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 ====== The Sydney Bushwalker ====== ====== The Sydney Bushwalker ======
  
-A Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest devoted to matters of interest to Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton St., Sydney, N.S.W.+A Monthly Bulletin devoted to matters of interest to Sydney Bush Walkers, 5 Hamilton Street, Sydney, N.S.W.
  
 No 37. January, 1938. No 37. January, 1938.
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 ==== Primitive Areas. ==== ==== Primitive Areas. ====
  
-Mr. Roberts is advocating legislation to define meaning of a "primitive area" and to prevent all constructional work on land dedicated as a primitive area. The Crown Lands Acts at present provide thatamong other rurposes, land may be dedicated as a "primitive area", but there is nothing to show what this is. subcommittee has been appointed to investigate the matter Mr. Dunphy expressed disapproval of any legislation to define "primitive area" saying that it was better the term should be elastic.+Mr. Roberts is advocating legislation to define meaning of a "primitive area" and to prevent all constructional work on land dedicated as a primitive area. The Crown Lands Acts at present provide that among other purposes, land may be dedicated as a "primitive area", but there is nothing to show what this is. subcommittee has been appointed to investigate the matterMr. Dunphy expressed disapproval of any legislation to define "primitive area" saying that it was better the term should be elastic.
  
 ==== An Addition to the Club Library ==== ==== An Addition to the Club Library ====
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 __By CLare Kinsella.__ __By CLare Kinsella.__
    
-__The Half-Way Sun.__ by T. Inglis Moore has been presented to t-Le Club Library by DorothyLawry. It tells the stirring and adventurous life no-1-y of Katalong, the hero +__The Half-Way Sun.__ by T. Inglis Moore has been presented to the Club Library by Dorothy Lawry. It tells the stirring and adventurous life story of Katalong, the hero of a tribe inhabiting the remote interior of one of the Philippine Islands, preserving there an ancient and highly developed culture.
-of a tribe inhabiting the remote interior of one of the Phila-cine Islands, prescrving +
-there an ancient and highly developed culture.+
  
-__Adventures of Jock Marshall.__ Club members will be interested to hear of the publication +__Adventures of Jock Marshall.__ Club members will be interested to hear of the publication by William Heineman Ltd. of "The Black Musketeers" written by k.J. Marshall more familiar to us as "Jock.
-by William Heineman Ltd. of "The Black Musketeers" written by k.J. Marshall more familiar to us as "Jock" + 
-:t is a most interesting book, profusely and well illustrated and giving an +It is a most interesting book, profusely and well illustrated and giving an account of his work and adventures as a member of the Oxford University's Scientific Expedition to the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides. The price is 11/6.
-.4 account of his work and adventures as a member of the Oxford -Jniversity/s Scientific +
-Expedition to the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides. The price is 11/6.+
  
 ===== Campfire Chatter ===== ===== Campfire Chatter =====
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 By Firelight. By Firelight.
  
