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 In This Issue, No. 755 In This Issue, No. 755
  
-  +|2|Editorial| 
- +|3|70 Years| 
-2 Editorial +|3|Put Your Best Foot Foremost | 
- +|3|70th Anniversary Celebrations| 
-3 70 Years +|5|Newspaper Cuttings and Extracts| 
- +|7|The Wombat | 
-3 Put Your Best Foot Foremost  +|7|Untitled Song| 
- +|8|A Colo-Uraterer Venture | 
-3 70th Anniversary Celebrations +|11|First Perambulator to Kanangra Tops 1931 | 
- +|17|Over Gangerang in a Hurry| 
-5 Newspaper Cuttings and Extracts +|19|Molly-Moo-Ma| 
- +|21|Five Returns Dulbolla, Please| 
-7 The Wombat  +|22|Both Ends of the Budawangs 
- +|22|Geoff Wagg: comments| 
-7 Untitled Song +|22|Finding the Castle | 
- +|24|Untitled | 
-8 A Colo-Uraterer Venture  +|25|Paralyser 1956| 
- +|28|Phobias| 
-11 First Perambulator to Kanagra Tops 1931  +|29|Reunion 1957| 
- +|31|Frank Rigby: comments| 
-17 Over Gangerang in a Hurry +|31|The Walker's Bleat| 
- +|32|Bushwalking and Train Travelling | 
-19 Molly-Moo-Ma +|33|Hymn of Hate | 
- +|33|Wildlife in the Apsley Gorge | 
-21 Five Returns Dulbolla, Please +|35|Hot Stuff| 
- +|36|Helen Gray; comments| 
-22 Both Ends of the Budawangs  +|36|Yet another Bungle | 
- +|38|We'll be Marooned | 
-22 Geoff Wagg: comments +|39|Destination Mawson'| 
- +|40|Era | 
-22 Finding the Castle  +|41|Reminiscences of Things| 
- +|45|The Snow Bowl| 
-24 untitled  +|46|The Rains Came | 
- +|46|Hilltop to Katoomba via Bimlow Tableland | 
-25 Paralyser 1956 +|47|The Virgin Queen | 
- +|48|Judy O'Connor: comments| 
-28 Phobias +|48|Anyone Can be a good Cook | 
- +|49|A Tribute to the Silent Dignity of a Friend | 
-29 Reunion 1957 +|50|A Short Note on K to K in a Day | 
- +|51|Acknowledgements| 
-31 Frank Rigby: comments +|51|The Editor | 
- +|52|Index of Articles and Poems|
-31 The Walker's Bleat +
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-32 Bushwalking and Train Travelling  +
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-33 Hymn of Hate  +
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-33 Wildlife in the Apsley Gorge  +
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-35 Hot Stuff +
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-36 Helen Gray; comments +
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-36 Yet another Bungle  +
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-38 We'll be Marooned  +
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-39 Destination Mawson's  +
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-40 Era  +
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-41 Reminiscences of Things +
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-45 The Snow Bowl  +
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-46 The Rains Came  +
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-46 Hilltop to Katoomba via Bimlow Tableland  +
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-47 The Virgin Queen  +
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-48 Judy O'Connor: comments +
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-48 Anyone Can be a good Cook  +
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-49 A Tribute to the Silent Dignity of a Friend  +
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-50 A Short Note on K to K in a Day  +
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-51 Acknowledgements +
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-51 The Editor  +
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-52 Index of Articles and Poems+
  
 Advertisers Advertisers
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 Ladies and gentlemen, Sydney Bush Walkers all, with pride and pleasure, the 70th Anniversary Special Edition, anthology of bushwalking stories and verse.   Ladies and gentlemen, Sydney Bush Walkers all, with pride and pleasure, the 70th Anniversary Special Edition, anthology of bushwalking stories and verse.  
  
