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+ | ===== Report On Day Walk - Sunday 7 August. ===== | ||
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+ | === George Mawer' | ||
- | October 1988 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 5 | ||
- | REPORT ON DAY WALK - SUNDAY 7 AUGUST | ||
- | GEORGE MAWER' | ||
by Carol Lubbers | by Carol Lubbers | ||
- | 15 souls willing to risk hypothermia on Banks Walls comprising 10 members, 1 prospective and 4 visitors | + | |
+ | 15 souls willing to risk hypothermia on Banks Walls comprising 10 members, 1 prospective and 4 visitors. | ||
The walk started at 9.30 am - Mt. Banks, Banks Walls, Explorers Brook, Banks Ridge and back to Mt. Banks - 15 km. | The walk started at 9.30 am - Mt. Banks, Banks Walls, Explorers Brook, Banks Ridge and back to Mt. Banks - 15 km. | ||
- | Gusty, bitterly cold conditions but sunny - beanies and gloves were worn most of the day., Fantastic views of the Grose Valley, Blue Gum, etc, especially near David Crevasse during a lull in the wind. | + | |
+ | Gusty, bitterly cold conditions but sunny - beanies and gloves were worn most of the day. Fantastic views of the Grose Valley, Blue Gum, etc, especially near David Crevasse during a lull in the wind. | ||
We were able to boil a few billies at lunchtime on the fire trail on the leeward side of Edgeworth David Head. There were a few cases of burnt faces from sitting in the sun at lunchtime! A couple of youngsters on trail bikes decided not to drive through all the bodies stretched out on the trail and turned back the way they came. | We were able to boil a few billies at lunchtime on the fire trail on the leeward side of Edgeworth David Head. There were a few cases of burnt faces from sitting in the sun at lunchtime! A couple of youngsters on trail bikes decided not to drive through all the bodies stretched out on the trail and turned back the way they came. | ||
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Thanks to Greg Bray, a fast, easy way down to Explorers Brook was found. After much shouting between Kenn Clacher (up the spur), Greg Bray (up the creek), the main party (in the creek) and the leader (half-way up the creek) it was decided to follow Greg when he found George' | Thanks to Greg Bray, a fast, easy way down to Explorers Brook was found. After much shouting between Kenn Clacher (up the spur), Greg Bray (up the creek), the main party (in the creek) and the leader (half-way up the creek) it was decided to follow Greg when he found George' | ||
- | As the party were leaving the creek they got disobedient and didn't follow the leader and found a snake!!! Pandemonium broke out when a lady (who shall remain nameless) with a most strident voice dramatically announced the snake' | + | |
- | accident had happened. The snake disappeared into the long grass, the party tippy-toed through the grass and shot up the hill like the devil was on their heels. The leader rewarded their effort with mint slices. No-one wanted to go back down to the creek for water. | + | As the party were leaving the creek they got disobedient and didn't follow the leader and found a snake!!! Pandemonium broke out when a lady (who shall remain nameless) with a most strident voice dramatically announced the snake' |
- | After that, it was just a scrubby ridge gallop back to the fire trail and on to the warmth of the cars before | + | |
- | * * * *'* * * | + | After that, it was just a scrubby ridge gallop back to the fire trail and on to the warmth of the cars __before__ |
- | NEWS news | + | |
- | It is with pleasure that we announce the opening of | + | ---- |
- | Canoe & Camping' | + | |
- | at | + | === News News. === |
- | 226 Prince' | + | |
- | KOGARAH BAY 2217 | + | It is with pleasure that we announce the opening of Canoe & Camping' |
- | Phone (02) 546 5455 | + | |
The trading hours for both stores will be:- Mon-Fri 9 - 5.30 pm, Thurs 9 - 7 pm, Saturday 9 - 4 pm. | The trading hours for both stores will be:- Mon-Fri 9 - 5.30 pm, Thurs 9 - 7 pm, Saturday 9 - 4 pm. | ||
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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. | ||
- | Page 6 The Sydney Bushwalker October 1988 | + | |
- | SBW IN THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS | + | ---- |
- | PART 2 | + | |
+ | ===== SBW In The Marquesas Islands - Part 2. ===== | ||
by Frank Rigby | by Frank Rigby | ||
- | (Part I ended with Helen Gray, Barbara Bruce and Joan and Frank Rigby spending their first night at Nuku Hive aboard two yachts in TaiohaP | + | |
+ | (Part I ended with Helen Gray, Barbara Bruce and Joan and Frank Rigby spending their first night at Nuku Hive aboard two yachts in Taiohae | ||
We all woke early on a day which seemed to herald an improvement in the weather. The sun was catching the spurs which swept down from the amphitheatre and the whole prospect of mountains, village and bay was a joy to behold. I wondered what was in store for us. | We all woke early on a day which seemed to herald an improvement in the weather. The sun was catching the spurs which swept down from the amphitheatre and the whole prospect of mountains, village and bay was a joy to behold. I wondered what was in store for us. | ||
- | My original plan had been to walk to Anaho Bay on the north coast of the island using horse tracks and 4WD roads. Since the Gendarme had informed us that the tracks were now overgrown we must rely on the roads because one does not sensibly take to the bush in that rugged terrain with its tropical jungle. How we would fare carrying packs uphill in this hot, humid climate remained to be seen; certainly the Marquesans would never dream of it. Talk about mad dogs and Englishmen! How we would return to Taiohae was another question again. And what about the dreaded nonos and the mosquitos? I reflected there were more unknowns about this Marquesan trip than one cOu1d poke a stick at! | + | |
