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 ====== 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.
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 ===== 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 bush, Already 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 bush. Already 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
 AND HOPES TO SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEW YEAR.
-PALLIN,
-GEORGE STREET;
+F.A. PALLIN,\\
-SYDNEY.
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 ==== 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's head that they would ever make mountain climbers or ever want to. So 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 Bushwalker" to 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 Beer, whom 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 had. to 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
-Bushwalker' to aspire toward. r, The pereon reopoLeible for this adaition to our
-exchange list is Miss Dora de Br, wilem 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. ====
-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, and. would 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 journal. But no, there is an account of a recent trek from Victoria
-,A in a motoring journal, But 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 1933, though 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 1933: though it may have been mad. (Melbourne Talker No. 9
 ==== 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 Koolewong, Tascott, 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 Koolowong, Tascett, 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. ====
-Suzanne Reichard has told us lin her letters about Mr. Ernest Dench who seems to run the oueherai'deag (h11.7i-J3g) movmrrat in Ns: lurk, more or less, and leads about every 01-,hiqr c,do cf tha AT:1178 of the Hiking Trips Bureau, Most of these trips start with a specially chartered ei arabar:c, se that the hiLers do not have to' negotiate 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 (hinking) movement in New York, more or less, and leads about every other one of the weekly walks of the Hiking Trips Bureau. Most of these trips start with a specially chartered charabanc, so 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. ====
-"Then it is necessary to climb a fenae, if possible climb through instead of over: and 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 over, and 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.L 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.W 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. ====
-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 Mountains. This distinction having been snapped up, the next is to make the crossing by a new route. Apparently these
-first winter crossing of the Tararua Mountains, This 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).