-70 Years+====== 70 Years ====== 
  
 We all delight in the memories and stories of our experiences in SBW.  Sometimes the walk is never over, it just keeps getting retold over and over.  We often concentrate on the trips that went wrong, the hardships, the mishaps, the risks.  But lets not forget the positive side; the beauty of the Australian bush, the discovery of ourselves, the thrill of exploration, the exercise, the comradeship and the lifelong friendships.  These can be the rewards of a life lived.  Sometimes the best walks don't make the best stories.  Sometimes we forget to thank the people who make it possible, I thank you all. We're part of our environment and sometimes we have needed to act to protect it; no doubt we will be called on to protect it again.  For 70 years Sydney Bushwalkers have walked all over; suburban bushland, remote wilderness, deserts, rainforests, in snow and ice, tropics, along valleys, and climbing our loved mountain ridges …mmm, I long to be out there again, see you along the track. We all delight in the memories and stories of our experiences in SBW.  Sometimes the walk is never over, it just keeps getting retold over and over.  We often concentrate on the trips that went wrong, the hardships, the mishaps, the risks.  But lets not forget the positive side; the beauty of the Australian bush, the discovery of ourselves, the thrill of exploration, the exercise, the comradeship and the lifelong friendships.  These can be the rewards of a life lived.  Sometimes the best walks don't make the best stories.  Sometimes we forget to thank the people who make it possible, I thank you all. We're part of our environment and sometimes we have needed to act to protect it; no doubt we will be called on to protect it again.  For 70 years Sydney Bushwalkers have walked all over; suburban bushland, remote wilderness, deserts, rainforests, in snow and ice, tropics, along valleys, and climbing our loved mountain ridges …mmm, I long to be out there again, see you along the track.
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 8928-1-S Bundanoon\\ 8928-1-S Bundanoon\\
-9028-4-S Kangaroo Valley     \\  +9028-4-S Kangaroo Valley\\  
 8928-2-S Burrier\\  8928-2-S Burrier\\
 9028-3-N Berry 9028-3-N Berry
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 Please don't sue our Editor,\\ Please don't sue our Editor,\\
 Although he was to blame.\\ Although he was to blame.\\
-He should not have said it\\+He should not have said it, or\\
 At least not used your name. At least not used your name.
  
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 Part-1.  Part-1.
  
-   Max Gen  T le+Max Gen  T le\\ 
 +Gordon Sm        I th\\ 
 +Hilma G alliott\\ 
 +Alex Coll E y\\ 
 +Jack Debe R t\\ 
 +Bill McCo S ker\\ 
 +David Ste A d\\ 
 +Dot Eng L ish\\ 
 +Len Scot L and
  
-Gordon Sm        I th +It might have been advertised as a lightning conducted tour of the Gangerang and its environs.  The party consisted of (1) a snake lover; (2) a masseuse; (3) a vegetarian; (4) a heretic; (5) another Committee member; (6) a dealer in tonics; (7) a speed merchant; (8) one who had been "perilously short of food" on a previous trip over the Gangerang and (9) one who knelt on Kanangra clearing and "Prayed"
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-              Hilma G alliott +
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-  Alex Coll E y +
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-Jack Debe R t +
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-    Bill McCo S ker +
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- David Ste A d +
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-     Dot Eng L ish +
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-     Len Scot L and +
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-It might have been advertised as a lightning conducted tour ofthe Gangerang and its environs.  The party consisted of (1) a snake lover; (2) a masseuse; (3) a vegetarian; (4) a heretic; (5) another Committee member; (6) a dealer in tonics; (7) a speed merchant; (8) one who had been "perilously short of food" on a previous trip over the Gangerang and (9) one who knelt on Kanangra clearing and "Prayed"+
  
 Part-2 Part-2
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-====== MOLLY-MOO-MA ======+====== Molly-Moo-Ma ======
   
-by Clare Kinsella+by Clare Kinsella 
  
 It was on a Sabbath morning In the soft autumnal weather\\ It was on a Sabbath morning In the soft autumnal weather\\
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 The long drive to the Apsley Falls turnoff on the Oxley Highway was completed around  3 AM. Dot and two New Zealand visitors, Keith and Bill, were already there.  It was an incredibly cold night,with a clarity such that the stars seemed to be within arm's length.   The long drive to the Apsley Falls turnoff on the Oxley Highway was completed around  3 AM. Dot and two New Zealand visitors, Keith and Bill, were already there.  It was an incredibly cold night,with a clarity such that the stars seemed to be within arm's length.  
  
