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- | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, | + | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== |
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+ | Established June 1931. | ||
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+ | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, | ||
* See page 18. | * See page 18. | ||
- | EDITOR Patrick James, PO Box 170 Kogarah 2217 Telephone 588 2614 | ||
- | BUSINESS MANAGER Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Cres.Hornsby Heights 2077 Telephone 476 6531 | ||
- | PRODUCTION MANAGER Helen Gray - Telephone 86 6263 | ||
- | TYPIST Kath Brown | ||
- | ILLUSTRATOR Morag Ryder | ||
- | PRINTERS Kenn Clacher & Morag Ryder | ||
- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | ||
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- | 1.4' | + | |**Editor**|Patrick James, PO Box 170, Kogarah, 2217. Telephone 588 2614.| |
- | -"..010-A7wdr.114114Z- | + | |**Business Manager**|Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Cres., Hornsby Heights, 2077. Telephone 476 6531.| |
- | '.. | + | |**Production Manager**|Helen Gray - Telephone 86 8263.| |
- | sta-bliiiied June 1931 | + | |**Typist**|Kath Brown.| |
+ | |**Illustrators**|Morag Ryder.| | ||
+ | |**Printers**|Kenn Clacher & Morag Ryder.| | ||
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+ | === September 1988 === | ||
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+ | ===== In This Issue: ===== | ||
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+ | | | |Page| | ||
+ | |Editorial| | 2| | ||
+ | |Letter to the Editor|Errol Sheedy| 3| | ||
+ | |Notes on " | ||
+ | |'Short' Is'nt Always ' | ||
+ | |SBW In The Marquesas Islands|Frank Rigby| 7| | ||
+ | |Social Notes|Ian Debert| 9| | ||
+ | |What' | ||
+ | |The Rosso|Dot Butler|12| | ||
+ | |" | ||
+ | |Fed. B.W. Clubs NSW - August Meeting|Spiro Hajinakitas|13| | ||
+ | |The Riddle of Aeroplane VH-MOX| |15| | ||
+ | |The August General Meeting|Barry Wallace|16| | ||
+ | |Summer Walks Program|John Porter|17| | ||
+ | |Watagans Day Walk - 17 July|Marie Ward|17| | ||
+ | |Footnotes| |18| | ||
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+ | ===== Advertisements: | ||
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+ | | |Page| | ||
+ | |Belvedere Taxis Blackheath| 4| | ||
+ | |Canoe & Camping Gladesville|10 & 11| | ||
+ | |Eastwood Camping Centre|14| | ||
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- | SEPTEMBER 1988 | ||
- | P a-ge | ||
- | Editorial | ||
- | Letter to the Editor | ||
- | Notes on " | ||
- | SBW In The Marquesas Islands | ||
- | Social Notes | ||
- | What's In a Name? Whose Main Range? The Rosso | ||
- | " | ||
- | Fed. B.W. Clubs NSW - August Meeting The Riddle of Aeroplane VH-MOX The-August General Meeting | ||
- | Summer Walks Program | ||
- | Watagans Day Walk - 17 July Footnotes | ||
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- | by Errol Sheedy 3 | ||
- | Kath Brown 3 | ||
- | Morag Ryder 5 | ||
- | Frank Rigby 7 | ||
- | Ian Debert 9 | ||
- | Jim Brown 11 | ||
- | Dot Butler 12 | ||
- | Peter Dyce 13 | ||
- | Spiro Hajinakitas 13 | ||
- | 15 | ||
- | Barry Wallace 16 | ||
- | John Porter 17 | ||
- | Marie Ward 17 | ||
- | 18 | ||
- | Advertisements | ||
- | Belvedere TAxis Blackheath | ||
- | Canoe & Camping - Gladesville & Kogarah Bay Eastwood Camping, | ||
(Deadline for October issue - Articles 28th Sept, Notes 5th October) | (Deadline for October issue - Articles 28th Sept, Notes 5th October) | ||
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- | 10 & 11 | + | |
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- | It " | + | |
- | Page 2 The Sydney Bushwalker September, 1988 | + | ===== Editorial. ===== |
- | EDITORIAL | + | |
- | TEST WALKS | + | === Test Walks. === |
From time to time the question of test walks crops up in Club affairs. My profound knowledge of human behaviour leads me to suspect that the vexatious question of test walks has been cropping up for about 61 years. | From time to time the question of test walks crops up in Club affairs. My profound knowledge of human behaviour leads me to suspect that the vexatious question of test walks has been cropping up for about 61 years. | ||
- | What are test walks and do we need them? Test walks are mentioned only once in our Constitution in Clause 5(d)iii where they are a requirement for membership. | + | |
+ | What are test walks and do we need them? Test walks are mentioned only once in our Constitution in Clause 5(d)iii where they are a requirement for membership. | ||
Of course most people reading this have undergone test walks or are related to such people or the Sydney Bushwalker has found its way into some waiting room or other. The SBW is a bushwalking club and it is reasonable to expect our prospective members to be fit enough to partake of the sport. Test walks therefore are simply walks which on completion indicate a certain level of fitness, ability and speed. If we had unlimited time most walks could be done by most people. Test walks also test a prospective member' | Of course most people reading this have undergone test walks or are related to such people or the Sydney Bushwalker has found its way into some waiting room or other. The SBW is a bushwalking club and it is reasonable to expect our prospective members to be fit enough to partake of the sport. Test walks therefore are simply walks which on completion indicate a certain level of fitness, ability and speed. If we had unlimited time most walks could be done by most people. Test walks also test a prospective member' | ||
- | What is a test walk? One of the beauties of bushwalking is the great variety of the terrain, thus we have tracks and no tracks, grades which vary between horizontal and vertical, ground cover varying between open grassland and dense impenetrable scrub and ambient conditions varying between hot, cold, wet and dry. Really a test walk should incorporate all these plus be long enough to indicate fitness. Over the years certain walks always have been test walks because they always were; something like the chicken and the egg. However test walks vary with time. ONe walk by one leader is a test walk while the same walk by a different leader is not. A particular walk is no longer put on and thus is lost. Or simply the walks change with tracks being made where once there was just bush. The Committee changes and with it a change in emphasis occurs. All these can lead to a change in the degree of difficulty of test walks. | + | |
+ | What is a test walk? One of the beauties of bushwalking is the great variety of the terrain, thus we have tracks and no tracks, grades which vary between horizontal and vertical, ground cover varying between open grassland and dense impenetrable scrub and ambient conditions varying between hot, cold, wet and dry. Really a test walk should incorporate all these plus be long enough to indicate fitness. Over the years certain walks always have been test walks because they always were; something like the chicken and the egg. However test walks vary with time. One walk by one leader is a test walk while the same walk by a different leader is not. A particular walk is no longer put on and thus is lost. Or simply the walks change with tracks being made where once there was just bush. The Committee changes and with it a change in emphasis occurs. All these can lead to a change in the degree of difficulty of test walks. | ||
How can we have consistent test walks? Some years ago there were things called patterned test walks; these were a product of the 1930s and were in the Constitution of the time. In 1968 patterned test walks were revived briefly and then the idea died. | How can we have consistent test walks? Some years ago there were things called patterned test walks; these were a product of the 1930s and were in the Constitution of the time. In 1968 patterned test walks were revived briefly and then the idea died. | ||
- | The notion of trying to quantify walks by distance and terrain is possible but I suspect difficult to apply. Perhaps the way to go is to review our history. Get all the past and present leaders of test walks to list and describe all the past and present test walks and assemble this information into a master list. So that the list would not be lost with the passage of time it could be published once a year (for example together with the membership list) and updated as necessary. Any new walks could be compared with the master list and if the comparison is favourable then we have a new test walk. In this way we will have contcriuity | + | |
