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-The Annual Re-Union.+=====The Annual Re-Union.===== 
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 +===Reunion Scenes 1994=== 
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 +By "The Lean Bean" 
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 +The weekend of October, 23 and 24, saw a smallish number of SBW members attend the 1993 reunion at Coolana in perfect weather. Our President and First Lady were unable to attend as they were several thousand kilometres north. Apologies were also received from other long standing members, including Bill and Fran Holland and Spiro Hajinakitas. 
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 +Some of this report might be considered to stretch the truth, while other members might wonder why they aren't "mentioned in dispatches". It is a matter of luck and my erratic memory for this weekend. 
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 +Les Powell was concerned that he had come to Coolana on the wrong weekend, as he was the only member present for quite some time. However, he was eventually joined by other members during the course of Saturday afternoon, thus allaying his fears. 
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 +Talking of John Hogan, he was seen on Saturday afternoon wearing just a pair of Volleys while weilding his chainsaw to clear some fallen branches and trees. Perhaps there is a name which reflects his propensity for this strange activity. 
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 +Louise ("totally orgasmic") Verdon, a member who lives in the Wollongong area, arrived in time to pan-fry her chops, eat, debate with Les Powell the best outdoor activity for maximum thrills, and then return home, as she had a very early start at work the next morning.
  
-Reunion Scenes 1994 b The Lean Bean" 
-The weekend of October, 23 and 24, saw a smallish number of &kW,/ members attend the 1993 reunion at Cpolana in perfect weather. Our President and First Lady were unable to attend as they were several thousand kilometres north. Apologies were also received from other long standing members, including Bill and Fran Holland, Spiro Hajinakitas - 
-Some of this report might be considered to Stretch the truth, while other members might wonder why they aren't "Mentioned in dispatches".. It is a matter of luck and my erratic memory for this Weekend. 
-Les Powell was conoerned that he had come to Coolana on the wrong weekend, as he was the only member present for quite some time. However, he was eventually joined by other members during the course of Saturday afternoon, thus allaying his fears. 
-Talking of John Hogan, he was seen on Saturday afternoon wearing just a pair of ,Volleys while weilding his chainsaw to clear some fallen branches and trees: Perhaps there is a name which reflects his propensity for this strange. activity. 
-Louise ("totally orgasmic) Verdon a member who lives in the Wollongong area, arrived in time to pan-fry her chops, eat, debate with Les Powell the best outdoor activity for Maximum thrills, and then return home, as she had a very early start at work the next morning. 
 Bill Bourke was seen for a while on Saturday afternoon and evening, but seems to have disappeared during the night. Should we have called for a search party for him? Bill Bourke was seen for a while on Saturday afternoon and evening, but seems to have disappeared during the night. Should we have called for a search party for him?
-Members were reluctant to move from a campfire near the tents on the upper level, to the "official" bonfire on the lower level between the shelter and the riverEventually, the lure of a larger fire won overthe members. Several of the children of members were given the honour of igniting the large bundle of branches and logs. + 
-While the bonfire was burning, Dot Butler regaled us with how the property came to be acquired,some of its history, including how the pionic shelter" came to built and the hard work of members to-build the shelter. Several musical numbers followed including a request for Torn Wenn= to exercise his skilled vocalchords. Toni of course complied. As the niq,ht wore on, members gradually drifted way to their tents I understand that several members were Still singing and imbibing well into the early hours of the morning. +Members were reluctant to move from a campfire near the tents on the upper level, to the "official" bonfire on the lower level between the shelter and the riverEventually, the lure of a larger fire won over the members. Several of the children of members were given the honour of igniting the large bundle of branches and logs. 
-PAGE 8 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER DECEMBER 1993 + 
-The honour of being the first to rise on Sunday morning I believe belongs to Les Powell, who was out and about by about 5 a tre, he was joined shortly after by Tony Holgate's children. Tony was not able to appear for another hour or so, as he, it is reported, had been among ;hose who did not retire until the early morning hoursAround 6,30 am, a lady member came over to the group of members cooking their breakfast, and berated the assembled members about the amount of noise being made which was disturbibe her sleep. She then retired back to her tent for several hours more sleep +While the bonfire was burning, Dot Butler regaled us with how the property came to be acquired, some of its history, including how the "picnic shelter" came to built and the hard work of members to build the shelter. Several musical numbers followed including a request for Tom Wenman to exercise his skilled vocal chords. Tom of course complied. As the night wore on, members gradually drifted way to their tentsI understand that several members were still singing and imbibing well into the early hours of the morning. 
