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It is the readers who make the Magazine. If anything of interest comes to your notice, write it down and hand it to one of us. Don't be afraid to express yourself through its pages. Remember too our members in camps, here and abroad, whose only contact with the Club is the B.S.C. and the Magazine. They want to know what we are doing, and it would be very selfish of us not to let them know. | It is the readers who make the Magazine. If anything of interest comes to your notice, write it down and hand it to one of us. Don't be afraid to express yourself through its pages. Remember too our members in camps, here and abroad, whose only contact with the Club is the B.S.C. and the Magazine. They want to know what we are doing, and it would be very selfish of us not to let them know. | ||
- | If you don't like the way we run the magazine, tell us. Better still write to the Editor and have your vievs published. It is your Magazine. See that it measures up to your standards. | + | If you don't like the way we run the magazine, tell us. Better still write to the Editor and have your views published. It is your Magazine. See that it measures up to your standards. |
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- | FEDERATION NOTES | + | ===== Federation Notes. ===== |
- | At the March meeting Marie Byles re: | + | |
- | found cutting down a tree at Cheltunham. The matter was referred to | + | At the March meeting Marie Byles reported |
- | Scout Headquarters with a request that all such offenders should be required | + | |
- | to plant another tree at the place where the crime took place. | + | The Secretary for Railways denied the Federation' |
- | At the last meeting a reply came from the Strathfi0ld | + | |
- | the boy responsible was no longer_ | + | The Minister for Lands replied to a Federation letter that any person could carry a gun in the Kosciusko area for the purpose of killing noxious |
- | would nevertheless be glad to plant a tree in tho place of the one cut | + | |
- | /' | + | Arrangements |
- | The Secretary for Railways denied the Federation' | + | |
- | billed to stop at Lilyyale | + | Miss Emily Reynolds of the Rucksack Club is now organising the Playground Walks in place of Dorothy Lawry. |
- | through. It was decided however to repeat the request | + | |
- | of a station attendant. An attendant was nc~ded | + | A convenor is required |
- | sell tickets, and so~ that train doors we~e properly closed. | + | |
- | The Minister for Lo..nds | + | Mr. Trevor Krok has gone away from Sydney and has had to resign from the Bluegum Forest |
- | could carry a gun in the Kosciusko area for the purpose of killing noxious | + | |
- | nni_mo.ls. It was decided to ask that only shepherds and authorised persons | + | ---- |
- | be perm: | + | |
- | carry them. | + | ===== Gum Trees. ===== |
- | A~rangements | + | |
- | is pretty certain that it will come out as usual. Contributions are requested. | + | (as Fitzie |
- | Miss Emily Reynolds of the Rucksack Club is now organising the Playground | + | |
- | Walks in place of Dorothy Lawry. | + | The trees in the gully grew green and thick, for the stream |
- | A convenor is ruquired | + | |
- | Mr. Trevor Krok has gone a.wo: | + | Up on the hill-side where the young Gums grew, the loose sandy soil contained very little food, for all the water used to run down the hill to the stream in the gully. But the Gums never grumbled. Of all the trees in the forest they were the gayest |
- | from the Blu~~gum F.or~ct | + | |
- | - - - - - ..:. | + | She came early before Spring |
- | 3 - | + | |
- | (as Fit~io | + | Down in the gully the trees moaned and sighed with pain for they had never known such heat, and they cried to the Gums to shelter |
- | The tre~s in the gully grew groen and thick, for the strenm | + | |
- | ovGr the rocks brought them nourishing food. The hot winds never blew on | + | So saying |
- | them, anq the sun only sent his kindost | + | |
- | the Tree Ferns, the Wattles and the Myrtles were the most admired in the | + | At these words there rose from all the trees and bushes, a vail of despair, for the Fire is the most dreaded of all enemies. Very soon the Fire appeared on the top of the opposite |
