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+ | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydnny Bush Walkers, Box 4476, | ||
+ | EDITORS: | ||
+ | Dorothy Pike | ||
+ | 53 Wyralla Ave.) Epping, 2121. Telephone 8691352 | ||
+ | Owen Marks | ||
+ | In the clubrooms. Telephone 30A1827 | ||
+ | BUSINESS MANAGER: Bill Burke, 3. Coral Tree Dr. Carlingford Telephone -87191207 | ||
+ | TYPIST: Ka-al Brown Telephone 81.2675 | ||
+ | DUPLICATOR OPERATOR: Peter Scandrett Telephone 848.0045 | ||
+ | Editorial | ||
+ | Climbing the Remarkables | ||
+ | The 50th Anniversary Celebrations The 1977 Reunion | ||
+ | Paddy' | ||
+ | Living off the Land at Newnes Puzzle Page | ||
+ | Mountaih Equipment Ad The A.G.M. of Larch, '77 Ualks Notes | ||
+ | Alp Snorts Ad | ||
+ | 2. | ||
+ | Dot Butler 30 | ||
+ | Helen Gray 6. | ||
+ | Observer 6. | ||
+ | Kath Brown 10, | ||
+ | 13. | ||
+ | 14. | ||
+ | Barry Wallace 15. | ||
+ | Len Newland 16, | ||
+ | 18. | ||
+ | Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1977. | ||
+ | EDITORIA L. | ||
+ | We are now into the new club year and the-Annual General Meeting has cane and gone, producing a new crop of office-bearers, | ||
+ | One of the special challenges of 1977 will be the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Sydney Bush Walkers. This will take place in October and should. be a wonderful opportunity to bring together different aspects of our club. | ||
+ | One particular characteristic of members, observed by many outsiders, has been their natural ability to bridge the so-culled " | ||
+ | Part of the celebrations of particular interest to us (the Editors) will be the production of a special Anniversary Issue of our magazine0 lath the help of contributions and ideas from as many club members as | ||
+ | possible, we should be able to produce a souvenir worthy of the history of the Sydney Bush Walkers. | ||
+ | * * * * * * * * * * | ||
+ | CLUB AUCTION. | ||
+ | -"Keep 27th April free for this anhual event which has become a part of the club tradition. | ||
+ | Came along armed with all your useless artifacte and watch the scene | ||
+ | as your lace doilies, second-hand toothbrushes, | ||
+ | Entertainment guaranteed to participants and observers alike. | ||
+ | ********* | ||
+ | Page 3. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 19775 | ||
+ | CLIMBING THE REMARKABIES | ||
+ | IsouTH ISLAND - NEW ZEALA1iD1 | ||
+ | by Dot Butler. | ||
+ | Folklore is a very persistent thing. Willie Burke and Klaus and I had just come thundering down 3,000 ft. from the Mueller Hut to which | ||
+ | we had climbed as a relaxation from our 8-day exertions on the Dusky Sound Track. The bus to take us back to the Mt. Cook Hermitage was waiting but Bill and Klaus decided to walk on to the bar for a beer, while I relaxed into a seat in the bus, took off my boots and socks and wriggled my toes. The only other occupant was an elderly lady who already had the driver' | ||
+ | How astonishing - the old story still going round after all these years. I put my bare foot across the aisle into her lap. " | ||
+ | quoth I, "The same foot 37 years later." | ||
+ | Tice we hd been through Queenstown and each time, on looking at the towering jagged wall of the Remarkables, | ||
+ | Esquilant and I had Sprinted up it one morning. " | ||
+ | you could do it in half a day." Klaus was duly impressed. "We will do it,. Dot? Yes?" | ||
+ | So there we are down at the Queenstown bus terminal bright and early, trying to find transport to take us the six miles to Frankton, and then hope for a lift for a further 3 miles to the foot of our climb, A Sunday, | ||
+ | a short lift and were dropped off at the Airport. A mile across the valley our mountain stood out clear and sharp. Would we follow the road | ||
+ | like law-abiding citizens or would we take a short cut across the golf- links? | ||
+ | We ducked through the barbed-wire and set off over the putting greens, | ||
+ | crawling through the far fence we found ourselves on the Airport runway. Through the next barbed, | ||
+ | we are in further green paddocks. "The house will be just over there behind those pine trees," | ||
