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34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Ann Ravn, telephone 798-8607. | 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest. Enquiries concerning the Club should be referred to Ann Ravn, telephone 798-8607. | ||
- | EDITOR: Evelyn Walker, 158 Evans Street, Rozelle, 2039. Telephone 827-3695.\\ | + | |Editor:|Evelyn Walker, 158 Evans Street, Rozelle, 2039. Telephone 827-3695.| |
- | BUSINESS MANAGER: Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, | + | |Business Manager:|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, |
- | PRODUCTION MANAGER: Helen Gray.\\ | + | |Production Manager:|Helen Gray.| |
- | TYPIST: Kath Brown.\\ | + | |Typist:|Kath Brown.| |
- | DUPLICATOR OPERATOR: Phil Butt. | + | |Duplicator Operator:|Phil Butt.| |
- | ====NOVEMBER | + | ====November |
- | That Old Tree by Brian Holden | + | | | |Page| |
- | To Butcher' | + | |That Old Tree|by Brian Holden|2| |
- | Dreamy Summer Hours Peter Christian | + | |To Butchers |
- | Where Have All the Tigers Gone - Another View Jim Brown 7\\ | + | |Dreamy Summer Hours|Peter Christian|6| |
- | Snakebite in the Wonnangatta Valley, Vic. Tricia Cristofaro 8\\ | + | |Where Have All the Tigers Gone - Another View|Jim Brown|7| |
- | Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre 11\\ | + | |Snakebite in the Wonnangatta Valley, Vic.|Tricia Cristofaro|8| |
- | Meeting Notes for September and October Barry Wallace 12\\ | + | |Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre| |11| |
- | Book Review - "Wild Places" | + | |Meeting Notes for September and October|Barry Wallace|12| |
- | Another Item of Early S.B.W. History Dorothy Lawry 16\\ | + | |Book Review - "Wild Places" |
- | Social Notes for December | + | |Another Item of Early S.B.W. History|Dorothy Lawry|16| |
+ | |Social Notes for December|Jo Van Somers|16| | ||
- | =====THAT OLD TREE.===== | + | =====That Old Tree===== |
- | By Brian Holden. | + | |
+ | By Brian Holden | ||
" | " | ||
- | I imagined a 1,000 year old tree at the time of Julius Caesar, a 2,000 year old tree at the time of the Crusades. It stood there on the same spot where it germinated so long ago, when Tasmania was only | + | I imagined a 1,000 year old tree at the time of Julius Caesar, a 2,000 year old tree at the time of the Crusades. It stood there on the same spot where it germinated so long ago, when Tasmania was only a relatively short distance away, moving up the coast. |
- | a relatively short distance away, moving up the coast. | + | |
I then remembered reading as a child about redwoods and looking at drawings of a great Tree's increasing size when correlated to notable events in the history of Europe - but I stop here to question my attitude. | I then remembered reading as a child about redwoods and looking at drawings of a great Tree's increasing size when correlated to notable events in the history of Europe - but I stop here to question my attitude. | ||
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I will no longer see that tree as sharing the same point in time as a particular event that I learnt about at school. Instead, I will see it as a witness to the events of its immediate environment. The many showers that wet its leaves, the sunbeams that made them shine and the breezes that made them move. None of this had anything to do with the existence of Man. | I will no longer see that tree as sharing the same point in time as a particular event that I learnt about at school. Instead, I will see it as a witness to the events of its immediate environment. The many showers that wet its leaves, the sunbeams that made them shine and the breezes that made them move. None of this had anything to do with the existence of Man. | ||
- | One day, in those thousands, of days, may have been marked by a special event. An animal, now extinct, may have come within the influence of that tree and lain on its fallen leaves and in its shadow. Such an event would normally be considered of no consequence in comparison to the most minor event in the social history of Man. But to those individuals who are becoming more disenchanted with the importance of their own | + | One day, in those thousands, of days, may have been marked by a special event. An animal, now extinct, may have come within the influence of that tree and lain on its fallen leaves and in its shadow. Such an event would normally be considered of no consequence in comparison to the most minor event in the social history of Man. But to those individuals who are becoming more disenchanted with the importance of their own species, it would be an event of consequence. It is the tree's link with a past subjected only to random natural forces that should hold a fascination for us. Our own history is not involved. |
- | species, it would be an event of consequence. It is the tree's link with a past subjected only to random natural forces that should hold a fascination for us. Our own history is not involved. | + | |
