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by Alex Colley | by Alex Colley | ||
- | In the days of the Askin Government the energy of conservationists was entirely absorbed in preventing the development of previously reserved areas such as Colong and the Boyd. All this changed under the Wran Government, which was responsible for a 100% increase in parklands, including the rainforests, | + | In the days of the Askin Government the energy of conservationists was entirely absorbed in preventing the development of previously reserved areas such as Colong and the Boyd. All this changed under the Wran Government, which was responsible for a 100% increase in parklands, including the rainforests, |
Mr. Tim Moore, a bushwalker, was appointed Shadow Minister for Planning and Environment after the 1984 election. For some 18 months after this the Coalition had no policy on the natural environment, | Mr. Tim Moore, a bushwalker, was appointed Shadow Minister for Planning and Environment after the 1984 election. For some 18 months after this the Coalition had no policy on the natural environment, | ||
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This day we enjoyed beautiful beach walking along deserted beaches, diverting inland to avoid the headlands. Whilst walking on the inland heath we encountered some leeches and biting flies. | This day we enjoyed beautiful beach walking along deserted beaches, diverting inland to avoid the headlands. Whilst walking on the inland heath we encountered some leeches and biting flies. | ||
- | Tonight' | + | Tonight' |
__Thursday 28th January__: A beautiful sparkling sunny clear day after a cold, clear, moonlit night greeted us this morning. A burning hot, pitiless sun bore down on us all day making for tiring walking in some muddy spots and quite steep climbs around headlands. Very annoying biting blowflies were out in full force, as is usual on hot sunny days. | __Thursday 28th January__: A beautiful sparkling sunny clear day after a cold, clear, moonlit night greeted us this morning. A burning hot, pitiless sun bore down on us all day making for tiring walking in some muddy spots and quite steep climbs around headlands. Very annoying biting blowflies were out in full force, as is usual on hot sunny days. | ||
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+ | ===== The April General Meeting. ===== | ||
- | THE APRIL GENERAL MEETING | ||
by Barry Wallace | by Barry Wallace | ||
- | The meeting began at 2011 withoaround | + | |
- | There were apologies, but your reporter was absent from the roan at the time. Of new members there were none. | + | The meeting began at 2011 with around |
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+ | There were apologies, but your reporter was absent from the room at the time. Of new members there were none. | ||
The minutes of last month' | The minutes of last month' | ||
- | Next came correspondence, | + | |
- | NSW Corporate Affairs Commission on changes to our Constitution, | + | Next came correspondence, |
The Treasurer' | The Treasurer' | ||
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The Walks Report would normally have come next, but the new Walks Secretary begged off until after General Business, as he had slides to present. | The Walks Report would normally have come next, but the new Walks Secretary begged off until after General Business, as he had slides to present. | ||
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The Federation Report noted that Federation are trying to arrange a meeting with the Minister for Conservation and whatever in the new State Government. | The Federation Report noted that Federation are trying to arrange a meeting with the Minister for Conservation and whatever in the new State Government. | ||
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There was no direct report on conservation matters from Alex Colley, but there as an indirect, if somewhat enigmatic message, that "all is not yet necessarily lost" on the conservation front. | There was no direct report on conservation matters from Alex Colley, but there as an indirect, if somewhat enigmatic message, that "all is not yet necessarily lost" on the conservation front. | ||
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General Business brought advice from Don Seymour that the Mt. Wilson camping ground opposite the Cathedral Of Ferns appears to have been closed by the Lands Department after complaints from local residents. A motion was passed that the Club write to the Lands Department requesting clarification and protesting at the closure. | General Business brought advice from Don Seymour that the Mt. Wilson camping ground opposite the Cathedral Of Ferns appears to have been closed by the Lands Department after complaints from local residents. A motion was passed that the Club write to the Lands Department requesting clarification and protesting at the closure. | ||
- | Then came the Walks Report. Unlike Geof Wagg I do not feel equal to the task of describing the slides in detail, but the Walks Report began at the weekend of 11,12,13 March with the Reunion. The President dwelt at some length on the discomfort afforded him by the attendant ticks but also managed to mention the damper competition and the rapidity with which the entries, winning, or no, were consumed by the assembly of damper fanciers. Of the day walks scheduled the same weekend | + | |
