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 =====S.B.W. Office Bearers & Committee 1991.===== =====S.B.W. Office Bearers & Committee 1991.=====
  
-The following Offic eBearers and Committee Members as well as other Club workers were elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Club held on Wednesday, 13th March 1991:-+The following Office Bearers and Committee Members as well as other Club workers were elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Club held on Wednesday, 13th March 1991:-
  
 |President*|Bill Holland| |President*|Bill Holland|
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 We found our marker for where we entered the creek and a somewhat easier route up the first one hundred feet. With care we found our downward track and followed it up to the giant sawn stump. I greeted it like a long-lost friend. In this country you could be two metres from the overgrown road and never know it. We found our marker for where we entered the creek and a somewhat easier route up the first one hundred feet. With care we found our downward track and followed it up to the giant sawn stump. I greeted it like a long-lost friend. In this country you could be two metres from the overgrown road and never know it.
  
-Back at the car we removed another population of leeches and swore never again to visit Georges Creek. It has its beauties, but its defenses are strong. Frank and I have given it best, game, set and match.+Back at the car we removed another population of leeches and swore never again to visit Georges Creek. It has its beauties, but its defences are strong. Frank and I have given it best, game, set and match.
  
 If Michele now writes about some lazy summer trip Bob King led there one Christmas -- I don't want to read it!! If Michele now writes about some lazy summer trip Bob King led there one Christmas -- I don't want to read it!!
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 There were also several songs commonly sung around camp fires and at Reunions which gave favourable publicity for boots - indeed, treated them as a vital part of the bush walking scene... more about that later. There were also several songs commonly sung around camp fires and at Reunions which gave favourable publicity for boots - indeed, treated them as a vital part of the bush walking scene... more about that later.
  
-This thinking originated with the reading of an advance copy of Dot Butler's biography "The Barefoot Bush Walker", and coincidentally an article by Errol Sheedy in the January magazine telling how he was lured away from his original boots into sandshoes. This reading in turn revived some old memories including Dot travelling on the "Fish Express" one Friday evening in 1955 (yes, it was 1st April - All Fools Day) and we were going to Katoomba to take part in Geof Wagg's "85 Miler - Katoomba to Picton". From my seat opposite Dot in the same compartment on the train I noticed one of her sandshoes had a decided split in the sole, displaying either a bit of sock or some foot. In horror I drew her attention, and was rewarded with "Oh, dear!" Dot insits she added "Oh, well, it will let the water out," (on the many crossings of the Cox River). I was so worried about it, this sensible attitude didn't register properly at the time.+This thinking originated with the reading of an advance copy of Dot Butler's biography "The Barefoot Bush Walker", and coincidentally an article by Errol Sheedy in the January magazine telling how he was lured away from his original boots into sandshoes. This reading in turn revived some old memories including Dot travelling on the "Fish Express" one Friday evening in 1955 (yes, it was 1st April - All Fools Day) and we were going to Katoomba to take part in Geof Wagg's "85 Miler - Katoomba to Picton". From my seat opposite Dot in the same compartment on the train I noticed one of her sandshoes had a decided split in the sole, displaying either a bit of sock or some foot. In horror I drew her attention, and was rewarded with "Oh, dear!" Dot insists she added "Oh, well, it will let the water out," (on the many crossings of the Cox River). I was so worried about it, this sensible attitude didn't register properly at the time.
  
 Another memory is my own conversion from boots in the 1946-49 period. Earlier, during a number of freelance pre-war walks I had used sneakers - with rubber sole and leather uppers - but after being required to wear boots for about five years (in the army during World War II) and on finding they were standard footwear for most SBW Members in 1947, I submitted to the mode. Not for long. The jolt that went up the shin when walking in hobnailed boots along sealed roads on the last leg into Katoomba, Blackheath or Kiama soon persuaded me "there must be a better way". Another memory is my own conversion from boots in the 1946-49 period. Earlier, during a number of freelance pre-war walks I had used sneakers - with rubber sole and leather uppers - but after being required to wear boots for about five years (in the army during World War II) and on finding they were standard footwear for most SBW Members in 1947, I submitted to the mode. Not for long. The jolt that went up the shin when walking in hobnailed boots along sealed roads on the last leg into Katoomba, Blackheath or Kiama soon persuaded me "there must be a better way".
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 Since the sneakers I'd worn earlier were no longer available, I tried sandshoes and quickly became convinced they were adequate in the easy conditions encountered in our Sydney-side bushland. I even made a few converts, including some of the most active of the new members and - almost to my surprise - the sandshoe suddenly "took off". Since the sneakers I'd worn earlier were no longer available, I tried sandshoes and quickly became convinced they were adequate in the easy conditions encountered in our Sydney-side bushland. I even made a few converts, including some of the most active of the new members and - almost to my surprise - the sandshoe suddenly "took off".
  
