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-SYDNEY BUSHWALKER is a monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Inc, Box 4476 GPO Sydney 2001.  To advertise in this magazine, please contact the Business Manager.+**SYDNEY BUSHWALKER** is a monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Inc, Box 4476 GPO Sydney 2001.  To advertise in this magazine, please contact the Business Manager.
  
 |Editor| Patrick James 5/2 Hardie Street Neutral Bay 2089 Telephone  9904 1515| |Editor| Patrick James 5/2 Hardie Street Neutral Bay 2089 Telephone  9904 1515|
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 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. THE SYDNEY BUSH WALKERS INCORPORATED was founded in 1927.  Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening at 8 pm at Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre, 16 Fitzroy Street, Kirribilli (near Milsons Point Railway Station).  Visitors and prospective members are welcome any Wednesday.
  
-President: Eddy Giacomel+|President| Eddy Giacomel| 
 +|Vice-President| Tony Holgate| 
 +|Public Officer| Fran Holland| 
 +|Treasurer| Greta James| 
 +|Secretary| Don Wills | 
 +|Walks Secretary| Bill Capon| 
 +|Social Secretary| Peter Dalton| 
 +|Membership Secretary| Barry Wallace| 
 +|New Members Secretary| Jennifer Giacomel| 
 +|Conservation Secretary| Bill Holland| 
 +|Magazine Editor| Patrick James| 
 +|Committee Members| Elwyn Morris & Louise Verdon | 
 +|Delegates to Confederation| Jim Callaway & Ken Smith|
  
-Vice-President: Tony Holgate 
  
-Public Officer: Fran Holland+**February 1999 Issue No. 771:**
  
-Treasurer: Greta James +. 
- +|2|The Pittwater Track by Roger Treagus| 
-Secretary: Don Wills  +|4|Annual General Meeting by Eddy Giacomel| 
- +|5|Proposed Insurance| 
-Walks Secretary: Bill Capon +|6|And now a Mid Week Mailing List by Bill Holland| 
- +|6|Letters, Letters| 
-Social Secretary: Peter Dalton +|8|Summer Walking in the Snowy Mountains by Catheryn Ollif| 
- +|9|Positions Vacant| 
-Membership Secretary: Barry Wallace +|10|A Golden Weekend by Tom Wenman| 
- +|11|Coolana Christmas by Joan Rigby| 
-New Members Secretary: Jennifer Giacomel +|13|Trekking in East Africa (Part 1)by Jan Szarek| 
- +|15|Sanford Larson’s Africa Trip by Sanford Larson| 
-Conservation Secretary: Bill Holland +|16|Editors of The Sydney Bushwalker| 
- +|16|Footnotes by Patrick James|
-Magazine Editor: Patrick James +
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-Committee Members: Elwyn Morris & Louise Verdon  +
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-Delegates to Confederation: Jim Callaway & Ken Smith +
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-February 1999 +
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-Issue No. 771:+
  
   
  
-2 The Pittwater Track  +ADVERTISERS\\
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- by Roger Treagus +
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-4 Annual General Meeting  +
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- by Eddy Giacomel +
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-5 Proposed Insurance +
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-6 And now a Mid Week Mailing List +
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- by Bill Holland +
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-6 Letters, Letters +
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-8 Summer Walking in the Snowy Mountains +
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- by Catheryn Ollif +
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-9 Positions Vacant +
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-10 A Golden Weekend +
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- by Tom Wenman +
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-11 Coolana Christmas +
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- by Joan Rigby +
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-13 Trekking in East Africa (Part 1) +
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- by Jan Szarek +
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-15 Sanford Larson’s Africa Trip +
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- by Sanford Larson +
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-16 Editors of The Sydney Bushwalker +
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-16 Footnotes +
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- by Patrick James +
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-ADVERTISERS  +
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-Alpsport 7 +
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-Eastwood Camping Centre 12 +
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-Outland 5 +
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-Paddy Pallin back cover+
  
-Willis's Walkabouts 15+Alpsport 7\\ 
 +Eastwood Camping Centre 12\\ 
 +Outland 5\\ 
 +Paddy Pallin back cover\\ 
 +Willis's Walkabouts 15
  
   
  