- | September, 1988 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 3 | + | The notion of trying to quantify walks by distance and terrain is possible but I suspect difficult to apply. Perhaps the way to go is to review our history. Get all the past and present leaders of test walks to list and describe all the past and present test walks and assemble this information into a master list. So that the list would not be lost with the passage of time it could be published once a year (for example together with the membership list) and updated as necessary. Any new walks could be compared with the master list and if the comparison is favourable then we have a new test walk. In this way we will have continuity |
- | LETTER TO THE EDITOR | + | |
- | I would like to thank John POrter, Walks Secretary, who kindly phoned me to say that the Committee did not wish to accord Test Walk status to the two walks I offered to lead in the Royal National Park for the Winter Walks Program. As these two walks had been Test Walks in previous years, this information was somewhat of a surprise to me. It made me wonder what circumstances had caused this reclassification of the Test Walks I had designed for prospective members. | + | ---- |
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+ | ===== Letter To The Editor. ===== | ||
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+ | by Errol Sheedy | ||
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+ | I would like to thank John Porter, Walks Secretary, who kindly phoned me to say that the Committee did not wish to accord Test Walk status to the two walks I offered to lead in the Royal National Park for the Winter Walks Program. As these two walks had been Test Walks in previous years, this information was somewhat of a surprise to me. It made me wonder what circumstances had caused this reclassification of the Test Walks I had designed for prospective members. | ||
I would be most grateful if the Committee would outline the present guidelines for Test Walks so that I may understand the reasons for the decision re my walks, and also so that perhaps in the future I may again aspire to lead a Test Walk for the SBW. | I would be most grateful if the Committee would outline the present guidelines for Test Walks so that I may understand the reasons for the decision re my walks, and also so that perhaps in the future I may again aspire to lead a Test Walk for the SBW. | ||
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Since this matter may be of more than passing interest to the members and prospective members who have accompanied me on what were once Test Walks I am asking the Editor to publish this in the Sydney Bushwalker. | Since this matter may be of more than passing interest to the members and prospective members who have accompanied me on what were once Test Walks I am asking the Editor to publish this in the Sydney Bushwalker. | ||
- | * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | NOTES ON "PATTERN TEST WALKS" | + | ----- |
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+ | ===== Notes On "Pattern Test Walks". ===== | ||
by Kath Brown | by Kath Brown | ||
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1. When the Club became incorporated in 1987 a new Constitution was adopted, but until then all members were ruled by the old Constitution including prospective members applying for membership. In a 1945 copy of the old Constitution in my possession, and also in a copy dated 1967, the following paragraph appears (among others) under " | 1. When the Club became incorporated in 1987 a new Constitution was adopted, but until then all members were ruled by the old Constitution including prospective members applying for membership. In a 1945 copy of the old Constitution in my possession, and also in a copy dated 1967, the following paragraph appears (among others) under " | ||
- | (e) In order to qualify for membership, the prospective member shall prodouce | + | |
- | Such walks shall be properly authenticated and approved by the Committee as test walks. The pattern walks shall be laid down by a General Meeting, and shall be alterable only by a three-quarters majority of members present at a General Meeting. Fourteen days notice of such proposed alteration shall be given to each member. | + | (e) In order to qualify for membership, the prospective member shall produce |
The new Constitution as from 1987 makes no mention of " | The new Constitution as from 1987 makes no mention of " | ||
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2. In the July 1968 General Meeting a revision of the " | 2. In the July 1968 General Meeting a revision of the " | ||
- | " | + | |
- | (a) Kanangra Walls, Gabes Gap, Mt. Cloudmaker, Tiwilla | + | " |
- | (b) Carlon' | + | |
- | (c) Wog Wog Creek, Corang Trig, Bibbenluke Walls, Monolith Valley, Mt. Owen, Bibbenluke | + | (a) Kanangra Walls, Gabes Gap, Mt. Cloudmaker, Tiwilla |
- | Page 4 The Sydney Bushwalker September, 1988 | + | |
- | II. SATURDAY AFTERNOON/SUNDAY WALKS. | + | (b) Carlon' |
- | * (a) Bgackheath, Govett' | + | |
- | (b) Carlon' | + | (c) Wog Wog Creek, Corang Trig, Bibbenluke Walls, Monolith Valley, Mt. Owen, Bibbenluke |
- | III. ONE DAY WALKS. | + | |
+ | II. __Saturday afternoon | ||
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+ | (a)* Blackheath, Govett' | ||
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+ | (b) Carlon' | ||
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+ | III. __One day walks__. | ||
(a) Waterfall, Mt. Westmacott, Woronora Trig, Woronora River, Scouters Mountain, Woronora River, Sabugal Crossing, Engadine. 12 miles (20 km) 1,100 ft of climbing. | (a) Waterfall, Mt. Westmacott, Woronora Trig, Woronora River, Scouters Mountain, Woronora River, Sabugal Crossing, Engadine. 12 miles (20 km) 1,100 ft of climbing. | ||
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(b) Woodford, Upper Glenbrook Creek, Sassafras Gully, Numantia Creek, Linden. Rough creek walking in Upper Glenbrook Creek. 9 miles (15 km) 1,100 ft of climbing. | (b) Woodford, Upper Glenbrook Creek, Sassafras Gully, Numantia Creek, Linden. Rough creek walking in Upper Glenbrook Creek. 9 miles (15 km) 1,100 ft of climbing. | ||
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(c) Cowan, Cole Trig, Cliff Trig, Porto Bay, Brooklyn. 10 miles (16 km) 1,000 ft climbing, no tracks, low scrub. | (c) Cowan, Cole Trig, Cliff Trig, Porto Bay, Brooklyn. 10 miles (16 km) 1,000 ft climbing, no tracks, low scrub. | ||
- | Original pattern walks as ' | + | |
+ | * Original pattern walks as ' | ||
3. The new Constitution, | 3. The new Constitution, | ||
- | #### | + | |
- | BELVEDERE TAXIS BLACKHEATH | + | ---- |
- | 10 SEATER MINI BUS TAXI | + | |
- | 047-87 8366 | + | === Belvedere Taxis Blackheath. === |
- | KANANGRA BOYD | + | |
- | UPPER BLUE MOUNTAINS | + | 10 seater mini bus taxi. 047-87 8366. |
- | SIX FOOT TRACK | + | |
- | PICK UP ANYWHERE FOR START OR FINISH OF YOUR WALK - BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT | + | Kanangra Boyd. Upper Blue Mountains. Six Foot Track. |
- | Share the Fare Competitive Rates | + | |
- | September 1988 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 5 | + | Pick up anywhere for start or finish of your walk - by prior arrangement. |
- | IS'NT ALWAYS | + | |
- | Hat Hill to Victoria Falls 16 Kilometres | + | Share the fare - competitive rates. |
- | . by brag Ryder. | + | |
- | Led by Geoff McIntosh | + | ---- |
- | It was pitch dark and drizzling when Diana Lynn picked me up at 5.45 on Saturday morning. As all sensible people were still in bed, it took us only 1 hours to reach the railway crossing at Blackheath. | + | |
- | Presently Derek Wilson arrived with Brunny Niemeyer, but still no sign of Geoff. The 8am deadline came and went, and then suddenly we sighted him, parked by The Man From Snowy River*Statue. His passenger was a prospective , a tall English lad called Neil. | + | ===== 'Short' |
- | The car shuffle at Mt. Victoria/ | + | |
- | all thoroughly chilled as we marched up Hat Hill in the wind and drizzle. Down a spur to Hat Hill Creek, where the cliff lines were lovely but impassable. Back up again to take another bearing, then try again, sliding | + | by Morag Ryder. |
