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 **Contents**
-|Monthly Report - January. J.Brown |2 |
+|Monthly Report January - J.Brown |2 |
 |Mountain Equipment Ad.| 4|
 |A Grand Tour of Megalong Valley - Wombat|5 |
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 So we came to another major event of the year deciding where to hold the Reunion and we were solemnly reminded of the lack of wood at Woods Creek. Nominations were invited and there was a ghastly silence apparently there was nothing new to offer, Eventually one brave member spoke up and nominated Woods Creek.
-Then there were no more nominations Jack Wren said each person who voted for Woods Creek was voting to assist in bringingwood from the hills. However, with nothing else to vote for, the result was beyond doubt.
+Then there were no more nominations Jack Wren said each person who voted for Woods Creek was voting to assist in bringing wood from the hills. However, with nothing else to vote for, the result was beyond doubt.
 The question of an alternative site was discussed and Long Angle Gully, Burning Palms and Euroka in that order were proposed. The final vote went to Burning Palms if we were cut off from Woods Creek by fire, flood or other disaster.
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 Now came another unexpected bit of business, Snow Brown said the prospect of securing a bit of Bendethera seemed to be chancy. Perhaps we could consider other areas. For instance, on a holiday walk down the coast from Merry Beach to Pebbly Beach quite a few attractive seashore places were seen.If many of these were private property it may he worth while setting up a committee to find if any areas were for sale and within our price range.
-Jack Wren suggested the area of search should be extended to embrace some interesting coastline several miles north of Merry Beach, around Meroo Point. Mick Elfick said if we could find nothing reasonably priced now, we would certainly not do so in a few years. The motion was carried and a committee of Snow Brown (convenor) George Gray, Mick Elfick, Ron Khightley and Bob Duncan appointed, with power to coopt.
+Jack Wren suggested the area of search should be extended to embrace some interesting coastline several miles north of Merry Beach, around Meroo Point. Mick Elfick said if we could find nothing reasonably priced now, we would certainly not do so in a few years. The motion was carried and a committee of Snow Brown (convenor) George Gray, Mick Elfick, Ron Knightley and Bob Duncan appointed, with power to coopt.
 Nan Bourke rose to say that only 2 families presented themselves at the Christmas Kiddies Treat. Did the Club want these affairs and would the Club circularise members to find why they did not attend. Frank Ashdown could see no reason for asking people if they did not take advantage of the item on the programme, it should be withdrawn.
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 Then surprisingly, it seemed that it was already 9.50 p m. the meeting had gone on for almost three hours and it was high time it was over and it was.
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 ====== Day Walks ======
+Feb.14 West Head - Flint and Steel - Great Mackerel Beach - West Head. 10 miles.
-Feb.14 'West Head - Flint and Steel - Great Mackerel Beach - West Head. 10 miles.
+Some fine views of Broken Bay and the Hawkesbury Estuary from West Head. Steep down to Flint and Steel and steep up from Mackerel Beach to West Head.\\
-Some fine views of Broken Bay and the Hawkesbury Estuary from
-West Head. Steep down to Flint and Steel and steep up from
-Mackerel Beach to West Head.
 As private transport is to be used, contact Stuart Brooks on 496262 (H) for details.
-Feb.21 Heathcote - Lake Eckersley Heathcote. (Swimming Carnival) 6 miles.
-A short walk to be followed by the Swimming Carnival at Lake Eckersley (Woronora River) under the able direction of Brian Harvey.
+Feb.21 Heathcote - Lake Eckersley Heathcote. (Swimming Carnival) 6 miles.\\
-Train: 8.20 a m. Cronulla train from Central Electric Station.
+A short walk to be followed by the Swimming Carnival at Lake Eckersley (Woronora River) under the able direction of Brian Harvey. Train: 8.20 a m. Cronulla train from Central Electric Station.
-Tickets: Heathcote return @ 5/6.
+Tickets: Heathcote return @ 5/6.\\
 Map: Port Hacking Military or Heathcote Primitive Area. Leader: Brian Harvey.
-Feb.21 Mt. Banks - Claustral Canyon - Mt. Banks. 6 miles.