- +====== The Pittwater Track ======
  
-THE PITTWATER TRACK by Roger Treagus+by Roger Treagus
  
 The western foreshore of Pittwater is a special place. It is where the pristine bush of Ku Ring Gai Chase National Park meets the salt water estuary along a 16 km front. The creek water is sweet, the beaches superb and the views from the headlands, stunning. There are no real roads and no cars. Mainly the sounds are birds and outboard motors and even lyre birds mimicking outboard motors. The “offshore” population numbers over 600. It is a vibrant, artistic and wonderfully eccentric community. Where else would they stage an annual dog race where the local dogs are induced to swim from Scotland Island to the mainland. The first dog ashore scores a hamper of Pal and its owner a case of fourex. The western foreshore of Pittwater is a special place. It is where the pristine bush of Ku Ring Gai Chase National Park meets the salt water estuary along a 16 km front. The creek water is sweet, the beaches superb and the views from the headlands, stunning. There are no real roads and no cars. Mainly the sounds are birds and outboard motors and even lyre birds mimicking outboard motors. The “offshore” population numbers over 600. It is a vibrant, artistic and wonderfully eccentric community. Where else would they stage an annual dog race where the local dogs are induced to swim from Scotland Island to the mainland. The first dog ashore scores a hamper of Pal and its owner a case of fourex.
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 This is a very special walk which can only be programmed 4 or 5 times a year, when the sun, moon, tides and weekends are all in conjuction to allow a dry foot crossing of the estuaries and inlets along the track.  This walk is also special as it is proposed to be developed as “The Pittwater Track”, a new walking track to mark the centenary of the Federation of Australia.  Editor. This is a very special walk which can only be programmed 4 or 5 times a year, when the sun, moon, tides and weekends are all in conjuction to allow a dry foot crossing of the estuaries and inlets along the track.  This walk is also special as it is proposed to be developed as “The Pittwater Track”, a new walking track to mark the centenary of the Federation of Australia.  Editor.
  
-SBW  
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-72nd Annual Reunion  
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-at Coolana,  
  
-Kangaroo Valley +**SBW 72nd Annual Reunion at Coolana,** 
  
-on the weekend 13/14 March 1999+Kangaroo Valley on the weekend 13/14 March 1999
  
 after the Annual General Meeting.   after the Annual General Meeting.  
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 +====== Annual General Meeting  1999 ======
  
-Annual General Meeting  1999 
  
 The AGM is on Wednesday 10 March.  Unlike most other AGMs, this time we have a large number of committee positions to fill.  To date we know of only two or three members standing for the positions.  We need:   The AGM is on Wednesday 10 March.  Unlike most other AGMs, this time we have a large number of committee positions to fill.  To date we know of only two or three members standing for the positions.  We need:  
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 The option is available take insurance cover through the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs instead of our current insurer, see next page.  The approximate costs are as follows: The option is available take insurance cover through the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs instead of our current insurer, see next page.  The approximate costs are as follows:
  
-Current insurance policy:  +Current insurance policy: public liability only $2330
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-public liability only $2330+
  
 Confederation insurance policy: public liability and personal injury insurance for members, prospective members and visitors $3089 Confederation insurance policy: public liability and personal injury insurance for members, prospective members and visitors $3089
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 For the wording of the proposed motions refer to the AGM notice which you will have received recently or are about to receive.  If you need more information before the meeting, then give me a call on 9144 5095. For the wording of the proposed motions refer to the AGM notice which you will have received recently or are about to receive.  If you need more information before the meeting, then give me a call on 9144 5095.
  
-Till the AGM,  +Till the AGM \\  
- +Eddy Giacomel,  President.
- Eddy Giacomel,  President. +
  
    
  
-Confederation Personal Injury Insurance Policy: Summary.+====== Confederation Personal Injury Insurance Policy: Summary. ====== 
  
 SBW DOES NOT CURRENTLY HOLD THIS PROPOSED INSURANCE. SBW DOES NOT CURRENTLY HOLD THIS PROPOSED INSURANCE.
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 +====== And Now a Mid-Week Mailing List ======
  
-AND NOW A MID-WEEK MAILING LIST  by Bill Holland.+by Bill Holland.
  
 We've had great mid-week activities,  day walks, camping at Coolana and three days at Wombean Caves.   Our next trip is one week to Lord Howe Island (20th - 27th March). We've had great mid-week activities,  day walks, camping at Coolana and three days at Wombean Caves.   Our next trip is one week to Lord Howe Island (20th - 27th March).
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 More activities covering three to five days are planned with the following already suggested: More activities covering three to five days are planned with the following already suggested:
  
-• cabin stay at Currawong Beach +• cabin stay at Currawong Beach\\ 
- +• cabin stay near Jenolan Caves\\ 
-• cabin stay near Jenolan Caves +• camping at Pretty Beach or Pebbly Beach south of Sydney\\ 
- +• Barrington Tops Guesthouse\\
-• camping at Pretty Beach or Pebbly Beach south of Sydney +
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-• Barrington Tops Guesthouse +
 • week at Lamington NP  • week at Lamington NP 
- +• mid week boat hire on Hawkesbury river or Myall Lakes\\
-• mid week boat hire on Hawkesbury river or Myall Lakes+
  
