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+====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ======
-THE SYDNEY BUSHW4L
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+Established June 1931.
-NEAR PIPaCS cAP
-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
+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 7.45 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest.
-evening from 7.45 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest.
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-EDITOR:  Ainslie Morris, 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066.
-Telephone 428 3178.
+|**Editor**|Ainslie Morris, 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066. Telephone 428 3178.|
-BUSINESS MANAGER:  Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118.
+|**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, 2118. Telephone 871 1207.|
-Telephone 871 1207.
+|**Production Manager**|Helen Gray.|
-PRODUCTION MANAGER: Helen Gray.
+|**Typist**|Kath Brown.|
-TYPIST: Kath Brown.
+|**Printers**|Fran Longfoot, Morag Ryder, Stan Madden & Ben Esgate.|
-PRINTERS: Fran Longfoot, Morag Ryder, Stan Madden & Ben Esgate.
-************
+=== June, 1986 ===
-JUNE, 1986.
-Page The Border Ranges National Park by Alex Colley 2
+===== In This Issue: =====
-Colo-rific Jim Brown 4
-New Members 7
+| | |Page|
-Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre 8
+|The Border Ranges National Park|Alex Colley| 2|
-Tantangara to Brindabella - Part 2 Janet Waterhouse 9
+|Colo-rific|Jim Brown| 4|
-Committee Meeting 4.6.86 11
+|New Members| | 7|
-Ault a minute - Fifty-four Years Ago 11
+|Tantangara to Brindabella - Part 2|Janet Waterhouse| 9|
-Advertisement - Canoe & Camping,Gladesville 12
+|Committee Meeting 4.6.86| |11|
-The Trans-Kowmung Push Bikes Puffing Billy 13
+|Just a minute - Fifty-four Years Ago| |11|
-Advertisement - Blackheath Taxi 14
+|The Trans-Kowmung Push Bikes|Puffing Billy|13|
-The May General Meeting Barry Wallace 15
+|The May General Meeting|Barry Wallace|15|
-Notice of Motion of Rescission 16
+|Notice of Motion of Rescission| |16|
-Letter to the Editor Tom Herbert 17
+|Letter to the Editor|Tom Herbert|17|
-Body Talk - First Aid Footnotes for
+|Body Talk - First Aid Footnotes for Non-tiger Walkers|Elwyn Morris|18|
-Non-tiger Walkers Elwyn Morris 18
+|Annual Subscription - Form to send in| |18|
-ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION - Form to send in 18
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+===== Advertisements: =====
-Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, 1986.
-onservation Corner.
+| |Page|
-THE BORDER RANGES NATIONAL PARK.
+|Eastwood Camping Centre| 8|
+|Canoe & Camping, Gladesville|12|
+|Blackheath Taxi|14|
+----
+===== Conservation Corner. =====
+=== The Border Ranges National Park. ===
 by Alex Colley.
-The McPherson Range extends from the Great Dividing Range east to
-the coast. The border fence, designed to keep the rabbits out of Queens-
-land and the ticks out of N.S.W., follows its crest. The section between
-Mount Lindesay and Lamington forms the northern boundary of the Border
-Ranges National Park. Until 1982 the forested area south of the border, now in the park, consisted Of the Mount Lindesay, Roseberry and Wiangarie State Forests.
-Lamington National Park, north of Wiangarie, was dedicated in 1915, following 19 years of persistent campaigning by Robert Collins and Romeo Lahey. The three forests on the N.S.W. side were dedicated two years
-later, but difficulty of access to the range restricted logging. It was
-Arthur Groom of Binnaburra who, in 1948, first advocated preservation of
-the rainforest on the N.S.W. side. Local campaigns for preservation,
-though well supported, were unsuccessful. The last of these was triggered
-by Rus Maslen, an orchid buff, who investigated the source of large quantities of orchids brought down from Wiangarie, which grew only on the Antarctic beech. He found they came from beeches cut in the forest, and this inspired him to form the Border Ranges Preservation Society. By 1973 logging interests had prevailed and the Society could make no further
-progress. His son, Peter, brought the matter before the Colong Committee,
-then totally committed to the Boyd Plateau campaign. Two years later, when the Boyd had been saved, the Committee adopted the Border Ranges National Park as its number one priority.
-The Committee's first task was to delineate its claim. It decided
-to go for the whole of the three forests, believing that if it asked for the lot it would at least get more than if it asked for a little. Within a few months the issue had hit the headlines, and continued to escalate.
-Three years later, with an election in the offing, the Government decided to dispose of the problem. It created a park 50 km long, averaging 2 km wide. which was promptly dubbed "Snake Park" - it had a bulge towards the tail
-and its head was raised. By this time the entire conservation movement
-supported the campaign, which continued to escalate, until the movement expanded ita claim to embrace all the major rainforests in the State.
-After five inquiries, all of which found reasons why the rainforests should not be saved, the Government decided to dispose of the matter once and for all. On October 26th 1982, after a cabinet meeting lasting from
-.30 am to 4.30 pm, during which rainforest was the only item on the agenda, it was decided to preserve 120,000 ha of rainforest (four times the original Colong Committee claim) in six national park additions, two nature reserves
-and three flora reserves. So ended the State's most publicised conserv-
-ation campaign, to the satisfaction of both the conservation movement and
-the Government. As Mr. Wran said when addressing the 1983 A.L.P. Confer-
-ence: "When we're all dead and buried and our children's children are reflecting upon what was the best thing the Labor Government in N.S.W. did in the 20th century, they'll all come up with the answer that we saved the rainforests."