- | district. | + | |
- | Up on the hill-side where the young Gums grew, t~lO loose s:: | + | The gully trees wept piteously. Instantly the Gums decided to fight to the death to save their darlings in the gully. They lifted their heads and shouted in one voice. "Come and fight us if you dare". |
- | contained very little food, for ~ll the water used to run down the hill to | + | |
- | the stream in the gu.lly. But the Gums never grumbled; Of a: | + | The Fire heard the challenge and with a roar leaped |
- | the forest they were the gaye_s..t/and most cheerful. | + | |
- | the Gums were contented and enjoy0d | + | Fiercely the battle |
- | w~re so happy, everyone | + | |
- | homes in their branches, Thus they lived on quietly | + | In a few days the Fire burnt itself out. The Gully-trees were as green and beautiful as ever, but they drooped their heads and mourned for their lost friends. |
- | many yeo..rs w·~tching | + | |
- | tempered | + | Suddenly the silence was broken by a tiny whisper which said, "Do not grieve dear trees, we are not dead, though we are badly wounded. But our sap is still fresh and cool, and we shall be ourselves again, some-day." |
- | She came eo..rly | + | |
- | fled before her. Scorching winds c•.nd bluzing sunbenms | + | Little by little the Gums begun to recover. |
- | train, | + | |
- | b0forc | + | As for the Gums, they laughed and enjoyed life just in the same old way, and answered all the compliments by saying. |
- | Down in the gully the trees moaned and sighed with pain for they bud | + | |
- | never known such heut, and they cried to the Gums to shelt<: | + | ---- |
- | the cries the Gums were saddened for it.was beyond their power to protect | + | |
- | their friends. They suid sadly, | + | "Cross him off! they shouted, "Cross him off! the miserable cow; he didn't pay." |
- | dear boautiful | + | |
- | words and laughed | + | ---- |
- | you? You will soon have u chunce | + | |
- | So snying | + | ===== Keeping A Greek Peasant Warm. ===== |
- | the chance came. The sun went down a. fiery bull behind | + | |
- | he disappeared | + | " |
- | sun coming back again alreudy?11 a.sked u bu.by tree in tea.rs. The bigger | + | |
- | Gums shook their heads. "It is not the Sun. It is the Fire," | + | " |
- | At these words there rose from all the i;; | + | |
- | despair, for the Fire is the most dreaded of all enemies. Very soon the | + | "Came through Greece, Crete and Libya with it, wouldn' |
- | Fir~ appeared on the top of the op)osite | + | |
- | blue urns waving she leaped from tree to tree, licking up everything before | + | " |
- | her. Behind her came the hot winds driving her forward | + | |
- | fiendishly at their work. | + | " |
- | The gully trees wept piteously, Instantly the Gums decided to | + | |
- | fight to the death to save their darlings in the gully. They lifted | + | |
- | their heads and shouted in one voice. "Come and fight us if you da.re". | + | These are a few of the dozens of tributes paid to Paddy-made sleeping bags by men on active service and now alas there is no more down. Sources of supply (China and Java etc.) have been cut off and the Government |
- | ...;· 4 - | + | |
- | The Fire hen.rd | + | Sorry folks C'est la guerre'. |
- | gully, over the tops of the gully-trees, | + | |
- | the midst of th-.:; gum$. | + | In future |
- | Fiercely the battle | + | |
- | in the fa.ce of the flumes. But tho Fire wns stronger, and very soon | + | Paddy Pallin. |
- | tho Gums were overwhelned | + | |
- | len.ving tho gully-trees all grecna.nd | + | 327 George Street, |
- | stood a defeated | + | |
- | In a few days the Fire burnt itself out. The Gully-trees were | + | ---- |
- | as green and beautiful as ever, but they drooped their heads and mourned | + | |
- | for their lost friends. | + | ===== Easter On The Cox. ===== |
- | Suddenly the silence was broken by a tin~r whisper which said, | + | |
- | ;;Do not grieve dear trees, we are not dead, though we are badly wounded• | + | |
- | But our sap is still fresh and cool, and we shall be ourselves again, | + | |
- | some-day." | + | |
- | they asked together, "Is it true"? " | + | |
- | danced along, "That is the : | + | |
- | brave hearts, | + | |
