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Go to your local sports store and purchase 300 of light nylon fishing line, together with 300 1ounce lead sinkers. In your workshop, attach the sinkers to the line at accurate 1 foot intervals. It is now necessary to obtain a spring scales weighing from 0 to 300 ounces; one of these can be found lying around most homes. One end of the line, with sinkers, must be attached to the scales. | Go to your local sports store and purchase 300 of light nylon fishing line, together with 300 1ounce lead sinkers. In your workshop, attach the sinkers to the line at accurate 1 foot intervals. It is now necessary to obtain a spring scales weighing from 0 to 300 ounces; one of these can be found lying around most homes. One end of the line, with sinkers, must be attached to the scales. | ||
- | In using the height meter 1-7 --4 | + | In using the height meter the scales should be held firmly in one hand, and the line thrown over the falls with the other. The scales |
- | the scales should be held firmly | + | |
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**Make Your Own Canyon Lilo** | **Make Your Own Canyon Lilo** | ||
- | Since the discovery of Clatterteeth Canyon and the Venice section of the Wollongambe by Ross Wbssiborn | + | Since the discovery of Clatterteeth Canyon and the Venice section of the Wollongambe by Ross Wossiborn |
- | Go to your local fire station and ask for soce odd lengths of old canvas fire hose. Now go to your tyre repair man and ask for an old valve, and a dipperfull of rubber solution. Next cut out 4 or 5 | + | |
- | 10., The Sydney Bushwaiker January, 1965 | + | |
- | good 6t lengths from the otherwise mouldy fire hose, and layin{, and temporarily binding these side by side in the form of a mattress, cement them together by generously dousing them in rubber solution. Further sections of lose should now be split so that they can be cemented onto, and thus seal, the ends of the mattress, but before this is done the sections of fire hose must be interconnected by carefully putting one's hand in one end of each hose and passing | + | |
- | a skewer through the cemented section into the next hose. Similarly a valve must be inserted and cemented into one of the outer sections. The wonderful world of Clatterteeth Canyon and the Wollongambe is now yours. | + | |
- | . Turn misfortune into good fortune | + | |
- | make your own Canyon Fongoo. | + | |
- | Walkers who have not come home from a canyon trip and found their canyon bag a minature ocernIalive with floating prunes, Deb potato, Cadbury' | + | |
- | Here is the method. First bear in mind that, especially if sudden pudding forms part of the matrixlmost of the flavour | + | Go to your local fire station and ask for some odd lengths of old canvas fire hose. Now go to your tyre repair man and ask for an old valve, and a dipper full of rubber solution. Next cut out 4 or 5 good 6ft lengths from the otherwise mouldy fire hose, and laying, and temporarily binding these side by side in the form of a mattress, cement them together by generously dousing them in rubber solution. Further sections |
- | After pouring | + | **Turn misfortune |
+ | Walkers who have not come home from a canyon trip and found their canyon bag a minature ocean alive with floating prunes, Deb potato, Cadbury' | ||
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+ | Here is the method. First bear in mind that, especially if sudden pudding forms part of the matri lmost of the flavour and nutrient will be in the water. This therefore must not be wasted; the whole contents of the canyon bag should be carefully emptied into a 5 gallon preserving pan and evaporated over a gentle flame until it is reduced to a thick syrup. Usually this syrup will already contain a wealth of subtle flavours, but if desired, beer and oil of cloves can now be added. After further evaporation sufficient good quality cheese should be melted in to completely absorb the syrup. It is a good idea also to melt in a small quantity of clean white parrafin wax at this time; this will greatly improve the solidity and water-repellance of the Fongoo. | ||
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+ | After pouring into moulds and allowing to set, the Fongoo should be sawn into blocks of a suitable size. Small wafers make excellent party goodies; you need take only one large block on your next canyon trip to have a durable, completely balanced, and completely waterproof ration. | ||
====== Tuross River ====== | ====== Tuross River ====== | ||
- | Ross Wyborn. | + | Ross Wyborn |
- | There were 6 definite starters for a trip over Christmas but | + | |
- | we had no trip. Mick Elfidk | + | There were 6 definite starters for a trip over Christmas but we had no trip. Mick Elfick |
