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 by Dot Butler.
-The Kameruka Bushwalkers organised this trip, from 19th to 30th June. They had one seat to fill in their chartered 6-seater plane and asked could the S.B.W. come to their rescue, so I accepted the offer.
+The Kameruka Bushwalkers organised this trip, from 19th to 30th June. They had one seat to fill in their chartered 6-seater plane and asked could the S.B.W. come to their rescue, so I accepted the offer. The members of the party were David Marks, Dennis Ritson, Peter the Pilot, Libby Thornhill, John and myself. We spent the previous night at Dave's place at Burwood, ready for a dawn getaway.
-The members of the party were David Marks, Dennis Ritson, Peter the Pilot, Libby Thornhill, John and myself. We spent the previous night at Dave's place at Burwood, ready for a dawn getaway.
-The first question was, would we actually get away? The man who owned the plane had it up for sale and had almost found a buyer, but the sale fell through. Then he made a last minute demand for cash when we had been expecting the hiring to be a cheque transaction. Lengthy telephone calls and a hasty draining-off of all our cash reserves at last solved this unexpected ilemand, We sped off for Bankstown in two taxis and were introduced to Peter and the plane. We stowed the 6 packs in the minute cargo-hold in the tail, crammed ourselves into the 6 passenger seats and Peter taxied out on the runway, consulted his book of instructions, twiddled a couple of things on the control-panel and the propeller (singular, I noted with a little apprehension) began to whirr. We were
+The first question was, would we actually get away? The man who owned the plane had it up for sale and had almost found a buyer, but the sale fell through. Then he made a last minute demand for cash when we had been expecting the hiring to be a cheque transaction. Lengthy telephone calls and a hasty draining-off of all our cash reserves at last solved this unexpected demand. We sped off for Bankstown in two taxis and were introduced to Peter and the plane. We stowed the 6 packs in the minute cargo-hold in the tail, crammed ourselves into the 6 passenger seats and Peter taxied out on the runway, consulted his book of instructions, twiddled a couple of things on the control-panel and the propeller (singular, I noted with a little apprehension) began to whirr. We were away! But no over the ether came an insistent voice, "Romeo-Papa-Victor! Romeo-Papa-Victor! Your cargo door is not locked!" Peter stopped the engine, crawled out and shut the door on our packs, got in again and we were really off. I felt I was a passenger in the twin-pram in which I used to push Rona and my sister's twins when they were babies. It is only a matter of accustoming yourself the the fact that you are up there - sometimes above the clouds at 9,000' - with only a fine aluminium shell, plastic lined, between you and everything that's out there and reconciling yourself to the fact that if the motor conks out there is nothing you can do about it anyway. You can then start to enjoy the view.
-away! But no Over the ether came an insistent voice, "Romeo-Papa-
-Victor Romeo-Papa-Victor! Your cargo door is not locked!" Peter
+We went via Charleville, Longreach, Mt. Isa to Katherine. The only problem en route was that the man who dealt out the Shell aviation fuel at one of our refuelling stations was on strike and it looked like we would be grounded till he made up his mind to come back. We had a carnet, paid for in advance, with the Shell Company. Any other company's fuel had to be paid for in cash. There was again a hasty assessing of our now considerably dwindled cash resources and between us we were able to get together enough to pay the B.P. dealer. But it was a close go.
-stopped the engine, crawled out and shut the door on our packs, got in again and. we were really off. I felt I was a passenger in the twin,-pram in which I used to push Rona. and my sister's twins when they were babies. It is only a matter of accustoming yourself te the fact that you are up there - sometimes above the clouds at 9,0002 - with only a fine aluminium shell, plastic lined, between you and everything that's out there and reconciling yourself to the fact that if the motor conks out there is nothing you can do about it anyway.. You can then start to enjoy the view.
-Page 8 THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIK7R August, 1975.,
+We were met at Katherine by the administratcr of the Aboriginal Welfare Dept. with the unwelcome news that the permit Dave had gone to such trouble to get from Canberra to allow us to go into the Aboriginal Reserve had been rescinded by the old men of the tribe, and no explanation given. Our Administration friend was very sorry but there was nothing that could be done about it. However he did the next best thing and drove us out to the Katherine Gorge next day for a boat trip up the river. There are rock bars which break the river up into seven long pools. We putted up the first amongst pandanus palms and magnificent tropical trees, with waterbirds everywhere and the occasional crocodile sunning itself on a partly submerged log by the muddy bank. A short walk over the rocky river-bed brings you to the second pool and another boat. Now our course was through a beautiful red rock open canyon, with long slender palms waving on the skyline. We have reserved the remainder of the pools for next time.
