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Next came the Annual Reports, with advice that copies of the Financial Report, with the changes required by the Auditor, were available; a mia-culpa from the President, and a letter to the Auditor apologising for the error and assuring him that there will be no repetition. With that matter resolved, the reports were taken as read and accepted. The Financial Report was also accepted. | Next came the Annual Reports, with advice that copies of the Financial Report, with the changes required by the Auditor, were available; a mia-culpa from the President, and a letter to the Auditor apologising for the error and assuring him that there will be no repetition. With that matter resolved, the reports were taken as read and accepted. The Financial Report was also accepted. | ||
- | Three procedural motions were then passed. These established the methods of voting and permitted the election of officers to proceed concurrent with the business of the general meeting. You will have read the results of the election in last month' | + | Three procedural motions were then passed. These established the methods of voting and permitted the election of officers to proceed concurrent with the business of the general meeting. You will have read the results of the election in last month' |
Then came the Treasurer' | Then came the Treasurer' | ||
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Peering from the tent next morning, we were most gratified to learn that we were actually camped on the lip of the desired saddle which was much deeper than we anticipated. The mist lifted and we crossed over to discover some very old blazes on trees which took us in the desired south-westerly direction, knowing that we must cut the old Kanangra Track somewhere, our goal being the Walls. We emerged from the pleasant open forest right at Cunningham' | Peering from the tent next morning, we were most gratified to learn that we were actually camped on the lip of the desired saddle which was much deeper than we anticipated. The mist lifted and we crossed over to discover some very old blazes on trees which took us in the desired south-westerly direction, knowing that we must cut the old Kanangra Track somewhere, our goal being the Walls. We emerged from the pleasant open forest right at Cunningham' | ||
- | It was pleasant easy walking along the old Kanangra Track which was a relic of the days when horse-drawn | + | It was pleasant easy walking along the old Kanangra Track which was a relic of the days when horse-drawn |
The weather was fine and packless we wandered about the Tops, inspecting the Falls, taking photographic gems and drinking in the magnificent scenery, relaxing in the sun. One evening we were alerted by female coo-ees and down the track to the cave came Dorothy Lawry and Grace Edgecombe who had ascended Krunglebungle Track after leaving their mates. It appears they, too, had carried a bag of water to the heights and no sooner there than Grace stepped back on it and they lost the lot. Much chagrin and questionable expressions! Then we heard motor-bike engines and two riders came down, imbued with high hopes they could ride through to the then lovely Burragorang Valley, their maps showing a dotted track. After being shown the commencement of the rocky track from the cave, they rapidly changed their plans, and after camping with us made off for the back road to Wombeyan Caves and beyond. | The weather was fine and packless we wandered about the Tops, inspecting the Falls, taking photographic gems and drinking in the magnificent scenery, relaxing in the sun. One evening we were alerted by female coo-ees and down the track to the cave came Dorothy Lawry and Grace Edgecombe who had ascended Krunglebungle Track after leaving their mates. It appears they, too, had carried a bag of water to the heights and no sooner there than Grace stepped back on it and they lost the lot. Much chagrin and questionable expressions! Then we heard motor-bike engines and two riders came down, imbued with high hopes they could ride through to the then lovely Burragorang Valley, their maps showing a dotted track. After being shown the commencement of the rocky track from the cave, they rapidly changed their plans, and after camping with us made off for the back road to Wombeyan Caves and beyond. | ||
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I made mention of the new Kanangra Road, then about halfway to the Walls, a tourist road for which there was no apparent clamour. | I made mention of the new Kanangra Road, then about halfway to the Walls, a tourist road for which there was no apparent clamour. | ||
- | The story came out post-war that it was really a defence project. It must be remembered that in the late thirties the Berlin/ | + | The story came out post-war that it was really a defence project. It must be remembered that in the late thirties the Berlin/ |
Before the creation of the road, walkers had to rely on service cars from Katoomba or Blackheath which transported holiday-makers to the Caves House so that it was always mid-afternoon before one was deposited at the turn-off, so that one-and-a-half days were involved before the Walls were reached, a stark contrast to today' | Before the creation of the road, walkers had to rely on service cars from Katoomba or Blackheath which transported holiday-makers to the Caves House so that it was always mid-afternoon before one was deposited at the turn-off, so that one-and-a-half days were involved before the Walls were reached, a stark contrast to today' | ||
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- | ===== theatre | + | ===== Theatre |
- | "Beaking | + | "Breaking |
The real-life subject of this play is Alan Turing, the mathematical genius who fathered the modern computer and cracked the German Enigma code during the war, thereby winning Churchill' | The real-life subject of this play is Alan Turing, the mathematical genius who fathered the modern computer and cracked the German Enigma code during the war, thereby winning Churchill' | ||
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+ | ===== Surveying Coolana. ===== | ||
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+ | by Dot Butler | ||
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+ | There are two camping areas favoured by the mob at Re-unions, one being down on the river flats in the company of wandering jew and grass ticks, the other up on the terrace above the hut in the comforting company of George Davison' | ||
