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+ | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER is a monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Inc, Box 4476 GPO Sydney 2001. TO advertise in this magazine, please contact the Business Manager; | ||
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+ | E:dito I.:jar) Roberts | ||
+ | r 5 Sharland Avenue, Chatswood 2067 Telephone 41:1 5517 | ||
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+ | 36 Lewis Stre,et, Dec why 2099 | ||
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+ | ' | ||
+ | Barrie Murdoch, Margaret Niven | ||
+ | & Les Powell | ||
+ | THE SYDNEY: BUSH WALKERS INCORPORATED was founded in 1927., Club' meetings are held every Wednesday evening at 8 pm at Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre, 16 Fitzroy Street, Kirribilli (near Milsons Point Railway Station). Visitors and prospective Members are welcome any Wednesday. | ||
+ | President: Greta James | ||
+ | Vice-President: | ||
+ | , Public. Officer: Fran Haat | ||
+ | Treasurer: Tony Holgate | ||
+ | Secretary: Spiro Hajinakitas | ||
+ | Walks Secretary' | ||
+ | | ||
+ | Magazine Editor: ,George Mawer | ||
+ | Committee Members: Morie Ward & | ||
+ | Annie Maguire | ||
+ | Delegates to Confederation: | ||
+ | & Wilf Hilder, Jim Callaway | ||
+ | August 1995 | ||
+ | In This issue | ||
+ | 4 From the Clubroom | ||
+ | Jan Roberts (Editor for August, as George is on holidays) | ||
+ | 5 Upcoming Events | ||
+ | 5 Confederation July Meeting Ken Smith | ||
+ | 5 The ' | ||
+ | 7 Shocking! Ray Hookway | ||
+ | 9 Have You? Gordon Brown | ||
+ | 9 Magnificent Morton Maureen Carter | ||
+ | 10 Rocky Moutntains Skiing Kenn Clacher | ||
+ | 13 Gammon Ranges Bob Duncan | ||
+ | 14 Expression of Interest lone Dean | ||
+ | 15 July General Meeting | ||
+ | Barry Wallace | ||
+ | PAGE 4 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER AUGUST 1995 | ||
+ | , . FROM THE ' | ||
+ | By Jan Roberts | ||
+ | This month I came across a little verse that I think best sums up why education is the key to saving our remaining wilderness. | ||
+ | We will only save what we loVe_.. | ||
+ | We will only love what we understand | ||
+ | We will only understancl, | ||
+ | With this in mud,.! thought the two presentations at the Clubroom during July provided more learning opportunities, | ||
+ | Wilderness Society - Tarkine Tragedy- July 19th | ||
+ | With the wet season temporarily halting the completion of the gravel road which will fracture the largest contiguous rainforest in Australia, Ross Knowles delivered an urgent appeal to SBW members at his presentation in July: | ||
+ | We sat enthralled as Ross presented his slide to music show which highlighted many of the wild parts of the Tarkine' | ||
+ | Home to the world' | ||
+ | Heritage by the.Federal Government who maintain that the issue is a 'State matter' | ||
+ | Ross urged us to put pen to paper and write to the Prime Minister, Paul, | ||
+ | Letters to Canberta.' | ||
+ | immediate study of the Tarkine' | ||
+ | votes | ||
+ | For more information Ross Knowles can be contacted on 440 8024. Ross has asked SBW to copy him on all letters written to enable the Wilderness Society to monitor the effectiveness of this campaign. | ||
+ | Caving in Borneo - July 26th | ||
+ | SBW member Sasha Litvak presented a slide show. in' July taken on his trip to Borneo in 1993. During the night we visited the Gunung Mulu National. Park and it's vast cave system, which ' | ||
+ | | ||
+ | From the natural J3eauty of Borneo we moved to the wealth and grandeur of the Bruni Palace home to the Sultan of Bruni, one of the wealthiest rulers in the world. Sadly however, in viewing the deplorable state of the city's harbour, we were reminded that wealth is often not enjoyed by many, and caring for the environment is not always a ' | ||
+ | AUGUSTA 95 | ||
+ | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER | ||
+ | PAGE 5 | ||
+ | UPCOMING EVENTS | ||
+ | ,End- of Winter Barbeque - August 30th PackaWay, | ||
+ | your meat/ | ||
+ | , _ | ||
+ | the Kirribilli Neighbourhood Ceritie. Catch up on the latest walks (and ' | ||
+ | refreshments. . | ||
