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+====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ======
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-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER'-- Established June 1931
+Established June 1931.
-A monthly bulletin of matters of interestto The Sydney BUsh Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Aysnwy, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest.
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+A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest.
-EDITOR:
-BUSINESS MANAGER:
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-PRODUCTION MANAGER & ARTIST:
-Ainslie Morris, 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066. Telephone 428,3178.
+|**Editor**|Ainslie Morris, 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066. Telephone 428,3178.|
-Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871,1207.
+|**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871,1207.|
-Helen Gray.
+|**Production Manager & Artist**|Helen Gray.|
-TYPIST: Kath Brown.
+|**Typist**|Kath Brown.|
-PRINTERS: PHil Butt and Barry Wallace.
+|**Printers**|Phil Butt and Barry Wallace.|
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-JANUARY, 1985.
+=== January, 1985 ===
-Editorial Page 2
-Byles Creek Named 2
+===== In This Issue: =====
-Brown Snake by Morag Ryder 3
-The Country With a Human Face Wal Liddle 4
+| | |Page|
-Museum of Bushwalking and Bushwalkers Centre Alex Colley 6
+|Editorial| | 2|
-Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre 8
+|Byles Creek Named| | 2|
-New Zealand Notes Gordon Lee 9
+|Brown Snake|Morag Ryder| 3|
-The December General Meeting Barry Wallace 12
+|The Country With a Human Face|Wal Liddle| 4|
-Letter to the Editor Paul Mawhinney 13
+|Museum of Bushwalking and Bushwalkers Centre|Alex Colley| 6|
-St. John Ambulance First Aid Certificate Course 14
+|New Zealand Notes|Gordon Lee| 9|
-Social Notes for February Roger Browne 14
+|The December General Meeting|Barry Wallace|12|
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+|Letter to the Editor|Paul Mawhinney|13|
-Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER  January, 1985.
+|St. John Ambulance First Aid Certificate Course| |14|
-EDITORIAL.
+|Social Notes for February|Roger Browne|14|
-HAPPY NEW YEAR to all bushies and their families! 1985 is starting well, considering that a January issue of the magazine was touch and go - or gone, like most regular magazine collators. Hardly anyone was going to be left in Sydney to produce this issue, but tradition is traditon, and the mag. must go on every month. It is now in its 54th year.
-This month lots of people are away on extended trips - in Tassie, New Zealand, South Coast, Snowies. And you'll notice that the articles 1.n this issue are mostly about overseas places. So all you battlers of the Xmas bulges, we want your accounts of your trips coming in over the next few weeks. I promise I'll lead the way if you'll follow.
+===== Advertisements: =====
-AINSLIE MORRIS.
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+| |Page|
-BYLES CREEK NAMED.
+|Eastwood Camping Centre| 8|
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+===== Editorial. =====
+__Happy New Year__ to all bushies and their families! 1985 is starting well, considering that a January issue of the magazine was touch and go - or gone, like most regular magazine collators. Hardly anyone was going to be left in Sydney to produce this issue, but tradition is traditon, and the mag. must go on every month. It is now in its 54th year.
+This month lots of people are away on extended trips - in Tassie, New Zealand, South Coast, Snowies. And you'll notice that the articles in this issue are mostly about overseas places. So all you battlers of the Xmas bulges, we want your accounts of your trips coming in over the next few weeks. I promise I'll lead the way if you'll follow.
+Ainslie Morris.
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+===== Byles Creek Named. =====
 (From The North Shore Times)
-THE CREEK IS NAMED.
+=== The Creek Is Named. ===
 A creek flowing through Pennant Hills Park is no longer a stream without a name.
 The National Trust approved of the name, Byles Creek, after an approach by the Beecroft Cheltenham Civic Trust through the Hornsby douncil.
-However, the name still has to be lodged Names Board, which is expected to approve.
-The environment director of the trust, Mr
+However, the name still has to be lodged with the Geographical Names Board, which is expected to approve.
-"The trust recognises the significant contribution made by the Biles family to conservation. Miss Byles had a deep appreciation and respect for the bushland through which the un-named creek flows."