Let us view that tree in isolation from Man. He is not needed to dignify it with some vague relationship to himself. Indeed, it was the Tree's misfortune that he ever evolved. | Let us view that tree in isolation from Man. He is not needed to dignify it with some vague relationship to himself. Indeed, it was the Tree's misfortune that he ever evolved. | ||
- | =====TO BUTCHER' | + | =====To Butchers Creek And Back With Spiro===== |
- | by Wombat. | + | |
- | Spiro' | + | by Wombat |
- | a barely visible long low caterpillar-shaped tent, which together with its occupant we had narrowly failed to run over. Without further ado we strung up our fly and went to sleep. | + | |
+ | Spiro' | ||
In the morning I was awakened by a deafening 20 decibel kookaburra-like laugh, which was answered by a 15 decibel female kookaburra laugh, proving that Ben Esgate was on the trip and Dot Butler was out of bed. Spiro and several others, including the owner of the caterpillar tent, Morag RYder, were up and about also. Morag' | In the morning I was awakened by a deafening 20 decibel kookaburra-like laugh, which was answered by a 15 decibel female kookaburra laugh, proving that Ben Esgate was on the trip and Dot Butler was out of bed. Spiro and several others, including the owner of the caterpillar tent, Morag RYder, were up and about also. Morag' | ||
- | We were a party of about 10, but after a leisurely breakfast Spiro announced that we must drive on to Kanangra Walls, park the cars, and meet the others. A short distance down the trail we found George and Helen Gray | + | We were a party of about 10, but after a leisurely breakfast Spiro announced that we must drive on to Kanangra Walls, park the cars, and meet the others. A short distance down the trail we found George and Helen Gray cooking breakfast. At Kanangra car park we found dozens of cars and even more dozens of walkers. I was unable to sort out the S.B.W.s from the foreigners, but Spiro knew his flock and gathered them together. In perfect weather we set off across Kanangra Top, past the coal seam cave, and down the Gingra track to the Bullhead Range. A short distance down the range Rudi Dezelin, who had driven up late, caught up with us. At 21 persons, our party was now complete; they were:- Dot Butler, Tess Carty, Rudi Dezelin, Bob Duncan, Ben Esqate, George Gray, Helen Gray, Spiro Hajinakitas, |
- | cooking breakfast. At Kanangra car park we found dozens of cars and even more dozens of walkers. I was unable to sort out the S.B.W.s from the foreigners, but Spiro knew his flock and gathered them together. In perfect weather we set off across Kanangra Top, past the coal seam cave, and down the Gingra track to the Bullhead Range. A short distance down the range Rudi Dezelin, who had driven up late, caught up with us. At 21 persons, our party was now complete; they were:- Dot Butler, Tess Carty, Rudi Dezelin, Bob Duncan, Ben Esqate, George Gray, Helen Gray, Spiro Hajinakitas, | + | |
+ | Fire has partially obscured the Bullhead track, and after a short distance we found ourselves going down a gully. "This isn't right," | ||
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+ | Now began the steep descent to the Kowmung. To avoid the mild rock climb down the top bluff Morag led us to a track which skirted the bluff on scree to the left. This was probably easier for the newcomers, but especially with the big party, it entailed some hazard from rolling rocks. The steep descent was a bit of a trial to some, and the last person did not reach the Kowmung until about 1 p.m. The combination of the steep descent, hob-nail boots, and 20 years of soft living, played havoc with George Gray's knees, but Helen assured him that the pain was due only to minute tears in tendons, and that although it night be agony he had nothing to worry or complain about. | ||
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+ | On the grassy bank of the Kowmung, the schoolteachers and ex-school-teachers in the party, George and Helen Gray, Fazeley, Peter Miller, and others. sat in a neat line on one side of a log and ate their lunch. The | ||
+ | rest of us sat on the other side of the log in an untidy sprawl. Despite the obvious danger from large trout below and hungry currawongs above, Laurie Quaken went skinny dipping. On the way down the Bullhead Evelyn Walker' | ||
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+ | With lunch over Spiro outlined plans for the afternoon' | ||
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+ | The climb up Bulga Cone is only 400 vertical metres, but it is steep, the day was now hot, and we had the sun on our backs. Tom reached the top first in 40 minutes, but it was another 45 minutes till the last person arrived. We now had no time to spare. The rest of the ridge to the Scott' | ||
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+ | The next morning, Sunday, being Fazeley' | ||