-As rope work and swimming, are involved in this romp through
+Feb.21 Mt. Banks - Claustral Canyon - Mt. Banks. 6 miles.\\
-Claustral Canyon, consult the leader, Dot Butler, for details and transport arrangements. Telephone 482208 (H).
+As rope work and swimming, are involved in this romp through Claustral Canyon, consult the leader, Dot Butler, for details and transport arrangements. Telephone 482208 (H).
-Feb.28 Helensburgh - Burg Track - Era Beach - Burning Palms Beach - Palm Jungle - Otford. 12 miles.
-An interesting walk through the Garrawarra National Park involving a climb over part of the Illawarra Range.
+Feb.28 Helensburgh - Burg Track - Era Beach - Burning Palms Beach - Palm Jungle - Otford. 12 miles.\\
-Train: 8.42 a m. Wollongong train from Central Steam Station.
+An interesting walk through the Garrawarra National Park involving a climb over part of the Illawarra Range. Train: 8.42 a m. Wollongong train from Central Steam Station. Tickets: Otford return @ 8/-.\\
-Tickets: Otford return @ 8/-.
 Map: Port Hacking Tourist. Leader: Ron Knightley.
 Mar.7. No day walk has been offered for this date on the forthcoming walks programme at the time of going to press. See the new Walks Programme, when issued, for details.
 THE BUSHWALKER AND SOCIETY III.
-The "Sydney Bushwalker" has been fortunate to obtain permission to reproduce the 1964 BBC Marlborough Memorial Lecture by the Hon. Gordon Lyon -
-"A Retort to Those who would say that Vice is Nice".
+The "Sydney Bushwalker" has been fortunate to obtain permission to reproduce the 1964 BBC Marlborough Memorial Lecture by the Hon. Gordon Lyon - "A Retort to Those who would say that Vice is Nice".
 This lecture appears on page 16 of this issue.
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 ====== A 430 Mile Weekend Motor Trip Around Broken Hill ======
-Peterbameron
+Peter Cameron
-Eight of us met at the ZincBatch at 8 p m. Friday to board our 1954 Vauxhall Ute for the weekend trip. We were Chris and Brian two N.Z. geologists: Dave a geologist from Queensland: Fred and wife Toni, geologists: Craig, an engineer: and me, the lone metallurgist. We
+Eight of us met at the ZincBatch at 8 p m. Friday to board our 1954 Vauxhall Ute for the weekend trip. We were Chris and Brian two N.Z. geologists: Dave a geologist from Queensland: Fred and wife Toni, geologists: Craig, an engineer: and me, the lone metallurgist. We headed out along the Tiboburra road, It soon turned to dirt, sand, gravel and one lane, but was quite sound with no hidden potholes. Trees
-headed out along the Tibocburra road, It soon turned to dirt, sand,
+became fairly scarce; the plains were covered mainly by small clumps of saltbush. The breeze in the back of the ute was keen, the night sky very clear and the moon almost full, so it was very pleasant, Quite a few roos were out but not too many rabbits or sheep. After about 30 miles we turned off the road onto Mootwingee Station. We crossed the Station for about 15 miles, and there were many gates to open. Mootwingee Wildlife Refuge, for which we were heading, is in the Barrier Ranges. We arrived at the Refuge and found a sandy creek in which to sleep.
-gravel and one lane, but was quite sound with no hidden potholes. Trees
-became fairly scarce; the plains were covered mainly by small clumps
-of saltbush. The breeze in the back of the ute was keen, the night sky very clear and the moon almost full, so it was very pleasant, Quite a few roes were out but not too many rabbits or sheep. After about 30 miles we turned off the road onto Mootwingee Station. We crossed the Station for about 15 miles, and there were many gates to open. Mootwingee Wildlife Refuge, for which we were heading, is in the Barrier Ranges. We
-arrived at the Refuge and found a sandy creek in which to sleep.
-The sun woke us all around 5 a m., so after a quick breakfast wea were off; the track to the aboriginal paintings followed the creek and
-was quite shady. The paintings were rather simple; the main one being
-a snake some 20 ft. long. All are in large overhangs in a very rocky and baiiren area. Other paintings were mainly hands arranged in what appeared
-to be hierctlyphic order.
