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| On the 26-28th June week-end, there was Bob Younger' | On the 26-28th June week-end, there was Bob Younger' | ||
| - | The final week-end to consider had another cross-country ski instructional and Laurie Quaken reported about 9 attending, with a trip from Perisher to the Chalet in roughish weather on Saturday, and a sortie towards Twynam in better | + | The final week-end to consider had another cross-country ski instructional and Laurie Quaken reported about 9 attending, with a trip from Perisher to the Chalet in roughish weather on Saturday, and a sortie towards Twynam in better |
| Spiro had presented earlier a summary of events at the June Federation meeting, including the return to the fold of two Clubs which had been deleted as unfinancial some time previously. The only contentious issue was the question of providing funds for an Environmental Impact Study of the proposed Bird's Rook Colliery on mountains north of Lithgow and above the Wolgan valley. Finally Spiro undertook to gather further data and bring the matter forward at the August meeting. | Spiro had presented earlier a summary of events at the June Federation meeting, including the return to the fold of two Clubs which had been deleted as unfinancial some time previously. The only contentious issue was the question of providing funds for an Environmental Impact Study of the proposed Bird's Rook Colliery on mountains north of Lithgow and above the Wolgan valley. Finally Spiro undertook to gather further data and bring the matter forward at the August meeting. | ||
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| There have been many books written on the subject which you can find in your local library, describing other alternative calendars, reasons for and against. I hope that there are not too many errors in the figures or dates, etc, as this article has been done at one sitting, at work and without any reference books. It is purely an exercise in filling in time. | There have been many books written on the subject which you can find in your local library, describing other alternative calendars, reasons for and against. I hope that there are not too many errors in the figures or dates, etc, as this article has been done at one sitting, at work and without any reference books. It is purely an exercise in filling in time. | ||
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| (Owen Marks - President of the Hastings Parade Bondi Beach Branch of the Calendar Reform Society, Australian Section. Southern Hemisphere Division.) | (Owen Marks - President of the Hastings Parade Bondi Beach Branch of the Calendar Reform Society, Australian Section. Southern Hemisphere Division.) | ||
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| by Marcia Shappert. | by Marcia Shappert. | ||
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| - | We somehow survived customs in Trivandrum. We arrived back in India an the day of New Year's Eve. We checked into the Hotel Armitha, where we had stayed before we went to Sri Lanka. | ||
| - | We had been promising the children we would take them to an Indian movie, and finally the chance arrived. The movie was billed as " | ||
| - | story and enjoyed it too. I had told the kids that if they didn't like it | ||
| - | we would leave at the half, but they wanted to see the whole thing. Movies are not rated there as they are here for parental guidance, and all ages attend, but the violence didn't seem to bother anyone. | ||
| - | We want back to our room and celebrated New Year's Eve with a cool drink and were in bed by 10 pm. | ||
| - | Walking to the movie from our hotel we passed by an elevated bridge, | ||
| - | under which at least 60 people were living - existing is more the word for it. It was obvious that it wasn't a temporary thing. I heard the cry of what sounded like a very young baby and I thought how lucky we were to have our children here in Australia, with some sort of future open to them. I, | ||
| - | 6uppose that if you lived under a bridge all your life, you might hope your children could improve themselves enough to at least get a roof over their heads. Very depressing. | ||
| - | The next morning we caught a bus to Kovalam Beach for the day. Living | ||
| - | so close to the beach in Sydney, we said we w)uldn' | ||
| - | were the Qicy-cold coconuts (12c each) We had when we arrived. They must have had a huge fridge to keep them all in. | ||
| - | Page 10 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKKR August, | ||
| - | We had a late lunch at the Kovalam Hotel for $19.001! We didn't feel any more full than we did at our favorite Braham restaurant where we had had lca' | ||
