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- | THE SYDNEY | + | |
- | a | + | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.0, Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Wireless |
- | BUSHW.ALKER | + | |
- | ***-X-X-*****-****-X4 X X X X*******-X-X********-************X X X******X X X+X-**-X-****X X X | + | |EDITOR|Helen Gray, 209 Malton Road, Epping, 2121. Telephone |
- | monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.0, Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday | + | |BUSINESS MANAGER| |
- | evening from 7.30 pm at the Wirelexs | + | |TYPIST|Kath Brown| |
- | * * * * * * * * * * * | + | |DUPLICATOR OPERATOR|Bob Duncan Telephone 869-2691| |
- | EDITOR: | + | |
- | BUS' ETESS MANAGER: | + | ===== January 1980 ===== |
- | TYPIST: | + | | | |Page| |
- | Helen Gray, 209 Malton Road, Epping, 2121. Telephone | + | |Salute and Farewell to Marie Byles|Dot Butler|2| |
- | Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, | + | |Award of O.B.E. to " |
- | Telephone 871-1207. Kath.Brown. | + | |A Famous Walker of Yesteryear - Felix Mendelssohn Part 3 - " |
- | DUPLICATOR OPERATOR: Bob Duncan. Telephone 869-2691. | + | |The December General Meeting|Barry Wallace|10| |
- | LEA2-11_128. | + | |Social Notes for February|Ailsa Hocking|11| |
- | .S4412ig..44A.Z4Zala0iI-LL31=2..1.1.1.9-1 Dot Butler Pa Award of 0.B.E. to " | + | |Bush Safety Awareness - Part 5|Len Newland|12| |
- | Mountain Equipment Ad | + | |Who Swallowed a Fly|Jim Brown|14| |
- | A Famous. Walker of Yesteryear - Felix Mendelssohn | + | |Airly Dreamtime|Jo van Sommer|18| |
- | e-- | + | |Letter to the editor|Rosemary Edmunds|19| |
- | 5 | + | |Walks for February| |22| |
- | 6 | + | |
- | Part 3 - " | + | ===== Salute and Farewell to Marie Byles ===== |
- | The-December General Meeting Barry Wallace 10 | + | |
- | Social | + | by Dot Butler |
- | Bush Safety Awareness - Part 5 Len Newland 12 | + | |
- | - Who Swallowed a Fly" Jim Brown 14 | + | In the beginning were the barbarians - the Angles, Saxons and Jutes, |
- | ,Eastwood Camping Centre Ad Jo van Sommer6 18 | + | |
- | Airly Dreamt line Rosemary Edmunds 19 | + | Born before the end of the Boer War and in the last year of Queen Victoria' |
- | Letter to the editor 20 | + | |
- | Walks for February 22 | + | Both her parents were radicals. Mother was a feminist who wore no corset and her skirts merely down to her ankles when all other girls were firmly laced and wore skirts brushing the ground. She hated housework and was a vegetarian, so Marie followed suit. |
- | **********************-XXX*******-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX** | + | |
- | Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, | + | Father was a signal engineer with the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railways. Neither parent was musical but Father said he could always |
- | SALUTE AND FAREWELL TO MARIE BlIES. | + | |
- | .. by Dot Butler. | + | In 1911 Father emigrated with his family to take up the job of Signal Engineer with the N.S.W. Railways. (His ashes are now scattered below the signal station at Redfern.) To the newly arrived " |
- | In the beginning were the barbarians - the Angles, Saxons and. Jutes9 | + | |
- | on Palm Sunday, 5th April 19009 gave birth to a daughter, Marie Beuzeville. | + | Father' |
- | A Burmese astrologer later proclaimed "This person was born under a bright star." | + | opposite sex, in the midst of an uproarious class of over a hundred young men, mostly returned soldiers. They were very brainy and very high-spirited. A distant relative of Marie' |
- | Born before the end of the Boer War and in the last year of Queen | + | |
- | Victorials | + | After three years in a lawyer' |
- | was to-mitness | + | |
- | over Hiroshima, the coronation gift of Mount Everest to the second Queen Elizabeth, the first visit to the Moon, the unspeakable horrors of the Vietnam War, the end of British might and glory, and in Mahatma Gandhi the first apostle of the power of truth and non-violence on a large scale. | + | Returning after a holiday most unusual for a girl she now determined |
- | Both her parents were radicals. Mother was a feminist who ware no | + | |
- | corset and her skirts merely down to her ankles when all other girls were firmly laced and wore skirts brushing the ground. She hated housework and was a vegetarian, so Marie followed suit. | + | Her recreation was bushwalking with girl friends. At first they carried revolvers - one had an enormous Colt automatic conspicuously displayed in her belt. Marie' |
- | Father was a signal engineer with the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railways. Neither parent was musical but Father said he could always | + | |
- | bed. He took his three children on long walks in the English countryside in all weathers. | + | |
- | In 1911 Father emigrated with his family to take up the job of Signal Engineer with the N.S.W. Railways. (His ashes are now scattered below the | + | |
- | signal station at Redfern.) To the newly arrived " | + | |
- | new. land. Most amazing were the tall graceful Eucalypts casting | + | |
- | ingly little shade. Father bought three acres of bushland at Bee-croft | + | |
- | walked home from Mt. Irvine stopping overnight at Kurrajong among the bell- | + | |
- | birds. Although only children, Marie and her two brothers walked 20 miles | + | |
- | a day. Other holidays were spent at " | + | |
- | had built at Palm Beach when it boasted only two other cottages and a guesthouse. | + | |
- | Father' | + | |
- | Page 3 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, | + | |
- | She insisted that another small cottage be built on the estate so that her two brothers could be separately' | + | |
- | opposite sex, in the midst of an uproarious class of over a hundred young men, mostly returned soldiers. They were very brainy and very high-spirited. A distant relative of Marie' | + | |
- | contained many of his judgments. The lecturer delighted in picking these out to read to the class. As soon as he said "Er. Justice Byles" the class would stamp furiously till the dust' | + | |
- | Marie persevered and proved herself a brilliant student. | + | |
- | / | + | |
- | After three years in a lawyer' | + | |
- | Returning after a holiday most unusual for a girl she_nowdetermined | + | |
- | Her recreation was bushwalking with girl friends. At first they.. | + | |
- | carried revolvers - one had an enormous Colt automatic conspicuously displayed in her belt. Marie' | + | |
- | armaments also included a tomahawk. Soon, however, these were left at home, not because the girls were braver but because the weapons were heavy. There was no light-weight camp gear to be bought. They carried eiderdowns and camped in overhangs. Marie became an excellent bushman. She could find her way in our often thbiiotonous | + | |
compass, sun and map. | compass, sun and map. | ||
- | VS V Otte% | + | |
- | In 1929 she joined the infant Sydney Bush Walkers | + | In 1929 she joined the infant Sydney Bush Walkers |
- | expedition to Boat Harbour, a romantic place which, captured her imagination | + | |
- | when seen across Pittwater from the Byles' holiday home at Palm Beaoh. Marie was keen to see it made a National Park. Now she had, support from other like-minded people. Dorothy Lawry pressed for a:change of name from Boat Harbour to Maitland Bay. The SOB .W. wrote to the Lands Department | + | Now, with her S.B.W..friends she had climbing, |
- | and they obligingly put the new,pame on the map. Marie now began softening up public opinion by writing articles showing that the Park was all but | + | |
- | Page 4 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, | + | Under the heading " |