+The environment director of the trust, Mr C. H. Prateen, wrote:
+"The trust recognises the significant contribution made by the Byles family to conservation. Miss Byles had a deep appreciation and respect for the bushland through which the un-named creek flows."
 (It is nice to see another S.B.W. member's name on the map, this time in the Sydney rather than a wilderness region. Ed.)
-with the Geographical
-. C. H. Prateen, wrote:
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-Page 3
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+The hot weather is with us again, and snakes are in evidence, which means it is time for all those wildly exaggerated snake stories to be trotted out again.
-The hot weather is with us agai.41,,f414. are in evidence, which means it is time for all those wildly exaggerated snake stories to be trotted out again.
 Australian snakes must be among the least belligerent in the world, as my numerous encounters with them have amply proved. Yet snakes continue to be reviled, hunted and ruthlessly killed, usually for no reason except that they are there.
 Accordingly, I should like to say a few words on their behalf:-
-BROWN SNAKE.
+===== Brown Snake. =====
 by Morag Ryder.
-Knee deep in ferns, I blundered Onto a sunny rock
-There, arrayed in all his glory
+Knee deep in ferns, I blundered\\
+Onto a sunny rock\\
+There, arrayed in all his glory\\
 A brown snake glistened in new-minted mail.
-Glorious as a Greek hero
-In freshly polished armour
+Glorious as a Greek hero\\
-Not even Achilles could have looked More radiant or more deadly.
+In freshly polished armour\\
-With princely dignity he raised his head Surveyed me with golden eyes,
+Not even Achilles could have looked\\
-Then politely turned his head away Giving me the signal to pass.
+More radiant or more deadly.
-Slowly I walked on, watching
-Him re-arrange his shining sinews
+With princely dignity he raised his head\\
-For comfort, on the sun warmed rock
+Surveyed me with golden eyes,\\
+Then politely turned his head away\\
+Giving me the signal to pass.
+Slowly I walked on, watching\\
+Him re-arrange his shining sinews\\
+For comfort, on the sun warmed rock\\
 And shading his eyes with a tuft of grass.
-Why are such beautiful creatures persecuted, Slaughtered by the brutal, for no good reason Perhaps their mysterious ways frighten us What we cannot understand, we destroy.
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+Why are such beautiful creatures persecuted,\\
-Page 4 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, 1985.
+Slaughtered by the brutal, for no good reason\\
-THE COUNTRY WITH A HUMAN FACE.
+Perhaps their mysterious ways frighten us -\\
+What we cannot understand, we destroy.
+----
+===== The Country With A Human Face. =====
 by Wal Liddle.
 (Ed. This is the first of a four-part article on Wal's group bike tour in Southern China. A map and photos will appear in the February issue.)
 We entered China via the Macau border post under the red and gold flag of the Peoples' Republic.
-The customs officers, both men and women, were taller than the normal Chinese and wore dark blue uniforms with brass buttons and gold badges. A single Red Star was worn in the blue peaked cap. One woman officer was very interested in my b000ks, especially the one on philosophy by Alan Watts. My thoughts turned to the sayings of Mao, the Little Red Book and Hitler's book burnings.
-Was I to become the victim of State Bureaucratic oppression as some of my friends had predicted or would I live to see another day? Well, Iwasn't considered to be a capitalist reactionary because after a few brief questions she waved my bike and luggage through the final barrier. Imagine my surprise to see a duty free shop at the end of the customs building stocked with Johnny Walker whisky and other western goodies.
+The customs officers, both men and women, were taller than the normal Chinese and wore dark blue uniforms with brass buttons and gold badges. A single Red Star was worn in the blue peaked cap. One woman officer was very interested in my books, especially the one on philosophy by Alan Watts. My thoughts turned to the sayings of Mao, the Little Red Book and Hitler's book burnings.
+Was I to become the victim of State Bureaucratic oppression as some of my friends had predicted or would I live to see another day? Well, I wasn't considered to be a capitalist reactionary because after a few brief questions she waved my bike and luggage through the final barrier. Imagine my surprise to see a duty free shop at the end of the customs building stocked with Johnny Walker whisky and other western goodies.