-In geographic terms the Border Ranges National Park falls into three sections - the eastern, ex Wiangarie State Forest section, the central, Richmond Gap section and the western, ex Roseberry State Forest section. Based on a recent week's walking in the park, and a number of previous visits, Jim Somerville and I are recommending a management plan for the Park. The Wiangarie section includes the Tweed Range, which provides
-June, 1986. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page-
-magnificent views of the Tweed Valley caldera with Mount Warning at its centre. There are walking tracks on Grady's Creek and Brindle Creek giving access to unlogged rainforest and a large stand of Antarctic Beech. There are camping and picnic areas in the rainforest on the range and another
-camping area at Sheepstation Creek, in the eucalypt forest below. Access
-is by the well maintained forest road. Probably the most interesting feature of the central section is the border loop on the Sydney-Brisbane railway below Richmond Gap.
-The Roseberry section is accessible only on foot, the Queensland side of the Range being privately owned. We believe it should be retained as a wilderness area - i.e. no vehicular access. We approached it by climbing the ridge west of Findon Creek and came back on the ridge east of the creek.
-Most of Lever's Plateau is unlogged. The rainforest canopy is very high and
-there is little understorey. It contains the last substantial stand of hoop
-pine and some of the largest remaining specimens of carabeen, cedar, strangler
-fig and other rainforest species. There are magnificent views of the western McPherson Range, including Mounts Lindesay and Barney and the Logan Valley.
-Off-track walking in rainforests is not strongly recommended, but there is good access along the track next to the border fence, and a good deal of interesting exploration could be done. I have walked the western "Scenic
-Rim" from Cunningham's Gap to Mount Lindesay, not along the crest, which is very broken, but along the upper Logan valley with climbs of the main peaks.
-It is beautiful walking country, and it is possible that one day a walking track will be constructed which will avoid the arduous climbing now required to negotiate the range.
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+The McPherson Range extends from the Great Dividing Range east to the coast. The border fence, designed to keep the rabbits out of Queensland and the ticks out of N.S.W., follows its crest. The section between Mount Lindesay and Lamington forms the northern boundary of the Border Ranges National Park. Until 1982 the forested area south of the border, now in the park, consisted of the Mount Lindesay, Roseberry and Wiangarie State Forests.
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+Lamington National Park, north of Wiangarie, was dedicated in 1915, following 19 years of persistent campaigning by Robert Collins and Romeo Lahey. The three forests on the N.S.W. side were dedicated two years later, but difficulty of access to the range restricted logging. It was Arthur Groom of Binnaburra who, in 1948, first advocated preservation of the rainforest on the N.S.W. side. Local campaigns for preservation, though well supported, were unsuccessful. The last of these was triggered by Rus Maslen, an orchid buff, who investigated the source of large quantities of orchids brought down from Wiangarie, which grew only on the Antarctic beech. He found they came from beeches cut in the forest, and this inspired him to form the Border Ranges Preservation Society. By 1973 logging interests had prevailed and the Society could make no further progress. His son, Peter, brought the matter before the Colong Committee, then totally committed to the Boyd Plateau campaign. Two years later, when the Boyd had been saved, the Committee adopted the Border Ranges National Park as its number one priority.
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+The Committee's first task was to delineate its claim. It decided to go for the whole of the three forests, believing that if it asked for the lot it would at least get more than if it asked for a little. Within a few months the issue had hit the headlines, and continued to escalate. Three years later, with an election in the offing, the Government decided to dispose of the problem. It created a park 50 km long, averaging 2 km wide. which was promptly dubbed "Snake Park" - it had a bulge towards the tail and its head was raised. By this time the entire conservation movement supported the campaign, which continued to escalate, until the movement expanded its claim to embrace all the major rainforests in the State.
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+After five inquiries, all of which found reasons why the rainforests should not be saved, the Government decided to dispose of the matter once and for all. On October 26th 1982, after a cabinet meeting lasting from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm, during which rainforest was the only item on the agenda, it was decided to preserve 120,000 ha of rainforest (four times the original Colong Committee claim) in six national park additions, two nature reserves and three flora reserves. So ended the State's most publicised conservation campaign, to the satisfaction of both the conservation movement and the Government. As Mr. Wran said when addressing the 1983 A.L.P. Conference: "When we're all dead and buried and our children's children are reflecting upon what was the best thing the Labor Government in N.S.W. did in the 20th century, they'll all come up with the answer that we saved the rainforests."
+In geographic terms the Border Ranges National Park falls into three sections - the eastern, ex Wiangarie State Forest section, the central, Richmond Gap section and the western, ex Roseberry State Forest section. Based on a recent week's walking in the park, and a number of previous visits, Jim Somerville and I are recommending a management plan for the Park. The Wiangarie section includes the Tweed Range, which provides magnificent views of the Tweed Valley caldera with Mount Warning at its centre. There are walking tracks on Grady's Creek and Brindle Creek giving access to unlogged rainforest and a large stand of Antarctic Beech. There are camping and picnic areas in the rainforest on the range and another camping area at Sheepstation Creek, in the eucalypt forest below. Access is by the well maintained forest road. Probably the most interesting feature of the central section is the border loop on the Sydney-Brisbane railway below Richmond Gap.