-From the top of the cave the view is fairly typical of this country -
-wide flat plains with creeks outlined by lines of trees. Where ridges
-protrude there is a fair amount of red dust which seems to collect behind them.
-Moving off from the paintings, we went to see the hand carvings
-which literally oover the hillsides. The carvings mostly depicted roes, emus, end goannas. The nearby rock holes disappointed all of us, as they were full of sand, and not the crystal clear water we have found elsewhere.
-After this we moved off to find the area of fossils,. about 6 miles away in a direct line, but as it turned out, about 60 miles by road. The sun was not hot and the hot searing wind gusts felt as if they had come from an oven. The road was coveredin wind-blown sand. We sighted several roes, some with Joey alongside, and one lot of 8 emus. We turned into Gralta station, and there we were invited to swim in the tank. We jumped in, much to the disgust of the cattle drinking from it, who promptly left. Down a few feet the water was freezing, but a few minutes out in the sun was enough to make you jump in and look for the cold patches again. The boss advised us against going to the fossil area; it was 20 miles out and the road was covered in sand.
-. The Sydney Dushwalker February, 1965
-We took his advice, and after another clip were off to White Cliffs. The country was now of a coarse quartz sand with an occasional sP,lt bush. A number of sandy creek crossings presented little difficulty but sheep would insist on running in front of the car and then tripping in their effort to get off the road. It was dark now, and we were worried that we might go through White Cliffs without seeing it, but when we arrived both lights were shining brightly: the general store and the pub. The other buildings are 2 houses, a pest office, a hospital, and a hallo Beer is 3/ a can here, but bitter 6emon is only 1/6, all ice cold. The temperature in the bax was still 95 Craig and I took a short wander
-through the town,, and had a yarn with a halfcaste stockman who had been born and bred. under the one roof there.
-In its heyday White Cliffs had 5,000 people digging furiously for opals. Most lived in dugouts to escape the heat. Then the place almost died; 3 of the 4 pubs closed, and the permanent population dipped to about 12. Now White Cliffs is moving again, and the population is growing rapidly. Dig earthmovers are the order f the day, instead of pick and shovel. One team of 7 has come from Adelaide with a 15,000 trench digger which will carve a hole 20 ft. deep by 3 feet wide by 2 million miles long.
-The opals occur in veins in clayey dirt, and they are there alright. One lone prospector found 60 worth over New Year; a bulldozing crowd netted somewhere between 3,000 and 30,000 in December, but for taxation or other reasons they shut up like clams when asked exactly how much. But
-its not all easy money, they work long hours 7 days a week, and even after the bulldozer has dug the dirt it still has to be sifted and searched for
-opal by hand.
-That night we moved out to the Government Tank, about 2 miles out. This collects water from a creek, if and when it rains. It is about 80 yards square, and at present 271 deep; it is 40/ when full:
-Next morning we visited the dugout section of the town. We inspected the dugout of the crew with the new 15,000 trench digger. Boy, what a place: all the mod. cons, flywire doors, kitchen stove, sink, fridge, shower, beds. In making this they first hosed out an old dugout to settle the dust. Then the walls and ceiling were spraypainted white, and lino laid on the floor carpet in the bedrooms.
-We left White Cliffs for Wilcannia. It the Government tank on the way out, there were a few gum trees full of galahs, white cockatoos, and budgies. These birds are fairly common in the outback. The country was now red soil covered with rocks, which gave a thick coating of dust to everything. After about 20 miles we saw some vegetation, first salt bush and then clumps of sally gums. It was getting hotter and hotter, and our throats drier, and the murky White Cliffs water really started to taste terrific.
-February, 1965 The Sydney Dushwalker 12.
-Wilcannia was seen first as a rOw of trees which line the Darling. ale Darling is about 50 yards wide at ipresent and about 60 ft below
-the banks which are fairly dteep. It flows fairly fast for its length - about 2 m p.h. an easy swim will justkeep you in the same place. The
-temperature in the shade was 100 but this seemed cool after being out in the sun.
