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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 7.45pm at Ella Community Centre, 58A Dalhousie Street, Haberfield (next to the Post Office). | 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 7.45pm at Ella Community Centre, 58A Dalhousie Street, Haberfield (next to the Post Office). | ||
- | |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, | + | |**Business Manager**|Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, |
- | |PRODUCTION MANAGER:|Helen Gray.| | + | |**Production Manager**|Helen Gray.| |
- | |TYPIST:|Kath Brown.| | + | |**Typist**|Kath Brown.| |
- | |PRINTERS:|Frances Longfoot, Morag Ryder.| | + | |**Printers**|Frances Longfoot, Morag Ryder.| |
- | =====January, | + | =====January |
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+ | |Why Haberfield? | Barbara Bruce|2| | ||
+ | |Where is Haberfield? - Map|Ainslie Morris|3| | ||
+ | |English History Recycled|Wal Liddle|4| | ||
+ | |Conservation Corner| |7| | ||
+ | |Waterfall - Kangaroo Creek - Sutherland|Errol Sheedy|9| | ||
+ | |Social Notes for February|Narelle Lovell|9| | ||
+ | |A Piece of History - Gold-Seeking on the Kowmung| |10| | ||
+ | |Letter from Bureau of Flora and Fauna| |15| | ||
+ | |Just a Minute - Maitland Bay - 1.12.33| |15| | ||
+ | |N.S.W. Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES)| |16| | ||
+ | |The December General Meeting|Barry Wallace|17| | ||
+ | |S.B.W. 60th Anniversary Commemorative Port| |18| | ||
+ | |Report of the December 1966 Committee Meeting| |18| | ||
+ | |Report of the January 1987 Committee Meeting| |18| | ||
+ | |New Member| |18| | ||
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+ | =====Advertisements===== | ||
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+ | |Eastwood Camping Centre|8| | ||
+ | |Blackheath Taxi|13| | ||
+ | |Canoe & Camping, Gladesville|14| | ||
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+ | =====Why Haberfield? | ||
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+ | About March 1986 Committee was advised that the Cahill Community Centre would be sold within a year and a new centre would be constructed in Ernest Street in due course. So we had to move AGAIN! It would only he about four years since we made a hurried exit from our previous north side residence in Atchison Street St Leonards and felt ourselves fairly lucky to have obtained something like the Cahill Community Centre. The City had not yielded anything suitable - it must he at least 12 years since we also made a forced exit from the Nurses' | ||
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+ | This time We had plenty of warning but we got nowhere fast. Efforts were made by both myself and other Committee members; I even thought we had a foot firmly in the door at the McMahons Point Community Centre until it shut determinedly at the tenth hour. (You see, although a ' | ||
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+ | On the way to the December Committee Meeting (a decision __had__ to be arrived at that night, in everybody' | ||
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+ | The rooms themselves are as we would need: main hall, committee meeting room, new members at entrance. What About kitchen facilities? Beyond any expectations, | ||
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+ | Parking is easy: there is a council carpark opposite and plenty of parking in nearby streets. It is close to major bus routes, although Summer Hill station is about 3 km's walk. There are several restaurants in the nearby shopping centre in Ramsay Road. | ||
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+ | When considered along with several other alternatives, | ||
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+ | I am sure our new rooms will prove successful for some considerable time, and I lock forward to seeing you there. I will also take this opportunity to wish each of you a healthy and happy 1987! | ||
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+ | **Barbara Bruce** | ||
+ | **President** | ||
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+ | =====English History Recycled===== | ||
- | Why Haberfield? by Barbara Bruce | ||
- | Where is Haberfield? - Map Ainslie Morris | ||
- | English History Recycled Wal Liddle Conservation Corner | ||
- | Eastwood Camping Centre Advertisement | ||
- | Waterfall - Kangaroo Creek - Sutherland Errol Sheedy | ||
- | Social Notes for February Narelle Lovell 9 | ||
- | A Piece of History - Gold-Seeking on the Kowmung 10 | ||
- | Blackheath Taxi Advertisement 13 | ||
- | Canoe & Camping, Gladesville Advertisement. 14 | ||
- | Letter from Bureau of Flora and Fauna 15 | ||
- | Just a Minute - Maitland Bay - 1.12.33 15 | ||
- | N.S.W. Wildlife Information & Rescue Service (WIRES) 16 | ||
- | . The December General Meeting Barry Wallace 17 | ||
- | S.B.W. 60th Anniversary Commemorative Port 18 | ||
- | Report of the December 1966 Committee Meeting 18 | ||
- | m January 1987 11 18 | ||
- | . New Member 18 | ||
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- | Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, 1987. | ||
- | WHY HABERFIELD ? | ||
- | About Mardi 1986 Committee was advised that the Cahill Community Centre would be sold within a year and a new centre would be constructed in Ernest Street in due course. So we had to move AGAIN! It would only he about four years since we made a hurried exit fn:rn our previous north side residence in Atdhison Street St Lecnards and felt ourselves fairly lucky to have Cbtained scmething like the Cahill Community Centre. The City had not yielded anything suitable - it must he at least 12 years since we also made a forced exit from the Nurses' | ||
- | This time We had plenty of warning but we got noWhere fast. Efforts were made by both myself and other Ctmmittee gembers;. I even thought we had a foot firmly in the door at the MtMahons Paht Ctmmunity Centre until it Shut determinedly at the tenth hour. (You see, although a ' | ||
- | On the way to the DeceMber Committee Meeting (a decision had to be arrived at that night, in everybody' | ||
- | dance floor! - the floors are carpeted) and in rent the opposite to what I had been anticipating: | ||
- | The rooms themselves are as we would need: main hall, committee meeting roam, new members at entrance. What About kitchen facilities? Beyond any expectations, | ||
- | Parking is easy: there is a council carpark opposite and plenty of rnrking in nearby streets. It is close to major bus routes, although Summer Hill station is about 3 km's walk.; There are several restaurants in the nearby Shopping centre in Ramsay Road. | ||
- | When considered along with several other alternatives, | ||
- | I am sure cur new rooms will prove successful for same considerable time, and I lock forward | ||
- | to seeing you there. I will also take this opportunity to wish each of you a healthy and happy | ||
- | 1987! | ||
- | Barbara Bruce | ||
- | PRESIDENT | ||
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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | ||
- | January, 1987. | ||
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- | AINSLIE MORRIS. | ||
- | Page 4 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, 1987. | ||
- | ENGLISH HISTORY RECYCLED | ||
by Wal Liddle. | by Wal Liddle. | ||
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The summer mist hung low in the depressions whilst the chequered green, brown and yellow fields sparkled in the early morning sunlight. | The summer mist hung low in the depressions whilst the chequered green, brown and yellow fields sparkled in the early morning sunlight. | ||