+[ Map: Border Ranges National Park ]
+The Roseberry section is accessible only on foot, the Queensland side of the Range being privately owned. We believe it should be retained as a wilderness area - i.e. no vehicular access. We approached it by climbing the ridge west of Findon Creek and came back on the ridge east of the creek. Most of Lever's Plateau is unlogged. The rainforest canopy is very high and there is little understorey. It contains the last substantial stand of hoop pine and some of the largest remaining specimens of carabeen, cedar, strangler fig and other rainforest species. There are magnificent views of the western McPherson Range, including Mounts Lindesay and Barney and the Logan Valley.
+Off-track walking in rainforests is not strongly recommended, but there is good access along the track next to the border fence, and a good deal of interesting exploration could be done. I have walked the western "Scenic Rim" from Cunningham's Gap to Mount Lindesay, not along the crest, which is very broken, but along the upper Logan valley with climbs of the main peaks. It is beautiful walking country, and it is possible that one day a walking track will be constructed which will avoid the arduous climbing now required to negotiate the range.
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-Page 4 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, 1986.
-COLO - RIFIC.
 by Jim Brown.
-This sketch-with-songs was presented at the Reunion Campfire by Dot Butler, Barbara Bruce, Ainslie Morris, Mike Reynolds and Jim Brown. It
-had to do with the recent spate of walks into the Colo River catchment, and was preceded by an introductory section spoken by the performers in
+This sketch-with-songs was presented at the Reunion Campfire by Dot Butler, Barbara Bruce, Ainslie Morris, Mike Reynolds and Jim Brown. It had to do with the recent spate of walks into the Colo River catchment, and was preceded by an introductory section spoken by the performers in turn. The Introduction can be summarised as follows -
-turn. The Introduction can be summarised as follows -
-The four letters "CO.. LO" crop up repeatedly - right from the
+The four letters "CO...LO" crop up repeatedly - right from the beginnings of life. For example, COLO-STRUM is the very first mother's milk produced after a mammal has given birth. Then we in Australia were long considered COLO-NIALS. In America there is a River and a State both called COLO-RADO, whilst the smallest woodwind musical instrument is a PIC-COLO.
-beginnings of life. For example, COLO-STRUM is the very first mother's
-milk produced after a mammal has given birth. Then we in Australia were
+Which makes us think of the River COLO and all the walkers who have attempted it; beginning with the Gordon Smith / Max Gentle team about 1930, and a large S.B.W. party in 1934. About 15 years ago there was a sequence of three walks which covered almost the whole of the main valley from Glen Davis to Colo Heights.
-long considered COLO-NIALS. In America there is a River and a State both
-called COLO-RADO, whilst the smallest woodwind musical instrument is a PIC-COLO.
+In the last year there have been 23 programmed walks in the Colo country - many in the Wollongambe Wilderness - but also a new version of the series of trips covering the main stream. These were led by Don Finch and Oliver Crawford, with an additional Christmas walk led by Matthew Walton which went all the way in one stage.
-Which makes us think of the River COLO and all the walkers who have attempted it; beginning with the Gordon Smith/Max Gentle team about 1930, and a large S.B.W. party in 1934. About 15 years ago there was a sequence
-of three walks which covered almost the whole of the main valley from Glen Davis to Colo Heights.
+The sketch-with-songs about these recent walks begins with a ballad by an ageing walker who wants to "do" the Colo before he's completely over the hill. (This was a snide device to allow the author to claim he did know something of what he was writing about, albeit ten years earlier.)
-In the last year there have been 23 programmed walks in the Colo country - many in the Wollongambe Wilderness - but also a new version of the series of trips covering the main stream. These were led by Don Finch and
-Oliver Crawford, with an additional Christmas walk led by Matthew Walton which went all the way in one stage.
+__Song__: (To "Rolling Down to Rio")
-The sketch-with-songs about these recent walks begins with a ballad by an ageing walker who wants to "do" the Colo before he's completely over the hill. (This was a snide device to allow the author to claim he did
-know something of what he was writing about, albeit ten years earlier.)
+I've walked the Grose and Nattai, I've walked along the Cox,\\
-aaa: (To "Rolling Down to Rio")
+I've trudged the Wollondilly with grass seeds in my sox,\\
-I've walked the Grose and Nattai, I've walked along the Cox, I've trudged the Wollondilly with grass seeds in my sax, But ah....ah....ah....0h!
+But ah....ah....ah....Oh!\\
-But never done the Colo
+But never done the Colo\\
-From Wolgan to Wollemi,
+From Wolgan to Wollemi,\\
-And a madman you may deem me
+And a madman you may deem me\\
-But it's there that you may see me,
+But it's there that you may see me,\\
-Even tho' November's steamy
+Even tho' November's steamy\\
-I've simply got to go,
+I've simply got to go,\\
-For ah....ah....ah....0h!
+For ah....ah....ah....Oh!\\
 The Capertee and Colo that's where I've got to go.
