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Some rears ago (,quite soMe.yearseago in eact) the Sydney Bush Iliralkers Pzoduced a series,oa; p-ublications with-the _title The Bushwalker Annual", | Some rears ago (,quite soMe.yearseago in eact) the Sydney Bush Iliralkers Pzoduced a series,oa; p-ublications with-the _title The Bushwalker Annual", | ||
- | of the Club archives.or' | + | of the Club archives.or' |
IT,hen the New. South Wales Federation of Bushwalking Clubs was famed, tho rosp)nsibility for .publishing such literature as "The Annual" | IT,hen the New. South Wales Federation of Bushwalking Clubs was famed, tho rosp)nsibility for .publishing such literature as "The Annual" | ||
handed over by. this Club in line with the aims. and aspirations of Federation. The name " | handed over by. this Club in line with the aims. and aspirations of Federation. The name " | ||
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Amongst those present were four completely new members - Maria Ce10- vic9 David Younger, John Atkins and Warren Doherty - while Keith Muddle collected the, symbols of membership which he had actually attained a couple of months befot.e. | Amongst those present were four completely new members - Maria Ce10- vic9 David Younger, John Atkins and Warren Doherty - while Keith Muddle collected the, symbols of membership which he had actually attained a couple of months befot.e. | ||
The Half-Yearly Meeting' | The Half-Yearly Meeting' | ||
- | Alan Pike, with aid from a few leaders, recorded how September' | + | |
- | tails unknown. Starting Saturday morning Sam Hinde had a group in the Dharug Park area down from Wiseman' | + | Alan Pike, with aid from a few leaders, recorded how September' |
- | On the second week end there was Snow Brown' | + | |
- | cribed | + | On the second week end there was Snow Brown' |
- | gramme and conditions were blizzardy,.curtailing the plans, and Sheila Binns had a party of four in Megalong, where the river was by now cross- able. There were two day walks, one led. by Bill Hall with 17 folk in the Waterfall-Otford area, while John Noble and party of five found rather overgrown conditions in the Tunks Creek country near. Hornsby. | + | gramme and conditions were blizzardy, |
- | Don Finch had an instructional in tlle Angorawa Creek territory next week end - he enthused over the bare rock shelves just above the Colo, but was less enthusiastic over the land holder | + | |
- | .leading 13 in the Heathcote-Bundeena cross country, and Sam Hinde with at Era. | + | Don Finch had an instructional in the Angorawa Creek territory next week end - he enthused over the bare rock shelves just above the Colo, but was less enthusiastic over the land holder who built a fence across the trail while they were out on it - enquiries being made as to his entitlement to close it off. Again two day walks, with Jim Callaway |
- | For the final week end there was Keith Muddle' | + | |
- | Pa :e A THE SYDNEY BUBHWALKER November 1970 | + | For the final week end there was Keith Muddle' |
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- With 17 po6Die | - With 17 po6Die | ||
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for October 17-18. In relation to -bilis Keith Muddle said he considered | for October 17-18. In relation to -bilis Keith Muddle said he considered | ||
this should have been shown on the walks programme - the last S & R Practice haa been poorly attended by S.B.W. | this should have been shown on the walks programme - the last S & R Practice haa been poorly attended by S.B.W. | ||
- | Coming to general business, Kath Brown remarked.:that the present duplicator had, by all accounts, just about done its dash, and moved | + | Coming to general business, Kath Brown remarked that the present duplicator had, by all accounts, just about done its dash, and moved formation of a sub-committee to lock into purchase of a replacement. |
- | formation of a sub-committee to lock into purchase of a replacement. | + | |
- | The operator, Owen Marks, gave a heart-rending description of its deficiencies, | + | The operator, Owen Marks, gave a heart-rending description of its deficiencies, |
- | David Ingram reminded us that some day, soon or late, redevelopment | + | |
- | of Circular Quay would almost certainly mean the end of the present club | + | David Ingram reminded us that some day, soon or late, redevelopment of Circular Quay would almost certainly mean the end of the present club room. He proposed we ask the Nurses Association if they had any advice of when or how, and if they had considered obtaining alternative quarters including a suitable hall. This too was carried. |
- | room. He proposed we ask the Nurses Association if they had any advice of when or how, and if they had considered obtaining alternative quarters including a suitable hall. This too was carried. | + | |
- | Dot Butler reported having had a surveyor down at the Coolana | + | Dot Butler reported having had a surveyor down at the Coolana property, and having located the correct boundaries Unfortunately it proved |
