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- | =====The Sydney Bushwalker.===== | + | ======The Sydney Bushwalker====== |
Established June 1931 | Established June 1931 | ||
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A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, | ||
- | |Editor|Morag Ryder, Box 347 PO, Gladesville 2111. Telephone 809 4241| | + | |**Editor**|Morag Ryder, Box 347 PO, Gladesville 2111. Telephone 809 4241| |
- | |Production|Fran & Bill Holland Telephone 484 6636| | + | |**Production**|Fran & Bill Holland Telephone 484 6636| |
- | |Typist|Kath Brown| | + | |**Typist**|Kath Brown| |
- | |Illustrator|Morag Ryder| | + | |**Illustrator**|Morag Ryder| |
- | |Printers|Kenn Clacher, Les Powell, Margaret Niven & Barrie Murdoch| | + | |**Printers**|Kenn Clacher, Les Powell, Margaret Niven & Barrie Murdoch| |
====February 1991==== | ====February 1991==== | ||
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|Blackheath Taxis & Tourist Services|14| | |Blackheath Taxis & Tourist Services|14| | ||
- | WHILE THE BILLY BOILS. -, | + | =====While the Billy Boils.===== |
- | Now that Victoria has an ,Alpine Park adjoining ours, the respective | + | |
- | 11 | + | Now that Victoria has an Alpine Park adjoining ours, the respective Parks & Wildlife Services are trying to make a plan of management |
- | common | + | |
- | One good thing which the S.M.A. did for Kossi was to have the cattle removed, because of soil erosion and water pollution. Victoria | + | One good thing which the S.M.A. did for Kossi was to have the cattle removed, because of soil erosion and water pollution. Victoria |
- | so lucky. A recent visit to the Victorian Alpine Area was an eye-opener.11111 At height of the floWering | + | |
- | The local graziers are incensed at the thought of having this source of | + | The local graziers are incensed at the thought of having this source of free feed taken away, but it's hard to see how they would be seriously disadvantaged. All over Australia there are graziers who provide their stock with summer feed by planting improved pasture. Surely those in the vicinity of Bogong High Plains are capable of doing likewise? |
- | free feed taken away, but it's hard to see haw they would be seriously disadvantaged. All over Australia there are graziers who provide their stock with summer feed by planting improved pasture. Surely those in | + | |
- | the vicinity of Bogong High Plains are capable of doing likewise? | + | If you can spare a couple of stamps, you might like to write to the Federal and the Victorian ministers for environment (as I have) to remind them of this. After all, would you __like__ |
- | If you can spare a couple of stamps, you might like to write to the Federal and the Victorian ministers for environment (as I have) to remind them of this. After all, would you like to spend your Alpine walks going tippy-toes through the moo poo? - | + | |
See you on the track.... | See you on the track.... | ||
- | THE ANNUAL REUNION | ||
- | It has been decided that the Reunion will NOT be held on the weekend after -the but over the. weekend 14/15 September. It will be held | ||
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- | SOCIAL NOTES | ||
- | 13th March - The Annual General Meetin2. Come along and elect the Office | ||
- | Bearers and Committee for the coming year. Only members majr vote but all active- members are eligible to stand for every office. | ||
- | 20th March - Instead of meeting in the clubroom, a BARBECUE will be held in the back garden of the Kirribilli Community Centre, starting 6.30 pm. Drinks will be provided by the Club - bring your own tucker. | ||
- | 27th March - A display of the equipment taken on certain types of trip - (a) Abseiling - (b) Li-loing - (c) Trips requiring very light-weight gear. Very informative for all members, and especially prospectives. | ||
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- | February 1991 The Sydney BUSHwalker Page 3 | ||
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- | ===== More Names for our Honour Roll ===== | + | Morag |
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+ | =====The Annual Reunion.===== | ||
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+ | It has been decided that the Reunion will __NOT__ be held on the weekend after the A.G.M., but over the weekend 14/15 September. It will be held at " | ||
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+ | =====Social Notes.===== | ||
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+ | __13th March - The Annual General Meeting.__ Come along and elect the Office Bearers and Committee for the coming year. Only members may vote but all active members are eligible to stand for every office. | ||
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+ | __20th March__ - Instead of meeting in the clubroom, a BARBECUE will be held in the back garden of the Kirribilli Community Centre, starting 6.30 pm. Drinks will be provided by the Club - bring your own tucker. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __27th March__ - A display of the equipment taken on certain types of trip - (a) Abseiling - (b) Li-loing - ( c) Trips requiring very light-weight gear. Very informative for all members, and especially prospectives. | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====More Names for our Honour Roll.===== | ||