-There are three trips that I see here with Crawford or with Finch
-Right down to Angorawa, I know they're not a cinch,
+There are three trips that I see here with Crawford or with Finch\\
-But ah....ah....ah....Ohl
+Right down to Angorawa, I know they're not a cinch,\\
-So I would try the Colo
+But ah....ah....ah....Oh!\\
-And I think that I can follow
+So I would try the Colo\\
-All along that cliff-lined hollow,
+And I think that I can follow\\
-My dignity I'll swallow
+All along that cliff-lined hollow,\\
-And in the quicksands wallow.
+My dignity I'll swallow\\
-I know I've got to go, For ah....ah....ah....Ohl
+And in the quicksands wallow.\\
+I know I've got to go,\\
+For ah....ah....ah....Oh!\\
 The Capertee and Colo that's where I've got to go.
-Now the first of the three main-stream trips was a car-swap. One party went downstream from Glen Davis and the others came up from the
-,Culoul Range at Six Brothers, and went upstream. Of course, it was harder
+Now the first of the three main-stream trips was a car-swap. One party went downstream from Glen Davis and the others came up from the Culoul Range at Six Brothers, and went upstream. Of course, it was harder for the upstream party, mainly because the flood debris usually points down-river, but also because they had some trouble in identifying "Pass Six", the chosen way into the Colo Gorge. In fact, they finally scrambled down by "Unauthorised Route"... here's the story....
-for the upstream party, mainly because the flood debris usually points
-June, 1986.-  THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 5
+__Song__: (To "The Fox")
-down-river, but also because they had some trouble in identifying "Pass Six", the chosen way into the Colo Gorge. In fact, they finally scrambled down by "Unauthorised Route"... here's the story....
-SONG: (To "The Fox")
+A crowd went out one Friday night\\
-A crowd went out one Friday night
+And hoped that the moon would give them light\\
-And hoped that the moon would give them light To make Six Brothers in moonshine bright
+To make Six Brothers in moonshine bright\\
-On the trail out to the Colo....Colo....Colo....
+On the trail out to the Colo....Colo....Colo....\\
-But the drive out gave them no delight,
+But the drive out gave them no delight,\\
 There were bogs on the road to the Colo.
-They had some strife along Pass Six
-And once they wer& in an awkward fix,
+They had some strife along Pass Six\\
-But with the aid of a few smart tricks
+And once they were in an awkward fix,\\
-They finally, reached their goal-c....goal-o....goal-.... And nobody crossed the River Styx
+But with the aid of a few smart tricks\\
-, Before they reached the Colo.
+They finally, reached their goal-o....goal-o....goal-....\\
-By Saturday night at Girribung Creek
+And nobody crossed the River Styx\\
-They were pretty tired and ready to peek,
+Before they reached the Colo.
-For all were scratched and some felt weak
--' It -wasn't a simple stroll-o....stroll-o....stroll-o.... But the prospect didn't look so bleak,
+By Saturday night at Girribung Creek\\
+They were pretty tired and ready to peek,\\
+For all were scratched and some felt weak\\
+It wasn't a simple stroll-o....stroll-o....stroll-o....\\
+But the prospect didn't look so bleak,\\
 They'd walked so much of the Colo.
-The downstream party there they'd see
-Who'd come down from the Capertee,
+The downstream party there they'd see\\
-Discussed the trip and they'd all agree
+Who'd come down from the Capertee,\\
-You don't have a bludge on the Colo....Colo....Colo.... Exchanged the news and the old car key
+Discussed the trip and they'd all agree\\
+You don't have a bludge on the Colo....Colo....Colo....\\
+Exchanged the news and the old car key\\
 And slept on the banks of the Colo.
-The next day it was on again,
-A final dash for Davis Glen,
+The next day it was on again,\\
-A resolute crowd of girls and men
+A final dash for Davis Glen,\\
-As the river took its toll-o....toll-o....toll-0.... They tramped twelve hours and then....and then.... At last they had done the Colo,
+A resolute crowd of girls and men\\
-And one car hit a kangaroo near Lithgow, and its crew came home by
+As the river took its toll-o....toll-o....toll-o....\\
-train with the milkman in the early hours of Monday... and the leader billed
+They tramped twelve hours and then....and then....\\
-all taking part the sum of $25.60 for repairs to the car - not the kangaroo.
+At last they had done the Colo.
-The second mainstream walk was rather shorter, from a bit below the Wollemi down to Canoe Creek, and all the party went downstream. Apart from a soggy Friday night on Culoul, the weather was warm and many floated down the somewhat swollen river, while a few determined types trudged along the scrubby And sandy banks.
-aONG: (To-,"Bonnie3anks of Clyde")
+And one car hit a kangaroo near Lithgow, and its crew came home by train with the milkman in the early hours of Monday... and the leader billed all taking part the sum of $25.60 for repairs to the car - not the kangaroo.
-Raining and complaining
-As the Culoul miles slip past.
+The second mainstream walk was rather shorter, from a bit below the Wollemi down to Canoe Creek, and all the party went __downstream__. Apart from a soggy Friday night on Culoul, the weather was warm and many floated down the somewhat swollen river, while a few determined types trudged along the scrubby and sandy banks....
-Feigning it's not raining
-Till we pitch our tents at last.
+__Song__: (To "Bonnie Banks of Clyde")
-Then mosquitoes in the camp
-Seeking shelter from the damp -
+Raining and complaining\\
+As the Culoul miles slip past.\\
+Feigning it's not raining\\
+Till we pitch our tents at last.\\
+Then mosquitoes in the camp\\
+Seeking shelter from the damp -\\
 Oh, it's lovely when you get out to the Colo.
