in NE Transvaal. The wild animals are in their natural surroundings and one drives throunh by car in easy stages. Rest crimps are scattered | ||
+ | around the Park and the best time for viewing is early in the morning | ||
+ | or in the late afternoon when the animals wander down to the water holds. | ||
+ | Other lesser kn-vvn Parks include Etosha Pan (some 40,000 square miles | ||
+ | in area and even better than the Kruger Park), the Kalahari Gemsok National Park and the Golden Gate National Park. | ||
+ | Finally, Africa in general as well s South Africa is a fascinating and interesting place in these 'years of (ane-7e' | ||
+ | SOCIAL NOTES FOR JULY. | ||
+ | Those bushwalkers who move in N.P.A. circles will know Len Hainke and the contribution 713 is making to the work done by that group. On | ||
+ | July 15 Len will feature a programme "From. Coast to Mountain" | ||
+ | Bushwalkers will T)e particularly pleased to see Malcolm McGregar' | ||
+ | The Annual Colour Slide Competition will be with us again on July 29. The judges will be Bill Rodgers, Alan Rigby, and George Gray. The limit is 6 slides per person, with no cateries, but all slides should be clearly labelled. Slides should be handed to Ed. Stretten on or before the 15th July. | ||
+ | The Sydney Bushwalkers are invited to attend a Social Evening to be held at the Roseville Scout Hall, Martin Lane, Roseville on Saturday, 25th July, 1964 at 7.30 p m. in aid of The South Indian Ocean Expedition to Heard | ||
+ | Island, Donation 7/6 single, 10/ double. Please ring Shirley Dean 843985. | ||
+ | July, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalkor 13. | ||
+ | 71,11 | ||
+ | THE BUSH7ALKER IN SOCIETY. IT. | ||
+ | This month the great pogonolocical psychologist, | ||
+ | Ellis, continuos his study of Bushwalkin7 Man's -eroneness to distinguish himself from Normal Man by indulring in poconoeulture, | ||
+ | 212_22y212212f2lof Ziffs. (centinued) | ||
+ | Havea-1 t Ellis. | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | Case II, | ||
+ | Mr, N.P. ic a particularly tall man, reaching a heicht of six feet | ||
+ | one and one half inches. His case history is , | ||
+ | "My father suffered from a strong desire te grow a ' | ||
+ | Thus it was that I was left an orphan at the age of eir:hteen months. | ||
+ | I grew up on Bird Islancl and as I crew my leard grew toe It was never cut but: | ||
+ | Luck was not against me for in my twentieth year the island was visited by an American tourist ship on a world. cruise. The tourist viewed me with great curiosity but the captain ceuld not take me aboard as I ceuld not | ||
+ | produce my fare, and there being an excess of males in the ship's ballronm already, none of the passengers was anxious to help ma. | ||
+ | Two years later another ship called at the island ana took me aboard. | ||
+ | The captain of this ship had been sent areund thewcr1;1, to collect strange | ||
+ | . animals for a big circus company. The circus mane.,,;or had heard of me from | ||
+ | one of the tourists and thought I might' be an attract ien in his show. | ||
+ | At this time I could not speak a Word. of any language, so the captain | ||
+ | put me in the hold with the parrots that I might be texd)t the rudiments of basic English. | ||
+ | July, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker 14. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | At first the captain was very-impressed with the length of my beard, but he soon became greedy and demanded to know why it grew no longer than six feet one and one half inches. I could not tell him because the' | ||
+ | hormonic deficiency, and thereafter I was subjected. to an injection of | ||
+ | 100 grammes of testosterone daily, cut onions were rubbed into my chin four times a day and I was fed on nothing but goats flesh. | ||
+ | Far from having the desired effect this treatment, and in particular I suspect the cut onion massage, made my beard fall out completely and irrevocably. At first it seemed that my circus career was ruined,, and the captain had me cut to half rations, lut then it was decided that the performing horse would like quite well without a tail and my rations and hopes of fame were restored. | ||
+ | On reaching America I was put into show business and I was an | ||