-After much swimming and repairing of the Tito, the weather turned dirty i and the sky filled with dust, thunder, and lightning. Viibility went down to about 100 yards, and then it rained for about 15 minutes, during which half the annual rainfall fell.
-We soon left the dust and rain and returned to sunshine with all its heat and fire. Wilcannia is 125 miles from Broken Hill - almost
+The sun woke us all around 5 a m., so after a quick breakfast we were off; the track to the aboriginal paintings followed the creek and was quite shady. The paintings were rather simple; the main one being
-due East on a dead. straight road, so we were driving straight into the
+a snake some 20 ft. long. All are in large overhangs in a very rocky and barren area. Other paintings were mainly hands arranged in what appeared to be hieroglyphic order.
-sun. The country is still dry, but plenty of saltbush grows on which the sheep seem to thrive. The buggy put up a good fight and we covered
-the trip without major incident, On the last 50 miles of bitumen we travelled flat out at 47 m p.h. The Barrier ranges seem quite high as
+From the top of the cave the view is fairly typical of this country - wide flat plains with creeks outlined by lines of trees. Where ridges protrude there is a fair amount of red dust which seems to collect behind them. Moving off from the paintings, we went to see the hand carvings which literally cover the hillsides. The carvings mostly depicted roos, emus, end goannas. The nearby rock holes disappointed all of us, as they were full of sand, and not the crystal clear water we have found elsewhere.
-they protrude from the plains - they are 1500 ft. above sea-level; the
-plains are 200 ft, We arrived at Broken Hci)11 about 7 p m; the temperature under the Argent St. awnings registered. 93 on the D.P. thermometer.
+After this we moved off to find the area of fossils, about 6 miles away in a direct line, but as it turned out, about 60 miles by road. The sun was not hot and the hot searing wind gusts felt as if they had come from an oven. The road was covered in wind-blown sand. We sighted several roos, some with joey alongside, and one lot of 8 emus. We turned into Gralta station, and there we were invited to swim in the tank. We jumped in, much to the disgust of the cattle drinking from it, who promptly left. Down a few feet the water was freezing, but a few minutes out in the sun was enough to make you jump in and look for the cold patches again. The boss advised us against going to the fossil area; it was 20 miles out and the road was covered in sand.
+We took his advice, and after another clip were off to White Cliffs. The country was now of a coarse quartz sand with an occasional salt bush. A number of sandy creek crossings presented little difficulty but sheep would insist on running in front of the car and then tripping in their effort to get off the road. It was dark now, and we were worried that we might go through White Cliffs without seeing it, but when we arrived both lights were shining brightly: the general store and the pub. The other buildings are 2 houses, a post office, a hospital, and a hall. Beer is 3/ a can here, but bitter lemon is only 1/6, all ice cold. The temperature in the bar was still 95 .Craig and I took a short wander through the town, and had a yarn with a halfcaste stockman who had been born and bred under the one roof there.
+In its heyday White Cliffs had 5,000 people digging furiously for opals. Most lived in dugouts to escape the heat. Then the place almost died; 3 of the 4 pubs closed, and the permanent population dipped to about 12. Now White Cliffs is moving again, and the population is growing rapidly. Dig earth movers are the order of the day, instead of pick and shovel. One team of 7 has come from Adelaide with a 15,000 trench digger which will carve a hole 20 ft. deep by 3 feet wide by 2 million miles long.
+The opals occur in veins in clayey dirt, and they are there alright. One lone prospector found 60 worth over New Year; a bulldozing crowd netted somewhere between 3,000 and 30,000 in December, but for taxation or other reasons they shut up like clams when asked exactly how much. But its not all easy money, they work long hours 7 days a week, and even after the bulldozer has dug the dirt it still has to be sifted and searched for opal by hand.
+That night we moved out to the Government Tank, about 2 miles out. This collects water from a creek, if and when it rains. It is about 80 yards square, and at present 271 deep; it is 400 when full. Next morning we visited the dugout section of the town. We inspected the dugout of the crew with the new 15,000 trench digger. Boy, what a place: all the mod. cons, fly wire doors, kitchen stove, sink, fridge, shower, beds. In making this they first hosed out an old dugout to settle the dust. Then the walls and ceiling were spray painted white, and lino laid on the floor carpet in the bedrooms.