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+ | The day was even hotter than Saturday had been, but this made it just right for walking in the shady canyon of upper Butcher' | ||
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+ | While we made camp Ray Hookway and Tom Wenman walked 2 or 3 miles downstream with map and compass to establish our position beyond doubt. They came back and reported that we were indeed short of Butler' | ||
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+ | The evening was balmy and we cooked and enjoyed a hearty meal. To cap it Ray Hookway brought out a delicious birthday cake for Fazeley, which we helped her eat. Then we retired early in preparation for a dawn start. Geoff Wagg had brought neither tent nor foamy as he had decided to rely on my fly and Dot Butler' | ||
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+ | With joy the camp is a-flutter, | ||
+ | I have coated Geoff' | ||
+ | Thus reducing his snore\\ | ||
+ | From a thunderous roar\\ | ||
+ | To a soft oleaginous mutter. | ||
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+ | The people who had leapt out of their sacks to complain at the first gargle of the friar bird at least ensured that we achieved an early start. By 6 an we had breakfasted, | ||
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+ | The overcast sky now turned to misty drizzle as we stopped for morning tea. The walk was programmed to return to Kanangra via Gingra Creek and Crafts Ridge. However because of the rain, and the trouble encountered with rock-hopping the previous day, only five, Peter, Morag, Jan, Steve and Tom, went that way. The rest of us walked up Gingra Range, where the black-boys were in full bloom and made a wonderful sight. We reached the coal seam cave for lunch and while we lunched a continuous rumble of thunder and heavier rain began. | ||
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+ | Lunch eaten, we donned parkas and set out across the tops to the cars. The rain grew heavier and heavier.2and then developed into a magnificent thundering hailstorm. Hail bounced off our parkas and whitened the ground. As we neared the walls walkers could be seen streaming in through the gloom as far as the eye could see. Bushwalking is certainly becoming popular. (Ben Esgate later told me he counted 80 walkers as he walked down the Kowmung.) | ||
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+ | The Gingra Creek party reached the cars about 10 minutes before us. We now had the task of getting into the cars in the still raging hailstorm without setting them awash. We took our dry clothes from the boot and threw them into the car. Then we stripped off, threw our wet togs into the boot, and jumped Into the car to dry and dress. Geoff turned the ignition key but nothing happened; one door had been left slightly ajar, and an interior light had stayed on and flattened the battery. Luckily Laurie Quaken was still there and gave us a jump start. | ||
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+ | ===== Dreamy Summer Hours ===== | ||
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+ | by Peter Christian. | ||
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+ | A season of day trippers and sun-worshippers in abundance -\\ | ||
+ | Ah - for the ease and complacency of dreamy summer hours;\\ | ||
+ | Endless afternoons spent by the charms of Burning Palms.\\ | ||
+ | Those easy walks, engaging talks, under eucalyptus bowers. | ||
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+ | Necklace of emerald gems sparkle along Woronora River,\\ | ||
+ | Bushies fling themselves with abandon into their depths\\ | ||
+ | While the river flows on stealthily beneath our frivolity, | ||
+ | We who share these magic moments will have our unpaid debts. | ||
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+ | No mortal (or Debert) can resist the waves caressing Werong Beach.\\ | ||
+ | Anglo-Saxons parade their hard-earned tans, trying the " | ||
+ | Seagulls fly overhead with glee, as on the sands we roast,\\ | ||
+ | Sea breezes filter through hair, as pages turn in time 'n tide book. | ||
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+ | The cool, luxurious, rainforest curbs copious sweat upon the brow.\\ | ||
+ | We find solace, ' | ||
+ | We while away the summer hours by mountain, lake, ocean and stream;\\ | ||
+ | For sheer enjoyment, " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Where Have All The Tigers Gone - - Another View ===== | ||
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+ | by Jim Brown | ||
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+ | In the October issue of the magazine Gordon Lee ventures the opinion that all the Club Tigers have gone to tame pussy cats. | ||
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+ | Well, Gordon, sorry - but I can't buy that. Especially I can't swallow the idea that a walking club is not vigorous or alive unless its members are regularly tackling very long or energetic trips. | ||