- | My thoughts were interrupted by the yacht' | + | My original plan had been to walk to Anaho Bay on the north coast of the island using horse tracks and 4WD roads. Since the Gendarme had informed us that the tracks were now overgrown we must rely on the roads because one does not sensibly take to the bush in that rugged terrain with its tropical jungle. How we would fare carrying packs uphill in this hot, humid climate remained to be seen; certainly the Marquesans would never dream of it. Talk about mad dogs and Englishmen! How we would return to Taiohae was another question again. And what about the dreaded nonos and the mosquitos? I reflected there were more unknowns about this Marquesan trip than one cou1d poke a stick at! |
- | without even having raised a sweat, we sailed slowly into one of the most beautiful places I can ever remember. | + | |
- | Anaho is the stuff of which romantic South Seas dreams are made - the bay calm and blue, its clear warm waters gently lapping a white sand beach beyond which graceful coconut palms swayed in the breeze. There were glimpses of a small village in a perfect setting, thatch- roofed huts amongst the palms, a couple of Polynesian girls in colourful pareos. As if all this were not enough, the backdrop of rugged mountains, standing out in sharp relief in the low sidelight, took our breath away. We had come a long way for a bit of Paradise and at that magic moment it seemed that we had been rewarded. | + | My thoughts were interrupted by the yacht' |
- | Two bushwalking tents were added to the village, our first camp in the Marquesas; it was great to be back to the simple basics even if this included food from cans. (Contrary | + | |
- | to popular belief, fruit does not fall from trees into one's mouth in the South Seas.) Neither did we find the villagers to be cannibals; in fact, we found them to be friendly, generous, fun-loving people despite the barriers of our mediocre French and our non-existent | + | Anaho is the stuff of which romantic South Seas dreams are made - the bay calm and blue, its clear warm waters gently lapping a white sand beach beyond which graceful coconut palms swayed in the breeze. There were glimpses of a small village in a perfect setting, thatch-roofed huts amongst the palms, a couple of Polynesian girls in colourful pareos. As if all this were not enough, the backdrop of rugged mountains, standing out in sharp relief in the low sidelight, took our breath away. We had come a long way for a bit of Paradise and at that magic moment it seemed that we had been rewarded. |
- | Altr.quesam. Within hours we were invited to a singing rehearsal in a special building decorated with palm fronds and flowers. An earth oven was also being dug so it was apparent that something important was afoot in Anaho. But in our experience in Polynesia every question has two or three different answers depending on who is questioned; accordingly, | + | |
+ | Two bushwalking tents were added to the village, our first camp in the Marquesas; it was great to be back to the simple basics even if this included food from cans. (Contrary to popular belief, fruit does not fall from trees into one's mouth in the South Seas.) Neither did we find the villagers to be cannibals; in fact, we found them to be friendly, generous, fun-loving people despite the barriers of our mediocre French and our non-existent | ||
On the second morning, as the pigs, the breadfruit and all the other trimmings were baking under the hot stones and the banana leaves, we reluctantly donned our packs and set off for the trek across this remarkable island. | On the second morning, as the pigs, the breadfruit and all the other trimmings were baking under the hot stones and the banana leaves, we reluctantly donned our packs and set off for the trek across this remarkable island. | ||
- | The heat was now on, literally, for the first time. The sweat poured from us as the | ||
- | packs, the uphill and the climate took their toll. An hour's walk along a track (no vehicles at Anaho) brought us to the roadhead at the village of Hatiheu where refreshments from the store, the wonderful scenery and the local children thankfully kept us from getting on with | ||
- | the walk. (White Ants would find the Marquesas ideal territory for practising their art.) | ||
- | The route ahead wound up to the col of Teavaitapuhiva (sonorous, these Marquesan names, the | ||
- | problem is pronouncing them) at 443 metres. Not very high, you may say, but it seemed like | ||
- | Mount Everest to me with the climate in reverse. At the col we were greeted by the sight of two magnificent waterfalls tumbling into the head of the Taipivai valley. I was also relieved to find that the large blank area marked on my map as " | ||
- | October 1988 The Sydney Buttmlad-keT Page 7 | ||
- | This valley is of interest for its history and its archaeology. In 1842 a young American sailor deserted his whaling ship in Taiohae Bay and made his tortuous way overland to the valley of the dreaded Typees, among whom he lived for several weeks. He was Herman Melville, perhaps better known as the author of "Moby Dick". Melville later used the | ||
- | experience to write the fascinating fact/ | ||
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- | But how could I forget to mention the other inhabitants of Taipivai, the malicious nonos? Here I had a disadvantage. Even with my spectacles I could not see these tiny insects and, worse still, I could not feel the bites. But a day later I suffered! By contrast, Helen and Barbara, being much more sensitive souls, knew what was going on and | ||
- | when they warned me all I could say was "What nonos?" | ||