Last November Jim and Kath Brown wrote to Committee suggesting that Helen Gray, George Gray and Spiro Hajinakitas be added to our list of Honorary Active Members. At the December Committee Meeting the motion was unanimously passed to cries of "What a good idea!", | Last November Jim and Kath Brown wrote to Committee suggesting that Helen Gray, George Gray and Spiro Hajinakitas be added to our list of Honorary Active Members. At the December Committee Meeting the motion was unanimously passed to cries of "What a good idea!", | ||
- | Such laurels are not easily won, but are given by the Club in sincere | + | Such laurels are not easily won, but are given by the Club in sincere |
- | ==== Helen Gray ==== | + | ====Helen Gray==== |
* Admitted to membership (Helen Barrett) October 1959 | * Admitted to membership (Helen Barrett) October 1959 | ||
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* Assisted in sorting and arranging Club Archives 1987 - 88 | * Assisted in sorting and arranging Club Archives 1987 - 88 | ||
- | ==== George Gray ==== | + | ====George Gray==== |
* Admitted to membership (about) October 1952 | * Admitted to membership (about) October 1952 | ||
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* (No doubt gave extensive support for Helen as Secretary, President, Editor, and in the monthly task of magazine production) | * (No doubt gave extensive support for Helen as Secretary, President, Editor, and in the monthly task of magazine production) | ||
- | ==== Spiro Hajinakitas ==== | + | ====Spiro Hajinakitas==== |
* Admitted to membership ("Bill Ketas" | * Admitted to membership ("Bill Ketas" | ||
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* (In addition, who was it that provided and carried so much edible fare to SBW Reunions? Who operated a cut-rate sale of Volley sandshoes for Club members for many years? Oh, I think his initials were S.H. For myself, I can only admire the Greeks when they bear gifts - Jim Brown) | * (In addition, who was it that provided and carried so much edible fare to SBW Reunions? Who operated a cut-rate sale of Volley sandshoes for Club members for many years? Oh, I think his initials were S.H. For myself, I can only admire the Greeks when they bear gifts - Jim Brown) | ||
- | ===== BOOK REVIEW | + | =====Book Review.===== |
- | "THE BAREFOOT BUSHWALKER" | ||
by Alex Colley | by Alex Colley | ||
- | -For many years her friends have urged our first Honorary Active Member, | + | |
- | ,Dot describes her wide ranging experiences in her simple, intimate and vivid style, enriched with humour and quotations from her beloved poets, a style so well appreciated by readeks | + | ====" |
- | The book is much more than a chronicle of adventures. It is very well written. | + | |
- | The A.B.C. describes it as " | + | For many years her friends have urged our first Honorary Active Member, |
- | Dot's love of the natural environment recurs in every page. It is therefore not surprising that, even before she joined the Club and was influencedby | + | |
+ | Dot describes her wide ranging experiences in her simple, intimate and vivid style, enriched with humour and quotations from her beloved poets, a style so well appreciated by readers | ||
+ | |||
+ | The book is much more than a chronicle of adventures. It is very well written. The A.B.C. describes it as " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dot's love of the natural environment recurs in every page. It is therefore not surprising that, even before she joined the Club and was influenced by the eloquence of her close friend Myles Dunphy, she was a keen conservationist. Her work for the SBW is well known to Club members, but they may not appreciate her ever willing and generous support of wilderness conservation. | ||
Nor perhaps do members of the SBW fully appreciate Dot's gift to adventurers. Colin Putt concluded when presenting the Australian Geographic medallion:- | Nor perhaps do members of the SBW fully appreciate Dot's gift to adventurers. Colin Putt concluded when presenting the Australian Geographic medallion:- | ||
- | "She initiates adventure, not only for herself, but also for many others. She involves, encourages and teaches others who, but for her leadership, might never get into adventuring at all, and leaves them, scores or hundreds of them, capable and innovative adventurers in their own right. She has made us what, we are." | + | |
- | The book "THE BAREFOOT BUSHWALKER" will be available in the clubroom at $24.95. | + | "She initiates adventure, not only for herself, but also for many others. She involves, encourages and teaches others who, but for her leadership, might never get into adventuring at all, and leaves them, scores or hundreds of them, capable and innovative adventurers in their own right. She has made us what we are." |
- | W 31 it- -I* | + | |
- | THE CHINESE DID IT FIRST | + | The book "__The Barefoot Bushwalker__" will be available in the clubroom at $24.95. |
+ | |||
+ | =====The Chinese Did It First.===== | ||
Camp stoves are becoming more popular as our concern about environmental damage increases. But the Chinese were conscious of the need for fuel conservation many centuries ago. In an old painting is depicted a young girl brewing tea at a picnic. Simple equipment - in fact, I think I could make it myself..:. | Camp stoves are becoming more popular as our concern about environmental damage increases. But the Chinese were conscious of the need for fuel conservation many centuries ago. In an old painting is depicted a young girl brewing tea at a picnic. Simple equipment - in fact, I think I could make it myself..:. | ||