-We went via Charleville, Longreach, Mt. Isa to Katherine. The only problem en route was that the man who dealt out the Shell aviation fuel at one of our refuelling stations was on strike and it looked like we would be grounded till he made up his mind to come back. We had a carnet, paid for in advance, with the Shell Company. Any other company's fuel had to be paid for in cash. There was again a hasty assessing of our now considerably dwindld cash resources and between us we were able to get together enough to pay the B.P. dealer. But it was a close go4
-We were met at Katherine by the aaministratcr of the Aboriginal Welfare Dept. with the unwelcome news that the permit Dave had gone to such trouble to get from Canberra to allow us to To into the Aboriginal Reeerve had been rescinded by the old men of tho tribe, and no explanation given. Our Administration friend was vc?cy sorry but there was nothing that could be done about it However he did the next best thing and drove us out to the Katherine Gorge next day for a boat trip up the river. There are rock bars which break the river up into seven long pools. We putted up the first amongst pandanus palms and magnificent tropical trees, with waterbirds everywhere and the occasional crocodile sunning itself on a partly submerged log by the muddy bank, A short walk over the rocky river-bed brings you to the second pool and another boat. Now our course was through a beautiful red rock open canyon, with long slender palms waving on the skyline. We have reserved thc remainder of the pools for next time
+Our Administration friend picked us up and drove us back to the airstrip. We had to make the next hop to the isolated little GeoPeko uranium mine at Jabiru. Peter was not qualified to fly by night, so always we had to be landed before the sun dipped below the horizon. Peter, of course, had his times and distances all worked out, but we in the back seats spent a good bit of time in wondrous suspenseful speculation as we whirled over the vast uninhabited wastes of Arnhem Land.
-Our Administration friend picked us up and drove us back to the airstrip. We had to make the next hop to the isolated little GeoPeko uranium mine at Jabiru. Peter was not qualified to fly by night, so always we had to be landed before the sun dipped below the borizon.
-Peter, of course, had his times and distances all worked out, but we in
+With a bit of time to spare before the sun disappeared, we did a great circle out over the upper reaches of the East Alligator River and the rugged mountainous escarpments and gorges through which we were going to bushwalk. Fascinating country! Then we sought out the tiny lonely airstrip and bounced to a halt with time to spare. Dennis
-the back seats spent a good bit of time in wondrous suspenseful speculation as we whirled over the vast uninhabited wastes of Arnhem Land.
+climbed up a tower to spy out the land, but it was the sound of the generator at the mine, generating the evening's lighting, that gave us our clue which way to head. Down the red earth road, through the Capricornian bush, and we came upon telegraph poles with flying foxes hanging from the wires and then the mine outbuildings. Luck led us to a spacious recreation room and we were soon taken in tow by a garrulous engineer. We prepared our meal at his house, viewed the company's evening picture show, and retired to sleep in two different houses. Everyone is very hospitable to strangers, and we could have got Libby married off ten times over.
-With a bit of time to spare before the sun disappeared, we did a great circle out over the upper reaches of the East Alligator River and
-the rugged mountainous escarpments and gorges through which we were
+Next day one of the men drove us in his truck sixty miles to the crossing on the East Alligator River. From here we were to walk four days, following up the river then cutting across country through a range and so back to Jabiru.
-going to bushwalk. Fascinating country! Then 70 sought out the tiny
-lonely airstrip and bounced to a halt with time to spare. Dennis
+Following a river should not be difficult, but we soon found that unless you kept the water of the main river in view you could be lured away even more than 90 degrees off course following one of the anabranches, or the long billabongs that arc off in mares' tails over the flat country. It took a little bit of sorting out for the first few hours, when some crossed a billabong while the others remained on its near bank. I had climbed a rocky escarpment as a look-out point for lost members, but couldn't spot anyone out among the billabongs. Making my way back through the tangled thickets I was having a loud conversation with a malley fowl, "There's no need to panic, Chooko; I won't hurt you." Suddenly came a call and there was the lost party, sitting by the riverbank. From then on we all kept, together, although Libby kindly gave me a tin of sardines in case I should have become separated again when the next meal came around.
-climbed up a tower to spy out the land, but it was the sound of the generator at the mine, generating the eveninc's lighting, that gave us.
-our clue which way to head. Down the red earth road, through the
+Arnhem Land is buffalo land. You meet them everywhere. The mothers are formidable foes if separated from their young, so whenever we came upon them unexpectedly we took good care that they were all galloping together, heads thrust forwards and horns back, and of course away from us.
-Capricornian bush, and we came upon telegraph poles with flying foxes
-hanging from the wires and then the mine outbuildings. Luck led us to
+Our first night's camp in alligator country was fraught with tension. Being on the banks of the river made us easy targets, and as we chased around selecting a camp-site, each with thoughts of self-preservation in mind, everyone was remembering the story we had heard of the woman who was recently eaten alive. We lit a big fire between us and the water, and Dennis got up at frequent intervals to scan the dark water with his torch. "I want you all to come down here and give me a second opinion," quoth he. So down we would troop, to find the suspicious object he was focussing on was a floating log and what looked like eyes were knots on the wood. Sometimes we climbed up and made camp away from the water, just to be sure.
-a spacious recreation room and we Tore soon taken in tow by a garrulous engineer. We prepared our meal at his house, viewed the company's evening picture show, and retired to sleep in two different houses. Everyone is very hospitable to strangers, and 70 could have got Libby married off ten times over.
