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- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER is a monthiy | + | ====== May 1997 ====== |
- | Editor: Patrick James | + | |
- | 512 Hardie Street Neutral Bay 2089 | + | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER is a monthly |
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+ | **Editor:** Patrick James\\ | ||
+ | 5/2 Hardie Street Neutral Bay 2089\\ | ||
Telephone 9904 1515 | Telephone 9904 1515 | ||
- | Business Manager: George Mawer | + | |
- | 42 Lincoln Road Georges Hall | + | **Business Manager:** George Mawer\\ |
+ | 42 Lincoln Road Georges Hall\\ | ||
Telephone 9707 1343 | Telephone 9707 1343 | ||
- | Production Manager: Fran Holland | + | |
- | Printers: Kenn Clacher, Barrie Murdoch, | + | **Production Manager:** Fran Holland\\ |
- | Margaret Niven, Les Powell & Tom Wenman, | + | |
- | THE SYDNEY BUSH WALKERS INCORPORATED was founded in 1927. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening at 8 pm at Kirribilli Neighbourhood | + | **Printers:** Kenn Clacher, Barrie Murdoch, Margaret Niven, Les Powell & Tom Wenman, |
- | President: Tony Holgate | + | |
- | Vice-President: | + | 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. |
- | Public Officer: Fran Holland | + | |
- | Treasurer: Greta James | + | |**President:**|Tony Holgate| |
- | Secretary:. Michele Powell | + | |**Vice-President: |
- | Walks Secretary: Eddy Giacomel | + | |**Public Officer:**|Fran Holland| |
- | Social Secretary: Committee | + | |**Treasurer:**|Greta James| |
- | Membership Secretary: Barry Wallace | + | |**Secretary:**|Michele Powell| |
- | New Members Secretary: | + | |**Walks Secretary:**|Eddy Giacomel| |
- | Jennifer Trevor -Roberts | + | |**Social Secretary:**|Committee| |
- | Conservation Secretary: Bill Holland | + | |**Membership Secretary:**|Barry Wallace| |
- | Magazine Editor: Patrick James | + | |**New Members Secretary:**|Jennifer Trevor-Roberts| |
- | Committee Members: | + | |**Conservation Secretary:**|Bill Holland| |
- | Peter Dalton & Don Wills | + | |**Magazine Editor:**|Patrick James| |
- | Delegates to Confederation: | + | |**Committee Members:**|Peter Dalton & Don Wills| |
- | Ken Smith and Jim Callaway | + | |**Delegates to Confederation: |
- | MAY 1997 | + | |
- | In This Issue | + | ===== In This Issue ===== |
- | P 2 My Kanagra | + | |
- | P 3 Hip Hip Hoo Rae - Helen Gray | + | |P 2|My Kanangra |
- | Letter to the editor: Frank Rigby | + | |P 3|Hip Hip Hoo Rae - Helen Gray\\ Letter to the editor: Frank Rigby| |
- | P 4 New Training Strategy - Lucy Moore | + | |P 4|New Training Strategy - Lucy Moore| |
- | P 6 NAV Shield Competition | + | |P 5|NAV Shield Competition| |
- | P 6 April General Meeting - Barry Wallace | + | |P 6|April General Meeting - Barry Wallace| |
- | P 9 Feet - Michael McCoy | + | |P 9|Feet - Michael McCoy| |
- | P 10 When You're Hot You're Hot - Greta James | + | |P 10|When You're Hot You're Hot - Greta James| |
- | P 11 The Golden Years - Jim Brown | + | |P 11|The Golden Years - Jim Brown| |
- | P 14 A Nostrum which may very well enhance - Don Matthews | + | |P 14|A Nostrum which may very well enhance - Don Matthews\\ 70th Anniversary Celebrations| |
- | 70th Anniversary Celebrations | + | |P 15|Coolana Possible Conservation Agreement| |
- | P 15 Coolana Possible Conservation Agreement | + | |P 17|And a good day was had by all- George Mawer| |
- | P 17 And a good day Was had by all- George Mawer | + | |P 18|Footnotes- Patrick James| |
- | P 18 Footnotes- Patrick James | + | |
- | 2 The Sydney Bushwalker, May 1997 | + | ==== Advertisers ==== |
- | My Kanagra | + | |
- | I was interested to read "some notes on Kanagra | + | |P 6|Willis Walkabouts| |
- | My special Spirit of Place is an area that extends from Katoomba to Kanagra- | + | |P 8|Eastwood Camping Centre| |
- | My earliest memory of the mountains was when I was four years old and my parents took me to Katoomba for a weekend. I can clearly remember standing at Echo Point staring at the mist in the valley below and saying to my father "But Dad why is the sky down on the ground" | + | |P 13|Alpsports| |
- | I first visited | + | |back cover|Paddy Pallin| |
- | That was back in the 1950s and there were not as many cars around. Most of our Kanagra | + | |
- | wooden dance floor was still there and we usually threw our sleeping bags dawn on the rough boards and -after a good stiff swig of rum to counter the cold and the cheap sleeping bag that was about all I could afford on an apprentices wages, we made the most of the night. Unfortunately, | + | ===== My Kanangra ===== |
- | The old-timers built dance floors at Kanagra | + | |
- | Early in the 1960s Lynn and I were married and we were lucky enough to live at Jenolan caves. I landed a job as a caves guide and Lynn worked at the little Post Office. Two of our children were born at nearby Oberon Hospital. On our days off we were able to drive to Kanagra | + | by John Poleson |
- | I also got to know quite a bit about the history of the area. Did you know that the first ladder from the cave up to the. Plateau was log with steps hewn by the Abciriginals. The first permanent ladder was an old set of redundant caves steps from Jenolan which was erected by the great caves explorer James Wyburd around 1891. The present route was blasted out of the rock during World WarP 2 as, an emergency escape route for people and stock should there be a Japanese invasion. The Kanagra | + | |
- | There is a marvelous | + | I was interested to read "some notes on Kanangra |
- | 1927- Sydney Bushwalkers 70 Years -1997 | + | |
- | The Sydney Bushwalker. May 1997 3 | + | My special Spirit of Place is an area that extends from Katoomba to Kanangra |
- | on the tops. I quote a description given by an old bushwalker, Jim Barrett in his much recommended book "Kanagra | + | |
- | -The legend of Headless Rider Point and its mysterious horse and rider goes back to the very early days of cattle running around | + | My earliest memory of the mountains was when I was four years old and my parents took me to Katoomba for a weekend. I can clearly remember standing at Echo Point staring at the mist in the valley below and saying to my father "But Dad why is the sky down on the ground" |
- | Perhaps on one dark storiny | + | |
- | Hip Hip Hoo Rae! By Helen Gray | + | I first visited |
- | Last month on Jamberoo Mountain 120 people gathered to celebrate the 95 th birthday of Rae Page. | + | |
- | Rae and late husband Peter joined SBW in the 1930s. They wSe, like most members today, city people with city jobs- gae an accountant and Peter a bank employee. Most people dream their dreams, but the Pages lived theirs. In the 1940s after Peter had returned from the war, they chose the alternative lifestyle. (Or whatever it was called then; probably madness.) On the slopes of Jamberoo Mountain, below the Barren Ground Cliffs, they made their home. Attempts at self- sufficiency, | + | That was back in the 1950s and there were not as many cars around. Most of our Kanangra |
- | The Pages kept their interest in bushwalking and expecially | + | |
- | our magazine, and with her love of people and her amazing memory, she is very much an active (in interest at least) Sydney Bushwalker. | + | The old-timers built dance floors at Kanangra |
- | I was lucky enough to first stay at Jamberoo in the early 1950s. I rememberriae | + | |
- | And here I was a jamberoo | + | Early in the 1960s Lynn and I were married and we were lucky enough to live at Jenolan caves. I landed a job as a caves guide and Lynn worked at the little Post Office. Two of our children were born at nearby Oberon Hospital. On our days off we were able to drive to Kanangra |
- | It was a pleasure and privilage to celebrate your birthday with you, Rae. May you have a least 5 more. | + | |
- | Letter to the Editor: Frank Rigby | + | I also got to know quite a bit about the history of the area. Did you know that the first ladder from the cave up to the Plateau was log with steps hewn by the Aboriginals. The first permanent ladder was an old set of redundant caves steps from Jenolan which was erected by the great caves explorer James Wyburd around 1891. The present route was blasted out of the rock during World War 2 as an emergency escape route for people and stock should there be a Japanese invasion. The Kanangra |
- | I enjoyed reading Frank Davis' article "Red Centre Ramble" | + | |
- | Frank seems to have confused the climates of the Top End (eg darwin) and the Red Centre (eg Alice Springs). The two are totally different. In the centre there is no distinct WET and DRY and no " | + | There is a marvellous |
- | 1927- Sydney Bushwalkers 70 Years -1997 | + | |
- | 4 The Sydney Bushwalker, May 1997 | + | "The legend of Headless Rider Point and its mysterious horse and rider goes back to the very early days of cattle running around |
- | Although.: generally arid or .semi-arid, rain can occur at any time of the year, although' | + | |
- | I have also been washed out of the MacDonnell Ranges in June. | + | Perhaps on one dark stormy |
- | As I suggested. in my book 'The MacDonnell | + | |