- | dedicated. 1932 saw the beginnings of the Federation of BushiF, | + | |
- | Clubs and Marie persuaded them to make this their first conservation project. The Lands Department sent their District Surveyor to accompany a S.B.W. team to assess the value of the area as a National Park. He was most cooperative and added the land at the northern end of Killcare Beach. Later large additions were made to the Park. | + | Marie was able, during the Depression, to save enough money for two trips to New Zealand. She and a girl friend, with two professional guides, climbed. Mt. Cook. On their second trip they went into the unexplored Mahitaki Valley near Milford Sound and named various peaks, rivers and lakes. One small lake she named Lake Dot after Dot English (now Butler). (Dot tells me the name has now been transferred to a small peak, Mt. Dot. Anyhow, having her name on a mountain is more to her liking than having walkers ask her is Mother Butler' |
- | 7,? | + | |
- | Now, with her S.B.W..friends she had climbing, | + | Marie' |
- | Under the heading " | + | |
- | gUrns | + | In 1937 for £60, Marie bought |
- | Marie was able, during the Depression, to save enough money for two trips to New Zealand. She and a girl friend, with two professional guides, climbed. Mt. Cook. On their second trip they went into the unexplored Mahitaki Valley near Milford Sound and named various peaks, rivers and lakes. One small lake she named Lake Dot after Dot English (now Butler). (Dot tells me the name has now been transferred to a small peak, Mt. Dot. Anyhow, having her name on a mountain is more to her liking than having walkers ask her is Mother Butler' | + | |
- | Marie' | + | In 1941 Marie and Paddy Pallin started the Bush Club, still an active club. On one walk a boy became ill. Rudy Lemberg carried him out and Marie shouldered both their packs and her own. The strain was too great on her fragile feet; her arches broke down. This was the end of her active bushwalking. She now turned her mind to a closer study of Buddhism and Meditation, taking a year in India to make pilgrimages to the Buddha' |
- | leading an Expedition into Western China with its objective Mt. Sansato | + | |
- | (around | + | |
- | A.\-\\VI\S(\." | + | |
- | In 19379 for 60, Marie liought | + | |
- | Cheltenham and on this had h.0' | + | |
- | a 122 verandah facing | + | |
- | over name/ derived, | + | |
- | In 1941 Marie and Paddy Pallin started the Bush Club, still an | + | |
- | active club. On one walk a boy became ill. Rudy Lemberg carried him | + | |
- | out and Marie shouldered. both their packs and her own. The strain was too great on her fragile feet; her arches broke down. This was the end of her active bushwalking. She now turned her mind to a closer study of Buddhism and Meditation, taking a year in India to make pilgrimages to the Buddha' | + | |
later Burma and. Japan. Her books on different aspects of Buddhism followed. | later Burma and. Japan. Her books on different aspects of Buddhism followed. | ||
- | Page 5 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALICER January, | + | |
- | She made her house available to a visiting Buddhist nun and after her departure a small Buddhist society was started in Sydney* | + | She made her house available to a visiting Buddhist nun and after her departure a small Buddhist society was started in Sydney. |
- | On the morning of 21st November 1966 a neighbour who had dropped in was horrified to find Marie' | + | |
- | she had been attacked by an unknown assailant. Her fractured skull and jaw were repaired and for four more years she carried on. Then, at the age of 70 she severed all connections with legal work, sold the office | + | On the morning of 21st November 1966 a neighbour who had dropped in was horrified to find Marie' |
- | and handed. over her practice to her partner and. her house and grounds to the National Trust. But she could not be inactive. Finding that the Alexander Posture Therapy helped relieve her injury she wrote yet another book - "Stand Straight without Strain" | + | |
- | Marie had a horror of mental decay in old age. Into her 80th year she was mentally alert and an inspiration to all who knew her. She always | + | Marie had a horror of mental decay in old age. Into her 80th year she was mentally alert and an inspiration to all who knew her. She always |
- | pre-ordained. Is there any significance in the fact that exactly 13 years after her attack, on 21st November 1979, Marie died. | + | |
- | , k . , | + | Ceremony of scattering Marie' |
- | cp e,,.0,/ c, . --- 5--e a_ft-_----, | + | |
- | 407/ , ficls ri.Soki ---- 1, | + | ===== Award of 0.B.E. To "Moudly" |
- | ;(0- . - ' . 0 (A, . [I | + | |
- | AV1ARD OF 00B .E . TO "MOULDY" | + | Amongst the Australians honoured in the New Year's list was member L. G. (" |
- | Amongst the Australians honoured in the New Year's list was | + | |
- | member L. G. (" | + | In early editions of Paddy Pallin' |
- | -In early editions of Paddy Pallin' | + | |
- | Camping, the section covering lightweight walking was written by Mouldy. | + | It may be of interest to younger members to learn how he came by his nickname. He joined the Club at a time When most members were given nicknames and when asked his Christian names, answered " |
- | It may be of interest to younger members to learn how he came by | + | |
- | his nickname. He joined the Club at a time When most members were given nicknames and when asked his Christian names, answered " | + | |
Congratulations, | Congratulations, | ||
- | * * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | the | + | ===== A Famous Walker of Yesteryear |
- | SOME FEATURES | + | |
- | Adjustable top tensioners . | + | by Owen Marks |
- | .Padded Shoulder -straps a | + | |
- | Adjustable internal alloy frame | + | ==== "Floating Down The Danube" |
- | Closed cell foam padding1.3 | + | |
- | .Canvas Bak | + | When Uncle Felix arrived at Ulm, which is on the Danube, he had trouble finding a barge that he could take down the Danube. The Royal Barge was under repair, the dancing barge was somewhere else, and so he had to go on a coal barge. He had only one day to fill in and apart from climbing the spire of the local church, which is the world' |
- | Padded hip fins ,5 | + | |
- | Quick release Bergbuckle 8 | + | Hans and Trudi the barge keepers had covered the coal with a "heavy cloth" and had vacated the cabin "which they did when I said I would compose them a song, but the sight of 5 thalers was the cause of such a heavenly glow on their faces as to rival Moses upon coming down from the Hill of the |
- | Sera, for a, fret prZc. | + | Torah" |
- | Po. Box- ICA ovals Ager | + | |
- | 4,2 | + | The voyage took seven days, although one day was spent stuck under a bridge near Ried (which I can't find on any map - maybe it is the name for a natural phenomenon or a name of a Castle or something? |
- | MOUNTAIN * | + | |
- | EQUIPMENT PTY LTD | + | The first night was at Gundelfingen where "at Schloss Brenz I was able to find the Comptroller and be shown the famous Lady Chapel; the owner being away in Augsburg I asked him to show me the famous organ which I wanted to play. Instead he asked me in for dinner that evening with his family and I played my Andante and Rondo Capriccioso which they rightly admired. The food was poor, with only goose, venison and hart". |
- | 17 FALCON ST.., CROW1. NEST. 2085 Ph. 439 2454, 438 1847 | + | |
- | 82 CLARENCE ST., SYDNEY. 2001 Ph. 29 4340 | + | During the next day he had a curious talk with the young bargeman. Felix couldn' |
- | Page 7 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, | + | |