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A baby brown rabbit crouched, quivering, in the long grass at the side of the road, ready to hop back through the hedge, at the first sign of danger. | A baby brown rabbit crouched, quivering, in the long grass at the side of the road, ready to hop back through the hedge, at the first sign of danger. | ||
- | The trees marking the boundaries were dark red copper beeches, the yellow flowered laburnum, the white hawthorn and the sycamore. A huge pink and white chestnut grew near | + | |
- | one of the farmhouses. | + | The trees marking the boundaries were dark red copper beeches, the yellow flowered laburnum, the white hawthorn and the sycamore. A huge pink and white chestnut grew near one of the farmhouses. |
- | Setting my gears, I swooped down the road, over an arched bridge that spanned the river into the sleepy 16th century town of Arundel. The bow-fronted shops climbed a hill, which was dominated by the castle, a magnificent stone building complete with grassed moat, outer bailey and porticullis. It was from the inner bailey tower that the.occupants had poured | + | |
- | oil over Cromwell' | + | Setting my gears, I swooped down the road, over an arched bridge that spanned the river into the sleepy 16th century town of Arundel. The bow-fronted shops climbed a hill, which was dominated by the castle, a magnificent stone building complete with grassed moat, outer bailey and portcullis. It was from the inner bailey tower that the occupants had poured oil over Cromwell' |
The great banqueting hall formed one of the wings of the buildings surrounding the inner courtyard. The cathedral-like hall was adorned with larger than life portraits of knights in armour and damsels in long dresses whilst the two huge fireplaces were large enough to burn tree-sized logs. The dungeons contained suits of armour, swords, pikes, battle axes and flint-lock muskets. | The great banqueting hall formed one of the wings of the buildings surrounding the inner courtyard. The cathedral-like hall was adorned with larger than life portraits of knights in armour and damsels in long dresses whilst the two huge fireplaces were large enough to burn tree-sized logs. The dungeons contained suits of armour, swords, pikes, battle axes and flint-lock muskets. | ||
- | Leaving the castle, I returned to the cobble-stone town square and outside the pastrycook' | + | |
+ | Leaving the castle, I returned to the cobble-stone town square and outside the pastrycook' | ||
At Bosham, the houses were roofed with straw thatch in patterned designs. The church graveyard contained a headstone inscribed with a carving of a two-masted sailing ship, with the following inscription: | At Bosham, the houses were roofed with straw thatch in patterned designs. The church graveyard contained a headstone inscribed with a carving of a two-masted sailing ship, with the following inscription: | ||
- | In memory of THOMAS SON OF RICHARD AND | + | |
- | ANN BARROW, MAFTER | + | //In memory of Thomas Son of Richard and |
+ | Ann Barrow, Mafter | ||
who by the breaking of the horse (rope), fell | who by the breaking of the horse (rope), fell | ||
- | into the sea and was drowned | + | into the sea and was drowned |
- | aged 23. | + | aged 23.// |
We arrived at Portsmouth late that afternoon in pouring rain, and were very glad to find a "bed and breakfast" | We arrived at Portsmouth late that afternoon in pouring rain, and were very glad to find a "bed and breakfast" | ||
- | The Naval Base, in days gone by, had been noted for its shipbuilding industry, established there because of the large oak forest that surrounded the town. The base now | + | |
- | contained the hulk of the MARY ROSE which had recently been raised from the bed of the sea after lying there for 400 years. She was the flagship of Henry VIII's fleet, named after his sister, and was reputed to be a fast ship of revolutionary design, one of the first purpose built warships. | + | The Naval Base, in days gone by, had been noted for its shipbuilding industry, established there because of the large oak forest that surrounded the town. The base now contained the hulk of the Mary Rose which had recently been raised from the bed of the sea after lying there for 400 years. She was the flagship of Henry VIII's fleet, named after his sister, and was reputed to be a fast ship of revolutionary design, one of the first purpose built warships. |
On July 18th, 1545, the little walled town of 50 acres was the setting for one of the great sea battles that changed the course of history. The French fleet of 235 ships had anchored off the eastern corner of the Isle of Wight, whilst the English fleet of only 60 vessels was manoeuvering in the Solent. Ageing Henry had been made aware of the invasion plan and had arrived at Portsmouth three days before. | On July 18th, 1545, the little walled town of 50 acres was the setting for one of the great sea battles that changed the course of history. The French fleet of 235 ships had anchored off the eastern corner of the Isle of Wight, whilst the English fleet of only 60 vessels was manoeuvering in the Solent. Ageing Henry had been made aware of the invasion plan and had arrived at Portsmouth three days before. | ||
- | A contemporary painting shows fat Henry, dressed in cloth of gold, velvet and ermine, riding through his encampment of archers, pikemen and gunners. At the start of battle the British fleet was becalmed and came under heavy attack from the French oared galleys, but a breeze sprang up, enabling the British to retaliate. It was at this moment that the Mary | + | |
- | Rose heeled to the wind and sank, when the sea poured in through the open gun ports, resulting in the loss of 660 souls. | + | A contemporary painting shows fat Henry, dressed in cloth of gold, velvet and ermine, riding through his encampment of archers, pikemen and gunners. At the start of battle the British fleet was becalmed and came under heavy attack from the French oared galleys, but a breeze sprang up, enabling the British to retaliate. It was at this moment that the Mary Rose heeled to the wind and sank, when the sea poured in through the open gun ports, resulting in the loss of 660 souls. |
- | The museum near the hulk contained all the material possessions of everyday life in the 1500's - wooden and pewter mugs, leather jerkins, shoes, a spice mill, a wooden knife, bone combs, a backgammon set, a drum and the remains of a fiddle. The surgeon' | + | |
- | Pager | + | The museum near the hulk contained all the material possessions of everyday life in the 1500's - wooden and pewter mugs, leather jerkins, shoes, a spice mill, a wooden knife, bone combs, a backgammon set, a drum and the remains of a fiddle. The surgeon' |
- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, 196? | + | |
- | jars. A number of wooden cases from the armoury were on display containing hundreds of yew bows and arrows. | + | I left my two American companions and rode north to Stratford On Avon. This picturesque village is noted for its half-timbered houses dating back to Shakespear' |
- | I left my two American companions and rode north to STRATFORD ON AVON. This picturesque village is noted for its half-timbered houses dating back to Shakespear' | + | |
- | My destination was Mary Arden' | + | In days gone by the building consisted of one storey, twentyfive feet high with two open fireplaces and a hole in the roof acting as a chimney. The dirt floor was overlaid with rush mats and when these became worn they were again overlaid with more rush mats which harboured fleas, rats and mice. The hens and geese were allowed inside contributing to the mess on the floor! The yard outside became a huge slopheap, there being no toilets. All human and animal waste was allowed to accumulate for one whole year before being cleared away! Everybody bathed annually, and after bathing the girls would anoint their bodies with goose fat and then would don one cotton smock and up to eight woollen garments, according to the weather. Men wore similar clothes and people, rich and poor alike, went to bed soaked in sweat or manure. The clothes were only changed at bath time, so they literally fell apart. Fleas and lice lived in the clothes and bit and inflicted the people with all sorts of sickness and disease. |