| - | We were up at 6 the next morning to catch a 7 apvtour to Cape Comorin, the most southerly point in India. The bus stopped at a restaurant for breakfast. Of the gix things we ordered they got five wrong, so we ended up with coffee and tea only. The tour took us back to Kovalam where we watched the fishermen hauling in huge U-shaped nets for about 40 minutes before we had to return to the bus. (That' | ||
| - | the same place, so we :were really looking forward to the sunset. The Cape | ||
| - | is a ' | ||
| - | and cheap souvenirs was the name of the game. There is a memorial to Ghandi there which could be described as architectural hodge-podge. I've never - | ||
| - | seen such an ugly building in my life. I even had to take a picture of it to prove how ugly it was. | ||
| - | We walked along the beach, sat and watched the fisherman (their boats were just logs tied together, really primitive). We took a ferry boat out tO the rock shrine and got back about 5 pm. Had a quick cuppa and settled down to watch the sunset. Hawkers trying to sell all sorts of junk. One girl about 14 years old really got my goat. When I said I didn't want to buy what she was selling, she said "10 Rs, that's only $1. What's that to you?" It mattered not to her that had she been giving it to me I would have refused it - it was such junk. We sat and waited for the sunset, but. unfortunately it was so cloudy we never got to see it. So we had spent the wliole day on a lousy bus tour and didn't even see the sunset. The tour cost $2.50 each for a 12-hour tour. The day was redeemed by having dinner at our favorite Braham restaurant. We had become familiar in the restaurant by this time and people smiled at us as we came in. What a wonderful place. | ||
| - | We spent our last morning in .Trivandrum at the zoo. Quite a nice one. There were signs all over saying " | ||
| - | We got back to the hotel about 12.45 to pick up our packs and decided to have lunch at the hotel restaurant to save time. We ordered at 1 pm and were told it would take about half an hour before it was served. By 1..45 (our bus left at 2.30) we asked again. Finally Craig and I got our meals, but PJ and Jenny didn't get theirs until after 2 pm. They literally gulped. it down so we could catch a taxi to the bus station - we made it with | ||
| - | 10 minutes to spare. The bus conductor tried charging us fall fare for PJ | ||
| - | even though when we bought the ticket the day before we were told he was half fare. We didn't pay the extra fare, but it was a hassle. | ||
| - | We were taking the bus from Trivandrum to Madurai, our longest bus | ||
| - | ride, about 6 hours. We had tried booking a room from Trivandrum for | ||
| - | Page 11 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER August, | ||
| - | Madurai, as it was the first day of a 'World Tamil Conference' | ||
| - | 3 hours with nothing to eat or drink. At one stage a man pedalled out from somewhere with icecream for sale. . His stock quickly sold out. Finally - about 9.30 we got going again, but the driver wouldn' | ||
| - | We had been talking with a young English fellow and when we reached Madurai we decided to all stay together. Kevin said he faund some fellows who knew where rooms were available, so went with them in two trishaws. Craig and Kevin were going to share one room and the kids and I the other. When we got to the hotel, there were no rooms available. They said to try another place and so we went on until about 4.30 am, when we decided just =44D spread out our rain capes on the street and sit and rest. I was amazed | ||
| - | at the number of people on the streets at that time of night. We had stopped at one stall for some coffee and it was packed. I guess if you don't have | ||
| - | 4 place to sleep/live, the streets are where you spend your time. Of course, we attracted a lot of attention. They just couldn' | ||
| - | Kevin and PJ said they would continue looking for rooms. They came back about 5.30 am to say they had asked at a hospital if we could stay there. They were told we could sleep on the floor in the out-patients | ||
| - | department. We settled down on the floor there about 6 am. (The worst toilet we found on the entire trip was at this hospital. It was beyond belief). At 6.45 they woke us up to say we had to move because the Patients were starting to come, but we could sleep in another spot - which we did until 7.30 when they said we would have to go - the space was required. When we got up we noticed that we had been sleeping at the bottom of a spiral stair- Case. Now it was lined to the top with curious Indian faces, all watching Us. The guards (armed) had watched us and our things to make sure no one disturbed us. We really appreciated them letting us sleep there. | ||