- | So there it iS. To enjoy the Centre at its best, go in the winter (June and July are usually ideal) and make sure there will be enough water around. The Alice Springs Bush walking Club could help you assess the latter. (Notwithstanding the expert view above, firstly Don and Frank' | + | |
- | Magazine Articles Wanted | + | ===== Hip Hip Hoo Rae! ===== |
- | The Sydney Bushwalker is a good as the written word within. Style is flexible: short, medium or long, prose or poetry; humorous or serious, fact or fiction. The limit is simply your imagination. | + | |
- | Magazine Deadlines For articles, and long notes the deadline is the first Wednesday of the month. The absolute deadline, for short notes, etc. is the general' | + | By Helen Gray |
- | Contributions ideally should be on 3.5 inch floppy disk IBM PC format. Any word processor will do, but the one of choce is Word for Windows. | + | |
- | 2. save the file as a RTF (rich text format) file with a short' | + | Last month on Jamberoo Mountain 120 people gathered to celebrate the 95th birthday of Rae Page. |
- | character) + 3 character extension, for example ********.***, | + | |
- | 3. you need to have a file called PC Exchange on your computer, this file is usually present on computers running under System 7 and upwards. | + | Rae and late husband Peter joined SBW in the 1930s. They were, like most members today, city people with city jobs - Rae an accountant and Peter a bank employee. Most people dream their dreams, but the Pages lived theirs. In the 1940s after Peter had returned from the war, they chose the alternative lifestyle. (Or whatever it was called then, probably madness.) On the slopes of Jamberoo Mountain, below the Barren Ground Cliffs, they made their home. Attempts at self-sufficiency, |
- | 4. If you don't have a PC formatted disk call me and I will supply one. | + | |
+ | The Pages kept their interest in bushwalking and especially | ||
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+ | I was lucky enough to first stay at Jamberoo in the early 1950s. I remember Rae and Peter showing me my first lyre-bird' | ||
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+ | And here I was at Jamberoo | ||
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+ | It was a pleasure and privilage to celebrate your birthday with you, Rae. May you have a least 5 more. | ||
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+ | ===== Letter to the Editor | ||
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+ | Frank Rigby | ||
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+ | I enjoyed reading Frank Davis' article "Red Centre Ramble" | ||
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+ | Frank seems to have confused the climates of the Top End (eg Darwin) and the Red Centre (eg Alice Springs). The two are totally different. In the centre there is no distinct WET and DRY and no " | ||
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+ | As I suggested in my book "The MacDonnell | ||
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+ | So there it is. To enjoy the Centre at its best, go in the winter (June and July are usually ideal) and make sure there will be enough water around. The Alice Springs Bush walking Club could help you assess the latter. | ||
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+ | //(Notwithstanding the expert view above, firstly Don and Frank' | ||
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+ | ===== Magazine Articles Wanted | ||
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+ | The Sydney Bushwalker is a good as the written word within. Style is flexible: short, medium or long, prose or poetry; humorous or serious, fact or fiction. The limit is simply your imagination. | ||
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+ | **Magazine Deadlines** For articles and long notes the deadline is the first Wednesday of the month. The absolute deadline, for short notes, etc. is the general meeting held the second Wednesday of the month. The magazine is printed on the Thursday after the general meeting. Then its too late for another month. | ||
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+ | Contributions ideally should be on 3.5 inch floppy disk IBM PC format. Any word processor will do, but the one of choice | ||
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+ | If you use an Apple-Macintosh computer the following directions will allow Apple-Mac files be read by a PC | ||
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+ | 1. insert a PC formatted disk into the Apple-Macintosh computer, | ||
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+ | 2. save the file as a RTF (rich text format) file with a short file name, that is file name (max. 8 character) + 3 character extension, for example | ||
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+ | 3. you need to have a file called PC Exchange on your computer, this file is usually present on computers running under System 7 and upwards. | ||
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+ | 4. If you don't have a PC formatted disk call me and I will supply one. | ||
Post the disk plus a hard copy of the file to me at 5/2 Hardie St., Neutral Bay N.S.W. 2089. | Post the disk plus a hard copy of the file to me at 5/2 Hardie St., Neutral Bay N.S.W. 2089. | ||
- | New training strategy:Lucy Moore | + | |
- | Most NSW bushwalking clubs are to be offered training materials and best practise manuals to help them train their leaders and members. | + | ===== New training strategy |
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+ | Lucy Moore | ||
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+ | Most NSW bushwalking clubs are to be offered training materials and best practise manuals to help them train their leaders and members. | ||
Under the training policy adopted by the Confederation at the April workshop, club representatives propose to develop resources to ensure all clubs have: | Under the training policy adopted by the Confederation at the April workshop, club representatives propose to develop resources to ensure all clubs have: | ||
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- | | + | * knowledge of the new national competency standards |
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- | Some clubs also wanted Confederation to take a a more direct role in delivering courses such as leadership skills, activity-specific skills and trainthe-trainer. But the problems of getting enough trainers was seen as a sticking point. | + | |
- | While many trainers give generously of their time to train , | + | |
- | The sub-committee is reponsible | + | Some clubs also wanted Confederation to take a a more direct role in delivering courses such as leadership skills, activity-specific skills and train-the-trainer. But the problems of getting enough trainers was seen as a sticking point. |
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- | use existing resources wherever possible keep training resource information up to date | + | While many trainers give generously of their time to train members |
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- | 1927- Sydney Bushwalkers 70 'Years -1997 | + | The sub-committee is responsible |
- | If you use an Apple-Macintosh computer the following: | + | |
- | I. insert a PC formatted disk into the Apple- Macintosh computer, | + | * nominate a training |
- | The need for clubs to have a formal training strategy has been accelerated by the recent publication of ORCA' s (Outdoor Recreation Council of Australia) new competency standards for leaders of outdoor activities. | + | |
- | Although the standards are yet not mandatory, many walkers fear that land managers and insurance underwriters may eventually insist on compliance by club leaders. While Confederation still rejects the the need for mandatory accreditation of leaders, it does recognise the irrii5OrtAnce | + | * keep training resource information up to date |
- | Accidents will ' | + | |
- | NAV Shield; Australia' | + | |
- | The NAV Shield is an overnight navigation event where teams of competitors attempt to gain as many points as possible by finding their way, on foot only, through wilderness. terrain to premarked check points over an area from 80 to 100 square kilometres. | + | The need for clubs to have a formal training strategy has been accelerated by the recent publication of ORCA's (Outdoor Recreation Council of Australia) new competency standards for leaders of outdoor activities. |
- | WhO will enter. Teams from around Australia will include the Armed Services, Police, Fire Brigades, State Emergency Services, Volunteer | + | |
- | Rescue Associations, | + | Although the standards are yet not mandatory, many walkers fear that land managers and insurance underwriters may eventually insist on compliance by club leaders. While Confederation still rejects the the need for mandatory accreditation of leaders, it does recognise the importance |
- | Busi-iwalkers | + | |
- | All groups must have , current and relevant insurances to undertake this activity. | + | Accidents will always |
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+ | ===== NAV Shield; Australia' | ||
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+ | The NAV Shield is an overnight navigation event where teams of competitors attempt to gain as many points as possible by finding their way, on foot only, through wilderness terrain to premarked check points over an area from 80 to 100 square kilometres. | ||