- | In days gone by the building consisted of one storey, twentyfive feet high with two open fireplaces and a hole in the roof acting as a chimney. The dirt floor was overlaid | + | |
- | human and animal waste was allowed to accumulate for one whole year before being cleared away! Everybody bathed annually, and after bathing the girls would anoint their bodies with goose fat and then would don one cotton smock and up to eight woollen garments, according to the weather.. Men wore similar clothes and people, rich and poor alike, went to bed soaked | + | Certain everyday terms derive from those times, such as "under his thumb", when women were considered to be inferior to men and were beaten by their husbands at least twice a week, with a stick that "could be no bigger than a man's thumb" |
- | in sweat or manure. The clothes were only changed at bath time, so they literally fell apart. Fleas and lice lived in the clothes and bit and inflicted the people with all sorts of sickness and disease. | + | |
- | Certain everyday terms derive from those times, such as "UNDER HIS THUMB", when women were considered to be inferior to men and were beaten by their husbands at least twice a week, with a stick that "could be no bigger than a man's thumb" | + | "Chairman" |
- | "CHAIRMAN AND CHAIRMANLDFTHE BOARD" came from the practice of the husband sitting at the head of the table, in a chair with arms, when everybody paid deference to him. The woman' | + | |
- | set on trestles and from which derives the meaning "food and lodging" | + | The word "dole" derives from the practice of "doling out" bread to the poor, by rich people such as Mary Arden. |
- | The word "DOLE" derives from the practice of "DOLING OUT" bread to the poor, by rich people such as MARY ARDEN. | + | |
The windows in the house were very small, made up of multipaned pieces, because glass casting was in its infancy and the materials were very costly. Candles and rush lights were mainly used for illumination, | The windows in the house were very small, made up of multipaned pieces, because glass casting was in its infancy and the materials were very costly. Candles and rush lights were mainly used for illumination, | ||
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As I cycled round the bend I wondered what story the next town would tell. | As I cycled round the bend I wondered what story the next town would tell. | ||
- | THE END. | + | |
- | SKrt.4 m"13 | + | The end. |
- | 265 VICTORIA ROAD GLADESVILLE, | + | |
- | THURS. 3- | + | =====Conservation Corner===== |
- | SAT. 3-4 | + | |
- | (PARKING AT REAR OFF PITTVVATTR ROAD) | + | **Parks in name only** |
- | A LARGE RANGE OF LIGHTWEIGHT, | + | |
- | | + | We list resolutions on park management passed at the recent Annual General Conference of the __National Party__, with the __Colong |
- | COLD WEATHER PROTECTION CLOTHING AND RAINGEAR | + | |
- | MAPS, BOOKS AND LEAFLETS | + | Reduction of park sizes to enable full and effective management. |
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- | | + | //Don't increase ' |
- | WE STOCK THE LARGEST RANGE OF CANOEING GEAR IN N.S.W. | + | |
- | QUALITY TOURING CRAFT OF ALL TYPES HIGH QUALITY PERFORMANCE COMPETITION CRAFT | + | Adequate development of facilities and access to optimise |
- | A HUGE RANGE OF PADDLES FOR ALL TYPES OF CANOEING | + | |
- | ALL TYPES OF SPRAY COVERS | + | //More roads and resorts in parks.// |
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- | January, 1987 THE SYDNEY BU$BWALKER Page 7 | + | |
- | Conserva ti on Corner | + | |
- | PARKS IN HAM ONLY | + | |
- | We list reso1ut440, or park management passed at the recent Annual General Conference of the lational Party, with the Colong | + | |
- | Reduction of park:sizes to enable full and effective management. | + | |
- | Don't increase ' | + | |
- | reduce the parks- instead. | + | |
- | Adequate development of facilities and access to optimise | + | |
- | More roads and resorts in parks. | + | |
Adequate control of native animals in parks. | Adequate control of native animals in parks. | ||
- | Shoot the native- animals or poison | + | |
- | them. Don't worry about the feral | + | //Shoot the native animals or poison them. Don't worry about the feral animals. Some of them can be sold.// |
- | animals. Some of them can be sold. | + | |
- | Full resource | + | Full resource inventories of all national parks. |
- | Make sure that nothing saleable is left in the parks. | + | |
- | Harmonious multiple.land use including the extraction of mineral deposits. | + | //Make sure that nothing saleable is left in the parks.// |
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- | ik co 1. K1 tu 1 I et e)Grazing, mining and logging. | + | Harmonious multiple land use including the extraction of mineral deposits. |
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+ | //Grazing, mining and logging.// | ||
No further hardwood or softwood forests, privately or State-owned converted to national parks. | No further hardwood or softwood forests, privately or State-owned converted to national parks. | ||
- | Exclude northern Washpool, | + | |
- | Tantawangalo and anywhere else where there are ' | + | //Exclude northern Washpool, |
Adequate hazard reduction burning. | Adequate hazard reduction burning. | ||
- | Use the parks as firebreaks. | + | |
+ | //Use the parks as firebreaks.// | ||
Both large and small mills to be given access to commercial logs in state forests. | Both large and small mills to be given access to commercial logs in state forests. | ||
- | Don't look to the future | + | |
- | The only gleam of conservation in the policy resolutions was the decision not to harvest rainforests. However, the Party excludes any rainforest including hardwood species from its definition of rainforest, thereby exposing much, if not most of the recently created rainforest national parks to logging | + | //Don't look to the future |
- | In view of this policy, which would reduce most of our parkiands | + | |
- | TASMANIAS FORESTS NEED HELP! | + | The only gleam of conservation in the policy resolutions was the decision not to harvest rainforests. However, the Party excludes any rainforest including hardwood species from its definition of rainforest, thereby exposing much, if not most of the recently created rainforest national parks to logging. |
- | ITS NOW OR NEVER | + | |
- | PEACEFUL ACTION IS ESSENTIAL! | + | In view of this policy, which would reduce most of our parklands |
- | LET ME WILDERNESS SOCIETY TRAIN YOU | + | |
- | COME TO TASMANIA THIS | + | **Tasmania' |
- | SUMMER. | + | It's now or never. |
- | THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY WILL BE TAKING DIRECT ACTION THIS SUMMER, to draw attention to each Forest Industry incursion into Tasmania' | + | Peaceful action is essential! |
- | 0.1.1Z | + | Let the Wilderness Society train you. |
- | 2 6-77 q2 | + | Come to Tasmania this summer. |
- | o/C PogigA-r- (ocD2.)3493 | + | |
- | , 7 | + | **The Wilderness Society** will be taking direct action this summer, to draw attention to each Forest Industry incursion into Tasmania' |
- | !. r Jae,' | + | |
- | A HUGE | + | Phone Peter Markham 2677929 |
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- | GEAR TO CATER | + | =====Waterfall |