- | By now the rain had stopped, and we admired the sun-dappled greenery as we followed Geoff along the creek and up a side gully to see the 'suprise' he had promised us for morning tea. This proved to be a tunnel in the cliff, through which the creek poured, into a small deep pool. | + | |
- | Having lit a fire on a sunny rock ledge, we enjoyed a latish morning tea. Then back to the main creek, up through the mud and wet bushes and along the ridge for views accross | + | __Hat Hill to Victoria Falls. |
- | On one particularly steep section, Di had difficulty negotiating a rock slope, and Neil put down his pack in order to help her. The liberated pack promptly took off down hill in great bounds, finally disappearing into the canyon, with a heavy thud. There was a moment | + | |
- | of silence, followed by a babble of comments, suggestions and hilarity. Our stalwart leader took a rope and lowered himself into the crevice, rescued the pack from the sandbank where it was embedded, and then began the more difficult task of climbing out. Easy enough to slide down on slimy, sloping rock, but getting | + | |
- | water and sheer walls, it was some time before Geoff finally reappeared. | + | It was pitch dark and drizzling when Diana Lynn picked me up at 5.45 on Saturday morning. As all sensible people were still in bed, it took us only 1½ hour to reach the railway crossing at Blackheath. |
- | The rest of the party were now quite willing to amble on - having spent their time lounging in the sun eating chocolate. Due to the unscheduled pack-rescue, | + | |
+ | Presently Derek Wilson arrived with Brunny Niemeyer, but still no sign of Geoff. The 8am deadline came and went, and then suddenly we sighted him, parked by The Man From Snowy River statue*. His passenger was a prospective, | ||
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+ | The car shuffle at Mt. Victoria / Hat Hill took time and we were all thoroughly chilled as we marched up Hat Hill in the wind and drizzle. Down a spur to Hat Hill Creek, where the cliff lines were lovely but impassable. Back up again to take another bearing, then try again, sliding | ||
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+ | By now the rain had stopped, and we admired the sun-dappled greenery as we followed Geoff along the creek and up a side gully to see the 'surprise' he had promised us for morning tea. This proved to be a tunnel in the cliff, through which the creek poured, into a small deep pool. | ||
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+ | Having lit a fire on a sunny rock ledge, we enjoyed a latish morning tea. Then back to the main creek, up through the mud and wet bushes and along the ridge for views across | ||
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+ | On one particularly steep section, Di had difficulty negotiating a rock slope, and Neil put down his pack in order to help her. The liberated pack promptly took off down hill in great bounds, finally disappearing into the canyon, with a heavy thud. There was a moment of silence, followed by a babble of comments, suggestions and hilarity. Our stalwart leader took a rope and lowered himself into the crevice, rescued the pack from the sandbank where it was embedded, and then began the more difficult task of climbing out. Easy enough to slide __down__ | ||
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+ | The rest of the party were now quite willing to amble on - having spent __their__ | ||
"We just have to climb up on this ledge", | "We just have to climb up on this ledge", | ||
- | * Possibly the placque | + | |
- | Page 6 The Sydney Bushwalker September 1988 | + | * Possibly the plaque |
- | Up again, in the fading daylight, collect water from a small cascade, and carry it up to a long, narrow overhang. In the near-dark we collected wood and chose sleeping sites. One end had ferns and grass covering the floor. "So much softer than the rocks" I thought gleefully, spreading out my bag. When the fire was truly. blazing, Geoff produced an enormous creamy cake, which we had to help him eat. Far too much for him poor fellow, and we should have hated to think of him having to carry it on Sunday. After the wine was drunk and all the goodies eaten, we drifted off to bed. Clouds drifted too - | + | |
- | over the stars. Rain was pattering on the leaves when I discovered why my end of the cave was carpeted. Large random drops dripped through cracks in the ' | + | Up again, in the fading daylight, collect water from a small cascade, and carry it up to a long, narrow overhang. In the near-dark we collected wood and chose sleeping sites. One end had ferns and grass covering the floor. "So much softer than the rocks" I thought gleefully, spreading out my bag. When the fire was truly blazing, Geoff produced an enormous creamy cake, which we had to help him eat. Far too much for him poor fellow, and we should have hated to think of him having to carry it on Sunday. After the wine was drunk and all the goodies eaten, we drifted off to bed. Clouds drifted too over the stars. Rain was pattering on the leaves when I discovered why my end of the cave was carpeted. Large random drops dripped through cracks in the ' |
Waterproofed again, I snuggled into my cosy nest until the cracking of twigs announced that Geoff was lighting the breakfast fire. | Waterproofed again, I snuggled into my cosy nest until the cracking of twigs announced that Geoff was lighting the breakfast fire. | ||
- | Out into the drizzle, slipping and scrambling to the ridgetop, then plodding single file to observe some very misty views over Grose Valley. By this time we were all thoroughly caked in mud. Derek, who was walking behind Diana, watched with interest as rain washed rivulets of mud from her jacket | + | |
+ | Out into the drizzle, slipping and scrambling to the ridgetop, then plodding single file to observe some very misty views over Grose Valley. By this time we were all thoroughly caked in mud. Derek, who was walking behind Diana, watched with interest as rain washed rivulets of mud from her jacket | ||
"A quick descent to the creek", | "A quick descent to the creek", | ||
- | Just when it seemed that the slope had indeed become vertical, we found ourselves nicely entangled in the scrub on the creek banks. Creek?, ' | + | |
- | We had to descend | + | Just when it seemed that the slope had indeed become vertical, we found ourselves nicely entangled in the scrub on the creek banks. Creek?, ' |
- | in the watercourse itself, not normally difficult swollen creek roaring past a few centimetres from shale seemed decidedly inhospitable. Geoff made a rope, for the danger of slipping was not imaginary. slip, hitting her head, which caused her to turn as | + | |
- | Creeping down past the thundering water for what seemed like ages, we finallyreached | + | We had to descend in the watercourse itself, not normally difficult |
- | * * * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | September 1988 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 7 | + | Creeping down past the thundering water for what seemed like ages, we finally reached |
- | SBW IN THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS | + | |
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+ | ===== SBW In The Marquesas Islands. ===== | ||
by Frank Rigby | by Frank Rigby | ||
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"The Marquesas Islands" | "The Marquesas Islands" | ||
- | NUKU HIVA, HIVA OA, UA POU, FATU HIVA, UA HUKA - - - the melodious, mysterious names of those islands had haunted me for years. Books like Thor Heyerdahl' | + | |
+ | Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa, Ua Pou, Fatu Hiva, Ua Huku - the melodious, mysterious names of those islands had haunted me for years. Books like Thor Heyerdahl' | ||
That seemed good news in a way. It meant that the Marquesas, tucked away in a remote corner of French Polynesia, would be off the beaten track and unspoiled by a surfeit of modern civilisation or mass tourism. Not at all like Tahiti, for example, "The ultimate paradise of dusky maidens, blue lagoons and languorous living", | That seemed good news in a way. It meant that the Marquesas, tucked away in a remote corner of French Polynesia, would be off the beaten track and unspoiled by a surfeit of modern civilisation or mass tourism. Not at all like Tahiti, for example, "The ultimate paradise of dusky maidens, blue lagoons and languorous living", | ||