- | A FAMOUS WALKER OF YESTERYEAR | + | The next night they were in Donauworth, and the barge was tied up to the steps of the Town Hall. "A very beautiful baroque building with angels and putti everywhere. The Burgomeister told me that putti-have sexual organs and angels don't. I remarked that he had the two mixed, and did he know that until the Middle Ages all the painters portrayed angels as men and later became female? I explained that Marco Polo brought back the idea of haloes from The Buddha represented by a solid disc and not the later thin circle. The Burgameister |
- | by Owen Marks. "FLOATING DOWN THE DANUBE" | + | |
- | When Uncle Felix arrived at Ulm, which is on the Danube, he had trouble finding a barge that he could take down the Danube. The Royal Barge was under repair, the dancing barge was somewhere else, and so he had | + | The next day was spent outside the cabin under an umbrella, fishing as the barge slowly floated downstream, until at or near Ried the barge got stuck under the arch nearest the left bank. Knowing that there would be a delay, he arranged to meet them the following night in Ingolstadt where |
- | togo on a coal barge. He had only one day to fill in and apart from | + | he was expected by the Graf von Beckstein, and so he caught a coach to Ingolstadt, "I opened the door to his apartment and hundreds of dogs knocked me over and on regaining my composure I counted only four mastiffs and on looking into the gloom I saw the Duke asleep, a beer stein under his head and three black and white spanish hunting dogs to keep him warm, and when I remarked that he looked a perfect picture he replied that if Rembrandt |
- | climbing the spire of the local church, which is the world' | + | |
- | Hans and Trudi the barge keepers had covered the coal-with a "heavy | + | That night he stayed with his friend and they had a big discussion on poor Louie (poor Louie turns out to be Ludwig van Beethoven) who had to dedicate his music to the highest bidder. So many thaler for a Sonata, crowns for Bagatelles and even gold for his major works, and at the Treaty of Vienna asked the Russian Czarina for some money that she had not given to something he had dedicated to her or her family years previously. Mendelssohn was lucky to be of independent means. |
- | cloth" and had vacated the cabin "which they did when I said I would compose | + | |
- | them a song, but the sight of 5 thalers was the cause of such a heavenly | + | The next day he and Alfred the Duke's son decided to ride out to the memorial built by Barbarossa which was on the Duke's property, to see if they could match Goethe' |
- | glow on their faces as to rival Moses upon coming down from the Hill of the | + | |
- | Torah" | + | The next morning before dawn, the local tailer brought him two waistcoats, one green and one gold, that had been made in one day (before sewing machines: not easy), "and I was very pleased at the workmanship, |
- | The voyage took seven days, although one day was spent stuckunder | + | 1979 but there you are!!!! Soon the barge was off and away. The scenery here becomes rugged, with dark forests, craggy pinnacles and few villages to look at. Conservationists will be horrified to learn that he had lots of empty-bottles that he would cast into the river and try to break with lumps of coal. He would sit in the rain under his umbrella and fish while drinking heated Spanish Jerez. That night he slept on board. |
- | a natural phenomenon or a name of a Castle or something? | + | |
- | and thus each day would see him painting or sketching, and at nights, tied up to the shore, living it up with the local nobility. What weird lives | + | The next day nothing happened until mid-afternoon whan he dropped one of his red shoes overboard, and in his disgust he tossed in the other. That is why when he arrived at Neustadt, the local Collector was astounded to see him walking across the square in bright green stockings looking for |
- | the upper classes lived in those days: | + | a shoe shop. The local church was having a wedding and he offered to play the organ, but when he realized he would have to pedal, he said that his new shoes were too uncomfortable and that was that. That night he was the guest of a cousin of his father who owned a bank and he must have appreciated the welcome change of staying with deeply religious Jews instead of his normal way of life. |
- | The first night was at Gundelfingen where "at Schloss Brenz I was able to find the Comptroller and be shown the famous Lady Chapel | + | |
- | being away in Augsburg I asked him to show me the famous organ which I wanted | + | The last day he spent on board writing to his English publisher, and they passed villages that were empty "by the falling and wasting sickness that strikes often in these parts" (t.b.?) and so he reached Regensburg late on Saturday night, as he had arranged to play the organ in St. Peters |
- | to play. Instead he asked me in for dinner that evening with his family | + | Cathedral on the Sunday. (For someone in a hurry he didn't seem to be unduly worried. As is often the case, he didn't like to be kept waiting while not caring about others.) |
- | and I played my Andante and Rondo Capriccioso which they rightly admired. The food was poor, with only goose, venison and hart" | + | |
- | During the next day he had a curious talk with the young bargeman. | + | The barge tied up at the ferry area and he gave away an old waistboat to the bargee and a porter took him over the " |
- | Felix couldn' | + | |
- | barge going upstream was pulled by four horses and yet going downstream | + | " |
- | none. Where did the horses go? And none were being carried on any barge going downstream. "When I explained my perplexity the young couple laughed at my reasonings and assumed it was a joke and. ,I let the matter rest". | + | were. From here on, he told one and all his name was Franz Gruber, and he remained that way until he returned home. A walker as we know the term, and as he had started out from Rome, he intended to finish the trip in the same style. |
- | The scenery here, I have been assured by a Bavarian neighbour, is exactly. ' | + | |
- | like tootling down the Rhine. Vineyards, castles, farmlets and snow white villages with their churches being the focal point. | + | You will have noticed that there is never any talk of the mass of peasants, ordinary populace or soldiers that should be in an observant |
- | The neit night they were in Donauworth, and the barge was tied up to the steps of the Town Hall. "A very beautiful baroque building with angels and putti everywhere. The Burgomeister told me that putti-have sexual organs and angels don't. I remarked that he had the two mixed, and did he know that until the Middle Ages all the painters portrayed angels as men and later became female? I explained that Marco Polo brought back the idea | + | |
- | Page 8 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, | + | ===== The December General Meeting ===== |
- | of haloes from The Buddha represented by a solid disc and not the later thin circle. The Burgameister | + | |
- | The next day was spent outside the cabin under an umbrella, fishing | + | by Barry Wallace |
- | as the barge slowly floated downstream, until at or near Ried the barge got stuck under the arch nearest the left bank. Knowing that there would be a delay, he arranged to meet them the following night in Ingolstadt where | + | |
- | he was expected by the Graf von Beckstein, and so he caught a coach to | + | Well folks, there we were, in the straight and driving hard toward Christmas when the Pres gonged the gong, gonged the gong, and brought the 26 or so members to order at about 2008, or 8.08 pm if you are still using the old system. We had apologies |