 Our party of 15, consisting of 9 girls and 6 boys, lined up outside and we checked our 10-speed gears and the brakes ready for the days' ride. I was appointed leader and Malcolm the "tail". Although it is impossible for a Westerner to get lost in China it made for better organisation if we were grouped together between the leader and the "tail". We were all clothed in jeans, beanies and gloves because of the cold weather.
-Over the next 16 days we would ride 660 kms, cycling on each alternate day, with a bus tour on each rest day. The longest day's ride would consist of 110 kms between Foshan and Shaoquing. Our route with deviations would be from the border to Guangzhou (Canton) and north to Hot Springs. Some of us had trained in Australia prepatatory to the trip but two of the
-girls had not ridden a bike for years. To the cry of "mush" we cycled out of the walled compound onto a tarred road which skirted an angry sea.
+Over the next 16 days we would ride 660 kms, cycling on each alternate day, with a bus tour on each rest day. The longest day's ride would consist of 110 kms between Foshan and Shaoquing. Our route with deviations would be from the border to Guangzhou (Canton) and north to Hot Springs. Some of us had trained in Australia prepatatory to the trip but two of the girls had not ridden a bike for years. To the cry of "mush" we cycled out of the walled compound onto a tarred road which skirted an angry sea.
-Our route passed by a number of small seaside villages where bamboo fenced pods stocked with white ducks could be seeh. A large fishing net was draped across the entrance to the lagoon.
-At a curve in the shoreline, the road deteriorated into a dirt track and cyclists had to be careful of punctures because of the sharp stones that were being spread on the ground by a gang of men and women. The macadam surface again materialised but we were "slowed" because only one lane was passable. Three men were slaughtering and skinning a water bUffalo in the other lane.
+Our route passed by a number of small seaside villages where bamboo fenced pods stocked with white ducks could be seen. A large fishing net was draped across the entrance to the lagoon.
-Our accommodation for the evening was at the Stone Mountain Tourist Centre in rural Kwantung - a modern brick complex situated in a shallow valley surrounded by mountains. Booking into the hotel to the relayed sOunds of "Buttons and Bows:, I was intrigued by the sign on my bedroom door which stated "If you're looking for your room maid after dark, please contact the main office".
-Late that evening we were infected by the gay laughter of Joseph, our Hong Kong interpreter, as we gathered round fireworks in the hotel gFrounds. Passers by were amused at our antics around the white and yellow fountains, the silver sparklers and the whistling red and blue rockets.
+At a curve in the shoreline, the road deteriorated into a dirt track and cyclists had to be careful of punctures because of the sharp stones that were being spread on the ground by a gang of men and women. The macadam surface again materialised but we were "slowed" because only one lane was passable. Three men were slaughtering and skinning a water buffalo in the other lane.
-Our route the next day continued into the countryside; hens
-wandered across our path and a small chow dog barked at us as we passed
+Our accommodation for the evening was at the Stone Mountain Tourist Centre in rural Kwantung - a modern brick complex situated in a shallow valley surrounded by mountains. Booking into the hotel to the relayed sounds of "Buttons and Bows", I was intrigued by the sign on my bedroom door which stated "If you're looking for your room maid after dark, please contact the main office".
- ,
-January, 1985.
+Late that evening we were infected by the gay laughter of Joseph, our Hong Kong interpreter, as we gathered round fireworks in the hotel grounds. Passers by were amused at our antics around the white and yellow fountains, the silver sparklers and the whistling red and blue rockets.
-Page
-through one of the villages. A grpup, of ducks waddled along in military formation en route to the nearest pond, followed by their herder, a young boy who used a long stick with a flag on the end to control them. A gnarled old woman was ploughing a field, behind a water buffalo, dressed in black cotton slacks and jacket under a straw coolie hat. She was barefooted and sunk to her ankles at every step she took.
+Our route the next day continued into the countryside; hens wandered across our path and a small chow dog barked at us as we passed through one of the villages. A group of ducks waddled along in military formation en route to the nearest pond, followed by their herder, a young boy who used a long stick with a flag on the end to control them. A gnarled old woman was ploughing a field, behind a water buffalo, dressed in black cotton slacks and jacket under a straw coolie hat. She was barefooted and sunk to her ankles at every step she took.