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+ | I suppose one could suggest that the S.B.W. has had two main " | ||
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+ | Look, Gordon, don't think I disparage the long, long walk. They can be great fun, they provide a marvelous talking point, and the people one meets on these trips become enshrined as very special colleagues and friends. I know this because, incredible as it may seem to anyone who knows only my recent pussy-cat walking, I actually managed to get involved in a couple of the 1950s Tiger revivals. I remember ruefully that the Chronic Opera covering Geoff Wagg's 85-miler (actually I've always insisted it was barely 78 1/2 miles) from Katoomba to Picton in April 1955 contained the words... | ||
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+ | The President was very wan\\ | ||
+ | He didn't care for ale.\\ | ||
+ | The only thing he wanted (on arrival at Picton)\\ | ||
+ | Was a place to park his tail.\\ | ||
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+ | And that, of course, was sadly true. Just the same, it was good fun, once one got over the stiffened legs and abraded feet. | ||
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+ | No, I don't accept that these long walks are the be-all and end-all of the Club. Rather, they are the spice. In the strong enduring fabric of the Club's everyday doings, what really seems to matter to me is the number of members going out for the mingled pleasures and hardships of bush walking, and there finding friends and a strange satisfaction that surpasses the sense of accomplishment one gains from most other activities. I don't think it matters very much if the trip is a long, rugged and testing one, or navigationally interesting, | ||
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+ | As to those trips cancelled for want of starters, please don't assume this is something new, Gordon. It isn't. What's more, I'm not convinced that the severity of the trip does much to deter takers - I have long harboured a suspicion that the reputation and reliability of the leader has quite a deal to do with the willingness of others to join in. Then, of course, the leader with a nice kind face like a cow usually gets a quota of starters, which is probably why, over a period of 36 years and with about 200 trips on the programme, I've only once had to cancel (because of my own ill-health), | ||
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+ | I also feel it is a very healthy state of affairs when the Club's principal office bearers (people like the President; Secretary, Walks and New Members Secretaries in particular) are joining in some reasonably vigorous trips. Well, almost all of our present Committee Officers come into that category, quite apart from being lovable citizens. | ||
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+ | As an ageing member, I suppose I might be forgiven if I took the view that the Club is not what it used to be in the days when I was more active on the track. Instead, having an ear to the ground in a few quarters, I can only look bewildered and ask - "Not what it used to be? .... When?" Sure, I have often known it just as good as it now seems to me, but better ... NO. To me it seems the most casually efficient organisation I have ever had the good luck to know - more importantly, | ||
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+ | Where, then **have** all the Tigers gone? Within their reasonable physical capacity, I think the right answer is - " | ||
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+ | And I wouldn' | ||
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+ | ===== Snakebite In The Wonnangatta Valley, Vic. ===== | ||
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+ | by Tricia Cristofaro | ||
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+ | (Reprint from "Walk 1982", published by the Melbourne Bushwalkers. With summer approaching, | ||
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+ | Leaders will no doubt all be conversant with the changed procedures developed by CSL (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, | ||
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+ | My husband persuaded me to attempt the walk into Wonnangatta Homestead (Australia Day weekend 1981), and our son Nigel was pressed into service as an "extra pack horse" | ||
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+ | The drama commenced on day two in the valley, and resulted from a disregard of cardinal hiking rules:\\ (i) Wandering through a very " | ||
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+ | When he was bitten, strangely enough, a snake was not our first thought. As with most crisis situations, I guess that we all operate under the assumption that the worst would never happen to us .... | ||