-Page 6 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, 1986.
-SONG (cont.)
+Yawning in our awning\\
-Yawning in our awning
+Over muesli or weet-bix,\\
-Over muesli or weet-bix,
+Yawning in the dawning\\
-Yawning in the dawning
+And again we'll seek Pass Six.\\
-And again we'll seek Pass Six.
+Well, we find the way this trip\\
-Well, we find the way this trip Even time to take a dip
+Even time to take a dip\\
 As we start out floating down the Colo.
-Gloating as we're floating
-Along the river's tides Noting while we're floating
+Gloating as we're floating\\
-That some others walk the sides.
+Along the river's tides\\
-While they're getting scratched and sore
+Noting while we're floating\\
-We can drift a whole lot more.
+That some others walk the sides.\\
+While they're getting scratched and sore\\
+We can drift a whole lot more.\\
 Oh, it's lovely when you're floating down the Colo.
 But there was one casualty that weekend. One that went un-noticed and was callously ignored by the walkers.... Let us go back to the Friday night on the Culoul Range, when the mosquitoes appeared.... here is their humming chorus....
-Zizz....zizz....zizz.... TEe raindrops are falling on our heads! SONG: (To "Pop-eye the Sailor Man4
-Mostyn mosquito is dead,
+Zizz....zizz....zizz.... The raindrops are falling on our heads!
-Raindrops fell "plop!" on his head, And when he was found
-We saw he was drowned,
+__Song__: (To "Pop-eye the Sailor Man")
+Mostyn mosquito is dead,\\
+Raindrops fell "plop!" on his head,\\
+And when he was found\\
+We saw he was drowned,\\
 Alas, his spirit had fled.
 Chorus: Zizz....zizz....zizz....Raindrops keep falling on our heads!
-If he'd got under a leaf
-His life need not have been brief. He gave one last hum
+If he'd got under a leaf\\
-Then fell on his... tail. We're laden with rain and grief.
+His life need not have been brief.\\
+He gave one last hum\\
+Then fell on his... tail.\\
+We're laden with rain and grief.
 Chorus: Zizz....zizz....zizz....Raindrops keep falling on our heads!
-Giants appear with a light
-And they're distressed by our plight, While the rain pelters
+Giants appear with a light\\
-They're building us shelters - We'll be blood-brothers to-night!
+And they're distressed by our plight,\\
-Chorus: Zizz....zizz....zizz.... Raindrops stop falling on our heads
+While the rain pelters\\
+They're building us shelters -\\
+We'll be blood-brothers to-night!
+Chorus: Zizz....zizz....zizz.... Raindrops stop falling on our heads.
 The last of the three main-stream trips, from Canoe Creek to Angorawa and out to Drip Rock, took place on the weekend that introduced the summer. There was also expected to be a full moon. However, persistent showers, including a downpour on Saturday and some rain on Sunday, made it less than summer-ish.
-SONG: (To "Shenandoah")
-Oh, bright full moon, I'd like to see you
+__Song__: (To "Shenandoah")
-Round and gold and boldly beaming Instead of which I must agree you
-Have hid your face to-night....
+Oh, bright full moon, I'd like to see you\\
+Round and gold and boldly beaming\\
+Instead of which I must agree you\\
+Have hid your face to-night....\\
 ....And the rain is teeming....
-SONG (cont.)
-Oh, summer sun, shine on our river, Don't be coy - just let us sizzle,
+Oh, summer sun, shine on our river,\\
-And while we float don't make us shiver, Don't menace us with rain.... ...Rain and mist and drizzle....
+Don't be coy - just let us sizzle,\\
-On Saturday we felt and saw a
+And while we float don't make us shiver,\\
-Deluge storm as we neared Tambo, By Sunday's lunch at Angorawa
+Don't menace us with rain....\\
-We felt restored again....
+...Rain and mist and drizzle....
+On Saturday we felt and saw a\\
+Deluge storm as we neared Tambo,\\
+By Sunday's lunch at Angorawa\\
+We felt restored again....\\
 ....Fit and tough as Rambo....
-Then as we hump our swag and bluey
-Sodden legs to Drip Rock wending,
+Then as we hump our swag and bluey\\
-Send her down....0h, send her Hughie....
+Sodden legs to Drip Rock wending,\\
-Don't change the pattern now....
+Send her down....0h, send her Hughie....\\
+Don't change the pattern now....\\
 ....Soggy start and ending....
 So the sequence of trips was over and the main part of the Colo had been "done" again.
 For those who took part in the trips, I guess the memories will be "Colo-rific". In fact, you may come to remember it as a high spot in your walking....
-SONG: (To "Red River Valley")
-You'll remember the wild Colo Valley, You'll remember that you battled on, You'll remember the scrub and the sallee
+__Song__: (To "Red River Valley")
+You'll remember the wild Colo Valley,\\
+You'll remember that you battled on,\\
+You'll remember the scrub and the sallee\\
 When a lot of your memories have gone.
-Perhaps at the time it seemed rougher
-Than you'd thought you were going to find; But at least you could meet it and suffer
+Perhaps at the time it seemed rougher\\
+Than you'd thought you were going to find;\\
+But at least you could meet it and suffer\\
 And pretend "Oh, it's all in the mind".