- | property, and having located the correct boundaries Unfortunately it Proved.some of the trees we had planted were in the middle of the designed | + | "road% -After further negotiation with our neighbour, Mr. Holland, an approach would be made to the Lands Department about the access route. |
- | "road% -After further negotiation with Our neighbour, Mr. Holland, an: approach would be made to the Lands Department about the access route. | + | |
- | To wind up, Don Finch recorded that he was revising the list of S R | + | To wind up, Don Finch recorded that he was revising the list of S R volunteers and helpers. Dot Butler said she had heard that Muogamarra |
- | volunteers' | + | |
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- | November 1970 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICER Page 5 | ||
****************************Pat Harrison********4(************************* | ****************************Pat Harrison********4(************************* | ||
- | Jim Dawso4Bob | + | Jim Dawson, Bob Younger, and I reached the camping flat on the Cudgegong River about 12 miles east of Rylstone at I0015pm on a clear moonlight night late in October, and we were in our bags and asleep when Frank Tacker, Bill Terpstra (The Flying Dutchman), and Charlie Barnes |
arrived about an hour later and woke us up; but we heard nothing when Bill Gillam, Helen Gray, and Tina Matthews arrived at some later and unknown hour. | arrived about an hour later and woke us up; but we heard nothing when Bill Gillam, Helen Gray, and Tina Matthews arrived at some later and unknown hour. | ||
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By camping here we still had the best part of an hour's driving to | By camping here we still had the best part of an hour's driving to | ||
do on the Saturday morning before we would be ready to begin the walk, but | do on the Saturday morning before we would be ready to begin the walk, but | ||
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under a yellow tent which was crusty with frost as I went and moused him at 5.15am with the good news that we were moving off at 6.00am. He gave every appearance of getting out of bed, but ever and anon I had to call out to him from where the rest of us were having breakfast; and despite all this encouragement he was still snugly ensconced under his frost covered tent at 6000am, whereupon he made a very hasty and. breakfastless uprising to be away with us. He actually packed up while we were scrap- | under a yellow tent which was crusty with frost as I went and moused him at 5.15am with the good news that we were moving off at 6.00am. He gave every appearance of getting out of bed, but ever and anon I had to call out to him from where the rest of us were having breakfast; and despite all this encouragement he was still snugly ensconced under his frost covered tent at 6000am, whereupon he made a very hasty and. breakfastless uprising to be away with us. He actually packed up while we were scrap- | ||
ing the ice from car windows co that we could see where to go. | ing the ice from car windows co that we could see where to go. | ||
- | When we reached Nullo Mountain we had to spend some time in placing | + | |
- | the vehicles where we would need them after the walk, and it was during | + | When we reached Nullo Mountain we had to spend some time in placing the vehicles where we would need them after the walk, and it was during this time that Bill attended to his breakfast. At 8.45am all the preliminaries had been completed and we began the walk along the Widden Fire Trail from the front gate of The Range. An hour's walking brought us to a property that was surrounded by 8feet high double wirebetting |
- | this time that Bill attended to his breakfast. At 8.45am all the preliminaries had been completed and we began the walk along the Widden Fire Trail from the front gate of The Range. An hour's walking brought us to a property that was surrounded by 8feet high doublewirebetting | + | |
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November 1970 | November 1970 | ||
Once in the creek ,:the track..dodged.back.and forth, sometimes keeping close to the creek.and.S-ametiMes sidling high when the bed of the creek narrowedand, | Once in the creek ,:the track..dodged.back.and forth, sometimes keeping close to the creek.and.S-ametiMes sidling high when the bed of the creek narrowedand, | ||
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we were close to the Great Divide. The watershed between Myrtle and Emu Creeks provided very spectacular scenery, one pinnacle in, particular being for all the world like one of the spires in the WarruMbunblges. | we were close to the Great Divide. The watershed between Myrtle and Emu Creeks provided very spectacular scenery, one pinnacle in, particular being for all the world like one of the spires in the WarruMbunblges. | ||