-Next day one of the men drove us in his truck sixty miles to the
+New country is always fascinating. Besides the buffalo there were wild pigs wallowing in the black mud, and wallabies, dingoes, emus, lizards, not to mention brown snakes and taipans - nobody was really sure how to distinguish between these two. David would have close-up frontal encounters zooming in with his movie camera, but once when the snake reared up and looked like business Dave made off hastily, dropping his red bag that contained photographic gear and exposed film, and it took quite some time to find it again, with all the company combing the underbrush, at the same time keeping a wary eye open for the hidden snake.
-Crossing on the East Alligator River. From hero 70 were to walk four
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+There were the usual Bushwalker adventures of route finding in unknown country. Once, rather than swim a billabong, we had to climb up through a small range, then back again to the river. Pretty rugged going up among the rocks, but very interesting.
-THE SYDNEY BUSHVIALICER
-August 9 1975.
+On our second day the river spread out into a lake about a mile wide with many water birds - ducks and jabirus and magpie geese with legs on them like footballers, and white egrets and herons, and darting over the banks were russet and blue kingfishers. Whirring flights of quail rose at our approach. At night curlews wailed in rising crescendo of panic. It gave Dave the shivers - like a woman being strangled, he said. We wondered whether he spoke from first-hand experience.
-...
-Lightweight bUshwalking.
+When we left the river we took a compass course across low country, finding water when we needed it wherever the paperbarks and pandanus grew. The last day was a long one. We had hoped to get back to Jabiru by dark, but were still steering our course by starlight, and eventually tried to home in on the generator's noise. This was not such a wise move though, as we found we were cut off from the now lit-up camp by a billabong which seemed to run for miles. So we had to backtrack to get around it, and it was six very weary Bushwalkers who eventually trailed into the recreation room and were revived by cans of beer.
-and camping gear.
-Don't be lumbered with a winter bag in
+Libby and I spent the night with the Ranger and his wife in their 60 ft. caravan. Next day he drove us out to Mt. Brockman, a place sacred to the aboriginals and very rich in rock paintings. He is apprehensive as to what may happen to this priceless treasure when the mine is finally established (its working has been held up for four years while an environment impact study is being conducted). The mountain is only two miles away from the boundary of the company's lease.
-summer
-Our new 'Supertight' summer weight bags are nearly half the packed size and weight (21bs) of our regular sleeping bags. Nylon covering, superdown filled. Packs into 9" length x 514" dia. Can also be used during winter as an "inner-bag".
+Mt. Brockman is to be included in a new northern national park - the Kakudu National Park. We climbed around its base, looking at the beautiful rock paintings on the red walls of the bat-filled caves and feeling the spirit of antiquity upon everything. We had to leave sooner than we would have liked as we had to reach Gove Peninsula before sundown.
-Kiandra model: Pillow flap, hooded bag. Well filled. Compact, warm and lightvveight. Excellent for warmer summer nights and times when carrying weight can be reduced. Approx 33/41bs.
-Hotham model: Superwarm hooded bag made for cold sleepers and high altitudes. 'Box quilted' with no
+Gove Peninsula is the northernmost tip of Arnhem Land. We stayed the night with a pleasant young couple, the husband being one in charge of the bauxite mine. We swam in the warm Arafura Sea and ran along the beach, and had a guided tour around the mine workings. There is a fantastic endless belt which carries the bauxite for two miles from the diggings to the process plant. (We could do with something like that to carry pebbles from the Kangaroo River to our hut building site!)
-'through' stitching. All bags can be fitted with zippers and draught resisting overlaps. Weight 4141bs.
-Everything for the bush- walker, from blankets and air mattresses, stretchers, boots, compasses, maps, books, stoves and lamps to cooking ware and freeze dried and dehydrated foods.
+Our next destination was Urapunga and the Roper River Mission. One of the elders of the tribe, who spoke quite good English, met our plane and offered us the hospitality of his house for a cup of tea and use of the toilets. His pump was not working, so the boys repaired it for him. An interesting aspect of the toilets was that when you pulled the chain a large green frog came swimming out of the dwindling surge and clambered up again to his damp home in the cistern.
-'A' TENTS
-One, two or three man. From TA to 3%lbs. Choice of three cloths.
+Lots of photographs were taken of the little aboriginal children on the beach. Libby bought a bark painting from the store. She asked an artist on the beach would he touch up a spot on it. He looked at it in some disgust, dismantled all the trimmings and set to and repainted the whole thing.
-Supplied with nylon cords and overlapped doors. No wails.
-WALL TENTS
+That night we went to a beaut barbecue party and were given some large fillets of barramundi to take away with us.
-Two, three or four man. From 314 to 4'/albs. Choice of
-three cloths.
+We had been making enquiries along the way as to the whereabouts of a mysterious "lost city" of Arnhem Land, recently shown on T.V., but no one was sure of its location. At Roper River, however, we struck pay dirt; a huge aboriginal offered to show it to us if we would afterwards drop him off at the Roper Bar airstrip, 30 miles away.
-Supplied with nylon cords and overlapped doors.