+ | growth of prickly gorse, such as one finds on the wasteland. bordering' | ||
+ | Page 4. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1977. | ||
+ | streams. As we picked our way through this the first misgivings began to assail me. Sure enough, on emerging from it we found ourselves on a precipitous embankment, and hundreds of feet below wound the mighty Shotover River. We were cut off! | ||
+ | "We could tie our clothes on our head and swim it," said I. cameray" | ||
+ | A short sortie upstream revealed no bridge so we changed direction and followed downstream although we could see for miles and there was no bridge. Eventually we plunged down a loose hillside to gain the river level and continued on till we came to three curious looking muddy lakes. Skirting these at close quarters it soon became apparent that there was ' | ||
+ | breathing shallowly we passed through this hazard and crawled over a locked | ||
+ | gate which bore the notice " | ||
+ | After a further road bash we enquired at a house and received the information that the next bridge was about 7 miles further on. On getting to it there would still be a 7 mile walk back on the other side of the river. Our hope of climbing was getting more and more remote. We were told to make enquiries at the next farm half a mile away as to whether the farmer had a flying fox over the river, so on we trudged. The farm2 on the banks of the river, was set well back from the road. As we wandered through a green paddock towards the house we were escorted by a long line of geese. The farmer told us there used to be a flying fox, but it had been removed. We thanked him and trailed back to the road. | ||
+ | It was now going on for 12 o' | ||
+ | Just then a young Australian couple offered us a lift, and took us right | ||
+ | back to our starting place by the golf links. We now discovered that if | ||
+ | we had gone half a mile down the road instead of through the golf links we would have come to a bridge and would have had no problems. We also | ||
+ | learned that daylight saving had ended the previous night and it was | ||
+ | actually only Il a m. Our friends left us at a quarry a little way up the slope, so now the climb was on after all. | ||
+ | About 1,000 ft0 up we stopped and ate lunch and took a swig from the water bottle, then, giving the remainder of the 'water to Klaus I told him to go on and I would wait and watch and give him a cheer when he reached the top. It was 12.30. Klaus set off at a fast pace towards the skyline ridge and soon disappeared from sight, while I settled down in the sun, with my back to a warm rock, for a pleasant three or four hours wait. I must. have gone to sleep. When I awoke on the steep hillside the sun was getting low. I browsed over the slope eating snowberries, | ||
+ | and relief. But .what' | ||
+ | When the boy got down to me he told me the was one of a party of four; | ||
+ | they had..been to the top and they had not seen -a sign of anyone else on the mountain.. This was all very puzzling. Could it be that Klaus had already | ||
+ | Page 5. THE SYDNEY BUSITALICER April, 1977. | ||
+ | came down another ridge and was now hitching back to Queenstown? Six | ||
+ | hours had passed since he had left me. We waited another half hour but | ||
+ | no sign of Klaus, so at 7 p m. the boys gave me a'lift 3 miles to Frankton. | ||
+ | From them I learned that the Remarkables are 7,500 ft. high. As Queenstown is at 1,200 ft., this means 6,300 ft. of climbing. | ||
+ | I had hardly left the first car when to dear old ladies stopped for | ||
+ | me and gave me a lift right back to the door of our motel. Our room was | ||
+ | deserted Willie Burke and John Campbell were hitting the town's high | ||
+ | spots . and no sign of our lost mountaineer. When the others returned about 10.30 they-decided-it was too-iate to tAihic 6r a searbn | ||
+ | party. We would go to bed and give the matter some thought in the morning. | ||
+ | There we are all peacefully snoozing when there came a scratching at the door. 11.30 1 In limps an apparition bleeding profusely from cuts and scratches but shouting with excitement, "I did iti I did it I haf stood on the summit!" | ||