We sat around for more than an hour in this vicinity, enjoying the views, while we waited for the tailenders to arrive. Charlie' | We sat around for more than an hour in this vicinity, enjoying the views, while we waited for the tailenders to arrive. Charlie' | ||
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However, the tail had slowed to a crawl as we rounded the bend into Widden Brook and we spent another half an hour guzzling sweet brown windmill water as we got the party together again. Has anyone ever had a sweeter or more pleasant drink than windmill water, with the sails of the windmill making music as they pump the water into the tank? | However, the tail had slowed to a crawl as we rounded the bend into Widden Brook and we spent another half an hour guzzling sweet brown windmill water as we got the party together again. Has anyone ever had a sweeter or more pleasant drink than windmill water, with the sails of the windmill making music as they pump the water into the tank? | ||
- | A little later we passed through the wellkept | + | |
- | November 1970 -THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER.-. Page 7 | + | A little later we passed through the well kept Baramul Stud Farm, and not far beyond this delightful property we made camp on the lush bank of Widden |
- | The day had been glorious, the night was glorious with moonlight later, and at 7.00lom | + | |
- | Bob Younger was up at 5.00am and had the fire alight in a twinkling, | + | The day had been glorious, the night was glorious with moonlight later, and at 7am I rolled out in my bag under the She-Oaks after arranging to start walking at 6.00am on Sunday. Oh! well! the best-laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley (as that well-known Scotsman once remarked), and little did I know what was in store for the morrow. |
- | and at 6000am | + | |
- | 'Widden Valley is the most beautiful place imaginable. It is a land of | + | Bob Younger was up at 5.00am and had the fire alight in a twinkling and at 6am sharp we started moving up the valley in twos and threes. |
- | well-kept stud farms surrounded by level paddocks of lucerne and barley | + | |
- | and rye and the other nourishment that thoroughbred horses need, and in the centre of all this beauty the Brook winds its way between tree-lined banks, with mares and foals gambolling and frisking all around. Who | + | Widden Valley is the most beautiful place imaginable. It is a land of well-kept stud farms surrounded by level paddocks of lucerne and barley and rye and the other nourishment that thoroughbred horses need, and in the centre of all this beauty the Brook winds its way between tree-lined banks, with mares and foals gambolling and frisking all around. Who could get lost in Widden Valley? Consequently when we stopped after a couple of hours to assemble the party I wasn't worried when a count of skulls showed that Bill, Helen, and Charlie were missing, but a little later when Bill and Helen disembarked |
- | could get lost in Widden Valley? Consequently when we stopped after a couple of hours to assemble the party I wasn't worried when a count of skulls showed that Bill, Helen, and Charlie were missing, but a little later when Bill and Helen disembarded | + | |
- | had left camp before them) I began to revise | + | Bob and Helen took up a vantage point whence they commanded a view up and dawn the valley, the others lit a fire and boiled the billy, and I spent an hour and a half walking back down the valley calling out and looking for Charlie, but he was nowhere to be seen. There was a chap mowing lucerne but he said he had not seen Charlie; however, I left a message with him for Charlie where to find us and then I walked back up the valley to rejoin the others. Perhaps you can imagine my dark thoughts as I ambled back. I had executed Charlie in about three hundred different ways by the time I got back. Last year the English slowed us down on Pomany and we didn't get into Widden and here they were at it again and it seemed that we wouldn' |
- | anyone could get lost in Widden Valley. | + | |
- | Bob and Helen took up a vantage point whence they commanded a view up and dawn the valley, the others lit a fire and boiled the billy, and I sioent | + | After this slight delay of more than three hours (what price early rising after this?) The Flying Dutchman, Bob, Frank, Jim, and I ret out up the valley to Hool 'Em Boy Creek, after assuring Bill that we would make a cairn at the foot of our exit route, which was the spur on the Nullo side of Hool 'Em Boy. The ramparts of Widden seem impregnable generally and there really aren't many ways out, but this is :Cale that looks the only ' |
- | mowing lucerne but he aaid he had not seen Charlie; however, I left a message with him for Charlie where to find us and then I walked back up the valley to rejoin the others. Perhaps you can imagine my dark thoughts as I ambled back. I had executed Charlie in about three hundred different ways by the time I got back. Last year the English slowed us down on Pomany and we didn't get into Widden and here they were at it again and it seemed that we wouldn7t | + | |