| - | We all took a taxi to a big hotel and had a lovely breakfast - we felt We deserved it after no dinner the-night before and very little sleep. Toast and jam never tasted so good. | ||
| - | Even this hotel (the most expensive in Madurai) was full, so we enquired about a flight back to Madras - it was obvious we weren' | ||
| - | viewing for here and now I was going to miss out. | ||
| - | We bid farewell to Kevin (he was meeting his brother in Madurai) and | ||
| - | Page 12 THE SYDNEY BUSHWLLKER. August, | ||
| - | headed for the airport. We arrived in Madras half an hour later and fell into bed at the hotel. I had come down with a terrible cold and was feeling | ||
| - | really crook. The hotel we were staying in was very noisy, so the next morning we transferred to the Hotel Savera - very Western and plush, but | ||
| - | just what we needed at that point. The kids enjoyed the swimming ppol and I' | ||
| - | We took a tour to Kanchipurw | + | We somehow survived customs in Trivandrum. We arrived back in India on the day of New Year's Eve. We checked into the Hotel Armitha, where we had stayed before we went to Sri Lanka. |
| - | It is one of the group of seven holy places which an ardent Indian pilgrim will try to cover on his crusade around India. Most of the temples date back to the 8th century. | + | |
| - | Mahabalipuram is famous for its Shore Temple and enormous carved | + | We had been promising the children we would take them to an Indian movie, and finally the chance arrived. The movie was billed as " |
| - | monuments called rathas. Each ratha is carved, decorated,saulptured | + | |
| - | hollowed out. so that it seems more like a decorated building than a work of art carved from solid stone. | + | We went back to our room and celebrated New Year's Eve with a cool drink and were in bed by 10 pm. |
| - | We sent a message to the family we met in Madras the first time, and the husband came to see us at the hotel. We gave him the calculator as we had promised-and he was overjoyed. He told us that we had brought him luck when we visited them at their house and he had just been hired for a job in Lybia and would be getting about 000.a month there. A truly phenomenal sum to him. He invited us back to his house, but we declined as he had told us his son had typhoid fever. He brought his wife to visit us the next morning.- She is such a lovely person and I really enjoyed seeing her again. She said, "We have walked past the Savera Hotel all our lives. | + | |
| - | The kids wanted to see another Indian Movie, but this time an '' | + | Walking to the movie from our hotel we passed by an elevated bridge, under which at least 60 people were living - existing is more the word for it. It was obvious that it wasn't a temporary thing. I heard the cry of what sounded like a very young baby and I thought how lucky we were to have our children here in Australia, with some sort of future open to them. I suppose that if you lived under a bridge all your life, you might hope your children could improve themselves enough to at least get a roof over their heads. Very depressing. |
| - | of car chases, fights, etc. but also lots of singing and the eternal triangle. | + | |
| - | spoken at all. In 'Qmbane' all the swear words were in English. Interesting. | + | The next morning we caught a bus to Kovalam Beach for the day. Living so close to the beach in Sydney, we said we wouldn' |
| - | Our flight back to Bombay was late (as usual) so we didn't reach there | + | |
| - | uatil 2.30 am. I had developed a boil under my arm and was in real pain, | + | We had a late lunch at the Kovalam Hotel for $19.00!! We didn't feel any more full than we did at our favourite Braham restaurant where we had had breakfast for the four of us for $1.65. That's what you get for going to Western places. |
| - | so we spent the next day just resting around the pool. The hotel was right on the beach with a high wall around it. The children had pony rides on the beach and watched all the acts put on. After one act, a little girl | + | |
| - | was attached to a long pole and lifted up to the wall so she could ask for money. | + | We were up at 6 the next morning to catch a 7 am tour to Cape Comorin, the most southerly point in India. The bus stopped at a restaurant for breakfast. Of the six things we ordered they got five wrong, so we ended up with coffee and tea only. The tour took us back to Kovalam where we watched the fishermen hauling in huge U-shaped nets for about 40 minutes before we had to return to the bus. (That' |
