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- | =====THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER===== | + | =====The Sydney Bushwalker |
A Journal devoted to matters of interest to the | A Journal devoted to matters of interest to the | ||
Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton St, Sydney, N.S.W. | Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton St, Sydney, N.S.W. | ||
- | No, 35 OCTOBER, 1937. | + | No 35. October, 1937 |
- | Editor | + | |
- | CONTENTS | + | |**Editor**|Mary M Byles| |
- | Editorial | + | |**Sales Manager**|W J Mullins| |
- | On Sub.Sections Generally by Dot. English. | + | |
- | Molly.Moo-Ma by Clare Kinsella. Miff Seeks Old Sol Among The South Sea Islands " | + | **Contents** |
- | Lob' | + | |
- | A Creed For Nature Lovers | + | | |Page| |
- | The Triumph of Tents by Judex. Publications Received | + | |Editorial |
- | Federation News & Correspondence | + | |On Sub-Sections Generally |
- | News From Here There and Everywhere | + | |Molly-Moo-Ma |
- | Round The Camp Fire | + | |Wiff Seeks Old Sol Among The South Sea Islands |
- | EDITORIAL | + | |" |
- | Page 1 | + | |Lobs Hole, Yarrangobilly, |
- | " 2 | + | |A Creed For Nature Lovers|14| |
- | 3 | + | |A Triumph of Tends - by Judex|15| |
- | 11 5 | + | |Publications Received| 17| |
- | it 8 | + | |Federation News & Correspondence |
- | 9 | + | |News From Here There and Everywhere |
- | " 14 | + | |Round The Camp Fire |20| |
- | " 15 | + | |
- | " 17 | + | |
- | -" 18 | + | =====Editorial===== |
- | " 19 | + | |
- | " 20 | + | There has been a revolution in the Club this quarter, and there was "not so much as the barking of a dog over it." The Club has bought a duplicator, the Business Manager has enlisted the services of three stalwart men to work it, and we are going to print our own " |
- | There has been a revolution in the Club this quarter, and there was "not so much as the barking of a dog over it." The Club has bought a duplicator, the Business Manager has enlisted the services of three stalwart men to work it, and we are going to print our own " | + | |
It is also intended in future to print in "The Sydney Bushwalker," | It is also intended in future to print in "The Sydney Bushwalker," | ||
- | As this will be the last issue of "The Sydney Bushwalker" | + | |
- | The Editor also takes the opportunity of thanking Miss Kath McKay for correcting manuscript for this issue. But if you find any mistakes don't blame Keith bepeuse | + | As this will be the last issue of "The Sydney Bushwalker" |
- | ON SUB-SECTIONS GENERALLY.-- .... TIE ROCK-CLIMBING SECTION IN PARTICULAR. | + | |
- | Dote English. | + | The Editor also takes the opportunity of thanking Miss Kath McKay for correcting manuscript for this issue. But if you find any mistakes don't blame Kath because |
- | The Club is beginning to mann with Sub-Sections. In a broad general sense all Club members are ONE, only the prospectives sneaking around apologetically under the designatL: | + | |
- | On a lower plane we have the " | + | =====On Sub-sections generally......The Rock-Climbing Section In Particular===== |
- | In a political sense we have the "Left Wing", whose adherents can always be relied upon to raise contentious matter at General Meetings, and are generally | + | |
- | Also worthy of mention is the recently formed band of " | + | by Dot English |
- | An announcement has also been made concerning the formation of a "Light Brigade" | + | |
- | In the matter of climbing, Club members have been subdivided into two main classes - the " | + | The Club is beginning to swarm with Sub-Sections. In a broad general sense all Club members are ONE, only the prospectives sneaking around apologetically under the designation |
- | Of course there is great rivalry between all these pairs of opposites. The Compatibles are justified in criticising the actions of the Incompatibles, | + | |
- | there is no great harm in it. | + | On a lower plane we have the " |
+ | |||
+ | In a political sense we have the "Left Wing", whose adherents can always be relied upon to raise contentious matter at General Meetings, and are generally | ||
+ | |||
+ | Also worthy of mention is the recently formed band of " | ||
+ | |||
+ | An announcement has also been made concerning the formation of a "Light Brigade" | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the matter of climbing, Club members have been subdivided into two main classes - the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Of course there is great rivalry between all these pairs of opposites. The Compatibles are justified in criticising the actions of the Incompatibles, | ||
In connection with the formation, and the recreational and business methods of each of the sections aforesaid, there are many interesting facts, purposefully only hinted at here as we will go into greater detail in subsequent issues. However, one of them is to be dealt with at length in this issue, and we will start with the Rock-Climbing Section. | In connection with the formation, and the recreational and business methods of each of the sections aforesaid, there are many interesting facts, purposefully only hinted at here as we will go into greater detail in subsequent issues. However, one of them is to be dealt with at length in this issue, and we will start with the Rock-Climbing Section. | ||
- | 0 There is nothing very much to report except that we have been formed. We have done nothing exceptional as yet in the my of scaling virgin peaks. True, we have laid seige to Carlants | + | |
- | In next issue you will be able to read Instalment | + | There is nothing very much to report except that we have been formed. We have done nothing exceptional as yet in the my of scaling virgin peaks. True, we have laid seige to Carlons |
- | MOLLY.M00-MA | + | |
- | by Clare Kinsella. | + | In next issue you will be able to read Installment |
- | cok | + | |
- | It was on a Sabbath morning In the soft autumnal weather In the deep and narrow valley Where the river Grose runs swiftly Flawing onward ever onward. (Tie a habit this of rivers) | + | =====Molly-Moo-Ma===== |
- | Leaping, swirling, sweeping, sparkling, Laughing over rocks and pebbles, Spilling into sunny shallows | + | |
- | On this lovely sabbath morning | + | by Clare Kinsella |
- | | + | |
- | Friends were they and sworn blood brothers (Sworn to talk the others thought them) For they talked all through the morning For they chattered in the evening And at night when soft the full moon Rode above the limped waters | + | It was on a Sabbath morning |
- | Still their voices mad their laughter Broke into the silver silence. | + | In the soft autumnal weather |
- | Swift the leader bounded onward Swift the leader stalwart Herbert Sometimes on the track but mostly Off it in some rocky chasm. | + | In the deep and narrow valley |
- | And behind him, leaping, stumbling Stubbing toes and wet with perspirAtion | + | Where the river Grose runs swiftly |
- | - 4 - | + | Flawing onward ever onward |
- | Test of brawn and test of muscle. Would these uninitiated | + | (Tis a habit this of rivers) |
- | These poor creatu: | + | Leaping, swirling, sweeping, sparkling, |
- | Would they burn and bury rubbish? Would they light a decent fire? Would they carry all their own food? Would they scrounge upon their fellows? But the thought that made them tremble Made them, shiver in their shoeses | + | Laughing over rocks and pebbles, |
- | 6 That dreaded ogre the Committee Weigh them up and find them wanting Cast them into outer darkness? As the sun approached its zenith Riding high across the heavens. Then the minds of all the party | + | Spilling into sunny shallows |
- | Turned to thoughts of food and more food Then the leader noble Herbert | + | Where the forest giants the tall gums |
- | Rose the smoke of many camp fire Curling blue the smoke of camp fires. | + | Strong and stately there the tall gums |
- | 4:t | + | Look dawn to the quiet waters |
- | Mow | + | Look down at their leafy branches |
- | One there was among the party She a maiden dark and lovely For the purpose of this poem (7) | + | At their beauty there reflected |
- | We shall call her Mollyamo-ma Molly amoo-ima, Running water NOW maiden, dark and lovely, Dark and lovely Molly-moo-ma Gazed with longing at the water Longed to feel its cleansing freshness Wash away the stain of travel | + | |
- | Wash away the dirt and perspirAtian | + | On this lovely sabbath morning |
- | Did she not always strive to cherish In her heart their highest ideals? Should she let a trifling matter Trifling natter lack of costume, | + | Down the valley by the river |
- | Keep her from the sparkling streamlet, Keep her from the cleansing waters, Keep her from her heart' | + | Came a party of bush walkers |
+ | Members of the S.B.W. | ||
+ | Headed by the stalwart Herbert | ||
+ | Whipped | ||
+ | Both were mighty men of action | ||
+ | Friends were they and sworn blood brothers | ||
+ | (Sworn to talk the others thought them) | ||