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+ | He walked a short distance to me, complaining loudly about the pain in his foot. Then we saw the two classic puncture marks, each surrounded by a small white swelling. Often there may be one or many puncture marks, or surrounding bruising from the force of impact. I immediately placed a dressing over the site and proceeded to bandage firmly over the area and up the leg using crepe bandages. He was sitting down at this stage. It was now that we realised the inadequacy of our bandages, but fortunately this was remedied by a nursing sister in the area. | ||
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+ | The snake had not been sighted; this, according to Struan Sutherland, is quite a common situation. We knew that both tiger and black snakes frequented the area, and judged by the distance between the puncture marks that it could have been a fairly large one. The problem of not knowing the actual type of snake involved means that: (i) One does not know how soon respiratory or other symptoms may occur/ | ||
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+ | Fortunately for us, there was a large number of four-wheel-drives in the area, and we were taken out by one of these, CB radio being used to alert the Heyfield hospital of our imminent arrival. We attempted to keep the victim as still as possible, (difficult in a short wheel base vehicle an the Wonnangatta Track with a six foot patient; bandaging the legs together is recommended). Efforts to allay anxiety in him were very successful; however inwardly I was having anticipatory horrors about coping with a respiratory arrest under such conditions. | ||
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+ | It took five hours from bite to arrival at the hospital, and we were somewhat nonplussed to be greeted with the news that the two sisters knew nothing about snakebite but had been reading up the literature! The local doctor, however, was quite experienced, | ||
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+ | On replacing the thong next day, we found that the rubber strap exactly covered the punctures. We are assuming that the snake must have hit this and perforated it, thereby perhaps giving a lower actual dose of venom with limited penetration of the skin ... All in all, we were very lucky! | ||
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+ | **The following snakebite treatment has been reprinted from Walk 1980 and was prepared by L. E. Kitchener.** | ||
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+ | 1. **Wash the wound**. (However, see also comments towards the end of article)\\ **Rationale**: | ||
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+ | 2. **Apply pressure**\\ | ||
+ | **Rationale**: | ||
+ | **Method**: Place a pad over the puncture masks, and apply pressure as you would for a haemorrhage. Strap the pad on firmly, as the pressure for strapping a sprained ankle. | ||
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+ | 3. **Immobilise the part**\\ | ||
+ | **Rationale**: | ||
+ | **Method**: Splint the limb as you would for a broken bone, including the joint above the injury in the operation. **NB The use of both pressure and mobilization must be used. Authorities do not consider either/or to be satisfactory.** | ||
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+ | 4. **Keep the patient quiet and at rest**.\\ | ||
+ | **Rationale**: | ||
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+ | 5. **Observe the victim for breathing difficulties and assist with breathing if necessary.** | ||
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+ | 6. **Continue with 2, 3, 4 and 5** until the patient is in the hands of that someone-with the life support systems and anti-venine, | ||
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+ | **Some remarks from the editor (of " | ||
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+ | There appears, from comparison of various snake-bite treatments, to be some inconsistency as to whether or not the wound should be washed. The Commonwealth Serum Laboratories have advised that the procedure depends on the circumstances. If the bite has caused a large wound, or has occurred near another wound, the site should certainly be washed. A sample of the venom could be obtained by wiping with a separate piece of fabric.In any case, priority should be given to pressure on the site, and to immobilization of the patient. The latter is particularly important in the event of there being no immediate means of rescue (such as four-wheel-drives). | ||
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+ | ===== To Let ===== | ||
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+ | **Lane Cove**: Four bedroom house to let for all of January and/or one room for January and February. | ||
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+ | Contact **Ainslie Morris** - telephone 42813178. | ||
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+ | ===== Crossword Puzzle Answer ===== | ||
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+ | (See last month' | ||