-Sinful pride urges me to believe that I had something to do with the widespread adoption of sandshoes for bush walking. Ordinary common-sense persuades me that it is likely other members of our Club and the members of other Clubs were probably moving towards the same conclusion about that time. By 1950 I had finally discarded boots, after a Tasmanian trip, and that wimpish school-boy who had been derided for wearing shoes was doing a bit of gloating over the downfall of the dominant boot. (But was there something else? Did something in my sub-conscious say to me, "You don't have to behave like an Army tank and trample everything down. You can tread softly, go around that prickly hakea, avoid squashing that tiny baronia. You can make the Bush your friend, not something to be beaten down". All I can answer is - yes, for years, walking in my wimpish sandshoes, I always thought the bush was a friendly place, an ally, not an adversary to be defeated.)+Sinful pride urges me to believe that I had something to do with the widespread adoption of sandshoes for bush walking. Ordinary common-sense persuades me that it is likely other members of our Club and the members of other Clubs were probably moving towards the same conclusion about that time. By 1950 I had finally discarded boots, after a Tasmanian trip, and that wimpish school-boy who had been derided for wearing shoes was doing a bit of gloating over the downfall of the dominant boot. (But was there something else? Did something in my sub-conscious say to me, "You don't have to behave like an Army tank and trample everything down. You can tread softly, go around that prickly hakea, avoid squashing that tiny boronia. You can make the Bush your friend, not something to be beaten down". All I can answer is - yes, for years, walking in my wimpish sandshoes, I always thought the bush was a friendly place, an ally, not an adversary to be defeated.)
  
 I think the final seal of approval - the apotheothis - came several years ago, when several young people were overdue on a Colo River walk, and Federation's Search and Rescue organisation took part in the search. Actually the young people walked out under their own steam a couple of days late, but in the meantime some worried parents had managed to reach the Rescue Headquarters organised by the Police out on the Culoul Range, and one mother sent a large donation to S & R, accompanied by a letter praising the devotion, expertise and kindness of the people "wearing the dirty sandshoes" (the bush walkers). So, the sandshoe had become the mark of the bush walker! I think the final seal of approval - the apotheothis - came several years ago, when several young people were overdue on a Colo River walk, and Federation's Search and Rescue organisation took part in the search. Actually the young people walked out under their own steam a couple of days late, but in the meantime some worried parents had managed to reach the Rescue Headquarters organised by the Police out on the Culoul Range, and one mother sent a large donation to S & R, accompanied by a letter praising the devotion, expertise and kindness of the people "wearing the dirty sandshoes" (the bush walkers). So, the sandshoe had become the mark of the bush walker!
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 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... 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?+More interesting 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!__ 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!__
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 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. 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.
  