 The school recess bell sounded as we turned down a dirt road to the Sun Yat Sen High School, the pathways being crowded with pupils on their way home for a two hour lunch. A loudspeaker was blaring out quotations from Chairman Mao:
-"Young people should be able to achieve anything" "The young should learn from the old"
-"Young leaders should be better than the old leaders"
+"Young people should be able to achieve anything"\\
+"The young should learn from the old"\\
+"Young leaders should be better than the old leaders"\\
 The heroes on the school wallboard consisted of Government leaders, opera stars and construction workers.
 Next to the school was the home of the founder of modern China, preserved as a museum. Joseph whispered that the captions on some of the photos distorted the truth as they indicated that Dr. Sun Yat Sen was a "working class hero".
 The further we rode, the heavier the traffic became as we weaved in and out of hundreds of Chinese men and women riding their bicycles to the nearest town or coming home from a shopping expedition. Their bikes were heavy black or green, one or three speed, machines that were built for durability rather than for speed. As we came to a steep gradient, a middle-aged man was pushing a bike loaded to a height of two metres with a stack of green palm fronds. Further on, a man was doubling his wife, whilst their baby was tucked into the front basket. At a bend in the road we passed a bike with two large pigs slung in baskets from the rear carrier rack.
 That afternoon, we were deafened by the honking horns of the buses and trucks that pulled out to pass us. Another hazard was the lack of road sense by the Chinese, who would change direction without warning or hand signals, imperilling their fellow cyclists including us Aussies. I learnt my lesson the hard way, when a Chinese gentleman turned across my path causing us both to do a "bike waltz". It was pure chance that we did not hit each other and end up under a bus!
-Late that afternoon we entered the outskirts of Shiqui, a large provincial city situated on a tributary of the Pearl River. Hundreds of bikes, pedestrians and three-wheeled carts were criss-crossing each other along the dusty streets with blue uniformed police directing the traffic at the major intersections. We came to a dead stop in a "people and bike jam" outside the building housing the "Peoples Insurance Company of China", but eventually did our final weave down a wide avenue leading to the Overseas Chinese Hotel, a modern eleven storey building. The evening meal consisted of a seven course banquet with one of the dishes being a meat-we did not recognise. Joseph informed us that the chow dog we had seen earlier might have ended in the cooking pot as a special treat for the overseas guests.
-The next morning was spent wandering the town, absorbing sights and sounds, the narrow streets being lined with unpainted shops and stalls. The chemist shop sold only homeopathic medicines whilst the hardware store sold earth powders in different colours. Meat was sold uncovered and without refrigeration. An itinerant merchant was attracting attention
+Late that afternoon we entered the outskirts of Shiqui, a large provincial city situated on a tributary of the Pearl River. Hundreds of bikes, pedestrians and three-wheeled carts were criss-crossing each other along the dusty streets with blue uniformed police directing the traffic at the major intersections. We came to a dead stop in a "people and bike jam" outside the building housing the "Peoples Insurance Company of China", but eventually did our final weave down a wide avenue leading to the Overseas Chinese Hotel, a modern eleven storey building. The evening meal consisted of a seven course banquet with one of the dishes being a meat we did not recognise. Joseph informed us that the chow dog we had seen earlier might have ended in the cooking pot as a special treat for the overseas guests.
-AeN,Arp,m
-Page 6 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER  January, 1985..
+The next morning was spent wandering the town, absorbing sights and sounds, the narrow streets being lined with unpainted shops and stalls. The chemist shop sold only homeopathic medicines whilst the hardware store sold earth powders in different colours. Meat was sold uncovered and without refrigeration. An itinerant merchant was attracting attention [illegible] of ancient design whilst a magician performed his [illegible].
 An old man had set up a table on the footpath complete with lacquered pots and brushes. For only a few cents he would paint Chinese characters on gold spangled red paper as a good luck symbol to welcome in the New Year. Two men, in civilian clothes, with red arm bands, patrolled the area on behalf of the Revolutionary Committee to prevent littering and enforce law and order.
-.******###*##
-MUSEUM OF BUSHWALKING AND BUSHWALKERS CENTRE.
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-(A copy of this letter was sent to the Editor. by Alex Colley 0.A., together with a full copy of the submission, of which the Summary is reproduced below. Would members like more details from it published, or like to write their opinions to me? Ed.)
