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-**THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER** is a monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Inc, Box 4476 GPO Sydney 2001.  To advertise in this magazine, please contact the Business Manager.
+**THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER** is a monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Inc, PO Box 431 Milsons Point 1565.
-Editor: Ray Hookway Telephone  9411 1873
+To advertise in this magazine, please contact the Business Manager.
-Business Manager: Elizabeth Miller 1 The Babette, Castlecrag, 2068 Telephone  9958 7838
-Production Manager: Frances Holland
-Printers: Kenn Clacher, Barrie Murdoch, 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 Centre, 16 Fitzroy Street, Kirribilli (near Milsons Point Railway Station).  Visitors and prospective members are welcome any Wednesday.
+|**Editor**| Ray Hookway Telephone 9411 1873|
+|**Business Manager**| Elizabeth Miller 1 The Babette, Castlecrag, 2068 Telephone 9958 7838|
-President: Eddy Giacomel
+|**Production Manager**| Frances Holland |
-Vice-President: Tony Holgate
+|**Printers**| Kenn Clacher, Barrie Murdoch, Margaret Niven, Les Powell, Tom Wenman|
-Public Officer: Fran Holland
-Treasurer: Edith Baker
-Secretary: Rosemary MacDougal
-Walks Secretary: Bill Capon
-Social Secretary: Elwyn Morris
-Membership Secretary: Barry Wallace
-New Members Secretary: Frank Grennan
-Conservation Secretary: Bill Holland
-Magazine Editor: Ray Hookway
-Committee Members: Anthony Crichton & Spiro Hajinakitas
-Delegates to Confederation: Jim Callaway & Wilf Hilder
+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, (near Milsons Point Railway Station). Visitors and prospective members are welcome any Wednesday.
+|**President**| Eddy Giacomel |
+|**Vice-President**| Tony Holgate |
+|**Public Officer**| Fran Holland |
+|**Treasurer**| Edith Baker|
+|**Secretary** |Rosemary MacDougal |
+|**Walks Secretary**| Bill Capon |
+|**Social Secretary**| Elwyn Morris |
+|**Membership Secretary**| Barry Wallace|
+|**New Members Secretary**| Frank Grennan |
+|**Conservation Secretary**| Bill Holland |
+|**Magazine Editor**| Ray Hookway |
+|**Committee Members**| Anthony Crichton & Spiro Hajinakitas |
+|**Delegates to Confederation**| Jim Callaway & Wilf Hilder |
 **March 1999 Issue No. 772:**
+|2	|COMMITTEE 1999/2000|
-	COMMITTEE 1999/2000
+|3	|Snowy Mountain High by Maureen Carter|
-	Snowy Mountain High by Maureen Carter
+|5	|Information Wanted |
-	Information Wanted
+|6	|Rogaining by  Ken Smith|
-	Rogaining by  Ken Smith
+|8	|Trekking in East Africa #2 by Jan Szarek|
-	Trekking in East Africa #2 by Jan Szarek
+|9	|Dispatch from the Snowy by George Mawer|
-	Dispatch from the Snowy by George Mawer
+|9	|WEB PAGE EXPERT WANTED|
-	WEB PAGE EXPERT WANTED
+|10	|Letter from South America by Erith Hamilton & John de Coque|
-	Letter from South America by Erith Hamilton & John de Coque
+|11	|Epic E.N.E. by Don Matthews|
-	Epic E.N.E. by Don Matthews
+|12 	|Vale Joe Turner by Rosemary Roebuck|
-	Vale Joe Turner by Rosemary Roebuck
+|13	|A Walk through the Cradle Reserve by Ray Hookway|
-	A Walk through the Cradle Reserve by Ray Hookway
+|16	|Footnotes by Patrick James|
-	Footnotes by Patrick James
 ADVERTISERS\\
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 Willis's Walkabouts 5\\
-COMMITTEE 1999/2000.
+====== Committee 1999/2000 ======
 The AGM was held on 10 March 1999 and the new committee elected.  Although you may have missed out on a Committee position your input to the management of the Club is always welcome; there's usually more work to be done than there are workers.  So don't be shy contact the appropriate Committee members and make your contribution known.