+ | For they talked all through the morning | ||
+ | For they chattered in the evening | ||
+ | And at night when soft the full moon | ||
+ | Rode above the limped waters | ||
+ | Still their voices mad their laughter | ||
+ | Broke into the silver silence | ||
+ | Swift the leader bounded onward | ||
+ | Swift the leader stalwart Herbert | ||
+ | Sometimes on the track but mostly | ||
+ | Off it in some rocky chasm | ||
+ | And behind him, leaping, stumbling | ||
+ | Stubbing toes and wet with perspiration | ||
+ | (What we do for rhythm!) | ||
+ | Came the puffing, panting, party | ||
+ | Came the others on probation | ||
+ | For this was indeed a test walk | ||
+ | Yes, indeed it was a test walk | ||
+ | |||
+ | Test of brawn and test of muscle | ||
+ | Would these uninitiated | ||
+ | These poor creatures | ||
+ | Carry on the great traditions | ||
+ | Of the club the S.B.W.? | ||
+ | Would they burn and bury rubbish? | ||
+ | Would they light a decent fire? | ||
+ | Would they carry all their own food? | ||
+ | Would they scrounge upon their fellows? | ||
+ | But the thought that made them tremble | ||
+ | Made them shiver in their shoes | ||
+ | Would they be found compatible? | ||
+ | Would that many headed ogre | ||
+ | That dreaded ogre the Committee | ||
+ | Weigh them up and find them wanting | ||
+ | Cast them into outer darkness? | ||
+ | As the sun approached its zenith | ||
+ | Riding high across the heavens | ||
+ | Then the minds of all the party | ||
+ | Turned to thoughts of food and more food | ||
+ | Then the leader noble Herbert | ||
+ | Signaled | ||
+ | Here we out - went forth the edict | ||
+ | Soon beside the rushing river | ||
+ | Underneath the casuarinas | ||
+ | Rose the smoke of many camp fire | ||
+ | Curling blue the smoke of camp fires | ||
+ | |||
+ | One there was among the party | ||
+ | She a maiden dark and lovely | ||
+ | For the purpose of this poem | ||
+ | We shall call her Molly-moo-ma | ||
+ | Molly-moo-ma, Running water | ||
+ | Now this maiden, dark and lovely | ||
+ | Dark and lovely Molly-moo-ma | ||
+ | Gazed with longing at the water | ||
+ | Longed to feel its cleansing freshness | ||
+ | Wash away the stain of travel | ||
+ | Wash away the dirt and perspiration | ||
+ | But alas she had no costume | ||
+ | Low her head she hung in sorrow | ||
+ | Low above the rushing river | ||
+ | Not for long did sadness claim her | ||
+ | Was she not a true bushwalker | ||
+ | Did she not always strive to cherish | ||
+ | In her heart their highest ideals? | ||
+ | Should she let a trifling matter | ||
+ | Trifling natter lack of costume | ||
+ | Keep her from the sparkling streamlet | ||
+ | Keep her from the cleansing waters | ||
+ | Keep her from her heart' | ||
+ | Taking but her cake of lifebuoy, | ||
+ | Rosy pink her cake of lifebuoy | ||
+ | Silently she left the party | ||
+ | Walked beneath the casuarinas | ||
+ | Till she found sweet isolation | ||
+ | Here with speed she shed her clothing | ||
+ | And approached the rippling streamlet | ||
+ | Soon like lovely Aphrodite | ||
Rose she from the foaming waters | Rose she from the foaming waters | ||
- | But this foam was made from lifebuoy (Lever Brothers please take notice You must not use this as copy For your B.O. advertising Molly-moo-ma, | + | But this foam was made from lifebuoy |
- | WIFF SEEKS OLD SOL AMOUG THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS | + | (Lever Brothers please take notice |
- | Moorea Island, via Tahiti. | + | You must not use this as copy |
- | Dear. CIdb-Mates2 | + | For your B.O. advertising |
- | I know you would like to hear of new places and how- we are faring in the Pearl of the Pacific. Well, I wrote you last at Houailou, New Caledonia. When I got back to Noumea we stayed two days at an hotel and during that time I got up early and visited the Markets. They start at 2 am, and finish at 6 amo The locals buy all their vegetables and fish and crabs there. The fish are in wooden boxes - hand-carts full of water and fish swimming about alive. The inspector comes rOund and if he sees dead fish he takes it out and won't allow it to be sold. As the people select their fish, they are caught and threaded on string with a needle, tied in a loop and given to them to carry home all alive. | + | Molly-moo-ma, |
- | We decided to camp at Majenta, a seaside place about two miles out of Noumea. Everything was just to my liking - good grassy place to pitch the tent alongside of the beach, a fair breeze and plenty of places to roam. But the d - mosquitoes ruled the night tent all sealed up and two mosquito coils burning all night, nearly suffocating us. We put up with them for two weeks and were glad to get away from the place. | + | Molly-moo-ma, |
- | We visited a very old fort with two cannons dated 1875. We had to scale a very dangerous cliff as we approached it from the rocks below, and nearly slipped when up 50 ft. high. We then had to crawl under and over lantana for 50 yds. It was well worth it as we were rewarded with a splendid view of the coast-line | + | So she sported in the river |
- | We chummed in with a Frenchman and his wife who wanted to give us everything they had - cooking-pots, | + | Feeling but its cleansing freshness |
- | Another experience we had we went for a short walk about one and a half to two miles away on a dull day. A small hill at the end of the land looked like a good look-out save went to the top, but we were so exhausted getting there and breathing hard through our mouths that we could not make it out. I think there must have been an air-pocket or a shortage of oxygen. The wife had a great struggle to get back to camp mud nearly collapsed, She was bad for two days after. I didntt | + | Heeding not the speeding current |
- | At last the day arrived to sail away to the Pearl of the Pacific, so We left Noumea and the mosquitoes behind, | + | Heeding not its strength and power |
- | The coast aire was very pretty, plenty of coo-nut | + | Till in its fierce grip it held her |
- | we left the land and did not see aay until we arrived at Port Villa, New Hebrides, next day. | + | Took her onward, downward, |
- | As we had 1,500 tons of copra to take on board, it took two days tO do it. A launch was provided for the passengers to go ashore as we were anchored well out alongside the copra hulls | + | Over rocks and over pebbles |
- | Port Villa is a very pretty place, but Hot, steaming | + | Slipping, |
- | We, rambled all over the place within a few miles of the wharf. You don't buy any fruit cheaply here - the natives were asking 2/- a dozen for oranges that grow mild here, and 2/- a dozen for mild pears not worth eating. Bananas were all green so I climbed an orange tree in a back shed and got about two dozen and we ate them on the spot. We passed through a coffee | + | Rushing over rocks and rapids |
- | The Ville de Strasbourg, our steamer, left on Sunday,23rd. May, for RniAtoa. No land to see until we sighted the end of Fiji about 10 miles away on Tuesday/25th. - that mould be our second Tuesday, as we had passed the 180th*, I think they call it, meridian, so that we gained a day. Next day we saw Tonga, about five miles away. | + | Vainly did she try to rise up |
- | On the next day they rigged up a swimming bath on board about 13 ft. x 10 ft., 5 ft. deep. I need not tell you I was always in it. | + | Try to cling to rock or pebble |
- | On the following Tuesday we arrived at Raiatea, for 7 hours, to take more copra on board. A. walk up town both mays and we bought some oranges and. bananas that were very cheap. I had never seen such fat bananas before - one was a feed. There are a lot of very fat people here, and they lie about looking too fat to walk. It is a very pretty place. The islands are all mountains and only a fringe around the shore is fit for cultivation. If we have no mountains in Australia - as Miss Byles says - we have them in the Pacific Islands. Tahiti has one higher than Kosciusko. | + | But the current ran too swiftly |
- | Next day we arrived at Tahiti, my dream: but I did not dream that I was to be so disappointed in the place. These very generous natives that will give you all you wmnti It was not going to cost me anything to live here, so I was told. Nell, to start off with I was taken down by the chap that took my luggage off the boat. He got away with the note I gave him to get the change* had to match them all when dealing with them. They would whip a bit on if you were not wide awake. | + | All too swiftly ran the current |
- | I walked out 4 miles looking for a camp site and had to give it up on the first day, and landed home sopping wet. I took car rides out 15 miles one day and the next 20 miles the other way. I was so disgusted with the place that I ordered the car driver to return as there was not a suitable place for me to camp in. I could camp in people' | + | Onward, onward, ever onward |
- | We stayed at Stuart' | + | Merciless and strong it held her |