-The next morning, leaving the others to start breakfast, Ross and I drove the half mile out to the falls to see just what we were getting ourselves into.  What we found, apart from Heather Joyce, was a gorge 2,000 feet deep, cut into the rolling hills that otherwise went on for an infinitude.  After being suitably impressed by the prelude, we returned to the turnoff to have breakfast.  The last car in our party, that is, Frank Rigby's, arrived within an hour, and out popped spouse Joan, Shirley Dean, and Bill Burke.  Ross, Keith, Heather and Frank drove their cars down the Oxley Highway for about 20 miles, and then along a fire trail, parking the cars at the rear of a farm.  Heather then drove them all back to the falls.  This rather simple operation took almost 3 hours, as Gordonwould say "being for" at least two false starts on different fire trails, plus an hour or so convincing the farmer that being "experienced bushwalkers" we would not become lost for three days as two surveyors had.  Consequently, we had just started on lunch by the time they arrived back at the Falls.  When we did eventually manage to start walking it was already 1 o'clock.  We had to walk around the rim of the gorge for about a mile and down a relatively clear ridge free of cliff lines.  This route can be easily seen from near the falls.  It was while we were going down this rather steep ridge that a dislodged rock hit Ross on the elbow**, badly gashing his arm.  After plastering up the wound, and with the aid of a couple of good kicks, he was up and away again.+The next morning, leaving the others to start breakfast, Ross and I drove the half mile out to the falls to see just what we were getting ourselves into.  What we found, apart from Heather Joyce, was a gorge 2,000 feet deep, cut into the rolling hills that otherwise went on for an infinitude.  After being suitably impressed by the prelude, we returned to the turnoff to have breakfast.  The last car in our party, that is, Frank Rigby's, arrived within an hour, and out popped spouse Joan, Shirley Dean, and Bill Burke.  Ross, Keith, Heather and Frank drove their cars down the Oxley Highway for about 20 miles, and then along a fire trail, parking the cars at the rear of a farm.  Heather then drove them all back to the falls.  This rather simple operation took almost 3 hours, as Gordon would say "being for" at least two false starts on different fire trails, plus an hour or so convincing the farmer that being "experienced bushwalkers" we would not become lost for three days as two surveyors had.  Consequently, we had just started on lunch by the time they arrived back at the Falls.  When we did eventually manage to start walking it was already 1 o'clock.  We had to walk around the rim of the gorge for about a mile and down a relatively clear ridge free of cliff lines.  This route can be easily seen from near the falls.  It was while we were going down this rather steep ridge that a dislodged rock hit Ross on the elbow, badly gashing his arm.  After plastering up the wound, and with the aid of a couple of good kicks, he was up and away again.
  
 Our Kiwi friends went on a photographing spree once we reached the bottom, as they hadn't seen anything like this gorge in New Zealand.  However it wasn't long before they got their first taste of canyoneering, as a swim presented itself within 300 yards of travelling down the river.  They soon got the idea of wrapping up their packs in groundsheets, and thus we started what was to be a long list of swims, some of which were getting to be about 100 yards in length.  The length of these swims was a cause of some consternation in my mind, and by the look on Digby's face, he wasn't overjoyed at the heating arrangements either.  Also, the stench of dead eels occasionally filled the air, and I made a mental note not to swallow any water. Our Kiwi friends went on a photographing spree once we reached the bottom, as they hadn't seen anything like this gorge in New Zealand.  However it wasn't long before they got their first taste of canyoneering, as a swim presented itself within 300 yards of travelling down the river.  They soon got the idea of wrapping up their packs in groundsheets, and thus we started what was to be a long list of swims, some of which were getting to be about 100 yards in length.  The length of these swims was a cause of some consternation in my mind, and by the look on Digby's face, he wasn't overjoyed at the heating arrangements either.  Also, the stench of dead eels occasionally filled the air, and I made a mental note not to swallow any water.
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 * Gordon Redman, then SBW treasurer used this phrase throughout his reports each month .  * Gordon Redman, then SBW treasurer used this phrase throughout his reports each month . 
  