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| + | We walked along the beach, sat and watched the fisherman (their boats were just logs tied together, really primitive). We took a ferry boat out to the rock shrine and got back about 5 pm. Had a quick cuppa and settled down to watch the sunset. Hawkers trying to sell all sorts of junk. One girl about 14 years old really got my goat. When I said I didn't want to buy what she was selling, she said "10 Rs, that's only $1. What's that to you?" It mattered not to her that had she been giving it to me I would have refused it - it was such junk. We sat and waited for the sunset, but unfortunately it was so cloudy we never got to see it. So we had spent the whole day on a lousy bus tour and didn't even see the sunset. The tour cost $2.50 each for a 12-hour tour. The day was redeemed by having dinner at our favourite Braham restaurant. We had become familiar in the restaurant by this time and people smiled at us as we came in. What a wonderful place. | ||
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| + | We spent our last morning in Trivandrum at the zoo. Quite a nice one. There were signs all over saying " | ||
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| + | We got back to the hotel about 12.45 to pick up our packs and decided to have lunch at the hotel restaurant to save time. We ordered at 1 pm and were told it would take about half an hour before it was served. By 1..45 (our bus left at 2.30) we asked again. Finally Craig and I got our meals, but PJ and Jenny didn't get theirs until after 2 pm. They literally gulped it down so we could catch a taxi to the bus station - we made it with 10 minutes to spare. The bus conductor tried charging us fall fare for PJ even though when we bought the ticket the day before we were told he was half fare. We didn't pay the extra fare, but it was a hassle. | ||
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| + | We were taking the bus from Trivandrum to Madurai, our longest bus ride, about 6 hours. We had tried booking a room from Trivandrum for Madurai, as it was the first day of a 'World Tamil Conference' | ||
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| + | We had been talking with a young English fellow and when we reached Madurai we decided to all stay together. Kevin said he found some fellows who knew where rooms were available, so went with them in two trishaws. Craig and Kevin were going to share one room and the kids and I the other. When we got to the hotel, there were no rooms available. They said to try another place and so we went on until about 4.30 am, when we decided just to spread out our rain capes on the street and sit and rest. I was amazed at the number of people on the streets at that time of night. We had stopped at one stall for some coffee and it was packed. I guess if you don't have a place to sleep/live, the streets are where you spend your time. Of course, we attracted a lot of attention. They just couldn' | ||
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| + | Kevin and PJ said they would continue looking for rooms. They came back about 5.30 am to say they had asked at a hospital if we could stay there. They were told we could sleep on the floor in the out-patients department. We settled down on the floor there about 6 am. (The worst toilet we found on the entire trip was at this hospital. It was beyond belief). At 6.45 they woke us up to say we had to move because the patients were starting to come, but we could sleep in another spot - which we did until 7.30 when they said we would have to go - the space was required. When we got up we noticed that we had been sleeping at the bottom of a spiral staircase. Now it was lined to the top with curious Indian faces, all watching us. The guards (armed) had watched us and our things to make sure no one disturbed us. We really appreciated them letting us sleep there. | ||
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| + | We all took a taxi to a big hotel and had a lovely breakfast - we felt we deserved it after no dinner the night before and very little sleep. Toast and jam never tasted so good. | ||
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| + | Even this hotel (the most expensive in Madurai) was full, so we enquired about a flight back to Madras - it was obvious we weren' | ||
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| + | We bid farewell to Kevin (he was meeting his brother in Madurai) and headed for the airport. We arrived in Madras half an hour later and fell into bed at the hotel. I had come down with a terrible cold and was feeling really crook. The hotel we were staying in was very noisy, so the next morning we transferred to the Hotel Savera - very Western and plush, but just what we needed at that point. The kids enjoyed the swimming pool and I enjoyed the hot shower and room service. | ||
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| + | We took a tour to Kanchipuram | ||
| + | |||