- | loafer that did not want to spend any energy,, On Sunday we walked 5 to 7 miles to the Falls up a very met valley. It was well worth the trip, We got up at 5 Otclock | + | Till at length it brought her to the |
- | A -vegetables and fruit, all very cheap,- prawns threaded on a stick, cakes like dough. nuts done just the same. | + | Spot where all the rest were gathered |
- | We left the Markets | + | Round the leader stalwart Herbert |
- | 0 a fine sight and a fair quantity of water coming over. We were sopping wet with the undergrowth touching us all the way, and no sun gets there for long. We decided to return after spending only five minutes there, and got back at 12:30. It was hard going along a slippery track and we had to cross the stream on broken bridges and made through at other places. | + | And his brother stalwart Derbert |
- | We were fed up with the Pearl of the Pacific - the wife wanted-to go home 0 she had had enough. I persuaded her to come over to Moorea, and if that was no good We mould return and catch the first boat home. | + | Steadily their jaws were working |
- | On Monday we came over here, and the first glimpse of it was enough to satisfy me that I had found what I had been looking | + | Munching, crunching, chewing, biting |
- | He got very friendly. I asked him how much I owed him for the luggage, and he said "Two francs for luggage and one franc to stay here." We put a meek in there and decided on a better spot. At leaving he wanted 5 francs a day and 10 for luggage.- I gave him 15 francs and told him off. | + | Stolidly |
- | 4) The next place is to cost 1.50, a day - that mould be 4d. a (Wilt* | + | Heeded not the lovely damsel |
- | Reading in a booklet of New Hebrides, there is a trip that takes about two weeks aad calla at 70 places. If it is possible and reasonable we will leave the boat at Port Villa and go on it. If not, we will go to Noumea and try tO | + | Lovely damsel, Molly-moo-ma |
- | 4* get to the Isle of Pines to finish off our trip. Some Bush Walkers envied me my luels but tell them we have had to put up with a lot from the mosquitoes whioh never let up while on board ship. This is no campers' | + | As the river swept her onward |
- | site. | + | Racing onward to destruction!!! |
- | It is 10:30 on Sunday 20th. June, and time for a coconut, so I logii1 | + | |
- | close, hoping the olub is having a good time. | + | =====Wiff Seeks Old Sol Among The South Sea Islands===== |
+ | Moorea Island, via Tahiti | ||
+ | |||
+ | Dear Club-Mates | ||
+ | |||
+ | I know you would like to hear of new places and how we are faring in the Pearl of the Pacific. Well, I wrote you last at Houailou, New Caledonia. When I got back to Noumea we stayed two days at an hotel and during that time I got up early and visited the markets. They start at 2am, and finish at 6am. The locals buy all their vegetables and fish and crabs there. The fish are in wooden boxes - hand-carts full of water and fish swimming about alive. The inspector comes round and if he sees dead fish he takes it out and won't allow it to be sold. As the people select their fish, they are caught and threaded on string with a needle, tied in a loop and given to them to carry home all alive. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We decided to camp at Majenta, a seaside place about two miles out of Noumea. Everything was just to my liking - good grassy place to pitch the tent alongside of the beach, a fair breeze and plenty of places to roam. But the d-mosquitoes ruled the night - tent all sealed up and two mosquito coils burning all night, nearly suffocating us. We put up with them for two weeks and were glad to get away from the place. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We visited a very old fort with two cannons dated 1875. We had to scale a very dangerous cliff as we approached it from the rocks below, and nearly slipped when up 50ft. high. We then had to crawl under and over lantana for 50 yds. It was well worth it as we were rewarded with a splendid view of the coastline | ||
+ | |||
+ | We chummed in with a Frenchman and his wife who wanted to give us everything they had - cooking-pots, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Another experience we had we went for a short walk about one and a half to two miles away on a dull day. A small hill at the end of the land looked like a good lookout so we went to the top, but we were so exhausted getting there and breathing hard through our mouths that we could not make it out. I think there must have been an air-pocket or a shortage of oxygen. The wife had a great struggle to get back to camp and nearly collapsed. She was bad for two days after. I didn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | At last the day arrived to sail away to the Pearl of the Pacific, so we left Noumea and the mosquitoes behind, | ||
+ | The coast line was very pretty, plenty of coconut | ||
+ | |||
+ | As we had 1,500 tons of copra to take on board, it took two days to do it. A launch was provided for the passengers to go ashore as we were anchored well out alongside the copra hulls. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Port Villa is a very pretty place, but hot, steaming | ||
+ | |||
+ | We rambled all over the place within a few miles of the wharf. You don't buy any fruit cheaply here - the natives were asking 2/- a dozen for oranges that grow wild here, and 2/- a dozen for wild pears not worth eating. Bananas were all green so I climbed an orange tree in a back shed and got about two dozen and we ate them on the spot. We passed through a coffee | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Ville de Strasbourg, our steamer, left on Sunday 23rd May for Reiatea. No land to see until we sighted the end of Fiji about 10 miles away on Tuesday 25th - that would be our second Tuesday as we had passed the 180th, I think they call it, meridian, so that we gained a day. Next day we saw Tonga, about five miles away. | ||
+ | |||
+ | On the next day they rigged up a swimming bath on board about 13ft x 10ft, 5ft deep. I need not tell you I was always in it. | ||
+ | |||
+ | On the following Tuesday we arrived at Raiatea, for 7 hours, to take more copra on board. A walk up town both ways and we bought some oranges and bananas that were very cheap. I had never seen such fat bananas before - one was a feed. There are a lot of very fat people here and they lie about looking too fat to walk. It is a very pretty place. The islands are all mountains and only a fringe around the shore is fit for cultivation. If we have no mountains in Australia - as Miss Byles says - we have them in the Pacific Islands. Tahiti has one higher than Kosciusko. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Next day we arrived at Tahiti, my dream: but I did not dream that I was to be so disappointed in the place. These very generous natives that will give you all you want. It was not going to cost me anything to live here, so I was told. Well, to start off with I was taken down by the chap that took my luggage off the boat. He got away with the note I gave him to get the change | ||
+ | |||
+ | I walked out 4 miles looking for a campsite | ||
+ | |||
+ | We stayed at Stuart' | ||
+ | vegetables and fruit, all very cheap- prawns threaded on a stick, cakes like dough, nuts done just the same. | ||
+ | We left the markets | ||
+ | |||
+ | We were fed up with the Pearl of the Pacific - the wife wanted to go home as she had had enough. I persuaded her to come over to Moorea and if that was no good we would return and catch the first boat home. | ||
+ | |||
+ | On Monday we came over here, and the first glimpse of it was enough to satisfy me that I had found what I had been looking | ||
+ | |||
+ | He got very friendly. I asked him how much I owed him for the luggage, and he said "two francs for luggage and one franc to stay here." We put a week in there and decided on a better spot. At leaving he wanted 5 francs a day and 10 for luggage - I gave him 15 francs and told him off. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The next place is to cost 1.50 a day - that would be 4d a day we will have to pay here for the privilege of camping on a rough coral bed with no fresh mater. That will have to be carted at 3d a kerosene tin. But we have the finest swimming pool in the world at our tent door. It looks about 3 to 5 miles long and about 1 mile wide. I have not swum all over it yet, only about 100 yds out - about 6 ft. depth there. The water is as clear as air, and you can see anything | ||
+ | |||
+ | Reading in a booklet of New Hebrides, there is a trip that takes about two weeks and calla at 70 places. If it is possible and reasonable we will leave the boat at Port Villa and go on it. If not, we will go to Noumea and try to | ||
+ | get to the Isle of Pines to finish off our trip. Some Bush Walkers envied me my luck, but tell them we have had to put up with a lot from the mosquitoes whioh never let up while on board ship. This is no campers' | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is 10:30 on Sunday 20th June and time for a coconut, so I will close, hoping the olub is having a good time. | ||
