SBW Magazine & History Project

User Tools

Site Tools

Trace:
198912

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
Next revision		Previous revision
198912 [2015/12/29 14:19] – kennettj198912 [2016/01/21 07:52] (current) – [More on the Commercial Walking Tours in the Nattai Area] kennettj
Line 1: Line 1:
-The Sydney Bushwalker+**The Sydney Bushwalker** 
 Established June 1931 Established June 1931
 A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, Box 4476 GPO, Sydney 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.45 pm at the Ella Community Centre, 58a Dalhousie Street, Haberfield (next door to the Post Office). Prospective members and visitors are invited to visit the Club any Wednesday.  A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, Box 4476 GPO, Sydney 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.45 pm at the Ella Community Centre, 58a Dalhousie Street, Haberfield (next door to the Post Office). Prospective members and visitors are invited to visit the Club any Wednesday. 
 +
 To advertise in this magazine please contact the Business Manager. To advertise in this magazine please contact the Business Manager.
  
-EDITOR Morag Ryder, Box 347 PO, Gladesville 2111 Telephone 809 4241 +|**EDITOR** |Morag Ryder, Box 347 PO, Gladesville 2111 Telephone 809 4241| 
-BUSINESS MANAGER Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Crescent, Hornsby Heights,Telephone 476 6531 2077 +|**BUSINESS MANAGER** |Anita Doherty, 2 Marine Crescent, Hornsby Heights,Telephone 476 6531 2077| 
-PRODUCTION MANAGER Helen Gray Telephone 86 6263 +|**PRODUCTION MANAGER** |Helen Gray Telephone 86 6263| 
-TYPIST Kath Brown +|**TYPIST** |Kath Brown | 
-ILLUSTRATOR Morag Ryder +|**ILLUSTRATOR** |Morag Ryder| 
-PRINTERS Kenn Clacher, Les Powell, Barrie Murdoch+|**PRINTERS** |Kenn Clacher, Les Powell, Barrie Murdoch | 
 + 
 +**DECEMBER 1989**
  
-DECEMBER 1989+|While the Billy Boils  The Editor |2 | 
 +|Suspension of Train Service - South Coast Line | | 
 +|What Else Were We to Do?  Joan Rigby | 3 | 
 +|"Wildthings Around Sydney"  Judy O'Connor | 4 | 
 +|A 70 km Jaunt to Jagungal  David Rostron |5 | 
 +|Another Bastion Has Tumbled  Jim Brown | 6 | 
 +|More on the Commercial "Walking" Tours in the Nattai Area  Alex Colley| 7| 
 +|Blue Mountains for World Heritage  Alex Colley| 9| 
 +|Federation Notes| | 
 +|Portrait of a Climber - Part 1  "Clio" | 10| 
 +|"See the Bungles with Russell's"| | 
 +|The November General Meeting  Barry Wallace | 15| 
 +|Food for Extended Walks  Carol Bruce |17 | 
 +|Footnotes | |
  
-While the Billy Boils  The Editor 2 +Advertisements \\ 
-Suspension of Train Service - South Coast Line  +Canoe & Camping - Gladesville & Kogarah Bay \\ 
-What Else Were We to Do?  Joan Rigby 3 +Kakadu - Wet Wonderland \\ 
-"Wildthings Around Sydney"  Judy O'Connor 4 +Eastwood Camping Centre \\ 
-A 70 km Jaunt to Jagungal  David Rostron 5 +Blackheath Taxis & Tourist Services\\
-Another Bastion Has Tumbled  Jim Brown 6 +
-More on the Commercial "Walking" Tours in the Nattai Area  Alex Colley 7 +
-Blue Mountains for World Heritage  Alex Colley 9 +
-Federation Notes +
-Portrait of a Climber - Part 1  "Clio" 10 +
-"See the Bungles with Russell's" +
-The November General Meeting  Barry Wallace 15 +
-Food for Extended Walks  Carol Bruce 17 +
-Footnotes+
  
-Advertisements  
-Canoe & Camping - Gladesville & Kogarah Bay  
-Kakadu - Wet Wonderland  
-Eastwood Camping Centre  
-Blackheath Taxis & Tourist Services 
  