-PRESIDENTIAL INVESTITURE
+**PRESIDENTIAL INVESTITURE**
 President, Eddy Giacomel, was re-invested with the Symbols of Office at the 72nd Annual Reunion, 13/14 March, held at Coolana.
-SUBSCRIPTIONS for 1999/2000
+**SUBSCRIPTIONS for 1999/2000**
 The subscriptions remain the same as for last two years AND ARE NOW DUE.
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 You may pay at the Clubrooms (cash or cheque) or by mail (cheque, bank cheque or money order), cheques etc. made out to Sydney Bushwalkers Inc.  Payment by mail to the Treasurer,
+Sydney Bushwalkers Inc.\\
-Sydney Bushwalkers Inc.
+GPO Box 4476\\
-GPO Box 4476
 Sydney 2001
 Include with your payment by mail the following details:
+•	membership type,\\
-•	membership type,
+•	name(s) of member(s) covered by this subscription,\\
-•	name(s) of member(s) covered by this subscription,
 •	if changed, telephone numbers, mailing address + post code,
 If you changed your family name during the year please tell us both names (old name & new name) to assist in identification of your membership record.
+Committee Positions 1999/2000
-Committee Positions
+President	Eddy Giacomel\\
+Vice-president	Tony Holgate\\
+Secretary	Rosemary MacDougal\\
+Treasurer	Edith Baker\\
+Public Officer	Frances Holland\\
+Walks Secretary	Bill Capon\\
+Social Secretary Elwyn Morris\\
+Membership Secretary	Barry Wallace\\
+New Members Secretary	Frank Grennan\\
+Conservation Secretary	Bill Holland\\
+Magazine Editor	Ray Hookway\\
+Confederation Delegates	Jim Callaway Wilf Hilder\\
+Members Representatives	Anthony Crichton Spiro Hajinakitas\\
-/2000
+Non-Committee Positions 1999/2000\\
+Confederation Delegates	vacant\\
-President	Eddy Giacomel
+Mag. Production Manager	Frances Holland\\
+Mag. Business Manager	Elizabeth Miller\\
-Vice-president	Tony Holgate
+Printers	Kenn Clacher Barrie Murdoch Margaret Niven Les Powell Tom Wenman\\
+Archivist	vacant\\
-Secretary	Rosemary MacDougal
+Hon. Auditor 	Chris Sonter\\
-Treasurer	Edith Baker
+Hon. Solicitor	Richard Brading\\
-Public Officer	Frances Holland
+Kosciuszko Huts Assoc. Representatives	Wayne Steel Ian Wolfe\\
-Walks Secretary	Bill Capon
+Search & Rescue Contacts Allan Donnelly, Bill Holland, Greta James, David Robinson\\
-Social Secretary	Elwyn Morris
+Coolana Maintenance Committee	Don Brooks, Gemma Gagne, Bill Holland, Patrick James\\
-Membership Secretary	Barry Wallace
+Reunion Organiser Spiro Hajinakitas\\
-New Members Secretary	Frank Grennan
-Conservation Secretary	Bill Holland
-Magazine Editor	Ray Hookway
-Confederation Delegates	Jim Callaway Wilf Hilder
-Members Representatives	Anthony Crichton Spiro Hajinakitas
-Non-Committee Positions 1999/2000
-Confederation Delegates	vacant
-Mag. Production Manager	Frances Holland
-Mag. Business Manager	Elizabeth Miller
-Printers	Kenn Clacher Barrie Murdoch Margaret Niven Les Powell Tom Wenman
-Archivist	vacant
-Hon. Auditor 	Chris Sonter
-Hon. Solicitor	Richard Brading
-Kosciuszko Huts Assoc. Representatives	Wayne Steel Ian Wolfe
-Search & Rescue Contacts Allan Donnelly, Bill Holland, Greta James, David Robinson
-Coolana Maintenance Committee	Don Brooks, Gemma Gagne, Bill Holland, Patrick James
-Reunion Organiser Spiro Hajinakitas
 Training Team	Allan Donnelly,  Bill Holland, Patrick James
 ====== Snowy Mountain High ======
 by Maureen Carter
-How many August mornings, on the way to Thredbo, have I heard the radio announcer say that snow is falling in the village, it’s –2 C and it’s blowing a gale on the peaks with a wind chill factor of –23C.  Well, here we go again, but this time it’s 27 December 1998 and the day we are to assemble for Tony Holgate’s trans-Snowies walk.
