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198309 [2016/03/24 09:32] – [Leader: Peter Harris Great Western Tiers and Central Plateau (2 weeks)] e 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 kclacher | 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 | ||
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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' |
- | A little 3 year old is jut 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 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 |
Andrew Lloyd who ran a wonderful race is receiving a large cup and trophy with an athlete on it. Andrew says, “I would like to thank every one involved today, it was fantastic to share in the race. I hope you enjoyed yourself, I did.” Zephaniah Ncube from Zimbabwe says, “I have been in races in the past and I enjoyed this one. I have competed in the Commonwealth Games. Congratulations to those who participated.” David Forbes says, “It is not where you start it is where you finish.” A young man is running past us with a flag which reads "I am going to finish dead last," and he is the last athlete in the City to-Surf race with 33,708 official athletes.taking part. | Andrew Lloyd who ran a wonderful race is receiving a large cup and trophy with an athlete on it. Andrew says, “I would like to thank every one involved today, it was fantastic to share in the race. I hope you enjoyed yourself, I did.” Zephaniah Ncube from Zimbabwe says, “I have been in races in the past and I enjoyed this one. I have competed in the Commonwealth Games. Congratulations to those who participated.” David Forbes says, “It is not where you start it is where you finish.” A young man is running past us with a flag which reads "I am going to finish dead last," and he is the last athlete in the City to-Surf race with 33,708 official athletes.taking part. | ||
- | Several:members of Sydney Bush Walkers took part in the race and they included Barbara Holmes and Evelyn | + | Several members of Sydney Bush Walkers took part in the race and they included Barbara Holmes and Evelyn |
===== Arthur and Us ===== | ===== Arthur and Us ===== | ||
by Bill Gamble | by Bill Gamble | ||
- | //In March, 1983, a Club walk on the autumn programme went to Arthurs Pass National Park in New Zealand. Two members (Brian Holden and Bronwyn Stow) and a visitor (Steve Tremont) flew from Sydney to join the leader (Bill Gamble) for nine days of walking in the park. The introduction to the park and the first days of the walking are contained in the article which appeared in the August issue of the magazine. This article covers the programmed walk in the | + | //In March, 1983, a Club walk on the autumn programme went to Arthurs Pass National Park in New Zealand. Two members (Brian Holden and Bronwyn Stow) and a visitor (Steve Tremont) flew from Sydney to join the leader (Bill Gamble) for nine days of walking in the park. The introduction to the park and the first days of the walking are contained in the article which appeared in the August issue of the magazine. This article covers the programmed walk in the Poulter Valley |
- | ==== Leader: | + | |
- | ^ Day ^ Geographical Points along the Route ^ Distance ^ | + | It was shortly before 10:00 am by the time we got away from Andrews Shelter, at the beginning of the track which goes up to Casey Saddle, 777 metres, and then down into the Poulter Valley. After a quiet night at Hawdon Shelter, we had moved ourselves by car to the starting point by 8:30 am, but by the time the vehicle was taken back (we expected to finish the walk there) and Bill and Brian returned on foot it was well after 9:30 am. In short, we did not save so much in time as in the effort of carrying full packs for forty-five minutes. The track up to the saddle is steep initially but after a while settles into a steady climb and then a sidle which eventually descends into the long meadow that is the feature |
- | | 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 | + | |
- | | 7 | Circuit | + | |
- | | 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 | | | + | |
- | | Leader: | Peter Harris | __Total kilometres__ | = | 95 | | + | We were over the saddle before we really knew it - most interesting and easy to miss - and well worth a second look. Soon we had dropped into Surprise Stream |
- | | | 88-3637 (H) | Plus day walk km | = | __26__ | | + | |
- | | | | __Total kilometres__ | + | |
- | | __Grade:__ | Medium | + | |
- | | | Extended | + | |
- | | Maps: | Mersey 1:100,000 (Map No.81149 Tas.) | | + | The fine weather continued right through the following day as we walked up the Poulter Valley and on to Lake Minchin where we camped for two days. |
- | | | Cradle Mountain - Lake St. Clair National Park Map | | + | |