-When next she was seen, the same lady members. wae noted eating breakfast around the fire at around 1-0 a m., along with many othermembers. Meanwhile, various other members, were engaging in water based activities, starting with our esteemed Social SecretaryJohn Hpgare who after sleeping in the open near the embers of the bonfire (allegedly he couldn't walk up the hill to find his tent)., after a self-reported very late retirement, arose at a veryearly hour to go canoeing toviards the Hampden 'Pridge, Just as well that there were no water police with random breath testing gear on hand, + 
-Also seen Was Maurice Smith, the "From The Clubroom" reporter last seen slowly paddling his way up the river checking out the water worthiness of his brand new lilo. +The honour of being the first to rise on Sunday morning I believe belongs to Les Powell, who was out and about by about 5 a.m., he was joined shortly after by Tony Holgate's children. Tony was not able to appear for another hour or so, as he, it is reported, had been among those who did not retire until the early morning hoursAround 6.30 a.m. a lady member came over to the group of members cooking their breakfast, and berated the assembled members about the amount of noise being made which was disturbing her sleep. She then retired back to her tent for several hours more sleep
-Dot and several other ladies organised the children and other willing participants to make up the batches of damper. These were duly placed in the hot ashes of the bonfire.. After an agonisingly long period the billies were removed from the ashes and the contents removedDot then donned her judges hat and after &difficult judging process which had the onlookersaarging her to make a decision, as they were all anxious to eat their share of the dampersa decision was made in favour of a damper made by one of the children. Whereupon, all members were invited to sample the ,delights of the damper's, about Sin all. + 
-After the usual bushwaiker feeding frenzy had subsided, with only a few blackened bits of damper left over, various members strolled down to the river to indulge in more energetic activities to burn off the calories put on eating dampermcds swimming race Was held; it was across the river and return. Four members started (and finished), with the winner being Dick Weston, followed by Tony Holgate. Very good recuperative powers were shown by one swimmer considering his close encounter with a bottle of red winethe previous night, +When next she was seen, the same lady member, was noted eating breakfast around the fire at around 10 a.m., along with many other members. Meanwhile, various other members, were engaging in water based activities, starting with our esteemed Social Secretary John Hogan who after sleeping in the open near the embers of the bonfire (allegedly he couldn't walk up the hill to find his tent), after a self-reported very late retirement, arose at a very early hour to go canoeing towards the Hampden Bridge. Just as well that there were no water police with random breath testing gear on hand
-John Hogan took Dot for a long ride down the elver in his canoe, Dot was quite happy about this, as John did all the work.The canoe was extremely popular with the children Of several mei-fibers of theclub. + 
-Around midday we were organised into gathering up the dried bracken in thel,front of the picnic shelterThis was all thrown on the ashes which quickly consumed the debris. M,embers gradually started drifting off home shortly efterWarcis after a pleasant relaxing weekend among congenial company. Hope to see you there next year. +Also seen was Maurice Smith, the "From The Clubroom" reporter last seen slowly paddling his way up the river checking out the water worthiness of his brand new lilo. 
-DECEMBER 1993 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER PAGE 9 + 
-FROMTHE CLUBROOM+Dot and several other ladies organised the children and other willing participants to make up the batches of damper. These were duly placed in the hot ashes of the bonfire. After an agonisingly long period the billies were removed from the ashes and the contents removedDot then donned her judge'hat and after difficult judging process which had the onlookers urging her to make a decision, as they were all anxious to eat their share of the dampersa decision was made in favour of a damper made by one of the children. Whereupon, all members were invited to sample the delights of the dampers, about 8 in all. 
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 +After the usual bushwalker feeding frenzy had subsided, with only a few blackened bits of damper left over, various members strolled down to the river to indulge in more energetic activities to burn off the calories put on eating dampermen'swimming race was held; it was across the river and return. Four members started (and finished), with the winner being Dick Weston, followed by Tony Holgate. Very good recuperative powers were shown by one swimmer considering his close encounter with a bottle of red wine the previous night
 + 
 +John Hogan took Dot for a long ride down the river in his canoe, Dot was quite happy about this, as John did all the work. The canoe was extremely popular with the children of several members of the club. 