+How many August mornings, on the way to Thredbo, have I heard the radio announcer say that snow is falling in the village, it’s –2 C and it’s blowing a gale on the peaks with a wind chill factor of –23 C.  Well, here we go again, but this time it’s 27 December 1998 and the day we are to assemble for Tony Holgate’s trans-Snowies walk.
 Instead of a leisurely start to the six day walk from Tooma Reservoir we spent the evening at Adaminaby in front of a log fire.  The ever flexible leader re-routed us to begin from Round Mountain on a sparkling blue day with no sign of the previous day’s freezing conditions.  The Tumut River was not even cold as we crossed for lunch on its banks.  We shared the track with other walkers and squadrons of march flies.  But we had the spacious Stockyard Ruins to ourselves, where we paid homage to a glorious sunset and I divested myself of at least 1 kg of weight being Nana’s Christmas pudding.
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 Another leisurely start to the day to find ice still in the bottom of the billies after 8 am. Clear skies and a cool breeze accompanied us through stands of grand snow gums, pretty scoparia and snow daisies.  Jim, John and Klaus took the route via the waterfall to Valentines Hut and Jim took a nose denting tumble but never complained.  Valentines provided us with an opportunity to wash clothes and swim SBW fashion beneath cascades (much to the consternation of some mountain bike riders).  We had a choice of lovely level campsites (Denise found the best one for John); sat in a spotlessly clean hut; shared jokes with Victorian walkers; marvelled at a young man walking alone from the ACT to Valhalla at an incredible pace; and, we had a toilet with one of the best views in the world.  Tony and Gail still lusted after the mountain of cheese that Tess carried and they were occasionally rewarded with morsels.
-Another clear sunny day and what better way to begin than with a dip in the sparkling stream before breakfast.  We wandered up a grassy track through further stands of snow gums with their colourful bark patterns and once our cross-country walking began we had several rest stops on granite tors.  We spent the next few hours feasting on the view towards Watsons Crags with their remnants of snow.  We admired nature’s wonderful sculptures that are the Kerries but bolted across the boggy ground to the only tree around which we gathered its shade for lunch.  Jan S escaped from the constant flies by covering himself with his mosquito net, and was still eating fresh vegetables on day 4.
+Another clear sunny day and what better way to begin than with a dip in the sparkling stream before breakfast.  We wandered up a grassy track through further stands of snow gums with their colourful bark patterns and once our cross-country walking began we had several rest stops on granite tors.  We spent the next few hours feasting on the view towards Watsons Crags with their remnants of snow.  We admired nature’s wonderful sculptures that are the Kerries but bolted across the boggy ground to the only tree around which we gathered its shade for lunch.  Jan escaped from the constant flies by covering himself with his mosquito net, and was still eating fresh vegetables on day 4.
 A few of us were again caught perving in Tony Holgate’s food bags at the delicacies he seems to always unearth at Neutral Bay.  I think we have convinced him to put a day walk on the programme so that the eastern and south side members can also stock up on dried hommus, Thai dips and all sorts of goodies.  We did not entertain such kind thoughts towards our leader after lunch because, although we voted not to go over Gungarten, we did not enjoy following him steeply downhill through a maze of creeks, holes and scratchy vegetation.  Don followed the fashion trend set by Jim and also landed on his nose in the creek, but his happy smile was not absent for long.
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 ====== Information Wanted ======
 Biographical information, reminisces, and photos in particular are wanted of Ruby Hall nee Payne-Scott, an SBW member of the mainly in the 1930s-1950s, but extending to 1970s. Besides being a keen walker and wife of fellow SBW member Bill Hall, Ruby was also a world renowned CSIRO scientist in the field of radio-physics.  A biography is being written about this amazing lady, however the author is short on details of Ruby’s bushwalking activities.  Thus the call for help to our members to rack their brain and/or search out old photos to make this biography a fitting tribute, and also to demonstrate that radio-physics is a common hobby among bushwalkers.  Please send all information, photos and bits & pieces to Ruby and Bill’s son: Professor Peter Hall, Centre for Mathematics & Its Application, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, phone 02 6249 3474.
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 Our really switched on readers will have noted that Ruby Payne-Scott was one of the women featured on page 40 of the Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend magazine of 6 March 1999.