- | February 1991 The Sydney Bushwalker, Page 5 | + | |
+ | =====Crikey Canyon - And Beyond.===== | ||
by Bob Hodgson | by Bob Hodgson | ||
- | Some canyons achieve notoriety by their human traffic, sheer size, or spectacular scenery, but Crikey, I'm sure, was named after the sounds echoing up and down the canyon as intrepid abseilers struggle to regain their composure at each belay point. A succession of indescribably awkward take-off points has even the most experienced and graceful exponents of the art reduced to blubbering | + | |
- | It was these fond memories that drew me to revisit | + | Some canyons achieve notoriety by their human traffic, sheer size, or spectacular scenery, but Crikey, I'm sure, was named after the sounds echoing up and down the canyon as intrepid abseilers struggle to regain their composure at each belay point. A succession of indescribably awkward take-off points has even the most experienced and graceful exponents of the art reduced to blubbering |
- | Crikey. However, the trip was programmed for the first weekend of the Summer Walks Program which was very late | + | |
- | being distributed. So late that.the only people who could be talked into corning | + | It was these fond memories that drew me to revisit Crikey. However, the trip was programmed for the first weekend of the Summer Walks Program which was very late being distributed. So late that the only people who could be talked into coming |
- | Having consoled myself that all those ropes would have been too heavy to carry on the rest of the trip | + | |
- | anyway, the party of five met on Friday night at the Bungleboori Picnic Area, for a trip (without abseiling) to Crikey and beyond. | + | Having consoled myself that all those ropes would have been too heavy to carry on the rest of the trip anyway, the party of five met on Friday night at the Bungleboori Picnic Area, for a trip (without abseiling) to Crikey and beyond. |
- | ' | + | |
- | Creeks. The cleft is easily negotiable down to the north arm of Bungleboori (or Caboose Creek as it is named on the tourist map) with only a couple of hundred metres of creek down to the confluence with Crikey. | + | An early start on Saturday saw the party covering the flatish but zig-zag Brakevan Ridge out into the pristine wilderness that is Wollongambe country. Shortly after morning tea we arrived at the head of the cleft that cuts right across Brakevan between the two Bungleboori Creeks. The cleft is easily negotiable down to the north arm of Bungleboori (or Caboose Creek as it is named on the tourist map) with only a couple of hundred metres of creek down to the confluence with Crikey. |
- | At twelve | + | |
- | of air that eminated from the canyon. After lunch the aim was to walk and climb as far up | + | At twelve |
- | the canyon as we could. Only thirty metres up our first major | + | |
- | obstacle was encountered, | + | The two and a half kilometres of creek down to the junction were spectacular, |
- | The two and a half kilometres of creek down to the junction were spectacular, | + | |
- | at our objective - the junction of the two Bunglebooris at about | + | |
- | 6 pm (four hours after leaving Crikey). The sun was still shining on a large sand bank on which the party collapsed, vowing not to move till morning. | + | |
- | msg. ei The Sydney Bushwalker redruary | + | |
A lavish spread for "Happy Hour", including caviar with copious quantities of liquid ground-softener made sure the whole party slept well, despite a light-shower of rain during the night. | A lavish spread for "Happy Hour", including caviar with copious quantities of liquid ground-softener made sure the whole party slept well, despite a light-shower of rain during the night. | ||
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For the ascent up onto the end of Boiler Ridge, via a small watercourse midway between our camp site and the Dumbano junction, was steamy, even though we were on top by 9 am. The views from this point are extensive and quite spectacular. | For the ascent up onto the end of Boiler Ridge, via a small watercourse midway between our camp site and the Dumbano junction, was steamy, even though we were on top by 9 am. The views from this point are extensive and quite spectacular. | ||
- | . Crossing. below and to the north of the summit our next obstacle was the deep cleft | + | |
- | to be crossed to get to Steam Hill. A short but deep and narrow pass provided access to a narrow wooded ledge halfway down the verticle cliff. The.ledge miraculously led the whole 200 metres or so directly and horizontally to the saddle. After a steep 80 metre climb to the flat top of Steam Hill, the main spectacle was the impossibility of the route we had just | + | Crossing below and to the north of the summit our next obstacle was the deep cleft to be crossed to get to Steam Hill. A short but deep and narrow pass provided access to a narrow wooded ledge halfway down the verticle cliff. The ledge miraculously led the whole 200 metres or so directly and horizontally to the saddle. After a steep 80 metre climb to the flat top of Steam Hill, the main spectacle was the impossibility of the route we had just taken! It was also at about this time we realised that for us this ridge system was very aptly named. The day had become |