- | FOR EVERYONE' | + | |
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- | 3 Trelawney Street Eastwood 2122 Telephone | + | |
- | Proprietors Jack. Nancy and David Fox | + | |
- | Established 1970 | + | |
- | eastwood | + | |
- | camping | + | |
- | centre | + | |
- | January, 1987 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 9 | + | |
- | WATERFALL- KANGAROO CREEK - SUTHERLAND. | + | |
- | DAY TEST WALK - 14th September 1986. | + | |
by Errol Sheedy. | by Errol Sheedy. | ||
- | Waterfall, Kangaroo Creek, Kangaroo Ridge, Cridland Brook, | + | |
+ | Waterfall, Kangaroo Creek, Kangaroo Ridge, Cridland Brook, | ||
The walk went as per the program with 29 starters including six prospective members, on a cool showery day which provided good walking conditions. | The walk went as per the program with 29 starters including six prospective members, on a cool showery day which provided good walking conditions. | ||
- | Half-way to the top of Kangaroo Ridge, in trackless scrub, we saw a rather large black snake (with yellowish belly) curled, with its head half-raised in what appeared to be a defensive posture. As most black snakes one sees usually dart off, we wondered what was | + | |
- | causing this one to hold its ground as we all clumped past. Someone opined that perhaps its | + | Half-way to the top of Kangaroo Ridge, in trackless scrub, we saw a rather large black snake (with yellowish belly) curled, with its head half-raised in what appeared to be a defensive posture. As most black snakes one sees usually dart off, we wondered what was causing this one to hold its ground as we all clumped past. Someone opined that perhaps its nest was nearby. At any rate it seemed quite content to remain immobile, apart from its flickering tongue. |
- | nest was nearby. At any rate it seemed quite content to remain immobile, apart from its | + | |
- | flickering tongue. | + | We continued on over the top of Kangaroo Ridge, and later, half-way down Cridland Brook Judy McMillan noticed that Leigh Sheridan was no longer with the party. As I had not noticed him go on ahead, and did not think he could have dropped back past whipper-in Derek Wilson' |
- | We continued on over the top of Kangaroo Ridge, and later, half-way down Cridland Brook Judy McMillan noticed that Leigh Sheridan was no longer with the party. As I had not | + | |
- | noticed him go on ahead, and did not think he could have dropped back past whipper-in Derek' | + | |
- | him. However, several people vowed that he was eminently capable of looking after himself, and so it turned out. After lunch we caught up with Leigh on Kangaroo Creek, below Karla | + | |
- | Pool. He had been a little tardy returning from a stroll during morning tea, and the leader, | + | |
- | who is usually quite punctilious re the counting of heads, had neglected to do so before the party left for the scrubby wastes of Kangaroo Ridge. | + | |
Finding the rest of us gone, Leigh wisely decided that the best course of action was to continue down Kangaroo Creek, which eventually led to our reunion. | Finding the rest of us gone, Leigh wisely decided that the best course of action was to continue down Kangaroo Creek, which eventually led to our reunion. | ||
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In future if you see me buzzing around during the day pointing a finger at you, please do not suspect me of imprudently numbering people, but rather regard it as a means of preventing anxiety, especially on walks where there are large numbers! | In future if you see me buzzing around during the day pointing a finger at you, please do not suspect me of imprudently numbering people, but rather regard it as a means of preventing anxiety, especially on walks where there are large numbers! | ||
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Just downstream from the junction of Cridland Brook and Kangaroo Creek it began to rain, and, a convenient cave having been espied, lunch was declared. | Just downstream from the junction of Cridland Brook and Kangaroo Creek it began to rain, and, a convenient cave having been espied, lunch was declared. | ||
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At Karloo Pool, Geoff Dowsett left the party for Heathcote as he had to work that night, while the rest of us proceeded downstream to Bottle Forest Trail, and thence to Forest Brook for afternoon tea. | At Karloo Pool, Geoff Dowsett left the party for Heathcote as he had to work that night, while the rest of us proceeded downstream to Bottle Forest Trail, and thence to Forest Brook for afternoon tea. | ||
- | The wildflowers, | + | |
- | and those in Spring are Eriostemons. It sounded a much better method than peering at | + | The wildflowers, |
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After a brief stop to view Engadine Falls, we followed the fire-trails to Sutherland, where we arrived just after 5 pm. | After a brief stop to view Engadine Falls, we followed the fire-trails to Sutherland, where we arrived just after 5 pm. | ||
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- | SOCIAL NOTES FOR FEBRUARY. | + | =====Social notes for February===== |
- | After a Committee Meeting on 4th, a General Meeting on 11th, and a magazine wrapping night on 18th, on the 25th February there will be a performance by your own members as they play in the band they call the SCRUB-BASHERS. As this is a members' | + | |
- | of support | + | by Narelle |
- | Sometime in March it is hoped to have- a small exhibition of paintings by two artists from the Julian Ashton School - one of them your Social Secretary' | + | |
- | We need reports on the suitability of the restaurants within walking distance of our new Club rooms. So will all the galloping gourmets sample as wide a variety as possible and | + | After a Committee Meeting on 4th, a General Meeting on 11th, and a magazine wrapping night on 18th, on the 25th February there will be a performance by your own members as they play in the band they call the Scrub-Bashers. As this is a members' |
- | pass the gusstatory | + | |
- | Page 10 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER January, 1987 | + | Sometime in March it is hoped to have a small exhibition of paintings by two artists from the Julian Ashton School - one of them your Social Secretary' |
- | A PIECE OF HISTORY:. | + | |
- | GOLD-SEEKING ON THE KOWMUNG. | + | We need reports on the suitability of the restaurants within walking distance of our new Club rooms. So will all the galloping gourmets sample as wide a variety as possible and pass the gustatory |
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+ | =====A Piece of history. Gold-seeking on the Kowmung.===== | ||
(This article is an edited version of a column by W.A.C. that appeared in | (This article is an edited version of a column by W.A.C. that appeared in | ||
the Sydney Morning Herald, 14th May and 21st May 1910. It was sent to the Editor by CLIO.) | the Sydney Morning Herald, 14th May and 21st May 1910. It was sent to the Editor by CLIO.) | ||
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It was the year 1902 that I began to test the legendary accounts that reached me through the stockmen employed by the late Mr. E. Moore, of Summer Hill Station, Upper Burragorang. | It was the year 1902 that I began to test the legendary accounts that reached me through the stockmen employed by the late Mr. E. Moore, of Summer Hill Station, Upper Burragorang. | ||
- | It was Billy Wilton who told me that Joe Wallace told him that he had seen Jimmy Russell with a lump of quartz with gold in it as big as peas that he found on the Kowmung, and Joe was a man you could swear by. Others saw the "other fellow" | + | |