 All age groups and those able to arrange mid-week breaks are welcome to join us. All age groups and those able to arrange mid-week breaks are welcome to join us.
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 Please advise me by phone on 9484 6636 or for the technically minded Email to "billholl@hotkey.net.au" Please advise me by phone on 9484 6636 or for the technically minded Email to "billholl@hotkey.net.au"
  
-Letter to Sydney Bushwalkers. + 
 +====== Letter to Sydney Bushwalkers ====== 
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 It’s been fun and a new experience to go tramping with you through all the scratchy bushes, swim the pools to cool the body, and have a beer to cool the inside.  My stay in Aussie land is ending at year end.  I’m on my way to England to explore the green glens and European Alps.  So thank-you for letting me participate with all the friendly and warm Bushies.  It’s been fun and a new experience to go tramping with you through all the scratchy bushes, swim the pools to cool the body, and have a beer to cool the inside.  My stay in Aussie land is ending at year end.  I’m on my way to England to explore the green glens and European Alps.  So thank-you for letting me participate with all the friendly and warm Bushies.
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 John Sniedze, December 1998. John Sniedze, December 1998.
  
-Letter to the Editor.+ 
 +====== Letter to the Editor. ======
  
 Hikers! HIKERS!  What is our Club degenerating to.  Our founding walkers would have had an apoplexy (see The Sydney Bushwalker, Jan. 1999, p.10).  The words bushwalker and bushwalking were coined when the Club was formed in 1927 to distinguish our activities from those of hikers who were known to have no regard for the environment, to walk on roads and paths and to leave a trail of litter as they passed along. Hikers! HIKERS!  What is our Club degenerating to.  Our founding walkers would have had an apoplexy (see The Sydney Bushwalker, Jan. 1999, p.10).  The words bushwalker and bushwalking were coined when the Club was formed in 1927 to distinguish our activities from those of hikers who were known to have no regard for the environment, to walk on roads and paths and to leave a trail of litter as they passed along.
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-Summer walking in the Snowy Mountains+====== Summer Walking in the Snowy Mountains ======
  
 Some unreliable musings by Cathryn Ollif  Some unreliable musings by Cathryn Ollif 
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 Lucky participants in this walk were: Maurice Smith and George Mawer (co-leaders), Merrilyn Sach, Michelle Mandler (who took her navigation test by expertly leading us back to camp from Mt Jagungal!), Pamela Irvine, Liz Miller, Marie Rose, Bill Smallwood, John Slade (who became so adept at managing the fire he could provide a place to “boil” and a place to “simmer” on the same fire), Alex Urenburg (who thoughtfully provided a bottle of Vodka  to greet the New Year), and myself. Lucky participants in this walk were: Maurice Smith and George Mawer (co-leaders), Merrilyn Sach, Michelle Mandler (who took her navigation test by expertly leading us back to camp from Mt Jagungal!), Pamela Irvine, Liz Miller, Marie Rose, Bill Smallwood, John Slade (who became so adept at managing the fire he could provide a place to “boil” and a place to “simmer” on the same fire), Alex Urenburg (who thoughtfully provided a bottle of Vodka  to greet the New Year), and myself.
  
-POSITIONS VACANT+ 
 +====== Positions Vacant ====== 
  
 Although all SBW positions are up for grabs,  Although all SBW positions are up for grabs, 
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 ARCHIVIST. ARCHIVIST.
  
-This is a key role in SBW Management. Essential requirement for this challenging position is reading ability.  A neat and orderly mindset, a sense of  history and inter-generational equity are desired atributes. +This is a key role in SBW Management. Essential requirement for this challenging position is reading ability.  A neat and orderly mindset, a sense of history and inter-generational equity are desired attributes. 
  
-A Golden Weekend  
  
 +====== A Golden Weekend ======
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 by Tom Wenman by Tom Wenman
  
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 We departed early the next morning, up the ridge which looked so innocuous on the map, and yet, a short time after the start greeted us with a somewhat exposed dirt scramble, which no doubt sent the adrenalin racing through most of us.  Thereafter a steepish climb brought us to the summit of the ridge, and Ian's precision navigation took us out to within a few hundred yards of the cars, to conclude the walk just after midday.  This for a weekend away would be hard to beat.             We departed early the next morning, up the ridge which looked so innocuous on the map, and yet, a short time after the start greeted us with a somewhat exposed dirt scramble, which no doubt sent the adrenalin racing through most of us.  Thereafter a steepish climb brought us to the summit of the ridge, and Ian's precision navigation took us out to within a few hundred yards of the cars, to conclude the walk just after midday.  This for a weekend away would be hard to beat.            
  