- | Once more we climbed into the hills and experienced our one and only "high camp" at about 350 metres. Not so high, of course, but enough to give some relief from the heat and | ||
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- | and humidity of the valleys. Under a full moon in a clear sky we enjoyed the spectacular scenery and I made history by sleeping in a flannelette bag for the first and last time in the Marquesas. | + | The heat was now on, literally, for the first time. The sweat poured from us as the packs, the uphill and the climate took their toll. An hour's walk along a track (no vehicles at Anaho) brought us to the roadhead at the village of Hatiheu where refreshments from the store, the wonderful scenery and the local children thankfully kept us from getting on with the walk. (White Ants would find the Marquesas ideal territory for practising their art.) The route ahead wound up to the col of Teavaitapuhiva (sonorous, these Marquesan names, the problem is pronouncing them) at 443 metres. Not very high, you may say, but it seemed like Mount Everest to me with the climate in reverse. At the col we were greeted by the sight of two magnificent waterfalls tumbling into the head of the Taipivai valley. I was also relieved to find that the large blank area marked on my map as " |
- | Next morning it was ever upward along the road - we were revelling in this high open country even to the extent of refusing rides. Surely by now we must be the talk of Nuku Hiva: "Have you seen the crazy foreigners humping big loads on their backs, actually | + | |
- | now they were driving modern motor vehicles and wouldn' | + | [ Sketch Map of Nuku Hiva. ] |
- | And so we reached the col of Teavanui at 576 metres and what a panorama was laid out before us! Across the blue sea the island of Ua Pou thrust upwards into clouds of its own making. Much closer the rugged south coast of Nuku Hiva stretched away to east and west and immediately below Taiohae village and its horseshoe-shaped bay dotted with white yachts sparkled in the sunshine. All around us the green mountains and the waterfalls plunged downwards to the sea. It seemed the Earth had gone berserk at this spot, determined to compensate for all the dreary parts elsewhere on its surface. But there was history here too - I remembered the stories I had read of the 18th and 19th centureis, of the navigators, | + | |
- | the slavers, the whalers, the sandalwooders, | + | This valley is of interest for its history and its archaeology. In 1842 a young American sailor deserted his whaling ship in Taiohae Bay and made his tortuous way overland to the valley of the dreaded Typees, among whom he lived for several weeks. He was Herman Melville, perhaps better known as the author of "Moby Dick". Melville later used the experience to write the fascinating fact/ |
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+ | But how could I forget to mention the other inhabitants of Taipivai, the malicious nonos? Here I had a disadvantage. Even with my spectacles I could not see these tiny insects and, worse still, I could not feel the bites. But a day later I suffered! By contrast, Helen and Barbara, being much more sensitive souls, knew what was going on and when they warned me all I could say was "What nonos?" | ||
+ | |||
+ | Once more we climbed into the hills and experienced our one and only "high camp" at about 350 metres. Not so high, of course, but enough to give some relief from the heat and humidity of the valleys. Under a full moon in a clear sky we enjoyed the spectacular scenery and I made history by sleeping in a flannelette bag for the first and last time in the Marquesas. | ||
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+ | Next morning it was ever upward along the road - we were revelling in this high open country even to the extent of refusing rides. Surely by now we must be the talk of Nuku Hiva: "Have you seen the crazy foreigners humping big loads on their backs, actually | ||
+ | |||
+ | And so we reached the col of Teavanui at 576 metres and what a panorama was laid out before us! Across the blue sea the island of Ua Pou thrust upwards into clouds of its own making. Much closer the rugged south coast of Nuku Hiva stretched away to east and west and immediately below Taiohae village and its horseshoe-shaped bay dotted with white yachts sparkled in the sunshine. All around us the green mountains and the waterfalls plunged downwards to the sea. It seemed the Earth had gone berserk at this spot, determined to compensate for all the dreary parts elsewhere on its surface. But there was history here too - I remembered the stories I had read of the 18th and 19th centuries, of the navigators, the slavers, the whalers, the sandalwooders, | ||
Hot, dry, sticky and filthy and covered with nono bites we finally reached journey' | Hot, dry, sticky and filthy and covered with nono bites we finally reached journey' | ||
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Might even qualify for a test walk, I mused as we washed the dust down with Hinano beers all round. | Might even qualify for a test walk, I mused as we washed the dust down with Hinano beers all round. | ||
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- | TRIP REPORT | + | To be continued. |
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+ | ===== Trip Report | ||
by Ian Wolfe | by Ian Wolfe | ||
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Nevertheless everyone enjoyed themselves and the trip back to Guthega via Tate West Ridge was quite pleasant on the new snow. | Nevertheless everyone enjoyed themselves and the trip back to Guthega via Tate West Ridge was quite pleasant on the new snow. | ||
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Four persons attended this ski trip. | Four persons attended this ski trip. | ||
- | ODE TO LUNCH | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ===== Ode To Lunch. ===== | ||