+We left White Cliffs for Wilcannia. At the Government tank on the way out, there were a few gum trees full of galahs, white cockatoos, and budgies. These birds are fairly common in the outback. The country was now red soil covered with rocks, which gave a thick coating of dust to everything. After about 20 miles we saw some vegetation, first salt bush and then clumps of sally gums. It was getting hotter and hotter, and our throats drier, and the murky White Cliffs water really started to taste terrific.
+Wilcannia was seen first as a row of trees which line the Darling. The Darling is about 50 yards wide at present and about 60 ft below the banks which are fairly deep. It flows fairly fast for its length - about 2 m p.h. an easy swim will just keep you in the same place. The temperature in the shade was 100 but this seemed cool after being out in the sun.
+After much swimming and repairing of the Tito, the weather turned dirty and the sky filled with dust, thunder, and lightning. Visibility went down to about 100 yards, and then it rained for about 15 minutes, during which half the annual rainfall fell.
+We soon left the dust and rain and returned to sunshine with all its heat and fire. Wilcannia is 125 miles from Broken Hill - almost due East on a dead. straight road, so we were driving straight into the
+sun. The country is still dry, but plenty of saltbush grows on which the sheep seem to thrive. The buggy put up a good fight and we covered the trip without major incident, On the last 50 miles of bitumen we travelled flat out at 47 m p.h. The Barrier ranges seem quite high as they protrude from the plains - they are 1500 ft. above sea-level; the plains are 200 ft, We arrived at Broken Hill about 7 p m; the temperature under the Argent St. awnings registered 93 on the D.P. thermometer.
 ====== Social Notes for February ======
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 ====== The First Gangerang Walk ======
+(Another famous historic walk)\\
-(Another famous historic walk)
 Maxwell Gentle.
-After visiting Kanangra Walls, via Gingra, in August, 1928,
+After visiting Kanangra Walls, via Gingra, in August, 1928, my next ambition was to walk over the Gangerang Range. On joining the Sydney Bush Walkers in 1929, I learnt that this range was unknown to club members, and the data given on available maps was very limited. While fellow member, Myles Dunphy, tempted me with descriptions of the Upper Kowmung gorge, somehow the rugged heights of Gangerang proved the greater attraction.
-my next abition was to walk over theCkin5prang Range. On joining the Sydney Bush Walkers in 1929, I learnt that this range was unknown to club members, and the data given on available maps was very limited.
-While fellow member, Myles Dunphy, tempted me with descriptions of the Upper Kowmung gorge, somehow the rugged heights of Gangerang proved the greater attraction.
 A Burragorang cattleman, Michael Maxwell, had been on part of the Gangerang, and information given by him indicated the best places to climb the range, and its low cliffs, also where water might be found.
-While I was on a Friday evening train journey on Eight Hour Weekend, 1929, a chance meeting with Gordon Smith 9 at Valley Hoghts, resulted in having company on my Gangerang walk, instead of going alone.
+While I was on a Friday evening train journey on Eight Hour Weekend, 1929, a chance meeting with Gordon Smith at Valley Heights, resulted in having company on my Gangerang walk, instead of going alone.
 I knew that Gordon would see the distance because he was 50 miles champion road walker of Australia. Needless to say we made good progress on the walk out from Wentworth Falls that night, to our camp site at Sunset Rock. No tent, blankets or sleeping bags were carried and we slept on a bed of leaves by a log fire. Fortunately the weather was fine and clear, and we made good time with our light packs, walking down Kedumba Pass next morning.
-We reached our breakfast site on Cox s River at 8.30 a m., and the CoxKommung junction at 12 noon.
-At 2.30 p m. on Saturday afternoon we commenced to climb the Gangerang Range, from a point one mile further up the Cox. The ridge was at first a lightly timbered grassy slope, and rose very steeply for about 1,400 feet, then becoming boulder strewn, with thicker undergrowth. A low cliff with a cave was skirted here, being siffiilar to the rocks on the adjacent Mt. Kookem. A fine view opened out up the Cox gorge, as far
+We reached our breakfast site on Cox s River at 8.30 a m., and the Cox Kowmung junction at 12 noon.