-The Secretary, 7th Nov. 1984.
+===== Museum Of Bushwalking And Bushwalkers Centre. =====
-N.,.S14.. Council of the Australian Bicentennial Authority, :Loth Level, 16-18 Bent Street, Sydney. 2000.
+(A copy of this letter was sent to the Editor by Alex Colley O.A., together with a full copy of the submission, of which the Summary is reproduced below. Would members like more details from it published, or like to write their opinions to me? Ed.)
+th Nov. 1984.
+The Secretary,\\
+N.S.W. Council of the Australian Bicentennial Authority,\\
+th Level, 16-18 Bent Street, Sydney. 2000.
 Dear Sir,
-Through the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs, of which this Club is a foundation member, we have already expressed our endorsement of the Total Environment Centre's proposal for a museum of bushwalking and bush- walkers centre. We believe we could make a special contribution to the centre.
-The Club was sponsored by the Mountain Trails Club in 1927,
+Through the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs, of which this Club is a foundation member, we have already expressed our endorsement of the Total Environment Centre's proposal for a museum of bushwalking and bushwalkers centre. We believe we could make a special contribution to the centre.
-and many M.T.C. members became foundation members of the Sydney BUsh Walkers. With visionary enthusiasm for the preservation of the remnants of our natural heritage, they inspired, under the leadership of Myles J. Dunphy (now 0.B.E.) not only the Blue Mountains National Parks, but most of the major parks now
-in being. It is therefore most appropriate, for both national and historic
+The Club was sponsored by the Mountain Trails Club in 1927, and many M.T.C. members became foundation members of the Sydney Bush Walkers. With visionary enthusiasm for the preservation of the remnants of our natural heritage, they inspired, under the leadership of Myles J. Dunphy (now O.B.E.) not only the Blue Mountains National Parks, but most of the major parks now in being. It is therefore most appropriate, for both national and historic reasons, that a record of early bushwalking activities should be preserved in tangible form.
-reasons,that a record of early bushwalking activities should be preserved in tangible form.
-It is also most appropriate that the museum be located in the
+It is also most appropriate that the museum be located in the Blue Mountains. Being near the population of the State it would be readily accessible. The mountains were favoured by the early bushwalkers, not only because of their accessibility, but because of the scenery and availability of water, and remain the most popular walking country. I personally started walking there as a boy in 1918, and have been returning frequently ever since.
-Blue Mountains. Being near the population of the State it would be readily accessible. The mountains were favoured by the early bushwalkers, not only because of their accessibility, but because of the scenery and availability
-of water, and remain the most popular walking country. I personally started walking there as a boy in 1918, and have been returning frequently ever since.
+The special contributions this club could make to the museum include:
- The special contributions this club could make to the museum include:
-Personal knowledge of early walkers
+Personal knowledge of early walkers\\
-Old equipment, maps, photographs, etc.
+Old equipment, maps, photographs, etc.\\
 Probably, a complete set of S.B.W. magazines
- The magazine has been published since 1933. It has been extensively used by ,the writers of the books "Wild Places", "The Colo", and "Pigeon touse and Beyond" and other publications and scripts.
-We believe that the conservation work of the early bushwalkers
+The magazine has been published since 1933. It has been extensively used by the writers of the books "Wild Places", "The Colo", and "Pigeon touse and Beyond" and other publications and scripts.
-is an important part of the nation's history. If material from these early
-days is not soon collected and preserved, it will remain dispersed and much of it will eventually be lost.
+We believe that the conservation work of the early bushwalkers is an important part of the nation's history. If material from these early days is not soon collected and preserved, it will remain dispersed and much of it will eventually be lost.
 We therefore strongly support the submission of the Total Environment Centre.
-(Signed) ALEX COLLEY.
- Conservation Secretary, S.B.W.
+(Signed) Alex Colley. Conservation Secretary, S.B.W.
-January, 1985.
-Page 7
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-THE SYDNEY BUSHYALK
 MUSEUM OF BUSHWALKING & BUSHWA KERS CENTRE IN THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, NEW SOUTH WALES
 A submission to the NSW Council of the Australian Bicentennial Authority for a grant under the Commemorative Programme.