+ | Then came the Walks Report. Unlike Geof Wagg I do not feel equal to the task of describing the slides in detail, but the Walks Report began at the weekend of 11,12,13 March with the Reunion. The President dwelt at some length on the discomfort afforded him by the attendant ticks but also managed to mention the damper competition and the rapidity with which the entries, winning, or no, were consumed by the assembly of damper fanciers. Of the day walks scheduled the same weekend | ||
The following weekend, 18,19,20 March, Carol Bruce reported 10 walkers and fine conditions on her Arabanoo Canyon trip, while Oliver Crawford' | The following weekend, 18,19,20 March, Carol Bruce reported 10 walkers and fine conditions on her Arabanoo Canyon trip, while Oliver Crawford' | ||
- | . George Walton' | + | |
- | Page 12 The Sydney BUshwalker May 1988 | + | George Walton' |
- | Easter weekend was wet. Carol Bruce was forced to cancel her Apsley Gorge-trip, although a hardy sub-group retreated to Glen Davis and walked in the rain there. Bill Capon varied the route of his Budawangs walk slightly from program for the 11 starters, but they did not have much to say about the weather. Hans Stichter was dragged kicking and screaming from the car, but finally got to enjoy his three day Splendour Rock trip along with the other 12 walkers. Wendy Aliano' | + | |
+ | Easter weekend was wet. Carol Bruce was forced to cancel her Apsley Gorge trip, although a hardy sub-group retreated to Glen Davis and walked in the rain there. Bill Capon varied the route of his Budawangs walk slightly from program for the 11 starters, but they did not have much to say about the weather. Hans Stichter was dragged kicking and screaming from the car, but finally got to enjoy his three day Splendour Rock trip along with the other 12 walkers. Wendy Aliano' | ||
The following weekend, 8,9,10 April Barrie Murdoch cancelled his Kowmung River trip, and of the day walks Morie Ward reported sighting several new creeks and waterfalls in the St. Ives area with his party of 6. Alan Mewett and his party of 5 had to re-route his Brooklyn to Wondabyne walk when the ferry was turned back by high seas, and Maurie Bloom and a party of 7 completed his drenched-for-the-second-time-in-a-row Towra Point walk in short order. Jan Mohandas wisely cancelled his Grose River Linden Creek walk, to bring the Walks Report to an end. | The following weekend, 8,9,10 April Barrie Murdoch cancelled his Kowmung River trip, and of the day walks Morie Ward reported sighting several new creeks and waterfalls in the St. Ives area with his party of 6. Alan Mewett and his party of 5 had to re-route his Brooklyn to Wondabyne walk when the ferry was turned back by high seas, and Maurie Bloom and a party of 7 completed his drenched-for-the-second-time-in-a-row Towra Point walk in short order. Jan Mohandas wisely cancelled his Grose River Linden Creek walk, to bring the Walks Report to an end. | ||
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So after all that, it was just a matter of the announcements and we were free for another month at around 2132. Amen! | So after all that, it was just a matter of the announcements and we were free for another month at around 2132. Amen! | ||
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- | FEDERATION OF BUSHWALKING | + | ---- |
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+ | ===== Federation Of Bushwalking Clubs NSW. ===== | ||
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+ | === Report | ||
by Spiro Hajinakitas | by Spiro Hajinakitas | ||
- | The attention of the meeting was drawn to a notice of motion in the Canberra Bushwalking Club's newsletter " | + | |
- | Kowmunq | + | The attention of the meeting was drawn to a notice of motion in the Canberra Bushwalking Club's newsletter " |
- | Newsletter Report | + | |
- | Search | + | __Kowmung |
- | Tracks | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * * | + | __Newsletter Report__ |
- | NEW MEMBERS | + | |
- | BLACKWELL, Bill - 3/6 Elizabeth Parade, Lane Cove, 2066 phone 428 3156 (H) | + | __Search |
- | " | + | |
- | BLACKWELL, Suzanne - IT if if 519 876.1 (B) | + | __Tracks |
- | ********4* | + | |
- | May 1988 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 13 | + | ---- |
- | BIRD'S EYE VIEW | + | |
+ | === New Members. === | ||
+ | Please add the following names to your List of Members. | ||
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+ | * Blackwell, Bill - 3/6 Elizabeth Parade, Lane Cove, 2066. Phone 428 3156 (H), 436-0500 (B). | ||
+ | * Blackwell, Suzanne - I3/6 Elizabeth Parade, Lane Cove, 2066. Phone 428 3156 (H), 519 8761 (B) | ||
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+ | ===== Bird's Eye View. ===== | ||
by Brian Harvey | by Brian Harvey | ||
- | Well, here I am sitting alongside Wally Roots in a 4-seater high-wing " | + | |
+ | Well, here I am sitting alongside Wally Roots in a 4-seater high-wing " | ||
We're off and do a circle of the airfield to enable the others to get aloft and line up behind us in single file. | We're off and do a circle of the airfield to enable the others to get aloft and line up behind us in single file. | ||
- | Our immedite | + | |
- | Whilst we all are familiar with the profile of the " | + | Our immediate |
- | However, we banked left at the appropriate moment, followed by our formation, and flew east passing our objective on our left. The three escorting planes then made off home and we executed a wide turn which gave me a great view of the Cox Valley for the first time in 30 years, to circle back and pass the Rock with its waving figures. At this point, Jean committed two sheafs of Australian wild flowers through the window, one on behalf of the Federation and the other for her brother, | + | |