-The most importsnt gospip caught trom teh i;sphyra sifting through the tent- flaps is the news of the new arriTalsPL'Jillys, Rene ana Dill, have received a beautiful Christmas box in the form of a baby girl, while the Duncans of "noot-meatfame, and of the Pass of not so much fame, a baby boy. +The most important gossip caught from the zephyrs sifting through the tent-flaps is the news of the new arrivalsThe Reillys, Rene and Bill, have received a beautiful Christmas box in the form of a baby girl, while the Duncans of "noot-meatfame, and of the Pass of not so much fame, a baby boy. 
-After arrivals come departures. Gordon Mannell has gone to Griffith to keep either the primary industries or himself, alive - we don/t knowwhich. Every time you see those great big irrigation-area oranges, think of Gordon right dawn in the midst of them - and peaches and brown rice, and ohllots of other things. + 
-And after the departures, come the "next-to-arrives", but here we must read carefully and with great discretion for there may be many a slip Itwixt the cup and the lip. Having so troddPn We can oafely say that Frances Ramsay and Vera Phillip will arrive from Scotland 77iu. OanaJa this month and that Jock Marshall is on his wa5 home again. +After arrivals come departures. Gordon Mannell has gone to Griffith to keep either the primary industries or himself, alive - we don't know which. Every time you see those great big irrigation-area oranges, think of Gordon right down in the midst of them - and peaches and brown rice, and oh! lots of other things. 
-Jock Marshall comes with a grant from the institute for the study of Bird-life and Habits to investigate the private s fflive cf the Bower Bird's menage. He must be a thorn in the sides of birds, thie maafL,r alroady since the news of his Rxriln has been published in our local rewspap)fs, graet; (listurbance is noticeable Lc the feathered world, - they never know who his ilcat, iiictim will be. + 
-To complete the cycle of gossip we turn tc, -hose who have returned hc,me culd. +And after the departures, come the "next-to-arrives", but here we must read carefully and with great discretion for there may be many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Having so trodden we can safely say that Frances Ramsay and Vera Phillip will arrive from Scotland via Canada this month and that Jock Marshall is on his way home again. 
-first among these is Doreen Harris recenLiy cf hospital. Then there is the -earty fresh back from Tarmania having th;;rowjily discredited the S.B.W. by their + 
-. ailure to acquit themselves a,1 sai lors, Rene Brown said she felt sick the other+Jock Marshall comes with a grant from the institute for the study of Bird-life and Habits to investigate the private affaire of the Bower Bird's menage. He must be a thorn in the sides of birds, this manfor already since the news of his arrival has been published in our local newspapers great disturbance is noticeable in the feathered world, - they never know who his next victim will be. 
-night merely standing and looking at the lovatea. However the little Island compensated for the infernTI-T6'a-travel and we have six more Abel Taamans mho havv, + 
-rediscovered Tasmania. +To complete the cycle of gossip we turn to those who have returned home and first among these is Doreen Harris recently out of hospital. Then there is the party fresh back from Tasmania having thoroughly discredited the S.B.W. by their failure to acquit themselves as sailors. Rene Brown said she felt sick the other night merely standing and looking at the Awatea. However the little Island compensated for the infernal sea-travel and we have six more Abel Tasmans who have rediscovered Tasmania. 
-Joan Fitzpatrick and her crackers would have gone dawn in history in any case,, but Fitz's Firework Festival in Heathcote Creek will live forever. Everyone was there all the Fitzpatricks and all the Savages, and Ron Moppett made a marTellous firework cake. Then, as the last grand bang died away, Joan Fitzpatrick and Harry Savage dramatically announced their engagement: + 
-Lind next we turn,as Abel Tasman did 300 years ago (come 5), from Tasmania to New Zealand. The contingent left by the Awatea on the 10th. December and by now +Joan Fitzpatrick and her crackers would have gone down in history in any case, but Fitz's Firework Festival in Heathcote Creek will live forever. Everyone was there all the Fitzpatricks and all the Savages, and Ron Moppett made a marvellous firework cake. Then, as the last grand bang died away, Joan Fitzpatrick and Harry Savage dramatically announced their engagement! 
-they have probably crawled over the Grave-Talbot Pass, worshipped before the + 
-grandeur of Milford Sound, scaled virgin peaks and many other things. +And next we turn, as Abel Tasman did 300 years ago (come 5), from Tasmania to New Zealand. The contingent left by the Awatea on the 10th. December and by now they have probably crawled over the Grave-Talbot Pass, worshipped before the grandeur of Milford Sound, scaled virgin peaks and many other things. 
-Before leaving the comings and goings we glance at those irregulars who blow in + 
-now and again (usually to keep good with the treasurer) and who quite undeservedly, +Before leaving the comings and goings we glance at those irregulars who blow in now and again (usually to keep good with the treasurer) and who quite undeservedly, like the Prodigal Son, are always warmly welcomed. Don Wallace was a welcome stranger a little while back. You haven't seen him since, have you? Then there was Morris Stephenson back in Sydney for the time being. 
-like the Prodigal Son, are always warmly wlecomed. Don Wallace was a welcome strang + 
-Ix little while back. You haven't seen him since, have you? Then there was Morris +And change of place leads us to change of status. Did you know Bill Piggott is now a married man? Congratulations and good wishes to him and Mrs. Piggott. 
-Stephenson back in Sydney for the time being. + 
-And change of place leads us to change of status. Did you know Bill Piggott is +In a recent supplement of the "Herald" there was an interesting article about the Exhibition of Painting held by Miss Peckett, the sister of Phil Roots, who is making name for herself at the Art School. 
-4a w a married man? Congratulations and good wishes to him and Mrs. Piggott. + 
-In a recent supplement of the 1Herald" there was an interesting article about the Ebition cf Painting held by Miss ?eckett, the sister of Phil Roots, who is +And talking of Art who saw Eve Eason'Pottery display? It was very good stuff. We can rest assured that there will at least be one department of her future home which will be well and beautifully stocked.
-nak.Pg ualile fk;r he/self at the Art School. +
-And talking of Art who saw Eve Easonls Pottery display? It was very good stuff. +
-We can rest assured that there will at least be one department of her future home which will be well andbeautifully stocked.+
  