- | Little by little the Gums begun to recover. | + | |
- | few sea.sons | + | |
- | had come over them. Inste~d | + | |
- | green they had beon before, | + | |
- | strong trees, all thickly clothed with leaves of glorious copper colour, | + | |
- | which g: | + | |
- | like burnished | + | |
- | admired. Everyone stopped to gaze at the hillside and sn.y, "Oh, what | + | |
- | beautiful Gum-trees" | + | |
- | ~s for the Gums, they laughed and enjoyed life just ,in the same | + | |
- | old way, and answered all the compliments by saying. | + | |
- | doesn' | + | |
- | and pure. Sap is the thing that counts." | + | |
- | ----- | + | |
- | "Cross him off! they shouted, "Cross him off! tl: | + | |
- | he didn't pay. 11 Don 1 t let this happen to you• ra,y your subscriptions | + | |
- | now to Doris Allden or Beryl English. | + | |
- | c | + | |
- | - 5 - | + | |
- | " | + | |
- | keGping | + | |
- | '' | + | |
- | "Cane through Greece, Crete and Libya vlith it, wouldn' | + | |
- | with it." | + | |
- | 11Had it through | + | |
- | Hin the snow in Syria, I think I would have diG-d without it.11 | + | |
- | . These are a few of the dozens of tributes paid to Paddy-oade | + | |
- | sleeping bags by ~en on active service and now al~s there is no oore | + | |
- | dovm. Sources of supply (Chine.a: | + | |
- | and the Governnent | + | |
- | Sorry folks crest laguerre'. | + | |
- | In future | + | |
- | feather. They will be just as warn as ever but will weigh 4t lbs. | + | |
- | and will be about 60% bulkier. dost £2/12/6. Even now they are | + | |
- | still heaps better than blankets and well worth carrying, | + | |
- | PADDY PALLI:N, | + | |
- | 327 George Street, | + | |
- | SYDNEY. | + | |
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- | - 6 - | + | |
- | :.EA.STER ON _TEE. COX | + | |
by Joyce Kennedy. | by Joyce Kennedy. | ||
- | ' | + | |
- | in our lives as vw wildly scrambled aboard the 6.27 eager for adventure | + | Dogs! little |
- | once more. However, Katoomba and a few hours moonlight walking brought | + | |
- | us to Corral Swamp - already inhabited by numerous slumbering forms. A | + | 8 a.m. A refreshing sleep and a bright crisp morning and we were soon on our way with light hearts and springing step - our destination Kanangaroo |
- | hasty conference resulted in a majority ruling to remain, with some | + | |
- | suggestion about early rising to conciliate | + | Gaily we forged ahead, pausing |
- | 8 a.m. A refreshing sleep Qnd a bright crisp morning and we were | + | |
- | soon on our way with light hearts and springing step ~ our destino.tion | + | Thus reassured the ascent was begun. But it was not long before the less hardy were convinced they had been betrayed, for who but a deliberate truth distorter could describe such travail, labouring under a weighty pack in the heat of the day as negligible? |
- | Kunn.ngaroo | + | |
- | insignificant but ~orthwhile | + | With lips compressed and reason mocking, |
- | Gaily we forged ahead, pausing | + | |
- | to float us over Mt. Mouin which by now and viewed from this angle | + | This was 2 p.m. and according to schedule we should have been lunching on top of Mt. Merrigal at noon. Imagine our feelings when on arrival we learned |
- | wo.s beginning to assume | + | |
- | us explained to the credulous there was really nothing to it and what | + | Disillusioned, |
- | slight exertion was required to ren.ch | + | |
- | ted by the view. Also, since we must rise wasn't that the logical | + | At last night overtook us, hungry |
- | place to do so? · | + | |
- | Thus reassured the ascent was begun. But it was not long before | + | Morning! |
- | the less hardy were convinced they had been betrayed, for who but a | + | |
- | deliberate truth distorter could describe such travail, labouring under | + | Half an hour' |
- | a weighty pack in the heat of the day as negligible? | + | |
- | ' | + | With what contentment then we settled down to a welcome |
- | finally struggled to the to::p, wondering what aberration of r.1ind | + | |
- | us to stake all on a place on the 6.27. Here we found no sign of the | + | After lunch the more energetic half of the party climbed the ridge behind us and dropped |
- | indefatiguable advance guard who we concluded had tired of waiting and | + | |