+ | immediate success. I have married the circus hermaphrodite and we have five children, three and a half boys and one and a half girls. My" | ||
+ | is attached to my upper lip and I have learnt to lift it in a most natural and spontaneous way to allow the ingress of food. I do not approve of | ||
+ | people who grow beards for frivolous reasons, but I believe, and everybody | ||
+ | with whom I have discussed the matter has agreed, that I am perfectly | ||
+ | entitled to grow my beard as, after all, I have been to Bird Is/and. | ||
+ | 11 | ||
+ | Lil Sweetie Nuggetheart. T - | ||
+ | . , | ||
+ | 1 it | ||
+ | MEANWHILE' | ||
+ | above +ha valizy -floor, Ftewee con: | ||
+ | +,..-s--- | ||
+ | 1 | ||
+ | of the mountain, 720 feqk- 1 | ||
+ | ...11.1.4.- | ||
+ | i--- | ||
+ | Sb4.... | ||
+ | --.,-- | ||
+ | 3 | ||
+ | .1 | ||
+ | Carrotnoggin, | ||
+ | f-............ | ||
+ | ma | ||
+ | the Famous Kzrner- 8, ruka | ||
+ | Cheesechornpers, | ||
+ | 720 Pi-. +i-averse, brealilin he aro for which the. KB | ||
+ | ) If | ||
+ | are famous, and iV safely belayed by his friend | ||
+ | Owl Pipeclay. | ||
+ | 7Th/ | ||
+ | 1 | ||
+ | The Sydney. Bushwalker. | ||
+ | . . | ||
+ | ari:37-; '1964 | ||
+ | - OUR FIRST-TWO YEARS AS: | ||
+ | Just two years? Surely it must be longer, all-the wonderful walks we hve had, ,the beautiful cOuntry-we have spen and the ever- interesting and delightful coMpanyof other S.B.W' | ||
+ | Our family mostly married, Frn,and I mid:noaged (r,unF middle aged we like tothink), that to Jo for an interest cin. limited | ||
+ | A glimpse of Paddy Pallin on T.7. giving a talk on btishwalkin6, | ||
+ | A wait at the door, nobody taking any real notice of us, Ern stopped a fellow and suddenly we were under the wing of the membership secretary. Papers handed to us ali the club rules etc. being explained to us. That had that girl said? A NAP READING TEST., heavens, I'd never make it. Ed. Garrad arrived, " | ||
+ | and Betty would like to go on your Sunday walk", " | ||
+ | A.trip to Paddy' | ||
+ | Central no our packs looked the same as everybody' | ||
+ | Arriving at Era close to tea tine,' | ||
+ | stoutly-declaring later round the camp fire that we were fooling him surely we had pitched a tent before, what a glow it gave us. | ||
+ | July, 1964 The Sydney Bushwalker 16. | ||
+ | More interest packed day walks, Wednesday Club evenings always something new, something different, an instructional weekend a source of great information and learning to two very green would be bushwalkers. Then our tests, firstaid, general questions on bush craft and that map reading!! (the examiner would say according to my Ern that my pass if it was one open to debate) Ern, he admits was not much better. However, I am sure we have both since acquired a lot more knowleage onrthe sUbject,of learning, , listening and being hel:ped by other club members. | ||
+ | in three months our badges, what a thrill. Our family? well old mum and dad hadn't really gone off the deep end, fancy a S.B.W. badge in only three months? (we of course glossed over the map reading, it wise not to tell kids everything). were they proud one daughter telling all and sundry her ,parents had taken up hitc7ahikinoll | ||
+ | We have maCe good friends in our short time as Sydney Bushiea and our lives have been enriched by their company. Such names as Barrington Tops, Era, Burning Palms, Blue Gum, ox 's River and many others mean so much to us now, yes it's really great to be a S.B.T. | ||
+ | , | ||
+ | FROM JERRICKNORRA TO YADBORO ITIL RENWICK AND THE aSTLE. | ||
+ | -- | ||
+ | Wombat. | ||
+ | Snow had been raving about a swapcars trip for ages and at last it was arranged. One group was to drive to Jerricknorra and walk to Yadboro; another was to drive to Yadboro and walk to: Jerricknorra, | ||
+ | One hour later, at 4 a m. it was sparrow chirp and an enormous mixed flock of galahs and crowd settled on the trees above us anq squawked till | ||
+ | the air trembled. They flew off after a while hut then, at 4.30, my passengers, who had been sleeping in the car all night, got up, anal on that vast plain, lit a fire not 6 feet from my head, cooked breakfast, and yak yak yakked. About 9 a m. Snow, Sandra Bardwell, Helen Gray, Heather. Joyce and two new ' | ||
+ | 17. The Syalloy Dushwalker July, :1964. | ||
+ | .AS we walked on we-. could see c: series of 'fires back across_ the plateau. | ||