by Ray Franklin | by Ray Franklin | ||
- | (On Sunday, 28/8/88, Errol Sheedy led a party of ten on a vigorous bush-bash from Waterfall to Otford. At one point, as it crossed a road near the park entrance, the party was hailed by a well-meaning young ranger who, thinking we were with a group of boy scouts, tried to direct us down the track they had taken. On being told who we were, as well as who we weren't, thank you very much, the lad compounded his unintentional insult by saying, "Oh, a club, eh: you mean, like the N.P.A.?" | + | (On Sunday, 28/8/88, Errol Sheedy led a party of ten on a vigorous bush-bash from Waterfall to Otford. At one point, as it crossed a road near the park entrance, the party was hailed by a well-meaning young ranger who, thinking we were with a group of boy scouts, tried to direct us down the track they had taken. On being told who we were, as well as who we __weren't__, thank you very much, the lad compounded his unintentional insult by saying, "Oh, a club, eh: you mean, like the N.P.A.?" |
- | He didn't sense the danger, | + | |
- | As we made that cheerful push From the bush across the footpath To a tract of trackless bush | + | He didn't sense the danger,\\ |
- | "Oy, you should' | + | As we made that cheerful push\\ |
- | He grins and points and shouts: " | + | From the bush across the footpath\\ |
- | There were snarls, the air electric: For far less have strong men died Bared teeth, a few stepped forward "Back, back!" our leader cried. Then he faced up to the Ranger, Tried to settle all his doubts: "Of course not, foolish man," he said: "Do we look like we'd be Scouts?" | + | To a tract of trackless bush....\\ |
- | The ranger - young, impulsive - had Still one more wrong thing to say: | + | "Oy, you should' |
- | "A club," he mused, "for walkers, hmmm You mean, like N.P.A.?" | + | He grins and points and shouts:\\ |
- | That was it. There was no holding The more choleric of the bunch. | + | " |
- | They tore the Ranger limb from limb, And cooked him up for lunch. | + | You lot __are__ |
- | Yes, he went into the billy, lads, And the " | + | |
- | That if you must have converse With bushwalkers hereabouts, | + | There were snarls, the air electric:\\ |
- | You should never, ever, ask them: "Hey, are you lot with the Scouts?" | + | For far less have strong men died....\\ |
- | NEW MEMBERS | + | Bared teeth, a few stepped forward |
- | Mansfield, Neil - 6 Milner Road, Artarmon, 2064 Phone (H) 419 7344 | + | "Back, back!" our leader cried.\\ |
- | Perry, Keith - 42 Albert Drive, Killara 2071 It (H) 46 6134 | + | Then he faced up to the Ranger,\\ |
- | Perry, Christopher - " IT T/ IT TI n | + | Tried to settle all his doubts:\\ |
- | (8) 268 7181 | + | "Of course not, foolish man," he said:\\ |
- | ****** | + | "Do we look like we'd be Scouts?" |
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+ | The ranger - young, impulsive - had\\ | ||
+ | Still one more wrong thing to say:\\ | ||
+ | "A club," he mused, "for walkers, hmmm -\\ | ||
+ | You mean, like N.P.A.?" | ||
+ | That was it. There was no holding\\ | ||
+ | The more choleric of the bunch.\\ | ||
+ | They tore the Ranger limb from limb,\\ | ||
+ | And cooked him up for lunch. | ||
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+ | Yes, he went into the billy, lads,\\ | ||
+ | And the " | ||
+ | It's a warning to the silly, and\\ | ||
+ | The lonely and the bored:\\ | ||
+ | That if you __must__ | ||
+ | With bushwalkers hereabouts,\\ | ||
+ | You should never, ever, ask them:\\ | ||
+ | "Hey, are you lot with the Scouts?" | ||
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+ | ===== New Member. ===== | ||
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+ | Please add the following names to you List of Members. | ||
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+ | * Mansfield, Neil - 6 Milner Road, Artarmon, 2064. Phone (H) 419 7344. | ||
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Ian Wolfe' | Ian Wolfe' | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Eastwood Camping Centre. === | ||
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+ | Australian Made is great! | ||
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QLD | QLD | ||
- | QBB Butter Concentrate | + | |
- | WA | + | * QBB Butter Concentrate |
- | | + | |
- | Goretex Clothing Cycle Panniers | + | |
- | SA | + | |
NT | NT | ||
- | | + | |
+ | * Beef Jerkey | ||
+ | |||
+ | WA | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Wilderness Equipment Backpacks | ||
+ | * Goretex Clothing | ||
+ | * Cycle Panniers | ||
ACT | ACT | ||
- | National Maps | + | |
- | Vic | + | * National Maps |
- | | + | |
- | | + | SA |
- | Giant Trees Dried meals | + | |
+ | * Rossi Boots | ||
+ | * Flinders Baby Carriers | ||
+ | |||
+ | VIC | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Outgear Backpacks Accessories | ||
+ | | ||
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NSW | NSW | ||
- | Skeping | + | |
- | | + | * Sleeping |
- | Mont, J & H, Superior | + | |
- | Day Packs | + | |
- | High Tops, Summit Gear | + | |
- | | + | |
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- | | + | * DB Canyon |
- | TAS- | + | |
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- | Rossi Bo ts | + | |
- | F1nders Baby Carriers | + | * Blundstone Boots |
- | EASTWOOD | + | |
- | , | + | 3 Trelawney St (PO Box 131) Eastwood NSW 2122. |
- | October 1988 The Sydney auahwalk er Page 11 | + | |
- | WHAT'S IN A NAME? | + | Phone us today & say " |
- | MELON COUNTRY | + | |
+ | 02-858-3833 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== What's In A Name? Melon Country. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Jim Brown | ||