+ | Walking Good Company and Cancer Prevention - September 20th - Roger French Join us at Montezurna' | ||
+ | Alexander Street, Crows Nest for dinner at 6.00pm first (drinks at bqr j;rices), and then reconvene back at the Clubroom to meet Roger French from the Natural Health Society. This presentation cvsill explore how good relationships and exercise can dramatically reduce the risk of disease, including cancer.* | ||
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+ | Confederation Notes - July Meeting' | ||
+ | By Ken Smith | ||
+ | 0 Right of access through private property to National Parks - concern was expressed about ongoing and increasing problem' | ||
+ | of the problems. | ||
+ | 0 Search and Rescue training weekend - 3rd weekend in October, to be held in the Newnes plateau area. A practice search will be | ||
+ | | ||
+ | 0 Andrew Cox is resigning from the position of Conservation Officer due to his acceptance of a position with NPWS. | ||
+ | F re s h water springs - the public relations firm concerned with Water Week would welcome any information of the whereabouts of springs with the intention that they would be tested. | ||
+ | 0.Confederation gave its in principle support to the nomination Of the Grose Valley as a wilderness area under the Wilderness Act - approx 40,000 ha involved, currently trying to | ||
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+ | 0 Confederation AGM - to be held at Mitchell Park (Cattai). Positions needing to be filled at the AGM include conservation officer, magazine editor, publicity officer, senior vice- president and junior vice-president. | ||
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+ | environment. | ||
+ | AUGUST 1995 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER PAGE 7 | ||
+ | To the Editor | ||
+ | Dear George.... | ||
+ | Recent eorrespondence in the magazine re safe walking and discussions as to whether the club should have a safety committee or a safety officer, reminded me of the first weekend walk I led for the club, and my experience with a prospective on | ||
+ | that walk. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The walk was in the Budawangs but if it had been in a more rugged area with tricky navigation and denser scrub, the particular prospective could. have caused serious problems. I therefore consider that the description of that walk, which was printed in the December 1980 Sydney. BuShwalker, could be reprinted to show 1/41;zhat can happen when insufficient attention is paid to the experience of prospectives and of the equipment carried on their first walks. Ray Hookway | ||
+ | Shocking' | ||
+ | 7 | ||
+ | Awalkithe Budawangs | ||
+ | Reprinted from 1980 Sydney Bush Walker | ||
+ | There haS been recent criticistn that the SBW magazine does not feature enough walk descriptions: | ||
+ | What makes a walk memorable? | ||
+ | One walk that I remember with great pleasure was a Birnberi trip that possibly could have been held in Centennial Park without detracting from its enjoyment. This was due to the close rapport, that existed within the party on that walk. | ||
+ | Another walk, memorable because of its members, or rather because of one member, was a three day walk I led in the Budawangs. The walk was fully organised when the walks secretary asked. whether I could take our friend. 1 thoughtlessly replied "If Spiro can fit him in, OK." | ||
+ | Of course Spiro squeezed hini into his VW somehow, all 6' plus and at least 210 lbs. His massive pack, Spiro hung on the rear of his V-Dub where it apparently occasionally bounced its wooden frame on the road. | ||
+ | Our friend claimed to be an experienced European walker and appeared to have the correct gear including a well worn home-made pack With a wooden frame and covered with badges from all over Europe, but he appeared a trifle Overdressed for the walk with a heavy jacket, sweater, thick shirt, thick undervest, long trousers, TIE and . heavy boots. | ||
+ | We set off from Newhaven Gap for Styles Creek. Talking to David Cotton he asked in his heavy European accent, "Ate there any White toilets 'Where we are going?" | ||