- | After this slight delay of more than three hours (what price early | + | |
- | rising after this?) The Flying Dutchman, Bob, Frank, Jim, and I ret out up the valley to Hool 'Em Boy Creek, after assuring Bill that we would | + | |
- | make a cairn at the foot of our exit route, which was the spur on the Nullo side of Hool 'Em Boy. The ramparts.of Widden seem impregnable generally and there really aren't many ways out, but this is :Cale that looks the only ' | + | |
promising as this one. The spur provided good fast going to the first pinnacle, then a drop to the galD between the first and second pinnacles, then a scramble up a narrow gully, and finally a scramble around a e small tree providing a good hold. | promising as this one. The spur provided good fast going to the first pinnacle, then a drop to the galD between the first and second pinnacles, then a scramble up a narrow gully, and finally a scramble around a e small tree providing a good hold. | ||
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When we reached the top a cold rain began to fall. Jim Brown had been out to Pomany the week before and he had warned me that a big snowfall in September had broken a lot of branches off the trees and these | When we reached the top a cold rain began to fall. Jim Brown had been out to Pomany the week before and he had warned me that a big snowfall in September had broken a lot of branches off the trees and these | ||
- | had obliterated the neververygood | + | had obliterated the never very good Pomany Track; consequently I made no attempt to find the track at the top but trudged on shirtless and hatless through the prickly scrub, receiving an icy shower every time we bumped a bush. It was at last a pleasant sight to see the basalt |
- | no attempt to find the track at the top but trudged on shirtless and | + | |
- | hatless through the prickly scrub, receiving an icy shower every time we bumped a bush. It was at last a pleasant sight to see the basalt | + | After reaching Jim's car in drizzling rain we then had the tedious task of driving miles across slippery paddocks and bringing back Helen's Kombi so that she and Bill and Tina could get out (Charlie' |
- | ders underfoot and the big trees overhead | + | here of course, but on Sunday afternoon it seemed probable that after he was found Bill would have to climb the ridge, get the Kombi, then drive around through the Bylong Valley and up Widden Valley if Charlie were unable to walk out). |
- | After reaching Jim's car in drizzling rain we then had the tedious task of driving miles across slippery paddocks and bringing back Helen'sKombi | + | |
- | here of course, but on Sunday afternoon it 'seemed probable that after | + | Well, we got home about 2.00am on Monday morning and after making a couple of phone calls to allay the fears of worried spouses and soaking Nullo' |
- | he was found Bill would have to climb the ridge, get the Kombi, then drive around through the Bylong Valley and up Widden Valley if Charlie were unable to walk out). | + | |
- | Well, we got hole about 2.00am on Monday morning and after making a | + | And Charlie? Would you believe, he walked up the valley past us where we sent over three hours looking for him and he went up as far as the exit spur, then he walked back dawn tho valley past the five |
- | couple of phone calls to allay the fears of worried spouses and soaking Nullo' | + | of us who came out on Sunday, and he didn' |
- | And Charlie? Would you believe, he walked up the valley past us | + | |
- | where we sent ove2 three hours looking for him and he went up as far as the exit spur, then he walked back dawn tho valley past the five | + | Widden is such a beautiful Place, but something always happens. Apart from this year's trip and last year's trip, I can recall reaching the junction of Red Creek and Widden |
- | of us who came out on Sunday, and he didn' | + | |
- | Widden is such a beautiful Place, but something always happens. Apart from this year's trip and last year's trip, I dan recall reaching the junction of Red Creek and Wiaden | + | |
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A COUPLE OF GEMS FROM DAVID COTTON ON HIS BEE TRIP | A COUPLE OF GEMS FROM DAVID COTTON ON HIS BEE TRIP | ||
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"Honey is like women; too much makes you sick." | "Honey is like women; too much makes you sick." | ||
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*************xxx**************Baitara Bruoe******************************* | *************xxx**************Baitara Bruoe******************************* | ||
It happened on Sunday, 8th November, when the clouds were mostly - grey, but the sun managed to sneak through for a while about midmorning, | It happened on Sunday, 8th November, when the clouds were mostly - grey, but the sun managed to sneak through for a while about midmorning, |
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