+ | sleep," | ||
+ | oeA Ite | ||
+ | Well, this is Klaus' story. After leaving me he rapidly gained the | ||
+ | skyline ridgc and got onto the other side of the massif. Here was a | ||
+ | marked track, very rugged, which led up and down over steep rocks, with | ||
+ | some intrepid cliMbing thrown in. Time, was gettingon but the top was in sight so he kept going and at a quarter to five stood on the summit. A Strong wind was blowing as he came down, running, and leaping. Sometimes | ||
+ | it nearly blew_him over. He quenched his thirst with water drips from the , | ||
+ | So poor Klaus had to limp the whole 9 miles back to Queenstown except for a short lift of about half a mile. And then he couldn' | ||
+ | And 12,000 ft of climb in an afternoon (6,000 up and 6,000 down) - | ||
+ | with 20 miles of walking thrown in for good measure, is NOT BAD GOING by any standards! So - another mountaineer is born. | ||
+ | * * * * * * * * * * * | ||
+ | Page THE SYDNEY BUSH7TALICR April, 1977. | ||
+ | . THE 0TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIWS. | ||
+ | by Helen Gray. | ||
+ | A letter from a long-standing member, suggesting ideas for the 50th Anniversary Celebrations, | ||
+ | Here, briefly, is what we have planned. - | ||
+ | 21st October (Friday night, and the actual AnniverEIE, | ||
+ | 22nd and 232d Octobers Camp-fire Reunion at Pennant Hills Boy Scouts' | ||
+ | In the coming months, regular notices will apear in this magazine, giving more, details. | ||
+ | But for the moment - KEEP THE 21st - 22nd - 23rd OCTOBER free. | ||
+ | * * * * * * * * * * * | ||
+ | TqL12/ | ||
+ | by Observer. | ||
+ | Once again it is my pleasure to report on the yearly re-union at our on land " | ||
+ | The car park filled slowly and the tree growth in the neighbouring em-gravel pit should block this area from the bitumen road. Gordon Lee, who hadn't been here before, was told to drive until he came across the other cars, but as he was the first to arrive he went all the way down looking for the cars until he came to rest to metres from the shelter shed. Would he ever get out again in his little Honda? Of course - but it kept him worried all the weekend. | ||
+ | Page THE SYDNEY BUSHWALEER April, 1977. | ||
+ | By evening aout 110 people had pitched their tents on all levels of the land. About 13 on the river flat, 19 near the hut and the rest spreading off both sides of the track between the hut and the camp fire site, which was in the same place as last year. Not many prospectives this year and lack of new members, makes it a,nperatiVe in the coming year to instill in our recent members the gentle art of mixing in with the older members who have much to impart. Personally I think that by having | ||
+ | the tents spread all up and down the track in little alcoves does NOT | ||
+ | encourage new members to meet old members, but bushwaikers, | ||
+ | At the organised camp fire the community singing was rather erratic, and there seems to be a need for an M.C. in the tradition of Paddy Pallin, who with his strong voice, his knowledge of all the songs and his gusto and ability to control the unruly mob, used to bring pleasure to us all in bygone days. Not that this was a dull campfire; not at all. Dot Butler and her acting crew presented us with a tale of maritimo woes by | ||
+ | John Masefield, Jean Ashdown sang the strangest song ever sung, and various other people got up and "did their bit". All this time our present Laureate, Don Matthews, who had written a song for the occasion, was | ||
+ | sleeping in his tent (rumour had it from a surfeit of plonk, but of course | ||
+ | he would deny it). | ||
+ | President Helen Gray was reinvested with the syribols of office by a | ||
+ | group of five Past Presidents. Shortly afterwards supper was served by Spiro and his band of willing helpers - coffee, | ||
+ | All the babes and toddlers were bundled off to bed before midnight, but Bob Hodgson, the official accompanist, | ||