- | I finally made it in 1986. After five days of roughing it on an inter-island trading vessel out of Tahiti I was landed in the village of Atuona on Hiva Oa. Two weeks later I was rescued by a somewhat better ship, the " | + | |
- | Ua Pow, reminiscent of a vast cathedral, glowed golden in the sunset. I knew then that I | + | I finally made it in 1986. After five days of roughing it on an inter-island trading vessel out of Tahiti I was landed in the village of Atuona on Hiva Oa. Two weeks later I was rescued by a somewhat better ship, the " |
- | must go back. | + | |
- | And so it came to pass. Letters written to Joan in 1986 had aroused her interest; a slide showing for a few SBW friends had excited Helen Gray. A party was in the making. Fibre research, enquiries, | + | And so it came to pass. Letters written to Joan in 1986 had aroused her interest; a slide showing for a few SBW friends had excited Helen Gray. A party was in the making. Fibre research, enquiries, problems - a ship that sailed to the Marquesas only once a month, a tiny air service that operated only once a week (and, they said, be sure to avoid the two months-long busy season in French Polynesia), all with the constraints of a 30-days return excursion fare to Tahiti (cheap, but avoid the high seasons, they said, because the fare goes up!). And how do you get from one island to another? (That' |
- | And what was it all going to cost? Goodness knows. For a while my life seemed to consist of drafting itinerary charts, calculating costs, writing letters, making phone calls and | + | |
- | worrying the life out of my travel agent. I remember that period of preparation vividly, | + | |
- | especially.the geography involved with Tamworth, Sydney and Papeete lying at the points of a vast triangle. | + | |
Almost at the last minute Barbara Bruce was able to join the party and we were four, an all SBW team including three ex-Presidents. | Almost at the last minute Barbara Bruce was able to join the party and we were four, an all SBW team including three ex-Presidents. | ||
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On May 21st 1988 Joan, Helen, Barbara and I boarded the " | On May 21st 1988 Joan, Helen, Barbara and I boarded the " | ||
- | Sailing across a sea the colour of RaCkitt's Blue in the balmy tropics started to relax us and when we made our first landfall at Takapoto, an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago, | + | |
- | Page 8 The Sydney Bushwalker September 1-9-818 | + | Sailing across a sea the colour of Reckitt's Blue in the balmy tropics started to relax us and when we made our first landfall at Takapoto, an atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago, |
- | Tahiti is about 6000 kms N.W. of Sydney. | + | |
- | but I was suitably reminded that here was an oceanic climate subject to rapid changes of weather and sudden tropical downpours. At least, I reflected as I stood on Aranui' | + | [ Map - The Marquesas Islands. Tahiti is about 6000 kms N.W. of Sydney. ] |
- | My plan Called | + | |
- | Despite the weather the entry into Taiohae Bay was impressive. Later on, when blue skies prevailed, Joan remarked that Tennyson must have come to this place to write "The Lotus Eaters" | + | My plan called |
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- | 14o w 13q w | + | Despite the weather the entry into Taiohae Bay was impressive. Later on, when blue skies prevailed, Joan remarked that Tennyson must have come to this place to write "The Lotus Eaters" |
- | girruTu | + | |
- | aiA0 | + | The bay itself is spacious and, in fine weather, beautiful to behold. I counted fifteen yachts at anchor for the Marquesas group is the first landfall for yachts after the 3-4 weeks crossing from Mexico or Panama. Anyone in Taiohae will hear lots of Yachties' |
- | TI-I E MARQUESAS ISLANDS | + | |
- | ScrALE | + | After five days of shipboard life it was a relief to leave the Aranui but we soon encountered a new set of problems. For starters the rain was coming down in buckets; one local lady told us that it had been raining for ten days! The few small hotels and pensions were booked out because the Aranui |
- | 0 10 20 30 40 6-0 | + | |
- | '1 TTTT KrnS. | + | Our collective French in a place where English is rare was found wanting although Barbara was rapidly recovering her schooldays expertise. At the Gendarmerie I was told that the horse / walking tracks marked on my map were now overgrown - twenty years ago people used them, mais oui, but nowadays the locals all travelled in 4WD vehicles on the roads. So much for my $10 up-to-date topographical map purchased in Papeete! This is Polynesia, I reflected! As a last resort Joan had found an open-sided shelter shed with table and benches down by the wharf in which we planned to spend the night; at least it was dry even if somewhat public. All in all I felt that our introduction to Paradise had been less than idyllic. |
- | = inhabited ts/and | + | |
- | HATU MO | + | But our fortunes were about to take a turn for the better. Remember the Yachties? God bless them, they' |
- | NUKU LII VA | + | |
- | IEF:3 UA 1-1Ukti | + | |
- | . 8$ | + | |
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- | 10S | + | |
- | September 1988 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 9 | + | |
- | was revealed. The predominant colour was the bright green of tropical foliage but here and there brawn cliffs, culminating in the peak of Muake at 864 metres, gave relief. Numerous razor spurs and narrow valleys dissected the amphitheatre and down these valleys raced kibg skebder waterfakks, Clustered around the head of the bay and meandering up into the lower hills, the village of Taiohae, the largest in the Marquesas group, looked suitably South Sea-ist at a distance. (Don't be misled by that word-" | + | |
- | The bay itself is spacious and, in fine weather, beautiful to behold. I counted fifteen | + | |
- | yachts at anchor for the Marquesas group is the first landfall for yachts after the 3-4 weeks crossing from Mexico or Panama. Anyone in Taiohae will hear lots of Yachties' | + | |
- | After five days of shipboard life it was a relief to leave the Aranui but we soon encountered a new set of problems. For starters the rain was coming down in buckets; one local lady told us that it had been raining for ten days! The few small hotels and pensions were booked out because the ARanui | + | |
- | Our collective French in a place where English is rare was found wanting although Barbara was rapidly recovering her schooldays expertise. At the Gendarmerie I was told that the horse/ | + | |
- | reflected! As a last resort Joan had found an open-sided shelter shed with table and benches down by the wharf in which we planned to spend the night; at least it was dry even if somewhat public. All in all I felt that our introduction to Paradise had been less than idyllic. | + | |
- | But our fortunes were about to take a turn for the better. Remember the Yachties? God bless them, they' | + | |
- | return to me - drinks in the cosy cabin, stimulating conversations in English, tales of ocean crossings and a comfortable bed on the divans. | + | |
So ended the first day of our Marquesan adventure. | So ended the first day of our Marquesan adventure. | ||
- | # | + | |
- | SOCIAL NOTES by Ian Debert | + | To be continued. |
- | On 24th August the program was " | + | |
- | pity only 16 people came along to learn a little basic massage. Those who did attend enjoyed | + | ---- |
- | an interesting evening on a subject which goes hand in hand with bushwalking - oh to be able to relieve those aching muscles after a strenuous walk. Dot, Michelle and Beverley all experienced the magic touch of Bill's hands and judging from their smiles it really was " | + | |
- | ,31st August - A small number of members were entertained by "The Moonshine Band". They sand and played a good selection of fold music - thanks Gordon and Len. I wonder how many bushwalking clubs have their own band? | + | ===== Social Notes. ===== |
- | Social | + | |
- | difficult conditions and the best shoes to put them in. (Dinner before the meeting is at | + | |
- | "El Carlo" Ramsay Road, not Tevere", | + | by Ian Debert |
- | 26th- "The Scrub Bashers" | + | |
- | delightfully | + | On 24th August the program was " |
- | 26S VICTORIA ROAD GLADESVILLE, 2111 P140 Pd (02) 817 5S90 HOURS - 94 | + | |