-** Ross' elbow injury later had him deemed unfit for National Service and Vietnam.  So instead he went to the Andies and "bagged" a 20,000 foot peak or two! +** Ross' elbow injury later had him deemed unfit for National Service and Vietnam.  So instead he went to the Andes and "bagged" a 20,000 foot peak or two!
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-The Sydney Bushwallker, July 1967: Bill Burke, Dot Butler, Shirley Dean, Margaret Dogterom, Don Finch, Heather Joyce, Frank Rigby, Joan Rigby, Doone Wyborn, Ross Wyborn plus Bill and Keith from NZ. +
  
 +The Sydney Bushwalker, July 1967: Bill Burke, Dot Butler, Shirley Dean, Margaret Dogterom, Don Finch, Heather Joyce, Frank Rigby, Joan Rigby, Doone Wyborn, Ross Wyborn plus Bill and Keith from NZ. 
  
 ====== We'll be Marooned ====== ====== We'll be Marooned ======
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 by Kenn Clacher by Kenn Clacher
  
-The walkers all at Quilty's Clearing +The walkers all at Quilty's Clearing\\ 
- +Met for Ettrema to see.\\ 
-Met for Ettrema to see. +The walk was led by Bill Capon,\\
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-The walk was led by Bill Capon, +
 A canny leader he. A canny leader he.
  
-The first stretch was through Myall Creek +The first stretch was through Myall Creek\\ 
- +Then Bill did show his class,\\ 
-Then Bill did show his class, +"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon\\
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-"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon +
 "If we don't find Naked Pass". "If we don't find Naked Pass".
  
-The pass was found the second try,+The pass was found the second try,\\ 
 +Then into Ettrema Creek,\\ 
 +And up Jones' Creek the party walked,\\ 
 +Twas no place for the meek.
  
-Then into Ettrema Creek, +Plain Creek was followed next, downstream,\\ 
- +But something worried Bill.\\ 
-And up Jones' Creek the party walked, +"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon\\ 
- +"Cos this creek flows uphill."
-"Twas no place for the meek. +
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-Plain Creek was followed next, downstream, +
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-But something worried Bill. +
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-"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon +
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-""Cos this creek flows uphill." +
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-At last the rogue creek flowed downhill +
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-To Moore Creek as it should. +
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-The walkers followed the rough creek bed+
  
 +At last the rogue creek flowed downhill\\
 +To Moore Creek as it should.\\
 +The walkers followed the rough creek bed\\
 Rock hopping best they could. Rock hopping best they could.
  
-Now another obstacle blocked their path, +Now another obstacle blocked their path,\\ 
- +So Bill Capon he call:\\ 
-So Bill Capon he call: +"We'll be marooned, 'less we can find\\
- +
-"We'll be marooned, 'less we can find +
 a way round Williams Falls". a way round Williams Falls".
  
-A way was found, not as Bill feared, +A way was found, not as Bill feared,\\ 
- +up umpteen feet of cliff,\\ 
-up umpteen feet of cliff, +to Bundundah Creek, along and out,\\
- +
-to Bundundah Creek, along and out, +
 up Pass Point in a jiff. up Pass Point in a jiff.
  
-Down Paul's Pass now the program said +Down Paul's Pass now the program said\\ 
- +but rain made things too wet.\\ 
-but rain made things too wet. +"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon\\
- +
-"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon +
 "It hasn't eased up yet." "It hasn't eased up yet."
  