+ | Next morning, after a heavy dompour at dawn, the sleepers in the hut were invaded,by the bedraggled, and much talk of the greeness of the surrounding bush. However, the campfire embers, easily stirred into life, provided a breakfast fire for those camped nearby; Swimming was decided on by some, and with much whooping the Kangaroo-River was invaded. by the active, whilst back at the tents chatting occupied the lethargic. | ||
+ | An exciting new competition this year was a paper plane throwing | ||
+ | contest. This was for children only and was d great success, which only | ||
+ | goes to show that with a bit of adult superviSion and encouragement the kids will have such a great time, that they will bring back their parents next year. | ||
+ | Then came the Damper _Contest. Maybe it was the witch-doctor (Colin | ||
+ | Putt) who av,d the timid, or maybe it was Dot Butler whose breast plates would have made Cleopatra envious, that shocked oui; Judge into such a state that at the end he awarded himself second prize, but where Dot got the rock melon has not been disclosed. Our Interstate Canberrq Columnists | ||
+ | Page 8. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1977. | ||
+ | Frank and Joan Rigby, whose expertise is world renowned in the Damper World, had coached their two small nephews which caused Scott to be the outright winner. | ||
+ | Late arrivals at Coolana were the Editress, | ||
+ | The Golden Jubilee Reunion at Pennant Hills Scout Camp later on in the year was on everyone' | ||
+ | The weather in Kangaroo Valley turned magnificent by lunchtime and a lovely afternoon made the day, indeed the weekend, complete. Thus ended the 177 Reunion. | ||
+ | ****************** | ||
+ | FOR SALE. | ||
+ | 2 pairs men's ski boots: Size 10. | ||
+ | $ 5.00 (Lace-up) | ||
+ | $10.00( | ||
+ | (Clip fastening) | ||
+ | . 2 pairs women' | ||
+ | 0 | ||
+ | $ 5.0Q (Lace-up) | ||
+ | $10.00. (Clip fastening) | ||
+ | 1 pair stocks (long) | ||
+ | CONTACT - Pete and. Dot Stitt - Phone 869-2964. | ||
+ | Rucksack for sale: | ||
+ | Hallmark H-frame in good condition. | ||
+ | $ 30.00 | ||
+ | CONTACT - Hans Stichter - Phone 623-0151 ext.70 or at Clubrooms. | ||
+ | Page 9. THE SYDNEY BUSITALKER April, 1977. | ||
+ | Lightweight bushwal king and camping gear. | ||
+ | H FRAME PACKS | ||
+ | THE MOUNTAINEER DE-LUXE | ||
+ | This capacious pack can comfortably carry 70 lbs | ||
+ | more. The bag is made from tough lightweight terylene/ cotton, proofed fabric with special P.V.C. reinforced base. Bag size 20" x 17" y. 9" and has proofed nylon extension throat complete with double draw cord for easy positive closure. The large protective flap has full sized zip pocket Of waterproof nylon. It has liberal sized outside pocket. The whole bag is quickly and easily detached from the frame to form a 3' sleeping bag cover for cold, wet conditions. The frame is specially designed for comfortable load carrying with complete nylon web back harness and chrome tanned leather shoulder straps and three inch breeching strap for long hard wear. Weight 6lbs. | ||
+ | ; | ||
+ | BUNYIP RUCKSACK | ||
+ | This ' | ||
+ | SENIOR RUCKSACK | ||
+ | A single pocket, shaped rucksack. Suitable for overnight camping. Weight 11/21bs. | ||
+ | BUSHMAN RUCKSACK | ||
+ | Has sewn-in curved bottom for extra comfort in carrying. Will hold 30lbs. 2 pocket model 11hlbs. 3 pocket model 1Y2lbs. | ||
+ | PIONEER RUCKSACK | ||
+ | Extra large bag with four exterr ?.! pockets and will carry about 40Ibs of camp gear. Weight 2%lbs. | ||
+ | KIANDRA MODEL | ||
+ | Hooded bag. Extra well filled. Very compact. Approx 3%lbs. | ||
+ | HOTHAM MODEL | ||
+ | Super warm box quilted. Added leg | ||
+ | room. | ||
+ | Approx 41.6lbs. | ||
+ | SUPER LIGHT MODEL | ||
+ | Half the weight and packed size of regular bags. 9" x 5:4" 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 end dehydrated foods. | ||
+ | 69 LIVERPOOL ST. SYDNEY 26-2686 61-7215 | ||
+ | Page 10. THE SYDNEY BUSHTALKER April, 1977. | ||
+ | LIVING OFF THE LAND AT liEWEES. | ||
+ | by Kath Brown. | ||
+ | "How about goi weekend?" | ||
+ | "Too early for blackberries," | ||
+ | end of February." | ||