- | Ingolstadt, "I opened the door to his apartment and hundreds of dogs knocked me over and on regaining my composure I counted only four mastiffs and on looking into the gloom I saw the Duke asleep, a beer stein under his head and three black and white spanish hunting dogs to keep him warm, and when I remarked that he looked a perfect picture he replied that if.ReMbrandt | + | |
- | could paint a Venetian lady with her cats, I can sleep with my dogs, to mhiali | + | There was correspondence, |
- | That night he stayed with his friend and they had a big discussion | + | |
- | on poor Louie (poor Louie turns out to be Ludwig van Beethoven) who had to | + | Then it was the Treasurer' |
- | dedicate his music to the highest bidder. So many thaler for a Sonata, crowns for Bagatelles and even gold for his major works, and at the Treaty | + | |
- | of Vienna | + | Federation Report brought news of the proposed dedication |
- | The next day he and Alfred. the Duke's son decided to ride out to the memorial built by Barbarossa which was on the Duke's property, to see if | + | |
- | they could match Goethe' | + | And then it was on, on, at breakneck speed into the - - ugh! - - Walks Reports. First up was a Vic Lewin walk of 16,17,18 November in the Govetts Leap Creek area which attracted 6 starters. Then came a Len Newland |
- | more literary giant impossible to find.) It rained all the way home, | + | on a walk described as " |
- | "and I had to play for all of the Duke's friends, and my hands *ere freezing" | + | |
- | It must have been quite a concert with the candlelight, | + | The following weekend, 7,8,9 December, Roy Higginbottom |
- | so later and it was still in good order. Alas all gone under Allied. bombing.) | + | |
- | The next morning before dawn, the local tailer brought him two waist,- coats, one green and one gold, that had been made in one day (before sewing | + | General Business saw passage Of a motion totthe |
- | machines: not easy), "and I was very pleased at the workmanship, | + | |
- | 1979 but there you are:::: Soon the barge was off and away. The-scenery here becomes rugged, with dark forests, craggy pinnacles and few villages | + | Then it was just a matter of announcements, |
- | to look at. Conservationists will be horrified to learn that he had lots | + | |
- | of empty-bottles that he would cast into the river and try to break with | + | ===== Social Notes For February ===== |
- | Page 9 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, | + | |
- | lumps of coal. He would sit in the rain under his umbrella and fish while drinking heated Spanish Jerez. That night he slept on board. | + | by Ailsa Hocking |
- | The next day nothing happened until mild-afternoon whan he dropped one of hid' | + | |
- | That is why when he arrived at Neustadt, the local Collector was astounded to see him walking across the square in bright green stockings looking for | + | Wednesday 20th: Members slide night. A chance to show everyone where you went over Christmas and the rest of the holiday period. The more slides, the Merrier, so bring yours along too. |
- | a shoe shop. The local church was having a wedding and he offered to-play the organ, but when he realized he would have to pedal, he said that his | + | |
- | new shoes were too uncomfortable and that was that. That night he was the | + | Wednesday 27th: Michael Turner has quite a reputation as a first class underwater photographer - and well deserved too. He spends many months a year photographing the beautiful and spectacular |
- | guest of a cousin of his father who owned a bank and he must have appreciated the welcome change of staying with deeply religious Jews instead of his | + | |
- | normal way of life. | + | |
- | The last day he spent on board writing to his English publisher, and they passed villages that were empty "by the falling and wasting sickness | + | |
- | that strikes often in these parts" (t.b.?) and so he reached Regensburg late | + | |
- | on Saturday night, as he had arranged to play the organ in St. Peters | + | |
- | Cathedral on the Sunday. (For someone in a hurry he didn't seem to be | + | |
- | unduly worried. As is often the case, he didn't like to be kept waiting while not caring about others.) | + | |
- | The barge tied up at the ferry area and he gave away an old waistboat | + | |
- | to the-bargee and a porter took him over the " | + | |
- | " | + | |
- | the rather large crowd, but was informed that it was not me that had attracted the populace, the populace go all the time to various masses in all the churches, just to hear the choirs and enjoy the music; and I responded to the congregation as though I was in La Fenice." | + | |
- | shady lanes to recuperate and get his strength back after such a night. | + | |
- | For the first time he has told a lie to his diary-because he said-that he had done nothing the night before. Here he made a momentous decision. He decided that for the rest of th6 trip he would not play the piano, organ or anything musical. He would not be entertained by the aristocracy. All the previous weeks were as though they never existed and he was' | + | |
- | were. From here on, he told one and all his name was Franz Gruber, and.he | + | |
- | remained that way until he returned home. A walker as we know the term, and as he bad started out from Rome, he intended to finish the trip in the same style. | + | |
- | You will have noticed that there is never any talk of the mass of | + | |
- | Page 10 TIM SYDNEY BUSHWA117.6.R. January, | + | |
- | peasants, ordinary populace or soldiers that should be in an Observant | + | |
- | * * * *4 * * * * * * * | + | |
- | THE DECEMBER GENERAL METING. | + | |
- | by Barry Wallace. | + | |
- | Well folks, there we were, in the straight and driving hard toward Christmas when the Pres gonged the gong, gonged the gong, and brought the 26 or so members to order at about 2008, or 8.08 pm if you are still using the old system. We had appologies | + | |
- | There was correspondence, | + | |
- | 'Then it was the Treasurer' | + | |
- | starting balance of $1414.23, Income of 6395.759 Expenditure of $235.27 | + | |
- | and the closing balance of $1574.71, | + | |
- | Federation Report brought news of the proposed dedication | + | |
- | fees be reviewed for the next Federation A.G.M., that a Mining Warden' | + | |
- | Newnes plateau, that the Tasmanian H.E.C. has issued a 2,000 page book setting forth their case for hydro schemes in South-West Tasmania, that | + | |
- | there will be a December issue of F.B.W. newsletter, that the Lands Department are opening up new walking tracks in areas such as.Mt. Yoik | + | |
- | and that N.P.W.S. are proposing to re-open some of the existing walking tracks which have fallen into disrepair. | + | |
- | And then it was on, on, at breakneck speed into the - - ugh l - - | + | |
- | Walks Reports. First up was a Vic Lewin walk of 16,1748 November in the Govetts Leap Creek area which attracted 6 starters. Then came a Len, | + | |
- | on a walk described. as " | + | |
- | Page 11 T}. BUSHWALKER January, | + | |
- | weekend of November 30/December 1,2 Snow Brown led a.total of 24 staters, | + | |
- | 8 of whom were children, on a warm but wet trip along the ' | + | |
- | The following weekend, 7,8,9 December, Roy Higginbottom | + | |
- | Len Newland' | + | |
- | , of people midst flowers in the Royal National Park, and Barry Zieren led | + | |
- | 10 b' | + | |
- | General Business saw passage Of a motion totthe | + | |
- | Marie Byles and request a grant of $5,000 toward the purchase of land adjoining Coolana in Kangaroo Valley. | + | |
- | 'Then it was just a matter of announcements, | + | |