- | taken! It was else at about this time we realised that for us this ridge system was very | + | |
- | aptly named.' | + | |
- | MINUTE L | + | |
- | ARE WE SUPPOSED TO IBE GOING UP OR DOWN?! | + | |
From Steam Hill another deep cleft must be crossed in astonishingly similar fashion to the previous one. Namely, a climb down to a wide sloped ledge which leads directly from the saddle to the top of the next hill. | From Steam Hill another deep cleft must be crossed in astonishingly similar fashion to the previous one. Namely, a climb down to a wide sloped ledge which leads directly from the saddle to the top of the next hill. | ||
- | Up down, up down, hotter and hotter. This was just not the day to be doing Boiler. Our throats were | + | |
- | parched and the water we were carrying was rapidly running out. A quick lunch at noon before a dash along the flatter parts of the ridge to a large rock platform overlooking the ridge to the 'west which breaks up into a myriad of tors, spires and rocky outcrops. | + | Up down, up down, hotter and hotter. This was just not the day to be doing Boiler. Our throats were parched and the water we were carrying was rapidly running out. A quick lunch at noon before a dash along the flatter parts of the ridge to a large rock platform overlooking the ridge to the west which breaks up into a myriad of tors, spires and rocky outcrops. |
- | From here the alternative plan of crossing Bungleboori- | + | |
- | , | + | From here the alternative plan of crossing Bungleboori directly back to Brakevan |
- | directly back to Brakevah | + | |
- | It was five o' | + | It was five o' |
- | one of those deep narrow slits which might have been negotiable, but if it wasn't it would have cost us at least an hour and a half that we did not have. | + | |
- | SO it was the landslide by a landslide. We very carefully climbed up to where two freshly | + | So it was the landslide by a landslide. We very carefully climbed up to where two freshly |
- | STOP DRINKING SO FAST I'M NOT GETTING ANY. | + | |
- | February 1591 The Sydney Bushwalker rodye I | + | We needed an Indian rope, and there it was, a sapling 12 metres long. The whole party, man and woman, handled it up the offending slope. Wayne climbed via our Indian rope and put a regular one around a sturdy tree for the rest of the party. |
- | We needed an Indian rope, and there it was, a sapling 12 metres long. The whole party, man and woman, handled it up the offending slope. | + | |
- | Wayne climbed via our Indian rope and put a | + | |
- | regular one around a sturdy tree for the rest of the party. | + | |
It was a very weary but jubilant party that arrived back at the cars just after sunset. | It was a very weary but jubilant party that arrived back at the cars just after sunset. | ||
- | if if if if -X | + | |
- | it 41 41 it it If | + | =====New Members.===== |
- | NEW MEMBERS | + | |
A welcome to two new members who were admitted at the January Committee meeting:- | A welcome to two new members who were admitted at the January Committee meeting:- | ||
- | HAMILTON, | + | |
- | THE MACDONNELL RANGES | + | Erith Hamilton and Stephen |
- | Rising almost vertically out of the plain that surrounds them, the Macdonnell Ranges dominate the central Australian landscape. Incredibly rugged and forbidding at first glance, they hide numerousdeep gorges where permanent water provides green oases, the sole remaining habitat for ancient plant species which covered central Australia in days when the land was far wetter. | + | |
- | Those who view the Macdonnells from below see only a small part of the landscape made famous throughout the world by Albert Namatjira and other Aranda painters. They miss the spectacular vistas you get from the high points. The mountains seem to extend for ever as they snake out of sight to the east and west. | + | =====Mailbag.===== |
- | This is a landscape where colour dominates as nowhere else. Sometimes it is a striking contrast such as a white ghost gum outlined against blue sky or red rock. At others, a subtle merging as when the soft greens and yellows of the plains yield to the blues of distant hills. Whether striking or subtle, it is always beautiful. | + | |
- | Our treks take you away from the crowds into the heart of the ranges to enjoy the sights and experiences that others can only dream about. Write or phone for a free brochure describing our bushwalking tours in the Macdonnells, | + | (Seems I'm not the only one who dislikes the smell of cow manure. Brenda Cameron found it sufficiently disgusting to write to the Victorian Premier herself! |
- | is | + | |
- | Willis' | + | |
- | v we. | + | |
- | 12 Carrington Street | + | |
- | Millner NT 0810 | + | |
- | Phone: | + | |
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- | MAILBAG | + | |
- | Seems.I'm not the only one who dislikes the smell of cow manure. Brenda Cameron found it | + | |
- | "sufficiently disgusting to write to' | + | |
Dear Mrs Kirner, | Dear Mrs Kirner, | ||
- | I recently visited the high mountain country of Victoria, and being quite keen on walking spent what would have been a glorious day walking in the Alpine National Park. I qualify my enthusiasm for this area becuase | + | |