Everyone has heard of that gambit in psychology where the head-shrinker utters a word and the victim is asked to reply with whatever " | Everyone has heard of that gambit in psychology where the head-shrinker utters a word and the victim is asked to reply with whatever " | ||
- | Would I say " | + | Would I say " |
- | ' | + | |
- | Or would I cry " | + | Or would I cry " |
- | spite of that, I recall taking one to bed with me one stinking hot evening and gnawing lumps | + | |
- | of it at intervals during the night. Even if the taste was insipid, it was better than the | + | But again, if the head-shrinker said " |
- | turgid river water. | + | |
- | But again, if the head-shrinker said " | + | |
- | road, is called " | + | |
Quite a lot higher up, the " | Quite a lot higher up, the " | ||
- | Flowing from the western side of th' | + | |
+ | Flowing from the western side of the main north/south Mellong Range, and draining into the Wollemi and thus the Colo, is " | ||
Somewhere in between, however, just east of the cement town of Kandos on the Mudgee Road, there' | Somewhere in between, however, just east of the cement town of Kandos on the Mudgee Road, there' | ||
- | And there' | + | |
+ | And there' | ||
So we have a concentration of these " | So we have a concentration of these " | ||
- | Page l2 The Sydney Bushwalker October 1988 | + | |
- | I then remembered my pleasure when I'd worked out that the place name " | + | I then remembered my pleasure when I'd worked out that the place name " |
- | However, from "Wild Places" | + | |
+ | However, from "Wild Places" | ||
What we need now is someone knowledgeable about aboriginal dialects who can tell us what " | What we need now is someone knowledgeable about aboriginal dialects who can tell us what " | ||
- | * * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | THE SEPTEMBER | + | ---- |
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+ | ===== The September General Meeting. ===== | ||
by Barry Wallace | by Barry Wallace | ||
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It was around 2011 when the President in the chair called the 25 or so members present to order and called for apologies, which there were from Keith Perry, Jan Mohandas and Jim Oxley. New members Keith Perry, Neil Mansfield and Chris Perry were called for welcome, with Chris Perry having already tendered an apology. | It was around 2011 when the President in the chair called the 25 or so members present to order and called for apologies, which there were from Keith Perry, Jan Mohandas and Jim Oxley. New members Keith Perry, Neil Mansfield and Chris Perry were called for welcome, with Chris Perry having already tendered an apology. | ||
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The Minutes of last month' | The Minutes of last month' | ||
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Correspondence brought a letter from FBW requesting updated S & R lists, also from FBW asking if we wished to sell chocolates (caries for a good cause?) to provide funds for S & R. We took this one on the fly and voted to send them $45.00 and keep our pearly whites intact. There was also a letter advising that the audit, required as a result of the change of Treasurer, had been successfully completed. A letter from the Ella Community Centre advised that the Centre will be closed on certain dates. There was a letter from Jean Kirkby resigning from Club membership and there were outgoing letters to Gordon Redmond, offering Honorary Membership, and to Bob and Christa Younger offering Honorary Active Membership. | Correspondence brought a letter from FBW requesting updated S & R lists, also from FBW asking if we wished to sell chocolates (caries for a good cause?) to provide funds for S & R. We took this one on the fly and voted to send them $45.00 and keep our pearly whites intact. There was also a letter advising that the audit, required as a result of the change of Treasurer, had been successfully completed. A letter from the Ella Community Centre advised that the Centre will be closed on certain dates. There was a letter from Jean Kirkby resigning from Club membership and there were outgoing letters to Gordon Redmond, offering Honorary Membership, and to Bob and Christa Younger offering Honorary Active Membership. | ||
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- | | + | The Treasurer' |
- | duck and now holds that exalted position. Our situation is that we started the month with $7,029, received income of $2408, spent nothing because no cheques were written, and closed with a balance in excess.of $9,000. | + | |
- | The Walks Report began with the weekend of 12,13,14 August. Chris Perry had 5 on his Kosciusko N.P. ski touring trip and Bill Capon reported that the route for his Wolgan Escarpment trip had to be extensively modified but that the 8 starters still thought it was good value. Carol Lubbers' | + | The Walks Report began with the weekend of 12,13,14 August. Chris Perry had 5 on his Kosciusko N.P. ski touring trip and Bill Capon reported that the route for his Wolgan Escarpment trip had to be extensively modified but that the 8 starters still thought it was good value. Carol Lubbers' |
- | October 1988 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 13 | + | |
- | about the need to be confident with spikes and chains (what sort of club is this anyway?) there were 15 starters for Jan Mohandas' | + | |
- | Colo side creek and did very well to hop out before dark, with a little help from his friends. | + | |
- | - | + | |
Over the weekend of 19,20,21 August Jim Oxley' | Over the weekend of 19,20,21 August Jim Oxley' | ||
+ | |||
Carol Bruce led off for the following weekend with her Ettremah area walk. The party of 7 walked from Blayden' | Carol Bruce led off for the following weekend with her Ettremah area walk. The party of 7 walked from Blayden' | ||
+ | |||