| + | Mahabalipuram is famous for its Shore Temple and enormous carved monuments called rathas. Each ratha is carved, decorated,sculptured | ||
| + | |||
| + | We sent a message to the family we met in Madras the first time, and the husband came to see us at the hotel. We gave him the calculator as we had promised and he was overjoyed. He told us that we had brought him luck when we visited them at their house and he had just been hired for a job in Lybia and would be getting about $000 a month there. A truly phenomenal sum to him. He invited us back to his house, but we declined as he had told us his son had typhoid fever. He brought his wife to visit us the next morning. She is such a lovely person and I really enjoyed seeing her again. She said, "We have walked past the Savera Hotel all our lives. | ||
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| + | The kids wanted to see another Indian Movie, but this time an ' | ||
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| + | Our flight back to Bombay was late (as usual) so we didn't reach there until 2.30 am. I had developed a boil under my arm and was in real pain, so we spent the next day just resting around the pool. The hotel was right on the beach with a high wall around it. The children had pony rides on the beach and watched all the acts put on. After one act, a little girl was attached to a long pole and lifted up to the wall so she could ask for money. | ||
| Our flight back to Australia was long and crowded. When we reached Perth Craig bought us all a glass of cold milk, something we really missed in India. | Our flight back to Australia was long and crowded. When we reached Perth Craig bought us all a glass of cold milk, something we really missed in India. | ||
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| The trip was a good chance for the children to get to see how other people live. They found that even though they couldn' | The trip was a good chance for the children to get to see how other people live. They found that even though they couldn' | ||
| - | Page 13 THE SYDNEY BUSHWAIKER August, | + | |
| - | Our fifth week ,das a bit of a.disaster. If we had left after Sri Lanka and the fourth week, we would have had a perfect trip. The fifth week was an ' | + | Our fifth week was a bit of a disaster. If we had left after Sri Lanka and the fourth week, we would have had a perfect trip. The fifth week was an ' |
| - | The trip cost us $1800 plus air fares. Most of the money went on | + | |
| - | taxis. When I had travelled there before I could split the taxi fares | + | The trip cost us $1800 plus air fares. Most of the money went on taxis. When I had travelled there before I could split the taxi fares with other people. This time we had to pay the whole slug. Petrol is very expensive there, and getting from the airport to the city was always very expensive. Also, the children didn't walk as much as I had on past trips. We had always walked everywhere, now we were taking taxis or motorized trishaws. We didn't buy many souvenirs. The trip was well worth every penny, though. Now, when I ask PJ if he'd like to go back to India, he says, "Yes, sometime. But I'd rather go to Disneyland" |
| - | with other people. This time we had to pay the whole slag. Petrol is very expensive there, and getting from the airport to the city was always very expensive. Also, the children didn't walk as much as I had on past trips. We had always walked everywhere, now we were taking taxis or motorized trishaws. We didn't buy many souvenirs. The trip was well worth every penny, though. Now, when I ask PJ if he'd like to go back to India, he says, "Yes, sometime. But I'd rather go to Disneyland" | + | |
| - | pack again sometime and I'm sure the kids will come along. | + | ====="Have A Sardine And Jam Sandwich," |
| - | * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
| - | "HOB A SARDINE AND JAM SANDUICH' | + | by Peter Harris. |
| - | by Peter Harris. | + | |
| - | I saw her prepare it. But it didn't really register till after she'd eaten it. And my stomach gave a quiet heave. I experienced that awful ' | + | I saw her prepare it. But it didn't really register till after she'd eaten it. And my stomach gave a quiet heave. I experienced that awful ' |
| - | There she goes again - I wasn't seeing things at all: Four crushed | + | |
| - | sardine carcasses, withered and putrid, reposing headless on top of a slice of buttered, stale, oil-soaked bread, slightly mouldy on one corner. | + | There she goes again - I wasn't seeing things at all! Four crushed sardine carcasses, withered and putrid, reposing headless on top of a slice of buttered, stale, oil-soaked bread, slightly mouldy on one corner. |