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+ | **Who will enter.** Teams from around Australia will include the Armed Services, Police, Fire Brigades, State Emergency Services, Volunteer Rescue Associations, | ||
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+ | All groups must have current and relevant insurances to undertake this activity. | ||
Groups not fitting into the above categories may enter at the discretion of the organisers. | Groups not fitting into the above categories may enter at the discretion of the organisers. | ||
- | Where and when is it The weekend of the 28th and 29th of June. In bushland to the north west of Sydney. To avoid, teams gaining unfair advantage, the exact location | + | |
- | The Sydney Hushwalker, May 1997 5 | + | **Where and when is it** The weekend of the 28th and 29th of June. In bushland to the north west of Sydney. To avoid teams gaining unfair advantage, the exact location |
- | until the finish on Sunday afternoon. This means that the two day teams must carry sleeping bags, food, water, shelter and spare clothing for adverse weather. One day teams need not carry shelters or sleeping bags. | + | |
+ | **What do you bring:** Each team needs to be self sufficient from the start on Saturday morning | ||
Regardless of weather conditions, all teams start Saturday morning at 8.45 am. One day teams conclude 7.30 pm Saturday, two day teams conclude 2.00 pm Sunday afternoon. | Regardless of weather conditions, all teams start Saturday morning at 8.45 am. One day teams conclude 7.30 pm Saturday, two day teams conclude 2.00 pm Sunday afternoon. | ||
- | Organised by The event is organised by the Wilderness Rescue Group. A VRA squad that is run by the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs of NSW. | + | |
+ | **Organised by** The event is organised by the Wilderness Rescue Group. A VRA squad that is run by the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs of NSW. | ||
Since the late 30's the Wilderness Rescue team have been assisting in the rescue of people lost in inaccessible and remote areas of NSW. Wilderness Rescue calls on the skills and experiences of many capable bushwalkers to provide ground teams to search in weather that prohibits flying and in areas that are geographically difficult and remote. | Since the late 30's the Wilderness Rescue team have been assisting in the rescue of people lost in inaccessible and remote areas of NSW. Wilderness Rescue calls on the skills and experiences of many capable bushwalkers to provide ground teams to search in weather that prohibits flying and in areas that are geographically difficult and remote. | ||
- | Further Information: | + | |
- | If you have any queries ring John Tonitto on (02) 9789 2527, fax: (02) 9718 7272 or | + | **Further Information: |
- | Mobile: 019 395 047. Or visit Web site: | + | |
- | hap : //www. ozemail. | + | If you have any queries ring John Tonitto on |
- | Class 1: -1 Day - 2 to 4 members and carrying minimum gear requirements | + | |
+ | (02) 9789 2527, fax: (02) 9718 7272 or | ||
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+ | Mobile: 019 395 047. Or visit Web site: http:// | ||
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+ | Class 1: 1 Day - 2 to 4 members and carrying minimum gear requirements | ||
Class 2: 2 Day - 4 to 6 members and carrying minimum gear requirements | Class 2: 2 Day - 4 to 6 members and carrying minimum gear requirements | ||
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Teams must be of approved rescue class as in "Who Will Enter" section. | Teams must be of approved rescue class as in "Who Will Enter" section. | ||
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Class 2: 1 Day and 2 Day: At least two members and of rescue groups as approved by Wilderness Rescue. | Class 2: 1 Day and 2 Day: At least two members and of rescue groups as approved by Wilderness Rescue. | ||
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Rogain: Members of the Rogain Association, | Rogain: Members of the Rogain Association, | ||
- | Entry fee and other costs, including catering, (hot food On Saturday night and Sunday lunch) are detailed on the entry form. A limited number of T-shirts and Caps to commemorate the event will be on sale at the base site. | + | |
- | What do you bring: Eiach team needs to be self sufficient from the start on Saturday, morning | + | Entry fee and other costs, including catering, (hot food on Saturday night and Sunday lunch) are detailed on the entry form. A limited number of T-shirts and Caps to commemorate the event will be on sale at the base site. |
- | 1927- Sydney Bushwalkers 70 Years | + | |
- | -1997 | + | ===== April 1997 General Meeting ===== |
- | 6 The Sydney Bushwalker, May 1997 | + | |
- | Apri11997 General Meeting. | + | by Barry Wallace |
- | It was all a sharp contrast for the previous month' | + | |
- | Correspondence came in such a rush that some itenis | + | It was all a sharp contrast for the previous month' |
- | The walks reports began at the weekend of 14, 15, 16 March with another Coolana maintenance weekend. Morrie Ward led a party of 15 on his walk on the Barrington Tops. They started off in thick fog but the weather improved to become mild. The creek water level was about 300 mm higher than usual and this forced a rethink, and some changes. in route, after they arrived late at the campsite on Saturday evening. Zol Bodlay and the party of 12 on his duckponds walk in MarraMarra | + | |
- | moved on to an alternative site. Other than that, the walk went well. Lynne Yeaman' | + | Correspondence came in such a rush that some items may have escaped your scribe. There was a letter from Ainslie Morris supporting the decision |
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+ | The treasurer' | ||
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+ | The walks reports began at the weekend of 14, 15, 16 March with another Coolana maintenance weekend. Morrie Ward led a party of 15 on his walk on the Barrington Tops. They started off in thick fog but the weather improved to become mild. The creek water level was about 300 mm higher than usual and this forced a rethink, and some changes in route, after they arrived late at the campsite on Saturday evening. Zol Bodlay and the party of 12 on his duckponds walk in Marramarra | ||
Wilf Hilder' | Wilf Hilder' | ||
- | Wendy Arnott' | + | |
- | Easter weekend, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 March, saw Bill Capon leading a party of 7 on an interesting variation of his programmed Yalwal to Safrass | + | Wendy Arnott' |
- | 1927- Sydney Bushwalkers 70 Years -1997 | + | |
- | - n - - | + | Easter weekend, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 March, saw Bill Capon leading a party of 7 on an interesting variation of his programmed Yalwal to Sassafras |
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- | 154.4, | + | The weekend of 5, 6 April saw the Coolana weeders; bushland regeneration group that is, at work again. There was also a report that Maurice Smith' |
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- | sT, | + | Conservation |
- | IV/TEC | + | |
- | Bk& | + | Confederation report began with news that the latest 6 monthly liaison meeting between NPWS and the Confederation has been deferred. Confederation are to support |
- | SCAILIR IP" | + | |
- | ONE PLANET | + | For some unknown reason general business brings a spate of announcements, rather than business, and this one was no exception. A number of cars were broken into at Curra Moors during daylight hours, the 70th anniversary dinner lives, on a Friday no less, and the meeting closed at 2115. |
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- | TATON KA | + | In the early 1950's an American researcher named V. T. Inman took movies of men wandering around his lab in nothing but loin cloths, subsequently describing the way we walk as a series of movements in which we alternately lose and regain our balance every time we lift a foot from the ground and put it down in front of us again. That we don't fall flat on our faces a good three or four dozen times a day would seem to say a lot for our sense of balance and the complex anatomy and function of our feet. |
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- | The StormShield | + | Whether walking or running, the force of our heels hitting the ground produces a shock wave which vibrates through our feet and is transmitted into our legs, up through the pelvis and then from one vertebra to the next all the way up our spinal column. The reason our heads don't jiggle about like those of the little toy dogs you always used to see sitting under the back windows of Valiants is in part due to a unique layer of fat. Arranged in vertical columns and reinforced by bands of tough fibrous tissue, the fat in our heels works like row upon row of tiny hydraulic |