-BUNYIP RUCKSACK
+We offloaded all the packs to offset his weight and packed him in among the passengers (a tight squeeze for me in the gap between seats). Then, following his pointing arm, soared out 60 miles and came spot on target. It was an ancient range weathered down to a mass of spires and pinnacles with maze-like gaps between. We circled it many times and photographed it from all angles. An astounding sight! Then we returned and duly offloaded our guide at Roper Bar.
-This 'shaped' rucksack is excellent for children. Use- full day pack. Weight 14ozs.
-SENIOR RUCKSAdk
+Next day we flew to Rockhampton, then across to Frazer Island - a most beautiful place, threatened by sand-mining. We swam in the blue, blue ocean and lazed on the beach, then reluctantly headed for home.
-A single pocket, shaped rucksack. Suitable for overnight camping. Weight 11/21bs.
-BUSHMAN RUCKSACK
+Rain greeted us at Bankstown, and cold too, and a great swarm of tiny planes all homing in like a swarm of gnats at sundown. We all piled into Peter's car and so to Burwood for a dinner of barramundi from Arnhem Land.
-Has sewn-in curved bottom
-. for extra comfort in carrying.'
+Dennis is already making plans for another trip next June. Worth keeping in mind. The cost was $225 plus food.
- Will hold 30113s. 2 pocket
- model 11/41bs. 3 pocket
+====SOCIAL NOTES====
-model 116Ibs.
+by Spiro Ketas
-PIONEER RUCKSACK
-Extra large bag with four external pockets and will carry about 40Ibs of camp gear. Weight 2Y4lbs.
+On 17th September Ian Saltmarsh will hold his Assam Tea Planting night assisted by an attractive sarong-clad Assam maiden who will serve tea to all present. Come along and learn how tea is made from planting to the pot.
-LIVERPOOL ST. SYDNEY 26-2686 61-7215
-Page 10 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER August, 1975.
+The Federation Ball will be held at 8.30 p m. on Friday, 19th September at Petersham Town Hall. Two bands and supper. Prizes. Tickets $4.00 single.
-days, following wp)the river then cutting across country through a range and so back to Jabiru.
-Following a river should not be difficult, but we soon found that unless you kept the water of the main river in view you could be lured
+Then on 24th September Wade Butler is to show a few slides on Antarctica and tell us all about his 15 month job at Mawson with the Australian Antarctic Scientific Expedition. Wade occupied his time in various ways including fishing, skiing and swimming. Yes, swimming in the Antarctic! If you don't believe me come and see and hear for yourself before Wade heads off to Hobart next month.
-away even more than 90 degrees off course following one of the anabranches,
-or the long billabongs that arc off in mares' tails over the flat country. It took a little bit of sorting out for the first few hours, when some crossed a billabong while the others remained on its near bank. I had
+====THE JULY GENERAL MEETING====
-cliMbed a rocky escarpment as a look-out point for lost members, but
+by Jim Brown
-couldn't spot anyone out among the billabongs. Making my way back through the tangled thickets I was having a loud conversation with a malley fowl, "There's no need to panic, Chooko I won't hurt you." Suddenly came a
-call and there was the lost party, sitting by the riverbank. From then on we all kept ,together, although Libby kindly gave me a tin of sardines
+Your reporter is pleased to record that, in the absence of a walks report, the notes for the July meeting will be quite brief. In fact he believes the July meeting should be kept to a minimum each year, which means that the transcription of the notes into a (more or less) readable summary will take only 20 minutes instead of the usual 1 - 1 1/2 hours, and one can complete one's taxation return in the remaining time (I hope).
-in case vi should have become separated again when the next meal came around.
-Arnhem Land is buffalo land. You meet them everywhere. The
+Well, having offered this preliminary padding, it can be said that Vice-President Neville Page occupied the chair, there were about 30 folk present, and the business began at 8.25 p.m. with greetings to Robyn Preston and Dick Winthorpe, also to a last month's candidate, Linda Robbins. No one disputed the contents of the June minutes, and arising from them we were told Shoalhaven Shire Council had replied to our request to build on Coolana with a massive document setting out the "Requirements for a Dwelling". To this an answer was going back saying we didn't contemplate a dwelling.
-mothers are formidable foes if separated from their young, so whenever we
-came upon them unexpectedly we took good care that they were all
+Correspondence contained as well as the usual crop of journals, a request for reinstatement to full membership by Graham Hogarth, and advice that the Electricity Commission was offering $280 for an easement along the transmission line (Dapto to Canberra) crossing our property. It was thought that a higher figure might be obtained in view of the necessary destruction to bushland and wild life that could follow. There was advice too from Ed Stanton on the adjoining Quakers property of some damage resulting from the June downpour in Kangaroo Valley, and Dot Butler proposed a working bee in association with the Quakers for the 19/20th July weekend.
-galloping together, heads thrust forwards and horns back, and of course away from us.
-Our first night's camp in alligator country was fraught with tension.
+The Treasurer told us June had been a healthy month financially, with a good excess of income over outlay, and finishing with $1,990 in the working funds. There was, we repeat, no walks report, and notes of Federation affairs have already been covered in the magazine.