- | - All food must be carried (13 breakfasts, 14 lunches, 14 dinners). __Two__ food parties will function. | + | The route from Casey Stream up the Poulter Valley |
- | - Members of party must be equipped to expect snow. | + | |
- | - The plateau | + | |
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- | - The party is democratic, but in the event of a conflict | + | |
- | ===== A Matter | + | We found the track marker after a bit of a search, then settled down to lunch in the forest, well-covered to minimise the predations of the sandflies. Our " |
- | by Don Matthews | + | |
- | Kath Brown was having a surprise birthday party. Not for me to | + | The next day offered fine weather |
- | 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 | + | Our exact route to Minchin Pass was not always obvious, but we made good time once we had all decided that getting our feet wet was unavoidable. Until the first plunge we did all sorts of things to try and keep feet dry. There was a reasonable track around |
- | The last time I wrote one it was Owen who threw out the challenge. He rang me at work at lunchtime | + | We had thoughts of retreating from the pass to a sheltered place lower down to have lunch, but Steve found a good place on the west slope above the pass which provided shelter and views. We enjoyed a lengthy lunch break free from sandflies and warmed for the most part by the sun. The view across the main divide |
- | Somehow | + | Our plan was to linger awhile at Minchin Lake and then walk down to the Poulter River, cross it and be camped by mid-afternoon near Worsley bivy in readiness for the scramble over Trudge Col the following day, into the Hawdon Valley. The rain closing |
- | ==== Birthday Ode ==== | + | The hut log book had nothing good to say about the Trudge Col route into the Hawdon Valley and it seemed that much depended upon the weather which was beyond our control. However, we did take the opportunity of walking up Trudge Stream for about 1< |
+ | to the tops. The first hour was good traveling but then it became a gorge and only the low level of the stream (low level by New Zealand standards) allowed reasonable progress. It sure looked like being an interesting day to reach the col. In the event, the weather determined which route we would take. As we returned to Worsley bivy the rain came in again, heavier and persistent, and it continued throughout the night to raise water levels, probably about 20 cm. The outlook to the tops was bleak, low cloud and gale force winds. We stayed in the bivy overnight as a refuge from the weather. | ||
- | | Some score and ten short years ago | | + | It was a small A-frame hut with a sleeping platform which took four people |
- | | 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 | + | |
- | | 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' | + | |
- | | | | + | |
- | | 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? | + | |
- | | But nicely held in rein by those | | + | |
- | | Who took some thought and care | | + | |
- | | And hardly ever lost a soul - | | + | |
- | | They always got them there. | | + | |
- | | | | + | |
- | | 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 Browns | | + | |
- | So we drank our toasts, and listened while Kath responded | + | Assisted by a tailwind |
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- | ===== City to Surf in Forty Two Minutes ===== | + | |
- | by Nancye Alderson | + | |
- | We are standing at the top of William Street near the entrance | + | It was still raining in the morning, but there was sufficient lightness in the sky to push ahead with plans and walk back over the Casey Saddle. Protected under the canopy of the forest |
- | It is 9:55 am, only 5 minutes | + | It was a sunny and warm descent to Andrews Shelter with sweeping views into the Waimakariri Valley, and we needed to wear only the minimum of gear for a decidedly warm walk back to our starting point at the Hawdon Shelter. Over this last stretch we spread, either talking or lost in our own thoughts. Thereupon we repaired |
- | I can't believe it, they are still coming by in thousands. What a kaleidoscope | + | Our last day which had been reserved |
- | 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 | + | The weather improved by the kilometre |
- | 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 | + | Bill caught the evening Qantas flight to Sydney |
- | 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 fa 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 | + | (Map references: Arthurs Pass National Park, NZMS 273, 1:80,000, 1st edition; Otira, NZMS 1, S59, inch to the mile series.) |
- | Now we are near the finishing line with its photo finish camera and the runner' |
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