+ | We crossed to Mt Houghton. Skirting 'the mountain on the Wallaby track, he tailed the field, "This is not a bush walk," he wailed, "This is a bush race!" The large party slackened its pace to accommodate him. He seemed to have a fear of the slightest slope, his normal slow pace-reducing to a pathetic shuffle. We stopped for hinch. During lunch David asked him "How are you. enjoying the walk?" " | ||
+ | After lunch he felt the weight of eveiybody' | ||
+ | Descending the ridge from Mt Tarn he followed George and several others when George realized that they were off course. He advised the others. | ||
+ | ...continued on Page 8 c> | ||
+ | PAGE 8 | ||
+ | THE SYDNEY BUSH WALKER | ||
+ | _ | ||
+ | AUGUST 1995 | ||
+ | <=3 ..continued from Page 7 (Shocking!) | ||
+ | Immediately our friend became alarnied. "They have gone off and left me!" he Wailed. | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | In Monolith Valley he produced a tent but it was Obvious that he didn't know how to erect it. 1 | ||
+ | , | ||
+ | picked a,spot and put it up for him then decided to move it to what I considered a better spat. On inspection he said to me "You will have to move it again. There are lumps on the floor!" | ||
+ | At dinner our friend produced some preserved sausage." | ||
+ | cannot eat this. It is too hard and my gums are sore." Various people donated food. | ||
+ | This practise was repeated at ever meal stoi) during the three day weekend. The weather turned suddenly bad. Dense black fog clouds poured into the valley from the coast; rolling along the rocks towards us like large ocean breakers followed by heavy rain. We retired quickly to our tents. | ||
+ | Next morning dawned sunny and bright. "How did you sleeP?" | ||
+ | His conduct during the rest of the walk remained the. same, We climbed the Castle and inspected the Bora Bora Rings on Quilty' | ||
+ | Despite his claims to having gone mountain climbing in Switzerland, | ||
+ | The ground around him where he waited for us to complete each climb, was littered with orange peel when we returned belying his claim to having no food. | ||
+ | On the walk back to the cars he somehow talked Spiro into carrying his pack, and raced off ahead with the faster members of the party for the first time in the weekend. | ||
+ | Various people decided to lighten Spiro' | ||
+ | The people who had been donating food over the weekend soon | ||
+ | .....01)1 lightened Spiro' | ||
+ | Arriving at the cars he rescued his | ||
+ | pack from Spiro and quickly inspecting its contents and noting the missing food items, shouted, " | ||
+ | On the trip home he continued to exercise his charm until even Spiro' | ||
+ | Our friend was never accepted into the SBW, but in another group suffered for his practice of pack swapping bythe loss of his camera. Despite, or because' | ||
+ | There are several lessons to be remembered by walks leaders from this tale. Check before the walk date not at the cars on the day! | ||
+ | 0 Investigate claims of experience carefully. " | ||
+ | | ||
+ | suitable, you may- end up carrying them if the newcomer becomes tired: | ||
+ | AUGUST 1995 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER PAGE 9 | ||
+ | check on what food is to be taken and in what sort of packaging. | ||
+ | 0 Check on the wet weather gear. I have met first-time walkers in Tasmania, on a ten day walk who only had a disposable plastic raincoat which laSteclone day (1 same walkers had ordinary street shoes and one had a sole tied on with wire after one days walking.) | ||
+ | o Make sure that newcomers fully appreciate the country through which the walk is to take place. If problems are met, assign an experienced walker to shepherd the slow ones, and try to adjust the pace of the walk to the slowest member where possible. | ||
+ | Remember the old saying. Prevention is better than cure! * | ||
+ | HAVE YOU? | ||
+ | Have you tried to light afire, with some wood that's rather damp, | ||
+ | Using wet and sodden matches in a dismal | ||
+ | rain-swept camp? | ||
+ | Have you _frozen in a sleeping bag that's two or three feet small | ||
+ | With the feather down so thin you wonder | ||
+ | if it's there at all? | ||
+ | Have you trudged up hill and valley and discOvered in | ||
+ | the gloom, | ||
+ | Thai the lead-er' | ||
+ | Have you ever after such a trip, returned and loudly claimed | ||