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 +Around midday we were organised into gathering up the dried bracken in the front of the picnic shelterThis was all thrown on the ashes which quickly consumed the debris. Members gradually started drifting off home shortly afterwards after a pleasant relaxing weekend among congenial company. Hope to see you there next year. 
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 +=====From The Clubroom.===== 
 By Maurice Smith By Maurice Smith
- KEN CLACHER AND THE FORTHCOMING SINKER ACTIVITIES + 
-With summer rapidly approaching it was timely for Ken Cla-cher to enlighten a fair size crowd in the clubroom on the evening of 20 October on the gear and the techniques we nee4 for the safe summeractivities of canyoning and abseiling, +===Ken Clacher and the forthcoming summer activities.=== 
-With the appropriate strong ernp,hasis on safety training and experienced leaders we can be sure that Ken and other leaders for these activities will have plenty of starters for the summer activities coming soon. in fact, by the time you read this, the first few of those activities imay even have taken place.  + 
-To whet our appetite even further; Ken showed some delightful slides of various canyon and filo activities from recent summers. These 'slides have so inspired me that I am looking forward with anxious anticipation to the start of those activities. I hope to see you on track, river, rope,or whatever. +With summer rapidly approaching it was timely for Ken Clacher to enlighten a fair size crowd in the clubroom on the evening of 20 October on the gear and the techniques we need for the safe summer activities of canyoning and abseiling
-Wf._il. NFORD.RA + 
-A smaller than usual crowd of members indulged in Oliver Crawford's CrazyWhist night on the evening of 27 October. Oliver, as our MC. (Master of Cards, that is) taught us the everchanging rules of Crazy Whist. We had an enjoyable eveningplaying cards and scoring points, with the highest point scorer being awarded a brown paper wrapped prize.. The package had the appearance of a bottle of wine, perhaps to be consumed on the next wine and cheese Weekend+With the appropriate strong emphasis on safety training and experienced leaders we can be sure that Ken and other leaders for these activities will have plenty of starters for the summer activities coming soon. In fact, by the time you read this, the first few of those activities may even have taken place.  
-A fun night was had and I got to see my fellow members in a new light when involved in a competition. No, I'm not asore loser, even though John Hogan, our social secretary, and + 
- I vied for right to possess the wooden spoon, ultimately won by John. Thanks for organising it Oliver, --" +To whet our appetite even further; Ken showed some delightful slides of various canyon and lilo activities from recent summers. These slides have so inspired me that I am looking forward with anxious anticipation to the start of those activities. I hope to see you on track, river, rope, or whatever. 
-MACPAC AND SPICES + 
-This 'month I faced two interesting challenges when I sat clown at my computer keyb oard to write this column. +===Crazy whist (a la Oliver Crawford).=== 
-The first problem was how to describe the visit of Mr. IVIacpac (alias Dan Collison) without being an unpaid advertisementfor Macpac bushwalkin equipment,' Our guest speaker is the Australian manager for Macpac, which is based in NewZealand. Dan was Visiting Macpac's Australian retailers and talking with groups such as oursobtaining feedback on the performance of their products and ideas for new features for the next models of existing productsFor a supplier to provide a lifetime warranty on all their products speaks volumes for their confidence in the product design and manufacture quality control, + 
-PAGE 10 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER DECEMBER 1993 +A smaller than usual crowd of members indulged in Oliver Crawford's Crazy Whist night on the evening of 27 October. Oliver, as our MC. (Master of Cards, that is) taught us the everc hanging rules of Crazy Whist. We had an enjoyable evening playing cards and scoring points, with the highest point scorer being awarded a brown paper wrapped prize. The package had the appearance of a bottle of wine, perhaps to be consumed on the next wine and cheese weekend. 