- | were already trying to burn up some of their unnatural energy, A | + | Since an early start was the order of the following |
- | glimpse of their retreating forms confirmed this conclusion, though | + | |
- | as the scene of our tribulations was left further and further behind | + | This accomplished, |
- | with no other sign of them, we began to doubt the accuracy of our vision. | + | |
- | Calling against the gale sweeping the tops o.nd hindering our progress | + | Despite the handicap of blistered feet suffered by one member of each division, we met again after coming thro' the Valley |
- | proved waste of breath, and it was with relief that four hungry and very | + | |
- | weary people finally descended on the others preparing lunch at the foo~ | + | With some sympathy for the sufferers, we started off up Murphy' |
- | of Mt. Warrigal. | + | |
- | This was 2 p.m. and according to schedule we should have been | + | ---- |
- | lunching on top of Mt.Merrigal at noon. Imagine our feelings when on | + | |
- | arrival we lc~rncd | + | ==== From the " |
- | Corral Swamp an hour or moro ~fter us, lunched, and skirted easily | + | |
- | through the gap .at the side - now so obvious - with no thought of climbing | + | __Primitive Reserves__ |
- | the harassing Mt.l\louin | + | |
- | Disillusioned, | + | ---- |
- | M-t.Mer.rj_ga~ o.nd. n~or~e; Mt_D: | + | |
- | ) | + | ===== At Our Own Meeting. ===== |
- | .:. 7 - | + | |
- | of the sinking sun we viewed | + | The first task of our new President |
- | seen. However, | + | |
- | Dog crouching on our right, | + | Next the prize for the damper competition |
- | to beat the darkness to the Cox. J?y now we felt quite content to camp | + | |
- | wherove~ | + | A letter |
- | in fact merely | + | |
- | ca.used | + | The Committee reported |
- | At last night overtook us, hungry | + | |
- | from the over more elusive Cox. A fire winking | + | The list of Officers |
- | her b0ckoning | + | |
- | Hungry, dirty a.nd thirsty' us we were, .the suggestion of a. dry c;: | + | Dorothy |
- | welcomed by the now thoroughly wornout | + | |
- | VIai ting fqr the moon to ,rise and throw out her guiding light held no o.ppea.l | + | ---- |
- | for us. So, the decision made, first thoughts flew to juicy food, and a.ll | + | |
- | menus were soon upset by the reckless consumption of items meant to be our | + | ===== All Your Photographic Requirements. ===== |
- | joy throughout the trip. Chastened, we thought of the a.musem0nt | + | |
- | unknown campers in comfort on the river when they sighted our fire and | + | Fresh Films. |
- | guessed our sorry plight. We even. speculated whether | + | |
- | drive them to our rescue with a bucket of water for which we would have | + | And especially an excellent Developing, Printing |
- | paid a. heavy ransom, Having dined to r0pletion, our fla.gging | + | |
- | ma.na.god | + | __Goodman Bros.__ |
- | people | + | |
- | Morning! | + | |
- | thirst I went to bed with?H Stra.nge | + | |
- | The Cox ha.d somehow lost hor allure, and it wns with tho usua.l | + | |
- | rolucto.nco | + | |
- | ba.gs. | + | |
- | Half a.n hour 1s rough descent down tho rocky bo.ck of our host, qowever, | + | |
- | a.nd loJ there sho la.y, rippling | + | |
- | a.s we plunged | + | |
- | \'lith v~ha.t | + | |
- | tho tria.ls_of 11Dlo..ck Frido.y" | + | |
- | being 11on tho CQx". The mca.l over we padded | + | |
- | next campsite, | + | |
- | tho recent | + | |
- | After lunch the mor0 ener$etic ho.lf of the p2..rty | + | |
- | behind us and 9-ro}.Jped | + | |
- | proved·o. | + | |
- | Having | + | |
- | 7th member of tho pa.rty whoso non-appeo.ro.nce | + | |
- | two of us left behind. A mile downstrea.m, just a.s my feo.rs | + | |
- | tho stage of picturing the ma.nglcd | + | |
- | da.mp in a.ll but spirits, | + | |
- | by the a.ll too friendly Cox. The drying out process with other domestic | + | |
- | dut:i.Gs oocu.pied | + | |
- | ..:. 8 - | + | |
- | Since an ectrly stnrt wa.s the order of the following | + | |
- | our discussions to a. timely close n.nd retired in prepo..ra.tion. 7 a..n. | + | |
- | saw us on our wr:,y, and who should | + | |
- | who udded r.1oral | + | |
- | began by following the gushing | + | |