I remain, | I remain, | ||
Your club-mate, Wiff. | Your club-mate, Wiff. | ||
- | Paddy hopes that the weather for Eight-hour week-end will be as reliable as Paddy.;made gear, and each night as you lie dawn to rest in your Paddy-made Sleeping Bag on your Paddy-made groundsheet inside your Paddy-made tent with head resting maybe en your Paddriftade Rucksack may you enjoy the sweet refreshing sleep that eoms after an active well enjoyed day in the bush. | + | |
- | In other words good camping. | + | |
- | 'Phone B,3101. Pallin, 527 George St., SYDNEY. | + | |
- | Opp. Palinglse | + | =====Lobs Hole, Yarrangobilly, Kiandra===== |
- | - 9 - | + | |
- | LOB'S HOLE, TARRANGOBILLY, | + | On the 19th December 1936, Harry Savage, Joan Fitzpatrick and myself |
- | On the 19th0 December 1936, Harry Savage, Joan Fitzpatrick and myseI-P | + | |
- | It was lovely walking without packs along a pretty track until the sand began to get into my sandals and rub a blister on my heel. Then a storm came up, the thunder roared and the lightning whipped in and out between the tall trees,and we could hear the rain coming long before it reached us; it sounded like a waterfall. We could see no shelter, and James had our groundsheets in the car miles ahead, so we stood together with our backs to the leeward side of a huge tree and hoped for the best. The rain came down just as if it were being poured out of a bucket and the thunder crashed round. us. Then the rain began to run down the trunk of our tree and it started to hail. We were getting wetter every minute so MB decided | + | It was lovely walking without packs along a pretty track until the sand began to get into my sandals and rub a blister on my heel. Then a storm came up - the thunder roared and the lightning whipped in and out between the tall trees and we could hear the rain coming long before it reached us; it sounded like a waterfall. We could see no shelter and James had our groundsheets in the car miles ahead, so we stood together with our backs to the leeward side of a huge tree and hoped for the best. The rain came down just as if it were being poured out of a bucket and the thunder crashed round us. Then the rain began to run down the trunk of our tree and it started to hail. We were getting wetter every minute so we decided not to wait any longer and started off in the middle of it all with the water rushing |
- | not to wait any longer and started off in the middle of it all with the water rushing | + | had hardly any rain; it hadn't even properly wet the top of the car; it all seemed to have fallen in one patch. We had walked about six or seven miles and were pretty tired, mostly from want of sleep, and we were soaking wet. |
- | 4) had hardly any rain; it hadn't even properly wet the top of the car; it all seemed to have fallen in one patch. We had walked about six or seven miles and were pretty tired, mostly from want of sleep, and we were soaking wet. | + | |
- | We camped that night on Moloherson' | + | We camped that night on McPhersons |
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- | We had lunch: crossed over the river and paid a visit to an old man who lives on the bank in a little dark, bark hut, the dirtiest-looking old man I think I have ever seen. He looks after the bridge, but I dontt know what he would do if anything happened to it. Be had a big bed of pansies, and when I admired them he started talking pansies till we thought he would never stop. He saie: he was trying to grow a different kind of pansy. Although they were beautiful, and a mass of flowers they were nothing out of the way in size. Be presented us with a lettuce when we were leaving. | + | We had lunch, crossed over the river and paid a visit to an old man who lives on the bank in a little dark, bark hut, the dirtiest looking old man I think I have ever seen. He looks after the bridge, but I don' |
- | Then we started up 0: | + | |
- | the Forty Acres where the creek turned away to the right. Then the real climbing | + | Then we started up 0' |
- | began; I nearly expired on that hill. I had to stop every feu yards to get qy breath, it wasnit | + | |
- | and after a spell we sidled | + | We wandered up the river picking mushrooms as we went, till we came to a beautiful green flat by the side of the river. Along the side of it, it had a row of the tallest acacia trees I have ever seen and about six or eight cherry trees loaded with ripe cherries. We had a beautiful swim in the Yarrangobilly under the willow trees and then picked a big hatful of mushrooms. By golly! I was a tired woman and so was Joan; when we arrived we could hardly go another step further, but we revived |
- | in but found only two half-caste | + | |
- | Lob's Hole nortr4 | + | We got to camp at 5:10 pm after doing 15 miles for the day, including two terrible |
- | We wandered' | + | |
- | beautiful green flat by the aide of the river. Along the side of it, it had a raw of the tallest acacia trees I have ever seen and about six or eight cherry trees loaded with ripe cherries. We had a beautiful swim in the Yarrangobilly | + | Up pretty early on Monday morning we had a lovely swim and left camp at 8:20 am. We started up the Yarrangobilly River, a very lovely stream which kept getting rougher the further we went. It is fairly big and very fast. We always had to have a stick to push on downstream and often we had to have help from the boys to get across. Jimmy and Harry both got washed off their feet before the day was over. Jimmy went under, pack and all, and got his pockets full of water. We had lunch at 11:30 and a swim; it was dreadfully hot. The track was very narrow, and covered with fallen trees and lots of blackthorn. In some places it rose very high up the hillside and our feet got sore from walking on their sides. We would just get high up and we would have to come down and cross to the other side, then it was climb up the side and hang on by your eyebrows again. Harry said it was just like the Upper Kowmung |
- | under the willow trees and then picked a big hatful of mushrooms. By golly! I was a tired woman and so was Joan; when we arrived we could hardly go another step further, but we reed a bit after the swim, and I cooked the mushrooms. | + | |
- | We got to camp at 5:10 poi. after doing 15 miles for the day, including two | + | At last we came to a great rock slide. Big square chunks of blue metal had streamed |
- | terrible | + | |
- | Joan sprained her knee. It swelled up that evening and ached all nights | + | We began to look for the little creek where we turned up to the caves for we were very tired. We waited while Jim inspected one little creek but our hopes were shattered, it was not the right one. Joan's leg was giving her a lot of trouble and she was dragging it badly. At 6:10 pm we arrived at the right creek, |
- | Up pretty early on Monday morning we had a lovely swim and left camp at 8:20 um. We started up the Yarrangobilly River, a very lovely stream which kept getting rougher the further we went. It is fairly big and very fast. We always had to have a stick to push on downstream and often we had to have help from the boys to get across. Jimmy and Harry both got washed off their feet before the day was over. Jimmy went under pack and all and got his pockets full of water. We had lunch at 11:30 and a swim; it was dreadfully hot. The track was very narrow, and covered with fallen trees and lots of blackthorn. In some places it rose very high up the hillside and our feet got sore from walking on their sides, We mould just get high up mad we mould have to come down and droso, | + | |
- | - 11 | + | Yarrangobilly is a pretty place in a green valley with weird limestone slabs standing up by themselves here and there. They had an avenue of elms and poplars, but the snow was so heavy last minter it broke most of the limbs off the tree so we were told that was also why there was so much fallen timber in the river. |
- | to a great rock slide, big square chunks of blue metal had streamed | + | |
- | 0 way, up that river, and I can tell you we were getting tireder every minute,. We came to an old miners hut, or where the hut had been. There were fruit trees and a mock-orange bush all out in flower, and up the hillside above the old garden were growing foxgloves all out in flamer, beautiful long stems of them. They looked lovely in the late slanty sunlight. | + | We put up our tents in the camping area and had a bite to eat, then joined the party at the Caves House. There were about twelve in the party and we went down a limestone gorge on a track which was built on the limestone cliffs above the Yarrangobilly River. We followed the cliffs round for about a quarter of a mile to the entrance of the Glory Hole. This is a tremendous place about three times as big as the Grand Arch at Jenolan. It took us 2½ hours to go through the cave. It is very long and interesting, |