-Being on the banks of the river made us ea.:J3, targets, and as we chased around selecting a camp-site, each with thoughts of self-preservation in
-mind, everyone was remembering the story we had heard of the woman who was recently eaten alive. We lit a big fire between us and the water, and Denlas got up at frequent intervals to scan the dark water with his torchk. "I want you all to come down here and give me a second opinion," quoth So down we would troop, to find the suspicious object he was
+It remained then before the early closure at about 8.45 p.m. to be advised that the Water Board's settlement for the river front area to be inundated at Coolana could be expected within a few months. There was then time to chatter awhile before we dispersed.
-focussing ol21 was a floating log9 and what looked like eyes were knots on
-the wood. Sometimes we climbed up and made camp away from the water, just to be sure.
+====COMING WALKS====
-New country is always fascinating. Besides the buffalo there were wild pigs wallowing in the black mud, and wallabies, dingoes, emus, lizards, not to mention brown snakes and taipans =body was really sure how to distinguish between these two. David would have close-up frontal encounters zooming in with his movie camera, but once when the snake reared up and looked like business Dave made off hastily, dropping his red bag that contained photographic gear. and exposed film, and it took quite some time to find it again, with all the company combing the underbrush, at the same time keeping a wary eye open for the hidden snake._
+by Bob Hodgson
-There were the usual Bushwalker adventures of route finding in unknown country. Once, rather than swim a billabong, we had to climb up through a small range, then back again to the river. Pretty rugged going 127) among the rocks, but very interesting.
-On OUT second day the. river spread out into a lake about a mile wide with many water birds - ducks and jabirus and magpie geese with
+September 5, 6, 7 - It seems quite obvious that John Redfern went with Evelyn Walker on her Genowlan circuit walk last June as we have John repeating the exercise for his own satisfaction and for all the unfortunates who missed out last time. Genowlan is a magnificent broken and eroded sandstone mountain in the Glen Davis valley and deserves to be visited much more often. Don't forget to bring a container suitable for carrying your dinner and breakfast water for Saturday night.
-Page 11 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER August, 1975.
-legs Ali them like fc) b ba,llers, and white egrets and herons, and darting over the banks were russet and blue kingfishers. Whirring flights of
+September 5, 6, 7 - Just as spectacular but in more familiar territory is Bob Younger's walk in the Jamison valley. Good tracks most of the way. See first hand the effects of the "controlled" burning of the valley.
-quail rose at our approach. At night curlews wailed in rising crescendo
-of panic. It gave Dave the shivers - like a woman being strangled, he said. We wondered whether he spoke from first-hand experience.
+Sunday 7 - See the upper reaches of Cowan Creek in the early spring with Mary Braithwaite. Easy tracks all the way with lots of wild flowers, a very pleasant trip.
-When we left the river we took a compass course across low country, finding water when we needed it wherever the paperbarks and pandanus
-grew. The last day was a long one. We had hoped to get back to Jabiru
+, 13, 14  - Malcolm Noble has come out of University enforced semi-retirement to lead this walk into Monolith Valley from Newhaven Gap. Mostly good tracks with much wildly eroded sandstone formations. Definitely not a wasted weekend.
-by dark, but were still steering our course by starlight, and eventually tried to home in on the generator's noise. This was not such a wise move though, as we found we were out cff from the now lit-up camp by a billabong which seemed to run for miles. So we had to backtrack to get around it, and it was six very weary Bushwalkers who eventually trailed into the recreation room and were revived by cans of beer.
-Libby and I spent the night with the Rancor and his wife in their
+Sunday 14 - Real native rose territory. This is David Ingram's reason for walking this area which does not see much walking traffic until you reach the tidal limit of Cowan Creek. Once you leave civilization you will find yourself totally absorbed by the flora.
-ft. caravan. Next day he drove us out to Mt. Brockman, a place sacred to the aborir;inals and very rich in rock paintings. He is apprehensive
-as to what may happen to this priceless treasure when the mine is finally established (its working has been held up for four years while an environment impact study is being conducted). The mountain is only two miles away from the boundary of the company7s lease.
+Sunday 14 - Neville Page is leading his valiant followers down from Hartley Vale station into the spectacular upper reaches of the Grose Valley. A little scrubby and slow at first but well worth the effort.
-Mt. Brochman is to be included in a new northern national park -
-the Kakudu National Park. We climbed around its base, looking at the beautiful rock paintings on the red walls of the bat-filled caves and feeling the spirit of antiquity upon everything. We had to leave
+, 20, 21 - Plenty of good clean air and exercise on Peter Harris' walk out to the Blue Breaks from Kanangra. This must go down as a classic walk in a classic walking area with as much variety as could possibly be found in one weekend.
-sooner than we would have liked as we had to reach Gove Peninsula before sundown.
-Gove Peninsula is the northernmost tip of Arnhem Land. We stayed
+Sunday 21 - Today it's the Blue Labyrinth with Jim Brown, into the green wonderland of Glenbrook Creek, A really great days outing.
-the night with a pleasant young couple, the husband being one in charge of the bauxity mine. We swam in the warm Arafura Sea and ran along the beach, and had a guided tour around the mine workings. There is a fantastic endless belt which carries the bauxite for two miles from the
-diggings to the process plant. (We could do with something like that to carry pebbles from the Kangaroo River to OUT hut building site!)