| - | Oh God, it's true. I shuddered as she reached for the jar of strawberry jam. The poor unfortunate sardines were buried and broken beneath a gooey, sticky, oozing film of 'Mother Macguires Best Strawberry Jam (Scottish style)" | + | |
| - | She smiled at me as she chewed a mouthful, then commented about how quiet as the forest today. I told her that her sandwich was dripping strawberry jam and sardine oil onto her walk shorts, as I suppressed wave after wave of rising vomit, and mentally calculated how far was the nearest tree, because a dash behind it was inmjnent. Or was the lake any closer? | + | Oh God, it's true. I shuddered as she reached for the jar of strawberry jam. The poor unfortunate sardines were buried and broken beneath a gooey, sticky, oozing film of "Mother Macguires Best Strawberry Jam (Scottish style)" |
| - | . I couldn' | + | |
| - | "1211 trade," | + | She smiled at me as she chewed a mouthful, then commented about how quiet was the forest today. I told her that her sandwich was dripping strawberry jam and sardine oil onto her walk shorts, as I suppressed wave after wave of rising vomit, and mentally calculated how far was the nearest tree, because a dash behind it was imminent. Or was the lake any closer? |
| - | was it. I was ill. I didn't reach the lake - I didn't reach the tree. | + | |
| - | I didn't even get up to my feet. I just vomited all over my own rucksack,, vowing that in future I would check out everybody' | + | I couldn' |
| - | them on any_walk. | + | |
| - | This experience occurred near Sabine Hut, Lake Rotorua, Nelson Lakes National Park, New Zealand, at 12.47 pm precisely on 22nd April 1981, The lady shall remain nameless to protect her good name. | + | "I' |
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| - | Page 14 THE SYDNEY_BUSHWALKER August, | + | This experience occurred near Sabine Hut, Lake Rotorua, Nelson Lakes National Park, New Zealand, at 12.47 pm precisely on 22nd April 1981. The lady shall remain nameless to protect her good name. |
| - | BEE WALKING. | + | |
| + | =====Bee Walking.===== | ||
| by David Cotton. | by David Cotton. | ||
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| On Sunday, 17th May, 6 people and 2 children attended a Bee Walk at Darkes Forest. | On Sunday, 17th May, 6 people and 2 children attended a Bee Walk at Darkes Forest. | ||
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| Bee Walks incorporate a nature study session of the honey bee, including a practical demonstration of opening up a bee-hive, together with a short walk in the pleasant surrounding bushland. | Bee Walks incorporate a nature study session of the honey bee, including a practical demonstration of opening up a bee-hive, together with a short walk in the pleasant surrounding bushland. | ||
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| Honey bees represent one of the great wanders of the insect world, and even a rudimentary understanding of their activities and function indicates beyond any question of doubt, the design of Nature is perfect. | Honey bees represent one of the great wanders of the insect world, and even a rudimentary understanding of their activities and function indicates beyond any question of doubt, the design of Nature is perfect. | ||
| - | Honey, which is basically the carbohydrate component of the bees' food (pollen is their source of protein), is also a wonder food for man. Honey consists mainly of two natural hexose sugars, laevulose (fructose) and dextrose (glucose) together with an infinite variety of vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, minerals and.trace_elements. 'Whilst these constituents represent relatively | + | |
| - | One of the major drawbacks in the acceptance of natural honey is its lack of uniformity. The characteristics of natural honey direct from the hive vary in flavour from very light to very strong, in colour from as black as coal toan clear as water, in density from as thick as tax to as thin as water, and in aroma from very strong to very light. Natural honey can therefore be any combination of the above characteristics, | + | Honey, which is basically the carbohydrate component of the bees' food (pollen is their source of protein), is also a wonder food for man. Honey consists mainly of two natural hexose sugars, laevulose (fructose) and dextrose (glucose) together with an infinite variety of vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, minerals and trace elements. Whilst these constituents represent relatively |
| - | The infinite variety of natural honey available is the cause of much confusion resulting in a greater preference for the more uniform mass produced processed, refined and blended products, which are unfortunately degraded in their food value during processing by having their valuable nutrients damaged or destroyed by heat or removed by pressurefiltration. | + | |