- | We began to look for the little creek where we turned up to the Caves, | + | |
- | A) standing up by themselves here and there. They had an avenue of elms and poplars, but the snow was so heavy last minter it broke most of the limbs off the treeso We were told that was also why there was so much fallen timber in the river. | + | We got back to camp at last. dead tired, had some coffee and bread and jam and went straight to bed. As Joan' |
- | We put up our tents in the camping area and had a bite to eat, then joined the party at the Caves House. There were about twelve in the party, and we went down a limestone gorge on a track:which was built on the limestone cliffs above the Yarrangobilly River. We followed the cliffs round for about a quarter of a mile to the entrance of the Glory Hole. This is a tremendous place about three times as big as the Grand Arch at Jenolan. It took us 2i-hours to go through the Cave It is very long and interesting, | + | |
- | We got back to camp at last dead tired, had some coffee and bread and jam and went straight to bed. As Joanis | + | We had breakfast and left camp about 12:15 pm to climb 1,900 feet up the hill on the road to Kiandra. It was a fairly stiff climb but we got it all over at once. It was fairly level on top where we had a ' |
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- | I have ever had sore feet an a trip. | + | We arrived at the creek about a mile out of the town at 6:30 pm and decided Kiandra could go and jump in the river for all Joan and I cared. We were not going to honour it with our presence even if it was the highest town in Australia. It's a horrible looking place, surrounded by bleak plains across which the wind simply whistles in summer time and it is as cold as charity; I'11 bet it is pretty terrible in winter. There are no trees except right on the tops of the hills and then they are only snow gums which is horrible wood to burn. The boys took us round to an old deserted gold mine and we made a fire and put up the tents while they went into Kiandra to pick up the supplies we had arranged to get there and to have a look at the town. |
- | Are had breakfast and left camp about 12:15 p m. to climb 1,900 feet up the hill on the road to Kiandra. It was a fairly stiff climb but we got it all over at once. It was fairly level on top where we had a ' | + | |
- | 12 - | + | I never saw anything like that place is for water. There is water gushing out of the hills all over the place. Every shaft of the mine was a rushing stream. We made a big fire and had tea nearly ready when the boys arrived back. After tea it started to rain and the wind whistled round so we sat in an old hut and made a fire at the door and yarned there for a bit. Joan let off some crackers and nearly blew herself up with one that went off unexpectedly. |
- | Kiandra ahead of us about half a mile away. This cheered us up considerably, | + | |
- | I never saw anything like that place is for water. There is water gushing out of the hills all over the place. Every shaft of the mine was a rushing stream. We made a big fire and had tea nearly ready when the boys arrived back. After tea it started to rain and the wind whistled round, so we sat in an old hut and made a fire at the door and yarned there for a bit. Joan let off some crackers and nearly blew herself up with one that went off unexpectedly. | + | We woke next morning to a very dreary scene. It was blowing like fun, there was a thick mist and heavy rain was falling so we stayed in bed for a while. It was lovely and cosy in the tent and looked terrible outside. Jim got up and went out to inspect the hut at the mine and we decided to have breakfast there. Joan and I went up and cooked it while the boys packed up the tents and brought our things up. By the time we finished breakfast and were ready to leave it had stopped raining. We left the gold mine at 10:30 am and started off cross country to find the track down to Lobs Hole 12 miles away. We gradually climbed up to the top of the hill behind Kiandra 5,000 feet above sea-level, walking through beautiful flowers all the way, great dark purple violets nearly as big as those we get from Melbourne, and all shades of purple and blue, the ordinary blue and white ones, and purple and white ones, lovely things with long stalks. There were mauve daisies with yellow middles, buttercups, dandelions, snow daisies, barley butts and lots of other flowers, the names of which I don't know. Then we got up into the snow gums with their weird twisty branches. By the time I got to the top of the hill I had about three bunches of flowers pinned on the front of me. They told me I shouldn' |
- | We woke next morning to a very dreary scene, It was blowing like fun, there was a thick mist, and heavy rain was falling, so we stayed in bed for a while. It was lovely and cosy in the tent and looked terrible outside. Jim got up, and went out to inspect the hut at the mine, and we decided to have breakfast there. Joan and I wont up and cooked it while the boys packed up the tents and brought our things up. By the time we finished breakfast and were ready to leave, it had stopped raining. We left the gold nine at 10:30 a m. mad started off cross country to find the track down to Lob' | + | |
- | We came to the look-out from where we could see all over Lob' | + | We came to the look-out from where we could see all over Lobs Hole in the distance and look down on the ridge we had climbed |
- | ' | + | beautiful, a lovely track with beautiful views all the way. We really enjoyed that track and had lunch in a lovely little glen all green grass and tall trees. Then on again, down, till we came to a sheer cliff, the only one I have seen in that part of the country, with a waterfall something like Diamond Falls. We wound round the cliff till we got dawn to Wallaces |
- | 13 - | + | the creek beyond the spur we had come down when we first arrived in Lobs Hole; it wasn't a bad climb up, the most of it was done gradually. We arrived at Forty Acres at 6:20 pm after doing 16 miles. |
- | the creek beyond the spur we had come dyun when we first arrived in Lob' | + | |
- | Forty Acres is a big clearing about half way from Taut River to the top of the divide, a lovely green grassy flat. It was pretty late when we arrived, so we put the tea on while the boys had their bath, and they watched it while we went and had ours, I might say that Mr. Savage offered to carry my waterbag of mushrooms and swung It on the back strap of his pack. Unfortunately he forgot itTfflhe sat dawn for a rest on the topc planked the pack down on the muterbag and bent the mushrooms & I sorted them out and they tasted just as good. We had a real party that night. We started off with a big plate of mushroom, then we had really good vegetable stew made of dried vegetables and bully beef, finally we finished off with gooey apricots and custard. (Gooey apricots are made as follows:. Cook some dried apricots and put them in a pan with no juice; in a half cup of juice mix one tablespoon of flour, one tablespoon of butter and half a cup of sugar and pour the mixture on the apricots and bake for about a quarter of an hour, the result is like apricots in caramel). We did a fair bit of washing while we were having our bath. Jimmy erected a weird concoction behind the camp fire which he called a clothes-horse, | + | Forty Acres is a big clearing about half way from Tamut River to the top of the divide, a lovely green grassy flat. It was pretty late when we arrived, so we put the tea on while the boys had their bath and they watched it while we went and had ours. I might say that Mr Savage offered to carry my waterbag of mushrooms and swung it on the back strap of his pack. Unfortunately he forgot itTfflhe sat dawn for a rest on the topc planked the pack down on the muterbag and bent the mushrooms & I sorted them out and they tasted just as good. We had a real party that night. We started off with a big plate of mushroom then we had really good vegetable stew made of dried vegetables and bully beef, finally we finished off with gooey apricots and custard. (Gooey apricots are made as follows: Cook some dried apricots and put them in a pan with no juice; in a half cup of juice mix one tablespoon of flour, one tablespoon of butter and half a cup of sugar and pour the mixture on the apricots and bake for about a quarter of an hour, the result is like apricots in caramel). We did a fair bit of washing while we were having our bath. Jimmy erected a weird concoction behind the camp fire which he called a clothes-horse, |
- | We left camp at 7:30 a m0 next morning and were dawn on the Tumut River ready for the climb out at 8:25 a m. It took Joan and me two solid hours to climb up that two-mile hill. Thank goodness it was a nice cool day and fairly early. On our way back across | + | |