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- | | + | The twenty-six bones that make up each of our feet are arranged in arches which provide enough intrinsic stability to hold up the rest of our body above. Many of the bones are wedge shaped and lock into place like the stones in an arched bridge, cemented together for extra strength by a network of ligaments. The tendons of the lower leg muscles provide further support, holding the bony arches in place like the thick steel cables of a suspension bridge. |
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- | A Macpac Tents Backpacks Sleeping bags A Rainwear A Trangia Stoves A Thermarests | + | On a less functional note, there are a those among us who in their more intimate moments apparently rank a healthy bit of toe sucking right up there on their list of sensual delights. So all things considered it would only make good sense that we do what we can to look after such a useful and exciting part of our anatomy. |
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- | ' DISCOUNT FOI CLUB MEMB-ERS | + | But in reality the opposite is more often true. Our feet are so often injured and mistreated there are all sorts of medical specialists to heal our podiatric ills and teach us to give our feet the love they deserve. |
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- | ORATUNGA ri:11 trangia | + | Kathryn Harding-Foley is a podiatrist at Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne. Harding-Foley points out that it's hardly surprising our feet are so commonly injured when you consider their work load. |
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- | walk over 28 to 31 March but things did not go to plan. Frank Sander had a nasty fall coming down the lower section of Cambage Spire and was evacuated from Yerranderie by air to Camden and | + | |
- | _thence | + | |
- | New England trip was staged as a series of day walks in generally pleasant conditions. Dick Weston' | + | |
- | The weekend of 5, 6 April saw the Coolana | + | |
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- | following weekend, went one week early. | + | |
- | Probably a _good idea given there were no other | + | |
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- | described as a good one. Ken Smith was also out | + | |
- | that day, with a party of 6 on his Woodford based | + | |
- | walk in the Lower Blue Mountains. The trip went well despite some light scrub along the way and was used as a navigation | + | |
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- | Feet by Michael McCoy | + | |
- | In the early 1950's an American researcher named V. T. Inman took movies of men wandering around his lab in nothing but loin cloths, subsequently describing- the way we walk as a series of movements in which we alternately lose arid regain our balance every time we lift a foot from the ground and put it down in front of us again. That we don' fall flat on our faces a good three or four dozen times a day would seem to say a lot for our sense of balance and the complex anatomy and function of our feet. | + | |
- | Whether walking or running, the force of our heels. hitting the ground produces a shock wave which vibrates through our feet and is transmitted into our legs, up through the pelvis and then from one vertebra to the next all the way up our spinal column. The reason our heads don't jiggle about like those of the little toy dogs you always used to see. sitting under the back 'windows of Valiants is in part due to a unique layer of fat. Arranged in vertical columns and reinforced by bands of tough fibrous tissue, the fat in our heels' ' | + | |
- | The twenty-six bones that make up each of our | + | |
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- | feet are arranged in arches which provide enough intrinsic stability to hold up the rest of our body above. Many of the bones are wedge shaped and lock into place like the stones in an arched bridge, cemented together for extra strength by a network of ligaments. The tendons of the lower leg muscles provide further support, holding the bony arches in place like the thick steel cables of a suspension bridge. | + | |
- | On a less functional note, there are a those among us who in their more intimate moments apparently rank a healthy bit of toe sucking right up there on their list of sensual delights. So all things considered it would only make good sense that we do what we can to look after such a useful and exciting part of our anatomy. | + | |
- | But in reality the opposite is more often true. Our feet are so often injured and mistreated there are all sorts of medical specialists to heal our podiatric ills and teach us to give our feet the love they ,deserve. | + | |
- | Kathryn Harding-Foley is a podiatrist at Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne. | + | |
- | 1927- Sydney Bushwalkers 70 Years -1997 | + | |
- | Harding-Foley points out that it's hardly surprising our feet are so commonly injured when you consider their work load. | + | |
- | "For every kilometre we cover, each foot hits the ground around five hundred times," | + | |
- | Just imagine the feet of an ultra-marathon runner. Five hundred collisions per kilometre for hundreds and hundreds of kilometres is a pretty thorough beating. Dr Dick Telford, the former head of the Physiology and Applied Nutrition department at the Australian Institute of Sport, has said of competitors in the Sydney to Melbourne | + | |
Most of us find it difficult enough to watch such feats of endurance on the television, but even for us foot afflictions can be classified as either mechanical, affecting the structure and function of the foot, or dermatological, | Most of us find it difficult enough to watch such feats of endurance on the television, but even for us foot afflictions can be classified as either mechanical, affecting the structure and function of the foot, or dermatological, | ||
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An inappropriate gait pattern can lead to injuries not only in the foot, but anywhere in the body where the stresses are transmitted; | An inappropriate gait pattern can lead to injuries not only in the foot, but anywhere in the body where the stresses are transmitted; | ||
- | Harding-Foley stresses the importance of choosing footwear specific to your gait and to the | + | |
- | .-1.0 The Sydney Bushwalker, May. 1997 | + | Harding-Foley stresses the importance of choosing footwear specific to your gait and to the activity you intend pursuing. Orthoses can also be necessary sometimes when injuries or deformities are more advanced. |
- | activity you intend pursuing. Orthoses can also be necessary sometimes when injuries or deformities are more advanced. | + | |
- | So where does this leave that icon of the Australian lifestyle, the thong? Not surprisingly, | + | So where does this leave that icon of the Australian lifestyle, the thong? Not surprisingly, |
- | Another question that continues to spark debate whenever podiatrists meet is why sorne people' | + | |
+ | Another question that continues to spark debate whenever podiatrists meet is why some people' | ||
"The latest theory," | "The latest theory," | ||
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Toe-jam in the webbing. You heard it here first. | Toe-jam in the webbing. You heard it here first. | ||
- | Copyright Michael McCoy, 1997. First published in The Australian Financial Review Magazine, April 1997, reproduced | + | |
- | , When You're Hot, You're Hot by Greta James | + | Copyright Michael McCoy, 1997. First published in The Australian Financial Review Magazine, April 1997, reproduced |
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+ | ===== When You're Hot, You're Hot ===== | ||
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+ | by Greta James | ||
We'd spent a very pleasant, if rather soggy, Australia Day long weekend down on the Shoalhaven at Canoe Flat with Bill Holland. After a final swim, the climb up to Badgerys Lookout was the only thing between us and the cars. | We'd spent a very pleasant, if rather soggy, Australia Day long weekend down on the Shoalhaven at Canoe Flat with Bill Holland. After a final swim, the climb up to Badgerys Lookout was the only thing between us and the cars. | ||
- | It was very steamy when we started the climb | + | |
- | although I did start to feel some whispers of a | + | It was very steamy when we started the climb although I did start to feel some whispers of a breeze after a little while. Like all such ridges, the start was steep but I put my head down, got into low gear, and let the " |
- | breeze after a little while. Like all such ridges, the | + | |
- | start was steep but I put my head down, got into | + | As the climb wore on, I felt I was getting a little dizzy and tired but my "self talk" went along the lines of " |
- | low gear, and let the " | + | |
- | overtake some of them further up the hill" | + | But just when the steep section ended and there were what should have been some pleasant flattish bits, I really started to feel crook, even having pins and needles in my hands. "But never mind, keep going, don't give up." |
- | As the climb wore on, I felt I was getting a little dizzy and tired but my "self talk" went along the lines of " | + | |