 ====== Rogaining ======
-	by  Ken Smith
+by  Ken Smith
 Rogaining is the sport of long distance cross-country navigation, in which teams of two to five people visit as many checkpoints as they wish in a set time period.  The traditional rogaine is for 24 hours, however, there are shorter events of 6, 8 and 12 hours.  Most NSW events are held within 2/3 hours travelling time of Sydney.
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 CONTACTS.
-.	If you are interested in trying Rogaining then get in touch with me, Ken Smith, on 02 9808 4021,  or the person specified for the next event on the calendar.
+.	If you are interested in trying Rogaining then get in touch with me, Ken Smith, on 02 9808 4021,  or the person specified for the next event on the calendar.\\
+.	WEBSITE: ROGAINE.ASN.AU  then click on the state of NSW.\\
+.	New South Wales Rogaining Assoc Inc. NSWRA Voicemail  02 9990 3480\\
-.	WEBSITE: HTTP//ROGAINE.ASN.AU  then click on the state of NSW.
+EVENT CALENDAR: NSW & ACT,  All events require advance entry\\
-.	New South Wales Rogaining Assoc Inc. NSWRA Voicemail  02 9990 3480
+Mar 21	6hr ACT Paddy Pallin	02 6268 8734\\
+Mar 27, 28	12/24hr Autumn: South Coast	02 9314 6211\\
+May 1, 2	24hr ACT Champs	02 6268 8734\\
+Jun 20	6hr NSW Paddy Pallin: Shoalhaven	02 9416 6423\\
+Jul 3, 4	29hr Search & Rescue Navigation Shield	02 9789 2527\\
+Aug 28, 29	12/24hr NSW Champs Hunter Valley	02 4959 8840\\
+Sep 12	ACT     Cyclegaine	02 6268 8734\\
+Sep 18	12hr    Lake Macquarie	02 4975 3507\\
+Oct 23, 24	24hr Aust Champs - Wodonga	02 6025 4959\\
+Nov 20	12hr    ACT Spring	02 6268 8734\\
+Dec 5	        Socialgaine - Hawkesbury River	02 9816 2508\\
+Jan 15, 16 	4th World 2000, Champs - Christchurch NZ	02 9416 6423\\
-EVENT CALENDAR: NSW & ACT        All events require advance entry
-	Event	Contact
-Mar 21	6hr ACT Paddy Pallin	02 6268 8734
-Mar 27, 28	12/24hr Autumn:
-South Coast	02 9314 6211
-May 1, 2	24hr ACT Champs	02 6268 8734
-Jun 20	6hr NSW Paddy Pallin: Shoalhaven	02 9416 6423
-Jul 3, 4	29hr Search & Rescue Navigation Shield	02 9789 2527
-Aug 28, 29	12/24hr NSW Champs Hunter Valley	02 4959 8840
-Sep 12	ACT Cyclegaine	02 6268 8734
-Sep 18	12hr Lake Macquarie	02 4975 3507
-Oct 23, 24	24hr Aust Champs - Wodonga	02 6025 4959
-Nov 20	12hr ACT Spring	02 6268 8734
-Dec 5	6hr Socialgaine - Hawkesbury River	02 9816 2508
-Jan 15, 16 	4th World 2000, Champs - Christchurch NZ	02 9416 6423
 ====== Trekking in East Africa ======
+Part 2, by Jan Szarek
-Part 2, by Jan Szarek.
 The Rwenzori Mountains are in Uganda, along the border with Zaire, about 200 km from capital Kampala. The mountains are about 5,000 m high, and they are renowned for their beauty. It rains almost very day up there and because of this, the vegetation is one of the best in Africa.
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 I intended to trek for eight days in Rwenzori.  However after arriving in Africa the trip was abandoned due to unstable political and military situation in the region. Various tribes inhabiting the region started fighting each other recently. Some aid workers were shot, others were kidnapped, and there were rumours of rebels setting up mines in the mountains. The soldiers do not like foreigners around, if you were kidnapped it would be a problem for them. The military patrols stop and search cars for weapons every twenty kilometres.  Even if one is brave enough to go there, the military patrol will pick you up from the bus and put on the next bus going in the opposite direction.