The weekend of 2,3,4 September saw Wayne Steele leading some 11 souls over The Castle and Byangee Walls in fine and clear conditions. Chris Perry and his party of 12 had to trudge around 3 kilometres to the snow through a variety of mainly wild weather for his Kosciusko N.P. ski touring trip. They were rewarded with better conditions on the Sunday which was fine and calm. Of the day walks, Bill Holland reported 15 people on his walk along the Benowie Track, a number that rose to around 30 for the barbecue that followed at the leader' | The weekend of 2,3,4 September saw Wayne Steele leading some 11 souls over The Castle and Byangee Walls in fine and clear conditions. Chris Perry and his party of 12 had to trudge around 3 kilometres to the snow through a variety of mainly wild weather for his Kosciusko N.P. ski touring trip. They were rewarded with better conditions on the Sunday which was fine and calm. Of the day walks, Bill Holland reported 15 people on his walk along the Benowie Track, a number that rose to around 30 for the barbecue that followed at the leader' | ||
- | Over the weekend 9,10,11 September Maurie Bloom had 16 people on his programmed walk in the Budawangs, but they were forced to vary the route somewhat due to gale force winds and thick scrub. Derek Wilson reported 14 starters and several lunches, at least I think that's | + | |
- | what he reported, on his Cox River walk. Ian Debert' | + | Over the weekend 9,10,11 September Maurie Bloom had 16 people on his programmed walk in the Budawangs, but they were forced to vary the route somewhat due to gale force winds and thick scrub. Derek Wilson reported 14 starters and several lunches, at least I think that's what he reported, on his Cox River walk. Ian Debert' |
- | The Federation Report is covered out there somewhere. | + | |
- | General Business brought a motion that the meeting recommend that Committee reconsider its moves to review the test walks criteria to avoid making changes that would exclude walks that have appeared as test walks in recent years. There was a lot more to the motion, but I | + | The Federation Report is covered.... out there somewhere. |
- | think that was the gist of it. There was extensive debate and explanation and the motion was | + | |
- | lost. See Kath's article in last month' | + | General Business brought a motion that the meeting recommend that Committee reconsider its moves to review the test walks criteria to avoid making changes that would exclude walks that have appeared as test walks in recent years. There was a lot more to the motion, but I think that was the gist of it. There was extensive debate and explanation and the motion was lost. See Kath's article in last month' |
A motion that we allocate up to $150 as expenses for the coming Coolana working bee was passed, as was a motion, required by our incorporation, | A motion that we allocate up to $150 as expenses for the coming Coolana working bee was passed, as was a motion, required by our incorporation, | ||
+ | |||
All of this was followed by the announcements and the Meeting closed at 2234. | All of this was followed by the announcements and the Meeting closed at 2234. | ||
- | Note: Somewhere during | + | |
- | # | + | Note: Somewhere during |
- | ...4d511111 | + | |
- | rn | + | ---- |
- | Page 14 The Sydney Bushwalker October 1988 | + | |
- | FEDERATION OF BUSHWALKING CLUBS N.S.W. | + | ===== Federation Of Bushwalking Clubs N.S.W. |
+ | |||
+ | === Report | ||
by Spiro Hajinakitas | by Spiro Hajinakitas | ||
- | Judy Rawling of the National Trust addressed the meeting on the conservation and management of urban bushland. She distributed information sheets on this topic and outlined the Trust 's role in the conservation and improvement of urban bushland and parks, and the condition of walking tracks, and amongst other things, concern over the proliferation of noxious weeds. Judy asked if FBW would be willing to lobby for more funds, train and educate people in the skills of bush management and take part in lobbying or cohesion. It was agreed that FBW write to the Superintendant NPWS Blue Mountains Division about the blackberry problem in Blue Gum Forest and publish an article in the Bushwalker re weeds in National Parks and the activities of the National Trust. | + | |
- | Tracks | + | Judy Rawling of the National Trust addressed the meeting on the conservation and management of urban bushland. She distributed information sheets on this topic and outlined the Trust' |
- | Ball Report | + | |
- | Insurance | + | __Tracks |
- | topics of insurance and incorporation. The Meeting decided that at this stage it should | + | |
- | o | + | __Ball Report__ |
- | concentrate on the issue/insurance and discuss incorporation at a later date. Insurance | + | |
- | brokers G D Duncan & Associates Pty Ltd have indicated that the Commercial Union Insurance Ltd is willing to underwrite 4,500 minimum members of Federation at $1.50 per member for a Public Liability Policy. Many questions were raised and it was decided that the Secretary would endeavour to get a representative of the insurance company to attend our next Council Meeting on 18th October to answer questions and to distribute copies of the policy. | + | __Insurance__ |
- | Interested Club should notify FBW of activities other than bushwalking and attend the meeting. | + | |
- | ##### | + | ---- |
- | BELVEDERE TAXIS BLACKHEATH | + | |
- | 10 SEATER MINI BUS TAXI | + | === Belvedere Taxis Blackheath. === |
- | 047-87 8366 | + | |
- | KANANGRA BOYD | + | 10 seater mini bus taxi. 047-87 8366. |
- | . UPPER BLUE MOUNTAINS | + | |
- | . SIX FOOT TRACK | + | Kanangra Boyd. Upper Blue Mountains. Six Foot Track. |
- | PICK UP ANYWHERE FOR START OR FINISH OF YOUR WALK | + | |
- | Share the Fare Competitive Rates | + | Pick up anywhere for start or finish of your walk - by prior arrangement. |
- | October 1988 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 15 | + | |