+ | "It would be good to get some other Club members to go too." said I. | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | So I approached Owen. Yes, he would like to arrange an easy. fixed Damp trip to Newnes, but not specifically for picking blackberries. "Map instruction for prospectives!" | ||
+ | iiscussion at the Club meeting - and perhaps in the committee room too - | ||
+ | about map instruction - or the lack of it - for our prospective new members. | ||
+ | Phey are expected to pass an oral test on this subject before being admitted to membership.) "And blackberry picking, | ||
+ | We chose the first weekend in March, so that it could go on the next programme. Jim agreed to give the map-reading instruction. | ||
+ | . As club members will recall, the beginning of February was sunny. and very hot, we were all wilting, but about the middle of the month the rains Dame, on and off for a couple of weeks, and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of March vere very wet days. indeed. Owen phoned me. on Thursday, 3rd of March. Uat one starter," | ||
+ | In anticipation of a really relaxing weekend Jim had asked for the Aonday as a leave day (he had a lot of days due to him), and this ma- all rixed, so he and I decided to go anyway and hope the weather would ih_12ove. Ve left about mid-Saturday-morningy no hurry, no One to meet or camp with. IITD weather was doubtful but our KoMbi campervan is especially designed for etre4ing into in bad weather.. | ||
+ | It looked as though we were going to be lucky. As we drove westwards ;here was lots of blue sky, also lots of broken clouds touching the mountain ;ops, but no rain until we were past Lithgow. Then we decided We were not ;oiilg to be so lucky, because the rain started, first showery and then a | ||
+ | Leluge. The skies seemed to open and we were nearly washed off the road. le thought of that winding dirt road (with at least,one probable splash | ||
+ | roe sing) from Wolgan Gap down tosNewnes dismayed ua. Getting your vehicle | ||
+ | )ut of greasy mud should it get stuck is one of the least attractive ways )f spending a lazy camping weekend. | ||
+ | Pago 1I. THE SYDNEY BUSI-ITAL=R April, 1977. | ||
+ | A drove as far as Wolgan Gap. The rain had eased considerably but the road we were on was streaming with water. "Not Newnes today," | ||
+ | We awoke on Sunday to a bright and shiny day. All the leaves on | ||
+ | the trees and bushes were glistening in the sun after the previous day's | ||
+ | TI-ff eru*inz-je.*a_ediff2rert-viedaT2.-viniev-vensereo3f, | ||
+ | In the early 1900s Newnes was a fair-sized mining town, with a specially built railway eq) the cliffs to carry the shale-oil out, but as the need for kerosene diminished, and for other economic reasons, the mines were closed, the township gradually became deserted, in time most of the houses were pulled down and the bricks carted away, and now, except at the | ||
+ | old pub, no one lives there. The levelled grassy sites where the houses used to be are now used by campers, and on the opposite side of the river | ||
+ | the old railway station is also a flat grassy 'bank. | ||
+ | It was about 9.30 when we passed the old pub, and pulled up on a (wet) grassy patch. The river was running strongly and quite deep (for | ||
+ | the Wolgan) and we diecided it would be a dangerous crosising, so we left the car and set off to walk downstream on the near bank. A rough road follows the river, and we followed it till it finished, near a crossing | ||
+ | which was also much too deep. There are other road's going up side gullies, and all about are evidence of the town that was - brick 02 stone chimneys, wiTh only house foundations nearby, old garden plants and,trees, an old | ||
+ | road formation higher up the hill than the one we were on. | ||
+ | _ | ||
+ | Jim was interested to redisover the beginnings of the " | ||
+ | pipe has now gone, but the place where it crossed the cliffs is a negotiable way for walkers, and is used often by bushwalkers on various trips. We | ||
+ | couldn' | ||
+ | Page 12. THE SYDNEY BUSHVIALKDR April, 1977, | ||