- | at 2053. | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | SOCIAL NOTES FOR FEBRUARY. | + | |
- | ... by Ailsa Hocki | + | |
- | Wednesday 20th: Members slide night. A chance to show everyone where | + | |
- | you went over Christmas and the rest of the holiday period. The more slides, the Merrier, so bring yours along too. | + | |
- | Wednesday 27th: Michael Turner has quite a reputation as a first class underwater photographer - and well .deserved too. He spends many months a year photographing the beautiful and spectacular | + | |
- | water life forms along the east coast of Australia, and round the Pacific Islands. He also has a wealth of knowledge-about under- | + | |
- | water life. This promises to be a fascinating evening - not to be missed. | + | |
Slide Competition. | Slide Competition. | ||
- | . _...... | + | |
- | - Only one month to go - slides should be handed. in to me at the Annual General- Meeting, March 12th.- The three sections | + | Only one month to go - slides should be handed in to me at the Annual General Meeting, March 12th. The three sections |
- | Australir, | + | * Australian |
- | Overseas landscape.and/or people "That Bushwalking Feeling" | + | |
- | Full details were-in the ' | + | * "That Bushwalking Feeling" |
- | January, 1980. | + | |
- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | + | Full details were in the ' |
- | Page 12 | + | |
- | Pait45`. Th6 Pit StaP | + | ===== Bush Safety Awareness ===== |
- | by Len Newland. | + | |
- | BUtil 8Apork AwkRENTEss- | + | by Len Newland |
- | - | + | |
- | .( | + | ==== Part 5. The Pit Stop ==== |
- | 9 :00 | + | |
- | NIT/7 -.""" | + | |
- | " | + | |
- | 10:00 | + | |
- | Loss of life or health isntt frequent in the bush, but it does happen, and to clear up one point, leaders are allowed 0% party loss. | + | |
- | THE STONEY- BUSHWALICER | + | |
- | January, 1980, | + | |
- | Page 13 | + | |
- | "Oh, there you are! I must have missed you somewhere!" | + | |
- | How often is this sort of reunion successful? | + | |
Party members: | Party members: | ||
- | (1) If you want a pit stop, tell the leader and get him to stop and wait. | + | |
- | (2) Always carry map and compass, and make sure you know where the leader | + | - If you want a pit stop, tell the leader and get him to stop and wait. |
- | is intending to go. Develop your knowledge of map and Compass | + | |
Party leaders: | Party leaders: | ||
- | Advise each party you lead of the above. | + | |
- | Be prepared to explain your intentions in detail, and dontt be afraid to tell them whatever you know about mapreading. | + | - Advise each party you lead of the above. |
- | Count heads often enough to be sure they treall | + | |
- | (3) | + | |
- | 12:00 | + | |
- | 1:LO | + | Loss of life or health isn't frequent in the bush, but it does happen, and to clear up one point, leaders are allowed 0% party loss. |
- | Page 14 TILE SYDNEY BUSHWALICER January, 1980. | + | |
- | "- - - -WHO SWALLOWED | + | ===== "____ ___ ___ ___ Who Swallowed |
- | by Jim Brown. | + | |
- | A nonsense song made popular by (I think) Burl dyes in the 1950's began - | + | by Jim Brown |
- | "There was an old woman ;- Who swallowed a fly. | + | |
+ | A nonsense song made popular by (I think) Burl Ives in the 1950's began - | ||
+ | |||
+ | "There was an old woman | ||
+ | |||
+ | Who swallowed a fly. | ||
I don't know why | I don't know why | ||
+ | |||
She swallowed the fly - | She swallowed the fly - | ||
+ | |||
- - - Maybe she'll die." | - - - Maybe she'll die." | ||
+ | |||
It was, of course, a " | It was, of course, a " | ||
+ | |||
"There was an old woman | "There was an old woman | ||
+ | |||
Who swallowed a spider | Who swallowed a spider | ||
+ | |||
Which wriggled and jiggled. | Which wriggled and jiggled. | ||
- | And tiojcIed | + | |
+ | And tickled | ||
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, | She swallowed the spider to catch the fly, | ||
+ | |||
But I don't know why , - etc." | But I don't know why , - etc." | ||
- | After which the poor old girl went on ingesting larger creatures to pursue | + | |
- | the previous pest, until | + | After which the poor old girl went on ingesting larger creatures to pursue the previous pest, until |
"She swallowed a horse - - - and died, of course." | "She swallowed a horse - - - and died, of course." | ||
- | I remembered all this only after a recent summer walk-in the Shoalhaven | + | |
- | Goi;ge, So if you are to knOw why I also swallowed | + | I remembered all this only after a recent summer walk in the Shoalhaven |
- | Talking. With ' | + | |
- | Beyond this Point', nafer, Catchment | + | Talking With Snow Brown about a canoe trit he'd done on the Kangaroo and Shoahaven |
- | etc." | + | Beyond this Point", " |
- | the 16aroo | + | mechanism of the camera jammed en route. I guessed that, at some point along the river, I would come to the top storage level of the dam and even wondered if the Water Board might have laid in a road for access. If so, I could possibly go on down to the Kangaroo, returning either via the northern cliff line (Purnoo Lookout and Caoura) or the southern wall (the Timboolina - Tallowal Fire Trail), recrossing at Badgerys. However, even if a through jaunt. on the Shoalhaven wasn't a goer, there would be plenty of other places |
- | mechanism of the camera jammed en route.: I guessed that, at some point along the river, I would come to the top storage level of the dam and even | + | |
- | wondered if the Water Board might have laid in a road for accesS. If. so, | + | Tuesday |
- | I could possibly go on dawn to the Kangaroo, returning either via the northern cliff line (Purnoo Lookout and Caoura) or the southern wall (the Ti# | + | |
- | TueSday | + | Almost an hour later down at river level, I found the water really was murky. At a depth of about 10 centimetres even the submerged rocks merged into the yellow tide. I drew a totally wrong conclusion that it was silt from the limestone/ |
- | Mittagong it cleared up and on arrival at Badgery' | + | |
- | didn' | + | |
- | Almost an hour later down at river level; I-found.the water .really | + | |
- | was murky. At a depth Of. about 10 centimetres even the submerged rocks | + | |
- | Page 15 THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIKER January, | + | |
- | merged into the yellow tide. I drew a totally wrong conclusion that it wasP silt from the limestone/ | + | |
The first necessary fording came after about an hour and took a bit of finding in the discoloured water. I was prepared for a fall to the extent of having lined the inside of my pack with a brand-new garbage bag, tied at the top, into which any water-spoilable food and gear were stowed, but no one deliberately hazards a wet pack if it can be dodged. Finally I came to the conclusion that the only really sure crossing places were those where you could see relatively small rocks breaking the water all the way across. | The first necessary fording came after about an hour and took a bit of finding in the discoloured water. I was prepared for a fall to the extent of having lined the inside of my pack with a brand-new garbage bag, tied at the top, into which any water-spoilable food and gear were stowed, but no one deliberately hazards a wet pack if it can be dodged. Finally I came to the conclusion that the only really sure crossing places were those where you could see relatively small rocks breaking the water all the way across. | ||
- | Another hour down the south bank brought me to lunch time at Canoe Flat, where Tallowal Creek joins the Shoalhaven after plunging off the plateau near Crisp' | + | |
