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+ | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | ||
+ | ****xxxxxx**xxx*xxx****************************xxx*******xxxxxx***xxxx | ||
+ | **********xxxx******************************************************** | ||
+ | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, 14 Atchison Street, St. Leonards. | ||
+ | POSTAL ADDRESS z Box 4476 G. P O. , Sydney, N. S.W. 20010 | ||
+ | Meetings at the Club Rooms on Wednesday evenings after 7.30 p m. Enquiries regarding the Club Mrs. Marcia Shappert, Tel. 30-2028. ****XXX******* | ||
+ | JUNE, 1974._ | ||
+ | Editor: Spiro Ketas, 104/10 Wylde Streets,. Pott's Point, 2011. Tel. 357-1381 (Home) | ||
+ | Typist: Kath Brown | ||
+ | Duplication: | ||
+ | Business Manager: Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, | ||
+ | MT THIS ISSUE: | ||
+ | The May General Meeting . by Jim Brown Page 2 | ||
+ | Camera Obscura Don Matthews 4 | ||
+ | Yerranderie Ray Hookway 7 | ||
+ | Paddy Pallin Advertisement 10 | ||
+ | Piners at Port Davey Ken Church 11 | ||
+ | Walks Secretary' | ||
+ | Mountain Equipment Advertisement 14 | ||
+ | Europe in Midwinter (cant) Frances Colley 16 | ||
+ | ***x-xx xxixxxx x4(****-x-x*****x X x-x**x xxxxxxxxxxxxx x-x-*-x-****x xxxx x-)HE-***x XX | ||
+ | Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, 1974- | ||
+ | THE HAY GENERAL 1321-1I' | ||
+ | by Jim Brown. | ||
+ | President Barry Wallace was away interstate, so it was Spiro in the chair to welcome two members who had actually been admitted a month or so previously, but only now being grected officially - John Redforn and Tom Wonman. Following reading of April' | ||
+ | S.B.W. is a listed affiliate of the Australian Conservation Foundation and OUT status is to be oxaminod. | ||
+ | In a meagre budget of correspondence thore was an appeal from the Hobart Walking Club for assistanco in the construction of additional shelter noar the King's property on tho S.W. Coast. It was agreod that this question would be furthor discussed in Juno after which voluntary contributions may be sought. The Treasurer' | ||
+ | heavy expenditure in April, including a batch of magazine covers, leaving us with 8942 in the kitty. | ||
+ | So thc meeting came to a Walks Report commencing at Easter, when Bob | ||
+ | Younger' | ||
+ | combination of fuel shortage and bad weather in the previous few days. However, Joe Marton took 16 to thc Flarrumbungles, | ||
+ | spurs and pleasant valleys. The party foUnd mushrooms (or were they | ||
+ | mushrooms?) obout 1 ft in diameter. | ||
+ | The following week-.end, like s2 many this past summer and autumn, | ||
+ | was wet. Hans Beck's party of 3 in the Cox - Galong area was " | ||
+ | damp c)nditions. Wilf Hilder' | ||
+ | was postponed, and John Holly roportcd that the seven folk on David Ingram' | ||
+ | On the mid-week Anzac Day holiday Jo Marton had no loss than 18 | ||
+ | people up at Katoomba and walking by 7.30 a m. Showery conditions slowod the progress towards Idt, | ||
+ | they roachod tho western crest and returned to the cars by 4.0 p m. Sam Hindo' | ||
+ | For the last April wock-end there was Jim Vatiliotis' | ||
+ | trip - again under clammy conditions which prevented an ascent of Talatrang, though a fine Sunday allo-Jed the party of 10 to bag Pigeon House. | ||
+ | Supplemonting this was rL leisurely camp with strolls from the Groy's | ||
+ | Page 3 | ||
+ | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June,. 1974.. | ||
+ | Woodhill Gap base, where 12 people in the hut on Saturday night produced what Don Matthews styled "Lower Slobbovia" | ||
+ | the Idtered form of Gladys Roberts' | ||
+ | Commencing May's outings, Spiro (party of 6) found moist conditions | ||
+ | again, with mist along Boyd Range and a wet camp at Mt. Colong. Improved conditions on Sunday saw the party at lunch on the Kowmung below Cambage Spiro and to the cars about 6.30 p m. Alastair Batty and team of 10 | ||