- | AUTHORS WANTED | + | Share the fare - competitive rates. |
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Authors Wanted. ===== | ||
by Patrick James | by Patrick James | ||
+ | |||
Despite the overwhelming response to previous requests for authors there is still some room for new blood. Actually it is not just authors that are required, specifically it is articles written by them. I would like to run articles on the following topics. | Despite the overwhelming response to previous requests for authors there is still some room for new blood. Actually it is not just authors that are required, specifically it is articles written by them. I would like to run articles on the following topics. | ||
- | Analgesics | + | |
+ | __Analgesics | ||
+ | |||
+ | The different types, i.e. water soluble, pills, capsules, powders, etc. single | ||
How many to take, complications. When not to give them. The most suitable general purpose type to carry in your pack. | How many to take, complications. When not to give them. The most suitable general purpose type to carry in your pack. | ||
+ | |||
This could be a tricky report to write as it might be considered as professional medical advice. The author should restrict him/her self to "over the counter" | This could be a tricky report to write as it might be considered as professional medical advice. The author should restrict him/her self to "over the counter" | ||
- | First Aid Kit. | + | |
- | To discuss the contents of a first aid kit for different conditions such as day walks, | + | __First |
- | weekend walks, summer and winter walks, coast/beach and inland walks, i.e. ticks to bluebottles. | + | |
- | Feet and Footwear. | + | To discuss the contents of a first aid kit for different conditions such as day walks, weekend walks, summer and winter walks, coast/beach and inland walks, i.e. ticks to bluebottles. |
- | Points about looking after one's feet, especially on extended walks. Tips on first aid, | + | |
- | i.e. bandages, plasters, etc. This could be a follow-on from the talk at the clubrooms. | + | __Feet |
- | Insect | + | |
+ | Points about looking after one's feet, especially on extended walks. Tips on first aid, i.e. bandages, plasters, etc. This could be a follow-on from the talk at the clubrooms. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Insect | ||
There are a number of different brand repellents available. A " | There are a number of different brand repellents available. A " | ||
- | Drinking | + | |
+ | __Drinking | ||
Points on what water is fit to drink. The use of purifiers, filters, tablets, etc. Are they necessary in N.S.W. or in the other places we walk in, as an alternative to boiling the billy during fire bans. | Points on what water is fit to drink. The use of purifiers, filters, tablets, etc. Are they necessary in N.S.W. or in the other places we walk in, as an alternative to boiling the billy during fire bans. | ||
- | Starting to Bushwalk. | ||
- | A straight forward guide for new walkers. To cover a prospective' | ||
- | first weekend walk with the Club. Starting from a pair of volleys and a string bag to day | ||
- | packs, weekend packs, tents and sleeping bags. Hints on getting gear, i.e. beg, borrow and | ||
- | hire. Try to make the introduction to walking as financially painless as possible. | ||
- | PLease contact me about the article you wish to write. | ||
- | - 111 | + | __Starting to Bushwalk__. |
- | ,, - | + | |
- | 41' | + | A straight forward guide for new walkers. To cover a prospective' |
- | TRIP REPORT | + | |
+ | Please contact me about the article you wish to write. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Trip Report | ||
by Jim Oxley | by Jim Oxley | ||
+ | |||
There were seven in the party. The route was through Kanangra Tops then along Gangerang Range to Roar Knoll. We then headed north to Marooba Karoo for lunch and a magnificent view. | There were seven in the party. The route was through Kanangra Tops then along Gangerang Range to Roar Knoll. We then headed north to Marooba Karoo for lunch and a magnificent view. | ||
+ | |||
We dropped off Marooba Karoo' | We dropped off Marooba Karoo' | ||
- | On Sunday we climbed a buttress to the north-east ridge of Mount Paralyser. The rest of the way to the trig was comparatively easy and offered magnificent views of -Mount Guouogang and Naroo Gables. | ||
- | The stroll along Thurat Ridge, then along the southing fire trail was mademost pleasant by a continuation of the weekend' | ||
- | #*####### | ||
- | Page 16 The Sydney Bushwalker October 1986 | ||
- | FOOTNOTES | ||
- | O This month starts a series of repertsty.kin, | ||
- | and Mike on walking in England and Wales. A & M have been in the old country tracing their roots, and quite successfully it appears. As usual Ainslie has researched the trip thoroughly and has given plenty of good tips on how to do it. Similar to her report on walking in Central Australia but the astute and wide-awake reader will note the change in location. | ||
- | o The continuing saga of walking in that tropical paradise | ||
- | of the MarquesaS Islands where beautiful ladies whisper sweet riens in one's ear as they pass refreshing coconut drinks to quench one's thirst was thought to be somewhere between Tamworth and Kogarah however Frank came through at the 11th hour. | ||
- | Did you' | ||
- | o Jan Mohandas is leading a walk to Kakadu and the Kimberlies for early next year. If you are interested, perhaps only slightly at this stage, contact Jan' | ||
- | o Jim Oxley our new treasurer has been unable to continue so now we have a new, new treasurer namely Don Finch. The books have been audited as is required and Don is now trying to apply Ohm's law to bookkeeping. | ||
