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 Eastern Sierra Visitor Centre, P.O. Box 'R', Lone Pine, California 93545. (Ph. 619.876.4252)
+=====Wither-ed Conservation?=====
+by Morag Ryder
+You can tell that an election is coming, can't you? Pollies are polishing up their smiles and their platitudes, everywhere signs are telling us What The State Government is Doing for You. Even the tattered remains of the State school system has been given a temporary reprieve, with several of the threatened 'reforms' being recinded. But before we all start cheering, it behoves the wiley bushwalker to consider what the State pollies have done for our little patch in nearly three years, namely - National Parks.
-March 1991' The Sydney'Bushwalker Page 9
-WITHER-ED CONSERVATION? by MOrag Ryder
-You can tell that an election is coming, can't you? Pollies are polishing up their V smiles and their platitudes, everywhere signs are telling us What The State Government is Doing for You.
-Even the tattered remains of the State school system has been given a temporary reprieve, with several of the threatened 'reforms' being recinded. But before'we all start cheering, it behoves the wiley bushwalker to consider what the State pollies have done for our little patch in nearly three years, namely-- National Parks.
 For a start: - NO new N.P.s, only a few minor additions.
-The promised legislation to ban mining in all new Parks was passed, except that mining exploration will be allowed.
-The Land & Environment Court V5 to be abolished. It has frequently upheld the requirements of Environmental Protection Legislation, V so it is to  be replaced with a new council' to manage our natural resources.
+The promised legislation to ban mining in all new Parks was passed, __except__ that mining exploration __will__ be allowed.
+The Land & Environment Court is to be abolished. It has frequently upheld the requirements of Environmental Protection Legislation, so it is to  be replaced with a 'new council' to manage our natural resources.
 The proposed Wildlife Protection Act still has not been passed.
-Local Councils are V being given every encouragment to sell of public land to businesses.
+Local Councils are being given every encouragment to sell off public land to businesses.
 If all this can happen in less than three years, just imagine what could happen in the next three! But don't bother to try and vote them out of office. After the recent re-alignment of certain critical electoral boundaries, this will be almost impossible.
-KAKADU S GREEN ANTS
-Even our nasties are nice.
-/1/- e have no leeches, no 'wait-awhile',
-no stinging trees. Mosquitoes rarely occur in large numbers in the good bushwalldng areas. You seldom see snakes.,
-Our greatest worry is the green ant. If you brush against a nest, they bite. When you brush them off, the pain is gone. There is no after-effect.
-Better still, you can bite back. The green abdomen has a lemony flavour and is an excellent source of vitamin C. The Aboriginals would crush a nest and inhale the vapours to cleartheir sinuses when they had a cold. Where else are the nasties good for you?
-Write for full details of our bushwalking program in Kakad.u, the a %VAL*. Kimberley and central Australia.
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-Willis's Walkabouts
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-Carrington Street Milln.er - NT 0810
-Tel: (089) 85 2134 Fax: (089) 85 2355
-PART THREE - THE MACLEAY
-Sunday, 1st January 1989
-Guess what - it's raining. I woke up early, packed, lit the fire (eucalyptus leaves
-smell really nice when they burn) and sat on a log hear the fire, drinking a cuppa and writing my diary,. sheltered from the rain by my inflated lilo, standing on end over, me.
-Today liloing was pretty mellow - the water was moving, and quite a few fast shallow rapids kept us going. We were on the water. by 9.30 am and whenever anyone asked, I refused to tell them the time. We passed morning tea time, we passed midday. David asked if it wasn't perhaps..time for morning tea as his tummy was rumbling. David took off his volleys
-and Janet told us that this gave him a much greater sense of freedom. Whatever the reason, Dave was leading the way, forging on up ahead.
-The day probressed from a light spattering rain at brekky to dryish when we entered the water, then progressed back to quite heavy rain - we were getting wet! David wore a woollen jumper and his raincoat. Down a rapid with many overhanging trees, David headed for a log
-and his lilo went sideways. Dave and his lila parted - Dave was swimming up to his neck,
-wearing his entire wardrobe - WET! He passed the obstruction, regained his lilo and
-paddled on. King Gee Tuff!
-At 12.55 pm Bob said we would stop for morning tea after the next rapid. None but me
-knew the time and I wasn' saying. We stopped, David got out his watch and couldn't believe
-his eyes. Bob changed his mind and said, "This is lunch". It was now hot and sunny, so
-once again I broke out the orange and black fluro sunning attire and we all plastered on the
-sun cream.
-Everyone put stuff out to dry - including my tent, which shrank! We drank tea from the boiled billy and, Janet patched yet another pair of pinprick-sized holes in her lilo "(must be from sleepin6 on it at night - prickles in the grass etc.). Everyone contemplated on how
-much excess food we would have at the end of the trip. If Bob didn't have his annual 'not
-to be Missed and eagerly anticipated' dental appointment on the Tuesday, we would all stay an extra day or two
-More interesing memories from the trip.... Edith's panic-stricken face down every rapid, just before she falls in. Bob's 'ballet leg' that always kicks up high whenever faced by an
-unbalancing raPid - was it the right or the left leg?