- | THURS. 941 | + | 31st August - A small number of members were entertained by "The Moonshine Band". They sang and played a good selection of old music - thanks Gordon and Len. I wonder how many bushwalking clubs have their own band? |
- | SAT. 94 | + | |
- | (PARKING AT REAR OFF PITTWATER ROAD) | + | __Social |
- | A LARGE RANGE OF LIGHTWEIGHT, OUAUTY, BUSHWALICING b CAMPING GEAR | + | |
- | LIGHTWEIGHT FOOD FOR BACKPACKERS AND CANOEISTS | + | 26th - "The Scrub Bashers" |
- | COLD WEATHER PROTECTION CLOTHING AND RAINGEAR | + | |
- | MAPS, BOOKS AND LEAFLETS | + | ---- |
- | INFORMATION SERVICE FOR CANOEISTS AND WALKERS | + | |
- | KNIVES | + | === Canoe & Camping. === |
- | WE STOCK THE LARGEST RANGE OF CANOEING GEAR IN N.S.W. | + | |
- | QUALITY TOURING CRAFT OF ALL TYPES HIGH QUALITY. PERFORMANCE COMPETITION CRAFT | + | 265 Victoria Road, Gladesville, 2111. Phone (02) 817 5590. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9-6, Thurs. 9-8, Sat. 9-4. (Parking at rear off Pittwater Road). |
- | | + | |
- | ALL TYPES OF SPRAY COVERS | + | A large range of lightweight, quality, bushwalking & camping gear: |
- | FOOTWEAR | + | |
- | September 1988 | + | * Lightweight food for backpackers and canoeists |
- | The Sydney Bushwalker Page 11 | + | * Cold weather protection clothing and raingear |
- | .WHAT'S IN ANAME? | + | * Maps, books and leaflets |
- | WHOSE MAIN RANGE? | + | * Information service for canoeists and walkers |
+ | | ||
+ | * Compasses | ||
+ | * Survival gear | ||
+ | |||
+ | We stock the largest range of canoeing gear in N.S.W. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Quality touring craft of all types. High quality, performance competition craft. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * A huge range of paddles for all types of canoeing | ||
+ | * Wetsuits | ||
+ | * Surf skis | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * Wide range of jackets | ||
+ | * Face masks | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * Many types of buoyancy | ||
+ | * Helmets | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== What's In A Name? ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Jim Brown | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Whose Main Range? === | ||
Now, suppose you tell me - Who was Scott, and where did he get his " | Now, suppose you tell me - Who was Scott, and where did he get his " | ||
- | If you're way up on the Gangerangs or on Ti-Willa and you look south and east across the depths of the Kowmung, the eye leaps straight over that puny and level ridge " | + | |
- | Moreover, | + | If you're way up on the Gangerangs or on Ti-Willa and you look south and east across the depths of the Kowmung, the eye leaps straight over that puny and level ridge " |
- | In the old Blue Mountains/BUrragorang | + | |
- | that map in my possession (now almost as tattered and dissected as the Blue Breaks) it still appears as " | + | In the old Blue Mountains / Burragorang |
- | A pity, I feel. Even if it isn't much of a range from a walker' | + | |
- | even if it does have a Water Board service road along its fairly even length, there is some promise of romance in a name like " | + | A pity, I feel. Even if it isn't much of a range from a walker' |
But, in any case, why " | But, in any case, why " | ||
+ | |||
[Perhaps other keen historians/ | [Perhaps other keen historians/ | ||
- | #########* | + | |
- | NEWS news | + | ---- |
- | It is with pleasure that we announce the opening of | + | |
- | Canoe & Camping' | + | === News News. === |
- | at | + | |
- | 226 Prince' | + | It is with pleasure that we announce the opening of Canoe & Camping' |
- | KOGARAH BAY 2217 | + | |
- | Phone (02) 546 5455 | + | The trading hours for both stores will be:- Mon-Fri 9 - 5.30 pm, Thurs 9 - 7pm, Saturday 9 - 4pm. |
- | The trading hours for both stores will be:- Mon-Fri 9 - 5.30 pm, | + | |
- | Thurs 9 - 7 pm, Saturday 9 - 4 pm. | + | |
As most will be aware, their prices are most competitive while their service and expertise is unequalled. | As most will be aware, their prices are most competitive while their service and expertise is unequalled. | ||
- | THE ROSSO | + | |
- | The Rosso is an animal with appetite collosso, | + | ---- |
- | Of height and size monstrosso and energy preposso, | + | |
- | He likes to spend his campfire time consuming sizzled sauso | + | [ Cartoon: Lest We Forget - 1969-1988. Rosso. "I don't care what you say about me when I've gone, so long as you __talk about me__." ] |
- | And joining others of his kind in getting rather wasso* | + | |
- | We want to wish him all the best for all the years that folio; | + | ===== The Rosso. ===== |
- | In health and wealth and happiness may he always wallo. | + | |
- | May he travel right around the globe like an enterprising swallo, And never, never may his food reposito be hollo. | + | by Dot Butler |
+ | |||
+ | The Rosso is an animal with appetite collosso,\\ | ||
+ | Of height and size monstrosso and energy preposso,\\ | ||
+ | He likes to spend his campfire time consuming sizzled sauso\\ | ||
+ | And joining others of his kind in getting rather wasso*\\ | ||
+ | We want to wish him all the best for all the years that follo;\\ | ||
+ | In health and wealth and happiness may he always wallo.\\ | ||
+ | May he travel right around the globe like an enterprising swallo,\\ | ||
+ | And never, never may his food reposito be hollo. | ||
(* the worse for Wassail) | (* the worse for Wassail) | ||
- | ANNOUNCEMENT | + | |
+ | === Announcement. === | ||
To all Ross Wyborn' | To all Ross Wyborn' | ||
- | The red-headed Wozziborn of fame and fable will be returning to Australia for a holiday, after 19 years abroad, having become the Paddy Pallin of Canada. A barbecue will be held on Saturday 8th October, from 4 pm to ??? at DOT BUTLER's place, 30 BOundary | + | |
+ | The red-headed Wozziborn of fame and fable will be returning to Australia for a holiday, after 19 years abroad, having become the Paddy Pallin of Canada. A barbecue will be held on Saturday 8th October, from 4 pm to ??? at Dot Butler's place, 30 Boundary | ||
Wahroonga (phone 489 2208). Or contact Donny Finch (85 2067) or better still, just turn up with your own meat and grog, plate and eating irons. | Wahroonga (phone 489 2208). Or contact Donny Finch (85 2067) or better still, just turn up with your own meat and grog, plate and eating irons. | ||
- | Page 12 The Sydney 8ushwalker September 1986 | ||
- | Ego | ||
- | "I don't care what you say about me when live gone, so long as you TALK ABOUT ME." | ||
- | ( | ||
- | , | + | ---- |
- | 1) r | + | |
- | COO) | + | ===== "Kadaicha Man." |
- | v. \- | + | |
- | by Dot Butler | + | |
- | September 1988 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 13 | + | |
- | "KADAICHA MAN" | + | |
by Peter Dyce | by Peter Dyce | ||
- | My attempt at revenge occurred in the Northern Territory. My son Denny, his friend Lisa and I had driven from Sydney on a Barramundi Fishing Trip. | + | |
- | Our first camp was at Alice Springs where we climbed Ayers Rock*, then crossed the Tanami Desert, finally arriving in Darwin via the Kimberleys. We were very tired, it was late at night and I decided to camp under a tree and not bother with a tent. I lay down on a ground sheet and went to sleep. In the morning I woke to find every single item of my gear had been taken during the night; my pack, camera, cash, credit cards, fishing gear, | + | My attempt at revenge occurred in the Northern Territory. My son Danny, his friend Lisa and I had driven from Sydney on a Barramundi Fishing Trip. |
- | all gone. All I had left was a pair of shorts and my groundsheet. I walked over to where | + | |
- | Danny and Lisa were asleep in their tent and noticed all my gear carefully stowed in their | + | Our first camp was at Alice Springs where we climbed Ayers Rock*, then crossed the Tanami Desert, finally arriving in Darwin via the Kimberleys. We were very tired, it was late at night and I decided to camp under a tree and not bother with a tent. I lay down on a ground sheet and went to sleep. In the morning I woke to find every single item of my gear had been taken during the night; my pack, camera, cash, credit cards, fishing gear, all gone. All I had left was a pair of shorts and my groundsheet. I walked over to where Danny and Lisa were asleep in their tent and noticed all my gear carefully stowed in their tent. I was both relieved and angry and said to Danny, " |
