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198309 [2016/03/24 10:23] – [Arthur and Us] he fire at a time, so it was almost a "musical chairs" evening. The setting sun seemed to magnify the Burragorang Walls, Although it was cold (about 2-3<sup>0</sup>), we had virtually no wind. From our eyrie it was delightful watching the kclacher | 198309 [2016/03/24 10:32] (current) – old revision restored (2016/03/23 23:08) kclacher | ||
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extend over about 200 metres. Sidling was difficult on the east (the normal route is partly on the top and then the west), and the overhangs, visible from a distance, had floors which would only accommodate one or two people. When nearly to the end of this section we came upon a possible 6-person overhang. However the floor shelf was only approximately 3m wide, to the end of a 6m drop. Nearby were a number of places where one or two people could bed down and with some excavation the cave was made habitable. | extend over about 200 metres. Sidling was difficult on the east (the normal route is partly on the top and then the west), and the overhangs, visible from a distance, had floors which would only accommodate one or two people. When nearly to the end of this section we came upon a possible 6-person overhang. However the floor shelf was only approximately 3m wide, to the end of a 6m drop. Nearby were a number of places where one or two people could bed down and with some excavation the cave was made habitable. | ||
- | The cave is about 1 km north of Gander Head. There were no old fireplaces along this section so we assumed the Kamerukas' | + | The cave is about 1 km north of Gander Head. There were no old fireplaces along this section so we assumed the Kamerukas' |
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+ | The setting sun seemed to magnify the Burragorang Walls, Although it was cold (about 2-3< | ||
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+ | The pleasures of high camps are many but probably the most exquisite are sunsets and dawns. That orange glow in the sky above Burragorang Walls, at 6:20 am, was certainly one of those delights. | ||
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+ | Jim reported a temperature of 0< | ||
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+ | The views to the west in the early morning light were magnificent, | ||
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+ | We crossed Green Wattle Creek, sidled Bull Island Peak and began the climb to Mt. Remorseless. Then to one of the highlights - the Causeway - 60m wide and 8m long, requiring an airy traverse. Morning tea was enjoyed an the large rock shelf just to the east, where one has a 300< | ||
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+ | We continued on keeping to the northern edge of the range and then to the north-east corner where there is an easy route through the cliffline. We then headed north down the ridge towards Green Wattle Creek. A steep section required some care because of loose rocks, but then it was easy progress to the creek for lunch. | ||
+ | Those concerned with personal hygiene (no names!) were immediately in the creek for a brisk dip and wash. Anyway it was great to feel refreshed and virtuous amongst those other grimy souls. After a relaxing lunch (no time schedules this day) we sauntered off, found a break in the clifflines on the other side and climbed the ridge to the low plateau of the Broken Rock Range. Visibility was limited and a compass course soon found us on the chosen ridge for the descent to Butchers Creek. | ||
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+ | Peter Harris had only Sunday and Monday off that weekend and said he might meet us in Butchers Creek. Well, there he was at the foot of the ridge having arrived three minutes beforehand. Peter had walked about < | ||
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+ | A great array of pre-dinner snacks was soon produced and devoured. We settled back for one of those memorable nights - good food, companionship, | ||
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+ | Jim Percy reported 0< | ||
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+ | It was still cool as we descended the ridge towards the river. Spiro was at this stage wearing jumper, beanie and gloves. John Redfern couldn' | ||
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+ | On the river the options were a three kilometre walk upstream and lunch at the foot of Roots Ridge or an extended lunch there at the base of Hughes Ridge followed by the ascent of the ridge. A visitor could be excused for thinking S.B.W. was a club of degenerates when the vote was for an extended lunch! | ||
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+ | I had not been on this part of the Kowmung since February 1980. The river was then a mass of shingle banks - the aftermath of the March 1978 floods. I was surprised to see the banks were in their former delightful condition - extensive grassy flats. We are very fortunate to have a paradise like this so close to Sydney. My appreciation of this type of wilderness experience was greatly increased by having just returned from 3< | ||
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+ | The extended lunch in the sun was followed by a barefoot wade across the river and then a sprint (for some) up the ridge because of Peter' | ||
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+ | A final stroll along the Gingra Ridge took us to the Kanangra Tops. The Blue Breaks were beautifully highlighted in the clear late afternoon sunlight as we stopped for our last nostalgic views. | ||
