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193801 [2015/06/29 12:54] – [Skirts Ladies and Mountaineering.] emmanuelle_c193801 [2015/06/30 12:57] (current) – [The Sydney Bushwalker] emmanuelle_c
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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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 ==== 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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