  
 +====== While The Billy Boils ======
  
-**While The Billy Boils**  
  
 Well, its that time of year again when stores go into a selling frenzy trying to boost their profits, and people go into a buying frenzy trying to boost their egos. The tonnages of tinsel and piles of plastic Santas set me thinking about Christmasses past. The exciting ones, all toys and candlelight, when a child. The dreary ones when a teenager, spending most of my time trying to escape drunken bores. Expensive ones, frantic ones, and some very lonely ones. Well, its that time of year again when stores go into a selling frenzy trying to boost their profits, and people go into a buying frenzy trying to boost their egos. The tonnages of tinsel and piles of plastic Santas set me thinking about Christmasses past. The exciting ones, all toys and candlelight, when a child. The dreary ones when a teenager, spending most of my time trying to escape drunken bores. Expensive ones, frantic ones, and some very lonely ones.
Line 64: Line 67:
  
  
-**What Else Were We to Do** by Joan Rigby+====== What Else Were We to Do ====== 
 +  
 +by Joan Rigby
  
 Bushwalking wisdom recommends at least four walkers in a party, but for thirty years Frank and I have done much of our walking on our own. We have had some scares, turned aside when with a larger party we would have pushed on, and agreed that if an accident happened then was the time to make decisions. A few weeks ago we had to do just that. Bushwalking wisdom recommends at least four walkers in a party, but for thirty years Frank and I have done much of our walking on our own. We have had some scares, turned aside when with a larger party we would have pushed on, and agreed that if an accident happened then was the time to make decisions. A few weeks ago we had to do just that.
Line 92: Line 97:
  
  
-**"Wildthings Around Sydney"** by Judy O'Connor+====== "Wildthings Around Sydney" ====== 
 + 
 +by Judy O'Connor
  
 When people ask me why I like bushwalking, I invariably say it's because of the swimming. Never has the water felt so refreshing and welcome as when I first plunged into a lake during a mountainous walk in a heat wave as a prospective member many years ago. I've never forgotten. When people ask me why I like bushwalking, I invariably say it's because of the swimming. Never has the water felt so refreshing and welcome as when I first plunged into a lake during a mountainous walk in a heat wave as a prospective member many years ago. I've never forgotten.
Line 111: Line 118:
  
  
-**A 70 Km Jaunt To Jagungal**  by David Rostron+====== A 70 Km Jaunt To Jagungal ====== 
 +   
 +by David Rostron
  
 It was one of those seemingly wild ideas which occurred to Wayne Steele and me simultaneously when discussing tours for a change of scene from the yo-yo skiing in Perisher Valley during the first week in September (with Bill Burke's downhill group at Kandahar). Yes, why not attempt a Jagungal return trip in a day from Perisher, particularly with the great snow cover which had suddenly built up over the preceding two weeks. It was one of those seemingly wild ideas which occurred to Wayne Steele and me simultaneously when discussing tours for a change of scene from the yo-yo skiing in Perisher Valley during the first week in September (with Bill Burke's downhill group at Kandahar). Yes, why not attempt a Jagungal return trip in a day from Perisher, particularly with the great snow cover which had suddenly built up over the preceding two weeks.
Line 134: Line 143:
  
  
-**Another Bastion Has Tumbled**  by Jim Brown+====== Another Bastion Has Tumbled ====== 
 +  
 +by Jim Brown
  
 I suppose it had to happen sometime. A little while ago I heard from Dot Butler - whose informant was Colin Putt - that the former SBW Club Room at Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown Street, Darlinghurst, has finally gone to the demolishers. I suppose it had to happen sometime. A little while ago I heard from Dot Butler - whose informant was Colin Putt - that the former SBW Club Room at Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown Street, Darlinghurst, has finally gone to the demolishers.
Line 146: Line 157:
 Of course, we were well aware during our occupancy that the hall was unattractive, and various attempts were made to find something nicer,but in the Post-War period accommodation was hard to find. In any case walkers look on things quite differently to most other folk, and find their greatest happiness in environments that many would consider uncomfortable, primitive, if not downright frightening and dangerous. So we put up with Ingersoll Hall and instead we bitched about other things.... for instance in the Chronic Opera of 1954, dealing with gripes at a General Meeting, we had one speaker complaining:  Of course, we were well aware during our occupancy that the hall was unattractive, and various attempts were made to find something nicer,but in the Post-War period accommodation was hard to find. In any case walkers look on things quite differently to most other folk, and find their greatest happiness in environments that many would consider uncomfortable, primitive, if not downright frightening and dangerous. So we put up with Ingersoll Hall and instead we bitched about other things.... for instance in the Chronic Opera of 1954, dealing with gripes at a General Meeting, we had one speaker complaining: 
  