+ | also had mist and rain accompanying them to the Budawangs whore, as a result of delays on Saturday, ascent of the Castle was abandoned and_ Monolith Valley was the limit of penetration. It was not Barry Wallace' | ||
+ | Federation doings were reported in the previous magazino, but arising from Council' | ||
+ | Peter Downs referred to activities of sand and gravel mining firms in the Ebenozor area and moved we writo to the State Pollution Control Commission supporting the opposition voiced by local Preservation Societies. This was carried, and with the sands running out for the May mooting we retired at 9.50 p m. | ||
+ | ************* | ||
+ | ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS: | ||
+ | Tull members. Married ' | ||
+ | 7.00 p a. 4.00 p a. :3.50 p a. 01.50 p a. | ||
+ | Page 4 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Juno, 1974 | ||
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+ | MUCH ADO.... | ||
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+ | CAMERA OBSCURA. by Don Matthews. | ||
+ | Illustrated. by | ||
+ | Helen Gray. | ||
+ | -I know I'd road it somcwhoro, and tonight I found the photographic newspaper wherein I'd read it. " | ||
+ | tonal quality to outdoor' | ||
+ | qualitios it imparts to panchromatic film). | ||
+ | took my zoom lens to thc Reunion, and particularly to the dampor | ||
+ | competition, | ||
+ | Perhaps he thought I was using colour | ||
+ | film. Anyhow, the picture of him | ||
+ | saying it as he raised a piece of . ce.? damper towards his mouth, was the | ||
+ | best of thO bunch, yellow filter or | ||
+ | not. | ||
+ | This comeback to photography. has its dray/backs. Once I had a | ||
+ | prowar secondhand camera, and know by experience what would or would- not be worth a shot ;black and white, of courses | ||
+ | I missed the colour cra, and now I'm madly in pursuit of black and white perfection again,- but | ||
+ | this time with a plcthora of gadgets whioh are irrosistablc but of doubtful value. | ||
+ | Page 5 | ||
+ | THE SYDNEY BUSHUALKER Juno, 1974 | ||
+ | I moan, cither you're an artist or you're not Thore' | ||
+ | Somo are clear and bright, some arc a bit hazy - almost fogged, you | ||
+ | might think. Of course, I took quito a fo.7 from a fair distanco away, | ||
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+ | Turking in the high grDss and zoom-ing in looking for the unposed Posture. | ||
+ | "as tho haze duo to the heat from the ashos of the campfire?" | ||
+ | mused. "Was Georgo right about the filter? Was it camera shako from the strain of holding up several kilograms of camora? or was it a | ||
+ | combination of thc dull flat light and lack of contrast duo to the thirtoon laments of the lens, coated though they might be?" | ||
+ | Regardless of the quality, there arc some quite interesting expressions. More- than that, sooing that I've known most of the victims for along time-, there are some downright spot-on, typical, | ||
+ | it-couldn' | ||
+ | Then, of course, with a Zoom, you can vary the depth of focus and | ||
+ | accentuate the main subject, whilst reducing the others to a non-disturbing blur. My aunt, who takes perfectly clear pictures with a plastic-eyed box; does not approve. " | ||
+ | This could cause problems. For example: Snow Brown is in focus, | ||
+ | but the back of Spirn' | ||
+ | relative obscurity for the sake of art? I'll have to wait until a | ||
+ | roguos gallery night, and then pin them on the notice-board. And perhaps next year I'll slip in a roll of colour film. Perhaps I should have a second camera. Now there' | ||
+ | gazc upon these artistic masterpieces at a slide night, at least you | ||
+ | may road and wonder at the verso which accompanies the prints which for fow weeks at least, will adorn t7-.c wall of our spare room. | ||
+ | They are glued onto a piece of butchers paper and aro appropriately | ||