-In those mem'ries one day you may treasure How you trudged out Culoul in the rain.
-It's the tough ones that give us such pleasure.... And you'll wish you could do it again.
+In those mem'ries one day you may treasure\\
-* * * * * * * * * * * * *
+How you trudged out Culoul in the rain.\\
-NEW MEMBERS.
+It's the tough ones that give us such pleasure....\\
+And you'll wish you could do it again.
+----
+===== New Members. =====
 Please add the following names to your List of Members.
-COYLE, Ross, 35 Camelot Court, Carlingford, 2118 Phone 630 4061
-KENNY, Rosemary, 5 Fisher Street, Balgowlah Heights 2093 94
+  * Coyle, Ross, 35 Camelot Court, Carlingford, 2118. Phone 630 4061.
+  * Kenny, Rosemary, 5 Fisher Street, Balgowlah Heights, 2093. 94 5974.
-MOORE, Lesley, 50 Smith Road, Artarmon, 2064 411 2096
+  * Moore, Lesley, 50 Smith Road, Artarmon, 2064. 411 2096.
-NIVEN, Jeffrey, Lot 1 Perentie Road, Belrose, 2085 452 5526
+  * Niven, Jeffrey, Lot 1 Perentie Road, Belrose, 2085. 452 5526.
-OXLEY, Jim, 11/242 Blaxland Road, Ryde, 2112 807 2128
+  * Oxley, Jim, 11/242 Blaxland Road, Ryde, 2112. 807 2128.
-WILLCOCKS, Carolyn, 41 Rofe Street, Leichhardt, 2040 568 2462
+  * Willcocks, Carolyn, 41 Rofe Street, Leichhardt, 2040. 568 2462.
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-ADVANCE NOTICE OF EXTENDED WALK - MITTAGONG TO KATOOMBA.
+----
+=== Advanced notice of extended walk - Mittagong to Katoomba. ===
 days - October 10th to 16th. Details phone George Walton 498 7956 before 9 pm.
-BUSH DANCE - Wilderness Society. "Hard Yakker", Petersham Town Hall 7.30 pm.
+----
+=== Bush Dance. ===
+Wilderness Society. "Hard Yakker", Petersham Town Hall 7.30 pm.
 $7 - Concession $5. Beer, wine and food Available.
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-June, 1986. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 9
+Large Tents - Stoves - Lamps - Folding Furniture.
-TANTANGARA TO BRINDABELLA
-by Janet Waterhouse. PART 2 - THE RIVER SECTION. (Leader - Don Finch)
+__Distributors of__:
-Thursday: An optional side trip to Little Peppercorn Hut (PEPPERCORN: 480613) was suggested by our illustrious leader and as the six starters assembled awaiting instruction and guidance Don announced that he was joining the frail and old and remaining in camp. The leaderless waifs trudged off across the baking plain and saw en route four brumbies (one of which David claimed was not a stallion as he "couldn't see the parts") and two wallabies.
-We inspected the relic of Little Peppercorn Hut and examined an old kerosene fridge which we had mistaken for a car, so we had a conversation about taking it for Sunday afternoon drives around the countryside anyway. 14-3 had no time to explore the pretty Peppercorn Creek gully and returned to camp avoiding the tussock wherever possible.
+Paddymade - Karrimor - Berghaus - Hallmark - Bergans - Caribee - Fairydown - Silva - Primus - Companion - and all leading brands.
+Proprietors: Jack & Nancy Fox. Sales Manager: David Fox.
+Eastwood Canvas Good & Camping Supplies.
+Trelawney St., Eastwood, NSW, 2122. Phone 858 2775.
+----
+===== Tantangara To Brindabells. =====
+by Janet Waterhouse.
+=== Part 2 - The River Section. ===
+(Leader - Don Finch)
+__Thursday__: An optional side trip to Little Peppercorn Hut (Peppercorn: 480613) was suggested by our illustrious leader and as the six starters assembled awaiting instruction and guidance Don announced that he was joining the frail and old and remaining in camp. The leaderless waifs trudged off across the baking plain and saw en route four brumbies (one of which David claimed was not a stallion as he "couldn't see the parts") and two wallabies.
+We inspected the relic of Little Peppercorn Hut and examined an old kerosene fridge which we had mistaken for a car, so we had a conversation about taking it for Sunday afternoon drives around the countryside anyway. We had no time to explore the pretty Peppercorn Creek gully and returned to camp avoiding the tussock wherever possible.
 On our return we admired then ate two magnificent wholemeal dampers Wendy had cooked under Bill's expert guidance. The party having been set a departure time of 1400 behaved with their usual paranoia about being last ready, so at 1335 without the chance for a last minute rest Little Hitler had us march off without delay. Rather than retrace our steps to Coolamine Homestead, we opted for the quiet cool pools of a Caves Creek tributary. As we waded and floundered through a deep sea of tussock, briar rose and occasional wild raspberry vines we wondered at our unflappable faith in our leader's ability as a water diviner. We wondered all the way to Caves Creek where the majority of the party hesitated only to divest themselves of a thousand grass seeds, gaiters and a range of vestments before plunging into the nearest icy cold pool.
 A couple of passing tourists were heard to observe that we looked like "Extras out of a scene of John the Baptist".