- | -14- | + | We left camp at 7:30 am next morning and were down on the Tumut River ready for the climb out at 8:25 am. It took Joan and me two solid hours to climb up that two-mile hill. Thank goodness it was a nice cool day and fairly early. On our way back across |
- | for another half hour they came back mad offered to show us to the bath room, so Joan and I accompanied Harry up that swampy creek till we came to a green looking place with a raw of ti-trees | + | |
- | We celebrated Christmas Eve that night Santa Claus and all. | + | We celebrated Christmas Eve that night, Santa Claus and all. |
- | A CREED FOR NATURE LOVERS. | + | |
- | believe:. | + | =====A Creed for Nature Lovers===== |
- | That the Australian continent not only provided the cradle but the ever. lasting home of the fascinating flowers, birds aad furred animals which awaited the coming of civilisation. | + | |
+ | I believe:- | ||
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+ | That the Australian continent not only provided the cradle but the ever-lasting home of the fascinating flowers, birds and furred animals which awaited the coming of civilisation. | ||
That I should not harm any living thing unharmful to me, as I hope to avoid harmful things, and that even harmful creatures should be controlled with due regard to their scientific importance and right to survival. | That I should not harm any living thing unharmful to me, as I hope to avoid harmful things, and that even harmful creatures should be controlled with due regard to their scientific importance and right to survival. | ||
- | That to enjoy the living plants and animals is a more lasting and universal source of pleasure than to collect their remains, excepting where science is aided, and their exhibition increases knowledge | + | |
- | That the nests of birds, built with such skill and patience, should not be destroyed in a moment of curiosity, and that eggs should be left to hatch forth lovely feathered songbirds, rifling of their homes being as wicked as theft from | + | That to enjoy the living plants and animals is a more lasting and universal source of pleasure than to collect their remains, excepting where science is aided, and their exhibition increases knowledge |
- | my own. | + | |
+ | That the nests of birds, built with such skill and patience, should not be destroyed in a moment of curiosity, and that eggs should be left to hatch forth lovely feathered songbirds, rifling of their homes being as wicked as theft from my own. | ||
That as the bushes and trees provide food and shelter for birds and marsupials such as the koala, such shelter should not be destroyed without reason or adequate replacement, | That as the bushes and trees provide food and shelter for birds and marsupials such as the koala, such shelter should not be destroyed without reason or adequate replacement, | ||
- | That wholesale sacrifice of native animals for monetary gain in a country rich in natural resources of minerals, grain and stock, is a confession of greed 0 and incompetence unworthy of the Australian Commonwealth. | + | |
+ | That wholesale sacrifice of native animals for monetary gain in a country rich in natural resources of minerals, grain and stock, is a confession of greed and incompetence unworthy of the Australian Commonwealth. | ||
That, as Australia has the gentlest and least harmful furred animals the world has known, they should be given sanctuary and conserved with benevolent care for their future survival, subject only to vital needs for the existence of man, their more advanced but ofttimes unnatural brother. | That, as Australia has the gentlest and least harmful furred animals the world has known, they should be given sanctuary and conserved with benevolent care for their future survival, subject only to vital needs for the existence of man, their more advanced but ofttimes unnatural brother. | ||
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- | THE TRIUMPH OF TENTS | + | =====The Triumph of Tents===== |
- | Being an Interview. with P.A. Palline | + | |
- | By Judex. | + | Being an Interview with F.A. Pallin |
- | Paddy was cornered. Be sat on his counter dangling his legs and smiling like a little school boy placed in a, perhaps flattering but certainly, embarrassing, | + | |
+ | By Judex | ||
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+ | Paddy was cornered. Be sat on his counter dangling his legs and smiling like a little school boy placed in a perhaps flattering but certainly, embarrassing, | ||
"I want you to tell me how you came to make tents and bushwalking gear." I said. | "I want you to tell me how you came to make tents and bushwalking gear." I said. | ||
- | "Its a long story," | + | |
- | Ifou lads do a lot of camping", | + | "Its a long story," |
- | He produced a bundle of old duck, 18 oz a yard stuff or thereabouts ( of Japara at 2i oz.), and they set to work with palms and sail needles. They stitched and stitched. It was hard work and there were many broken needles, Mien it was finished it was so heavy they could not make it stand up. They took it to the Yorkshire Moors and used it to keep the firewood dry! | + | |
+ | He produced a bundle of old duck, 18 oz a yard stuff or thereabouts ( of Japara at 2½ oz.), and they set to work with palms and sail needles. They stitched and stitched. It was hard work and there were many broken needles. When it was finished it was so heavy they could not make it stand up. They took it to the Yorkshire Moors and used it to keep the firewood dry! | ||
That was Paddy' | That was Paddy' | ||
- | Then the War came and Paddy joined the air...force, but peace was declared, soon after. In addition to her other benefits Peace brought yards and yards of air-ship fabric going begging at 2/- a yard, absolutely water-proof | + | |
- | Soon after this Paddy left the parental roof and went to live in London where the hurley burley of life left no time for camping. He was deep in the heart of the Boy Scout Movement and that sufficed. So it was not till 1922 or 1923 that the third tent appeared, a pyramid variety especially designed for a cycling tour through the New Forest, | + | Then the War came and Paddy joined the air-force, but peace was declared soon after. In addition to her other benefits Peace brought yards and yards of air-ship fabric going begging at 2/- a yard, absolutely water-proof and incidentally, |
- | "But what did you do about your other tramping gear?" I interposed at this stage. "Did you make that, too!" | + | |
- | "Oh, no, we bought that. You could always buy rucksacks and such like in London, and as for a sleeping bag, well, Mother gave me an eiderdown for my bed and I made it into a sleeping bag for my tent." | + | Soon after this Paddy left the parental roof and went to live in London where the hurley burley of life left no time for camping. He was deep in the heart of the Boy Scout Movement and that sufficed. So it was not till 1922 or 1923 that the third tent appeared, a pyramid variety especially designed for a cycling tour through the New Forest. |
- | So it all might have ended with tents if Paddy had not developed wanderlust, or " | + | |
- | By this time the "wide open spaces" | + | "But what did you do about your other tramping gear?" I interposed at this stage. |
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- | asked May to came out and get married which she did, and they svttled | + | "Did you make that, too!" |
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+ | So it all might have ended with tents if Paddy had not developed wanderlust, or " | ||
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+ | By this time the "wide open spaces" | ||
The only really exciting incident in the next year was a canoe trip down the Shoalhaven, May being probably the second woman to take such an expedition. | The only really exciting incident in the next year was a canoe trip down the Shoalhaven, May being probably the second woman to take such an expedition. | ||
- | The day they set off they registered their vote at the election that was to return Mr. Lang with all his wonderful promises of better things, On their return the promises came true but not quite in the way either Mr. Lang or Paddy might have mished. His firm found it necessary to retrench and Paddy being one of the later hands was given notice. | + | |
+ | The day they set off they registered their vote at the election that was to return Mr. Lang with all his wonderful promises of better things. On their return the promises came true but not quite in the way either Mr. Lang or Paddy might have wished. His firm found it necessary to retrench and Paddy being one of the later hands was given notice. | ||
It was a pretty serious thing for a newly married young man to be turned out of his job, and Paddy knew it. But still it seemed as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. | It was a pretty serious thing for a newly married young man to be turned out of his job, and Paddy knew it. But still it seemed as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. | ||