- | " | + | It was Billy Wilton who told me that Joe Wallace told him that he had seen Jimmy Russell with a lump of quartz with gold in it as big as peas that he found on the Kowmung, and Joe was a man you could swear by. Others saw the "other fellow" |
- | comes from", I resolved to follow him on the first opportunity. Poor Creighton was drowned | + | |
- | whilst crossing the treacherous Wollondilly on his way out, but I never lost sight of the matter, and in the month of February I 'set out with a chosen mate armed with a letter of introduction | + | We breakfasted on new milk, eggs, and sweet milk-bread at sunrise; then Maxwell readjusted |
- | to Maxwell, who was Mr. Chas. Dunn's head stockkeeper on the Cox' | + | |
- | generously instructed by his kind master to guide me wherever I wished to go. | + | I was somewhat disappointed to learn from Maxwell that it was impossible to get into the bed of the Kowmung anywhere near its junction with the Cox and follow it up on horseback. He assured me that it was walled all the way, and for the greater distance almost impassable on foot. We travelled over stony undulating country. The stones for the most part being water worn, probably belonging to the upper marine stratum, until we arrived at The Mare's Waterholes. Here you get a glimpse of the quartz reefs, good looking horneblendic quartz, too; but I only tried a few surface pieces in the mortar, and panned it off without results. Maxwell told us of another reported find of gold in quartz made by one of the stockmen when they were drafting at the yards close by, but he did not appear to place any reliance on the story. If you care to ride about two miles northerly from here you can look down into that awful rent in the earth' |
- | We breakfasted on new milk, eggs, and sweet milk-bread at sunrise; then MaxwellIreadjusted | + | |
- | leaving the Cox on our right began to ascend the main range, following the flying survey of Mr. - - - -(illegible) very closely. | + | From the Mare's Waterholes we ascended the range to find the aneroid reading 4300 feet. The view from here eastward is one of terrific grandeur. Ochre red sandstone walls, deep and dark wooded ravines seem interwoven by a confused struggle to find some outlet in the primeval past. Northward the view is blocked by the towering columns that cap the Kowmunq' |
- | I was somewhat disappointed to learn from Maxwell that it was impossible to get into the bed of the Kowmung anywhere near its junction with the Cox and follow it up on horseback. He assured me that it was walled all the way, and for the greater distance almost impassable on foot. We travelled over stony undulating country. The stones for the most part being water worn, probably belonging to the upper marine stratum, until we arrived at The Mare's Waterholes. Here you get a glimpse of the quartz reefs, good looking horneblendic quartz, too; but I only tried a few surface pieces in the mortar, and panned it off without results. Maxwell told us of another reported find of gold in quartz made by one of the stockmen when they were drafting at the yards close by, but he did not appear to place any reliance on the story.' | + | |
- | to ride about two miles northerly from here you can look down into that awful rent in the earth' | + | After we had descended a spur for about one mile, Maxwell dismounted, and tightened the girths, crupper, and all the fastenings on the pack horse, and quietly advised us to do likewise. "We can get down here into Christy' |
- | From the Mare's Waterholes we ascended the range to find the aneroid reading 4300 feet. The view from here eastward is one of terrific grandeur. Ochre red sandstone walls, deep and dark wooded ravines seem interwoven by a confused struggle to find some outlet in the primeval past. Northward the view is blocked by the towering columns that cap the Kowmunq' | + | |
- | but southward the eroded amphitheatre that has:its centre at romantic Church Creek, is a scene unsurpassable in Australia. | + | The handle was knocked out of the pick, and a neat bundle made of the tools. The dish was the worst. The ring in it would not stand the strain. It was not good enough to trust it, and to put a hole through the rim of it was not to be thought of. That would spoil a digger' |
- | After we had descended a spur for about one mile, Maxwell dismounted, and tightened the girths, crupper, and all the fastenings on the pack horse, and quietly advised us to do like- | + | |
- | wise. "We can get down here into Christy' | + | |
- | esting | + | |
- | of that can be descended on this side of the mountains or river. We'll tie everything on the | + | |
- | pack now, and when we get a.start I'll go ahead, and letliim | + | |
- | "Spose he won't keep the track?" | + | |
- | and that's straight ahead." | + | |
- | The handle was knocked out of the pick, and a neat bundle made of the tools. The dish | + | |
- | was the worst. The ring in it would not stand the strain, It was not good enough to trust | + | |
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- | it, and to put a hole through the rim of it was not to be thought of. That would spoil a | + | |
- | digger' | + | |
valise. "Just the thing," | valise. "Just the thing," | ||
- | Now, although I had been horse-hunting in the Barran Jack Ranges and in the limestone hills on the MUrrumbidgee, the descent on the wild cattle trail down 'the Bulmung' | + | |
+ | Now, although I had been horse-hunting in the Barran Jack Ranges and in the limestone hills on the Murrumbidgee, the descent on the wild cattle trail down 'the Bulmung' | ||
Eventually we dismounted whilst Maxwell dug his heels into the brumby, and skidded down the narrow, rocky way. He pulled up below the terrace, and anxiously watched us coaxing our animals over the declivity. Once they started forward they had to keep going, and a new trouble arose in keeping out of their way. For the greater part of the distance they only lifted their forefeet gingerly, and slipped on their hind ones. At length we reached a small, flat terrace, about 800 feet above the river. Here we let the horses rip, and threw ourselves prone on the ground to rest our joints. | Eventually we dismounted whilst Maxwell dug his heels into the brumby, and skidded down the narrow, rocky way. He pulled up below the terrace, and anxiously watched us coaxing our animals over the declivity. Once they started forward they had to keep going, and a new trouble arose in keeping out of their way. For the greater part of the distance they only lifted their forefeet gingerly, and slipped on their hind ones. At length we reached a small, flat terrace, about 800 feet above the river. Here we let the horses rip, and threw ourselves prone on the ground to rest our joints. | ||
- | When we reached the river Maxwell had hobbled them out and boiled the billy. " | + | |
- | teas's the best in the world." | + | When we reached the river Maxwell had hobbled them out and boiled the billy. " |
Next morning we rode up the river to its junction with Church Creek, so called because of the peculiar church-shaped mass of permo-carboniferous sandstone that caps the summit of a high peak on its eastern side. This is one of the most remarkable landmarks I have ever witnessed, and can be seen many miles off. It stands alone, a singular remnant of the geological past. | Next morning we rode up the river to its junction with Church Creek, so called because of the peculiar church-shaped mass of permo-carboniferous sandstone that caps the summit of a high peak on its eastern side. This is one of the most remarkable landmarks I have ever witnessed, and can be seen many miles off. It stands alone, a singular remnant of the geological past. | ||