-Refreshed, and out of grass seed country at long last, we took off downstream on a superb track which wanted to believe would continue to the Goodradigbee. At the first spectacular waterfall downstream the track dwindled and was gone, leaving us to flounder over crags and bluffs, 6 ft high weed, briar and then to a grinding halt while the leader dispatched two of us to explore the limestone canyon.
-The gorge country there is very spectacular and exciting, and negotiation along the steep rock shelves proved to me once again the usefulness of
+Refreshed, and out of grass seed country at long last, we took off downstream on a superb track which we wanted to believe would continue to the Goodradigbee. At the first spectacular waterfall downstream the track dwindled and was gone, leaving us to flounder over crags and bluffs, 6 ft high weed, briar and then to a grinding halt while the leader dispatched two of us to explore the limestone canyon.
-a herringbone tread. After determining further progress downstream would be fraught with difficulty, the party beat a strategic retreat to the cliff tops up a steep, sun-baked, airy, rocky ridge from where we had a fantastic view up and down the hairpin bends in the gorge. After bashing through various degrees of scrub and jungle we stumbled upon an old four-wheel-drive track running all the way down the nose of the ridge between Caves Creek and the Goodradigbee River, where we established camp (PEPPERCORN: 557567) amongst swarms of very persistent tiny black beetles. We were all satisfied that we had put in a really good afternoon's walk.
+The gorge country there is very spectacular and exciting, and negotiation along the steep rock shelves proved to me once again the usefulness of a herringbone tread. After determining further progress downstream would be fraught with difficulty, the party beat a strategic retreat to the cliff tops up a steep, sun-baked, airy, rocky ridge from where we had a fantastic view up and down the hairpin bends in the gorge. After bashing through various degrees of scrub and jungle we stumbled upon an old four-wheel-drive track running all the way down the nose of the ridge between Caves Creek and the Goodradigbee River, where we established camp (Peppercorn: 557567) amongst swarms of very persistent tiny black beetles. We were all satisfied that we had put in a really good afternoon's walk.
 After hot rum and lemon drinks and a good deal of discussion about whether the rum would last the distance, a few of us went for another swim - such bliss to have water deep enough to submerge. Dinner that night was a W. Burke production of curry and rice followed by an apple lemon cake and vanilla pudding.
-Friday: Much to everyone's surprise Don was up first and fooled us all by lighting the fire without breaking any sticks. When I stirred in my snug cocoon I peeped from beneath the fly-sheet and watched David and Don quietly building the fire up and marvelled at the tranquility of our campsite.
-Page 10 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, 1986.
+__Friday__: Much to everyone's surprise Don was up first and fooled us all by lighting the fire without breaking any sticks. When I stirred in my snug cocoon I peeped from beneath the fly-sheet and watched David and Don quietly building the fire up and marvelled at the tranquility of our campsite.
 I watched the leaping flames setting their peaceful faces aglow and knew I would always remember this walk. The rat-race seemed just so far away.
 At breakfast Steve was initiated into the art of damper making with huge success, and Lynne amazed us all by dragging out yet another clean neatly pressed blouse to wear.
 Our next two days would be on the Goodradigbee, so with considerable anticipation and arming ourselves with personally selected scrub-bashers, we set off to push our way through the gorge country following faint tracks where possible to avoid the briars. Before long David found a wild apple tree which we sampled, Barry picking extra apples to tempt any possible "Eves".
 After fairly slow progress rock-hopping and pushing through scratchy scrub, David took a fancy to a short cut over a small saddle. Due to Wendy'a insistence that in doing so we had side-stepped the much spoken about Ben Esgate tunnel, Don was dispatched to investigate by which time the front runners had crossed the river. I remained very quiet about my two dry feet when everyone took delight at the rock turning to water under David's feet.
-Joan, Wendy and Steve turned back to explore a slit in the rock which Don had found and what a prize it held! The slit penetrated deep into the cliff and was filled with limestone formations - shawls, flow-stone and
-asses of pie white crystals. They went as far as the unwaterproofed torches would allow in swiftly flowing, freezing cold water which was up to Joan's chin (even when on her tippy-toes). I was quite envious when I realised the prize I had missed.
+Joan, Wendy and Steve turned back to explore a slit in the rock which Don had found and what a prize it held! The slit penetrated deep into the cliff and was filled with limestone formations - shawls, flow-stone and masses of pure white crystals. They went as far as the unwaterproofed torches would allow in swiftly flowing, freezing cold water which was up to Joan's chin (even when on her tippy-toes). I was quite envious when I realised the prize I had missed.
 We ade our way slowly down the banks as far as possible until we were forced into the river by thick scrub, where we discovered that rock-hopping on submerged rocks lacks a certain charm and can really take one unawares. We stopped to admire a spectacular split waterfall, cascade and pool near Basin Creek, then continued the slog. Most of that day went by in a blurr of concentration whilst trying to remain approximately vertical, Joan discovering the skill of stepping between instead of on rocks in her boots. She had quite mastered it by Saturday!
 That afternoon we lost David for a while after a great deal of confusion about a possible retreat to a fire-trail. It was too early with too many unknown hazards still ahead to stop at the only really good campsite, so, late that afternoon, tempers were a little frayed as we bashed our way up through the scrub to a level place in the forest. This was starting to feel like a "S.B.W. weekend walk" - what had happened to our holiday?