+ | That the country was terrific and you'd like to go again? | ||
+ | I can't understand it! Gordon Brown 1958 | ||
+ | Magnificent Morton | ||
+ | By Maureen Carter | ||
+ | We saw the most marvellous view ever of the Budawangs on the weekend of 15/16 Julywith Jan Mohandas, who led a party of 23 members and 1 visitor, from Porters Creek Dam to Gadara Point and Pallin Pass, to camp the night on Mt Tallaterang and return along a similar route the next day, ending with a walk along the Little forest Plateau. | ||
+ | The fast tramp through long grass and Banksia. ericafolia was no consequence once we stopped to marvel at the views of The Castle from' | ||
+ | | ||
+ | We enjoyed two levels of camping with the upper class occupying a cosy overhang that afford ed views,of Pigeon House and beyond, a few metres from our beds. The' lower' class put up tents - amongst the shrubs and invited us to share their ample campfire. Or did we invite ourselves? In spite of our condemnation of the le bombe, no- one seemed to reject a sip of Patrick' | ||
+ | & Chandon Liqueur, except Patrick, who slept through everything; including duelling snorers. | ||
+ | One happy camper was glad she had a cubby hole to stretch out in as, after berating hersellall day for leaving her tent poles in the car, Jan Roberts discovered that she had actually Jeft her tent in the car and brought the poles with her! | ||
+ | Eating muesli whilst drinking in views of a clear and sunny morning as the first rays hit The Castle, is an experience I will always remember. Equally, I will find joy in recalling the blazing golden candles of the stunted Banksias and the camaraderie of fellow walkers. I will try to forget the knee high Hakea - ouch! Even the Chinese meal in Nowra was more than I expected. And I found a hot chocOlate at the ice cream shop. - | ||
+ | Thank you Jan for a wonderful weekend which erased the stress of last week, and will carry me through this week until I venture bush again next weekend!* | ||
+ | PAGE 10 THE SYDNEY BUSH WALKER AUGUST 1995 | ||
+ | ROCKY MOUNTAIN SKIING 10th Mountain Division Trails | ||
+ | By Kenn Clacker | ||
+ | The charms of Aspen and Vail are well-known to members of the SBW and other members of the international glitterati., | ||
+ | is not so well-known is the several collections of huts spread around the Rocky Mountains iwthe vicinity of these resorts that have been built for the enjoyment of cross-country skiers. The huts are generally located at a relatively easy day.'s traVel from each other and are, by the standard of White' | ||
+ | The 10th Mountain, | ||
+ | There are currently 14 huts in the system with at least one more being built. The highest is Jackal hut at 11,660ft (3,550m) and the lowest Harry Gates hut at 9,700ft (2,950m). Two of the huts are privately owned but can be booked through the 10th Mountain Division Hut Association. Distances' | ||
+ | The huts are equipped with every mod con you would expect to find in a mountain hut, and then some. Most ',are of two storey construction with bedrooms on the top floor and living, kitchen and | ||
+ | eating areas on the bottom floor. Sixteen people can bp accommodated in the dormitory of each | ||
+ | . hut. If necessary many times that number could be accommodated in an emergency, as the huts are large: Equipment provided in the huts in which we stayed included gas and wood cooking stoves, woOd-fired stove for room heating, chopped wood to feed these appliances, solar-powered electric lighting with back-up Coleman lamps, all kitchen needs such as crockery, cutlery, cooking utensils, detergent, kitchen sink, running water (recommended for cooking needs only); but alas, you bring your own chef? Then there was a pit toilet, shovels for clearing the way there, and toilet paper to reward the shoveller. The huts were all well insulated and double glazed. And the views_tttifittmim | ||
+ | Our trip was intended to be from a trailhead near Aspen to Vail, taking eleven days and covering a distance of around 110km excluding side trips. Pretty easy, we anticipated, | ||
+ | A few clays' acclimation (American for acclimatisation, | ||
+ | AUGUST 1995 THE SYDNEY BUSH WALKER PAGE 11 | ||