+ | later. We poked about, and at last found the track. It starts just near an old mine entrance, with some old iron axle and wheel parts nearby, so We now have a good marker to find the track another time. | ||
+ | The bright morning had given way to an overcast day, with a few slight showers, so that we were glad to find a large every large) rock under whose slight overhang we first found shelter from light rain for our lunch spot, and then shade when the rain went away and the hot sun came out The mixture of damp and sun made it very warm and humid and when we got back to the car we were,glad to have a quick splash to freshen up in the side eddies of the Wolgan. | ||
+ | On the way back to the car we looked for blackberries. There were lots of bushes, but no berries. Either it was too late in the season or the bushes had been really done over by other pidkers. It looked as though the original purpose of our trip to Neunes was a failure. "Dm sure we'll get some blackberries along the valley," | ||
+ | Jim's prophesy proved correct. We left the next, | ||
+ | blackberry bushes covering old pastures. So we collected all we could | ||
+ | conveniently carry home, and although some of the berries were starting to deteriorate as it was the end of the season, the ones we took home all cooked up well, and we were very pleased. | ||
+ | One further bonus which made us really feel that we were " | ||
+ | Owen says that he doesn' | ||
+ | * * * * * * * * * * | ||
+ | C H JNES.E 1\0s /Li AT | ||
+ | . HOuSE /AIN | ||
+ | 4,17. PACIFIC HWY | ||
+ | CROWS NEST (h4 &I cu'vi jutA t-7` 0 ,A) | ||
+ | CHIEF PICUR/AN:- | ||
+ | PETER MILLER | ||
+ | 95%2689 ()) | ||
+ | Page 13 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1977 | ||
+ | PUZZLE PAGE | ||
+ | 1. Initials that read happiness. | ||
+ | 2. Town in Nth. Territory. | ||
+ | , Vertical piece of window or chimney. (architec. term) | ||
+ | 2. Damp American saos | ||
+ | RULES: | ||
+ | 3. Old English half farthing. | ||
+ | only 52 letters | ||
+ | A flying mammal. | ||
+ | from 2 alphabets. | ||
+ | 40 Holy gift0 | ||
+ | no letter more than | ||
+ | 4. Fruitful birds. | ||
+ | twice. 4. Opposite of waned. | ||
+ | Results next month. | ||
+ | 4. Pronto. | ||
+ | 5. Bodily waste. | ||
+ | , A hollow tubes. | ||
+ | 7. Types of airplanes. | ||
+ | 33.50 | ||
+ | $ 44,59 | ||
+ | $ 34.50 | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | IN STOCK: Just about everything -,. | ||
+ | Paddy Gear - Rucksacks Sleeping Bags Water Bucke | ||
+ | Cape Ground heets etc. etc. | ||
+ | Oilskin Parkas (including s iie heavy duty ci from Large Boys Si to XXOS | ||
+ | Down Gear (Duvets and Vests) Wool Shirts | ||
+ | Nylon Parkas | ||
+ | King Leo Ring Boots (The Or inal) Tasmanian Maps | ||
+ | Dehydrated Foods | ||
+ | Billies and Messkits (Including from ealand going under the name o | ||
+ | Mar you a full range of high quality gear for: | ||
+ | tliSHWALKING LIGHT-WEIGHT CAMPING SKI-TOURING ' | ||
+ | THE SYD1TEY BUSHWA.LIMR | ||
+ | April, 1977, | ||
+ | Page 140 | ||
+ | |||
+ | | ||
+ | 17 Falcon Street, Crows Nest.2065 ph. 439-2454 | ||
+ | Scarpa Boots - Model Hercules (Lightweight) Model 904 Trecima (Medium weight with stitched sole) | ||
+ | Kastinger Boots - Model MIST (Lightweight) | ||
+ | Page 15. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1977. | ||
+ | THE A.G.E; - OF MARCL..1/1 | ||
+ | . . by Barry Wallace. | ||
+ | The clock stood at 8.02 p m. with about 50 members present, most of wham sat, when Helen called the 49th Annual General Meeting to order with - a shatteringly loud gong, which evoked a series of duck-like squarks from the Pikelet.. | ||
+ | There was a string of apologies (now everybody' | ||
+ | New members were Janice Henson and Paul Macwhinney who were duly presented with badge and constitution. | ||
+ | The minutes of the previous meeting were read and received without comment. Correspondence In included a letter from The Paddy Pallin Foundation reminding us of the closing date for grant applications, | ||