-"We have lectures on our fauna, and we dance amongst the fleas.  +"We have lectures on our fauna, and we dance amongst the fleas\\  
-We have fun-and-games some evenings, and a pair of annual sprees.  +We have fun-and-games some evenings, and a pair of annual sprees.\\  
-We have photo exhibitions, but there's one thing gets our spleen.  +We have photo exhibitions, but there's one thing gets our spleen.\\  
-What ain't we got?  A beaded screen."+What ain't we got?  A beaded screen."\\
  
 Just to show we were still aware of its shortcomings, the Chronic Opera of the 1958 Reunion opened with two "old members" returning to walking after a few years lapse. The scene was set in 196-  something, and on meeting at the door of the Club Room, one peers in and says: Just to show we were still aware of its shortcomings, the Chronic Opera of the 1958 Reunion opened with two "old members" returning to walking after a few years lapse. The scene was set in 196-  something, and on meeting at the door of the Club Room, one peers in and says:
  
-"This place has hardly changed at the dirt and stains still on the wall. +"This place has hardly changed at the dirt and stains still on the wall.\\ 
-New walkers  New talkers. The same old Hall. See the old tables there that often fall? +New walkers  New talkers. The same old Hall. See the old tables there that often fall?\\ 
-And in each frame  A shattered window held by faith alone  +And in each frame  A shattered window held by faith alone \\ 
-Or maybe dust and cobwebs  Still the same - It's just the same as ever I have known."+Or maybe dust and cobwebs  Still the same - It's just the same as ever I have known."\\
  
 In writing the words for this song, I got myself into a great bind. The melody I chose came from a real opera, a scene in which the hero is shown a portrait of the heroine, and declares "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schoen", which translates roughly as "This semblance is bewitching fair". I admit to some deliberate irony in using this tune for my parody, but the trouble was that no one else had any idea of the tune, so I had to sing it at the Reunion campfire - a tenor aria transposed into my bath-tub baritone as I went along. Not so well received, I'm afraid. In writing the words for this song, I got myself into a great bind. The melody I chose came from a real opera, a scene in which the hero is shown a portrait of the heroine, and declares "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schoen", which translates roughly as "This semblance is bewitching fair". I admit to some deliberate irony in using this tune for my parody, but the trouble was that no one else had any idea of the tune, so I had to sing it at the Reunion campfire - a tenor aria transposed into my bath-tub baritone as I went along. Not so well received, I'm afraid.
Line 165: Line 176:
  
  
 +====== More on the Commercial Walking Tours in the Nattai Area ======
  
-**MORE ON THE COMMERCIAL "WALKING" TOURS IN THE NATTAI AREA.**   
  
 These letters were sent to several regional newspapers from the Club. These letters were sent to several regional newspapers from the Club.
Line 179: Line 190:
 Conducted, commercially oriented tours, with marked tracks, "improved" campsites and vehicular support, bear no relation to bushwalking, a term originated by this Club. Conducted, commercially oriented tours, with marked tracks, "improved" campsites and vehicular support, bear no relation to bushwalking, a term originated by this Club.
  
-Yours faithfully, +Yours faithfully,\\ 
-ALEX COLLEY (A. G. Colley 0.A.M.) +ALEX COLLEY (A. G. Colley 0.A.M.)\\ 
-Hon. Conservation Secretary."+Hon. Conservation Secretary.
  
  
-**BLUE MOUNTAINS FOR WORLD HERITAGE** +====== Blue Mountains World Heritage ====== 
 by Alex Colley by Alex Colley
  
Line 206: Line 218:
  
  
-**FEDERATION NOTES**+====== Federation Notes ====== 
  
 Federation Meeting Place. The President has been authorised to hire a hall at Burwood Primary School commencing January 1990. Federation Meeting Place. The President has been authorised to hire a hall at Burwood Primary School commencing January 1990.
Line 222: Line 235:
 rubbish collected will be nominated. Clubs should contact S. & R. convenors. rubbish collected will be nominated. Clubs should contact S. & R. convenors.
  