- | After lunch I persevered along the south shore, through somewhat harder, slower going for another hour, until I was forced to cross where | + | Another hour down the south bank brought me to lunch time at Canoe Flat, where Tallowal Creek joins the Shoalhaven after plunging off the plateau near Crisp' |
- | a rocky.rib dropped.straight into the river. The day was getting very hot, but a modest west wind now blew behind me, drying up the sweat of travel. A short way further down, at about 2.45 pm, I realised I'd had it - the | + | |
- | flow in the stream had stopped and I had came to the top of the'stored water. There was no Water Board access trail, and I knew from the previous passage that a one-bank continuation down the Gorge would be exceedingly laborious - | + | After lunch I persevered along the south shore, through somewhat harder, slower going for another hour, until I was forced to cross where a rocky.rib dropped straight into the river. The day was getting very hot, but a modest west wind now blew behind me, drying up the sweat of travel. A short way further down, at about 2.45 pm, I realised I'd had it - the flow in the stream had stopped and I had came to the top of the stored water. There was no Water Board access trail, and I knew from the previous passage that a one-bank continuation down the Gorge would be exceedingly laborious - |
- | perhaps even impossible. At this spot I was about half a mile upstream | + | perhaps even impossible. At this spot I was about half a mile upstream of the place marked on the Caoura map as " |
- | of the place marked on the Caoura map as fiNeedles | + | |
- | plated | + | I sat down for an hour in dense casuarina shade, and considered my alternatives. Getting to Needles Buttress would be hard work, and the ascent on a hot afternoon would be really tough. So I elected to retreat, camping for the night on one of the good grassy spots back towards |
- | I sat down for an hour in dense casuarina shade, and considered my alternatives. Getting to Needles Buttress would be hard work, and the ascent on a hot afternoon would be really tough. So I elected to retreat, camping for the night on one of the good grassy spots back towards | + | |
- | Although some cloud had drifted up, the afternoon remained very warm as I retired upstream. Somewhere above Canoe Flat, as I blaMbered | + | Although some cloud had drifted up, the afternoon remained very warm as I retired upstream. Somewhere above Canoe Flat, as I clambered |
- | Page 16 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, | + | |
- | I won't take up your valuable time detailing the journey upriver, because I guess everyone who has done any significant amount of walking | + | I won't take up your valuable time detailing the journey upriver, because I guess everyone who has done any significant amount of walking knows the Shoalhaven from Badgerys |
- | knows the Shoalhaven from Baagery' | + | |
- | know - hottest day of the year on Butcher' | + | Over lunch I told myself firmly this was no good. Forget going on to the Block Up. There would be nothing to photograph under that searing sun and cloudless sky. Forget getting up on the relatively waterless |
- | Kowmung in November. Anyway, I passed the foot of Badgery' | + | |
- | Burigonia | + | At three pm I was sitting fully clothed - even to hat, sandshoes, socks and sunglasses - in the downstream end of Lake Louise at Barbers Creek. I had cane to the conclusion that I would probably try to get out in the cool of evening, |
- | 11.30. I was now only lir- 2 hours from the Block Up, but' the furnace-like | + | earlier on the Colo River I had depleted the fly population by ten or a dozen in the same way, without any noticeable ill effects (on me, anyway). |
- | wind out of the north-west was blowing hot sand on the river bank, and one | + | |
- | sweated even when sitting in the best tree shade available. I also inhaled | + | By 6.30 pm I'd eaten a blameless meal of bacon, boiled potato and dried peas, followed by apricots and black coffee. The shadows had lengthened |
- | my second fly while shooing them off the liquid. butter that I poured on to Lti- lunch biscuits. Flies have dirty feet they say. Presumably if they sit on some putrescent matter they may be dirty in other places. | + | |
- | Over lunch I told myself firmly this was no good. Forget going on to the Block Up. There would be nothing to photograph under that searing | + | The rest of the journey into the night has a dream-like quality in which one seems to hover above the sweating, striving |
- | sun and cloudless sky. Forget getting up on the relatively waterless | + | |
- | At three pm I was sitting fully clothed -.even to hat, sandshoes, socks | + | Nine-thirty pm - the moon is up - a coppery disc with a few clouds slipping across its face - heading north-east towards Tallong at the side of the railway tracks where rails glimmer dully in the moonlight. In the old days - the days of steam - the goods trains rumbled along here behind |
- | and sunglasses - in the downstream end of Lake Louise at Barber' | + | clanging, chuffing " |
- | I had cane to the conclusion that I would probably try to get out in the cool of evening, | + | |
- | earlier on the Colo aver I had depleted the fly population by ten or a dozen in the same way, without any noticeable ill effects (on me, anyway). | + | At about 10.15 pm you decide to call it a night just outside |
- | By 6.30 pm I'd eaten a blameless meal of bacon, boiled potato and dried peas, followed by-apricots and black coffee. The shadows had lengthened | + | |
- | aria the air was cooler - but only just The Shoalhaven valley was filled with a smoky, dusty, red light as I started up the Long Point track. | + | Thursday 3.0 am. Although you have only swallowed three flies - and some litres of muddy water - you wake feeling like the old lady when she got as far as the cat. In fact you can almost feel it sharpening its claws on your diaphragm. For an hour you twist and toss and try "to get rid of" what's upsetting you. No go. You pack your gear in the light of the westering full moon and stagger four miles along the road to the car at Badgerys. Perhaps it's as well you don't think of The ballad of the old lady _ _ _ " |
- | - The rest of the journey into the night has a dream-like quality in | + | |
- | whiah-one seems to hover above the sweating, striving, | + | Most of Thursday is spent in and around the car, dosing |
- | Page 17 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, | + | vague sort of way how you might have fared if you had persevered |
- | sunset light. It feels so good that you press on without a halt as far as the tarred road. and. the railway line. | + | |
- | - Nine-thirty pm - the moon is up - a coppery disc with a few clouds slipping across its face - heading north-east towards Tallong at the side of the railway tracks where rails glimmer dully in the moonlight. In the old days,- the days of steam - the goods trains rumbled along here behind | + | |
- | clanging, chuffing " | + | |
- | Now you find yourself caught in a train headlight like a moth in a torch beam, and a freight thrashes past at 110 km/hr with brake shoes howling for the red light of Tallong " | + | |
- | At about 10.15 pm you decide to call it a night just outsiae | + | |
- | Thursday 3.0 am. Although you have only swallowed three flies - and. some litres of muddy water - you wake feeling like the old lady-wheri | + | |
- | rid of" what's upsetting you. No go. You pack your gear in the light | + | |
- | of the westering full moon and stagger four miles along the road to the | + | |
- | car at Badger' | + | |
- | the old lady - - aybe | + | |
- | probably feel it was a happy release. | + | |