+ | on of mags and circulars and, unusually, a Q2C-)0 donation from Kath McKay. Outgoing correspondence was limited to letters to new members and OUT Little Marley letter to N.P.W.S. | ||
+ | The Annual Report and Treasurer' | ||
+ | With the trend in recent years toward uncontested elections for office bearers it seems redundant to move the suspension of Standing Orders to permit elections to proceed concurrently with normal business, but that's just what we did. You will all have read the results so we need say no more abo-rt it. You will also, those of you with a social conscience of some sort anyway, know that Annual Subs are now due and payable. Rates areg- | ||
+ | Ordinary member 68.90 | ||
+ | Married couple $l0.50 | ||
+ | Student member 85.00 | ||
+ | so make the new treasurer happy by paying early for once. The sub. for non-active members is decided by committee and ,will be advised later. Magazine subscription for non-members is $4.00. | ||
+ | The walks report came and went (at last) which is more than you can | ||
+ | say for the treasurer' | ||
+ | Federation report brought the news that Len Newland has been elected Tracks & Access Convenor, that Canberra Bush Walkers have written to F.B.W. seeking support for their opposition to the re-building of Moulds Hut and that there was a S. & R. operation on the Shoalhaven recently. Federation are also seeking information on suspected core sampling activity in Rocky Creek and a gauging station on the Colo. | ||
+ | Page 16G THE SYDNEY BUSIT47ALICER April, 1977. | ||
+ | General Business drifted rudderless without a motion while Gordon Broome expounded on past, present and possible future usage of Kosciusko National Park (I think). We ended up deciding that Gordon, Alex Colley (the Conservation- Sec.) and the committee Should report to the next general meeting on a club conservation policy. | ||
+ | Nev Page got an um, "mous nod for his proposal. we make a submission to the Paddy Pallin Foundation for a grant of 200-;00 toward a 50th Anniversary edition of the Bushwalker. This edition would carry historical background information and be available for sale to the whole bushwalking community. | ||
+ | We then went through the rather awkward process of seeking an M.C. for the reunion campfire and working out who had charge of the various items of equiment required for,' | ||
+ | * * * * * * * | ||
+ | WALK NOTES. | ||
+ | by Len Newland. Tel, 435860(B) | ||
+ | That rock-climbing instructional last month was a bit upsetting, wasn't it? Unfortunately, | ||
+ | Of course, since leading walks is purely voluntary, with up to four months' | ||
+ | WALKS FOR MAY Test Walks | ||
+ | 6, 7, 8 Kanangra to Kowmung River via Christies Creek and Gingra trail. Roy Higginbottom leads this walk in the rugged western mountains. | ||
+ | 8, 9 KanangTa Walls - Katoomba Classic. ,Victor Levin' | ||
+ | Page 17. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April, 1977. | ||
+ | ct | ||
+ | Test Walks. | ||
+ | Sunday 15 - Heathcote - Engadine via Woronora River. lipryl Watman leads this one. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | Rocky Water Holes Creek. Hans Beck is the leader. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | I would suggest to prospective members that you check with the | ||
+ | leaders of the above walks (and all walks) to find out details of what to expect. | ||
+ | Saturday 7 - John Fox leads Bundeena to Little Earley. Ferry will be taken from Cronulla. | ||
+ | Sunday 8 | ||
+ | - Gladys Roberts' | ||
+ | Sunday 22 - Bill Hall is back on the walks programme after a long. absence, with a walk starting and finishing at Otford, seeing Werong, Coastal Rocks and Burning Palms along the way. | ||
+ | Sunday 29 - If you feel like a northside trip on this weekend, try | ||
+ | John Noble' | ||
+ | Sunday 29 - If you prefer southside, the same day sports David Ingram' | ||
+ | Base qaap_._ | ||
+ | | ||
+ | the depths of the western mountains. Caves. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * * * * * * * * | ||
+ | Page 18. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER April2 1977. | ||
+ | ALP SPORTS | ||
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