- | But just when the steep section ended and there were what should have been some pleasant flattish bits, I really started to feel crook, even having pins and needles in my hands. "But never mind; keep going, don't give up." | + | Finally it dawned on me that this was more than just tiredness and I sat down beside the track, trying to rest and catch my breath. Ironically, the top was only about 200 metres away and I was comforted by the fact that Patrick, Fran and Bill were bringing up the rear. The most unpleasant symptom was the fact that I could not stop breathing rapidly even though I had been stopped |
- | Finally it dawned on me that this was more than just tiredness and I sat down beside the track, trying to rest and catch my breath. Ironically, the top was only about 200 metres away. and I was comforted by the fact that Patrick, Fran and Bill were bringing up the rear. The most unpleasant symptom was the fact that I could not stop breathing rapidly even though I had been stopped | + | |
Bill went on to organise up top and Patrick stayed and provided moral support. Fran also took a towel from her pack and, after wetting it, put it around my neck. By then I was feeling a lot better and when Don and Roger arrived, they took my pack and we finally ambled up to the top. Why did the heat affect me like that? Well, it was classic weather for heat exhaustion - hot and humid - but this had never happened to me before in almost 18 years of walking. I wonder whether a contributing factor may have been the new, trendy, quick drying, synthetic shirt I was wearing. I was certainly not dehydrated. So thanks Fran, Patrick, Roger (who carried my pack) and all the rest of the party. | Bill went on to organise up top and Patrick stayed and provided moral support. Fran also took a towel from her pack and, after wetting it, put it around my neck. By then I was feeling a lot better and when Don and Roger arrived, they took my pack and we finally ambled up to the top. Why did the heat affect me like that? Well, it was classic weather for heat exhaustion - hot and humid - but this had never happened to me before in almost 18 years of walking. I wonder whether a contributing factor may have been the new, trendy, quick drying, synthetic shirt I was wearing. I was certainly not dehydrated. So thanks Fran, Patrick, Roger (who carried my pack) and all the rest of the party. | ||
- | 1927- Sydney Bushwalkers 70 Years -1997 | + | |
- | The Golden Years by Jim Brown | + | ---- |
- | Which were the Golden Years of the Club? NOw be honest about it; it was the period when you, deat reader, were most active in Club affairs, now 'WaSn't it? -Thus the people who were walking and | + | |
- | most active in Club management during the 1930's consider those were the great days: and the generations of the 1940's and 50's no doubt believe the place is going downhill_ | + | SBW Seventieth Anniversary Celebrations are in October this year. Plan ahead. Keep the whole month free for SBW activities |
- | For my part, accepting the above formula, the late 40's and early 50's should have been the high point; but in a way I was lucky because just as my spfl Of vigorous walking went into decline, the Chronic- Operas came along and extended my personal Golden Years. | + | ---- |
- | The idea of telling a story, preferably something touching on Club doings, in verse and song at a campfire was not a brand new idea when the Chronic Operas were spawned. Other people had done something similar on a few occasions in the 1930' | + | |
- | Not that the 1952 originators envisaged a series. It simply happened that a superior campfire was planned for the Club's 25th Birthday Reunion at | + | |
- | Springvale near Woy Way. Happily there was a story to tell - how at an Instructional Weekend in AiiguSt | + | ===== The Golden Years ===== |
- | Working on this promising material President Malcolm McGregor and Pat Sullivan (now Wood) produced " | + | |
- | The Sydney Bushwalker, May 1997 11 | + | by Jim Brown |
- | who can write whimsically appealing lines, and Geoff, , Wagg who invents the most arrant nonsense. There was already in existence an enthusiastic singing group with quite passable voices, and not too many inhibitions about performing at a campfire. | + | |
- | The scene was set and the ground fertile for the 1954 Reunion and its slightly exaggerated version of a general meeting with each character riding his own hobby-horse about which he had sounded off at a meeting during the year. It included the Matthews hit Who be a Walker; it introduced the Little Scout with his axes, knives and firearms ready to "knock off a bird or a bunny", | + | Which were the Golden Years of the Club? Now be honest about it; it was the period when you, dear reader, were most active in Club affairs, now wasn't it? Thus the people who were walking and most active in Club management during the 1930's consider those were the great days: and the generations of the 1940's and 50's no doubt believe the place is going downhill. |
- | So long, farewell and toodle-oo, | + | |
- | Bon soir, whats more - | + | For my part, accepting the above formula, the late 40's and early 50's should have been the high point, but in a way I was lucky because just as my spell of vigorous walking went into decline, the Chronic Operas came along and extended my personal Golden Years. |
- | - Auf wiedersehen and au revoir." | + | |
- | Now the team really got stuck into it. It was decided well in advance that the 1955 opera would deal with the Sunday clashes, some amiable, some not so amiable, between Police and Bushwalkers, | + | The idea of telling a story, preferably something touching on Club doings, in verse and song at a campfire was not a brand new idea when the Chronic Operas were spawned. Other people had done something similar on a few occasions in the 1930' |
- | "We have paddles for canoeing with, | + | |
- | And fly veils for fly-shooing with, | + | Not that the 1952 originators envisaged a series. It simply happened that a superior campfire was planned for the Club's 25th Birthday Reunion at Springvale near Woy Woy. Happily there was a story to tell - how at an Instructional Weekend in August |
- | And an Up to be and doing with, | + | |
- | Or we'll hire you teeth for chewing with." | + | Working on this promising material President Malcolm McGregor and Pat Sullivan (now Wood) produced " |
- | And Paddy counselled to the tune This Nearly was Mine, | + | |
- | "Let sleeping bags lie, | + | And there it would have remained if the 1953 Reunion campfire had not seemed so tame by comparison that we began to talk of an Opera for 1954. In the meantime the Club had acquired a couple of versatile pen-men in Don Matthews |
- | Be gentle in treating them, | + | |
- | Don' | + | The scene was set and the ground fertile for the 1954 Reunion and its slightly exaggerated version of a general meeting with each character riding his own hobby-horse about which he had sounded off at a meeting during the year. It included the Matthews hit //Who' |
- | Let sleeping bags lie." | + | |
- | So to the 1955 Reunion where in an opening episode we disgraced ourselves in the nude sunbathing scene at Era where: | + | //"Good bye, adieu\\ |
- | "If you go sunning on Era's sands, | + | So long, farewell and toodle-oo,\\ |
- | you'd better go in disguise. | + | Bon soir, whats more -\\ |
- | There' | + | Auf wiedersehen and au revoir." |
- | and frightfrilly | + | |
- | Thereafter we spent years redeeming ourselves with S&R activities, in the process of which we were introduced to the bloodhound (Wagg) and | + | Now the team really got stuck into it. It was decided well in advance that the 1955 opera would deal with the Sunday clashes, some amiable, some not so amiable, between Police and Bushwalkers, |
- | Years -1997 | + | |
- | And there it would have remained if the 1953 Reunion campfire had not seemed so tame by comparison that we began to talk of an Opera for 1954. In the meantime the Club had acquired a couple of versatile pen-men in Don Matthews | + | //"We have paddles for canoeing with, \\ |
- | 1927- Sydney Bushwalkers 70 | + | And fly veils for fly-shooing with,\\ |
- | 12 The Sydney Bushwalker, May 1997 | + | And an Up to be and doing with, \\ |
- | his keeper, the unhappy police sergeant who explained (to the school song The Golden Wattle): | + | Or we'll hire you teeth for chewing with."// |
- | He's doped on benze-bloody-drine. | + | |
- | He's just a bloody old has-been, | + | And Paddy counselled to the tune //This Nearly was Mine//, |
- | Oh, bloody, bloody, bloody." | + | // |
- | Hardly was the reunion over when Geoff Wagg, emulating the Tiger Walkers of earlier years led a weekend jaunt of (allegedly) 85 miles from Katoomba to Picton. It was before Warragamba flooded the Burragorang, | + | "Let sleeping bags lie,\\ |
- | "85 miles is a long, long way, | + | Be gentle in treating them,\\ |
- | Not many cars on the Picton Highway, Sanitary cart, or a one-horse sleigh, | + | Don' |
- | I'll take anything going my way." | + | Let sleeping bags lie."// |
- | The writers had almost a year's spell now, and in that, time some changes occurred. Apart from a few phrases, the earlier " | + | |
- | In retrospect I am convinced that The Golden Screw (1956), The 1001 Troglodytes (1956), | + | So to the 1955 Reunion where in an opening episode we disgraced ourselves in the nude sunbathing scene at Era where: |