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+ | ===== The August General Meeting ===== | ||
+ | by Barry Wallace | ||
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+ | The meeting began at about 2018 hours with 35 or so members present and Vice-President Ainslie Morris practising scales on the gong with a piece of scrap timber. There were apologies from Tony Marshall; and new members Carol Bruce and Stephen Long to be welcomed in the usual way. | ||
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+ | The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and received with no matters arising. | ||
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+ | Barrie Murdoch, fresh back from the northern hemisphere, presented Tony Marshall' | ||
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+ | Correspondence comprised letters to new members, a donation of $200.00 from the Beswick Family Foundation and our letter of thanks, from Mr. Cleary, N.S.W. Minister for Sport and Recreation, acknowledging receipt of our letter regarding cross-country skiing facilities near Kosciusko National Park, a letter from the Federation of Tasmanian Bushwalking Clubs requesting donations toward the cost of repairs to the walkers' | ||
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+ | Business arising brought a motion that the Club donate $200.00 towards the cost of repairs to the huts at Melaleuca. After a brief debate the motion was passed. | ||
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+ | The Walks Report began with a Gordon Lee's “to be advised” walk over the weekend of 15,16,17 July. We are advised that there were 4 starters and they went to the Budawangs. Sandy Johnson' | ||
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+ | The following weekend, 22,23,24 July saw Spiro and Brian Bolton car swapping in the Budawangs. There were 24 starters and the weather was cold. Ian Debert' | ||
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+ | Over the weekend 30,31 July Tony Marshall ran an Instructional Weekend at Coolana. There were 11 members, 9 prospectives and 2 visitors. They all walked up Mt. Scanzi on the Sunday to prove that it could be done, without getting lost. Ian Debert' | ||
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+ | The weekend of 5,6,7 August was a good one for cancellations. Gordon Lee's walk did not go, and the Tony Marshall - Don Finch car swap was abandoned in the absence of Finch. The day walks fared better. David Ingram had 7 members and 2 prospectives on his Middle Harbour Walk despite some train problems and confusion, and George Walton had 22 starters arriving back before dark (!!) after a beaut day out to Mt. Solitary. All of which brought the Walks Report to an end. | ||
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+ | Federation Report brought the news that both the General Meeting and Annual General Meeting had been held. Among the matters covered were:- a campaign to have deposits charged on beverage containers in N.S.W., that the Yarwood Bushwalking Club has been accepted as an associate member, that Sutherland Bushwalkers are organising a bus trip to Barrington Tops over the October long weekend (50 seats @ $35.00 ea.), and that unannounced N.P.W.S. burning off during the week is creating a hazard in the Royal National Park. | ||
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+ | Of General Business there was none, so the meeting closed at 2113. | ||
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+ | ===== Social Notes For October ===== | ||
+ | by Jo Van Sommers | ||
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+ | | October 19* | Roger Goode, bush fire control authority, will give a talk illustrated with slides. | | ||
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+ | | October 26 | Bob and Christa Younger will show slides of classical Greece and Italy. | | ||
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+ | * __Dinner__ before the meeting at Phuoung Vietnamese Restaurant, 87 Willoughby, Road, Crow's Nest. B.Y.O. 6.30 pm sharp. | ||
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+ | The annual Barn Dance at “Coolana”, | ||
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+ | ===== Advance Notice ===== | ||
+ | ===== Walk 26/12/83 - 9/1/84 Tasmania ===== | ||
+ | ==== Leader: | ||
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+ | ^ Day ^ Geographical Points along the Route ^ Distance ^ | ||
+ | | 1 | Sydney - Devonport - Higgs Track - Lady Lake | (2 km) Uphill | | ||
+ | | 2 | Lady Lake - Lake Lucy Lang - Lake Nameless | (6 km) | | ||
+ | | 3 | Lake Nameless - Lake Johnny - Lake Chambers - Lake Douglas - Forty Lakes Peak - Lake Nameless | (6 km) Day walk | | ||
+ | | 4 | Lake Nameless - Ritters Track (Central Plateau) - Pencil Pine Tarn | (9 km) | | ||
+ | | 5 | Pencil Pine Tarn - Lake Gwendy - Turrana Heights - Turrana Bluff - Mersey Crag - Pencil Pine Tarn | (15 km) Day walk | | ||
+ | | 6 | Pencil Pine Tarn - Lake Butters - Ritters Track - Zion Gate - Mt. Jerusalem - Gate of the Chain - Pool of Siloam - Walls of Jerusalem | (12 km) | | ||
+ | | 7 | Circuit of Walls of Jerusalem | (5 km) | | ||
+ | | 8 | Pool of Siloam - Damascus Vale - Lake Ball - Lake Toorah | (9 km) | | ||
+ | | 9 | Lake Toorah - Chinamans Plains - South Ling Roth Lake | (10 km) | | ||
+ | | 10 | South Ling Roth Lake -Mountains of Jupiter - Lake Payanna | (5 km) | | ||
+ | | 11 | Lake Payanna - Lake Athena - Lake Pallas - Orion Lakes | (5 km) | | ||
+ | | 12 | Orion Lakes - Traveller Range - Du Cane Gap - Lake Marion | (17 km) | | ||
+ | | 13 | Lake Marion - Narcissus River - Lake St. Clair | (20 km approx.) | | ||
+ | | 14 | Spare Day | | | ||