-Bob decided to take a short cut overland here, as the river does a massive 2 kilometre hairpin bend. So, covered in sun cream and beach attire, carrying our inflated lilos, we
+=====A Tale Of Three Rivers - A Christmas Lilo Adventure.=====
-headed into the bush to go up, over and down. NOT SO!
+by Michele Morgan
+====Part Three - the Macleay.====
+===Sunday, 1st January 1989 ===
+Guess what - it's raining. I woke up early, packed, lit the fire (eucalyptus leaves smell really nice when they burn) and sat on a log near the fire, drinking a cuppa and writing my diary, sheltered from the rain by my inflated lilo, standing on end over, me.
+Today liloing was pretty mellow - the water was moving, and quite a few fast shallow rapids kept us going. We were on the water by 9.30 am and whenever anyone asked, I refused to tell them the time. We passed morning tea time, we passed midday. David asked if it wasn't perhaps time for morning tea as his tummy was rumbling. David took off his volleys and Janet told us that this gave him a much greater sense of freedom. Whatever the reason, Dave was leading the way, forging on up ahead.
+The day progressed from a light spattering rain at brekky to dryish when we entered the water, then progressed back to quite heavy rain - we were getting wet! David wore a woollen jumper __and__ his raincoat. Down a rapid with many overhanging trees, David headed for a log and his lilo went sideways. Dave and his lilo parted - Dave was swimming up to his neck, wearing his entire wardrobe - WET! He passed the obstruction, regained his lilo and paddled on. King Gee Tuff!
+At 12.55 pm Bob said we would stop for morning tea after the next rapid. None but me knew the time and I wasn't saying. We stopped, David got out his watch and couldn't believe his eyes. Bob changed his mind and said, "This is lunch". It was now hot and sunny, so once again I broke out the orange and black fluro sunning attire and we all plastered on the sun cream.
+Everyone put stuff out to dry - including my tent, which shrank! We drank tea from the boiled billy and Janet patched yet another pair of pinprick-sized holes in her lilo (must be from sleeping on it at night - prickles in the grass etc.). Everyone contemplated on how much excess food we would have at the end of the trip. If Bob didn't have his annual 'not to be missed and eagerly anticipated' dental appointment on the Tuesday, we would all stay an extra day or two...
+More interesing memories from the trip.... Edith's panic-stricken face down every rapid, just before she falls in. Bob's 'ballet leg' that always kicks up high whenever faced by an unbalancing rapid - was it the right or the left leg?
+Bob decided to take a short cut overland here, as the river does a massive 2 1/2 kilometre hairpin bend. So, covered in sun cream and beach attire, carrying our inflated lilos, we headed into the bush to go up, over and down. __NOT SO!__
 Up, along, up, along, up along.... We were temporarily 'but never truly' misplaced. We
 stopped to take photos - everyone dressed for the beach, with our lilos blown up, bashing
-through the bush - ha ha ha. And then we started going down, up, down, up, down, into a thickly bushed gully surrounded by several steepish uphills and no river iy sight. Out came
+through the bush - ha ha ha. And then we started going down, up, down, up, down, into a thickly bushed gully surrounded by several steepish uphills and no river in sight. Out came maps and compasses. Where were we.... it all seemed so simple and easy. Just a quick ten minute hop over the hill and more absorbing of sunshine while drifting downstream aboard floating crafts. Eventually, after an extremely steep, bushy, dusty, dirty descent, we were found; but maybe it was not the same river. The water was deep, dark and cold, the sun has gone, there's a breeze blowing and we had a particularly difficult, muddy time breaking through the bush to reach the river and proceed on our way.
-maps and compasses. Where were we.... it all seemed so simple and easy. Just a quick ten minute hop over the hill and more absorbing of sunshine while drifting downstream aboard
-The Sydney. liuehwalker
+We started heading through cow properties, the water became very sluggish and was cow patty coloured. We must have been getting towards the end of the day's paddling, but where to camp away from all those cows?, We passed some (EEK!)... PEOPLE.... playing around in a motor boat. (So no one had dropped The Bomb while we had been away and there were still people out there inhabiting the planet.) We were now more worried about where to camp, so that we didn't have to share with other people.
-March 1991
-Page 10
+We beached ourselves near a cattle crossing and struggled uphill to find a really cosy camp spot, just big enough for four small tents and a fire, hidden among some dense bushes which protected us from marauding cows and well away from those OTHER PEOPLE. Others had partied here before, so we collected their many rusty tinnies and threw them into a large pile, well away from our cosy spot. Eventually we managed to collect enough old, dampish, rotten wood for an OK fire which didn't really catch well until the rain started to pour. So we all retired to sit under Janet and Dave's large fly, drinking tea and port, shivering and watching from afar our raging bonfire. Even the rain couldn't put it out.
- "wormenummumnimailmis ispmmormof
-TALE. THREE-,.