+ | .Pa vid, who had,skied Aspen several times at the height of its seison, reckoned it was as good as e bad ever struck it there, and had to switch to &Within skis to extract maximum benefit.' | ||
+ | Next morning we caught a taxi to the trailhod vvhich was about 25km distant, but 100km by road. There is a section of 10th Mountain Division trail from Aspen to our trailhead but it would have entailed an extra couple of days' skiing and, as it turned out, there was no snow on the Aspen side anyway. Our first day's travel entailed about 11km and 600m elevation gain, most of it along a well-graded road. | ||
+ | There had been some more snow overnight (as there was every night of our trip), which meant | ||
+ | hard going for whoever was breaking trail. It soon became apparent that I had made a good choice of ski to use. | ||
+ | I had agonised hard and long over which ski to use on the trip --the trusty Karhu XCD GTs which had served me faithfully and well in Australia and on a previous trip to the Sierra Nevada, or the Black Diamond Toute Neiges which 1 had originally purchased mainly as resort XCD skis. The Black Diamonds have no pattern, so it 'meant that if 1 took them 1 ,would have the aggravation of using wax and skins. On the other hand the downhills would be easier to handle, and of course they are great for the yo-yoing we would be doing to acclimate. I eventually opted for the Black Diamonds being swayed by the fact that all the Americans on our previous trip in the Sierra Nevada had used skis similar to them. When in Rome, do as the Romans! | ||
+ | To be continued in the September SBW Magazine... | ||
+ | And discover what makes Build Up Bushwalking such a special experience. | ||
+ | As the year progresses, the hOt, dry weather of September turns into the hotter, humid weather of October and | ||
+ | November. All but a few creeks have completely disappeared. Major rivers are reduced to a series of isolated | ||
+ | waterholes. The land lies brown and parched, waiting, still, silent and sweltering. | ||
+ | - | ||
+ | Suddenly, a wind springs up in a matter of minutes, the temperature drops five or even ten degrees The first few drops of rain turn into a torrent as lightning flashes and thunder roars. Then it is over and still once more The frogs began to call and the birds begin to sing. The land turns green again, almost as you watch.: All nature rejoices in the change. | ||
+ | Ever i in this the hottest time of year, there are a few beautiful, cool, shady creeks and gorges where the bush aiker can relax and watch the birds as they come in for a drink or listen to the cicada chorus which announces tile:coming Change. Knowledgeable locals head bush at every opportunity, | ||
+ | middle part of the day will devoted. to taking it easy and soaking up the sights ,s1WA14. | ||
+ | and sounds of the environment around us. On our final walk of the year, we | ||
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+ | AUGUST 1995 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER PAGE 13 | ||
+ | THE 1995 GAMMON RANGES EXPEDITION | ||
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+ | Though he was non-committal, | ||
+ | rangth of SoUth ' | ||
+ | David always books with Ansett just because he is in their frequent flyer scheme hc doesn' | ||
+ | A little later, the party met at David' | ||
+ | We were apprehensive, | ||
+ | The (Ansett) plane left Sydney at 06:25 on Saturday the 3rd June and carried the whole party, David Rostron, Spiro Hajinakitis, | ||
+ | in OW time to make camp in daylight Weetootla : Creek: a broad dry-river red-gum studded stream- bed which here left the ranges and, after joining Balcanoona Creek, went eastward through rocky foot hills to the salt pan of Lake Frome. | ||
+ | The next morning (Sunday 4th) we left the cars and walked up Weetootla Creek. almost immediately this narrowed and to our great joy we saw pools of recent water. David' | ||
+ | NoWwe could see the lie of the land ahead. Ahead, to the north-west, lay the main spine of this part of the Gammons - the Blue Range. the top of this was by repute flattish and extremely scrubby, but this flank was heavily dissected, and it was this dissected, area of gorges and peaks which we would traverse during the next 8 days. | ||