- | tent. I was both relieved and angry and said to Danny, " | + | |
- | ' | + | We had caught a few Barramundi at Kakadu National Park when I conceived my plan of revenge. I decided to catch a small crocodile and put it into Danny' |
- | We had caught a few Barramundi at Kakadu National Park when I conceived my plan of revenge. I decided to catch a small crocodile and put it into Danny' | + | |
- | keeping this secret, suggested to Lisa that she changed tents that night. She looked at me suspiciously and politely declined. | + | I decided nevertheless to proceed with my plan. The croc was small and could not do too much damage. |
- | I decided nevertheless to proceed with my plan. The croc was small and could not do too much damage. | + | |
I could not carry out my plan so returned my croc, alive and well to his native habitat, not telling Danny, of course. He continued to sweat in his tent for the remaining nights we camped at Kakadu and my feelings for revenge were satisfied. | I could not carry out my plan so returned my croc, alive and well to his native habitat, not telling Danny, of course. He continued to sweat in his tent for the remaining nights we camped at Kakadu and my feelings for revenge were satisfied. | ||
- | * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | FEDERATION OF BUSHWALKING CLUBS NSW - ReEort gfliigust | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ===== Federation of Bushwalking Clubs NSW. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Report August | ||
by Spiro Hajinakitas | by Spiro Hajinakitas | ||
- | A letter from Vanguard Insurance Company with a $500 donation towards S & R. Also a | + | |
- | letter from the Minister for th Environment re tougher penalties for aboriginal art vandalism. | + | A letter from Vanguard Insurance Company with a $500 donation towards S & R. Also a letter from the Minister for the Environment re tougher penalties for aboriginal art vandalism. |
- | National | + | |
- | Tracks | + | __National |
+ | |||
+ | __Tracks | ||
A motion was carried "that Federation sends an Annual Report to all Member Clubs" | A motion was carried "that Federation sends an Annual Report to all Member Clubs" | ||
+ | |||
Sutherland Club presented a donation of $20 to S & R. | Sutherland Club presented a donation of $20 to S & R. | ||
- | Insurance | + | |
- | Treasurer | + | __Insurance__ |
- | * * * * * * * * * | + | |
+ | __Treasurer__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Eastwood Camping Centre. === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Australian Made is great! | ||
QLD | QLD | ||
- | | + | |
- | WA | + | * QBB Butter Concentrate |
- | | + | |
- | Goretex Clothing | + | |
- | / Cycle Panniers | + | |
NT | NT | ||
- | | + | |
+ | * Beef Jerkey | ||
+ | |||
+ | WA | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Wilderness Equipment Backpacks | ||
+ | * Goretex Clothing | ||
+ | * Cycle Panniers | ||
ACT | ACT | ||
- | National Maps | + | |
- | Outgear Backpacks Accessories | + | * National Maps |
- | | + | |
- | Giant Trees Dried meals | + | |
- | NSW | + | |
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
- | Mont, ti & H, Superior | + | |
- | Day Packs | + | |
- | High Tops, Summit Gear | + | |
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
- | 1-1 | + | |
- | TAS- | + | |
- | | + | |
SA | SA | ||
- | | + | |
- | Fr ers Baby Caniers | + | * Rossi Boots |
- | Vic | + | * Flinders |
- | EASTWOOD | + | |
- | CAMPING | + | VIC |
- | CENTRE | + | |
- | 3 Trelawney St (PO Box 131) Eastwood NSW 2122 | + | * Outgear Backpacks Accessories |
- | PHONE US TODAY & SAY "GIDAY | + | * Feathertop Wool Shirts |
- | -858-3833 | + | * Giant Trees Dried meals |
- | September 1988 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 15 | + | |
- | THE RIDDLE OF AEROPLANE | + | NSW |
- | BOOK- YOUR PLACE ON THE BUS - $10.00 | + | |
- | LEAVE THE CAR AT HOME TRAVEL IN COMFORT - | + | * Sleeping Bags - J & H, Mont, Romans |
- | BARRINGTON TOPS S & R PRACTICE | + | * Rainwear - Mont, J & H, Superior |
+ | * Day Packs - High Tops, Summit Gear | ||
+ | * Bonwick Caving Ladders | ||
+ | * Holeproof Undies 4 Socks | ||
+ | * Trailblazer Hats | ||
+ | * DB Canyon bags | ||
+ | |||
+ | TAS | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Blundstone Boots | ||
+ | |||
+ | 3 Trelawney St (PO Box 131) Eastwood NSW 2122. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Phone us today & say "G' | ||
+ | |||
+ | 02-858-3833 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== The Riddle Of Aeroplane | ||
+ | |||
+ | Book your place on teh bus - $10.00 | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Barrington Tops S & R Practice | ||
On 9th August, 1981, a light plane disappeared in stormy weather below Mt. Allyn. Some extensive searching has been done in the past but several high probability areas remain unsearched. | On 9th August, 1981, a light plane disappeared in stormy weather below Mt. Allyn. Some extensive searching has been done in the past but several high probability areas remain unsearched. | ||
- | Search and Rescue has participated in some of the past searches and many bushwalkers are keen to return to solve the "RIDDLE OF VH-MDX" | + | |
- | Day searching only - no overnight searching - in areas not previously searched. | + | Search and Rescue has participated in some of the past searches and many bushwalkers are keen to return to solve the "Riddle of VH-MDX" |
- | No driving. Meet bushwalkers from other clubs. Get a group together from your Club. | + | |
+ | Day searching only - no overnight searching - in areas not previously searched. No driving. Meet bushwalkers from other clubs. Get a group together from your Club. | ||
What a bonus to the bushwalking movement if we can find it! | What a bonus to the bushwalking movement if we can find it! | ||
+ | |||
We need keen bushwalkers who are members of a Federation Club and over 18 years old. | We need keen bushwalkers who are members of a Federation Club and over 18 years old. | ||
- | BUS DEPARTS NORTH SIDE OF STRATHFIELD STATION | + | |
- | CONTACT KEITH MAXWELL phone 622 0049 | + | Bus departs north side of Strathfield Station |
- | REMEMBER | + | |
- | BASE CAMP CARRABOLLA | + | Contact: Keith Marshall. Phone 622 0049. |
- | grid reference 574405 | + | |
- | MAPS CARRABOLLA | + | Remember |
- | BARRINGTON TOPS 1:25,000 | + | |
+ | Base camp: Carrabolla | ||
+ | |||
+ | Maps: Carrabolla | ||
Police and other Volunteer Rescue Association Squads may be present. | Police and other Volunteer Rescue Association Squads may be present. | ||
- | SATURDAY NIGHT BASE CAMP | + | |
- | WHAT TO BRING gear and food as per normal weekend bushwalk long trousers and gardening gloves | + | Saturday night base camp. What to bring: |
- | WHO TO CONTACT | + | |
- | Peter Treseder 489 4182 Asst. Director | + | * gear and food as per normal weekend bushwalk |
- | JOhn Tonitto 528 6174 Secretary | + | * long trousers and gardening gloves |
+ | |||
+ | Who to contact: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Keith Maxwell 622 0049 Director | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * John Tonitto 528 6174 Secretary | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
At 7.39 pm on 9th August, 1981, radio contact was lost with a light plane - Cessna type 210, call sign VH-MDX. It was en route from the Gold Coast to Sydney following an inland flight corridor that took it over Barrington Tops rather than via a (safer) coastal corridor. | At 7.39 pm on 9th August, 1981, radio contact was lost with a light plane - Cessna type 210, call sign VH-MDX. It was en route from the Gold Coast to Sydney following an inland flight corridor that took it over Barrington Tops rather than via a (safer) coastal corridor. | ||
- | Wind was gusting up to 100 kph and about 30 cm of rain had fallen. The plane suffered a number of engine and navigational aid problems just before its disappearance. Radar sightings, just before 7,39 pm and subsequent investigation, | + | |
- | ********* | + | Wind was gusting up to 100 kph and about 30 cm of rain had fallen. The plane suffered a number of engine and navigational aid problems just before its disappearance. Radar sightings, just before 7.39 pm and subsequent investigation, |
- | Page 16 The Sydney | + | |
- | THE AUGUST GENERAL MEETING | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ===== The August General Meeting. ===== | ||