+Sunday 21 - Walk the unspoilt coast of Royal National Park with Roy Braithwaite. Good tracks with plenty of ocean and spectacular coastal scenery.
-Our next destination was Urapunga and the Roper River Mission. One of the elders of the tribe, who spoke quite good English, met our plane and offered us the hospitality of his house for a cup of tea and use of the toilets. His pump was not working, so the boys repaired it
-for him. An interesting aspect of the toilets was that when you pulled
+Sunday 28 - Plenty of wild flowers on Sheila Binns' Uloola Track National Park walk. Congenial company and easy tracks go together to make the day pass very pleasantly.
-the chain a large green frog came swimming out of the dwindling surge
-and clambered up again to his damp home in the cistern.
+Sunday 28 - If you have seen the coastal displays of flowers come with John Holly who has been saving this walk up all year just to show you the display around Bargo.
-Lots of photographs were taken of the little aboriginal children
-on the beach. Libby bought a bark painting from the store. She asked
+====FEDERATION NOTES====
-an artist on the beach would he touch up a spot on it. He looked at
+By Jim Vatiliotis
-it in some disgust, dismantled all the trimmings and set to and repainted the whole thing.
-Page 12 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER August, 1975.
+__Annual General Meeting__
-*xxxx*************** M OUNTAIN
+th July, 1975
-********************
-**********************
+There were no nominations or volunteers for President, Senior Vice-President, Junior Vice-President or Secretary. After some discussion the following motion was passed:-
-EQUIPMENT
-*****************
-IF YOU ARE
-BUYING OR HIRING HIRING OR BUYING
-BUYING OR HIRING HIRING OR BUYING
-GEAR FOR
-WALKING ...... CAMPING Opoo000 CLIMTING ...... CANOEING 0 0 0 WALKING ...... CAMPING ...... CLIMBING ...... CANOEING o4doe
-THINK OF
-MOUNTAIN_EQUIPMENT
-Alexander Street, Crow's Nest, 2065 (On the corner of Falcon Street) Telephone 439-3454.
-for
-FAIRYDOWN SLEEPING BAGS
-HIGH LOAD PACKS (Weight 3 ib 10 oz)
-AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS YOU COULD POSSIBLY NEED
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-Page 13 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICR August 1975.,
-. .
-That night we went to a b,oaut barbecue party and were given some
-large fillets of barramundi to take away with us.
-We had been making enquiries along the way as to the whereabouts of a mysterious "lot city" of Arnhem Land, recently shown on T.V., but no
-one was sure of its location. At Roper River, however, we struck pay
-dirt; a huge aboriginal offered to show it to us if we would afterwards drop him off at the Roper Bar airstrip, 30 miles away.
-We offloaded all the packs to offset his weight and packed him in
-among the passengers (a tight squeeze for me in the gap between seats),
-Then, following his pointing arm, soared out 60 miles and came spot on
-target. It was an ancient range weathered down to a mass of spires -
-and pinnacles with maze-like gaps between. We circled it many times
-and photographed it from all angles. An astounding sight! Then we returned and duly offloaded our guide at Roper Bar.
-Next day we flew to Rockhampton, then across to Frazer Island. -
-a most beautiful place, threatened by sand-mining. We swam in the ,blue, blue ocean and lazed on the beach, then reluctantly headed for home.
-Rain L'reeted us at Bankstown, and cold too, and'a great swarm of tiny planes all homing in like a swarm of gnats at sundown. We all piled into Peter's car and so to Burwood for a dinner of barramundi from Arnhem Land.
-Dennis is already making plans for another trip next June. Worth keeping in mina. The cost was $225 plus food,
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-SOCIAL NOTES. by Spiro Ketas.
-On 17th September Ian Saltmarsh will hold his Assam Tea Planting night assisted by an attractive sarong-clad Assam maiden who will serve tea to all,prosent. Come along and learn how tea is made from planting to the pot.
-The Federation Ball will be held at 8.30 p m. on Friday, 19th
-September at Petersham Town Hail. Two bands and supper. Prizes. Tickets $4.00 single.
-Then on 24th September Wade Butler is to show a few slides on Antarctica and tell us all about his 15 month job at Mawson with the Australian Antarctic Scientific Expedition,. Wade occupied his time in
-various ways including fishing, Skiing and swimming. Yes, swimming in
-the Antarctic! If you don't believe me come and see and hear for yourself before Wade heads off to Hobart next month.
-Page 14 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER August, 1975.
-THE JULY GENERAL MEETING.
-by Jim Brown.
-Your reporter is pleased to record that, in the absence of a walks report, the notes for the July meeting will be quite brief. In fact he believes the July meeting should. be kept to a minimum each year, which means that the transcription of the notes into a (more or less) readable summary will take only 20 minutes instead of the usual 1 - 14.41 hours, and one can complete one's taxation return in the remaining time (I hope).