+ | | 15 | Lake St. Clair - Hobart - Sydney | | | ||
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+ | | __Leader:__ | Peter Harris | __Total kilometres__ | = | 95 | | ||
+ | | | 88-3637 (H) | Plus day walk km | = | __26__ | | ||
+ | | | | __Total for two weeks__ | = | __121__ | | ||
+ | | __Grade:__ | Medium - | __Average per day__ | = | 8 (15 days) | | ||
+ | | | Extended walk | | | | | ||
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+ | | __Maps:__ | Mersey 1:100,000 (Map No.81149 Tas.) | | ||
+ | | | Cradle Mountain - Lake St. Clair National Park Map | | ||
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+ | - All food must be carried (13 breakfasts, 14 lunches, 14 dinners). __Two__ food parties will function. | ||
+ | - Members of party must be equipped to expect snow. | ||
+ | - The plateau is mostly clear of vegetation; some heathland; some richea scrub around some lakes, including Lake Payanna and Mountains of Jupiter. Gaiters are advisable. | ||
+ | - Camping areas are limited - maximum of 4 tents (8 people). Space remaining for 5 people. | ||
+ | - The party is democratic, but in the event of a conflict of interests the leader' | ||
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+ | ===== A Matter of Perception ===== | ||
+ | by Don Matthews | ||
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+ | Kath Brown was having a surprise birthday party. Not for me to disclose which one, but it was an event to be celebrated. Nor do I intend to describe the scene at that happy gathering at the Duncans' | ||
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+ | There are some people who can speak with eloquence, dignity, and feeling at the drop of a hat, and there are some of us whose attempts at opera end up as overtures and whose best efforts at serious verse end up as doggerel. As I stood under the shower an the morning of the party washing my shirts and socks, it suddenly struck me that I had better get moving on the Ode. | ||
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+ | The last time I wrote one it was Owen who threw out the challenge. He rang me at work at lunchtime on that occasion. “I want,” he demanded, “fourteen lines of the worst drivel you've ever written. I want it by eight o' | ||
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+ | Somehow the cheese sandwich worked. On this occasion, however, the white heat of inspiration was not so evident, and it took six cups of tea, but the germ of an idea had been floating around in the back of my head for some time. It was all to do with assimilation. When I went on my first day walk with the S.B.W., one of the tough lady walkers eyed me speculatively and muttered darkly, “Hmph, they' | ||
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+ | ==== Birthday Ode ==== | ||
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+ | | Some score and ten short years ago | | ||
+ | | When some of us were young | | ||
+ | | And walking, for a pastime, | | ||
+ | | We had only just begun, | | ||
+ | | I ventured out to Coal Nine Creek | | ||
+ | | In apprehens-iun. | | ||
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+ | | I'd joined the S.B.W. | | ||
+ | | I thought I knew it all. | | ||
+ | | They looked me up and down they did | | ||
+ | | Those fellows who stood tall. | | ||
+ | | "You can't go on this walk or that, | | ||
+ | | You're far too bloomin' | ||
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+ | | But then I met some wiser folk | | ||
+ | | Their name - you've guessed? - was Brown. | | ||
+ | | “Just come with us,” they volunteered, | ||
+ | | “Erase that worried frown. | | ||
+ | | Come for a walk to Coal Mine Creek | | ||
+ | | From Perry' | ||
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+ | | I grabbed my pack, my hobnailed boots, | | ||
+ | | My bag of Terry' | ||
+ | | The leader gazed upon my load, | | ||
+ | | And said “How does it feel? | | ||
+ | | It looks a little high to me, | | ||
+ | | Adjust it to your keel. | | ||
+ | | Try sneakers too, instead of boots, | | ||
+ | | The benefits are real.” | | ||
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+ | | So down I went to Coal Mine Creek; | | ||
+ | | The Tigers? they were there, | | ||
+ | | But nicely held in rein by those | | ||
+ | | Who took some thought and care | | ||
+ | | And hardly ever lost a soul - | | ||
+ | | They always got them there. | | ||
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+ | | So if you think the going' | ||
+ | | Be patient, and you'll find | | ||
+ | | That someone has the long term view, | | ||
+ | | The proper state of mind, | | ||
+ | | And certainly will wait for you | | ||
+ | | If you are all behind. | | ||
+ | | | | ||
+ | |Now let us drink a toast or two | | ||
+ | |To friends of some renown | | ||
+ | |Whose talents we should add include | | ||
+ | |The use of verb and noun - | | ||
+ | |A toast in grape or orange juice | | ||
+ | |To Kath, and to Jim, Brown. | | ||
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+ | So we drank our toasts, and listened while Kath responded with eloquence, dignity and feeling. And this at the drop of a hat, because it was a genuine surprise party. Wonderful! | ||
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+ | ===== City to Surf in Forty Two Minutes ===== | ||
+ | by Nancye Alderson | ||