- | "South of Sydney and east of Cooma" | + | "South of Sydney and east of Cooma" |
- | Kerry Hore, Jerry Sinzig and I went down in Duncan' | + | |
- | we drove via "Never Chunder" | + | Kerry Hore, Jerry Sinzig and I went down in Duncan' |
- | After getting some information from a farmer we set off up the fire trail to Wad*.billiga. This fire trail wund slowly up the mountains and over the hills then dropped to the Wadbilliga River. After a late lunch we headed up the river. This was pleasant scenery with sun on the grassy flats and mist shrouding the mountains which rose abruptly from the valley sides. Meanwhile it began to dawn on members of the party that I wasn't kidding earlier when I told,them it was 28 miles to Tuross Falls where we planned to reach that night. Duncan grabbed hold of the map and started adding up miles. All seemed hopeless with 20 miles to go in the few remaining hours of daylight. | + | |
- | Twenty minutes later the party was lazing in a camp site alongside the Wadbilliga River with all sorts of plans for a lazy retreat. Jerry was the only one Who showed any enthusiasm about going onwards, but after loafing for a while some of the others felt they could give it a go. After a long argument about the state of the party, the distance to go, and the nature of the country, it was decided that we would get up early in the morning and -hottailit | + | After getting some information from a farmer we set off up the fire trail to Wadbilliga. This fire trail wound slowly up the mountains and over the hills then dropped to the Wadbilliga River. After a late lunch we headed up the river. This was pleasant scenery with sun on the grassy flats and mist shrouding the mountains which rose abruptly from the valley sides. Meanwhile it began to dawn on members of the party that I wasn't kidding earlier when I told them it was 28 miles to Tuross Falls where we planned to reach that night. Duncan grabbed hold of the map and started adding up miles. All seemed hopeless with 20 miles to go in the few remaining hours of daylight. |
- | In the morning they seemed to have changed their minds, but after they were pulled out of bed we were soon on our way up the fire trail. The climb out of the Wadbilliga Valley was long and drawn out but eventually we bashed across the tops in appalling heat to reach " | + | |
- | Here, at a farm house, we asked the way to Tuross Falls. The farmers wife and daughter were very friendly, asked us in for a drink, and | + | Twenty minutes later the party was lazing in a camp site alongside the Wadbilliga River with all sorts of plans for a lazy retreat. Jerry was the only one who showed any enthusiasm about going onwards, but after loafing for a while some of the others felt they could give it a go. After a long argument about the state of the party, the distance to go and the nature of the country, it was decided that we would get up early in the morning and hot tail it to the Tuross River. |
- | 12. The Sydney Bushwaiker January, 1964. | + | |
- | | + | In the morning they seemed to have changed their minds, but after they were pulled out of bed we were soon on our way up the fire trail. The climb out of the Wadbilliga Valley was long and drawn out but eventually we bashed across the tops in appalling heat to reach " |
- | gave us some information, | + | gave us some information, |
- | made quick time over the flat open country to the falls, but hit the river | + | |
- | too far upstream, and had to skirt around the upper canyon to get down to | + | We made quick time over the flat open country to the falls, but hit the river too far upstream, and had to skirt around the upper canyon to get down to the river just in front of the falls. The falls are about 160 feet high and looked impressive from the peninsula in front of them. We got down here easily and started down the river. The river drops very steeply here but the going is quite good amongst the large boulders. |
- | the river just in front of the falls. The falls are about 160 feet high and | + | We camped at the first corner in the river on a flat rock. Again bods had the map out, calculating how far we had come, and how far we had to go. We had only done 1 mile in the hour and at that rate it looked as if we would be overdue. |
- | looked impressive from the peninsula in front of them. | + | |
- | We got down here easily and started down the river. The river drops | + | Next day we got an early start. The gorge was interesting, |
- | very steeply here but the going is quite good amongst the large boulders. | + | |
- | We camped at the first corner in the river on a flat rock. Again boas had the map out, calculating how far we had come, and how far we had to go. We had only done 1 mile in the hour and at that rate it looked as if | + | |