+ | A plague on him and all his kind. We had lunch on the tussock plain and creek at the -foot' of the conglomerate slope and then pushed. on till we reached-the base of Roswaine at about 4 o' | ||
+ | Now began a big argument we had arranged to meet the mob led by | ||
+ | George Gray walking from Yadtoro, and swap car keys, in the big cave between | ||
+ | ROSW.9.1 ne and Fletcher. Snow and Helen wanted to f-T.) out to the and of | ||
+ | Renwick first; some of the others, including Rica said they were vrrocked and. they wanted to walk straight around to the cave. In the end we all climbed up the big crack onto Renwick but some 'took their packs and. others | ||
+ | Thos;.-_- who hril_Ln' | ||
+ | By the time we got back to the crack it was Past sundown. Climbing up the other. side onto Roswaine was a bit 11.7..iry but Snow led the way. The light was failing, rapidly now and we raced across Roswaint.: | ||
+ | the darkness we met Digby, who walked from Yadboro,_ and he led us to the cave. | ||
+ | The camping cave was full of bodies, Ross Wybc...rn, Mick and. Evelyn, George Gray, Joan Rigy, Joe Gore and. dozens of others, but We squeezed in too and cooked. our tea. Then the ceremonial swapping of car keys took place. | ||
+ | was to drive Joe Gore's Puegot | ||
+ | Next morning we were off, through those fantastic p-,ullies between Irambang. and Pata ird and then around the wombat parade on irambang.. There were beautiful little waterfalls and fern gullies on this section.. The Castle hides itself well from this side; you don't see. it until you are almost on it and then when we clic" roach it we had. trouble in finding a way up. But at last we found a wall worn route up the tail; I'd never been up this way before. -On top we met the President of the Karnerukas, Ted Hartley,, and two girls. And what a fantastic view there is from the top; Talaterang, Pidgeon House, Byangee Walls and Corang are all below you. Only -Curockbilly in the distance is higher. | ||
+ | Coming down onto the tail of the Castle again Snow jumped the last - six feet, landed. in a crack, and badly i kranched. his ankel. That a nonR. And no one _0014d find the tunnel through the tail. I poked up one cleft, | ||
+ | July, 1904 The Sydney Bushwalker '.18. | ||
+ | Helen 011ay pokhd up another, Jim Jellybean scouted around but nothing looka-iossible. We all had lunch and waited for Ted Hartley to *Due us. He' | ||
+ | a crack we'd tried and rejected; it certainly isn't obvious from this side. | ||
+ | It w a tight squeeze. Jim Jellybean wria;led and grunted and swore. that Helen would never Eet through, but by breathing out hard she managed. | ||
+ | Snow's angle was swelling now; he was hobbling along on a stick, and he had the main descent of the Castle ahead of him. I decided-to race after Ted Hartley and drive to Nowra to reassure the others that we weren' | ||
+ | temporarily lost the track and decided to drop straight into Oakey Creek. | ||
+ | What a bungle. It was a terrific scramble down and once in the creek all I wanted to do was to get out. It was a big mess of waterfalls, thick brush and moss:- boulders. I:followed it down for about two hours an'a then climbed up out onto the ridge. Who should I meet there but Helen, Heather | ||
+ | and. Dave Balmer and hop ping along painfully behind poor old Snow. | ||
+ | By the tim.3 we reached the Yaaboro it was dark, and our troubles had | ||
+ | only just begun. We had to find the cars and we were damned if we could | ||
+ | see a red cow. By sheer good fortune we came across some bulldozer tracks and following these up we came to a road and then the cars. I took out the | ||
+ | key Joe Gore had given me and tried to open the boot. The key turned easily | ||
+ | in the lock but the boot woulan' | ||
+ | minutes and then suddenly it opened. The door put on the same act but after 20 minutes we were inside the car. The interior lights wouldn' | ||
+ | I couldn' | ||
+ | the starter but nothing happened. I handed the starter knob back to Alan | ||
+ | in the back seat and he pulled further 4 The car groaned into life and- after spending 15 minutes coaching the headlights into action we drove off for Nowra. | ||
+ | Lil Sweetie Nuggetheart. | ||
+ | rAREwSL.L.,, | ||
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