+===Monday, 2 January 1989===
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+It was a sad awakening, the end was near. We paddled across a large pool, around the bend and in the distance was the wonderful, large, overstocked grapefruit tree that Bob had told us about, next to the old shack. We didn't go near the tree though, because there were heaps of people, tents, 4WDs all around it, like a carnival. We landed and deflated the lilos. Bob and Dave skoled the last litre of port and we headed up a monstrous fire trail. Weaving and winding, the trail generally kept going fairly steeply uphill.
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+There was dense, rainforesty type bush on both sides, but no cover on the track, and we experienced extremes of humid sunshine alternating with freezing, windy rain as we slogged forever upwards. Finally, after our fearless leader had rejected on our behalf many lifts in the back of 4WDs, we made it to the car, which was parked near a derelict hut with a fresh water tank next to it. The water was really clear and sweet. Bob and Dave decided that it wasn't poisoned (taste test method), so we all drank from the tank, mmmmm... changed and departed - almost the end.
+We reached Janet's car, unloaded and farewelled Dave and Janet. Then Edith, Bob and myself headed off to spend a wonderful evening at Bob's parent's property on the Gwydir River. They welcomed us with a feast, champagne to welcome 1989, home grown vegies and roast, Bob's Mum's famous pudding, talk and stories. A wonderful end to the trip.
+----
+=====Special Extra Walk For Anzac Weekend - 24,25,26,27 April.=====
-. oNs
+KANANGRA - Hughes Ridge - Butchers Creek - Bull Island Gap - Yerranderie - Mount Colong - Kowmung River - Kanangra. 80 km Medium. Leader: Kenn Klacher. 449 4853 (H) - 968 0059 (B). Maps: Kananqra & Yerranderie.
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-BY Michele Morgan
-March 1991
-The Sydney SUehwelker Page 11
-floating crafts. Eventuallyiafter an extremelYsteep, bushy, dusty, difty descent,
-we were found,. but maybe it was not the same river.; - The water wasdarkand cold,
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-*te sun has gone, there's s, breeze blowing and ',We had,43:particularly4ifficalt,..MuddyiiMe 13reaking,thrOUgh the bush tO'reach the river and proceed On Our-:Way.
-We started heading through cow properties, the water became very sluggish and was cow patty coloured. We must have been getting towards the end of the day's paddling, but where to camp away from all those cows?, We passed some (EEK!) PEOPLEA,.... playing around in a motor boat. (So no one had dropped The Bomb while we had been away and there were still people out there inhabiting the planet.) We were now more worried about where to camp, so that.we didn't have to share with other people.
-. We beached ourselves near a cattle crossing and struggled uphill to find a really cosy camp spot, just big enough for four small tents and a fire, hidden among some dense bushes which protected us from marauding cows and well away-from those OTHER PEOPLE. Others had partied here before, so we collected their many rusty tinnies and threw them'into a large pile, well away from oUr cosy spot. Eventually we managed to collect enough old, dampish, rotten wood for an OK fire which didn't really catch' well until the rain started to pour.
-.So we all retired to sit under Janet and Dave's large fly, drinking tea and port, shivering and watching from afar our raging bonfire. Even the rain couldn't put it out.
-Monday, 2 January 1989
-It was a sad awakening, the end was near. We paddled across a large pool, around the bend and in the distance was the wonderful, large, overstocked grapefruit tree that Bob had told us about, next to the old shack. We didn't go near the tree though, because there were
-heaps of people, tents, 4WDs all around it, like a carnival. ,  We landed and deflated the
-lilos. Bob and Dave skoled the last litre of port and we headed up a montrousfire.trail.
-Weaving and winding, the trail generally kept going fairly steeply Uphill.
-There was dense, rainforesty type bush on both sides, but no cover on the track, and
-we experienced extremes of humid sunshine alternating with freezing, windy rain as we slogged forever upwards. Finally, after our fearless leader had rejected on our behalf many lifts in the back of 4WDs, we made it to the car, which was parked near a derelia hut with a fresh water tank next to it. The water was really clear and sweet. Bob and Dave decided that it
-wasn't poisoned (taste test method), so we all drank!rom the tank, mmmmm   changed and departed - almost the end.
-We reached Janet's car, unloaded and farewelled Dave and Janet. Then Edith, Bob and
-myself headed off to spend a wonderful evening at Bob's parent's property on the Gwydir River. They welcomed us with a feast, champagne to welcome 1989, home grown vegies and roast, Bob's
-Mum's famous pudding, talk and stories. A wonderful end to the trip.
-* * * * *
-SPECIAL ' EXTRA WALK FOR ANZAC -WEEKEND 2.4i2S12;61...27 APRIL.
-KANANGRA - Hughes Ridge - Butchers Creek - B011 Island Gai - l'eTr,anderie Mount Koriung River -:Kanangra. 80 km MEDIUM..
-LEADER : 6nn:Olacher., 449 4853 (0 - 960059 '
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-Maps: '1(&nanqra & Ye'franderie.
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