-It is quite difficult to obtain reliable information about current situation in Africa. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs maintains the Internet site with information about safety situation in various countries. I found information there quite useless *. For example, the warning for Uganda was that Mountain Gorilla Sanctuary in Rwenzori Mountains is unsafe *. As it turned out the Gorilla Sanctuary was the only safe place in the Rwenzori National Park *.
+It is quite difficult to obtain reliable information about current situation in Africa. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs maintains the Internet site with information about safety situation in various countries. I found information there quite useless. For example, the warning for Uganda was that Mountain Gorilla Sanctuary in Rwenzori Mountains is unsafe. As it turned out the Gorilla Sanctuary was the only safe place in the Rwenzori National Park.
 It seems that the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs treats the Internet site in bureaucratic manner, formulating it in such manner that people will not sue them if something goes wrong.
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 ====== Dispatch From The Snowy ======
+From George Mawer our roving reporter
-From George Mawer our roving reporter.
+The day after Boxing Day, December 27th I was holed up with the ten other members of our walking party, in a Holiday Inn in Guthega Village while a small blizzard raged outside.  We had arrived at Guthega to begin our extended walk which was to start with a climb half way up onto Mount Tate.  However, conditions were such that we thought it prudent to run for cover.
-The day after Boxing Day, December 27th I was holed up with the ten other members of our walking party, in a Holiday Inn in Guthega Village while a small blizzard raged outside.  We had arrived at Guthega to begin our extended walk*, which was to start with a climb half way up onto Mount Tate.  However, conditions were such that we thought it prudent to run for cover.
 We managed to get into the local Resort Hotel where the rooms were heated and a big log fire burned in the lounge and a bar where we could console each other.  The lounge had big double glazed windows that we could look out from. We couldn’t see very much because of the low cloud and snow, but from the comfort and security of the lounge it all looked rather pretty.  After dinner - which was quite reasonably priced and of ample proportions and served in the lounge - we all sat around the big fire and chatted or browsed through the books and magazines spread around for the guests.
-One of the books I picked up was Tom Darmody’s  'Tales of the Monaro'. I copied the following little poem from this book as I thought you might like it for the magazine.
+One of the books I picked up was Tom Darmody’s 'Tales of the Monaro'. I copied the following little poem from this book as I thought you might like it for the magazine.
 The next morning dawned clear and windless and from our higher vantage point we could now see the whole snow blanketed panorama.  We modified the route a little to allow for the lost walking time and from then on had excellent weather.
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 * see Feb. 99 Sydney Bushwalker for Cathryn Ollif’s graphic account of this remarkable walk
-WANTED : WEB PAGE EXPERTISE.
+====== Wanted : Web Page Expertise ======
 SBW has the opportunity to have a web page on the Internet.  We need someone who has had experience in constructing a web page.
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 ====== Letter from South America ======
 by Erith Hamilton and John de Coque
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 The day was such a special experience for us, that we extended our stay in Bogota to the next weekend to repeat the exercise.  Contact details: Sal Si Puedes, Carrera 7A, No. 17-01 Santa Fe de Bogota, D:C: Columbia.
-For Sale: Pine cot & Domino mattress $120.  Bushwalking Baby Carrier (1-4 years) Macpac Possum $120. Contact Elisabeth & Steve Lengakis: 9644 9560
+**For Sale**: Pine cot & Domino mattress $120.  Bushwalking Baby Carrier (1-4 years) Macpac Possum $120. Contact Elisabeth & Steve Lengakis: 9644 9560
 Cairns via central Queensland?
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 Call John on 041 77 333 52 for details.
-EPIC E.N.E. by Don Matthews
-High on the hill, and looking where the lake
-Which from the rapids at yon bend will make
-Contiguous water to a distant shores
-He gazed, and murmured to himself "What more,
+====== EPIC E.N.E. ======
-What extra boon could make this pleasant spot
+by Don Matthews
+High on the hill, and looking where the lake \\
+Which from the rapids at yon bend will make\\
+Contiguous water to a distant shores\\
+He gazed, and murmured to himself "What more,\\
+What extra boon could make this pleasant spot\\
 More pleasant still.   What could improve our lot?"