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+ | ===== Meeting Notes For September & October ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Barry Wallace | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== The Half-Yearly (September) G.M. ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The meeting began at around 2020 with some 30 or so members present and the President in the chair.There were no apologies so we went straight on to welcome Margaret Wood and Owen Stanley as new members. Susan Young and Karl Conning were also called but were not present. | ||
- | Fire has partially obscured the Bullhead track, and after a short distance we found ourselves going down a gully. "This isn't right," | + | The Minutes of the August meeting were read and received with no business arising. |
- | Now began.the steep descent to the Kowmung. To avoid the mild rock climb down the top bluff Morag led us to a track which skirted the bluff on scree to the left. This was probably easier for the newcomers, but especially with the big party, it entailed some hazard from rolling rocks. The steep descent was a bit of a trial to some«undance -\\ Ah - for the ease and complacency of dreamy summer hours;\\ Endless afternoons spent by the charms of Burning Palms.\\ Those easy walks, engaging talks, under eucalyptus bowers.Necklace of emerald gems sparkle along Woronora River,\\ Bushies fling themselves with abandon into their depths\\ While the river flows on stealthily beneath our frivolity, | + | Correspondence comprised a letter of thanks from the family of George Davidson, the minutes of the most recent Coolana Committee |
- | to MT. Roger Good of C.S.I.R.O. confirming details of a talk which he is to present during one of the social nights in October. | + | |
So then it was on, on, at a heady pace to the Walks Reports. Over the weekend of August 12,13,14 Steve and Wendy Hodgman' | So then it was on, on, at a heady pace to the Walks Reports. Over the weekend of August 12,13,14 Steve and Wendy Hodgman' | ||
- | The following weekend, 19,10,21 August Alan Pike led 10 people on a good walk in the Megalong. Ian Debert had a party of 13 on his Mt. Solitary | + | The following weekend, 19,10,21 August Alan Pike led 10 people on a good walk in the Megalong. Ian Debert had a party of 13 on his Mt Solitary |
- | Kedumba Creek rather late on Saturday. Meanwhile, away from the ranch, Bill Holland' | + | |
- | Over the extended weekend 26th to 29th August George Walton led 17 people on a Kanangra to Katoomba stroll. For those without the extra day Bob Hodson | + | Over the extended weekend 26th to 29th August George Walton led 17 people on a Kanangra to Katoomba stroll. For those without the extra day Bob Hodgson |
- | The weekend of 2,3,4 September saw Ian Debert and 22 stalwarts battling the rain and leeches of Morton National Park. Of Sandy Johnson' | + | The weekend of 2,3,4 September saw Ian Debert and 22 stalwarts battling the rain and leeches of Morton National Park. Of Sandy Johnson' |
- | Lynne McDonald' | + | Lynne McDonald' |
- | Peter Miller had 8 starters on his Benowie Track walk but of Jan Mohandas' | + | |
Federation Report brought news that the Blue Mountains City Council does not intend to completely ban rock climbing on the Three Sisters and that Lilyvale railway station is only being remodelled, not demolished, as may appear to be the case. | Federation Report brought news that the Blue Mountains City Council does not intend to completely ban rock climbing on the Three Sisters and that Lilyvale railway station is only being remodelled, not demolished, as may appear to be the case. | ||
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The Coolana Committee has indicated that a memorial for George Davidson will be conducted at Coolana during the weekend of the Annual Barn Dance. | The Coolana Committee has indicated that a memorial for George Davidson will be conducted at Coolana during the weekend of the Annual Barn Dance. | ||
- | The only General | + | The only General |
And then it was just a matter of announcements, | And then it was just a matter of announcements, | ||
- | =====THE OCTOBER GENERAL MEETING.===== | + | ====The October General Meeting==== |
The meeting began at around 2010 hours with some 20 or so members present and the President in the chair. There were no apologies so we moved on to the welcoming of new members. Of those called, Marsha Durham and Jeff Stitt were present to be welcomed with badge, constitution and membership list, but Bill Regan, Jodius Rubijono and Sue Capon were no-shows. | The meeting began at around 2010 hours with some 20 or so members present and the President in the chair. There were no apologies so we moved on to the welcoming of new members. Of those called, Marsha Durham and Jeff Stitt were present to be welcomed with badge, constitution and membership list, but Bill Regan, Jodius Rubijono and Sue Capon were no-shows. | ||
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The Treasurer' | The Treasurer' | ||