- | only too obvious results of the cattle grazing which is still allowed in this National Park - cattle excrement, resultant over-population of flies and the virtual denudation of the wild flowers which during the summer | + | I recently visited the high mountain country of Victoria, and being quite keen on walking spent what would have been a glorious day walking in the Alpine National Park. I qualify my enthusiasm for this area because |
- | I have often visited the New South Wales Kosciusko National Park during the summermonths, particularly the area between the Thredbo Chairlift and Mount Kosciusko, and this area never ceases to please and delight me - despite its ease of access, popularity and hence large numbers of people walking around this area, the fact that the cattle were banished from here some time ago has enabled the Park to return to its original splendour, the mess, and abnormal quantities of flies being long gone and wild flowers once again flourish on the mountain sides and plains. | + | |
- | These alpine regions particularly of South-East Australia are not only splendid places but they are also absolutely treasures of the nation. In a vast country such as ours, with so much space, it seems hard to justify use of our fine National | + | I have often visited the New South Wales Kosciusko National Park during the summer months, particularly the area between the Thredbo Chairlift and Mount Kosciusko, and this area never ceases to please and delight me - despite its ease of access, popularity and hence large numbers of people walking around this area, the fact that the cattle were banished from here some time ago has enabled the Park to return to its original splendour, the mess and abnormal quantities of flies being long gone and wild flowers once again flourish on the mountain sides and plains. |
- | I would be interested in hearing of your government' | + | |
- | COO.KINGWJTH SPICES IN THE B SH | + | These alpine regions particularly of South-East Australia are not only splendid places but they are also absolutely treasures of the nation. In a vast country such as ours, with so much space, it seems hard to justify use of our fine National |
- | BY: Jan Mohandas | + | |
- | BORED with your usual bush tucker? | + | I would be interested in hearing of your government' |
- | For your next base camp or bludge walk try something that will make your fellow walkers drool with envyl | + | |
- | PILAU (SPICY RICE WITH GREEN PEAS) | + | Brenda Cameron. |
- | I RED! R PE 0 1/2 Cup long grain rice | + | |
- | 1 Tablespoon oil | + | =====Cooking In The Bush With Spices.===== |
- | 1 Small stick of cinnamon | + | |
- | 2 Cardamon pods, bruised | + | By Jan Mohandas. |
- | 1/4 Teaspoon cumin seeds | + | |
- | 1/8 Teaspoon turmeric, 1 or 2 Cloves 1.5 Cup water | + | Bored with your usual bush tucker? For your next base camp or bludge walk try something that will make your fellow walkers drool with envy! |
- | Cashew nuts (about 20), Sultanas (1 tablespoon 1 Small onion, cut into strips | + | |
- | Method: | + | ====Pilau |
- | 1. Heat oil, fry cashews until brown, remove the cashews | + | |
- | 2. Fry sultanas for a min and remove | + | ===Ingredients: |
- | 3. Fry onions until brown and remove | + | |
- | 4. Fry the spices for 1 min (oil should not be too hot) | + | * 1/2 Cup long grain rice |
- | 5. Mix turmeric and rice for 1 min away from the heat | + | |
- | 6. Add peas and water and bring to boil | + | |
- | 7. Cover and simmer gently until dry (don't burn) | + | |
- | 8. Remove Spices with spoon | + | |
- | 9. Spread cashews, sultanas and onions on top of the rice | + | |
- | Page 10 The Sydney Bushwalker February. 1991 | + | * 1.5 Cup water |
- | PART TWO......THE CHANDLER RIVER | + | |
- | Thursday, 29 December 1988 | + | * 1 Small onion, cut into strips |
- | Dave got up early this morning | + | |
- | into the water - EEEK! Cloudy with a rainy look to the morning again. At 10.30 am we stopped for morning tea, a fire and rock hugging. Even though the days were cloudy, the rocks were always VERY warm. David, meanwhile, repaired the foot-long tear in his lilo. We were all still VERY, VERY cold when it was time to get going again; Dave was the only one without thermals, so he borrowed my thermal jumper to test "this newfangled invention" | + | ===Method:=== |
- | for a while. At the end of the day he decided that his wool jumper was just as good. | + | |
- | Dave had to walk awhile before the patch had dried on his lilo, and just as he started Janet said to look out for snakes. He stumbled - he had almost trodden on a red-bellied black about five feet long - coincidence? | + | - Heat oil, fry cashews until brown, remove the cashews |
- | about 3.00 pm on. Lots of flat areas were all totally freckled with, bottom-sized rocks; could be an uncomfy night. | + | |
- | At 5.40 pm' | + | |
- | once and cowered around it, except for Janet and David who disappeared a long way up the slope | + | |
- | behind us in search of ... sun. They stayed for hours after the. sun had disappeared. | + | |
- | The rest of us had dinner cooked and eaten by the time they returned. | + | |
- | Friday139.1pecember | + | |
- | Once again the day was cloudy. Edith started the fire an0 brought a hot cuppa to my | + | |
- | door, mmmm! Janet and Dave started the day by cooking a breakfast of the remains of their previous evening - Indian curry. An early start saw us hit the water at 10 am - we meandered through lots of shallow, continuous rapids. Morning tea at 11.30 am, at the junction of the Styx and Chandler Rivers - a windy spot. | + | |