- | we would-be overdue. | + | |
- | Next day we got an early start. The gorge was interesting, | + | |
- | we had some short swims which might have been avoided, but it w,uld have taken longer to climb around. The walls of the gorge opened out after | + | |
about 3 miles but the going was still slow. We had lunch by a good swimming pool where a side creek flowed in over a small waterfall. | about 3 miles but the going was still slow. We had lunch by a good swimming pool where a side creek flowed in over a small waterfall. | ||
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After lunch the river became much easier and were soon bashing up a good average along the grassy river flats, Here there were perfect camp sites everywhere and an abundance of kangaroos, wallabies, lizards and snakes. We saw a 6 foot goanna on a tree on one flat and some ducks in the river in another place. It now looked as if we were going to get back early, so we camped and had a swim. | After lunch the river became much easier and were soon bashing up a good average along the grassy river flats, Here there were perfect camp sites everywhere and an abundance of kangaroos, wallabies, lizards and snakes. We saw a 6 foot goanna on a tree on one flat and some ducks in the river in another place. It now looked as if we were going to get back early, so we camped and had a swim. | ||
- | Next morning after fighting off the flies, we set off once more, cutting off all the big loops in the river, until we climbed. a 10000 foot mountain alongside a straight stretch of the river by mistake. Further downstream the great mountaineer, | + | |
- | We reached the cars at lunch time and Duncan put on his ski goggles | + | Next morning after fighting off the flies, we set off once more, cutting off all the big loops in the river, until we climbed a 1000 foot mountain alongside a straight stretch of the river by mistake. Further downstream the great mountaineer, |
- | and Russian fur hat and drove home. The place seemed to be alive with S.B.W.' | + | |
- | ./ | + | We reached the cars at lunch time and Duncan put on his ski goggles and Russian fur hat and drove home. The place seemed to be alive with S.B.W.' |
- | COMING JANUARY WALKS. | + | |
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+ | ====== Coming January Walks ====== | ||
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15-16-17. Cascading down granite section of Cox Bob Duncan. | 15-16-17. Cascading down granite section of Cox Bob Duncan. | ||
- | 22-23-24. Instructional Garth Coulter. | + | |
- | Rudolph Cup on the Nattai. Bring your own Lilo or tub Dave Balmer. | + | 22-23-24. Instructional |
- | 29-30-31-1. Mumbedah Creek Whalania Chasm Jerry Sinzig. Bungonia Falls Barbers Creek Alan Round. | + | |
- | 13. | + | 29-30-31-1. Mumbedah Creek Whalania Chasm - Jerry Sinzig. Bungonia Falls Barbers Creek - Alan Round. |
- | SOMETHING WORTH 1THILE/ | + | |
- | Every walker knows you learn something from every walk, and after some years accumulate knowledge, know how and experience. | ||
- | PADDY PALLIN PTY. 12D. | ||
- | 109a Bathurst St. Cnr George Sydney. 262685, | ||
- | P S. New prices for British standard pylon | ||
- | climbing rope 120/ lengths 9.11.O. | ||
- | British standard 40 pylon climbing rope | ||
- | 120' lengths E10.17,6. | ||
- | PADD PALM | ||
- | Lightwei Camp Cear | ||
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- | Of course, | + | |
- | Its the same when it comes to equipment. Years | + | |
- | of experience, practical application of knowledge gained and a conscientious approach to the job results in something worthwhile. Paddy Made walking gear is the product of such experience. And many walkers have found this equipment to | + | |
- | - be a reliable friend for years of camping and walking. You know when you buy Paddy Made gear you have something worthwhile. | + | |
- | 14. The Sydney Dushwalker January, 1965, | + | |
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- | INTRODUCING A MENDER OF THE " | + | |
- | THE EXPLORER MODEL A nylon coverea sleeping bag filled with high quality duck down and. new style hood.. | + | |
- | Have you ever slept in a nylon covered bag and had the pleasure of being able to roll over without dragging the bag with you. The nylon used in FAIRY down sleeping' | + | |
- | bag and has the added advantage of being rot proof and light in weight. | + | |
- | Heat loss through zippers in FAIRY down bags is virtually nil where close fitting nylon gippers are used. An 18" zipper on the bottom and a 30" zipper on the side enable the bag to be used through moderate temperatures down to 20 degrees below. Price range from | + | |
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