-as the "Konangaroo Creek" area, mentioned in Surveyor Govettts writings,
-and its western tributary, rising near the "highest land", called by the Blacks of his time (if the word can be written as they pronounced it) trKuouogang".
+At 2.30 p m. on Saturday afternoon we commenced to climb the Gangerang Range, from a point one mile further up the Cox. The ridge was at first a lightly timbered grassy slope, and rose very steeply for about 1,400 feet, then becoming boulder strewn, with thicker undergrowth. A low cliff with a cave was skirted here, being similar to the rocks on the adjacent Mt. Kookem. A fine view opened out up the Cox gorge, as far as the "Konangaroo Creek" area, mentioned in Surveyor Govett's writings, and its western tributary, rising near the "highest land", called by the Blacks of his time (if the word can be written as they pronounced it) Kuo-uogang".
-About four miles from our viewpoint could be seen the low cliffs
-of Gangerang plateau, and so we continued to ascend the ridge we were on,
+About four miles from our viewpoint could be seen the low cliffs of Gangerang plateau, and so we continued to ascend the ridge we were on, which was seen swinging more to the southwest, in that direction. Our route lay through a thick forest of Turpentine and Eucalyptus saplings, but we sometimes enjoyed a glimpse of the mountain country northward to Mt. Mouin and Clear Hill. One of the best views was looking down Little Tiwilla Creek and across the Kowmung River to Byrnes Gap, and Tonalli Range.
-which was seen swinging more to the southwest, in that direction.
-February, 1965 The Sydney Bushwalker 14
+Nightfall found us camped on a bed of leaves by a log fire, and we each had a two quart billy of water, which we had carried up from the river. At daybreak next morning we continued walking along the thickly timbered flat topped ridge, which soon commenced to rise steeply, and eventually reached the foot of the low cliffs of sandstone and conglomerate. A way up was found through a break in these cliffs (Gentle's Pass) on the Ti-willa Creek side, and then, after walking a mile on a lightly timbered, stony ridge on the plateau, a stop was made for breakfast by a running stream, in a swampy upland gully.
-Our route lay through a thick forest of Turpentine and Eucalyptus saplings, but we sometimes enjoyed a glimpse of the mountain country northward to Mt. Mouin and Clear Hill. One of the best views was looking down Little Tiwilla Creek and across the Kowmung River to Byrnes Gap, and Tonalli Range.
-Nightfall found us camped on a bed of leaves by a log fire, and we each had a two quart billy of water, which we had carried up from the river.
+Later we walked southward over a slight rise, and then across the main marsh of the plateau, in the direction of a high hill, which we then thought to be the Gangerang peak. On reaching its crest we could see higher land ahead, and. further progress was temporarily halted by a precipitous canyon, which a creek from the marsh had cut right through the ridge we were on (a geographical rarity).
-At daybreak next morning we continued walking along the' thickly 'timbered flat topped ridge, which soon commenced to rise steeply, and
-eventually reached the foot of the low cliffs of sandstone and conglomerate.
-A way up was found through a break in these cliffs (Gentle's Pass)
-on the Tiwilla Creek side, and then, after walking a mile on a lightly timbered, stony ridge on the plateau, a stop was made for breakfast by a running stream, in a swampy upland gully.
-Later we walked southward over a slight rise, and then across the
-main marsh of the plateau, in the direction of a high hill, which we then
-thought to be the Gangerang peak. On reaching its crest we could see higher land ahead, and. further progress was temporarily halted by a precipitous canyon, which a creek from the marsh had cut right through
-the ridge we were on (a geographical rarity).
 This creek was later to be named "Dex Creek," and the high hill "Mt. Bolwarra". The view west extended across the Kanangra gorge, while eastward could be seen the grassy flats of the Lower Cox Valley.
-After crossing Dex Creek, a well defined quartzite ridge led us along to the. highest point of the range (Mt. Cloudmaker) at 12 noon, where marvellous views opened out over Kanangra gorge, and the famous walls, glowing in the sunlight.