+ | We approached by continuing up Weetootla Creek. As we followed this back towards the range it became an. ever deeper and more imposing gorge, and finally it split into two chasms, the apparent right of which Was B.unyip Chasm. This was a listed water source so, though it was still early afternoon, we choose a campsite, dropped our packs, put nibbles and wine-skins into our day packs and entered. After scrambling and climbing up rocks and dry waterfalls we came to a slot containing a few pools of darkish water. We pushed on until temporarily stopped. by an metre wall presenting oozing water and wet rocks. But our leader ' | ||
+ | On the way back drizzle and consequent fear of wet rock caused us to hurry. But :we had no trouble, and At the lowest rock pool we filled our wine-skins, and then made our way down to our campsite for a lazy late afternoon. | ||
+ | ...continued on Page 14 => | ||
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+ | The next day (Monday the 5111) we planned a summit camp on Mt. John Roberts. We filled our wine-skins and walked back down Weetootla Creek a short distance, before climbing a steep ridge onto the tops and the mountain. Mi. John Roberts is at the end of a narrow divide between Weetootla and North Italowie creeks, and drops abruptly on three sides. To the cast we looked over otintarting point, Weetootla Gorge and Grindell' | ||
+ | In the morning (Tuesday the' | ||
+ | Our prograin for Wednesday the 7th was Rover. Rockhole via Cleft Peak. As always, Spiro arose at 4am, cooked breakfast, and fed us at dawn. Then taking a little boiled water for lunch, we walked back down North Italowie Creek to the Wildflower Creek junction and then up Wildflower Creek to the Cleft Creek junction. | ||
+ | Cleft Creek is indeed a cleft. The ridge on its apparent left leads directly to Cleft Peak; the Guide Book said it Was hairy, and it was David' | ||
+ | both ridges were negotiable and the left ridge would have led us more directly to the peak. | ||
+ | After lunching on the peak, we retraced our steps back to the subsidiary peak and part of the way down the climbing ridge, before descending a westerly side ridge which led to Rover Rockhole Creek.. Here we made camp before taking our wine-sacks and climbing the dry waterfall which guards the rockholes. The Water was coffee- coloured from dissolved goat knoblets, as usual, and our leader expressed concern that many of the tadpoles were lying belly-up. Some of us walked further up in search of better water. It was a wide deep canyon with horizontal rock strata and shelving steps. We found other pools but not of Significantly better quality; anyway by this time we were used to drinking boiled goat knoblet water. In one of these pools, while Wendy vainly tried to locate a protesting frog, David, Bill, and 1 had a frigid (soapless) bath. We returned to the main rockholcs, filled our wine-skins, placed them in string bags, and lowered them by rope to the campsite below. | ||
+ | 'A To be continued in the September SBW | ||
+ | Expressions of Interest | ||
+ | Do you have a body | ||
+ | and some money | ||
+ | and a yen to do Kakadu? | ||
+ | me too! | ||
+ | I am looking for | ||
+ | expressions of interest from club members who would like to join me in May 1996 walking in Kakadu National Park. | ||
+ | Please phone Lone Dean 9982 9866 | ||
+ | AUGUST 1995 THE SYDNEY BUSH WALKER PAGE 15 | ||
+ | | ||
+ | The July General Meeting | ||
+ | By Barry Wallace | ||
+ | There were around 26, members present by 2006 so the president called them to order and began the meeting by calling for apologies. These there were for Ian Debert, Joy Hynes and Bill and Fran Holland. The minutes of the June general meeting were read and received with no matters arising. | ||
+ | The welcome to new members saw a total of 8 new members come forward. They were: | ||
+ | NAME ADDRESS HOME BUS. | ||
+ | MS JANICE (JAN BROWN) 1 MALAIIIDE RD PENNANT HILLS 2120 484 3696, 687 2366 | ||
+ | Ms MARYSIA (MISII) 35 GLEBE ST EDGECL1FF 2027 228 5829 | ||
+ | 363 0234 | ||
+ | DEREWLANY | ||
+ | MR-STEPHEN LILLIOJA 5/9 CHELMSFORD RD WENTWORITIVILLE 2145 688 1727 828 4577 | ||