- | o The Coolana clean-up went according to plan. The SBW Country Club now has a sm000000th level floor ideal for dancing. The water supply had an overhaul by George and John to remove sediments, leaves and an undisclosed amount of gold dust. Alan demonstrated that mountain men can get down to earth and left his mark all over the new floor. Some of the team kept Alan satisfied with a constant supply of cement mix. Down on the river flats the remainder of the team gathered in this year's harvest of nettles and weeds. Young Barbra could not keep her ' | ||
- | a What you missed 1. In September Gordon Ballard showed some silent movies on bushwalking and canoeing in the 40s and 50s. They weren' | ||
- | o What you missed 2. If we are late, then you missed Maryann Twitching, a councillor of the Australian Podiatry Association talking about feet. Obviously the basic, essential requirement for bushwalking is a pair of good quality, good condition feet. Maryann told/will tell how to look after these appendages each of Which contains 26 bones with very complex joints and brought us up-to-date with the latest in foot health care. | ||
- | o What you missed 3. 121 people had a ball at the Federation Ball, including 25 SBWs. | ||
- | o WHAT NOT TO MISS. In November the social program includes "Meet the Minister", | ||
- | o And who made the front page of the St. George & Sutherland Leader, young Maurie Bloom with his woggle in full view training scouts to be modern day William Tells. | ||
- | o And our walking wounded. Bev Foulds slipped on a wet footpath, hurt her hip and ended up on crutches these last few weeks. Gordon Lee's fall off a ladder has prevented him from tripping the light fantastic of late. | ||
- | * * * * * * * * * | ||
- | THE WALKS SECRETARY points out that the dates of Kenn Clacher' | ||
+ | On Sunday we climbed a buttress to the north-east ridge of Mount Paralyser. The rest of the way to the trig was comparatively easy and offered magnificent views of Mount Guouogang and Naroo Gables. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The stroll along Thurat Ridge, then along the southing fire trail was made most pleasant by a continuation of the weekend' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Footnotes. ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | This month starts a series of reports by Ainslie and Mike on walking in England and Wales. A & M have been in the old country tracing their roots, and quite successfully it appears. As usual Ainslie has researched the trip thoroughly and has given plenty of good tips on how to do it. Similar to her report on walking in Central Australia but the astute and wide-awake reader will note the change in location. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The continuing saga of walking in that tropical paradise of the Marquesas Islands where beautiful ladies whisper sweet riens in one's ear as they pass refreshing coconut drinks to quench one's thirst was thought to be somewhere between Tamworth and Kogarah however Frank came through at the 11th hour. Did you dear reader note the deliberate error on page 8 last month? Tahiti is 6000 kms east north-east of Sydney, it is Sumatra that is 6000 kms north-west of Sydney. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Jan Mohandas is leading a walk to Kakadu and the Kimberlies for early next year. If you are interested, perhaps only slightly at this stage, contact Jan now so that he (and you) can plan and you can have your interest raised. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Jim Oxley our new treasurer has been unable to continue so now we have a new, new treasurer namely Don Finch. The books have been audited as is required and Don is now trying to apply Ohm's law to bookkeeping. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Coolana clean-up went according to plan. The SBW Country Club now has a smoooooth level floor ideal for dancing. The water supply had an overhaul by George and John to remove sediments, leaves and an undisclosed amount of gold dust. Alan demonstrated that mountain men can get down to earth and left his mark all over the new floor. Some of the team kept Alan satisfied with a constant supply of cement mix. Down on the river flats the remainder of the team gathered in this year's harvest of nettles and weeds. Young Barbra could not keep her birthday (NB 25 Sept) secret so tools were stuck and happy hour limited to 90 minutes in order to go to " | ||
+ | |||
+ | What you missed 1. In September Gordon Ballard showed some silent movies on bushwalking and canoeing in the 40s and 50s. They weren' | ||
+ | |||
+ | What you missed 2. If we are late, then you missed Maryann Twitching, a councillor of the Australian Podiatry Association talking about feet. Obviously the basic, essential requirement for bushwalking is a pair of good quality, good condition feet. Maryann told/will tell how to look after these appendages each of which contains 26 bones with very complex joints and brought us up-to-date with the latest in foot health care. | ||
+ | |||
+ | What you missed 3. 121 people had a ball at the Federation Ball, including 25 SBWs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | What not to miss. In November the social program includes "Meet the Minister", | ||
+ | |||
+ | And who made the front page of the St. George & Sutherland Leader, young Maurie Bloom with his woggle in full view training scouts to be modern day William Tells. | ||
+ | |||
+ | And our walking wounded. Bev Foulds slipped on a wet footpath, hurt her hip and ended up on crutches these last few weeks. Gordon Lee's fall off a ladder has prevented him from tripping the light fantastic of late. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Walks Secretary points out that the dates of Kenn Clacher' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- |
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