- | The Walks Reports began with a non-report of Bill Holland' | + | The Walks Reports began with a non-report of Bill Holland' |
Over the weekend of 23,24,25 September Peter Miller led a fleet of two Canadians, each with a crew of 3, on an exploration by canoe of the Kangaroo River. Despite buffeting by contrary winds they reported an enjoyable trip. Gordon Lee's instructional weekend saw 2 to 3 starters for rock-climbing and 8 or so for abseiling on the Sunday. Tony Marshall' | Over the weekend of 23,24,25 September Peter Miller led a fleet of two Canadians, each with a crew of 3, on an exploration by canoe of the Kangaroo River. Despite buffeting by contrary winds they reported an enjoyable trip. Gordon Lee's instructional weekend saw 2 to 3 starters for rock-climbing and 8 or so for abseiling on the Sunday. Tony Marshall' | ||
- | Over the October long weekend Spiro Hajinakitas had 2l people and some prospectives' | + | Over the October long weekend Spiro Hajinakitas had 2l people and some prospectives' |
- | day walk saw 14 people enjoying a pleasant day on and around Narrow Neck plateau. | + | |
- | Jim Laing' | + | Jim Laing' |
- | In Business Arising it was resolved to write to N.P.W.S. advising them of the level of trail bike activity in Kuringai | + | In Business Arising it was resolved to write to N.P.W.S. advising them of the level of trail bike activity in Ku-ring-gai |
The Federation Report brought news that N.P.A. will attempt to have beaches in National Parks freed of vehicles, that the F.B.W. Ball was its usual successful self and that there are reports of commercial tour vehicles being allowed access to Medlow Gap and Narrow Neck. | The Federation Report brought news that N.P.A. will attempt to have beaches in National Parks freed of vehicles, that the F.B.W. Ball was its usual successful self and that there are reports of commercial tour vehicles being allowed access to Medlow Gap and Narrow Neck. | ||
- | There was no General Business so, after walks and social announcements, | + | There was no General Business so, after walks and social announcements, |
- | =====BOOK REVIEW | + | =====Book Review |
- | by Jim Brown. | + | |
+ | by Jim Brown | ||
+ | |||
+ | On the last page of **The Sydney Bushwalker** for October appeared a notice advertising publications on sale by the Colong Committee. One item read: | ||
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+ | **Wild Places**. A beautifully produced hardbound edition of 288 pages featuring an extensively researched text by Peter Prineas, former Director of the National Parks Association of N.S.W., and 110 large format duotone photographs by Henry Gold. The book also contains more than 20 detailed maps, an index and is extensively referenced. The book covers 22 wilderness areas in N.S.W., and these include most of the best walking country. It draws extensively on the Sydney Bush Walker Magazine in its description of pioneering trips. | ||
- | On the last page of The Sydney Bushwalker" | ||
- | WILD PLACES. A beautifully produced hardbound edition of 288 pages featuring an extensively researched text by Peter Prineas, former Director of the National Parks Association of N.S.W., and 110 large format duotone photographs by Henry Gold. The book also contains more than 20 detailed maps, an index and is extensively referenced. The book covers 22 wilderness areas in N.S.W., and these include most of the best walking country. It draws extensively on the Sydney Bush Walker Magazine in its description of pioneering trips. | ||
Price $24.95, including postage, and available from the Colong Committee, 18 Argyle Street, Sydney: or Alex Colley will deliver to the Club room to save you 95 cents postage. | Price $24.95, including postage, and available from the Colong Committee, 18 Argyle Street, Sydney: or Alex Colley will deliver to the Club room to save you 95 cents postage. | ||
- | Those might be described as the vital statistics of "Wild Places" | + | Those might be described as the vital statistics of "Wild Places" |
- | goes a long way towards redressing; this concept. | + | |
Each of the 22 chapters covering individual regions (these include long sections on near-at-hand areas - " | Each of the 22 chapters covering individual regions (these include long sections on near-at-hand areas - " | ||
- | The text written by Peter Prineas is full of such informative (even amusing) gems - indeed so good that I scarcely believed it when I read that one of the early bushwalker explorers in the Kanangra country is named as 'Frank Debert" | + | The text written by Peter Prineas is full of such informative (even amusing) gems - indeed so good that I scarcely believed it when I read that one of the early bushwalker explorers in the Kanangra country is named as "Frank Debert" |