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I must say here that I never saw so many snakes as I saw on our way up the river. For some time I was dismounting frequently to try to kill some that wriggled before or across our path. I noticed that I was the only one of the party so murderously inclined. At length an enormous black snake appeared to consider whether he would fight or run, and being a bit tired of stone throwing I called on Maxwell to despatch him, He only halted slowly, grinned, and watched me give battle. "Why didn't you have a go at him?" I asked. " | I must say here that I never saw so many snakes as I saw on our way up the river. For some time I was dismounting frequently to try to kill some that wriggled before or across our path. I noticed that I was the only one of the party so murderously inclined. At length an enormous black snake appeared to consider whether he would fight or run, and being a bit tired of stone throwing I called on Maxwell to despatch him, He only halted slowly, grinned, and watched me give battle. "Why didn't you have a go at him?" I asked. " | ||
answered. "You can't kill more than one in every thousand of ' | answered. "You can't kill more than one in every thousand of ' | ||
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- | The neighbourhood of Church Creek has an auriferous look. A large area of the older overlying rocks has been worn away by attrition, and the physical features of the neighbourhood prompts the belief that a pleiosticene lead is in the vicinity. However we decide to try the river bars first. We found a fine bar of altered slate, and after about four hours' work got enough gold to make a ring. We obtained the best result by ;splitting off the slates and washing them in the dish. It was very flakey, just like bran. Ih the false joints of the slates where coarse gold ought to be found, we got nothing. Therefore it appeared evident that this fine gold came down the river in the flood waters, and was caught by the ripple formed by the bar. | + | |
- | Coarse gold I could not find, and Maxwell who is a splendid panner-off, declared that the prospects we obtained were the best he had ever seen got on the Kowmung. Leaving the river drifts I searched for gold above high-water mark, and also for traces where the river might have run in the past. About three-quarters of a mile from the junction of Church Creek there were strong indications of an old river course that turned southward and joined Church Creek in the form of a horseshoe. To my surprise, I found an old shaft that had been put down on it, | + | The neighbourhood of Church Creek has an auriferous look. A large area of the older overlying rocks has been worn away by attrition, and the physical features of the neighbourhood prompts the belief that a pleiosticene lead is in the vicinity. However we decide to try the river bars first. We found a fine bar of altered slate, and after about four hours' work got enough gold to make a ring. We obtained the best result by splitting off the slates and washing them in the dish. It was very flakey, just like bran. In the false joints of the slates where coarse gold ought to be found, we got nothing. Therefore it appeared evident that this fine gold came down the river in the flood waters, and was caught by the ripple formed by the bar. |
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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | + | Coarse gold I could not find, and Maxwell who is a splendid panner-off, declared that the prospects we obtained were the best he had ever seen got on the Kowmung. Leaving the river drifts I searched for gold above high-water mark, and also for traces where the river might have run in the past. About three-quarters of a mile from the junction of Church Creek there were strong indications of an old river course that turned southward and joined Church Creek in the form of a horseshoe. To my surprise, I found an old shaft that had been put down on it, about a quarter of a mile from the present river. I carefully examined the mullock heap but found nothing with lens or mortar. It had fallen in, therefore I cannot say if it was bottomed. |
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- | about a quarter of a mile from the present river. I carefully examined the mullock heap but found nothing with lens or mortar. It had fallen in, therefore I cannot say if it was bottomed. | + | Next day's work began at the mouth of Church Creek, which we ascended. There was a fair stream of water in the creek for some distance but suddenly we found ourselves walking on a dry bed. I therefore turned back to find what had become of it. On my left hand was a hill about two hundred feet high, and from an aperture in the base of it, about three feet in diameter, the water flowed. Divesting myself of my pedal coverings, I waded across and got as far into the aperture as I dared, and coo-eed. Echoes reverberate far away into and from the subterranean recesses. |
- | Next day's work began at the mouth of Church Creek, which we ascended. There was a | + | |
- | fair stream of water in the creek for some distance but suddenly we found ourselves walking on a dry bed. I therefore turned back to find what had become of it. On my left hand was a hill about two hundred feet high, and from an aperture in the base of it, about three feet in diameter, the water flowed. Divesting myself of my pedal coverings, I waded across and got as far into the aperture as I dared, and coo-eed. Echoes reverberate far away into and from the subterranean recesses. | + | |
The hill is a limestone one, and no doubt honeycombed by caves. It has since been ascertained that you can walk right through the old subterranean river for a distance of two miles, and that the water flowing through it is an off-take from the Kowmung. The limestone is identical with the Jenolan, and is probably a continuation of the same system, culminating, | The hill is a limestone one, and no doubt honeycombed by caves. It has since been ascertained that you can walk right through the old subterranean river for a distance of two miles, and that the water flowing through it is an off-take from the Kowmung. The limestone is identical with the Jenolan, and is probably a continuation of the same system, culminating, | ||
- | Next day we rqde up the river to Lannigan' | + | |
- | now coming fast, and being-without equipment they had to abandon it. They appeared to be on an old channel, deeper than the present river bed. They had walked from Penrith, and fossick8d | + | Next day we rode up the river to Lannigan' |
- | I like the diorite country north of the Kowmung, between Christy' | + | |
- | but Maxwell assured us that we had almost reached our western limit on horseback. From here this tremendous chasm closes in its perpendicular walls right on its source, at the feet of snow-flecked Mounts Shivering and Werong. | + | I like the diorite country north of the Kowmung, between Christy' |