- | Most of Thursday is spent in and around the car, dosirig | + | |
- | during the afternoon. The weather is not unpleasant, and you wonder in a | + | |
- | vague_sart | + | |
On Friday at 6.0 am you begin the homeward drive. | On Friday at 6.0 am you begin the homeward drive. | ||
- | .11me sow Mom | + | |
At least I know why I swallowed the flies. Because they were there. | At least I know why I swallowed the flies. Because they were there. | ||
- | * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | Did j U 0.N.4 Sob Hoci9son ricir9ore+ Ber)+19, | + | |
- | /- | + | Did you know.....? Bob Hodgson |
- | ensciqat L_, | + | |
- | leastwood cam Ding centre | + | ===== Airly Dreamtime ===== |
- | ICAMPING EQUIPMENT Large Tents Stoves | + | |
- | IDISTRIBUTORS OF: Paddymade | + | by Jo van Sommers |
- | BUSH WALKERS | + | |
- | ILightweight Tents Sleeping Bags e Rucksacks | + | The closest I have ever come to understanding the aboriginal relationship to their land was in the pink sandstone cave at the foot of Mt. Genowlan. It was not just a place to sleep but a necessary link with the sustaining earth . .. the Picnic at Hanging Rock feeling of some mysterious force buried in the rocks, waiting to capture the unwary. Open some chinks in your city carapace and the magic of the place flows into you. |
- | Proprietors: | + | |
- | EASTWOOD CANVAS GOODS & CAMPING SUPPLIES 3 Tr (*Ivvney St Eastwood NSW 212,2 Phone: 858 2775 | + | All campfires are beautiful but the campfire in the cave itself is particularly beautiful. Coming back from a foray into the night ferns, the cave hangs like a globule of light in the darkness. I cannot think of it as a hole. The fire is a rose, red at the centre where the petals are small and close together, widening out in waves of warm light, the surface disturbed like ripples of wind on water as the outside leaves spread across the ceiling of the cave. The cave is not a slit in the rock, hiding a secret to herself. As you move your head she opens to reveal another fold. It is a mistake to sit with your back to her, looking out over the dark ferns at the high silhouette of the crags opposite. One should sit and look inward at the inexhaustible variants of the old story of reflections from the rock. Put your hands between the light and the back wall and rediscover the oldest version of the shadow play. |
- | Rutledge Street | + | |
- | Rowe Street | + | Outside, the threatening shadows, curious sounds, the mopoke |
- | Page. 19 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, | + | |
- | AIRIY DREATETAE. | + | People sit close together around a fire built in a cave. The circle of light dies quickly, not spreading across the grass and moving in the trees, not sending a ladder across water. The soft dust on the cave floor deadens footsteps. We have collected armfuls of grass to come between |
- | by Jo van Sommers. | + | us, yet the dust sighs sibilantly as we sink gratefully onto its welcoming surface. Nearly all seventeen of us found a place in its dark recesses, although a few chose the stars and cleared places in the ferns. They had their reasons. Caves do reverberate, |
- | The closest I have ever come to understanding the aboriginal relationship to their land was in the pink sandstone cave at the foot of Mt. Genowlan. It was not just a place to sleep but a necessary link with the sustaining earth . . . the Picnic at Hanging Rock feeling of some mysterious force buried in the rocks, waiting to capture the unwary. Open some chinks in your city carapace and the magic of the place flows into you. | + | |
- | -A11 campfires are beautiful but the campfire in the cave itself is particularly beautiful. Coming back from a foray into the night ferns, the-cave hangs like a globule of light in the darkness. I cannot think | + | |
- | of it as a hole. The fire is a rose, red at the centre where the petals are small and close together, widening out in waves of warm light, the surface disturbed like ripples of wind on water as the outside leaves spread across the ceiling of the cave. The cave is not a slit in the rock, hiding a secret to herself. As you move your head she opens,to | + | |
- | reveal another fold. It is a mistake to sit with your back to her, looking out over the dark ferns at the high silhouette of the crags' | + | |
- | opposite. One should sit and look inward at the inexhaustible variants | + | |
- | of the old story of reflections from the rock. Put your hands between the light and the back wall and rediscover the oldest version of the shadow play. | + | |
- | Outside, the threatening shadows, curious sounds, the mopdke | + | |
- | courting, the moon captured by clouds. Inside, there is all the feeling of E sacred site. Perhaps by our presence we women are violating an ancient place, as we have been said to desecrate so many sa-drd | + | |
- | Yet, perhaps as a cooking place it is more the home of Hestia, | + | |
- | -.People sit close together around a fire built in a cave.- The circle of light dies quickly, not spreading across the grass and moving in the trees, not sending a ladder across water. The soft dust on the cave floor deadens footsteps. We have collected armfuls of grass to caEe between' | + | |
- | us, yet the dust sighs sibilantly as we sink gratefully-onto its welcoming surface. Nearly all seventeen of us found a place in its dark recesses, although a few chose the stars and cleared places in the ferns. They had | + | |
- | theiYi | + | |
to different totemic deities was heard throughout the night. | to different totemic deities was heard throughout the night. | ||
- | The cave faces west, so that we didn't stir until after six in the | + | |
- | Eorning. A night to remember, as the morning fire, a pale spectre of its e-Vening | + | The cave faces west, so that we didn't stir until after six in the morning. A night to remember, as the morning fire, a pale spectre of its evening |
- | * * * * *.* * *' * * * * | + | |
- | Page 20 THE SYDNEY, | + | ===== Letter to the Editor |
- | Letter to the Editor | + | ==== A Warning to all Prospectives ==== |
- | A WARNING TO ALL PROSPECTIVES. | + | |
Dear Madam Editor, | Dear Madam Editor, | ||
- | In last month' | + | |
- | The article in question is "The Hell of Hinchinbrook" | + | In last month' |
- | same name). A very serious problem is evident from the first paragraph. POOR LEADERSHIP. I have been many times to this island and can state. categorically that it is without doubt the roughest, the toughest and most dangerous part of Australia, and yet the party, | + | |
- | legs and pull. No comradeship apparently. Little wonder that his fine | + | The article in question is "The Hell of Hinchinbrook" |
- | tenor voice can be heard on clear balmy tropical nights singing "neath | + | |
- | coral sands I lay"., A ghostly refrain by Elgar that will ever haunt the scene of his ordeal. Poor Greg. | + | Then the party did what? Went sunbaking! In the rain??? Of course it was raining. In fact, I have spent the last five days checking up with the Astronomer Royal together with the Queensland Weather Bureau, and as this " |
- | Then the party did what? Went sunbaking: In the isin??? Of course it was raining. In fact, I have spent the last five days checking up with the Astronomer Royal together with the Queensland Weather Bureau, | + | |
- | and as this " | + | Next comes the disappearance of Meg. It is obvious |
- | of 4th paragraph of Frank' | + | |
- | Next, comes the disappearance of Meg. It is obvious | + | Then comes the loss of the President. Here for the observant reader is a lesson. Can you spot it? Yes, it was an Error often made by the inexperienced amateur Bird Watcher. It was not an eagle, but the rare Bustard Acrobaticus Rex that lives thereabouts, |