+ | Page 6 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, 1974 | ||
+ | Oh, yes, the verses | ||
+ | "This tattered document I sometime found A relic of an episode profound, | ||
+ | A record of some prehistoric rite. | ||
+ | Wherein the celebrants first rend, then bite, A substance from the ashes, wrapped in foil, The product of much craftiness and toil. A :trahge and powerful remedy, perchance? A nostrum which may very well enhance | ||
+ | Athletia prowess, even illness hamper. | ||
+ | What's that! It's just an ordinary Damper??" | ||
+ | And now I must prepare for my next project, which is the local primary school Valkathon;. Think of the challenge three hundred kids all coming out through the gate at once.. | ||
+ | If the shutter doesn' | ||
+ | titled. This is necessary. Bill Burke, for example9 is not about to hurl a discus? | ||
+ | (Apolog tes | ||
+ | OnCI +0 Don's | ||
+ | excejiert+ | ||
+ | He is admiring of a damper. | ||
+ | the crust | ||
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+ | Page 7 | ||
+ | THE SvDNEY. BUSHWALKER June, 1974. | ||
+ | YERRANDERIE. | ||
+ | by Ray Hookway. | ||
+ | The first white man to enter the Yerrandorie area was Ensign Francis | ||
+ | Barallier. | ||
+ | In 1802 Governor King sent Barallier to find a route over the Bluo Mountains. To circumvent a regulation that soldiers were not permitted to go exploring, King sent Barallier on an " | ||
+ | Some confusion exists regarding Barallier' | ||
+ | His explorations, | ||
+ | Silver was first discovered in 1871 by Billy Russel and Billy George, at a spot later to become the Foldsvorth Mine, two miles east of Yorrandorio Post Office. | ||
+ | The first mining title was issued in 1874 and by 1885 about 20 leases had_ been issued but little mining_dono as transport difficulties made it uneconomical. | ||
+ | The main Yorranderie load was discovered by John Viga Bartlett in 1898 and by the end of the year about 80 mon were engaged in mining in an area of clout 500 acres. | ||
+ | One sample from Bartlotts St. George lode assayed 3000 ozs of silver | ||
+ | to the ton (silver was 24 o oz), and a Webb Mackie recovered from 60 tons | ||
+ | of ore, 3420 ozs silver, 20 tons of load ($25.05 a ton) and 6 ozs of gold ($7.75 an oz), a total of $1,352. However, returns were patchy and the total return for Mr. Bartlett in 1898 was only $1,600. Between 1898 and 1921 Mr. Bartlett' | ||
+ | The record of this mine was unique as practically no capital was raised during its life, all costs being met from the ore won. | ||
+ | In 1908 -the Wollondilly Nino (later the Yerranderie) employed 351 men and the ore output was 7402 tons, having a value of $228,058. A peak in ore output at Yorranderie was reached in 1910 and by December 1914 the main two mines had exhausted -their first grade ore. First grade orewas hand selected and dressed underground, | ||
+ | Up until 1925 when motor trucks wore introduced ore was shipped to | ||
+ | Juno, 1974. | ||
+ | THE SYDNEY BUSHTALKER | ||
+ | Pagc 8 | ||
+ | YERRANDERIE SILVER 11=41/D | ||
+ | Y !line | ||
+ | 1. Colon Poaks (Bartlotts) | ||
+ | 2. Silver Peak or Borcblock | ||
+ | 3. Wollondilly | ||
+ | 4. Wonga | ||
+ | 5. Burragorang | ||
+ | 6. Great Western or Nevada | ||
+ | 7. The Silver King | ||
+ | 8. Coffey' | ||
+ | 9. Piece of Pork | ||
+ | 10. St,, George | ||
+ | 11. Feldsworth (off map) | ||
+ | 12. Myall Ridge (off Map) | ||
+ | -132 Silver Star or Tern! 14. The Great Peak | ||
+ | J | ||
+ | /5<-8 | ||
+ | 0 | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | do. | ||
+ | Soker Skof | ||
+ | Po5+ | ||
+ | \\10Ci ce | ||
+ | Co+kol | ||
+ | Y6, | ||
+ | ierranclQr-iie Peak (11-1,!.. Fo | ||
+ | Pao k ) | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | mins. aryki | ||
+ | poi icz | ||
+ | Stai-ion | ||
+ | 2 | ||
+ | Page THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, 1974. | ||
+ | Camden, 42 miles, by waggons drawn by six or more horses, thence by rail | ||