So far the only renown this region has is derived from its cedar. It is the Australian Lebanon. I saw some magnificent cedar trees growing in the gullies, trees that are now worth from 30 pounds to 50 pounds each. A number that formerly grew near the river have been felled. These were got to the river by great labour and bush craft. They were then lashed together in small lots, and left to wait the flood that would carry them out to the Nepean. The owners would wait at narrow bends, or at known obstacles during flood time, and push the impeded logs out into the stream with poles. Maxwell told us of an attempt made to navigate a raft out to the Nepean by a party of cedar-getters. They had a perilous time, and on several occasions nearly lost their lives before they reached the Cox. The Kowmung is a very rapid, turbulent river when in flood. Being narrow, crooked, and walled, it does not lend itself to such navigation, and no one ever attempted to float down on a raft again. Many logs are lost on the way. They get snagged in inaccessible places, and years afterwards have been carried out by greater floods. | So far the only renown this region has is derived from its cedar. It is the Australian Lebanon. I saw some magnificent cedar trees growing in the gullies, trees that are now worth from 30 pounds to 50 pounds each. A number that formerly grew near the river have been felled. These were got to the river by great labour and bush craft. They were then lashed together in small lots, and left to wait the flood that would carry them out to the Nepean. The owners would wait at narrow bends, or at known obstacles during flood time, and push the impeded logs out into the stream with poles. Maxwell told us of an attempt made to navigate a raft out to the Nepean by a party of cedar-getters. They had a perilous time, and on several occasions nearly lost their lives before they reached the Cox. The Kowmung is a very rapid, turbulent river when in flood. Being narrow, crooked, and walled, it does not lend itself to such navigation, and no one ever attempted to float down on a raft again. Many logs are lost on the way. They get snagged in inaccessible places, and years afterwards have been carried out by greater floods. | ||
- | In passing I think good use might be made of the greater part of the river country that | + | |
- | I traversed as a summer run for sheep of the Southdown or Shropshire breed. The northern side especially looks sweetly grassed. Ticks would be a nuisance because the myrtle in some of the gullies are infested by the sommon tick. | + | In passing I think good use might be made of the greater part of the river country that I traversed as a summer run for sheep of the Southdown or Shropshire breed. The northern side especially looks sweetly grassed. Ticks would be a nuisance because the myrtle in some of the gullies are infested by the sommon tick. |
- | We returned home via Coolong, which is a much easier though longer way. Nowadays a trip to the Kowmung can be done easily in 10 days - that is, from Sydney and return. Yerranderie is about five miles off as the crow flies, but there is an easy bush track via Burn's Gap to Church Creek. This might make the route about 12 miles. With a mining town like Yerranderie within walking distance, prospecting is made comparatively easy. My nearest depot was nearly | + | |
- | January, 1987 THE SYDNEY | + | We returned home via Coolong, which is a much easier though longer way. Nowadays a trip to the Kowmung can be done easily in 10 days - that is, from Sydney and return. Yerranderie is about five miles off as the crow flies, but there is an easy bush track via Burn's Gap to Church Creek. This might make the route about 12 miles. With a mining town like Yerranderie within walking distance, prospecting is made comparatively easy. My nearest depot was nearly 50 miles off, mostly roadless and rough country intervening. |
- | 50 miles off, mostly roadless and rough country intervening. | + | |
When the immense reserves of second-class ore worth vast sums of money, now lying near the tips at Yerranderie through want of a railway, are put through furnaces, flux will be ready at Church Creek; and the coal now lying dormant in the bowels of Tonalli Peak will be waiting at the skips. | When the immense reserves of second-class ore worth vast sums of money, now lying near the tips at Yerranderie through want of a railway, are put through furnaces, flux will be ready at Church Creek; and the coal now lying dormant in the bowels of Tonalli Peak will be waiting at the skips. | ||
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Evolving from this industrial era we now see unfolding the scenic beauties of the Kowmung as seen from the main ridge right on to the Cox will become a national asset. There is room for hordes of seekers of pure mountain air and romantic glens. What a heritage we have here, ye cubs of Britain! See that the sentinel statemen fall not asleep. | Evolving from this industrial era we now see unfolding the scenic beauties of the Kowmung as seen from the main ridge right on to the Cox will become a national asset. There is room for hordes of seekers of pure mountain air and romantic glens. What a heritage we have here, ye cubs of Britain! See that the sentinel statemen fall not asleep. | ||
- | Fred Muir wrote in response; I was all over the same country in 1885 on the same quest, with a party of eight. We were out seven months, but though we tried all the creeks and gullies for perhaps 30 miles or more, we found nothing payable. The whole district is full of all kinds of native fauna and flora, and is perhaps the most interesting part of New South | + | |
- | Wales. If W.A.C. killed ten snakes and ten of each kind of goanna and lizard every day, he would then probably only have killed one in a million. | + | Fred Muir wrote in response; I was all over the same country in 1885 on the same quest, with a party of eight. We were out seven months, but though we tried all the creeks and gullies for perhaps 30 miles or more, we found nothing payable. The whole district is full of all kinds of native fauna and flora, and is perhaps the most interesting part of New South Wales. If W.A.C. killed ten snakes and ten of each kind of goanna and lizard every day, he would then probably only have killed one in a million. |
Notes. | Notes. | ||
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1. This is the only time I've come across the probable source of the name Christy' | 1. This is the only time I've come across the probable source of the name Christy' | ||
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2. The party probably followed the cedar trail up onto Scott' | 2. The party probably followed the cedar trail up onto Scott' | ||
- | 3. I wonder how the ' | + | |
+ | 3. I wonder how the ' | ||
CLIO. | CLIO. | ||
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- | KANANGRA BOYD | + | |
- | UPPER BLUE MOUNTAINS | + | |
- | SIX FOOT TRACK | + | |
- | PICK UP ANYWHERE FOR START OR FINISH OF YOUR WALK - BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT | + | |
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- | January, 1987 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER 'Page If | + | |
- | THE DECEMBER GENERAL | + | |
by Barry Wallace. | by Barry Wallace. | ||
- | All but 20 or so of the members | + | |
- | The Minutes were read and received with the only matter arising being notice that two electric staplers are being purchased. Correspondence brought letters from the Wilderness Society regarding the threats to National Estate wilderness areas in Tasmania, from Geoff Grace advising of a proposed meeting between the Kangaroo Valley Centre Association and the local bushf ire fighters, from F.B.W. regarding S. & R. call-out lists, and from Dot Butler. | + | All but 20 or so of the members |
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+ | The Minutes were read and received with the only matter arising being notice that two electric staplers are being purchased. Correspondence brought letters from the Wilderness Society regarding the threats to National Estate wilderness areas in Tasmania, from Geoff Grace advising of a proposed meeting between the Kangaroo Valley Centre Association and the local bushfire | ||
The Treasurer' | The Treasurer' | ||
- | Of the Walks Reports, the first weekend 14,15,16 November had Ian Debert leading a party of 14 across a swollen Shoalhaven River to Bulls Flat for a swimming and indulging weekend. It seems the river also indulged over the weekend and they had some problems re-crossing on the way home. It is generally considered that David McIntosh' | + | |