- | that she didn't fall over the cliff. The poor creature didn't vanish that way. She faded away because, quite simply stated, she starved to | + | |
- | death. Her lat words were, "I feel like a sardine" | + | Now comes the sad part ...... |
- | not ()he remaining member of the party offered her anything.-, You will note | + | |
- | that in all humility she didn't ask for salmon or barramundi. NO, in her last. anguished moments, she only wanted a sardine, and yet her friends ignored a call from the heart and now she is gone. Gone to-eternity.' | + | Now alone, battered, his morale gone, his mind wandering (he admits hearing mosquitoes conversing), |
- | Faded away to nothing. Let her death be a warning to-all visitors to Canberra who intend to walk with the Canberra Bushwalking Club. | + | |
- | Then comes the loss of the President. Here for the observant reader is a lesson. Can you spot it? Yes, it was an Error often made by the inexperienced amateur Bird Watcher. It was not an eagle, but the rare Bustard Acrobaticus Rex that lives thereabouts, | + | Hoping that this letter will be of benefit to all prospectives and future bushwalkers. |
- | that the author confused with the " | + | |
- | Page 21 THE SYDNEY BUSHT.LICER January, 9 1980. | + | |
- | ----aza: | + | |
- | Now comes the sad part the loss of Rene. On Hinchiarook there is only one patch of elephant grass 300 yds by 150 yds and is only a hop skip and. a jump away from the lagoon, and yet here, -notwithstanding the 6 ft.-track that goes slap bang through the middle of it, Frank arrives at the other side alone. But was the Search and Rescue called-out? No. Not a mention of it. Instead, the author repeatedly raves-on about | + | |
- | pygmy African tribes, not even attempting to look for her himself. Nothing. A poor example to prospectives. | + | |
- | Now alone, battered, his morale gone, his mind wandering (h,e admits hearing mosquitoes conversing), | + | |
- | Hoping that this letter will be of benefit to all prospectives and, future bushwalkers. | + | |
Yours sincerely, | Yours sincerely, | ||
+ | |||
ROSEMARY EDMUNDS. | ROSEMARY EDMUNDS. | ||
- | * * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | BON VOYAGE TO - | + | ===== Bon Voyage to ===== |
- | Wendy and Stephen. Hodgman, who take off during the next few weeks tor. an extended period'-overseas.. | + | |
- | Apart from their joining in a variety of Club walking trips over the last few years, Wendy and Steve have made their mark, as the Club's tame Push-bike travellers, and. the organisers/ | + | Wendy and Stephen. Hodgman, who take off during the next few weeks for an extended period overseas. |
+ | |||
+ | Apart from their joining in a variety of Club walking trips over the last few years, Wendy and Steve have made their mark, as the Club's tame Push-bike travellers, and the organisers/ | ||
Happy travelling to them. | Happy travelling to them. | ||
- | *XXXX**** | ||
- | AIRERLT.IONS TO TIM CONSTITUTION | ||
- | '' | ||
- | should be given in writing to the Secretary, Sheila Binns, no later than the February General Meeting. | ||
- | _EJLJSliAL.6.EJtt6 - SUMME PROGRAMME - DEC. 19799 JAN., FEB., 1980. | ||
- | MEGALONG VALLEY Canon' | ||
- | 192, | ||
- | Rd ABSEILING COMPULSORY 25 km MEDIUM Map: Kanangra. One of the best canyon trips in the spectacular Kanangra area LEADER: DAVID ROSTRON 451 7943 (H) | ||
- | Sun 3 LOWER BLUE MTS. Springwood - Victory Track - Blaxland 14 km MEDIUM .Map: Springwood. Train: 8.10 am (C) Swimming optional. Limit 15. Tickets to Springwood. LEADER: IAN DEBERT 646 1569. Ring between 7-9 pm on Thursday before | ||
- | walk. | ||
- | Sun 3 WATERFALL: | ||
- | Park. Train: 8.45 (C) Swimming optional. LEADER: SHEILA BINNS 789 1854 | ||
- | 899910 JERRARA CREEK: ABSEILING & SWIMMING compulsory Sth Marulan - Jerrara Ck | ||
- | Bungonia Gorge - Shoalhaven R - Barber' | ||
- | Map: Caoura 1:31680 An excellent abseiling trip with spectacular open descents, good pools, grand river scenery and breathtaking views of Bungonia. LEADER: SNOW BROWN 451 7644 (H) | ||
- | x 8,9910 See bottom of page for VICTOR LEWIN' | ||
- | 10 ROYAL NAT PARK: Lilyvale - Era Beach - Otford 10 km EASY Map: Otford Train: 8.45 (C) A most scenic day's outing. Swimming optional. LEADER: ROY BRAITHWAITE 445211 (H). | ||
- | CARLON' | ||
- | Jenolan LEADER: | ||
- | 16/17 BOUDDI STATE PARK: Little Beach - Bouddi Trail - Bouddi Lookout - Maitland Bay - Bullimah Beach - Pretty Beach. Suitable for newcomers. 10 km EASY Maps Bouddi State Park. A most relaxing & peaceful week-end, extensive coastal panoramas. LEADER: IAN DEBERT 646 1569 Ring between 7 & 9 pm Thursday prior to walk. | ||
- | 17 ENGADINE: Tukawa Rill - Kangaroo Ck - Karloo Pool - Heathcote. 15 km EASY | ||
- | Train 8 45 (C) Swimming optional. A very popular day walk, mainly track walking. | ||
- | Map: Royal Nat. Park. LEADER: NEIL BROWN (042) 94 1376 (H) | ||
- | 17 WEST HEAD: The Basin - Mackeral Beach - West Head Rd 10 kth EASY Swimming optional | ||
- | Beautiful views of Broken Bay. Meet between Posts Nos 35 and 36. LEADER: HANS STICHTER 635 5808 (H). | ||
- | 111=.mmom0.11111.1 | ||
- | 22923924 MORONG DTPP: Boyd Road - Morong Falls - Kowmung R Lannigans Ck - Boyd Rd | ||
- | 25 km MEDIUM Map: Kanangra Swimming Compulsory, | ||
- | of the Upper Kowmung River - excellent swimming pools, some deep enough for bombing and diving. LEADER: DAVID ROSTRON 451 7943 (H). | ||
- | 23,24 KURRAJONG HEIGHTS: Wheeney Ck - Return Swimming Good pool. 6km EASY Map: Kurrajong. LEADER: TONY DENHAM (Contact in Clubroom). | ||
- | 24 ROYAL NAT. PARK: Lilyvale - Palm Jungle - Burning Palms - Garrawarra Farm - Otford 13 km EASY Map: Otford 1:25000. Train: 8.45 (C) Swimming optional. LEADER: KATH BROWN 812675. | ||
- | KEEP THE BUSH CLEAN AND .GREEN - PUT YOUR FIRE OUT. . | ||
- | The tins you carry in your pack are lighter oh the journey back. Though empties are a bore to hump - the bush is not a rubbish dump! | ||
- | R899,10 MALCOLM' | ||
- | FEB | ||
- | 1,293 | ||
- | 15,16917 | ||
+ | ===== Alterations to the Constitution ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Any motions to amend the Constitution at the Annual General Meeting should be given in writing to the Secretary, Sheila Binns, no later than the February General Meeting. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Summer Programme - Dec. 1979 Jan., Feb., 1980. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | |Feb|| | ||
+ | |1, | ||
+ | |1, | ||
+ | |Sun 3|LOWER BLUE MTS. Springwood - Victory Track - Blaxland 14 km MEDIUM Map: Springwood. Train: 8.10 am (C) Swimming optional. Limit 15. Tickets to Springwood. LEADER: IAN DEBERT 646 1569. Ring between 7-9 pm on Thursday before walk.| | ||
+ | |Sun 3|WATERFALL: | ||
+ | |8, | ||
+ | |8, | ||
+ | |10|ROYAL NAT PARK: Lilyvale - Era Beach - Otford 10 km EASY Map: Otford Train: 8.45 (C) A most scenic day's outing. Swimming optional. LEADER: ROY BRAITHWAITE 445211 (H).| | ||
+ | |15, | ||
+ | |16/ | ||
+ | |17|ENGADINE: | ||
+ | |17|WEST HEAD: The Basin - Mackeral Beach - West Head Rd 10 kth EASY Swimming optional Beautiful views of Broken Bay. Meet between Posts Nos 35 and 36. LEADER: HANS STICHTER 635 5808 (H)| | ||
+ | |22, | ||
+ | |23, | ||
+ | |24|ROYAL NAT. PARK: Lilyvale - Palm Jungle - Burning Palms - Garrawarra Farm - Otford 13 km EASY Map: Otford 1:25000. Train: 8.45 (C) Swimming optional. LEADER: KATH BROWN 812675.| | ||
+ | |||
+ | KEEP THE BUSH CLEAN AND GREEN - PUT YOUR FIRE OUT | ||
+ | |||
+ | The tins you carry in your pack are lighter on the journey back. Though empties are a bore to hump - the bush is not a rubbish dump! |
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