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+ | We are standing at the top of William Street near the entrance to the Kings Cross tunnel and we can see thousands of athletes lining up at College Street to take part in the thirteenth annual Sun City to Surf race of 14 km to Bondi Beach. The runners who think they will make the distance in less than an hour are in front. The next group think they will finish in 70 minutes, and finally the people who think they will take 90 minutes or more. The favourite runner today is Zephaniah Ncube from Zimbabwe. A crowd is waiting for the athletes to go past and there is a sense of anticipation and excitement. It is a brilliant day and the sun is warm on our backs. The Hare Krishna wearing their pale pink flowing robes are playing their shrill instruments on the side of the road. | ||
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+ | It is 9:55 am, only 5 minutes to go before the race starts. Far away in the distance I can hear a pipe band playing. Two minutes to go now. Here they come, they are off and running down William Street and what a pace! A sea of petiple is moving like a great wave and the crowd behind me are pushing to get a better view. Now the athletes are coming up the hill and whistles and a horn are blowing. The police cars, the Sun car and trucks carrying the gear belonging to people in the race are just cruising past us. Here are the athletes stepping it out up the hill, the majority are men of all ages and they look pretty fit to me. Dressed in red, white, green, blue or gold shorts and tops it is an amazing sight. Several men running past are wearing earphones. As they go through the King's Cross tunnel the athletes are calling out and there is an echo of calls and whistles. | ||
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+ | I can't believe it, they are still coming by in thousands. What a kaleidoscope of colour and people, large and small, young and old, we can't see the end of the group from Town Hall yet. They are running, jogging, ambling, cruising, wheeling, pushing and walking. There aren't too many girls, just a sprinkling. Two young men are passing in wheelchairs, | ||
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+ | Each athlete has a number pinned to the front of his or her chest and number 25,003 has just passed. A fee of $4 has been paid by entrants and the Spastic Centre receives part of the proceeds. A few girls are walking here, I expect the hill is too much for them. I feel dizzy watching the crowd as they move up and down. And still they come. One man has his girl friend an his shoulders and he is jogging along energetically. The girls are coming now, they are in the group which will take more than 90 minutes. The road is littered with plastic garbage bags and T-shirts which people have worn in the race until they warm up and then thrown onto the roadway. There' | ||
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+ | The tail end is coming up now, and there are another two dogs an leads, they are basset hounds. Two ladies with pushers are going past and I see there are quite a few baby entrants. There goes an army man with his rifle, he is racing along. Now the ambulances are driving past, four of them, and a few mini buses including the Spastic Centre bus. Suddenly it is all quiet, everyone has gone through the tunnel, in 15 minutes the athletes have all passed us. Well, it's over at this end. What a marvellous spectacle... wait a minute, an English taxi is coming along and it has a sign which reads, “Follow me to health and fitness”. | ||
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+ | Here we are at the finishing line and the athletes are looking rather different to when they first started. There is a lot of perspiration and tiredness showing as they come around a bend in the road to the finishing line. What amazes me is that everyone is still keeping up a very steady pace at the end of 14 km. A man is going past wheeling two little children in a pusher and there goes the man pushing his lawn mower with his lady friend sitting on top of it. A partially blind man, number 7,290, is just passing and also the man piggy-backing his girl friend, he still is running energetically. He has done well, he has been running 1 hour 45 minutes carrying a person weighing about 8 stone on his shoulders. I can tell by the expressions on faces there are people feeling exhausted. Three little boys about 6 years old and two boys on roller skates are going past. An alsatian with his number on his back is passing and so is the HCF Budget group. Numbers 28,970, 29,218, and 29,466 are just going by. A man dressed as a nun is running along, he looks a bit silly dressed in that outfit and wearing a pair of sandshoes. | ||
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+ | Now we are near the finishing line with its photo finish camera and the runner' | ||
A little 3-year-old is just crossing the finishing line and his dad is pushing the empty pusher so that he can walk to the finish of the race. Here come all the clothes on a trolley and there are also champagne bottles and glasses so that the runners can celebrate after the race. Two men are pushing a lady in a wheelchair and she is enjoying it all. Michael Cleary, Minister for Sport, says: “What a wonderful success this race has been. We give credit to the Sun who organised it and handled an extra 8,000 entrants this year.” | A little 3-year-old is just crossing the finishing line and his dad is pushing the empty pusher so that he can walk to the finish of the race. Here come all the clothes on a trolley and there are also champagne bottles and glasses so that the runners can celebrate after the race. Two men are pushing a lady in a wheelchair and she is enjoying it all. Michael Cleary, Minister for Sport, says: “What a wonderful success this race has been. We give credit to the Sun who organised it and handled an extra 8,000 entrants this year.” |
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