+After crossing Dex Creek, a well defined quartzite ridge led us along to the highest point of the range (Mt. Cloudmaker) at 12 noon, where marvellous views opened out over Kanangra gorge, and the famous walls, glowing in the sunlight.
-The ridge then became very spectacular, and ran westward, resembling
-a great heap of boulders, coming to a point on tops It dipped and rose again about three times, and then swung southward. After a series of dips ana knobs, the rock hopping over the very hard type of quartzite became easier, and the now grassy ridge descended steeply to Gabes Gap, the lowest saddle on the range in this section. Prom this gap it was possible to look west down a dry creek bed to Kanangra Creek, while a gully with tree ferns dropped down on the east side to Gingra Creek.
+The ridge then became very spectacular, and ran westward, resembling a great heap of boulders, coming to a point on tops It dipped and rose again about three times, and then swung southward. After a series of dips and knobs, the rock hopping over the very hard type of quartzite became easier, and the now grassy ridge descended steeply to Gabes Gap, the lowest saddle on the range in this section. From this gap it was possible to look west down a dry creek bed to Kanangra Creek, while a gully with tree ferns dropped down on the east side to Gingra Creek.
-A very steep climb followed and presently we came to the foot of Craftts Wall, which we avoided, by keeping on its east side. After passing a number of caves, formed by the overhanging walls, we found
-. The Sydney Bushwalker February, 1965
+A very steep climb followed and presently we came to the foot of Craft's Wall, which we avoided, by keeping on its east side. After passing a number of caves, formed by the overhanging walls, we found ourselves on the main ridge again, which, after less than a mile, ended under the Walls of Kanangra Tops. A break in the walls, 100 yards to the south, provided a way up. This was later to be named "Smith's
-ourselves on the main ridge again, which, after less than a mile,
+Pass". From there it was easy going west past Mt. Maxwell and over a narrow neck to the iron ladder.
-ended under the Walls rf Kanangra Tops. A break in the walls, 100 yards
+Our campsite for the night, in the cave with the dance platform, was reached at 4 p m. a little over a day's walk from the Cox-Kowmung junction.
-to the south, provided a way up. This was later to be named "Smith's
-'Pass". From there it was easy going west past Et. Maxwell and over a narrow neck to the iron ladder.
+On Monday morning Gordon was more at ease, walking along the old cart track to Jenolan Caves. We passed through the Grand Arch there at 1.30 p m., and continued walking along the road for another 11 miles before being given a ride in a service car to Mt. Victoria, in time to catch the 7.15 p m. train to Sydney.
-Our campsite for the night, in the cave with the dance Liatform, was reached at 4 p m. a little over a day's walk from the Cox-Kowmung junction.
-On Monday morning Gordon was more at ease, walking along the old cart track to Jenolan Caves. We passed through the Grand Arch there
+Thus ended a good three days walk, but the next few months saw the first ascent of Mt. Paralyser and Thurat, the first visit to Mt. Guouogang, and the first walk along Yellow Dog.
-at 1.30 p m., and continued walking along the road for another 11 miles before being given a ride in a service car to Mt. Victoria, in time to catch the 7.15 p m. train to Sydney.
-Thus ended a good three days walk, 'but the next few months saw the first ascent of Mt. Paralyser and Thurat, the first visit to Mt. Guoucgang, and the first walk along Yellow Dog.
+I remember standing on Mt. Moorilla, after n spell of torrential rain, in June 1939 when the view from there was really a picture, as it included five big waterfalls on the side of Thurat, which are not usually running. Next day, the first descent of Ti-willa Buttress was made.
-I remember standing on Mt. Mocrilla, after n spell of torrential rain, in June 19309 when the view from there was really a picture,
-as it included five big waterfalls on the side of Thurat, which are not usually running. Next day, the first descent of Ti-willa Buttress was made.
 It was good to walk along the well defined ridges of this predominantly quartzite country. The experience gained in bushwalking there was essential to us in 1931 when we ventured into a relatively dry Capertee-Colo area, which is only partly surveyed, but otherwise of rugged sandstone country, deeply intersected by precipitous ravines.