| - | Whilst the Beekeeping Industry as we know it today cannot survive, | + | One of the major drawbacks in the acceptance of natural honey is its lack of uniformity. The characteristics of natural honey direct from the hive vary in flavour from very light to very strong, in colour from as black as coal to as clear as water, in density from as thick as tar to as thin as water, and in aroma from very strong to very light. Natural honey can therefore be any combination of the above characteristics, |
| - | I believe that there will always be a small number of concerned people who will continue to supply a top quality natural product in a virtually unspoilt condition and who will always be willing to entertain people interested with an insight into the world of the honey bee - one of the great wonders of Nature. | + | |
| - | * * * * * * * * | + | The infinite variety of natural honey available is the cause of much confusion resulting in a greater preference for the more uniform mass produced processed, refined and blended products, which are unfortunately degraded in their food value during processing by having their valuable nutrients damaged or destroyed by heat or removed by pressure filtration. |
| - | The death occurred. on 10th August of FRED KENNEDY, a club member for 40 years.. Older members will remember Fred, and his interest in the Club long after his active walking days. The Club extends its sympathy to his sister, herself a member of some years ago. | + | |
| - | Page 15 THE SYDNEY BUSEWAIKER August, | + | Whilst the Beekeeping Industry as we know it today cannot survive, I believe that there will always be a small number of concerned people who will continue to supply a top quality natural product in a virtually unspoilt condition and who will always be willing to entertain people interested with an insight into the world of the honey bee - one of the great wonders of Nature. |
| - | ..... . | + | |
| - | "THE HERO ' | + | ---- |
| - | , Said Barry Wallace, | + | |
| - | a U-turn, meeting Dot's station waggon face one Result - a complete " | + | The death occurred on 10th August of Fred Kennedy, a club member for 40 years. Older members will remember Fred, and his interest in the Club long after his active walking days. The Club extends its sympathy to his sister, herself a member of some years ago. |
| - | Being a generous type she loaned it to Snow. Brown for six weeks as she would be away in North Queensland with Mylo Dunphy and Alex Colley. She gate Snow a signed letter authorising him to use the vehicle during her absence. . " | + | |
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| + | ====="The Hero Of Waterloo".===== | ||
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| + | by Dot Butler. | ||
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| + | Said Barry Wallace, | ||
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| + | Being a generous type she loaned it to Snow Brown for six weeks as she would be away in North Queensland with Mylo Dunphy and Alex Colley. She gate Snow a signed letter authorising him to use the vehicle during her absence. " | ||
| Six weeks later Mylo's party returning home called in at Dot's son's place at Coonabarabran. " | Six weeks later Mylo's party returning home called in at Dot's son's place at Coonabarabran. " | ||
| - | Home again, Dot rang Snow and got the full story. He.had parked her car outside "The Hero of Waterloo" | + | |
| - | Seven years slipped off Snow's life in as many seconds. Nothing to say who had done it. Nothing: In-a state. of ahockiShow | + | Home again, Dot rang Snow and got the full story. He had parked her car outside "The Hero of Waterloo" |
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| - | tyre, walked around again, kicked another tyre. Finished up standing by Snow, | + | Seven years slipped off Snow's life in as many seconds. Nothing to say who had done it. Nothing! In a state of shock, Snow contacted the Police. " |
| - | still without saying a word. Then, about five minutes later, he said in a sepulchral tone "F dn. | + | |
| - | The wreck was towed away. The Police got their necessary information (probably from 'The Hero of Waterloo" | + | Says Snow, "I was still standing there when up drove a tow truck at 100 mph, lights flashing, and out stepped a young bloke of about 25 in white overalls and a green cap. He didn't say anything. He walked around the wreck, kicked a tyre, walked around again, kicked another tyre. Finished up standing by Snow, still without saying a word. Then, about five minutes later, he said in a sepulchral tone "F...d" |
| - | dropped a CONTAINER (I) on it, then asked a crane driver in a nearby building | + | |