+And suddenly there flashed into his brain\\
+A vision of a shelter 'gainst the rains\\
-And suddenly there flashed into his brain
-A vision of a shelter 'gainst the rains
-A Georgian structure set into the hill
-And fashioned with much grace and strength and skill,
-Which when the elements should so persuade
+A Georgian structure set into the hill\\
+And fashioned with much grace and strength and skill, \\
+Which when the elements should so persuade\\
 Would furnish us with shelter and with shade.
-And by an artifice both wise and bold
+And by an artifice both wise and bold \\
+There could be brought by pipeline fresh and cold\\
-There could be brought by pipeline fresh and cold
+A stream of sparkling water, from a rill\\
-A stream of sparkling water, from a rill
 To save us carrying water bags uphill
-And then another feather in our cap
+And then another feather in our cap\\
+Could we not regulate the flow by tap?\\
-Could we not regulate the flow by tap?
+These were his thoughts, and now we see today \\
-These were his thoughts, and now we see today
 Those thoughts transformed by Butler and by Gray
-And numerous helpers whom we fain would list
+And numerous helpers whom we fain would list\\
+From A to Z plus any that we've missed.\\
-From A to Z plus any that we've missed.
+Here now it stands, and wide will spread its fame \\
-Here now it stands, and wide will spread its fame
 This shelter with its iron and wooden frame.
-The problem unresolved is that of paint
+The problem unresolved is that of paint \\
+To some bright red is nice, to some it ain't,\\
-To some bright red is nice, to some it ain't,
+And this will lead to meetings in committee. \\
-And this will lead to meetings in committee.
 And on that desperate note we end this ditty.
-Hail Coolana,  silver, red or blue,
+Hail Coolana,  silver, red or blue,\\
+We'll use your shelter, heedless of the hue.\\
-We'll use your shelter, heedless of the hue.
+Hail,  Coolana, camp spot by the water, \\
-Hail,,  Coolana, camp spot by the water,
 Long may your sylvan settings as it oughter
-Grant to our many members, strength and solace;
+Grant to our many members, strength and solace; \\
+This project, started in the time of Wallace, \\
-This project, started in the time of Wallace,
+We now declare complete, or pretty near, \\
-We now declare complete, or pretty near,
 So raise your mugs and give a rousing cheer!
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 ====== Vale Joe Turner ======
- by his daughter Rosemary
+by his daughter Rosemary
 Joe ‘Bill’ Turner was, in the 1920’s, an active member of Sydney Bushwalkers and foundation member with the committee in obtaining the Blue Gum Forest in 1931.  Bill was a lifetime member of the Sydney Bushwalkers and ardent camper (even taking his wife and first three children by motorbike and sidecar on many camps).  In 1941, after the birth of their fourth child, he moved to Armidale from where he continued to attend re-unions.  Until his death, in February 1999, he received, read and enjoyed The Sydney Bushwalker.  In hospital after his second hip replacement, ‘he said, “Oh, don’t lose THAT!” referring to the January issue of the magazine.
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 ====== A Walk through the Cradle Reserve ======
- 	by Ray Hookway.
+by Ray Hookway
 A recent article in the Sydney Herald regarding the control of walkers in Tasmanian parks and in particular on the Overland Track, reminded me of a marvellous nine day trip that I did in January 1970 through the Cradle Reserve with Pat Harrison, and about some of the people we met on that popular walk. Pat is a former SBW club member and walks secretary.
-The encounters started at Devonport Airport. We shared a taxi to Waldheim with four young Melbourne footballers.   Pat and I both had fair sized packs for the forthcoming 86 km walk, (Pat’s weighed 27 kg),  but the gear those four carried would have been sufficient for three times their number for a three week walk.
+The encounters started at Devonport Airport. We shared a taxi to Waldheim with four young Melbourne footballers.  Pat and I both had fair sized packs for the forthcoming 86 km walk, (Pat’s weighed 27 kg),  but the gear those four carried would have been sufficient for three times their number for a three week walk.
 The leader’s pack, which was a large Paddy steel-framed type with its bulging throat fully extended, and with gear hanging from every strap, was too big to fit in the station-wagon taxi so it was strapped to the roof.
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+====== Footnotes ======
-FOOTNOTES 	by Patrick James
+by Patrick James
 The AGM is over.  Congratulations to the new Committee who takes up the reins and, standing on the bridge, navigates the club through the uncharted waters of modern life towards the bug infested year 2000.