- | SURVEYING CDOLANA by Dot Butler | ||
- | There are two camping areas favoured by the mob at Re-unions, one being down on the river flats in the company of wandering jew and grass ticks, the other up on the terrace above the hut in the comforting company of George Davison' | ||
I met him in 1971 at a Quaker Meeting at Wahroonga. I had been saying that we needed the services of a Surveyor to locate the boundaries of our conjoint properties on the Kangaroo River. This tall, snowy-haired gentleman introduced himself: " | I met him in 1971 at a Quaker Meeting at Wahroonga. I had been saying that we needed the services of a Surveyor to locate the boundaries of our conjoint properties on the Kangaroo River. This tall, snowy-haired gentleman introduced himself: " | ||
- | So began 12 years of a very happy association. Early in the morning I would pick him up at Cheltenham, together with all his suying | + | |
- | (e 50 acre and a 40 acre for the Quakers, and two 40 acre blocks for the SBW). We began the survey from the only known point - a large-headed tack driven into the N.E. corner post of "Lazy Acres" | + | So began 12 years of a very happy association. Early in the morning I would pick him up at Cheltenham, together with all his surveying |
The original survey was made in 1878 and in those days all surveys of rough country land were laid out in a magnetic north/south grid, where possible below rocky escarpments. So we had to look for a peg somewhere below the precipice on the line which ran due south, between two great rocks. This was eventually located after a bit of confusion due to the fact that the survey marks of a zig-zag road were also in the vicinity. | The original survey was made in 1878 and in those days all surveys of rough country land were laid out in a magnetic north/south grid, where possible below rocky escarpments. So we had to look for a peg somewhere below the precipice on the line which ran due south, between two great rocks. This was eventually located after a bit of confusion due to the fact that the survey marks of a zig-zag road were also in the vicinity. | ||
- | We would work till billy-tea time, then onto the job again till lunch time, after which Dave would have a sleep, then wake up in mid-afternoon for more. work. Sometimes it took us | + | |
- | a whole day to find a peg, put in 110 years ago and now overgrown by vines and bracken, or the incised marking on a tree which had survived a century of winds and bush-fires; sometimes only a stump would remain. So we located all the corner-pegs of the Bushwalkers' | + | We would work till billy-tea time, then onto the job again till lunch time, after which Dave would have a sleep, then wake up in mid-afternoon for more work. Sometimes it took us a whole day to find a peg, put in 110 years ago and now overgrown by vines and bracken, or the incised marking on a tree which had survived a century of winds and bush-fires; sometimes only a stump would remain. So we located all the corner-pegs of the Bushwalkers' |
Good old Dave is gone now - if still with us he would be 100 next year. As I am probably the only one now who knows where all the pegs are, it would be a good idea if some of the young ones made it their business to know as much as I know, and get it all down properly on one map. | Good old Dave is gone now - if still with us he would be 100 next year. As I am probably the only one now who knows where all the pegs are, it would be a good idea if some of the young ones made it their business to know as much as I know, and get it all down properly on one map. | ||
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- | ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION | + | ---- |
- | 1988 | + | |
- | For application form | + | === Annual Subscription |
- | see | + | |
- | " | + | For application form see reverse |
- | Page 14 The Sydney BUshwalker April., 1988 | + | |
- | FEDERATION OF BUSHWALKING CLUBS NSW - Report of March Meetino | + | ---- |
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+ | ===== Federation Of Bushwalking Clubs NSW. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Report of March Meeting. === | ||
by Spiro Hajinakitas. | by Spiro Hajinakitas. | ||
- | Conservation: Opposition shadow minister Tim Moore* will be contacted by F8W to arrange a meeting. *(Since the elction | + | |
- | Kowmunq | + | __Conservation__: Opposition shadow minister Tim Moore* will be contacted by F8W to arrange a meeting. *(Since the election |
- | A letter has been received from the Minister of Water Resources which in part states that a control flooding dam on the- Kowmung in conjuction | + | |
- | Telephone Directory: FBW has decided to pay for entry in the telephone directory under " | + | __Kowmung |
- | Tracks | + | |
- | Anzac Day Service at Splendour | + | A letter has been received from the Minister of Water Resources which in part states that a control flooding dam on the Kowmung in conjunction |
- | Bush Dance, Friday 13th May: Lane Cove Town Hall, 8 pm to 12 pm, Band - Hot Foot, $8 at door. Spot prizes, lucky door guesssing | + | |
- | Search | + | __Telephone Directory__: FBW has decided to pay for entry in the telephone directory under " |
- | * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | WALKS NOTICE | + | __Tracks |
- | 60,8 May (Mother' | + | |
- | 1st May. | + | __Anzac |
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- | FBW BUSH DANCE - Friday 13th May (see Federation Notes above). | + | __Bush |
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+ | __Search | ||
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+ | === Walks Notice. === | ||
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+ | Please note that Ken Clacher's Budawang walk of 6,7,8 May (Mother' | ||
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+ | === FBW Bush Dance. === | ||
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+ | Friday 13th May (see Federation Notes above). | ||
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Cut out: | Cut out: | ||
- | THE SYDNEY BUSH WALKERS INC...--AANUAL -SUBSCRIPTION 1988 | + | |
+ | ===== The Sydney Bush Walkers Inc. Annual Subscription 1988. ===== | ||
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Please send this notice with your cheque/ | Please send this notice with your cheque/ | ||
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The Hon. Treasurer, The Sydney Bush Walkers Inc., Box 4476 GPO, Sydney, | The Hon. Treasurer, The Sydney Bush Walkers Inc., Box 4476 GPO, Sydney, | ||
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