 ===== Ring-Barking, Rabbits, and Then Desert. ===== ===== Ring-Barking, Rabbits, and Then Desert. =====
  
-Many years ago a landowner on the upper Cox gave a contract for the ringbarking of some thousands of arres on both si,des of the River. The axemen were very thorough; not a tree Was left, even on the steepest and 6toniest hillsides. For a year or so the grass grew thickly and it was kept short and sweet by the sheep. Then came the rabbits, which started feeding on the grass - it was just how they liked it. Dry spells came too, as they do in the course of nature, and in these times the rabbits ate even the roots of the grass. Good seasons came in their turn, but the stock and the rabbits never gave the grass a chance to seed properly, and it could not spread. A good season meant a heavy rainfall, and the water rushing down the steep, unprotected hillsides, over the bare ground, removed the soil, leaving only coarse granite gravel. This has gone on for some years now. The Upper Cox is rapidly becoming, on a small scale, a man-made desert. On the barren slopes huge slabs of rook are exposed, while a few dead trees still stand as a reminder that this was once bushAlready channels 10 or 12 ft. deep are being cut into the hillsides and the river flaws over a broad bed of gravel. +Many years ago a landowner on the upper Cox gave a contract for the ringbarking of some thousands of acres on both sides of the River. The axemen were very thorough; not a tree was left, even on the steepest and stoniest hillsides. For a year or so the grass grew thickly and it was kept short and sweet by the sheep. Then came the rabbits, which started feeding on the grass - it was just how they liked it. Dry spells came too, as they do in the course of nature, and in these times the rabbits ate even the roots of the grass. Good seasons came in their turn, but the stock and the rabbits never gave the grass a chance to seed properly, and it could not spread. A good season meant a heavy rainfall, and the water rushing down the steep, unprotected hillsides, over the bare ground, removed the soil, leaving only coarse granite gravel. This has gone on for some years now. The Upper Cox is rapidly becoming, on a small scale, a man-made desert. On the barren slopes huge slabs of rock are exposed, while a few dead trees still stand as a reminder that this was once bushAlready channels 10 or 12 ft. deep are being cut into the hillsides and the river flows over a broad bed of gravel. 
-Compare this with the Cox between Pulpit Creek and Gibraltar Creek. The same + 
-sort of country, but a little steeper and too poor to be worth ringing. Consequently +Compare this with the Cox between Pulpit Creek and Gibraltar Creek. The same sort of country, but a little steeper and too poor to be worth ringing. Consequently it remains covered with the vegetation natural to the type of country. The rock outcrops here harmonise with the ruggedness of the granite gorge beneath. The steep hillsides are covered with trees, leaves and grass. It is a unique stretch of country, the beauty of which is appreciated by any frequenter of the bushlands.  
-it remains covered with the vegetation natural to the type of country. The rock outcrops here harmonise with the ruggedness of the granite gorge beneath. The steep hillsi des are covered with trees, leaves and grass. It is a unique stretch of + 
-country, the beauty of which is appreciated by any frequenter of the bushlands. The Upper Cox would have been the same if 20,000 acres of it had not been +The Upper Cox would have been the same if 20,000 acres of it had not been denuded for the feeding of 3,000 sheep.
-denuded for the feeding of 3,000 sheep.+
  
 PADDY SEND HIS LOVE AND BLESSING FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON PADDY SEND HIS LOVE AND BLESSING FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON
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 AND HOPES TO SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEW YEAR. AND HOPES TO SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEW YEAR.
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 ==== Skirts Ladies and Mountaineering. ==== ==== Skirts Ladies and Mountaineering. ====
  