+ | to the Sulphide Corporation smelter at Cockle Creek. In 1922 when this smelter closed the mines were forced to ship their ore to Port Pine in South Australia. In 1914 there appeared enough second grade ore available for | ||
+ | the Government Geologist to propose a railway to Yorranderie from Picton Lakes, and surveys were undertaken, but in 1916 the then Government Geologist warned that mineral prospects could not warrant the expenditure and the project was dropped. | ||
+ | It tho peak of mining there were 14 mines operating, but between 1923 and 1925 this had dropped to four, Colon Peak, Silver Peak, Wollondilly and | ||
+ | Wonga | ||
+ | The extensj..ve workings on the western side of the Tonalli Gap road belonged to the Silver Peak Mine which commenced in 1904 and7LL' | ||
+ | Mine workings wore extensive. Three muatipPir boilers-pith a total | ||
+ | capacity of 300 H.P. drove one surface winch and one underground winch on the | ||
+ | main shaft.- Fifty tons of material per &lift could be handled and 30/40 tons | ||
+ | milled in the steam driven hammer and roller mill. Two concentrating tables handled the second grade ore. | ||
+ | Recovery from the mill was 60/70% of the assay value and unrecoverod | ||
+ | metals left in the slime assayed 10/18 ozs silver to the ton. Most of the mess at Silver Peak resulted from the treatz:ent of thc slimes in 1935 to | ||
+ | recover this residue. | ||
+ | Mr. Bartlett' | ||
+ | the rearof the Baker shop had four main shafts. One shaft 700 ft long extended under the Baker shop to a spot S.W. of the Post Office. - | ||
+ | All mines closed during the general mining strike in 1929/30 when miners | ||
+ | who earned 010 for a 44 hour week struck for higher wages and a 40 hour week, and from then till 1938 only sporadic mining or treatment of the mullock heaps was carried out. The total production of all mines to 1930 was over $4 million. | ||
+ | In 1927 there were over 500 people in Yerranderie. Three geivral stores, a Baker, a Butcher, a Milkman and a Hotel which took up to 0240 in good. weeks. (The license was later transferred to St. Mary' | ||
+ | attended to the community' | ||
+ | In 1955 a visiting journalist reported a population of 25 all former | ||
+ | miners and most on silicosis pensions, and in 1959 the filling of the Warragamba Dam spelt the end for YerrandeTie. | ||
+ | Many people believe that Yerranderic will live again and that rising metal prices coupled with world shortages will render mining economical. | ||
+ | Several recent prospecting leases have been issued and test drillings have been made. | ||
+ | Miss V. Lhuede, a director of Tonalli iing, who owns 1,100 acres | ||
+ | Page 10 STIVEY BUSHWALKER June 9 1974. | ||
+ | Lightweight bushwalking jand camping gear. | ||
+ | CLOTHING FOR ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES | ||
+ | Pouch Parka; Pullover type hooded jacket in proofed | ||
+ | nylon. Front zip pocket and zip at throat. Draw cord | ||
+ | in hem. So compact it fits into its own pocket. | ||
+ | Weight 8ozs, | ||
+ | ' | ||
+ | by experienced walkers to be an indispensible | ||
+ | item of their gear. Weight 11b 7ozs. Improved | ||
+ | model, made to Paddy' | ||
+ | Everything for the !well dressed' | ||
+ | 'heavy wool shirts, wind jackets, duvets, | ||
+ | overpants, string singlets, bush hats, | ||
+ | webbing belts etc. | ||
+ | BUNYIP RUCKSACK | ||
+ | This ' | ||
+ | SENIOR RUCKSACK | ||
+ | A single pocket, shaped rucksack. Suitable for over- night camping. Weight 1%1b5. | ||
+ | BUSHMAN RUCKSACK | ||
+ | Has sewn-in curved bottom for extra comfort in carrying. | ||
+ | Will hold 30lbs. 2 pocket | ||
+ | model 11Albs. 3 pocket | ||
+ | model l' | ||
+ | PIONEER RUCKSACK | ||
+ | Extra large bag with four external pockets and will carry about 40lbs of camp gear. Weight 2141bs. | ||
+ | '44 | ||
+ | 1, | ||
+ | KIANDRA MODEL | ||