-COOLANA CHRISTMAS by Joan Rigby + 
 +====== Coolana Christmass ====== 
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 +by Joan Rigby 
  
 PRESENT: Gemma Gagne; George and Helen Gray; Pamela Irving; three generations of the Ratcliff-Lengakis family; Frank and Joan Rigby; Hans Stitcher and Laurie; Frank Woodgate; thirty+ species of birds; two Wombats and a Diamond Python. PRESENT: Gemma Gagne; George and Helen Gray; Pamela Irving; three generations of the Ratcliff-Lengakis family; Frank and Joan Rigby; Hans Stitcher and Laurie; Frank Woodgate; thirty+ species of birds; two Wombats and a Diamond Python.
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 Over the rest of the holiday week walkers camped above the cliff line, dropped in for a chat, or left for walks elsewhere. Those remaining interspersed bouts of slashing, weeding and mowing with swims and much food. Finally, only Gemma was left to enjoy the peace and beauty of Coolana.  Over the rest of the holiday week walkers camped above the cliff line, dropped in for a chat, or left for walks elsewhere. Those remaining interspersed bouts of slashing, weeding and mowing with swims and much food. Finally, only Gemma was left to enjoy the peace and beauty of Coolana. 
  
-Trekking in East Africa (Part 1)+ 
 +====== Trekking in East Africa (Part 1) ======
  
 by Jan Szarek by Jan Szarek
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 The only other group of travellers encountered in Met Station was consisting of three Australians from Melbourne and one Sweed. The two of Australians were doctors working in Malawi. The only other group of travellers encountered in Met Station was consisting of three Australians from Melbourne and one Sweed. The two of Australians were doctors working in Malawi.
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 The second day walk along clearly defined track is 10 km long and ends in Mackinder Camp at altitude 4,300 m (14,200  ft). This is a pleasant 6 hour walk across varying vegetation. After the first hour, rain forest ends and vegetation is dominated by short grass. In the last hour before Mackinder Camp the peak of Mt. Kenya can be seen, if the weather is clear. The second day walk along clearly defined track is 10 km long and ends in Mackinder Camp at altitude 4,300 m (14,200  ft). This is a pleasant 6 hour walk across varying vegetation. After the first hour, rain forest ends and vegetation is dominated by short grass. In the last hour before Mackinder Camp the peak of Mt. Kenya can be seen, if the weather is clear.
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 Join us next month for the continuation of this trip to East Africa.   Join us next month for the continuation of this trip to East Africa. 
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 Sanford Larson's Africa Trip 1997/1998: Summary Sanford Larson's Africa Trip 1997/1998: Summary
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-Editors of the Sydney Bushwalker.  +====== Editors of the Sydney Bushwalker ====== 
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 This may be a bit of a swan song but it’s time the rogues gallery of editors saw the light of day.  The position of editor has been filled 41 times since June 1931. Ten people held the position twice, and one brave fellow three times.  We also have had joint editors and acting editors.   This may be a bit of a swan song but it’s time the rogues gallery of editors saw the light of day.  The position of editor has been filled 41 times since June 1931. Ten people held the position twice, and one brave fellow three times.  We also have had joint editors and acting editors.  
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 *acting editor 1 issue only   *acting editor 1 issue only  
  
-FOOTNOTES by Patrick James.+ 
 +====== Footnotes ====== 
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 +by Patrick James.
  
 Just a little bit late but happy Chinese New Year to you all.  Did you sort out all the Valentine cards you received; who sent which one and why.  Do you remember the occasion?  Ah sweet love!   Just a little bit late but happy Chinese New Year to you all.  Did you sort out all the Valentine cards you received; who sent which one and why.  Do you remember the occasion?  Ah sweet love!  
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 Together with the Minister for the Environment, we are extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Wilf Hilder to the Blue Mountains District Advisory Committee.  Wilf, our own bushwalking treasure and a font of much knowledge and information, is just the one for this Committee.   Together with the Minister for the Environment, we are extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Wilf Hilder to the Blue Mountains District Advisory Committee.  Wilf, our own bushwalking treasure and a font of much knowledge and information, is just the one for this Committee.  
  
-This issue we have the first installments of two articles on travelling in Africa.  Both of these are long, and interesting reports which will be published over a number of issues.  Jan Szarek spent seven weeks in 1998 and writes mainly about Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro. Sandy Larson took 4 months to travel from Cairo to Capetown in 1997/98.+This issue we have the first instalments of two articles on travelling in Africa.  Both of these are long, and interesting reports which will be published over a number of issues.  Jan Szarek spent seven weeks in 1998 and writes mainly about Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro. Sandy Larson took 4 months to travel from Cairo to Capetown in 1997/98.
  
 You may recall in July and August 1997 an article by Peter Freeman on the Snows of Kilimanjaro.  These three articles Out of Africa by Jan, Peter and Sandy make interesting reading and a must for anyone planning to go to Africa. You may recall in July and August 1997 an article by Peter Freeman on the Snows of Kilimanjaro.  These three articles Out of Africa by Jan, Peter and Sandy make interesting reading and a must for anyone planning to go to Africa.
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