 +=====The February General Meeting.=====
  
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-WA 
- Wilderness Equipment 
-Backpacks Goretes Clothing Cycle Panniers 
-SA 
- Rossi / ,.ots 
- FI'n-d s Baby Carriers 
-ACT 
- National Maps 
-A Outgear 
- Backpacks Accessories 
- Feathertop Wool Shirts 
- Giant Trees 
- Dried meals 
-NSW 
-  Sleeping Bags 
-J & H, Mont, 
- Romans 
- Rainwear Mont, J & H, Superior 
- Day Packs High Tops, Summit Gear 
- Bonwick Caving Ladders 
- Holeproof Undies 4 Socks 
- Trailblaz6r Hats DE Stuff Cclnyon bags 
-TAS- 
- 'Blundstone Boots 
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-CAMPING 
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-PHONE Us TODAY & SAY 
-02-858-3833 
-March 1991 The-Sydney-Bushwalker Page 13 
- 
-THE FEBRUARY GENERAL MEETING  
 by Barry Wallace by Barry Wallace
 +
 The meeting began at 2014 with around 20 members present and the President in the chair. There were apologies from Patrick James, Bob Niven and Jeff Niven. New members Kevin Burrows, Stewart Corner and David Pisani were welcomed into membership. The meeting began at 2014 with around 20 members present and the President in the chair. There were apologies from Patrick James, Bob Niven and Jeff Niven. New members Kevin Burrows, Stewart Corner and David Pisani were welcomed into membership.
-The Minutes of the previous meeting were read in a stripped-down form which unfortunately eliminated most of the details, and received with no matters arising. One can only wonder + 
-what is the point of reading severely truncated minutes and then asking those present to affirm that they believe them to be a true and correct record.+The Minutes of the previous meeting were read in a stripped-down form which unfortunately eliminated most of the details, and received with no matters arising. One can only wonder what is the point of reading severely truncated minutes and then asking those present to affirm that they believe them to be a true and correct record. 
 Correspondence included a letter of return thanks from May Pallin, a letter of thanks from Warwick Blayden for being provided access to the Club's minute books and a letter from Dr. Martin Jaffee thanking us for our donation to the Save the Hacking committee. Correspondence included a letter of return thanks from May Pallin, a letter of thanks from Warwick Blayden for being provided access to the Club's minute books and a letter from Dr. Martin Jaffee thanking us for our donation to the Save the Hacking committee.
 +
 Next came what Bill called the "Club Management Section" of the meeting. This dealt with committee decisions regarding the reunion. You probably read about that in last month's magazine. The Treasurer's Report indicated that we received income of $215 and spent nothing. Next came what Bill called the "Club Management Section" of the meeting. This dealt with committee decisions regarding the reunion. You probably read about that in last month's magazine. The Treasurer's Report indicated that we received income of $215 and spent nothing.
-The Walks Report began with a scythe-cut through those walks programmed for the weekend + 
-of 18,19,20 January. It seems Alan and Anita Doherty's canoe trip on the Saturday, Jan Mohandas's Glenbrook Creek walk on the Sunday, and Alan Mewett's Hawkesbury River area walk on the Sunday +The Walks Report began with a scythe-cut through those walks programmed for the weekend of 18,19,20 January. It seems Alan and Anita Doherty's canoe trip on the Saturday, Jan Mohandas's Glenbrook Creek walk on the Sunday, and Alan Mewett's Hawkesbury River area walk on the Sunday were all cancelled. It was left to David Rostron and his party of 10 starters, enjoying the delights of Morong Deep, to carry the flag for that weekend. Perhaps I should explain that around this time the weather was extremely hot and dry, and a number of walks were cancelled on safety grounds and on advice from the relevant authorities due to the risk of bushfires in the walking areas. 
-were all cancelled. It was left to David Rostron and his party of 10 starters, enjoying the delights 'of Morong Deep, to carry the flag for that weekend. Perhaps I should explain that around this time the weather was extremely,hot and dry, and a number of walks were cancelled on safety grouns and on advice from the relevant authorities due to the risk of bushfires in the walking areas.' + 
-Over"the weekend of January 25,26,27 Barry Wallace's Shoalhaven bludge walk was cancelled due to a lack of starters but Ainslie Morris and Mike Reynolds reported 6 people on their Lake Durres circuit walk with lake vistas by moonlight and a rather unusual dance involving Morrie Bloom and a snake. Bill Holland's Tootle Creek bludge, led by Patrick and Greta James, failed +Over the weekend of January 25,26,27 Barry Wallace's Shoalhaven bludge walk was cancelled due to a lack of starters but Ainslie Morris and Mike Reynolds reported 6 people on their Lake Durras circuit walk with lake vistas by moonlight and a rather unusual dance involving Morrie Bloom and a snake. Bill Holland's Tootie Creek bludge, led by Patrick and Greta James, failed due to a string of last minute cancellations. George Mewer, leading the only day walk programmed reported 17 starters and a good day for it as well. 
-due to a string of last minute cancellations. George Mawer, leading the only day walk programmed reported 17 starters and a good day for it as well. + 
-The weekend of 1,2,3 February saw Kenn Clacher leading a party of 10 on his Kalang Falls, Wallara Canyon abseiling trip. THey reported an enjoyable trip and expressed surprise at how +The weekend of 1,2,3 February saw Kenn Clacher leading a party of 10 on his Kalang Falls, Wallara Canyon abseiling trip. THey reported an enjoyable trip and expressed surprise at how easy it was to negotiate Murdering Gully when it was dry!! Ian Debert's Macarthers Flat swimming trip did not go, and there was no report of either Barry Ihle's Thornleigh to Chatswood stations walk or Peter Christian's Glow Worm Cavern abseiling trip. Jo Van Sommers did report 24 starters on her Wentworth Falls area day walk on the Sunday. 