- | The Chandler River was to be our path for the next few days and was a small, warm, sluggish trickle of water; obviously the Styx is the main contributor to the flow. We spent 14 hours around a fire here, then we were off down the Chandler - still no sun showing through. After passing a mob of fishermen' | + | |
- | settled on a lunch spot of many pebbles and THE SUN CAME OUT. Lunch from 1 pm to 2.20 pm and a warm, cozy, luxurious one it was too. | + | =====A Tale Of Three Rivers - A Christmas Lilo Adventure===== |
- | Hugging rocks became a wonderful | + | |
- | fire and out would come Dave and Janet' | + | By Michele Morgan. |
- | On again - when going down a rapid half an hour later into a really wide, very deep, sluggish pool, my lilo sent U a bubble...a spa...a quick sag - a puncture - no, several.... panic! Seems a buckle on my pad< had done a sewing machine act and punctured several holes | + | |
- | through both sides of my lilo. So after desperately trying to reach shore without sinking and getting cold and wet up to my neck (the sun had disappeared, | + | ====Part Two - The Chandler River.==== |
- | February 1991 The Sydney Bushwalker | + | |
- | last half hour into camp. What a struggle - stinging nettles, slippery river stones and rock climbing. I was unimpressed, | + | ===Thursday, 29 December 1988=== |
- | We wandered up to a wonderful grassy cow paddock, but couldn' | + | |
- | He was meandering swiftly downstream with the waterflow, looking most content! Eventually | + | Dave got up early this morning |
- | we stopped him and returned to a wonderful flat grassy spot for the evening. I had to dry | + | |
- | my lilo and Janet' | + | Dave had to walk awhile before the patch had dried on his lilo, and just as he started Janet said to look out for snakes. He stumbled - he had almost trodden on a red-bellied black about five feet long - coincidence? |
- | Saturday, 31 December 1988 | + | |
- | Janet and Dave sprang into an exceedingly early start. Fire lit, billy boiled, tea | + | At 5.40 pm we eventually found a site amongst some she-oaks. We got-a fire going at once and cowered around it, except for Janet and David who disappeared a long way up the slope behind us in search of ... sun. They stayed for hours after the sun had disappeared. The rest of us had dinner cooked and eaten by the time they returned. |
- | ready and waiting for all - and A SUNNY DAY. I started out in thermals but soon changed | + | |
- | into my bright new fluro orange and black sunning attire ,and set off to the river | + | ===Friday, 30 September |
- | | + | |
- | : | + | Once again the day was cloudy. Edith started the fire and brought a hot cuppa to my door, mmmm! Janet and Dave started the day by cooking a breakfast of the remains of their previous evening - Indian curry. An early start saw us hit the water at 10 am - we meandered through lots of shallow, continuous rapids. Morning tea at 11.30 am, at the junction of the Styx and Chandler Rivers - a windy spot. |
- | keeping the others, yelled out "9.30 and we're all late!" People came running from all directions, thinking that something was wrong. I apologised and we set off. | + | |
+ | The Chandler River was to be our path for the next few days and was a small, warm, sluggish trickle of water; obviously the Styx is the main contributor to the flow. We spent 1 1/4 hours around a fire here, then we were off down the Chandler - still no sun showing through. After passing a mob of fishermen' | ||
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+ | Hugging rocks became a wonderful | ||
+ | |||
+ | On again - when going down a rapid half an hour later into a really wide, very deep, sluggish pool, my lilo sent up a bubble... a spa... a quick sag - a puncture - no, several.... panic! Seems a buckle on my pad had done a sewing machine act and punctured several holes through both sides of my lilo. So after desperately trying to reach shore without sinking and getting cold and wet up to my neck (the sun had disappeared, | ||
+ | |||
+ | We wandered up to a wonderful grassy cow paddock, but couldn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Saturday, 31 December 1988=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Janet and Dave sprang into an exceedingly early start. Fire lit, billy boiled, tea ready and waiting for all - and A SUNNY DAY. I started out in thermals but soon changed into my bright new fluro orange and black sunning attire ,and set off to the river to soak up sun for a while. At 9.30 am, wondering what was keeping the others, | ||
A fast, easy day with lots of sun, gentle, shallow, rapids and big, deep, pools just teeming with fish. Dave and Janet adopted an unusual form of travel today. Janet going down the river forwards, Dave going along backwards with his toes entwined with Janet' | A fast, easy day with lots of sun, gentle, shallow, rapids and big, deep, pools just teeming with fish. Dave and Janet adopted an unusual form of travel today. Janet going down the river forwards, Dave going along backwards with his toes entwined with Janet' | ||
+ | |||
At lunch I got out my fishing line, as the river was filled to overflowing with monster trout. All I managed was a massive tangle in the line, and that was before I even got it in the water. Edith attempted to untangle it and was partly successful. | At lunch I got out my fishing line, as the river was filled to overflowing with monster trout. All I managed was a massive tangle in the line, and that was before I even got it in the water. Edith attempted to untangle it and was partly successful. | ||