- | remember the faces flushed with laughter and excitement as one silly episode was capped with an even screwier development. | + | |
+ | //"If you go sunning on Era's sands,\\ | ||
+ | you'd better go in disguise.\\ | ||
+ | There' | ||
+ | and frightfully | ||
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+ | Thereafter we spent years redeeming ourselves with S&R activities, in the process of which we were introduced to the bloodhound (Wagg) and his keeper, the unhappy police sergeant who explained (to the school song //The Golden Wattle//): | ||
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+ | //" | ||
+ | He's doped on benze-bloody-drine.\\ | ||
+ | He's just a bloody old has-been,\\ | ||
+ | Oh, bloody, bloody, bloody." | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hardly was the reunion over when Geoff Wagg, emulating the Tiger Walkers of earlier years led a weekend jaunt of (allegedly) 85 miles from Katoomba to Picton. It was before Warragamba flooded the Burragorang, | ||
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+ | //"85 miles is a long, long way,\\ | ||
+ | Not many cars on the Picton Highway,\\ | ||
+ | Sanitary cart, or a one-horse sleigh,\\ | ||
+ | I'll take anything going my way."// | ||
+ | |||
+ | The writers had almost a year's spell now, and in that time some changes occurred. Apart from a few phrases, the earlier " | ||
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+ | In retrospect I am convinced that //The Golden Screw// (1956), | ||
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+ | Of course the writers, and maybe the performers too, continued to get a great deal of pleasure out of the composition and rehearsals; I can still remember the faces flushed with laughter and excitement as one silly episode was capped with an even screwier development. | ||
Perhaps we had become too ambitious and were trying to "put over" plays requiring much more rehearsal and much more elaborate staging than one can justify for a one night campfire show. At all events, we came to the conclusion after the 1958 Reunion that the Chronic Operas should be suspended at least for a while. | Perhaps we had become too ambitious and were trying to "put over" plays requiring much more rehearsal and much more elaborate staging than one can justify for a one night campfire show. At all events, we came to the conclusion after the 1958 Reunion that the Chronic Operas should be suspended at least for a while. | ||
- | During the next few years the strong singing group thinned out, family commitments weighed on the Producer and writers, and we never really resumed. Not with full scale Chronic Operas, that is, although sketches with songs have been played at most of the subsequ6nt | + | |
+ | During the next few years the strong singing group thinned out, family commitments weighed on the Producer and writers, and we never really resumed. Not with full scale Chronic Operas, that is, although sketches with songs have been played at most of the subsequent | ||
You see, it reminds me of the Golden Years of the Chronic Operas: and if you feel like chuckling at such a naive and nostalgic idea, it's probably because these are your own Golden Years, and the day will almost certainly come when you too look backward. | You see, it reminds me of the Golden Years of the Chronic Operas: and if you feel like chuckling at such a naive and nostalgic idea, it's probably because these are your own Golden Years, and the day will almost certainly come when you too look backward. | ||
- | (As we approach our 70th anniversary it is fitting to look back at the people and antics of an earlier period. Next month will be the first anniversary of Jim Brown' | + | |
+ | (As we approach our 70th anniversary it is fitting to look back at the people and antics of an earlier period. Next month will be the first anniversary of Jim Brown' | ||
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Congratulations to | Congratulations to | ||
- | Rae Page | + | **Rae Page** |
- | who had her 95th birthday recently. | + | who had her 95th birthday recently. Read all about it in |
- | Read all about it in | + | |
Hip Hip Hoo Rae. | Hip Hip Hoo Rae. | ||
- | Of course the writers, and maybe the performers to& ' | + | |
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- | . . ' | + | A tear rolled down my cheek,\\ |
- | cal" | + | The Editor of robust build\\ |
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- | 14 The S ey Bushwalker, May 1997 | + | |
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- | I sat down with the mai azine, | + | |
- | .4 tear rolled down my cheek, | + | |
- | The Editor of robtisOuild | + | |
- | was beink' | + | |
- | This mood* won't last 1 thought at least | + | |
- | Not more than half 4*eek''''' | + | |
* the editor' | * the editor' | ||
- | I. wrote. this afternoon, whilst sitting on a rock down Onthe local creek. | + | |
- | prose., yiriters | + | I wrote that this afternoon, whilst sitting on a rock down on the local creek. |
- | them. rote (write):: | + | |
- | - N, | + | I have a good deal of sympathy for Editors, more so when the incumbent has portrayed Cinderella with such aplomb (or presence). (viz. the Butler production of the Spoonesed version 1991) I portrayed her (Cinderella that is) in a more spindly fashion in 1987. |
- | they do | + | |
- | I have a good deal of sympathy for Editors. more so when the incumbent has portrayed Cinderella with such aplOrnb lor..presence). (viz. the Butler production of the. Spoonesed version 1991) I portrayed her (Cinderella that is) in a more spindly fashion in 1987. | + | I went down the creek today, looking for inspiration. Fortunately |
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- | W6nti td; | + | I came home content with the sighting |
- | destruct?) whose territory and nest it perceived to under threat. | + | |
- | I came home content with the sighting' Of a few ,.birds which I hadn't seen down there before and an envelope.' | + | As I strolled up the final ridge I heard a brass band belting |
- | As I strolled up the fmal ridge I heard a brass band bating' | + | |
- | ort,to fill a page at that rate! | + | I could write a bit about damper. Seeing that it's the 70th, I have been tidying up for later display a photographic montage of Club characters engaged in making, and then eating or otherwise disposing of damper. |
- | ,I could write a bit about damper. Seeing that it's the 70th:' | + | |
- | quote the Oxford Illustrated | + | I quote the Oxford Illustrated |
I like the sound of montage though. I like the verse which accompanies the pictures too. As most of the characters depicted are lasting pretty well twenty three years later, there may be a message there somewhere. | I like the sound of montage though. I like the verse which accompanies the pictures too. As most of the characters depicted are lasting pretty well twenty three years later, there may be a message there somewhere. | ||
- | This tattered document I sometime | + | |
- | A record of some prehistoric rite, | + | This tattered document I sometime |
- | Wherein the celebrants first rend, then bite, A substance form the ashes. wrapped in foil, The product of much craftiness and toil. | + | A relic of an episode profound,\\ |
- | A strange and power fiil remedy, perchance? A nostrum which may very well 'enhance Athletic prowess,. even illness, hamper. What's that! It's:just an ordinary Damper?? | + | A record of some prehistoric rite,\\ |
- | gave the draft of the above bit of nonsense to Tine for comment. "1 doubt if its the result of the exercise | + | Wherein the celebrants first rend, then bite,\\ |
- | been reading Through the Looking Glass- again hav een' t you? I can always tell | + | A substance form the ashes, wrapped in foil,\\ |
- | 70th Anniversary Celebrations. | + | The product of much craftiness and toil.\\ |
- | The sub-committee vested with this task was formed last year and has been meeting planning and plotting ever since. Now it the time to start to reveal what has been hatched. Not all at once just in case you dear reader find it difficult to absorb it all. Firstly DON'T plan anything for October this year. | + | A strange and powerful |
- | On 11-12 October we're having the Reunion at Coolana: campfire, entertainment, | + | A nostrum which may very well enhance\\ |
- | .1927-, Sydney Bushwalkers 70 Years -1997 | + | Athletic prowess, even illness hamper.\\ |
- | The Sydney Bushwalker, May 1997 15 | + | What's that! It's just an ordinary Damper?? |
- | damper | + | |
- | Friday 17 October is the date for the dinner at North Sydney Leagues Club. More details next month but we have the Celebrity Room (main function room) from about 6 pm to 12 midnight. Come early, leave late and don't worry if the car turns into a pumkin. There' | + | I gave the draft of the above bit of nonsense to Tine for comment. "I doubt if its the result of the exercise |
- | On Sunday 19 October we are having a picnicbarbeque | + | |
- | At the clubroom on Wednesday 22 October some activities will take place, details have not been finalised as yet, the backroom brigade are still working on it. | + | ===== 70th Anniversary Celebrations |