-** + 
-PORTRAIT OF A CLIMBER**+====== Portrait of a Climber ====== 
  
 PART ONE: 'Canoeing, Climbing and War'. PART ONE: 'Canoeing, Climbing and War'.
-  BY 'CLIO' + BY 'CLIO' 
  
 I was met at the door by a small and frail-looking man with longish white hair. I had come to ask him about his activities in his youth, especially about his canoe trip down the Shoalhaven River many years ago. I was met at the door by a small and frail-looking man with longish white hair. I had come to ask him about his activities in his youth, especially about his canoe trip down the Shoalhaven River many years ago.
Line 232: Line 246:
 As an interview - it was inconclusive. Whilst mentally alert, he was unable to recall dates or activities other than in general terms. He maintained neither diaries nor photographs of his outdoor activities. My inquisition was also punctuated by.his disappearance into the depths of the house to attend to his bed-ridden wife. As an interview - it was inconclusive. Whilst mentally alert, he was unable to recall dates or activities other than in general terms. He maintained neither diaries nor photographs of his outdoor activities. My inquisition was also punctuated by.his disappearance into the depths of the house to attend to his bed-ridden wife.
  
-I came away with a high regard of that gentleman; and with the resolution to find out more.+I came away with a high regard of that gentleman and with the resolution to find out more.
  
 Eric Payten Dark was born on June 23 1889, the youngest of three children of an Anglican clergyman who, through ill health, had been forced to retire from the ministry to settle on twenty hectares near Mittagong. Rev. Joseph Dark still did the occasional relief preaching and would be regarded as a fundamentalist - only religious books were read in his house on Sundays. He profoundly believed that every comma in the bible was put there personally by God. Eric Payten Dark was born on June 23 1889, the youngest of three children of an Anglican clergyman who, through ill health, had been forced to retire from the ministry to settle on twenty hectares near Mittagong. Rev. Joseph Dark still did the occasional relief preaching and would be regarded as a fundamentalist - only religious books were read in his house on Sundays. He profoundly believed that every comma in the bible was put there personally by God.
Line 277: Line 291:
 Next month - "THE BLUE MOUNTAINS". Next month - "THE BLUE MOUNTAINS".
  
-** + 
-"SEE THE BUNGLES WITH RUSSELL'S**"+====== "See The Bungles With Russells" ====== 
 (and come out Alive - Alive 0) (Sung to the tune of 'Cockles & Mussels') (and come out Alive - Alive 0) (Sung to the tune of 'Cockles & Mussels')
  
Line 327: Line 342:
  
  
-**THE NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING** +====== The November General Meeting ====== 
-  by Barry Wallace+ 
 +by Barry Wallace
  
 The meeting began at around 20.31 with around 25 members present and the President in the chair. Samples of the latest Gestetner machine's art were laid out in ordered ranks on a nearby table awaiting their moment. There was an apology from Jeff Niven, and no new members for welcome. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and received, with no matters arising. The meeting began at around 20.31 with around 25 members present and the President in the chair. Samples of the latest Gestetner machine's art were laid out in ordered ranks on a nearby table awaiting their moment. There was an apology from Jeff Niven, and no new members for welcome. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and received, with no matters arising.
Line 374: Line 390:
 You don't have to live on maccaroni, peas and Deb in order to keep the. weight down. A little imagination and planning can produce lots of tasty meals from dried food. EDITOR) You don't have to live on maccaroni, peas and Deb in order to keep the. weight down. A little imagination and planning can produce lots of tasty meals from dried food. EDITOR)
  
-** + 
-FOOD FOR EXTENDED  WALKS**+====== Food For Extended Walks ======
  
 Extracts from an article by Carol Bruce Extracts from an article by Carol Bruce
Line 429: Line 445:
 3. Add tomato mix to pasta and finish cooking. 3. Add tomato mix to pasta and finish cooking.
  
-**FOOTNOTES +**FOOTNOTES**
-**+
  
 ANOTHER KOSCIUSKO TRIP (not on Walks Program)  ANOTHER KOSCIUSKO TRIP (not on Walks Program) 
198912.1451359180.txt.gz · Last modified: 2015/12/29 14:19 by kennettj
Donate Powered by PHP Valid HTML5 Valid CSS Driven by DokuWiki