- | Today our aim for camp was the Chandler/ | ||
- | The rest of us managed to add a few things too. Halve, chocky, cashews, hot rum and lemon | ||
- | barley drinks, Violet Crumbles and two litres of port. We were all too full for dinner and at 10 pm Janet, Edith and myself crashed. The guys stayed up "To have a'wee bit more port", | ||
- | and I believe Janet woke up close to midnight to again join the 'wild party' | ||
- | auld acquaintance be forgot.... zzzzzz. | ||
- | TO BE CONTINUED' | ||
+ | Today our aim for camp was the Chandler/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | To be continued... | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====The January General Meeting.===== | ||
- | THEJANUARY GENERAL | ||
by Barry Wallace | by Barry Wallace | ||
So, these are the new premises; leafy, bucolic, two storey sandstone building with top floor verandahs front and rear, ex-gracious abode of the rich, famous, or both. The evening is clammy and warm, and the milling hordes, limited room sizes, interrogation style track lights and lack of ceiling fans aren't helping. At last the committee is done and at 2033 the President, with a surfeit of gonging, calls the meeting of some 35 (in the room that is, there were around 70 present in all) to order. | So, these are the new premises; leafy, bucolic, two storey sandstone building with top floor verandahs front and rear, ex-gracious abode of the rich, famous, or both. The evening is clammy and warm, and the milling hordes, limited room sizes, interrogation style track lights and lack of ceiling fans aren't helping. At last the committee is done and at 2033 the President, with a surfeit of gonging, calls the meeting of some 35 (in the room that is, there were around 70 present in all) to order. | ||
- | We began with Bill explaining the facilities and promising that we would soon have fans to cool our Collective | + | |
+ | We began with Bill explaining the facilities and promising that we would soon have fans to cool our collective | ||
The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and received with no matters arising. | The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and received with no matters arising. | ||
+ | |||
There was no Treasurer' | There was no Treasurer' | ||
+ | |||
There was a Social Report. | There was a Social Report. | ||
- | The Walks Report began at the weekend of 14,15,16 December with the news that Les Powell' | + | |
- | Ian Rannard' | + | The Walks Report began at the weekend of 14,15,16 December with the news that Les Powell' |
- | and went to program. Geoff Dowsett' | + | |
- | The weekend of Jan 5,6 sgui Morag Ryder cancel her Bluegum area walk due to the presence | + | Ian Rannard' |
- | of bushfiresi | + | |
- | January 12,13 saw Wayne Steele leading a party of 4 on his CoX River area walk. There were 4 in the party, it went to programOs | + | The weekend of Jan 5,6 saw Morag Ryder cancel her Bluegum area walk due to the presence of bushfires, |
- | The Conservation Report covered that season when men's hearts are full of goodwill and politicians and developers slip the odd one past while everyone is looking the other way. It seems the Feds. gave the woodchip industry rights to another 4 million tons of wood chips and, at the local level, the bulldozers moved in on the Koala 'colony at Wedderburn. | + | |
- | The Confederation Report indicated | + | January 12,13 saw Wayne Steele leading a party of 4 on his Cox River area walk. There were 4 in the party, it went to program and was very hot. Ian Debert' |
- | 13,14 April. If you are available to help please contact Garry PHilpott | + | |
- | Then came General Business, oh lardy! The Reunion, its timing and location were the | + | The Conservation Report covered that season when men's hearts are full of goodwill and politicians and developers slip the odd one past while everyone is looking the other way. It seems the Feds. gave the woodchip industry rights to another 4 million tons of wood chips and, at the local level, the bulldozers moved in on the Koala colony at Wedderburn. |
- | subject to reason about. Bill led us into a maze of polling for opinions using multiple | + | |
- | choice and split decision voting in the ball-park at a grass roots level. Those who paid | + | The Confederation Report indicated |
- | attention were thoroughly confused except for two ladies who had managed to !allow | + | |
- | strands of Bill's logic well enough to point out that they were not logically sound. The | + | Then came General Business, oh lardy! The Reunion, its timing and location were the subject to reason about. Bill led us into a maze of polling for opinions using multiple choice and split decision voting in the ball-park at a grass roots level. Those who paid attention were thoroughly confused except for two ladies who had managed to follow |
- | next Reunion will definitely be held somewhere at some time, I think. Watch that space. | + | |
The meeting closed at 2148. | The meeting closed at 2148. | ||
- | February | + | |
- | IMPRESSIONS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA | + | =====Impressions of Czechoslovakia - Winter 1990/1991.===== |
- | WINTER 1992L1991 | + | |