-Then mountaineering and climbing firet became popular ladies wore crinolines +When mountaineering and climbing first became popular ladies wore crinolines and fainted at mice, and it never entered any one'head that they would ever make mountain climbers or ever want toSo all the mountaineering clubs which came into existence were exclusively for men. When at last a few enthusiastic women started to scale the heights they had to form their own clubs. They still dressed in skirts looking like swaddling clothes, but gradually the skirts dropped off and they became correspondingly more enterprising, so that the Ladies' Alpine Club is now just as difficult to join as the Sydney Bush Walkers! 
-and fainted at m3oe, and it never cul.:erc,d ay on head that they would ever make + 
-mountain climbers or ever went to So all the mountaineering clubs which came ire(o +We are delighted to receive a copy of the annual journal of this Club, a publication both beautiful to look at and interesting to read, an ideal for "The Bushwalkerto aspire towards. The person responsible for this addition to our 
-existence were exclusively for msn. When at last a few enthusiastic women started +exchange list is Miss Dora de Beerwhom our Club had the pleasure of entertaining to tea some time ago. It is contacts like these which are gradually building up an international fraternity of trampers and climbers (Ladies Alpine Club Journal '37.)
-to scale the heights they hadto form their own clubs. They still dressed in skirts +
-looking like swaddling clothes, but gradually the skirts dropped off and they became correspondinEly more enterprising, so that the Ladiest Alpine Club is now just as difficult to join as the Sydney Bash Walkersi +
-We are delighted to receive a copy of the annual journal of this Club, a +
-publication lloth beautiful to look at and interesting to read, an ideal for "The +
-Bushwalkerto aspire towardr, The pereon reopoLeible for this adaition to our +
-exchange list is Miss Dora de Brwilem our Oliel) had the pleas-oro of entertaining to tea some time ?goo It ic contaebs like theee uhieh arc F,ra1d4ily building up an interaatioral fraternity of trampers and climhers (Ladies Alpine Club Journal '37.)+
  
 ==== Good Men Go to the Dogs. ==== ==== Good Men Go to the Dogs. ====
  
-The Melbourne Mens. IN,Ohieeg Club, l'ke eloet coei ebies, contains geed and had among 5:13 ad hcrents, its atLaL1 pliblioation has a tuly,shhil]g article on tips for moter-camping including the Ise of euit-casen In preference to rucksacks because they cerry the wine-"hu'etlee beeetorl The article is perfectly serious, andwould make as conelude that the Me]beurne Talking Club was reaching senile decay, especially a6 this is not the only space devoted to matters more suitably recorded +The Melbourne Mens' Walking Club, like most societies, contains good and bad among its adherents. Its annual publication has a truly shocking article on tips for motor-camping including the use of suit-cases in preference to rucksacks because they carry the wine-bottle better! The article is perfectly serious, and would make us conclude that the Melbourne Walking Club was reaching senile decay, especially as this is not the only space devoted to matters more suitably recorded in a motoring journalBut no, there is an account of a recent trek from Victoria 
-,A in a motoring journalBut no, there ic; an account of a recent trek from Victoria +to Kosciusko via the Pilot, and another on canoeing, and both these indicate that some at any rate of its members are still virile. Further, there is an account of the 1933 efforts to go long distances in short times (the same germ that has smitten our own "Tigers"), and these efforts show the Club was certainly not senile in 1933though it may have been mad. (Melbourne Talker No. 9).
-to Kosciusko via the Pilot, and another on canoeing, and both these indicate that some at any rate of its members are still virile. Further, there is an account of the 1933 efforts to go long distances in short times (the same germ that has smittetlk our own "Tigers), and these efforts show the Club was certainly not senile in 1933though it may have been mad. (Melbourne Talker No. 9+
  
 ==== More Park Lands. ==== ==== More Park Lands. ====
  
-There is ED doubt about the vitality of the Parks and Playgrounds Movement, and their annual report of good -work done makes very satisfying reading. In particular it is good to note haw much support they give to our own efforts to secure primitive areas and wild bushlands as parks, and that among these reservations of wild areas is 2)000 acres in the Parish of Fatonga, An additional area under review extends +There is no doubt about the vitality of the Parks and Playgrounds Movement, and their annual report of good work done makes very satisfying reading. In particular it is good to note how much support they give to our own efforts to secure primitive areas and wild bushlands as parks, and that among these reservations of wild areas is 2,000 acres in the Parish of Patonga. An additional area under review extends from KoolewongTascott, Point Clare to the road from Penang Mountain to Woy Woy. Similar reservations are hoped for on the North Coast and near Rylstone (Seventh Annual Report and "Viewpoints").
-from KoolowongTascett, Point Clare to the road from Penang Mountain to VToy Noy. +
-Similar reservations are hoped for on the North Coast and near Ryistone (Seventh Annual Report and "Viewroints")0+
  