- | You may wonder why are so many events are concentrated in so few days. A good question and with a very simple answer. With our diverse membership people come from all over the place. To accommodate the intersate | + | |
- | Coolana - Possible Conservation Agreement with NPWS | + | The sub-committee vested with this task was formed last year and has been meeting planning and plotting ever since. Now it the time to start to reveal what has been hatched. Not all at once just in case you dear reader find it difficult to absorb it all. Firstly DON'T plan anything for October this year. |
- | The Committee has agreed in principle to investigate entering into a voluntary | + | |
+ | On **11-12 October** we're having the Reunion at Coolana: campfire, entertainment, | ||
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+ | **Friday 17 October** is the date for the dinner at North Sydney Leagues Club. More details next month but we have the Celebrity Room (main function room) from about 6 pm to 12 midnight. Come early, leave late and don't worry if the car turns into a pumpkin. There' | ||
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+ | On **Sunday 19 October** we are having a picnic-barbeque | ||
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+ | At the clubroom on **Wednesday 22 October** some activities will take place, details have not been finalised as yet, the backroom brigade are still working on it. | ||
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+ | You may wonder why are so many events are concentrated in so few days. A good question and with a very simple answer. With our diverse membership people come from all over the place. To accommodate the interstate | ||
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+ | ===== Coolana - Possible Conservation Agreement with NPWS ===== | ||
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+ | The Committee has agreed in principle to investigate entering into a voluntary | ||
A voluntary conservation agreement is a contractual agreement, legally binding on the landholder, all future landholders, | A voluntary conservation agreement is a contractual agreement, legally binding on the landholder, all future landholders, | ||
- | The advantage to the club will be the advice, guidance and assistance from the NPWS in preserving and perpetuating the conservation values of our property. Our existing use of the land and possible extension of these uses can be safeguarded in the management agreement. Assistance from the NF' | + | |
- | Early discussion with an NPWS representative has been favourable. They were already aware to some extent of our property and its significant features. There are suggestions that the Crown land between our property and the Tallowa Dam will become a NPWS Nature Reserve and Coolana provides a corridor to this area for the endangered rock wallaby species located further upstream.. Also, our river frontage flats currently, under NSW Water Board administration, | + | The advantage to the club will be the advice, guidance and assistance from the NPWS in preserving and perpetuating the conservation values of our property. |
- | It is still early days with much to be learnt about conservation agreements and liaison with the NPWS. The Committee welcomes input from | + | |
- | 1927- Sydney Bushwalkers 70 Years -1997 | + | Early discussion with an NPWS representative has been favourable. They were already aware to some extent of our property and its significant features. There are suggestions that the Crown land between our property and the Tallowa Dam will become a NPWS Nature Reserve and Coolana provides a corridor to this area for the endangered rock wallaby species located further upstream. Also, our river frontage flats currently, under NSW Water Board administration, |
- | 16 The Sydney Bushwalker, May 1997 | + | |
- | meriibers | + | It is still early days with much to be learnt about conservation agreements and liaison with the NPWS. The Committee welcomes input from members |
- | Please contact me with your suggestions and observations. Bill Holland: Conservation | + | |
- | John Holly thio ) 1913-19971 | + | Please contact me with your suggestions and observations. |
- | The Club was informed this week of the death of honoury mgmber | + | |
- | If you have changed your name, address and/or phone number(s) since the membership list was published in January this ,year, and you want SBW members to know it let the committee know or send the editor a note. | + | ===== John Holly 1913-1997 ===== |
- | Continued: April 1997 General Meeting. Confederation report began with news that the latest 6 monthly liaison meeting between NPWS and the Confederation has been deferred. Confederation are to support a trip to Melbourne for the Tracks and Access Officer to attend an SAA committee meeting on a proposed standard for track markings. The price for St Johns first aid courses is to rise. The Confederation' | + | |
- | For some unknown reason general business brings a spate of announcements, | + | The Club was informed this week of the death of honorary member |
- | Change of Address | + | |
- | Eddie Giacomel and Jennifer Trevor-Roberts :17:Putarri Ave., Sy Ives N.S.W.2075, 9144 5095.phone & fax | + | |
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- | The Sydney Bushwalker, May 1997 17 | + | |
- | And a good day was had by all. By 'George Mawer | + | **Change of Address** |
- | It was early Sunday morning April 27 when I looked out the back door and decided it was going to be a fine day..I thought " | + | |
- | When the train arrived at Cronulla and we alighted I saw that there were a lot of familiar faces further along the platform so we joined them. Paul said that Errol was sick and that he had nominated to take the walk. We walked down to the Gtinnamatta | + | Eddie Giacomel and Jennifer Trevor-Roberts |
- | At Bundeena we gathered in the customary circle and Paul said he would take the party to Deer Pool and return. This was a lesser distance than the programmed walk and after some grumblings and huddled conferences it evolved that Zol would lead a walk to Little Marley and then across to Winifred falls and on to Sutherland. Joan said she had come to do the walk as programed | + | |
- | When .loan was asked if she had done her intended walk before she said "Yes, but in the opposite direction" | + | 17 Putarri Ave., Sy Ives N.S.W. 2075, 9144 5095 phone & fax |
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+ | If you have changed your name, address and/or phone number(s) since the membership list was published in January this year, and you want SBW members to know it let the committee know or send the editor a note. | ||
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+ | By George Mawer | ||
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+ | It was early Sunday morning April 27 when I looked out the back door and decided it was going to be a fine day. I thought " | ||
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+ | When the train arrived at Cronulla and we alighted I saw that there were a lot of familiar faces further along the platform so we joined them. Paul said that Errol was sick and that he had nominated to take the walk. We walked down to the Gunnamatta | ||
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+ | At Bundeena we gathered in the customary circle and Paul said he would take the party to Deer Pool and return. This was a lesser distance than the programmed walk and after some grumblings and huddled conferences it evolved that Zol would lead a walk to Little Marley and then across to Winifred falls and on to Sutherland. Joan said she had come to do the walk as programmed | ||
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+ | When Joan was asked if she had done her intended walk before she said "Yes, but in the opposite direction" | ||
We walked sort of westward around the sandy beaches of the Bundeena side of the bay, around rocky headlands and across mangrove mud flats. We took directions from a few people along the way who materialised at appropriate times and had our morning tea break on a rocky platform on a high point overlooking the rather large and very picturesque Cabbage Tree Basin lagoon. | We walked sort of westward around the sandy beaches of the Bundeena side of the bay, around rocky headlands and across mangrove mud flats. We took directions from a few people along the way who materialised at appropriate times and had our morning tea break on a rocky platform on a high point overlooking the rather large and very picturesque Cabbage Tree Basin lagoon. | ||
- | Then a slow easy climb along the Maianbar ridge (which included some roadway) and then down to | + | |
- | Anise falls on Saddle Gully creek. Quite pretty but almost | + | Then a slow easy climb along the Maianbar ridge (which included some roadway) and then down to Anise falls on Saddle Gully creek. Quite pretty but almost |
- | We were about half way through our lunch when, to my surprise, Zol and his party arrived. After lunch we four pushed on but took a side trip down Muddy Creek for another swim and to look at some rock engravings. Then some bush bashing and rock scrambling across and steeply down to the Hacking and along to Audley. | + | |