by Helen Gray | by Helen Gray | ||
- | Gabrielle and I met in Frankfurt and left in the evening for Czechoslovakia. In our | + | |
- | sleeping compartment was a Czech woman who told us how wonderful it was for her to now be able to cross freely in and out of her country. " | + | Gabrielle and I met in Frankfurt and left in the evening for Czechoslovakia. In our sleeping compartment was a Czech woman who told us how wonderful it was for her to now be able to cross freely in and out of her country. " |
- | reluctantly satisfied with our answers, passing on. The train didn't move off for another | + | |
- | hour or so. | + | I'll jump ahead of myself to tell you about buying a railway ticket out of the country a few days later. We had plenty of Czech currency to buy the tickets, only to find that foreign currency (i.e. " |
- | I'll jump ahead of myself to tell you about buying a railway ticket out of the country a few days later. We had plenty of Czech currency to buy the tickets, only to find that foreign currency (i.e. " | + | |
- | like dirt. Endless form filling, then to another counter (i.e. another queue) to pay for the tickts, then given a receipt and told to come back in 3 hours for the ticket and - yes, another queue. Over half a day to buy a railway ticket! | + | be lived like kings in Prague on the $30 a day we were required to change (and can neither take out of the country nor exchange). The most expensive restaurant meal costs about $4. But for the Czech life is very hard. Restaurants are empty except for the odd tourist. Every food shop had a long queue stretching down the street. The shortest queue I saw was three; that shop had, as total stock, broken onions, apples and one cabbage. The only women we saw were in shopping queues. The streets are full of wandering men. It was so frustrating not to be able to read or speak the language, and "where are all the women" was just one of a hundred questions we wanted answered. We spent two nights in the home of a family who were probably quite affluent by Czech standards |
- | be lived like kings in Prague on the $30 a day we were required to change (and can | + | |
- | neither take out of the country nor exchange). The most expensive restaurant meal costs about $4. But for the Czech life is very hard. Restaurants are empty except for the odd tourist. Every food shop had a long queue stretching down the street. The shortest queue I saw was three; that shop had, as total stock, broken onions, apples and one callbage. The only women | + | Czechoslovakia intends/ |
- | we saw were in shopping queues. The streets are full of wandering men. It was so frustrating not to be able to read or speak the language, and "where are all the women" was just one of a hundred questions we wanted answered. We spent two nights in the home of a family who were probably quite affluent by Czech.standaids | + | |
- | Czechoslovakia intends/ | + | The people are quiet. If I got separated from the others in a busy street, I could often hear them talking to one another even 25-35 yards away. It is probably the Slavic in them that gives most people broad faces and wide-set eyes, which result in a pleasant, open-faced look that is most appealing. People are courteous (even car drivers!) and warm and for me that meant a lot when communication was nil. I always felt very safe, even in the darkest alleys on the way " |
- | how the E.E.C. will work. Next door is Germany with about zero inflation, yet Czechoslovakia | + | |
- | was expecting a 500% devaluation | + | Prague is grubby and grimy because |
- | The people are quiet, If I got separated from the others in a busy street, I could often | + | |
- | hear them talking to one another even 25-35 yards away. It is probably the Slavic in them that gives most people broad faces and wide-set eyes, which result in a pleasant, open-faced look that is most appealing. People are courteous (even car drivers!) and warm and for me that meant a lot when communication was nil. I always felt very safe, even in the darkest | + | =====Aftermath.===== |
- | alleys on the way " | + | |
- | Prague is grubby and grimy becausd | + | Smoke still gives a bitter taste\\ |
- | New Orleans-style jazz is a feature of Prague, and that was wonderful. | + | to the rain-washed air\\ |
- | * * * *. * * * * | + | stumps below the earth\\ |
- | Page 14 The Sydney Bushwalker ' | + | |
- | AFTERMATH | + | |
- | Smoke still gives a bitter taste | + | |
- | to the rain-washed air | + | |
- | stumps below the earth | + | |
still smoulder thin white plumes. | still smoulder thin white plumes. | ||
- | Soaked ashes are warmly damp | + | |
- | and full of cruffibling | + | Soaked ashes are warmly damp\\ |
- | lizards, birds and possums which roasted in the blast. | + | and full of crumbling |
- | Skeleton trees and blackened rock | + | lizards, birds and possums\\ |
- | make nightmare landscape | + | which roasted in the blast. |
- | the ashen smell of death still rising after days of tardy rain , | + | |
- | | + | Skeleton trees and blackened rock\\ |
+ | make nightmare landscape\\ | ||
+ | the ashen smell of death still rising\\ | ||
+ | after days of tardy rain | ||
+ | |||
+ | Procrastinating while the February Dragon\\ | ||
+ | roamed at will and seared the land\\ | ||
+ | devouring two centuries of growth\\ | ||
in one greedy hour. | in one greedy hour. | ||
+ | |||
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