 Despite my tiredness I think for me this was actually one of the more special campsites of the trip and most certainly the only one in wilderness. I enjoyed the sounds of the rushing untamed river and could not absorb enough the gorge country through which we'd passed. Mosquitoes kept us awake for a while although the insect repellant worked wonders.
-Saturday: We awoke to the cracking of sticks and the morning chorus of birds - we were getting the hang of it by now - and after breakfast we scrambled down-through the scrub to the river where we found Don gazing into a deep pool where the trout should have been. Again we selected scrub- bashers, Joan taking pity on David whose stick had been "left forlornly leaning against a tree" (or so she claimed....).
+__Saturday__: We awoke to the cracking of sticks and the morning chorus of birds - we were getting the hang of it by now - and after breakfast we scrambled down through the scrub to the river where we found Don gazing into a deep pool where the trout should have been. Again we selected scrub-bashers, Joan taking pity on David whose stick had been "left forlornly leaning against a tree" (or so she claimed....).
 The morning progressed as the previous afternoon - rock hopping, slithering and sliding and hanging by our toe nails to the edges of rock ledges. After morning tea and disillusioned by our slow progress on the river we took to the hills, David in the lead with Don playing samurai with his scrub basher with what seemed like much too much surplus energy. This culminated in Don and David's Tai Chi fight and brought us some comic relief.
-June, 1986. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 11
 Back at the river for lunch after a dunking to wash off the perspiration and leaves, the sky began to look ominous and we cursed David for tempting the gods to produce rain. As the first big drops fell and we all contemplated how much worse rock hopping would be in the rain, David put his raincoat on and Joan ceremonially dragged out her scout hat, and the rain promptly stopped.
 At long last we reached the fire trail which crosses the Goodradigbee and left the river behind, making our way to a far less than perfect campsite for our last night. As Barry commented "For someone who'd nearly run out of toilet paper perhaps we should have been grateful". Nonetheless it sufficed and had the advantage of a large swimming pool in which Joan and I indulged and so, we believed, did the trout.
-That evening the Pritikin-powered Steve suffered a 'flame-out 9 and crawled into his sleeping bag with no decent mountains to tempt him and Don fell asleep under a tree while the stayers sang on into the night to the appreciative audience of Bill who had made his bed under the stars.
-Sunday: After breakfast of rice, porridge, stewed fruit and anything else we could force down, we road-bashed our way to Brindabella, stopping to chat to the farmer on our way. We made good time, stopping only to pick large handfuls of what David decided were the best blackberries he'd ever tasted, and reached Brindabella an hour ahead of schedule. As we waited for our bus we were reintroduced to the ways of society as 4WDs and trail bikes passed covering us in dust. The apples Wendy picked along the road were - fresh and sweet and were a reminder of the simple pleasures in life to which we had all become accustomed.
+That evening the Pritikin-powered Steve suffered a 'flame-out', and crawled into his sleeping bag with no decent mountains to tempt him and Don fell asleep under a tree while the stayers sang on into the night to the appreciative audience of Bill who had made his bed under the stars.
+__Sunday__: After breakfast of rice, porridge, stewed fruit and anything else we could force down, we road-bashed our way to Brindabella, stopping to chat to the farmer on our way. We made good time, stopping only to pick large handfuls of what David decided were the best blackberries he'd ever tasted, and reached Brindabella an hour ahead of schedule. As we waited for our bus we were reintroduced to the ways of society as 4WDs and trail bikes passed covering us in dust. The apples Wendy picked along the road were fresh and sweet and were a reminder of the simple pleasures in life to which we had all become accustomed.
 The bus journey back was subdued as we savoured the last of our escape from society and pondered our return. Steve was dreaming of a box full of mangoes, Bill of a good sharp razor, Wendy of clean hair, Joan of a radox bath, Lynne of clean clothes and me of my next escape from the rat-race - the sooner the better.
-* * * * * * * * * *
-COMMITTEE MEETING 4.6.86.
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+===== Committee Meeting 4.6.86. =====
 The Draft Constitution will be discussed, then retyped and printed for distribution to all members with notification of the Half-Yearly Meeting in September, when changes to the Constitution can be considered.
 A motion will be put to the next General Meeting concerning the costs of preparing the history booklet and preliminary work on the archives.
 The abseiling equipment will be bought for $454.
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-. ,k7fe;/ a o~:nee4'
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-FIFTY-FOUR YEARS AGO THIS MONTH:-
+===== Just A Minute. =====
+=== Fifty-four years ago this month:- ===
 From the Committee Meeting of Friday, 10th June, 1932.
-Blue Mountains National Park: Mr. Dunphy reported on a proposal to have a large area of land on the Blue Mountains, as a Blue Mountains National Park9 and stated that he was endeavouring to get the support of all walking clubs in order to add weight to his representations in this matter.
- VICTORIA ROAD GLADESvILLE, 2111 PHONE (02) 817 MO HOURS - MON.-FRI. 9-6
+__Blue Mountains National Park__: Mr. Dunphy reported on a proposal to have a large area of land on the Blue Mountains, as a Blue Mountains National Park, and stated that he was endeavouring to get the support of all walking clubs in order to add weight to his representations in this matter.
-THURS. 94
-SAT. 9-4
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-June, 1986. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 13
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