- | "The germ of the idea of making camping and hiking gear had been in my mind ever sinoe I tried to buy such at the Scout shmp in Sydney and found so little was to be bought. Now was the chance for the idea to come to life. | + | |
- | May searched round aad got a job, a temporary one at first then a permanent one, while Paddy set to work to make tents with the old Singer Sewing Machine in his bedroom at home. He realized there was a potential market although he had not heard of the, by this time, quite flourishing club known as the Sydney Bush Walkers. He merely hoped to sell to the Scout shop. | + | "The germ of the idea of making camping and hiking gear had been in my mind ever since I tried to buy such at the Scout shop in Sydney and found so little was to be bought. Now was the chance for the idea to come to life. |
- | The first he heard of the S.B.T% was from a friend in the Scout shop who said, "Theytre | + | |
- | Of course the reason we mould not buy things was not that we were a 'tight lot", but simply that we could not buy what we wanted, and perhaps that was just what Paddy also realized. | + | May searched round and got a job, a temporary one at first then a permanent one, while Paddy set to work to make tents with the old Singer Sewing Machine in his bedroom at home. He realized there was a potential market although he had not heard of the, by this time, quite flourishing club known as the Sydney Bush Walkers. He merely hoped to sell to the Scout shop. |
- | Paddy did not join the S.B.W. at once. By the time he did, his business was flourishing sufficiently to justify taking a room in town. He still did all the work himself and he could not afford a tphone. But business grew steadily if slowly. The first frame rucksack was sold to Morrie Berry from whom it was stolen at the end of a week, the first unsolicited testimony for Paddy-made goods. Our friend, Oliver | + | |
- | Business was undoubtedly growing, but it did not all grow in a day. Many weary weeks and months, even years, Paddy tramped round the city calling on all shops likely to buy his goods. His contempt for money and pity for salesman gradually,disappeared. He found he was generally treated with respect, and that he could still hold up his head in spite of his profession. From the jump he sold to the Scout shop, but other firms followed. The first tent sold outside | + | The first he heard of the S.B.W. was from a friend in the Scout shop who said, "They' |
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- | N. S.-% was to a Hobart firm. Probably Brenda White - or at any rate one of the SB.L. visiting Tasmania and demonstrating the excellency of Paddy-made goods - was responsiblefor | + | Of course the reason we would not buy things was not that we were a 'tight lot", but simply that we could not buy what we wanted, and perhaps that was just what Paddy also realized. |
- | In 1936 he shifted into more spacious premises opposite Paling' | + | |
- | This is not the end of the story, but it is the end for the present, and is sufficient to make us realize just haw lucky we are to have in Sydney someone who lost his job in the depression and started to make what? " | + | Paddy did not join the S.B.W. at once. By the time he did, his business was flourishing sufficiently to justify taking a room in town. He still did all the work himself and he could not afford a phone. But business grew steadily if slowly. The first frame rucksack was sold to Morrie Berry from whom it was stolen at the end of a week, the first unsolicited testimony for Paddy-made goods. Our friend, Oliver |
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+ | Business was undoubtedly growing, but it did not all grow in a day. Many weary weeks and months, even years, Paddy tramped round the city calling on all shops likely to buy his goods. His contempt for money and pity for salesman gradually disappeared. He found he was generally treated with respect, and that he could still hold up his head in spite of his profession. From the jump he sold to the Scout shop, but other firms followed. | ||
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+ | The first tent sold outside N.S.W. was to a Hobart firm. Probably Brenda White, or at any rate one of the S.B.W. visiting Tasmania and demonstrating the excellency of Paddy-made goods. was responsible for the beginning of Paddy' | ||
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+ | In 1936 he shifted into more spacious premises opposite Paling' | ||
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+ | This is not the end of the story, but it is the end for the present, and is sufficient to make us realize just how lucky we are to have in Sydney someone who lost his job in the depression and started to make what? " | ||
No, certainly not, Paddy has altered his slogan in deference to our prejudices and he now makes "Camp Gear for Walkers." | No, certainly not, Paddy has altered his slogan in deference to our prejudices and he now makes "Camp Gear for Walkers." | ||
- | We are lucky, too, that it was not an ordinary business man merely out to make money, who first saw the potential market for bushwalking gear but a bush- walker | + | |
- | PP.O1 | + | We are lucky too that it was not an ordinary business man merely out to make money who first saw the potential market for bushwalking gear, but a bushwalker |
- | PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED | + | |
- | BUSHLAND | + | =====Publications Received===== |
- | By the way, have you heard the following remark on one of our foreign | + | |
- | OOOOO OOOOO | + | **Bushland |
- | INTO THE BLUE No. 6 - This number is even better than usual. Several interesting accounts of unusual trips show that the Club is very alive. An annual dinner is also an interesting feature of the sooial activities. | + | This is not exactly |
- | THE TARARUA TRAMPER | + | |
- | of space devoted to ski-ing, | + | By the way, have you heard the following remark on one of our foreign |
- | beginning and ending thus:.. "I think that I shall never see | + | |
- | A stick so tricky as a ski Only God can make a tree - | + | **Into the Blue No. 6** |
+ | This number is even better than usual. Several interesting accounts of unusual trips show that the Club is very alive. An annual dinner is also an interesting feature of the sooial activities. | ||
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+ | **The Tararua Tramper | ||
+ | The chief feature of this is the large amount of space devoted to skiing. | ||
+ | beginning and ending thus:- | ||
+ | "I think that I shall never see | ||
+ | A stick so tricky as a ski | ||
+ | Only God can make a tree | ||
But who in hell first made a ski?" | But who in hell first made a ski?" | ||
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- | " | + | =====Federation News===== |
- | You will be pleased to hear that the Federation has decided to publish a journal something like the last " | + | |
- | a special feature. So please send in your best, quarter or half plate enlargements on glossy paper with your name, address and club on the back, and also a short description of the place or scene photographed. If the photo should not be used we undertake to see it is placed on the notice board so that you may collect it. But probably it will be used for it is intended to have more illustrations than "The Sydney Buihwalker" | + | You will be pleased to hear that the Federation has decided to publish a journal something like the last " |
- | The Federation is also publishing a leaflet setting out the objects of the Federation and it is intended-to distribute this on the trains on Sunday morning going to Waterfall, The object of this leaflet is to urge the organization of the unorganized walkers. | + | |
+ | The Federation is also publishing a leaflet setting out the objects of the Federation and it is intended to distribute this on the trains on Sunday morning going to Waterfall. The object of this leaflet is to urge the organization of the unorganized walkers. | ||
It is with regret that the Federation learned about the imposition of camping fees in Garawarra, but it did not feel the time was opportune to make a protest. | It is with regret that the Federation learned about the imposition of camping fees in Garawarra, but it did not feel the time was opportune to make a protest. | ||
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It was reported to the Federation that the bushwalking representatives are temporarily, | It was reported to the Federation that the bushwalking representatives are temporarily, | ||
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The extension of the Lady Carrington Drive to Otford is distressing the Federation very much. It has sought an interview with the Minister to put before him the views of the bushwalkers. | The extension of the Lady Carrington Drive to Otford is distressing the Federation very much. It has sought an interview with the Minister to put before him the views of the bushwalkers. | ||