- | River, where our pa.use | + | |
- | a.nd on until we paused for ct welcome sunny hour a.nd a.nother | + | |
- | before sadly leaving the river·to tuckle | + | |
- | This-accomplished, | + | |
- | with pleasure at the refreshing sight they made. The lunchi~g | + | |
- | was Kirbys, but owing to the party falling into two detachments and some | + | |
- | confusion as to who was meant by Kirby, we of the second division | + | |
- | pctrtook | + | |
- | sure if we'd see them again. | + | |
- | Despite the handicap of blistered feet suffered by" | + | |
- | division, we met again after coming thro' the Va.lley | + | |
- | where hope of transport | + | |
- | 1'Ji th some sympathy for the sufferers, we started off up Murphy' | + | |
- | Track, a direct and scenic route leading right up to the Hydro, from which | + | |
- | we loo~ed | + | |
- | rose. On top . tho scene was crowned· | + | |
- | sunset. By now the air was chillier than at a.ny time throughout the trip, | + | |
- | a.nd no time wa.s wasted in invading the cafe to indulge in juicy stea.k | + | |
- | before venturing out into the bla.st | + | |
- | ~-the 11 R~9_rt | + | |
- | Primitive Reserves | + | |
- | National Po.rks !or tourists, hikers and motorists). The need for these | + | |
- | is well recognised. It increases with (a) the growing | + | |
- | our people, and (b) the expa.nding | + | |
- | especially (a), being closely related to hea.lth. The tendency to reward | + | |
- | a.nd refresh all cla.sses | + | |
- | ra.pidly | + | |
- | even economically advantageous to the na.tion | + | |
- | tion scenic and rugged areas accessible to tourj_sts; | + | |
- | campers, rather than leave them to be used by a few scattGred fa.rmers, | + | |
- | a. policy which, in some pa.rts, is gra.dually | + | |
- | and raising problems of erosion." | + | |
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- | - 9 - | + | |
- | A ' | + | |
- | The first ta.sk of our new President | + | |
- | certificates from the Roya.l | + | |
- | completed a. course of lectures in resuscitation. | + | |
- | Ne~t the _prize | + | |
- | Yvonne.Rolfe. | + | |
- | .. | + | |
- | A letter | + | |
- | to continue with the Club a.udit. It wa.s decided to tha.nk | + | |
- | for his kind offer, and tell .him we would be gl: | + | |
- | uncertain times, the o.uditor.elected | + | |
- | ca.rry | + | |
- | The Committee reported | + | |
- | to the Youth Po..rlio.ment. It ha.d a.lso a.rra.nged | + | |
- | Youth Pcixlia.ment | + | |
- | The list of Officers | + | |
- | Membe' | + | |
- | Dorothy | + | |
- | Ma.na.ging | + | |
- | ..:.------------.... | + | |
- | ALL YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC REQUIR1: | + | |
- | Fresh Films Pa.pcrs Chomica.ls | + | |
- | A new Ca.mera. 1.. 11 AQ.cessories | + | |
- | o.nd espccia.lly | + | |
- | a.n excellent Developing, | + | |
- | Service where your wishes | + | |
- | o.t | + | |
- | GOODMAN BROS. | + | |
20, Hunter Street, Sydney | 20, Hunter Street, Sydney | ||
- | - 10 - | + | |
- | DOT'S TRIP TO. -:M-EL-B-OU-RN-E- | + | ---- |
- | (Being extracts from a·letter). | + | |
- | "I finished up my 1.: | + | ===== Dot's Trip To Melbourne. ===== |
- | off with bike and puck to Centrul | + | |
- | out of Goulburn | + | (Being extracts from a letter). |
- | camping for the night. All road signs have been removed (wu~ precaution) | + | |
- | n.nd I didn't have a ro~d map or a watch, so conditions | + | "I finished up my 1ast patient |
- | primitive and breuking | + | |
- | There was ~ howling southerly against me n.ll the wuy and about dusk | + | There was a howling southerly against me all the way and about dusk it begun to spot rain, so, as my entire worldly possessions |
- | it begun to spot ruin, so, as my entire·worldly_possessions | + | |
- | that moment of u sleoping bug, a singlet, | + | I blocked up the far end of it with bushes and stones to keep the wind out for one thing, for it roared through as down a funnel, then I collected a heap of grass which the wind had banked up against |
- | mo to look for shelter, and thut pretty | + | |