+ | Hooded bag. Extra well | ||
+ | filled. Very compact. | ||
+ | Approx | ||
+ | HOTHAM MODEL | ||
+ | Super warm | ||
+ | box quilted. | ||
+ | Added leg | ||
+ | room. | ||
+ | Approx 41/21bs, | ||
+ | SUPER LIGHT MODEL | ||
+ | Half the | ||
+ | weight and packed size of regular bags. 9" x 5Y2- dia. 2lbs. | ||
+ | Everything for the bushwalker, from blankets and air mattresses, stretchers, boots, compasses, maps, books, stoves and lamps to cooking ware and freeze dried and dehydrated foods. | ||
+ | egle | ||
+ | 69 LIVERPOOL ST. SYDNEY 26-2686 61-7215 | ||
+ | Page 11 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, 1974. | ||
+ | of Yorranderie land, including the old Post Office, believes the mines could be re-opened, but has come to believe that this would ruin the fascination of the place. She would now rather see it become an artists' | ||
+ | colony. | ||
+ | Bushwalkors who have visited the area will share her feelings. | ||
+ | References: Dept Mines Geological Survey of Eincral Resources No.35 | ||
+ | Royal Australian Historical Society Journal Vol.23-24 | ||
+ | 1937-38 | ||
+ | ************ | ||
+ | PINERS AT PORT DAVEY. by Ken" Church. | ||
+ | In the year 1875 Surveyor J. Reid Scott read a paper to the Royal Society in Hobart In his address he described his second visit-toTort | ||
+ | Davey, where there was a village of timber-cutters engaged in harvesting the centuries-old Huon pines. | ||
+ | Scott' | ||
+ | "The road from Victoria to the Graycroft is so overgrown and blocked | ||
+ | up, that the journey from Hobart Town to Port Davey by that route could. not well be made now under four days, and I would not advise a stranger' | ||
+ | it at all. On the second occasion I went and returned by water, going down with Captain Lloyd in the " | ||
+ | in the " | ||
+ | The inhabitants were little changed during the four years -which had | ||
+ | elapsed. I found the same well-remembered faces, and received the same cordial welcome and hospitality as before. The children had, of course, grown up beyond recognition. Doherty, the oldest inhabitant, who has been there yea' since 1849, placed a hut at Observatory Point at my disposal, and Captain Lloyd lent me a good. whaleboat. | ||
+ | Those at Port Davey settlement numbered about 50, with c n isolated settlement at Spring River. The houses at Bramble Cove were now all unoccupied, as settlers-.ioved closer to the modring-place. | ||
+ | A sad accident befell Er. George Baker, who slipped from a platform and struck' | ||
+ | a month to get him to Hcbart Town for medical. treatment, because of the persistent gales which blew in 1866. His arm had withered. | ||
+ | The Davey River has been followed up and the timber cleared until the present beds are reached about eighteen miles up, Doherty, Woolley, and- others are working' | ||
+ | Page 12 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, 1974. | ||
+ | which should be preserved until they have reached a certain size. | ||
+ | When a vessel comes for a load, from 10 to 18 logs are fastened | ||
+ | together to form a raft and towed alongside the vessel at the usual anchorago. | ||
+ | The men are generally employed in pine-getting during February, March, | ||
+ | April and Hay, with occasional visits homo for rations. After that they | ||
+ | arc on constant watch for floods and go up the river to clear down the logs; some are four foot in diameter. | ||
+ | Langley, beforo mcntionod, kept a careful and minute diary for several years, with entries such as the following:- | ||
+ | 18639 April 3 - Tont in the dinghio to a stdmp to make :7., fire and boil the kettle for breakfast. | ||
+ | 18639 April 7 - Log getting; I.,ongley and Doherty cut off a log, up | ||
+ | to our waistbands in water. | ||
+ | 18639 July 4 - Water two foot up the posts of the bunk this morning. Hard to boil the kettle on a Stump. | ||
+ | 1864, Oct. 12 - Took rations to the Badger Box. Water up to our waists. | ||