-So Puckett Pass was utilised +So Puckett Pass was utilised\\ 
- +to get then down again.\\ 
-to get then down again. +Just Tullyangela Creek remained,\\
- +
-Just Tullyangela Creek remained, +
 a piece of wild terrain. a piece of wild terrain.
  
-But new maps showed cliff lines along +But new maps showed cliff lines along\\ 
- +the whole length of the creek.\\ 
-the whole length of the creek. +"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon\\
- +
-"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon +
 "It could take us a week." "It could take us a week."
  
-So Bill said Transportation Spur +So Bill said Transportation Spur\\ 
- +would see us home instead.\\ 
-would see us home instead. +There was one problem that remained,\\
- +
-There was one problem that remained, +
 when would it be ahead? when would it be ahead?
  
-We chose a spur to climb on out +We chose a spur to climb on out\\ 
- +by democratic vote.\\ 
-by democratic vote. +"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon\\
- +
-"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon +
 "If despotism's smote." "If despotism's smote."
  
-But Transportation Spur it was, +But Transportation Spur it was,\\ 
- +and as we hurried on,\\ 
-and as we hurried on, +all members of the party then\\
- +
-all members of the party then +
 were happy they weren't wrong. were happy they weren't wrong.
  
-We made it finally to the cars, +We made it finally to the cars,\\ 
- +just after one last shout \\ 
-just after one last shout  +"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon\\
- +
-"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon +
 "Before this walk is out." "Before this walk is out."
  
 The Sydney Bushwalker July 1986 The Sydney Bushwalker July 1986
  
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 ====== Destination Mawson's ====== ====== Destination Mawson's ======
  
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-====== A Short Note on "TO IN DAY" ======+====== A Short Note on "To In Day" ======
     
 by Patrick James by Patrick James
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 The Sydney Bushwalker, Aug. 1993, Patrick James The Sydney Bushwalker, Aug. 1993, Patrick James
  
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-ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.+====== Acknowlegements ======
  
 Many people helped make this magazine, members, ex-members and non-members.  The authors past and present are acknowledged in the text with their articles and in the index.  The team that made this magazine is the same team (plus a few others) that makes every magazine, and is as follows in production and alphabetical order.  Some people are mentioned more than once, they did more than one job.  Some people are not mentioned at all.  These are the people with whom I've had general discussions about the magazine or this Issue in particular; all good background for an editor. Many people helped make this magazine, members, ex-members and non-members.  The authors past and present are acknowledged in the text with their articles and in the index.  The team that made this magazine is the same team (plus a few others) that makes every magazine, and is as follows in production and alphabetical order.  Some people are mentioned more than once, they did more than one job.  Some people are not mentioned at all.  These are the people with whom I've had general discussions about the magazine or this Issue in particular; all good background for an editor.
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 Patrick James, Editor, October 1997 Patrick James, Editor, October 1997
  
-  + first edition: July 1931
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-first edition: July 1931+
  
 this edition: October 1997 this edition: October 1997
  
-The Editor by Anon. 
  
-The Editor knocked at the Pearly Gate, +====== The Editor ====== 
- +   
-His face looked worn and old; +by Anon
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-He meekly asked the man of fate+
  
 +The Editor knocked at the Pearly Gate,\\
 +His face looked worn and old;\\
 +He meekly asked the man of fate\\
 for admission to the fold. for admission to the fold.
  
-"What have you done" asked Peter, +"What have you done" asked Peter,\\ 
- +"To seek admission here?"\\ 
-"To seek admission here?" +"Oh I ran a monthly paper\\
- +
-"Oh I ran a monthly paper +
 for many and many a year." for many and many a year."
  
-The gate swung open sharply +The gate swung open sharply\\ 
- +as Peter touched the bell\\ 
-as Peter touched the bell +"Come in" he said, "and take your harp\\
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-"Come in" he said, "and take your harp +
 You've had enough of hell". You've had enough of hell".
  
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