- | Since the photographer is our own Henry Gold, I feel it would be presumptuous to comment on the illustrations. Indeed it would be somewhat equivalent to the music critic who wrote of Beethoven' | + | Since the photographer is our own Henry Gold, I feel it would be presumptuous to comment on the illustrations. Indeed it would be somewhat equivalent to the music critic who wrote of Beethoven' |
- | the original photograph. The result is not quite as the human eye sees it, but who would quibble over this when the effect is so dramatic? (To continue the Beethoven analogy, who disputes the interpretations in recordings under conductor Herbert von Karajan because they extract the utmost drama and passion of a symphony?) | + | |
- | Two quotes from the Introductory portion of "Wild Places" | + | Two quotes from the Introductory portion of "Wild Places" |
- | 1. " | + | |
- | 2. " | + | |
- | To an unrepentant chauvinist who once said at a slide showing at Sydney Bush Walkers that Sydney was | + | To an unrepentant chauvinist who once said at a slide showing at Sydney Bush Walkers that Sydney was the only city in the only Country in the world where a superannuated bush walker could possibly wish to live, "Wild Places" |
- | =====ANOTHER ITEM OF EARLY S.B.W.HISTORY.===== | + | =====Another Item Of Early S.B.W. |
- | by Dorothy Lawry. | + | |
- | As you all know, The Sydney Bush Walkers was formed in October, 1927, but you newer members may not know many details of the doings of those first members, so - - - | + | by Dorothy Lawry |
+ | |||
+ | As you all know, The Sydney Bush Walkers was formed in October, 1927, but you newer members may not know many details of the doings of those first members, so ... | ||
In the very early days some of the men members, when planning trips for long weekends or their annual fortnight' | In the very early days some of the men members, when planning trips for long weekends or their annual fortnight' | ||
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For the first year or two this was what they did but by 1930 they had found that the bunnies were so quick at diving into their burrows as soon as a human appeared that few were shot even though as we rounded a bend the hillside would be covered with rabbits. | For the first year or two this was what they did but by 1930 they had found that the bunnies were so quick at diving into their burrows as soon as a human appeared that few were shot even though as we rounded a bend the hillside would be covered with rabbits. | ||
- | This disillusioned those men for they had to carry the guns and ammunition from start to end of the trip without losing any of their weight: A full supply of food was a much better idea. | + | This disillusioned those men for they had to carry the guns and ammunition from start to end of the trip without losing any of their weight! A full supply of food was a much better idea. |
- | About the last time any of the men carried their guns was when they arranged a special shooting trip at the flat at the foot of Starlight' | + | About the last time any of the men carried their guns was when they arranged a special shooting trip at the flat at the foot of Starlights |
- | When they got to the Nattai ALAS: What a flop! During the previous week the rabbit trappers had worked that flat!! | + | When they got to the Nattai ALAS! What a flop! During the previous week the rabbit trappers had worked that flat!!! |
There was hardly a bunny seen that whole weekend and the only one the whole party managed to kill was brought down by the catapult! | There was hardly a bunny seen that whole weekend and the only one the whole party managed to kill was brought down by the catapult! | ||
- | =====SOCIAL NOTES FOR DECEMBER.===== | + | =====Social Notes For December===== |
- | by Jo Van Sommers. | + | |
+ | by Jo Van Sommers | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Christmas Party** - Wednesday, 21st December, 1983. | ||
- | CHRISTMAS PARTY - Wednesday, 21st December, 1983.\\ | ||
1 plate of food gets you in the door - the Club provides beer, wine and juice. Bring your own glass. Come and indulge yourself with bushwalkers' | 1 plate of food gets you in the door - the Club provides beer, wine and juice. Bring your own glass. Come and indulge yourself with bushwalkers' | ||
Please note - the Clubroom will be closed on 28th December and 4th January next. | Please note - the Clubroom will be closed on 28th December and 4th January next. | ||
- | =====TASMANIA WALK - FEBRUARY, 1984.===== | + | =====Tasmania Walk - February, 1984===== |
- | 4th to 12th February. | + | |
- | Cradle Mountain | + | **4th to 12th February** |
- | If interested please contact George before 15th December. Transport, food, etc. to be arranged during January. | + | |
+ | **Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair** - 7 days walking. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Leader: - George Walton** - 498 7956. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If interested please contact George before 15th December. Transport, food, etc. to be arranged during January. |
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