+ | 1867, Aug. 22 - Did not go to bed last night as tho 7,-Juter was rising until daylight. Hitched the boat to the bed,post. | ||
+ | 1868, Oct. 6 - Flood over tho second stop this morning. | ||
+ | And many others to a similar effect. | ||
+ | Longloy' | ||
+ | The huts are covered with bark, with a thatch of grass along the ridge, and arc generally 14 x 10 foot at the ground. The sleeping bunk, raised about three feet, occupies the 72ho1e of one-end, and can accommodate six people easily. | ||
+ | The other end is enclosed by the fireplace, if on high ground; but those in the flats are left open in front, with the floor slabbod. | ||
+ | I find that Longloy' | ||
+ | each ycar up the river foiling timber and clearing down; 135 days at work | ||
+ | at home, catching logs, squaring, saving, rafting, and loading ship, ro r. | ||
+ | pairing boats, huts, gardening; 55 days hunting, fishing, getting mutton- | ||
+ | birds; 55 days visiting Hobart Tovin, including voyage and detentions; 20 days unemployed, | ||
+ | season ending June 1864, they got pine logs to the extont of 58,336 foot, the quantity varying each trock, owing to track or crook clearing. | ||
+ | The size of the trees rocordod also varies much. Logs 10 or 11 foot | ||
+ | Page 13 | ||
+ | TEE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Juno, 1974. | ||
+ | in girth are counted large. The avorago secm to bo 6 or 7 foot in girth. | ||
+ | It is a matter for consideration whothor tho supply of timber should bo preserved, and the dostruction of tho beds prevented, by prohibiting the cutting of any trees under a certain size - " | ||
+ | *********** | ||
+ | WMKB SECRETARY' | ||
+ | by Bob Hodgson. | ||
+ | 1974 | ||
+ | 5, 6, 7 July - Alan Pike is off to conquer the mighty Guougang, starting from Carlon' | ||
+ | Sunday 7 On his last trip around the Bantry Bay area, Alistair Battyc was delighted by the beautiful creeks in that area and vowed ho would return and follow one of those rolativoly unpolluted crooks all the Tay doun to Bantry | ||
+ | Sunday 7 .Ocean views galore with. Khth Brown on a delightful Sunday ramble frorll Lilyvalo to Otford via Burning Palms. | ||
+ | 12,13,14 July This walk is worth every ounce (correction, | ||
+ | 12,13,14 July - Limited numbors only, so bock early for this very hard ski tour with Rod Poters.. From GutheRa Power Station up the Munyrmg and north to that mighty odifico Jagungal. | ||
+ | Sunday 14 - Carl Bock is up to something different again. This time it's a pleasant ferry from Brooklyn to Little Patonga9 then a dolightful stroll with Panoramic views of the Haykosbury and Broken Bay to Wondabyne. | ||
+ | 19,20,21 July - As Gough is going toshut down the munitions factories, the army will have to hoard its bullots, so you will be quite safc with Tony Denham little jaunt fror:. Sassafras through the firing range into ono of the most : | ||
+ | 20921 July Fodcration Search and Rescuo practice. Meeting at the Gordon Falls Reserve, Leura. The search for the " | ||
+ | Page 14 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, 1974. | ||
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+ | FAIRYDOWN SLEEPING BAGS | ||
+ | HIGH LOAD PACKS (Weight 3 lb. 10 oz.) | ||
+ | AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS YOU COULD POSSIBLY NEED | ||
+ | Page 15 | ||
+ | THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIKER June, 1974. | ||
+ | staged on one of the Three Sisters. | ||
+ | Sunday 21 | ||
+ | Sunday 21 | ||
+ | - If you don't care to rescue any mock rocks, Peter Miller will welcome your company, just up the road at Blackheath, on his variety-packed walk down the Grand Canyon and up Govetts Leap, then round the cliff tops back to Evans Lookout. | ||
+ | - Margaret Reid leads a. sedate stroll from " | ||
+ | 26927928 July - Frank Tacker is at it again, this time it's Faulconbridge | ||
+ | Creek that is going to cop the bashing. You will follow | ||