by Barry Wallace | by Barry Wallace | ||
- | The meeting began at around 2011 with some 15 or so members present and the President in the chair. There were apologies from Margaret Reid, Jim Oxley, Debora Shapira, Don | + | |
- | Finch and Wendy Aliano. New members Maria Czerniecki, Sue Josephson, Chris Cutherbert and Peter Caldwell were called for welcome with only Peter Caldwell failing to answer the call. His absence was redeemed to some extent by the appearance of Bert Carter who had attained membership some while ago, but had been unable to attend a meeting to receive his badge. | + | The meeting began at around 2011 with some 15 or so members present and the President in the chair. There were apologies from Margaret Reid, Jim Oxley, Debora Shapira, Don Finch and Wendy Aliano. New members Maria Czerniecki, Sue Josephson, Chris Cutherbert and Peter Caldwell were called for welcome with only Peter Caldwell failing to answer the call. His absence was redeemed to some extent by the appearance of Bert Carter who had attained membership some while ago, but had been unable to attend a meeting to receive his badge. |
The minutes of last month' | The minutes of last month' | ||
- | Correspondence was next, with the receipt of minutes of the FBW July meeting, a letter from Mike and Ainslie presently on tour in the United Kingdom, brochures on the Hume and Novell | + | |
+ | Correspondence was next, with the receipt of minutes of the FBW July meeting, a letter from Mike and Ainslie presently on tour in the United Kingdom, brochures on the Hume and Hovell | ||
The Treasurer' | The Treasurer' | ||
- | The Walks Report began with Carol Bruce' | + | |
+ | The Walks Report began with Carol Bruce' | ||
The following weekend, 22,23,24 July saw the FBW S & R exercise held in the Budawangs. Alan Mewett' | The following weekend, 22,23,24 July saw the FBW S & R exercise held in the Budawangs. Alan Mewett' | ||
- | The weekend of 29,30,31 July saw Kenn Clacher and a party of 6 taking advantage of the extra day (1 August) of the bank holiday weekend, together with the simply perfect weather that accompanied it, on his Mt. Yengo gallop. I had no idea there was so much | + | |
- | blurred scrub along those ridges! Les Powell reported 5 starters on his Nattai River walk but they were forced to shorten the route slightly and so missed the joys of Rocky Water- holes Creek. Gordon Lee's two instructional walks were cancelled but Jan Mohandas had 5 people enjoying fine conditions on his Shoalhaven River trip and Bill Holland' | + | The weekend of 29,30,31 July saw Kenn Clacher and a party of 6 taking advantage of the extra day (1 August) of the bank holiday weekend, together with the simply perfect weather that accompanied it, on his Mt. Yengo gallop. I had no idea there was so much blurred scrub along those ridges! Les Powell reported 5 starters on his Nattai River walk but they were forced to shorten the route slightly and so missed the joys of Rocky Waterholes |
- | The following weekend brought an abrupt return to winter conditions as Carol Bruce and her band of 10 braved the sleet, snow and high winds on her Pgint Nicholson walk. Gordon Lee had double booked the weekend so his rubbish clearing trip to Dex Creek was cancelled. Probably just as well given the conditions. George Mawer' | + | |
- | went, led by Carol Lubbers. There were 15 people, and numerous occurrences of the name of Banks in the topography. David McIntosh' | + | The following weekend brought an abrupt return to winter conditions as Carol Bruce and her band of 10 braved the sleet, snow and high winds on her Point Nicholson walk. Gordon Lee had double booked the weekend so his rubbish clearing trip to Dex Creek was cancelled. Probably just as well given the conditions. George Mawer' |
The Federation Report is covered elsewhere in the magazine. | The Federation Report is covered elsewhere in the magazine. | ||
- | Conservation Report followed with news that there are various moves to " | + | |
- | possible closure of the Cathedral of Ferns camping ground at Mt. Wilson was raised and a follow-up letter will be sent to the Department of Lands. | + | Conservation Report followed with news that there are various moves to " |
- | General Business brought news that the Club's investments are now being formally vested in 58W Inc. After that it was just a matter of the announcements and the meeting closed | + | |
- | at 2111. | + | General Business brought news that the Club's investments are now being formally vested in SBW Inc. After that it was just a matter of the announcements and the meeting closed at 2111. |
- | September 1988 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 17 | + | |
- | SUMMER WALKS PROGRA' | + | ---- |
- | by John Porter Walks Secretary | + | |
+ | ===== Summer Walks Program. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by John Porter, Walks Secretary. | ||
The Summer Walks Program is now open. It encompasses the months of December 1988, January 1989 and February 1989. Any member of the Club who would like to lead a walk or summer activity, such as li-loing, canyoning, abseiling, caving, push-bike riding, swimming (beach or river), or just enjoying the outdoors, should note that the closure date of the program is the 28th October 1988. Help and assistance is available to anyone who would like to lead a walk and is not sure how to go about it. | The Summer Walks Program is now open. It encompasses the months of December 1988, January 1989 and February 1989. Any member of the Club who would like to lead a walk or summer activity, such as li-loing, canyoning, abseiling, caving, push-bike riding, swimming (beach or river), or just enjoying the outdoors, should note that the closure date of the program is the 28th October 1988. Help and assistance is available to anyone who would like to lead a walk and is not sure how to go about it. | ||
+ | |||
New leaders are always welcome. Remember that the Club is only as strong as its Walks Program. If you cannot make it to the Club to give me your walk, post it to me at the Club address, P.O. Box 4476, Sydney, 2001. | New leaders are always welcome. Remember that the Club is only as strong as its Walks Program. If you cannot make it to the Club to give me your walk, post it to me at the Club address, P.O. Box 4476, Sydney, 2001. | ||
- | SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO WALKS LEADERS. | + | |
+ | === Special Announcement To Walks Leaders. === | ||
I am compiling a list of substitute leaders who are willing to lead walks at short notice on those occasions when a leader who has a programmed walk cannot lead it due to illness or other commitments. The procedure will be for the leader to try to arrange his/her alternative leader if possible. Otherwise contact me and I will arrange a suitable alternative leader for the trip. | I am compiling a list of substitute leaders who are willing to lead walks at short notice on those occasions when a leader who has a programmed walk cannot lead it due to illness or other commitments. The procedure will be for the leader to try to arrange his/her alternative leader if possible. Otherwise contact me and I will arrange a suitable alternative leader for the trip. | ||
+ | |||
If any member would like to go on the list as a substitute leader, please contact me. | If any member would like to go on the list as a substitute leader, please contact me. | ||
- | ************ | ||
- | L., | ||
- | 7 r | ||
- | .../..- 5 / | ||
- | --, | ||
- | 4astic segicH | + | ---- |
- | WATAGANS DAY WALK -17 JULY | + | |
- | by Morie Ward | + | ===== Watagans Day Walk - 17 July. ===== |
- | After early morning drizzle the sun burst forth as twelve members and one prospective set out from Heatons Lookout. | + | |
- | Morning,tea was taken in a nice sunny spot at the top of a large waterfall. Several people had a confrontation with Stinging Trees, but a short spray with Stingose worked wonders. | + | by Morrie |
+ | |||
+ | After early morning drizzle the sun burst forth as twelve members and one prospective set out from Heatons Lookout. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Morning tea was taken in a nice sunny spot at the top of a large waterfall. Several people had a confrontation with Stinging Trees, but a short spray with Stingose worked wonders. | ||