+ | MS CATHRYN. OLLIF 8/43 ASIIBURNER ST MANLY2095 9977 0990 285 7839 | ||
+ | Maci IRISTOPHER POLESON 165 EASTERN AVE KINGSFORD 2032 663 2927 752 1980 | ||
+ | MR JOHN pousoN Cl GREYCLIFFE AVE.VAUCLUSE 2030 337 5511 | ||
+ | MR MICHAEL SCHWARZ 296 KISSING POINT RD TURRAMURRA 2074 44 2106 547 2217 | ||
+ | M' | ||
+ | Other members who have recently joined are also welcomed, with their details as follows: | ||
+ | MR PETER DALTON MR FRANK DAVIS | ||
+ | MR ALLAN DONNELLY MR TED KELLY | ||
+ | MS MIRIAM KIRWAN MR SANDY LARSON MR PAUL MC CANN MS GAIL SICCARDI | ||
+ | MR 'JOHN SICCARDI | ||
+ | - | ||
+ | MR BILL SMALL WOOD MS LYNNE.YEAMAN MR WEIMAR TEM} | ||
+ | 56 EUROKA ST WAVERTON 2660 167 KARIMBLA RD MIRANDA 2228 6/36 ARTHUR ST NORTH SYDNEY 2231 11 RAGLAN ST TURRAMURRA 2074 1 KURRABA RD NEUTRAL BAY 2089 4/8 CURZON ST RYDE 2112 | ||
+ | 4 CENTENNIAL CLOSE ARMADALE 2350 10 TONGA CLOSE, | ||
+ | 9957 4907 9955 8244 | ||
+ | 524 2661 | ||
+ | 9955 2957 217 3179 | ||
+ | 44 2854 | ||
+ | , | ||
+ | :99661662 | ||
+ | 809 4525 749 1488 | ||
+ | 067 726156 | ||
+ | 759 1208 | ||
+ | 759 1208 502 2633 | ||
+ | 418 1446 9979 7999 | ||
+ | 9956 8886 391 9268 | ||
+ | 411 8212 417 6733 | ||
+ | Correspondence saw a letter of thanks from Kath Brown (hi Kath) for the flowers the dub sent her during a recent bout with some hospital or other. The Department of Gaming (or some entity with a name vaguely resembling that) has written demanding that we either take up Or refuse their offer of an authority to hold games of chance for fund raising purposes. We have written declining the offer. We also received letters from thc Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre (1C1\1C) regarding building security and a :change of location for our cupboard, and fro m the Department of Mineral Resources responding in a passing way to the concerns we have expressed about damage to Bungonia' | ||
+ | We sent letters to our new members and responded to the KNC letter. There was no business arising from the correspondence so in the absence of the treasurer we Moved on to the Walks Reports. | ||
+ | -PAGE 16 THE SYDNEY BUSH WALKER AUGUST 1995 | ||
+ | The Walks Reports began with a couple of ring ins which had arrived too late for inclusion in last months report. Jim Rivers had 14 on his long weekend walk in Myall Creek, ,fg. Jones Creek, Bullfrog Creek area. They enjoyed a diverse range of weathers and conditions but we have Jim's solemn word that they all enjoyed themselves. Errol Sheedy' | ||
+ | The weekeficrof 16, 17, 18 June could not be described as' Sunny but it Was breezy, and quite cold. So math so that Bill Holland' | ||
+ | Tom Wenman led a party of 10 in cool but fine conditions for his Megalong Valley Saturday morning start walk over the weekend of 24, 25 June. There were no details for stages 17 and 18 of Wilf Hilder' | ||
+ | On Saturday Ken Smith led a party of 5 on his Jack Evans track walk and Eddy Giacomel conducted a hard to medium hard version of his Hornsby to Brooklyn and return cycle trip, it seems there were headwinds whichever way they were heading. Sunday saw Tony Crichton leading | ||
+ | a party of 21 sprinters on his Otford to 13undeena trip. Some of the party even caught the 1600 ferry. There was a rumour that Steve Ellis' | ||
+ | The treasurer had arrived by this time so we took his report next. It seems we received income of $234.51 and closed the month with a balance of | ||
+ | $6,876. | ||
+ | Alex was away so we skipped the Conservation report and went on to the Confederation report. This brought some puzzlement over NPWS announcing they had cleared horses and cattle from the Bluegum Forest just the weekend before a party from the club encountered the usual numbers there on a walk. There was also mention that the service is attempting to clear the deer from the Royal and have asked walkers to report sightings. ( A recent newspaper report seems to indicate that private enterprise is attempting to participate, | ||
+ | General business saw, mention of a recent clean up of the hut at Coolana. Just personally I felt the reference to " | ||
+ | Then came the announcements and the President closed the meeting at 2100.* | ||
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