+ | the Creek from its source at Faulconbridge to where it becomes Springwood Creek and on down to the Grose River, whore it is easy going all the way back to Faulconbri | ||
+ | 26927,28 July - You shouldn' | ||
+ | will Save a lot of hard slogging on the way out to Hill Top. | ||
+ | 8.47 Country train - return tickets to Mittagong. Please | ||
+ | note: Mike's correct phone number and oxtension is 69-0444, Ext. 513 (B). | ||
+ | 26727728 July -. Ski touring in the heart of the Snowy Mountains with Wilf | ||
+ | Hildar. A must for the enthusiast. Guthega up onto Ht. Anton; then following the peaks arodnd to Rawsons Hut, | ||
+ | then back across the wide open tops to Wrights Creek, then a long downhill slide back to Guthega. | ||
+ | Sunday 28 | ||
+ | You thought we had forgotten about Royal National Park day trips, hadn't you? Ebryl Watman to the rescue with a very | ||
+ | pleasant Hoathcoto to Engadine trip via Kangaroo Creek. Good tracks all the way. | ||
+ | ************* | ||
+ | SPECIAL NOTICE. | ||
+ | Anyone wishing to go to Bali for 26 days? Nothing organised. | ||
+ | Twelve S.B.W. members are interested and we must have 15 to get the cheap air fare ($335 return). Departing 13th December, Qantas, returning 7th January, Pan Am. | ||
+ | COntact Owen Marks (Te1.30-1827) or Helen and George Gray (Te1.86-6263) as soon as possible. The general idea is to stay in native villages in Government Rest Houses, which are very inexpensive. But you may make any other arrangements you like as long as You travel with the party and are a | ||
+ | club member. | ||
+ | Page 16 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Jun,), 1974. | ||
+ | DEEPEST SY1LTATHY. | ||
+ | The Club ox-bonds its deepest sympathy to Dot Butler on the accidental death last month of her son, Norman.. | ||
+ | * * * * * * * | ||
+ | EUROPE IN MIDWINTER. From letters home by | ||
+ | Frances Colley.) | ||
+ | Vienna. | ||
+ | Went on a tour today to the " | ||
+ | was freezing inside - long empty marble hallways. They don't have it heated now and from the lack of stoves I don't think it would have been very warm even at its peak. | ||
+ | We are in the world of the. Hapsburgs here - Maria Theresa and Empe-cor Franz Joseph. Vienna must have once been a very wealthy city when it was the centre of Europe. Now it is rather decayed and like most other European cities at this time of year - very grey and misty. | ||
+ | At any rate the Danube when we got there wasn't very blue. Apparently it is usually frozen at this time of the year, but it is slightly warmer now and so the river was running swiftly. We then went on to a medieval village of Durnstein which had a ruined castle where Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned for two years. The sense of great age and history one gets over here is incredible - something Australia does really lack. We still haven' | ||
+ | Rome. | ||
+ | Went for two tours today and were amazed by Rome both by the bright, warm sunshine here and all the countless number of ruins which they treat in such a nonchalant manner. | ||
+ | This morning we went to the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel- | ||
+ | saw the inside really so have no idea what the outside looks like. The Sistine Chapel was stupendous, incredibly huge and-it is hard to believe that Michaelangelo worked for four years on his back with a light attached to his head. The top part of the ceiling looks rounded and I could only half believe the guide when he said it was really flat and it was only Michaelangelo' | ||
+ | Rome is the first city we have been to that is bigger than Sydney | ||
+ | it has four million. The old statues, ruins and such things are everywhere. We saw ruins of the Temple of Saturn, the Temple of Julius Caesar, the Roman Forum - a huge area which was the meeting place for the Romans. | ||
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