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You say? How futile! " | You say? How futile! " | ||
- | ===== An Ascent | + | ===== An Ascent |
By Marie Byles | By Marie Byles | ||
- | We hear of so many people who have not been able to find a way up Billy' | + | We hear of so many people who have not been able to find a way up Billy' |
- | We camped on Mitchell' | + | We camped on Mitchells |
Marion Ellis, being very tiny, was sent up first and managed to squeeze herself into the cleft and get up safely. Dorothy Hazluck tried next and got stuck, took all the skin off her hands and dropped down, a gory mess. Edna Garrad then followed but, realizing the limitations of her person did not try the interior of the cleft. Instead she climbed on Harry Ellis' | Marion Ellis, being very tiny, was sent up first and managed to squeeze herself into the cleft and get up safely. Dorothy Hazluck tried next and got stuck, took all the skin off her hands and dropped down, a gory mess. Edna Garrad then followed but, realizing the limitations of her person did not try the interior of the cleft. Instead she climbed on Harry Ellis' | ||
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===== From Here, There and Everywhere ===== | ===== From Here, There and Everywhere ===== | ||
- | Recently Charlie Pryde let us see some papers he had written as a young man in Belfast many years ago. One of them was on " | + | Recently Charlie Pryde let us see some papers he had written as a young man in Belfast many years ago. One of them was on " |
- | //" | + | " |
- | It makes Ireland and the Irish sound super-civilised, | + | It makes Ireland and the Irish sound super-civilised, |
As a contrast, here is something Australian that will probably interest those folk who are ever seeking new places to go; places where there are no hired cooks, no novices, no signs of civilisation at all. It is a letter received last month by Dorothy Lawry and reads:- | As a contrast, here is something Australian that will probably interest those folk who are ever seeking new places to go; places where there are no hired cooks, no novices, no signs of civilisation at all. It is a letter received last month by Dorothy Lawry and reads:- | ||
- | //"Dear Madam, | + | "Dear Madam, |
I saw your article about the Kanangra Walls in "The Open Road" for May 18 last and gather that you are a lover of the unspoiled wide open spaces. If that is the case you might care to take a look round this part some week-end. I am on a road running from Lower Portland, on the Hawkesbury river, to its junction with the new Upper Colo-Putty-Singleton road. There is no other habitation between here and Lower Portland nine miles away and the road, though rough, is quite negotiable - but only by an experienced driver. From here to the junction of the Putty road the surface is not so bad, merely requiring care in a few places. All this district is shown well in the latest N.R.M.A. week-end tour map, and this is called the Wheelbarrow Road. I have not seen the Kanangra Walls, but have been to Oberon, Jenolan Caves, and down the Burragorang Valley to Yeranderie and so I know a little about scenery. The views about here are not comparable and yet I think you would appreciate the trip. | I saw your article about the Kanangra Walls in "The Open Road" for May 18 last and gather that you are a lover of the unspoiled wide open spaces. If that is the case you might care to take a look round this part some week-end. I am on a road running from Lower Portland, on the Hawkesbury river, to its junction with the new Upper Colo-Putty-Singleton road. There is no other habitation between here and Lower Portland nine miles away and the road, though rough, is quite negotiable - but only by an experienced driver. From here to the junction of the Putty road the surface is not so bad, merely requiring care in a few places. All this district is shown well in the latest N.R.M.A. week-end tour map, and this is called the Wheelbarrow Road. I have not seen the Kanangra Walls, but have been to Oberon, Jenolan Caves, and down the Burragorang Valley to Yeranderie and so I know a little about scenery. The views about here are not comparable and yet I think you would appreciate the trip. | ||
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I am, Madam, | I am, Madam, | ||
Yours faithfully, | Yours faithfully, | ||
- | R. S. WHITEMAN." | + | R. S. WHITEMAN." |
How many of you have been into that country north of the Colo River? It sounds as though Mr.Whiteman might let you park your cars at his place while you explored the district. He might even act as guide. | How many of you have been into that country north of the Colo River? It sounds as though Mr.Whiteman might let you park your cars at his place while you explored the district. He might even act as guide. | ||
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From " | From " | ||
- | //In order to preserve the woodlands and garden beauty for which the island of Madeira is famous, everyone who cuts down a tree is required by law to plant another in its place.// | + | "In order to preserve the woodlands and garden beauty for which the island of Madeira is famous, everyone who cuts down a tree is required by law to plant another in its place." |
Did you realise that -- "Not only wood, but many other things also, come from the forests. Tans, dyes, oils, resins, charcoal, formalin, acetic acid are all forest products." | Did you realise that -- "Not only wood, but many other things also, come from the forests. Tans, dyes, oils, resins, charcoal, formalin, acetic acid are all forest products." | ||
- | -7-. A "GROSS" | + | ===== A "Grose" |
- | by Clare Kinsella. | + | by Clare Kinsella |
- | It was on a Sabbath morning But the thought that made them tremble | + | |
+ | It was on a Sabbath morning | ||
In the soft autumnal weather Made them shiver in their shoeses | In the soft autumnal weather Made them shiver in their shoeses | ||
In the deep and narrow valley Would they be found compatible? | In the deep and narrow valley Would they be found compatible? | ||
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Molly-moo-ma, | Molly-moo-ma, | ||
Like the lovely Aphrodite, Had been brought to land and safety. | Like the lovely Aphrodite, Had been brought to land and safety. | ||
- | 4Ryill11 | + | |
FEDERATION NEWS | FEDERATION NEWS | ||
The meeting of the Federation held on May 26th was a comparatively short | The meeting of the Federation held on May 26th was a comparatively short |
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