- | We wanted to ride the tram from the old RNP station to Loftus and managed to get there just in time for the last tram of the day. I was most relieved as the prospect of walking along the tramway to Loftus was not appealing. | + | We were about half way through our lunch when, to my surprise, Zol and his party arrived. After lunch we four pushed on but took a side trip down Muddy Creek for another swim and to look at some rock engravings. Then some bush bashing and rock scrambling across and steeply down to the Hacking and along to Audley. |
- | It was a glorious, mostly sunny autumn day. Ideal for walking. (ideal for anything) There was a good mix of scenery and walking conditions. The company was excellent. Spirits remained high all day. The creek water was icy at first and then very invigorating - Joan insisted that it was good for muscle tone. | + | |
- | Thank-you Errol. Thank you Joan, Ray and Nora. | + | We wanted to ride the tram from the old RNP station to Loftus and managed to get there just in time for the last tram of the day. I was most relieved as the prospect of walking along the tramway to Loftus was not appealing. |
- | That part of the RNP through which our route took us looks good and seems to be recovering well from THE FIRE. However there are some quite noticeable changes in the type of vegetation and vigorous re-growth density in some familiar places. | + | |
- | 1927- Sydney Bushwalkers 70 Years -1997 | + | It was a glorious, mostly sunny autumn day. Ideal for walking. (ideal for anything) There was a good mix of scenery and walking conditions. The company was excellent. Spirits remained high all day. The creek water was icy at first and then very invigorating - Joan insisted that it was good for muscle tone. |
- | 18 The Sydney Bushwalker, May 1997 | + | |
- | FOotnotes | + | Thank-you Errol. Thank you Joan, Ray and Nora. |
- | This column is not meant to be an editorial but a current affairs (as in news, not who's with who) forum. However from time to time something akin to editoralising may creep in. | + | |
- | was amazed by the thousands of entries in Spot the mistakes in the April magazine competition. Unfortunately no one single entry listed all the mistakes so the prize will have to jackpot. As you know this competition is open every month with first prise a bushwalk with the editor; second prize is two bushwalks with the editor. To those of you who voiced their concern about the quality of the magazine, thank you. Fm approaching the top of a steep learing | + | That part of the RNP through which our route took us looks good and seems to be recovering well from THE FIRE. However there are some quite noticeable changes in the type of vegetation and vigorous re-growth density in some familiar places. |
- | On a serious note Elizabeth Radcliff suffered a stroke on 9 May at work and is now in Bankstown Hospital (9709 0444, ward 2J, room 4, visiting hours 10.00-1300, 1430-2000). Her mother Rosemary rushed out from Wales to help Steve, Sophia (5) and Alexander. (2). Steve and Elizabeth joined SBW in 1982 and have walked with the Club since then except when family constraints took precedence and during a 3 year sojourn in Tasmania. Members may have met up with the family at Coolana. Elizabath, we wish you a full and speedy recovery. | + | |
- | in the Clubrooms. In April two outstanding social nights were held. The first where David Roots explained why the Earth moves and shakes with earthquakes and volcanos, why the Shakey Isles are the shakey isles and why it may not be best to stay in a highrise hotel in San Fransisco. Irrespective of political developments north of the border, Australia is moving closer to Indonesia, but only at the rate of about 6 cm per year. | + | |
- | The second social Wednesday saw SBW member and photographer of note Henry Gold explain some of his technique to a room full of potentially competitor photographers. Henry showed some of his good shots and, like John West, some of his rejects. One of Henry' | + | |
- | Positions Vacant #1. The position of Social Secretary is still vacant. Open to a SBW member with flair, charm and perfect social skills, used to | + | ===== Footnotes ===== |
- | public, 'speaking, and able to relate at all levels from boardroom to engineroom. On the job training in this rewarding and vital position will be given. This is your opportunity to gain an insight into the workings of the Club. As I said last month if you can walk and talk at the same time you're in. Don't be shy. | + | |
- | Positions Vacant #2. In for a penny in for a pound; we do need a Clubroom Reporter. To write each month a few words (in sentence form) about what's been happening. For this position you must be able to write, reading skills are an advantage and listening skill are desirable. If we don't get someone soon, we'll get tired of the current style of reporting. | + | by Patrick James |
- | Club Coolana. The weekend of 3 and 4 May saw a number of people | + | |
- | And talking of planting only a very few plants were received for replanting at Coolana, however all was not in vain as some $80 was donated to buy plants with. The request for garden tools, rakes, shovels, spades, etc is still valid. Bring them to the clubroom or contact anyone on the committee to arrange pick-up. The request for garden machinery, lawnmowers, chainsaws, etc also is still valid. | + | This column is not meant to be an editorial but a current affairs (as in news, not who's with who) forum. However from time to time something akin to editoralising may creep in. |
- | Coolana Maintenance weekends are scheduled for 31 May-1 June and 26-27 July. On the first of these wekends | + | |
- | 1927- Sydney Bushwalkers 70 Years -1997 | + | I was amazed by the thousands of entries in Spot the mistakes in the April magazine competition. Unfortunately no one single entry listed all the mistakes so the prize will have to jackpot. As you know this competition is open every month with first prise a bushwalk with the editor; second prize is two bushwalks with the editor. To those of you who voiced their concern about the quality of the magazine, thank you. I' |
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+ | On a serious note Elizabeth Radcliff suffered a stroke on 9 May at work and is now in Bankstown Hospital (9709 0444, ward 2J, room 4, visiting hours 10.00-1300, 1430-2000). Her mother Rosemary rushed out from Wales to help Steve, Sophia (5) and Alexander (2). Steve and Elizabeth joined SBW in 1982 and have walked with the Club since then except when family constraints took precedence and during a 3 year sojourn in Tasmania. Members may have met up with the family at Coolana. Elizabath, we wish you a full and speedy recovery. | ||
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+ | In the Clubrooms. In April two outstanding social nights were held. The first where David Roots explained why the Earth moves and shakes with earthquakes and volcanoes, why the Shakey Isles are the shakey isles and why it may not be best to stay in a highrise hotel in San Francisco. Irrespective of political developments north of the border, Australia is moving closer to Indonesia, but only at the rate of about 6 cm per year. | ||
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+ | The second social Wednesday saw SBW member and photographer of note Henry Gold explain some of his technique to a room full of potentially competitor photographers. Henry showed some of his good shots and, like John West, some of his rejects. One of Henry' | ||
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+ | **Positions Vacant #1.** The position of Social Secretary is still vacant. Open to a SBW member with flair, charm and perfect social skills, used to public speaking, and able to relate at all levels from boardroom to engineroom. On the job training in this rewarding and vital position will be given. This is your opportunity to gain an insight into the workings of the Club. As I said last month if you can walk and talk at the same time you're in. Don't be shy. | ||
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+ | **Positions Vacant #2.** In for a penny in for a pound; we do need a Clubroom Reporter. To write each month a few words (in sentence form) about what's been happening. For this position you must be able to write, reading skills are an advantage and listening skill are desirable. If we don't get someone soon, we'll get tired of the current style of reporting. | ||
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+ | **Club Coolana.** The weekend of 3 and 4 May saw a number of people | ||
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+ | And talking of planting only a very few plants were received for replanting at Coolana, however all was not in vain as some $80 was donated to buy plants with. The request for garden tools, rakes, shovels, spades, etc is still valid. Bring them to the clubroom or contact anyone on the committee to arrange pick-up. The request for garden machinery, lawnmowers, chainsaws, etc also is still valid. | ||
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+ | Coolana Maintenance weekends are scheduled for 31 May-1 June and 26-27 July. On the first of these weekends | ||
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