-easy it was to negotiate Murdering Gully when it was dryIT Ian Debert's MacarthOrs Flat, + 
-swimming trip did not go, and there was no report of either Barry Ihle's Thornleigh to Chatswood stations walk or Peter Christian's Glow Worm Cavern abseiling trip. Jo Van Sommers did report 24 starters on her Wentworth Falls area day walk on the Sunday. +February 8,9,10 saw things end as they began. Bob Hodgson's Yarramun Creek trip was cancelled due to lack of starters, there was no report of either Errol Sheedy's Kangaroo Creek walk or Sandy Johnston's Hallets Beach trip and Alan Mewett's Mill Creek trip was cancelled. Bill Holland's Eloura Bushland bushwalk/barbecue shrank to a barbecue only, although we are advised that attendance was good, with a party of 25 stayers exhibiting (I think that's what the vicar said) great stamina. Only Greta James was out there doing it, with a party of 8 on her weekend trip to Constance Gorge. 
-February 8,9,10 saw things end as they began. Bob Hodgson's Yarramun Creek trip was +
-cancelled due to lack of starters, there was no report of either Errol Sheedy's Kangaroo Creek walk or Sandy Johnston's Hallets Beach trip and Alan Mewett's Mill Creek trip was cancelled. +
-. Bill Holland's Eloura Bushland bushwalk/barbecue shrank to a barbecue only, although we are advised that attendance was good, with a party of 25 stayers exhibiting (I think that's what the vicar said) great stamina. Only Greta James was out there doing it, with a party of 8 on her weekend trip to Constance Gorge.+
 Even good old Confederation failed us. They have had no meetings since our last general meeting. Even good old Confederation failed us. They have had no meetings since our last general meeting.
-The Conservation Report brought news of a meeting held with Tim Moore, the N.S.W. Minister for the Environment, regarding the effects of raising the storage level of Warragamba Dam. + 
-The Minister has invited interested groups to evaluate the likely effects and lodge submissions with him. A motion was passed that we write opposing the raising of the storage level. +The Conservation Report brought news of a meeting held with Tim Moore, the N.S.W. Minister for the Environment, regarding the effects of raising the storage level of Warragamba Dam. The Minister has invited interested groups to evaluate the likely effects and lodge submissions with him. A motion was passed that we write opposing the raising of the storage level. 
-General Business passed with no matters for debate. There was one announcement from the President to the effect that if you arrive at the clubroom prior to 1945 hours (quarter to eight in the evening) you should be careful not to disturb a yoga class which occupies the room up to that time. It seems that it is their practice to conclude with meditation and the entry of a + 
-Page 14 The Sydney Blishwaiker March 1991 +General Business passed with no matters for debate. There was one announcement from the President to the effect that if you arrive at the clubroom prior to 1945 hours (quarter to eight in the evening) you should be careful not to disturb a yoga class which occupies the room up to that time. It seems that it is their practice to conclude with meditation and the entry of a group of bushwalkers busy in raucous conversation does not enhance or even assist the experience. 
-group of bushwalkers ,busy in raucous conversatdon does not enhance or even assist the experience.+
 The meeting closed at 2102 with the Social Secretary a little taken aback when the hordes enquired after the advertised wine and cheese. The coffee seemed perfectly OK to me, for an instant that is. The meeting closed at 2102 with the Social Secretary a little taken aback when the hordes enquired after the advertised wine and cheese. The coffee seemed perfectly OK to me, for an instant that is.
-* 41- -YE if * + 
-NEW MEMBERS+=====New Members.===== 
 Please include the following new members on your List of Members:- Please include the following new members on your List of Members:-
-Home Phone BURROWS, Kevin - 11 Page Ave, Wahroonga 2076 487 2270 
-4637 
-Bus. Phone  
-233 9000 
-818 1033. 
-70 0656  
-555 7377- 
-964 8618 
-561 8100 
-436 3877 
-452 5088 
-626 9264 
-699 2522 
- 451 6999 Ext.50 
-CARTER David 7. 3 Bluegum Crescent, Picnic Point 2213 773 
-CARTER, Maureen - II  - 
-CORNERi-Stuart -.18- Maida:St. Lilyfield 2040' 818 
-DAVIS4AMs) Lyn - 13 Byrne Ave, Russell Lea2046 
-DOMINY, Dianne -1/28 The Boulevard Cammeray 2962 ,956 
-DOMINY, Tom - II II IT 11 
-KENDALL, Jean - 12/141 Jersey Rd, Wo011ahra 2025 363 
-MILLER, Graeme - 16 Daphne.Ave,, Castle Hill 2154 634 
-MONTAGUE, John - 8/10 Curt Street, Ashfield 2131  798 
-MORGAN Jennifer --82 Crescent Road, Newport 2106 997 
-PISANI, David - 18/177 Sydenham Road, Marrickville 560 
-2204  
-2865 
-7804 
-4812 
-6809 
-4241 
-6203. 
-4793 718 7077 
-********** 
-CALLING ALL NAVIGATORS!  
-On,May 18/19 Bankstown Bushwalking Club will hold an inter-club Rogain. A base camp will be established, with food and drink provided for the competitors throughout the event. There will be a 6 hour and a 12 hour event. Teams of two to five members can compete. Bring your family and friends and enjoy the weekend. 
-For all details, contact Robyn Arthur Ph (W) 886.1862-(H) 897.2270 
-SOCIAL NOTES. 
-APRIL 10th GENERAL MEETING 
-A selection of slides will be shown after the meeting 
-17th THE RISK PACTORS OF HEART'DIBEASE 
-Talk with slides by Jacqui Wilson from the National Heart Foundation  
-24th DINNER AND JAll NIGHT (CLUB CLOSED) 
-This is the night before Anzac Day so if you are not driving to a walk, how about joining us at the Strawberry Hill Hotel, 453 Elizabeth Street-, Surrey Hills at.7pm-Contact the Social Secretary by 22nd April to confirm numbers. 
  