| - | site, "Hey, mate, help me get my load back". This done, off he went without' | + | The wreck was towed away. The Police got their necessary information (probably from "The Hero of Waterloo" |
| - | Dot got back her full insurance, and went off and bought another station waggon - had to go to Nowra for it, as nothing of that model was available from Newcastle to Wollongong. She is not sure, however, whether she ought | + | |
| - | to apply to the Insurance Company for another " | + | Dot got back her full insurance, and went off and bought another station waggon - had to go to Nowra for it, as nothing of that model was available from Newcastle to Wollongong. She is not sure, however, whether she ought to apply to the Insurance Company for another " |
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| - | Page 16 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER August, | + | =====Letter To The Editor.===== |
| - | LETTER TO THE EDITOR. | + | |
| by Frank Rigby. | by Frank Rigby. | ||
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| Dear Madam, | Dear Madam, | ||
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| Helen Gray's article on the history of "The Sydney Bushwalker" | Helen Gray's article on the history of "The Sydney Bushwalker" | ||
| - | Incredibly, up to 1968 the magazine was not distributed automatically to alo members. It was either sold in the clubroom or sent to those members who paid an annual magazine subscription. This practice meant that the hard work put into our magazine by so many people, as detailed in Helen' | + | |
| - | At the A.G.M. of 1968 a motion to post "The Sydney Bushwalker" | + | Incredibly, up to 1968 the magazine was not distributed automatically to all members. It was either sold in the clubroom or sent to those members who paid an annual magazine subscription. This practice meant that the hard work put into our magazine by so many people, as detailed in Helen' |
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| + | At the A.G.M. of 1968 a motion to post "The Sydney Bushwalker" | ||
| In retrospect it seems surprising that, for so many years, "The Sydney Bushwalker" | In retrospect it seems surprising that, for so many years, "The Sydney Bushwalker" | ||
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| - | SOCIAL NOTES FOR SEPTEMBER. | + | =====Social Notes For September.===== |
| by Peter Miller. | by Peter Miller. | ||
| - | September 16th: River Canoe Club. | ||
| - | Two members of the River Canoe Club will talk to us about canoe touring: - Various types of canoes will be discussed and the gear necessary for succes6ful touring. The talk will be illustrated with slides. | ||
| - | DINNER before the meeting will be held at Chehades Lebanese Restaurant 270 Pacific Highway, Crow's Nest at 6.30 pm. | ||
| - | September 2rd: Macquarie Island. | ||
| - | A friend of Dot Butler will be showing 11Q slides of Macquarie Island .17ith its wild scenery and teeming bird life. | ||
| - | September 30th: The Scrub Bashers. | ||
| - | The Scrub Bashers will entertain us with a variety of bush ballads. This item was to have been held in August but some of the group were out f Sydney. | ||
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| - | WANTED TO BUY: Wollongong couple wish to purchase a Faddymade "Kar Kampa" tent. -.Contact Christine Austin if you can help. Phone 84,1519 (1). | ||
| + | ====September 16th: River Canoe Club.==== | ||
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| + | Two members of the River Canoe Club will talk to us about canoe touring. Various types of canoes will be discussed and the gear necessary for successful touring. The talk will be illustrated with slides. | ||
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| + | Dinner before the meeting will be held at Chehades Lebanese Restaurant 270 Pacific Highway, Crow's Nest at 6.30 pm. | ||
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| + | ====September 23rd: Macquarie Island.==== | ||
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| + | A friend of Dot Butler will be showing us slides of Macquarie Island with its wild scenery and teeming bird life. | ||
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| + | ====September 30th: The Scrub Bashers.==== | ||
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| + | The Scrub Bashers will entertain us with a variety of bush ballads. This item was to have been held in August but some of the group were out of Sydney. | ||
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| + | __Wanted To Buy__: Wollongong couple wish to purchase a Paddymade "Kar Kampa" tent. Contact Christine Austin if you can help. Phone 84,1519 (H). | ||
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