After lunch we walked for a short time along an old logging track through forest dominated by Bangalow and Cabbage palms and more giant Blue Gums. The next one kilometre took one and a half hours and several in the group found the going tough. We plunged into dense Sub-Tropicat Rainforest and followed a creek with numerous small waterfalls down a steep gully. At one stage it was suggested that the un-named creek be named " | After lunch we walked for a short time along an old logging track through forest dominated by Bangalow and Cabbage palms and more giant Blue Gums. The next one kilometre took one and a half hours and several in the group found the going tough. We plunged into dense Sub-Tropicat Rainforest and followed a creek with numerous small waterfalls down a steep gully. At one stage it was suggested that the un-named creek be named " | ||
- | From here we moved up Gap Creek, scrambling over large moss and fern covered boulders until our exit paint at the forty-metre-high Gap Creek Falls. | + | |
+ | From here we moved up Gap Creek, scrambling over large moss and fern covered boulders until our exit point at the forty-metre-high Gap Creek Falls. | ||
With darkness coming on fast about half the group had gathered at the Bangalow Picnic area. It was decided that the three drivers (Ian Debert, Kenn Clacher and Marie Ward) would take the short cut with a quick scramble up a ridge to the top of Monkey Mountain and back to the cars. Jan Mohandas and Alan Mewett then led the remainder of the party along a fire trail until they met up with the cars. | With darkness coming on fast about half the group had gathered at the Bangalow Picnic area. It was decided that the three drivers (Ian Debert, Kenn Clacher and Marie Ward) would take the short cut with a quick scramble up a ridge to the top of Monkey Mountain and back to the cars. Jan Mohandas and Alan Mewett then led the remainder of the party along a fire trail until they met up with the cars. | ||
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We all enjoyed a meal at Freemans Waterhole before returning to Sydney. | We all enjoyed a meal at Freemans Waterhole before returning to Sydney. | ||
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- | Page 18 The Sydney Bushwalker September 1988 | + | ---- |
- | IMPORTANT NOTICE | + | |
- | Clubroom Closed | + | === Important Notice - Clubroom Closed. === |
- | Yes, on Wednesday 28th September and Wednesday 5th October the Clubroom | + | |
- | will be closed. | + | Yes, on Wednesday 28th September and Wednesday 5th October the Clubroom will be closed. |
Discuss your holiday weekend trip with the leader by phone! | Discuss your holiday weekend trip with the leader by phone! | ||
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The Committee Meeting will be held in a private home. | The Committee Meeting will be held in a private home. | ||
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- | - | ||
- | "easy walkers" | ||
- | FOOTNOTES | ||
- | o With winter being nearly over we can revert from being a semi-ski club to a bushwalking club. | ||
- | o Since October '86 Peter Rossel has been off the track due to persistent leg pains. As a result of a recent hip replacement he could be back amongst the doubts the " | ||
- | o Last month a pre-publication sheet for " | ||
- | colour plates, 35 plack and white plates and 18 sketches. Excellent. value. The pre-publication price (until end October) is $36. Orders can be coordinated through Helen Gray (86 6263) for delivery at the Club and so save the $3 postage charge. | ||
- | o Sternhells made of sterner stuff, no weak bones for young Peter, his bones don't break like Sev's. On a Colo walk Peter sprained his ankle badly and hopped, with Neil's support, his way out, up some 300 metres in about 4 hours. Interestingly with the boot on the other foot figuratively and literally Peter was the perfect patient and followed the medical advice given. | ||
- | o Another Niven to join the Club? Besides Margaret, Bob and Jeff already being members we may have one more; Cindy has just completed one test walk and is ready for the rest. | ||
- | o Judy Mac has traded in her tassels for some bear bells. Judy is off soon to walk in the northwest of the U.S. where there are plenty of grizzly bears and black bears. Apparently one wears bells on one's person to announce one's presence to all, including the bears. The bears on hearing the bells then move off the path. Sounds neat. We must get Judy to demonstrate the bells and talk about her exploits on her return. | ||
- | o This month, and I hope we're on time, there is a clean-up at Coolana plus an outing on the Saturday night, 24th, to the Woolaway Woolshed. This is 20 minutes walk from Coolana which means that should you wish to drink with your meal you can without the worry of drinking and driving. The three course dinner is $25 a head with music and dancing thrown in. | ||
- | The Coolana clean-up is an opportunity for all members to help look after our real estate. For the newer members come along and make yourself at home. Coolana is in the Kangaroo Valley about 90 minutes by road south of Sydney. The property is large and you can camp where you like. There' | ||
- | will be weeding and slashing, simple gardening jobs but on a scale which requires plenty-of | ||
- | willing helpers. You won't be overworked but you will make a contribution to the Club. Contact Ian Debert 982 2615. | ||
- | o And at long last Bruce Dunn's favourite recipe for wholemeal fruit slice gets printed, or actually reprinted since it first appeared in the Australian Women' | ||
- | fruit and milk plus 6 finely chopped dried apricots and a pinch of salt. Mix the lot together, | ||
- | throw into a greased paper lined tin, and bake 45 minutes in a moderately slow oven. Cool, cut | ||
- | and eat. Bruce served this on one weekend trip and I found it to be delicious, or was I hungry? | ||
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+ | |||
+ | ===== Footnotes. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | With winter being nearly over we can revert from being a semi-ski club to a bushwalking club. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Since October '86 Peter Rossel has been off the track due to persistent leg pains. As a result of a recent hip replacement he could be back amongst the "easy walkers" | ||
+ | |||
+ | Last month a pre-publication sheet for " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sternhells made of sterner stuff, no weak bones for young Peter, his bones don't break like Sev's. On a Colo walk Peter sprained his ankle badly and hopped, with Neil's support, his way out, up some 300 metres in about 4 hours. Interestingly with the boot on the other foot figuratively and literally Peter was the perfect patient and followed the medical advice given. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Another Niven to join the Club? Besides Margaret, Bob and Jeff already being members we may have one more; Cindy has just completed one test walk and is ready for the rest. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Judy Mac has traded in her tassels for some bear bells. Judy is off soon to walk in the northwest of the U.S. where there are plenty of grizzly bears and black bears. Apparently one wears bells on one's person to announce one's presence to all, including the bears. The bears on hearing the bells then move off the path. Sounds neat. We must get Judy to demonstrate the bells and talk about her exploits on her return. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This month, and I hope we're on time, there is a clean-up at Coolana plus an outing on the Saturday night, 24th, to the Woolaway Woolshed. This is 20 minutes walk from Coolana which means that should you wish to drink with your meal you can without the worry of drinking and driving. The three course dinner is $25 a head with music and dancing thrown in. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Coolana clean-up is an opportunity for all members to help look after our real estate. For the newer members come along and make yourself at home. Coolana is in the Kangaroo Valley about 90 minutes by road south of Sydney. The property is large and you can camp where you like. There' | ||
+ | |||
+ | And at long last Bruce Dunn's favourite recipe for wholemeal fruit slice gets printed, or actually reprinted since it first appeared in the Australian Women' | ||
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