-Well, having offered this preliminary padding, it can be said that Vice-President Neville Page occupied the chair, there were about 30 folk present, and the business began at 8.25 p m0 with greetings to Robyn Preston and Dick Winthorpe, also to a last month's candidate, Linda Robbins. No
-one disputed the contents of the June minutes, and arising from them we
-were told Shoalhaven Shire Council had replied to our request to build on Coolana with a massive document setting out the "Requirements for a Dwelling". To this an answer was goingbiack saying we didn't contemplate a dwelling.
-Correspondence contained as well as the usual crop of journals, a request for reinstatement to full membership by Graham Hogarth, and advice that the Electricity Commission was offering $280 for an easement along the transmission line (Dapto to Canberra) crossing our property. It
-was thought that a higher figure might be obtained in view of the necessary destruction to bushland and wild life that could follow. There was
-advice too from Ed Stanton on the adjoining Quakers property of some damage resulting from the June dounpour in Kangaroo Valley, and Dot Butler proposed a working bee in association with the Quakers for the 19/20th July weekend.
-The Treasurer told us June had been a healthy month financially,
-with a good excess of income over outlay, and finishing with '19990 in the working funds. There was, we repeat, no walks report, and notes of Federation affairs have already been covered in the nagazine.
-It remained thezi-before the early closure at about 8.45 p m0 to
-be advised that the Water Board's settlement for the river front area to be inundated at Coolana could be expected within a few months. There
-was then time to chatter awhile before we dispersed.
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-Pagb 1 THE - SYDNEY BUSH,WALKER August, 1975.
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-September by Bob Hodgson.
-, 6, 7 - It seems quite Obvious that John Redfern went with Evelyn Walker on her Genowlan circuit walk last June as we have John reating the exorcise for his own satisfaction and for all the unfortunates who missed out last time, Genowlan is a magnificent broken and eroded sandstone mountain in the Glen Davis valley and deserves to be visited much more often, don't forget to bring a container suitable for carrying your dinner and_ breakfast water for Saturday night.
- 6, 7 - Just as spectacular but in more familiar territory is Bob Younger's walk in the Jamison valley, Good tracks most of the way. See first hand the effects of the "controlled" burning of the valley,
-Sunday 7 -
-,13,14
-See the upper reaches of Cowan Creek in the early spring with Mary Braithwaite. Easy tracks all the way with lots of wild flowers, a very pleasant trip.
-Malcollm Noble has come out of University enforced sentretirement to lead this walk into Monolith Valley from Newhaven Gap. Mostly good tracks with much 77i1dly eroded sandstone formations. Definitely not a wasted weekend.
-Sunday 14 Real native rose territory. This is David Ingram's reason for walking this area which does not see much walking traffic until you reach the tidal limit of Cowan Creek. Once you leave civilization you will find yourself totally absorbed by the flora.
-Sunday 14 Neville Page is leading his valiant followers down from Hartley
-Vale station into the spectacular upper reaches of the Grose
-valley. A little scrubby and slow at first but well worth the
-effort.
-19520921 Plenty of good clean air and exercise on Peter Harris' walk out to the Blue Breaks from Kanangra. This must go down as a.,classic walk in a classic walking area with as much variety as could possibly be found in one weekend.
-Sunday 21 Today it's the Blue Labyrinth with Jim Brown, into the green wonderland of Glenbrook Creek, A really great days outing.
-Sunday 21 Walk the unspoilt coast of Royal National Park with Roy
-Page /6 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALIM August, 1975,
-.SepteMber.
-Braithwaite. Good tracks with plenty of ocean and spectacular coastal scenery.
-Sunday 28 Plenty of wild flowers on Sheila Binns' Uloola Track National Park walk. Congenial company and easy tracks go together to make the day pass very pleasantly.
-Sunday 28 If you he seen the coastal displays of flowers come with John Holly who has been saving this walk up all year just to show you the display around Bargo.
-FEDERATION NOTES.
-. by Jim Vatiliotis.
-Annual Goneral Meeting 15th July, 1975.
-There were no nominations or volunteers for President, Senior VicePresident, Junior VicePresident or Secretary. After some discussion the following motion was passed
 "That this meeting be adjourned to 16th September subject to the ensuing qualifications:
 (a) All affiliated clubs be notified by letter.
 (b) At this adjournment of the meeting there will be discussion in committee of ways of overcoming the present impasse as far as election of office bearers.
-(c) Presidents and secretaries of clubs be invited to attend in addition to the delegates that would normally attend so that problems can be discussed with authority.
+ c) Presidents and secretaries of clubs be invited to attend in addition to the delegates that would normally attend so that problems can be discussed with authority.
 (d) No August meeting is held.
-(e) All positions not filled before the p4journment of the meeting to be held by the present incumbents.
+(e) All positions not filled before the adjournment of the meeting to be held by the present incumbents.
 (f) Federation activities to continue.
-(g) Affiliation fees to be determined at meeting on 16th September.". **********
-AUGUST 1975 THE SYDNEY ):;UST:TALEP PAGE 17
+(g) Affiliation fees to be determined at meeting on 16th September."