- | and did not go, whilst Bob Hodgson' | + | Of the Walks Reports, the first weekend 14,15,16 November had Ian Debert leading a party of 14 across a swollen Shoalhaven River to Bulls Flat for a swimming and indulging weekend. It seems the river also indulged over the weekend and they had some problems re-crossing on the way home. It is generally considered that David McIntosh' |
- | walking on Saturday and 9 hours walking on Sunday (What went wrong on Sunday! I hear you cry.). | + | |
- | George Walton' | + | George Walton' |
- | The following weekend the deluge continued. Carol Bruce' | + | |
- | Over the weekend of 28,29,30 November Peter Miller had 7 people enjoying a good time on his Long Nose Point birthday walk, Ray Hookway reported a party of 13 finishing his Yerranderie walk early in fine weather, and there was no report | + | The following weekend the deluge continued. Carol Bruce' |
- | The weekend of 5,6,7 December Bob Younger' | + | |
+ | Over the weekend of 28,29,30 November Peter Miller had 7 people enjoying a good time on his Long Nose Point birthday walk, Ray Hookway reported a party of 13 finishing his Yerranderie walk early in fine weather, and there was no report | ||
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+ | The weekend of 5,6,7 December Bob Younger' | ||
The Federation Report indicated that F.B.W.' | The Federation Report indicated that F.B.W.' | ||
- | The next F.B.W. St. John's Ambulance certificate course will be held over the weekend 20th February/lst March. | + | |
+ | The next F.B.W. St. John's Ambulance certificate course will be held over the weekend 20th February/1st March. | ||
The F.B.W. Conservation Report indicated details of the Tasmanian rainforest campaign, and advised that the National Party have indicated that they will support the proposed Wilderness Act. | The F.B.W. Conservation Report indicated details of the Tasmanian rainforest campaign, and advised that the National Party have indicated that they will support the proposed Wilderness Act. | ||
- | General Business was next. The 60th Anniversary Committee reported details of proposed | + | |
- | celebrations. The Club's new Constitution is being printed and should be mailed to members | + | General Business was next. The 60th Anniversary Committee reported details of proposed celebrations. The Club's new Constitution is being printed and should be mailed to members prior to the Annual General Meeting. A motion was passed that the Club write to Peter Treseder |
- | prior to the Annual General Meeting. A motion was passed that the Club write to Peter Tressider | + | |
- | congratulating him on his recent achievement. Then it was just a matter of a final reminder | + | |
- | that the Club is moving to new premises, the announcements, | + | |
2102. | 2102. | ||
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- | S.B.W. 60th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE | + | =====S.B.W. 60th Anniversary Commemorative Port===== |
- | Order your bottles of PORT from our President Barbara Bruce - $7 - | + | |
+ | Order your bottles of Port from our President Barbara Bruce - $7 - | ||
All profits will go to the Club funds for our 60th Anniversary Celebrations | All profits will go to the Club funds for our 60th Anniversary Celebrations | ||
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- | REPORT OF THE DECEMBER | + | =====Report of the December |
- | The "COOLANA" signs will be restored and repainted, then re-erected on their previous sites. Ian Debert is in charge of this project. | + | |
- | Federation will be meeting in futre at: 176 Cumberland Street, The Rocks. | + | The "Coolana" signs will be restored and repainted, then re-erected on their previous sites. Ian Debert is in charge of this project. |
- | The issue of signs on tracks is to be discussed again but present policy opposes them. The Commemorative | + | |
+ | Federation will be meeting in future | ||
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+ | The issue of signs on tracks is to be discussed again but present policy opposes them. | ||
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+ | The Commemorative | ||
There were several meeting halls discussed and the best location, facilities and price ($25 per week - at Crows-Nest it is $43 p.w.), found by Malcolm Boadle is at Haberfield, where the Club will meet in future. (See map, Page 3 - Ed.) | There were several meeting halls discussed and the best location, facilities and price ($25 per week - at Crows-Nest it is $43 p.w.), found by Malcolm Boadle is at Haberfield, where the Club will meet in future. (See map, Page 3 - Ed.) | ||
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- | REPORT OF THE JANUARY | + | =====Report of the January |
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This meeting was held at the Ella Community Centre, Haberfield. | This meeting was held at the Ella Community Centre, Haberfield. | ||
- | Meryl Watman' | + | |
+ | Meryl Watman' | ||
The Budget for the 60th Anniversary sub-committee was approved. | The Budget for the 60th Anniversary sub-committee was approved. | ||
- | It was decided to get quotes for a membership. card. The membership list is being corrected by Joy Hynes, and preparation of address labels for computerisation will need to be re-done. | + | |
+ | It was decided to get quotes for a membership card. The membership list is being corrected by Joy Hynes, and preparation of address labels for computerisation will need to be re-done. | ||
The production costs of the magazine (not including postage) are approximately $2 per annual membership subscription. The covers, however, cost an extra $2.60 per annum per subscription. It has been decided to print the covers on paper from about April (when the covers in stock will be used) in order to cut costs. | The production costs of the magazine (not including postage) are approximately $2 per annual membership subscription. The covers, however, cost an extra $2.60 per annum per subscription. It has been decided to print the covers on paper from about April (when the covers in stock will be used) in order to cut costs. | ||
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The Constitution will be taken by Barrie Murdoch to the Department of Finance for their approval. Subject to this approval, application will be made to the Corporate Affairs Commission for incorporation. | The Constitution will be taken by Barrie Murdoch to the Department of Finance for their approval. Subject to this approval, application will be made to the Corporate Affairs Commission for incorporation. | ||
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- | MOTIONS affecting the Constitution to be included in the Agenda of the Annual General Meeting in March must be sent to the Secretary, S.B.W., Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001, no later than 4th February next. | ||
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- | NEW MEMBER: Please add the mom of SUTTON, David, 9/2-8 Park Avenue, Burwood 2134 Phone 744 1628 to your List of Members. | ||
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+ | Motions affecting the Constitution to be included in the Agenda of the Annual General Meeting in March must be sent to the Secretary, S.B.W., Box 4476 G.P.O., Sydney, 2001, no later than 4th February next. | ||
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+ | =====New Member===== | ||
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+ | Please add the name of Sutton, David, 9/2-8 Park Avenue, Burwood 2134 Phone 744 1628 to your List of Members. |
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