 +|Name|Address|HOme Phone|Bus. Phone|
 +|Burrows, Kevin|11 Page Ave, Wahroonga 2076|487 2270|233 9000|
 +|Carter David|3 Bluegum Crescent, Picnic Point 2213|773 4637|818 1033|
 +|Carter, Maureen|3 Bluegum Crescent, Picnic Point 2213|773 4637|790 0656|
 +|Corner, Stuart|18 Maida, St. Lilyfield 2040|818 2865|555 7377|
 +|Davis, (Ms) Lyn|13 Byrne Ave, Russell Lea 2046| |964 8618|
 +|Dominy, Dianne|1/28 The Boulevard, Cammeray 2062|956 7804|561 8100|
 +|Dominy, Tom|1/28 The Boulevard, Cammeray 2062|956 7804|436 3877|
 +|Kendall, Jean|12/141 Jersey Rd, Woollahra 2025|363 4812|452 5088|
 +|Miller, Graeme|16 Daphne Ave, Castle Hill 2154|634 6809|626 9264|
 +|Montague, John|8/10 Curt Street, Ashfield 2131|798 4241|699 2522|
 +|Morgan, Jennifer|82 Crescent Road, Newport 2106|997 6203|451 6999 Ext.50|
 +|Pisani, David|18/177 Sydenham Road, Marrickville 2204|560 4793|718 7077|
 +
 +=====Calling All Navigators!=====
 +
 +On May 18/19 Bankstown Bushwalking Club will hold an inter-club Rogain. A base camp will be established, with food and drink provided for the competitors throughout the event. There will be a 6 hour and a 12 hour event. Teams of two to five members can compete. Bring your family and friends and enjoy the weekend.
 +
 +For all details, contact Robyn Arthur .. Ph (W) 886.1862 - (H) 897.2270
 +
 +=====Social Notes.=====
 +
 +|April 10th|General Meeting. A selection of slides will be shown after the meeting|
 +|April 17th|The Risk Factors Of Heart Disease. Talk with slides by Jacqui Wilson from the National Heart Foundation|
 +|April 24th|Dinner and Jazz Night (Club closed). This is the night before Anzac Day so if you are not driving to a walk, how about joining us at the Strawberry Hill Hotel, 453 Elizabeth Street, Surrey Hills at 7pm. Contact the Social Secretary by 22nd April to confirm numbers.|
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