-It seems that club members were also very intereSted in what Dan ha cl to say is there was a very good attendance at the meeting, with standing room only for the late corners, + 
- Dan displayed the new season models of Macpac's products and spoke very knowledgeably about the entire range of gear sold, how it is manufactured and used by users such as the club members who push equipment to the limits. Thanks for spending the evening with us Dan and we look forward to seeing you again some other time +A fun night was had and I got to see my fellow members in a new light when involved in a competition. No, I'm not a sore loser, even though John Hogan, our social secretary, and I vied for right to possess the wooden spoon, ultimately won by John. Thanks for organising it Oliver
- The second probiem was how to describe delicate taste sensatiOns.16rovided fo,u by our IY-idian born member Jan Mohandas without beingan advertisement for an InCian restaurant + 
- Jan had a large number of members in attendance to sample thefood which he cooks when out on bushwalks, using no more than two billies and a campfire. The secret is in premixing the spices and herbs at home before setting off on a walk and planning their use in your cooking, +===Macpac and spices.=== 
-To show the tsste achieved, Jan had pre-cooked several large pots of tasty Indian food and the members who were fortunate to be present all had the opportunity to sample each dish. For quite a while the meeting room looked as if it were the banquet room of a Well liked Indian restaurant, as members ate their samples, with some coming back for seconds. + 
-Jan provided the recipes for his dishes and I imagine that there will be quite a large number of walkers who start experimenting now that they know how easy it is to achieve the lovely tastes shown to us by JanThanks for the tasty evening Jan. +This month I faced two interesting challenges when I sat down at my computer keyboard to write this column. 
-A MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR + 
-to all SW members from the magazine workers +The first problem was how to describe the visit of Mr. Macpac (alias Dan Collison) without being an unpaid advertisement for Macpac bushwalkin equipmentOur guest speaker is the Australian manager for Macpac, which is based in New Zealand. Dan was visiting Macpac's Australian retailers and talking with groups such as oursobtaining feedback on the performance of their products and ideas for new features for the next models of existing productsFor a supplier to provide a lifetime warranty on all their products speaks volumes for their confidence in the product design and manufacture quality control. 
-The traditional bush-shirt is an essential garment for the Australian bushwalker. + 
-100% Australian in soft rnerino wool, the bush-shirt is generously cut for a roomy comfortable fit. +It seems that club members were also very interested in what Dan had to say as there was a very good attendance at the meeting, with standing room only for the late comers. 
-With closed-front design, zip neck and long tail you are assured of many seasons of hard wear. + 
-Sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 in red or blue. Exceptional value at only $94. +Dan displayed the new season models of Macpac's products and spoke very knowledgeably about the entire range of gear sold, how it is manufactured and used by users such as the club members who push equipment to the limits. Thanks for spending the evening with us Dan and we look forward to seeing you again some other time
-The "Stormboy" jumper is a classic alpine garment. + 
-Comfortable and attractive, the "Storrnboy" retains hint of lanolin to enhance the wool's natural ability to repel water+The second probiem was how to describe delicate taste sensations provided to us by our Indian born member Jan Mohandas without being an advertisement for an Indian restaurant
-Made from pure merino wool the "Stormboy" is perfect for winter walks in the Blue Mountains when its misty and damp+ 
-In natural or navy blue, the "Stormboy is exclusive to Blue Mountains Outdoor Clothing Specialists. +Jan had a large number of members in attendance to sample the food which he cooks when out on bushwalks, using no more than two billies and a campfire. The secret is in premixing the spices and herbs at home before setting off on a walk and planning their use in your cooking
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-ORDER NOW OR ASK FOR OUR FREE COLOUR CATALOGUE +To show the taste achieved, Jan had pre-cooked several large pots of tasty Indian food and the members who were fortunate to be present all had the opportunity to sample each dish. For quite a while the meeting room looked as if it were the banquet room of a well liked Indian restaurant, as members ate their samples, with some coming back for seconds. 
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-Phone or fax orders to: (047) 588 734 or mail (postage free) to: Reply Paid 8, B.MOCS, PO Box 5, Woodford, NSW, 2778 +Jan provided the recipes for his dishes and I imagine that there will be quite a large number of walkers who start experimenting now that they know how easy it is to achieve the lovely tastes shown to us by JanThanks for the tasty evening Jan. 
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-. The weekend of 29/30/31 October saw atotal of 6 walks scheduled. Bill Capon led 8 walkers through scrub on his Budawangs trip down Freemans Creek. +
-THE SYDNEY BUSHW.ALKER +
-DECEMBER 1993 +
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 THE NOVEMBER''GENERAL MEETING THE NOVEMBER''GENERAL MEETING
 by Barry Wallace by Barry Wallace
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