- | The Bushwalkers Ball wa& | + | |
- | assio4110 | + | The Bushwalkers Ball was a great success and it is hoped to show a net profit of £30 to be added to the general funds to forward the Federation' |
- | CORRESPONDENCE | + | |
+ | =====Correspondence===== | ||
To the Editor, | To the Editor, | ||
- | At our last Monthly Meeting it was decided that the " | + | |
- | We all know how many visitors we attract from other States and Overseas | + | At our last Monthly Meeting it was decided that the " |
- | The Tasmanian Trampers with about one quarter of-our membership publishes 2,000 magazines; of these the Tasmanian Tourist Bureau disposes of 1,500, the Bookstalls 250$ leaving only 250 to the Club. If the work of such a small Club is of such benefit to Tasmania, | + | |
+ | We all know how many visitors we attract from other States and Overseas | ||
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+ | The Tasmanian Trampers with about one quarter of our membership publishes 2,000 magazines; of these the Tasmanian Tourist Bureau disposes of 1,500, the Bookstalls 250, leaving only 250 to the Club. If the work of such a small Club is of such benefit to Tasmania, | ||
Sincerely yours, | Sincerely yours, | ||
- | Fo Allaworth. | + | F. Allsworth |
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- | NEWS FROM HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE | + | =====News From Here There And Everywhere===== |
- | Centenary Celebrations | + | |
- | The ?arks and Playgrounds Movement point out that all the fireworks which went off to celebrate the Centenary of New South Males have been forgotten, but Centennial Park remains. In New Zealand they are intending to dedicat* | + | ====Centenary Celebrations==== |
- | also that it is a fitting time to dedicate the grand Blue Mountains National Park for which the National Parks and Primitive Areas Council have striven so long. | + | The Parks and Playgrounds Movement point out that all the fireworks which went off to celebrate the Centenary of New South Males have been forgotten, but Centennial Park remains. In New Zealand they are intending to dedicate |
- | Snake Bite Outfits | + | |
- | How much did you pay for yours? The Potomac Applachian Trail Club has arranged with a local " | + | ====Snake Bite Outfits==== |
- | Heavy meight campin | + | How much did you pay for yours? The Potomac Applachian Trail Club has arranged with a local " |
- | The same club is arranging a ten days' camp and the food and gear is to be taken out by pack-horse. This and a perusal of the menu recommended shows haw different are camping methods there and here:- | + | |
- | Dinner: 2 pint cans of soup, 2 cans of chicken a la king or canned chicken, two vegetables, | + | ====Heavy-weight Camping==== |
+ | The same club is arranging a ten days' camp and the food and gear is to be taken out by pack-horse. This and a perusal of the menu recommended shows how different are camping methods there and here:- | ||
+ | Dinner: 2 pint cans of soup, 2 cans of chicken a la king or canned chicken, two vegetables, | ||
Breakfast: 2 pints fruit juice, 2 corn beef hash or 2 cans baked beans (do not bring eggs) bacon or flapjack flour | Breakfast: 2 pints fruit juice, 2 corn beef hash or 2 cans baked beans (do not bring eggs) bacon or flapjack flour | ||
For 2 lunches: 1 loaf bread, 2 packages cheese, 2 jars jelly, cookies, raisins. | For 2 lunches: 1 loaf bread, 2 packages cheese, 2 jars jelly, cookies, raisins. | ||
- | Cupid and Restriction of Membership | + | |
- | From time to time we hear the cry that our membership (over 200) is growing too rapidly and ways and -means of reducing it are suggested. Here comes a hint from the Melbourne | + | ====Cupid and Restriction of Membership==== |
+ | From time to time we hear the cry that our membership (over 200) is growing too rapidly and ways and means of reducing it are suggested. Here comes a hint from the Melbourne | ||
+ | Moral: If you want to reduce membership, turn the women out and let Cupid | ||
do the rest. | do the rest. | ||
- | 4. | + | |
- | I ought to write to Dorothy, I ought to write to Jim, Uncle asked me down to stay, I ought to write to him; | + | I ought to write to Dorothy, |
- | I ought to write to Auntie Maude, And Barbara and Fred. | + | I ought to write to Jim, |
- | What a_lot of letters1 | + | Uncle asked me down to stay, |
- | / think Itll go to bed. | + | I ought to write to him; |
- | M.H. Punch" | + | I ought to write to Auntie Maude, |
- | And the same happens when you say nI ought to write that article for "The Sydney | + | And Barbara and Fred. |
- | p.20. ROUND THE GAMP FIRE | + | What a lot of letters! |
+ | I think I' | ||
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+ | M.H. Punch" May 1937 | ||
+ | And the same happens when you say, " | ||
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+ | =====Round The Camp Fire===== | ||
The wedding bells were ringing again on the 10th. of.September, | The wedding bells were ringing again on the 10th. of.September, | ||
- | Another person we have been pleased to have with us is Mr. C.E. Hawkins (Forty) of the Melbourne ' | + | |
- | 11.11., ... | + | Another person we have been pleased to have with us is Mr. C.E. Hawkins (Forty) of the Melbourne ' |
- | A, particularly pleasing announcement we have to make is the engagement of Eve Eason and Noel Turnbull, two more comrades of the bush to be comrades for life. Our blessings on theml | + | |
- | For the seventh year Gordon Smith won the 50 metres (31 miles) championship of the N.S.L Walking Club beating his own record - 1 mile in 5 hours 28 minutes - not bad going? | + | A particularly pleasing announcement we have to make is the engagement of Eve Eason and Noel Turnbull, two more comrades of the bush to be comrades for life. Our blessings on them! |
- | - Altogether the Club was well represented. Ben Hsll, Frank Gentle and David Stead taking all the next places. Heartiest congratulations to all four of our champions! | + | |
- | The Victorian Tourist Bureau has sent us an interesting account of a new track recently opened for bushwalkers, | + | For the seventh year Gordon Smith won the 50 metres (31 miles) championship of the N.S.W. Walking Club beating his own record - 1 mile in 5 hours 28 minutes - not bad going? |
- | The little | + | Altogether the Club was well represented. Ben Hall, Frank Gentle and David Stead taking all the next places. Heartiest congratulations to all four of our champions! |
- | A little John Sing recently arrived in the world. | + | |
- | That ten shilling note the Social Secretary was hawking around finally landed with Miss Coffey, you wil/ be interested to know. Your turn next time perhape | + | The Victorian Tourist Bureau has sent us an interesting account of a new track recently opened for bushwalkers, |
- | TEE N.S.W. | + | |
- | Wouldn' | + | The little |
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+ | A little John Sing recently arrived in the world. | ||
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+ | That ten shilling note the Social Secretary was hawking around finally landed with Miss Coffey, you will be interested to know. Your turn next time perhaps. | ||
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+ | =====The | ||
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+ | Wouldn' | ||
The sort of place where we could drop in for a meal and a chat at lunch time, or during those awkward two hours between work and 'going places' | The sort of place where we could drop in for a meal and a chat at lunch time, or during those awkward two hours between work and 'going places' | ||
- | Somewhere where we could leave our packs on the my to the office on Saturday, and go there for a feed and to change at noon before going off for that week-end | + | |
- | A place where our respective clubs would hire their clubrooms for meetings, | + | Somewhere where we could leave our packs on the way to the office on Saturday, and go there for a feed and to change at noon before going off for that weekend |
- | All these things are possible through the principle of cooperation, | + | |
+ | A place where our respective clubs would hire their clubrooms for meetings, | ||
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+ | All these things are possible through the principle of cooperation, | ||
Such a Society would have the legal sanction to carry out all the business details, and would be financed by the clubs and individual supporters taking out shares. | Such a Society would have the legal sanction to carry out all the business details, and would be financed by the clubs and individual supporters taking out shares. | ||
- | I think that it is the obvious way for us to go about getting worthy facilities for our growing | + | |
+ | I think that it is the obvious way for us to go about getting worthy facilities for our growing | ||
Yours, | Yours, | ||
Frank Duncan. | Frank Duncan. | ||
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