 ==== A New Road Danger. ==== ==== A New Road Danger. ====
  
-Suzanne Reichard has told us lin her letters about Mr. Ernest Dench who seems to run the oueherai'deag (h11.7i-J3gmovmrrat in Ns: lurk, more or less, and leads about every 01-,hiqr c,do cf tha AT:1178 of the Hiking Trips BureauMost of these trips start with a specially chartered ei arabar:cse that the hiLers do not have tonegotiate alout eight miles Qi ac of nard tigh road.. This is what we may have to -Pace in Sydney if we do net jealously watch the foetpaths which now commence at the station or boat and which one by one are being turned into "scenic roads". The +Suzanne Reichard has told us in her letters about Mr. Ernest Dench who seems to run the bushwalking (hinkingmovement in New York, more or less, and leads about every other one of the weekly walks of the Hiking Trips BureauMost of these trips start with a specially chartered charabancso that the hikers do not have to negotiate about eight miles or so of hard high road. This is what we may have to face in Sydney if we do not jealously watch the footpaths which now commence at the station or boat and which one by one are being turned into "scenic roads". The 
-chartering of special charabancs means extra expense, large parties to meet that expense, and the request that members should pay a year's sub, to cover the cost +chartering of special charabancs means extra expense, large parties to meet that expense, and the request that members should pay a year's sub, to cover the cost of these special cars. (One day Hiking Trips, Oct. 1937 to April 1938.) 
-of these special cars. (One day Hiking Trips, Oct. 1937 to April 1938.) +
  
 ==== Bushwalking and Fences. ==== ==== Bushwalking and Fences. ====
  
-"Then it is necessary to climb a fenae, if possible climb through instead of overand if climbing over do so one at a time and by a straining post." +"When it is necessary to climb a fence, if possible climb through instead of overand if climbing over do so one at a time and by a straining post." 
-These are only a few of hundreds of wise words in "Safety in the Mountains",a handbook for trampers and mountaineers issued by the Federated Mountain Clubs of + 
-New Zealand. We should like to quote the lot, but perhaps the N.S.Federation of +These are only a few of hundreds of wise words in "Safety in the Mountains", a handbook for trampers and mountaineers issued by the Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand. We should like to quote the lot, but perhaps the N.S.Federation of Bushwalking Clubs will issue a similar booklet one day. This one contains sections on tramping etiquette (from which the above is quoted) equipment, first aid, search organizations, distress signals, food and many other things.
-Bushwalking Clubs will issue a similar booklet one day. This one contains sections +
-on tramping etiquette (from which the above is quoted) equipment, first aid, search organizations, distress signals, food and many other things.+
  
 ==== Tramping Through Snow Waist-deep. ==== ==== Tramping Through Snow Waist-deep. ====
  
-The ambition of stalwart trampers in Wellington, New Zealand, is to make the +The ambition of stalwart trampers in Wellington, New Zealand, is to make the first winter crossing of the Tararua MountainsThis distinction having been snapped up, the next is to make the crossing by a new route. Apparently these 
-first winter crossing of the Tararua MountainsThis distinction having been +expeditions are not on skis, for in the one described in one of the latest issues of "The Tararua Tramper" - a "record", of course - they appear to have been either knee-deep or waist-deep in snow most of the time. However, in another issue they talk about crossing on skis, so evidently it is done all ways.
-snapped up, the next is to make the crossing by a new route. Apparently these +
-expeditions are not on skis, for in the one described in one of the latest issues +
-of "The Tararua Tramper" - a "record", of course - they appear to have been either knee-deep or waist-deep in snow most of the time. However, in another issue they talk about crossing on skis, so evidently it is done all ways.+
 (The Tararua Tramper, Vol.9, Nos. 11 & 12, Vol. 10 No, 1). (The Tararua Tramper, Vol.9, Nos. 11 & 12, Vol. 10 No, 1).
  
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