-THE
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-COIMITTEE IS O'I'GANISIO A TRIP TO
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+COMMITTEE IS ORGANISING A TRIP TO INDIA ALSO VISITING SRI LANKA (F0RMERLY CEYLON), NEPAL, BANGKOK (THAILAND), SINGAPORE.
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+CONE AND SEE THE BEAUTIFUL TAJ MAHAL, THE IMPRESSIVE CAVES AT ELLORA AND AJANTA, THE EROTIC LADIES OF KHAJURAHO AND MANY OTHER WONDERS.
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+CONTACT - EITHER MARCIA SHAPPERT (362628 - HOME) OR PETER SCANDRETT (8888111 - WORK - IF NOT IN LEAVE MESSAGE AND CALL WILL BE RETURNED) AT THE ABOVE NUMBERS, OR AT THE CLUB AT ALMOST ANY MEETING.
-III Iii II II II II I
-ALSO VISITING rIc-)r)
+COSTS - THE GROUP THAT WENT TWO YEARS AGO SPENT ABOUT $100 EACH FOR THEIR FIVE WEEKS IN INDIA AND SRI LANKA. THIS INCLUDED TRANSPORT, ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD. AT PRESENT THE RETURN AIR FARES OF $640.30 INCLUDES UNLIMITED FLYING AROUND INDIA AND ALMOST ANY STOP EN ROUTE TO INDIA. YOUR ITINERARY MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT AFFECTING FARES.
-/Jul JJL3 1J rooevl ry?
-(..16,1P(ne
-(F0MCRLY CEYLON)
+====NOTICE OF HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING====
-(THAILAND)
+===THE SYDNEY BUSH WALKERS (Founded 1927)===
-CONE AND SEE Tj.T 7,37AUTIFUL TALI 11A71AL.,THE INPR ESSIVE CAVES AT ELLOA AND AJANTA, THE EROTIC LADIES OF 4HAJT.7AHCI AND MANY MET', 1:TONDEFS.
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+NOTICE is hereby given that the Half-Yearly General Meeting of the Sydney Bush Walkers will be held at the Wireless Institute of Australia, 14 Atchison Street, St. Leonards, on Wednesday 10th September 1975, at 8 p m.
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-SUN DEC .75 zJANGHO - ':-ATNnNDU
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-LION 5 ,.;-11,J NARRA COLON30
-FF".i 9 JAN 7 coLono SL:,7GAPOE
+. Apologies.
-SI-1T 1q, J kr\T 76 C: INCAPORE - SYDNEY
-SYDNEY SUN 1 1 JAN 76
-P7TUF:N TO
-(TENTATIVE)
-EITHER flATCli% STJAPPEI:7 (3223 - OF
-PETE SCAND!7ETT (6683111 IF NOT IN LEAVE i.IESSAGE
-ND CALL TILJ- EE RETUNED) AT THE A707E NUM:E.:?S, OP AT THE CLUE ALMOST ANY NEETING.
-T.4ENT YEARS AGO SPENT ABOUT a:10L'; EACH F07: TT1TIK FIVE 7EY;;:5 IN INDIA AND SRI
-LANIg4.. INCLTMED TRANSPORT, ACCOOt-IODATION AND FOOD. AT
-PPESENT THE TrETTY1,1 n1 T. FATES OF INCLUDES UNLINITED
-FLYING A7OUND ALO.ST ANY STOP EN ROUTE TO INDIA.
-YOUR ITINERARY CJINGE,D iTITHOUT AFFECTING FAP,ES.
-Page 18 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALUR August, 1975.
-NOTICE OF HAIFYEARLY GENERAL MEETING.
-THE SYDNEY BUSH WALKERS.
-NOTICE is hereby given that the Half-:Yearly General Meeting of the Sydney Bush Walkers will be hela at the Wireless Institute of Australia, 14 Atchison Street, St. Leonards9 on Wednesday 10th September 19759 at 8 p m.
-AGEND A.
-Apologies.
 . Welcome to new members.
 . Minutes of the August General Meeting held on Wednesday 13th August, 1975.
-Correspondence.
-Reports (a) ilireasurer's Report
+. Correspondence.
+. Reports
+(a) Treasurer's Report
 (b) Walks Report
-(0) Social Report or Announcements (d) Federation Report
+ c) Social Report or Announcements
+(d) Federation Report
 . Selection of site for the 1976 Annual Reunion.
-. Election of Convenor and Organizing Committee for the. 1976 Annual Reunion (volunteers sought).
-. Consideration of the future role of the Federation of
+. Election of Convenor and Organizing Committee for the 1976 Annual Reunion (volunteers sought).
-Bushwalking Clubs and their present constitutional crisis.
+. Consideration of the future role of the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs and their present constitutional crisis.
 . General Business and Announcements.
-SUBSCRIPTIONS Members are reminded that their annual subscriptions
-have been due and payable for the last six months, and the Committee must soon face the task of crossing off those members who remain unfinancial.
+SUBSCRIPTIONS - Members are reminded that their annual subscriptions have been due and payable for the last six months, and the Committee must soon face the task of crossing off those members who remain unfinancial.
-ILELEN GRAY.
+HELEN GRAY.
 Hon. Secretary.