- | I managed to secure a' | + | Whilst we all are familiar with the profile of the " |
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+ | However, we banked left at the appropriate moment, followed by our formation, and flew east passing our objective on our left. The three escorting planes then made off home and we executed a wide turn which gave me a great view of the Cox Valley for the first time in 30 years, to circle back and pass the Rock with its waving figures. At this point, Jean committed two sheafs of Australian wild flowers through the window, one on behalf of the Federation and the other for her brother, | ||
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+ | I managed to secure a photo as we sped past (I hope!) and as we turned left again snapped | ||
On our return route we passed over the "Blue Labyrinth" | On our return route we passed over the "Blue Labyrinth" | ||
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I put forward the suggestion that a suitable appreciate memorial to Myles might be installed on a prominent location, perhaps the summit of Mount Cloudmaker, from which eminence Myles could well have surveyed all the bush comprising this Park. Our Federation delegates could be instructed to raise the matter at Federation. | I put forward the suggestion that a suitable appreciate memorial to Myles might be installed on a prominent location, perhaps the summit of Mount Cloudmaker, from which eminence Myles could well have surveyed all the bush comprising this Park. Our Federation delegates could be instructed to raise the matter at Federation. | ||
- | CORRIGENDUM. In my contribution entitled "Their Splendour Shall Never Fadd" in the March issue I mentioned incorrectly that Paul Driver was the Federation President when the Splendour Rock Memorial was unveiled in 1948, the incumbent President was Stan Cattier. Paul Driver | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * | + | __Corrigendum__. In my contribution entitled "Their Splendour Shall Never Fade" in the March issue I mentioned incorrectly that Paul Driver was the Federation President when the Splendour Rock Memorial was unveiled in 1948, the incumbent President was Stan Cattier. Paul Driver |
- | Page 14 The Sydney Bushwalker May 1988 | + | |
- | FOOTNOTES | + | ---- |
- | FOOTNOTES | + | |
- | O Fazeley Read came off second best in a collision with a vehicle in Military Road Mosman, thus demonstrating the hazards of city life. The accident happened on Friday 29th April. Fazeley is in Ward 7b at RNS and is comfortable and progressing well; she should be home by the time the magazine hits the letter boxes. | + | ===== Footnotes. ===== |
- | O Luke Starwalker walks again. Accidents happen under the strangest circumstances. | + | |
- | O Inland fishing licenses, for fishing in creeks and rivers above the tidal limit have been scrapped by the NSW Government. Now no longer do you have to remember to put the license in your pack. | + | __Footnotes__ |
- | O What you missed. On Wednesday 27th April the Hard Rock Cafe opened its occasional doors to about 35 members and visitors. The draw card band was unable to attend; its place was taken by " | + | |
- | O Coming | + | Fazeley Read came off second best in a collision with a vehicle in Military Road Mosman, thus demonstrating the hazards of city life. The accident happened on Friday 29th April. Fazeley is in Ward 7b at RNS and is comfortable and progressing well; she should be home by the time the magazine hits the letter boxes. |
- | O We understand that the Club auction (No, the Club is not being auctioned - the Club is holding an auction) will be held in July. Keep your eyes peeled for further details of this annual bargain bonanza. | + | |
- | O New AUTHORS | + | Luke Starwalker walks again. Accidents happen under the strangest circumstances. |
- | O THE SYDNEY BUSH WALKERS | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * * | + | Inland fishing licenses, for fishing in creeks and rivers above the tidal limit have been scrapped by the NSW Government. Now no longer do you have to remember to put the license in your pack. |
- | ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION | + | |
+ | What you missed. On Wednesday 27th April the Hard Rock Cafe opened its occasional doors to about 35 members and visitors. The draw card band was unable to attend; its place was taken by " | ||
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+ | Coming | ||
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+ | We understand that the Club auction (No, the Club is not being auctioned - the Club is holding an auction) will be held in July. Keep your eyes peeled for further details of this annual bargain bonanza. | ||
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+ | New __authors__ | ||
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+ | __The Sydney Bus Walkers | ||
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+ | === Annual Subscriptions | ||
An error in the subscription for non-active members in April' | An error in the subscription for non-active members in April' | ||
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- | BEST WISHES to Patrick James (our Editor) and Wendy Hayden who recently announced their | ||
- | engagement. | ||
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+ | __Best wishes__ to Patrick James (our Editor) and Wendy Hayden who recently announced their engagement. | ||
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