- | open and stoney and s tur.1py, with no shel tor even for c. wn.llaby | + | I had a bath in the reedy clay-pool, lit a fire at the entrance to my burrow, snuggled down in my sleeping bag among the grass and ate bread and cheese while I wrote a letter home by firelight, then went to sleep among a scent of briar roses from the nearby bushes, which always brings me memories of what I love best in this world. |
- | examining all bridges and culverts | + | |
- | without water undel! | + | Next day did about a hundred miles and snoozed in a railway paddock or shunting yard under some gum-trees and was woken at 1 a.m. by the Station Master to catch the train south. The Express was crowded, so I put up a card table between two seats and curled up on that in my sleeping bug and slept the sleep of the just till 7 a.m. when the train pulled into Albury. |
- | lust is the perfect | + | |
- | squure | + | Two hundred miles to Melbourne |
- | It!s floor is about 6n above water level at the moment | + | |
- | us hope there is no flood tide in the night. | + | Did another |
- | I blocked up the fur end of it with bushes and stones to keep the wind | + | |
- | out for one thing, for it roared through as down a funnel, then I collected | + | There was no need to get the train at all us I got a lift for 20 miles in a military cattle |
- | a heap of grn.ss | + | |
- | fence and lined my little dug-out. | + | Arrived in about 7 p.m. and rang Perce Woodman |
- | I hud a bath in the reedy clay-pool, lit a fire at the entrance to my | + | |
- | burrow, snuggled down in my sleeping bag among the grass and ate bread and | + | He has done a bit of walking with S.B.W' |
- | cheese while I wrote a letter home by firelight, then w~nt to sleep among | + | |
- | a scent of briar roses from the nearby bushes, which always brings me memories | + | John Hunter (recently |
- | of what I love best in this wbrld. | + | |
- | Next day did about a hundred miles and snoozed in a railway paddock or | + | ---- |
- | shunting yard under some gum-trees and was woken at 1 a.m. by the Station | + | |
- | Master to catch the tra.in | + | ===== Letterettes. ===== |
- | ta.ble | + | |
- | the sleep of the just till 7 a.m. when the train pulled into nlbury. | + | We are starting a column |
- | ~vo hundr8d niles to Melbourne | + | |
- | fnirly siJ.:J.ple uri thmetical ca.lcul~, tio!c. Perfect | + | __S.B.W. Interest in Federation.__ Bill Hall writes |
- | country so 100 miles was wiped off ~he slate easily by da.rk. Discovered | + | |
- | that ull cash was gone bar 8/- which I thought I had better | + | You may, if you prefer, write under a nom de plume, so long as your real name is submitted to the editor. |
- | hud to get tho train for the last 30 or 40 miles. So, my child, draw in your | + | |
- | beltJ Nothing but 2 slices of broad and che0se | + | We hope that some people who do not like talking in meetings may express themselves in letterettes of this kind. In any case, if you have an idea or suggestion, it is often a good scheme to let people |
- | and ten for next two days! | + | |
- | D:i..d c.no±.her | + | ---- |
- | c | + | |
- | ' | + | ===== Club Gossip. ===== |
- | - 11 - | + | |
- | There wo.s no no.: | + | Bean marriage took place at appointed date. Bride suffered no ill effects |
- | miles in o. mili t::-.ry ca.ttle | + | |
- | Khal:'" | + | Remember the "Wet Friday" |
- | down a.nd · .ta.ke | + | |
- | trucks or wore stoppod | + | Dick Jackson and Cora Henderson |
- | However I could see the young lad driving began to eet a bit anxious as we | + | |
- | approached the outsld.rts | + | John and Dora Harvey now in Hobart. |
- | miles from town, and pedalled the rest of the way. | + | |
- | Arrived in about 7 p.m. and rang Perce VJoo' | + | It has been pleasing to see so many old members coming into the Club of late. There is no apparent reason for this, though it has been suggested that, owing to the new liquor regulations, |
- | stray Bushualkers, very like Paddy - and he held out a h.eJ_ping hand· | + | |
- | lady in distress by inviting me to stay with himself and his sister for | + | While having lunch at Mobbs Swamp during the hot weather a party was surprised to observe a whirlwind gyrating rapidly down the Blue Dog. As this was a rare phenomenon in mountain country, a photographer took a fast exposure. Development of film revealed, in the centre of whirlwind, the unmistakable figures of those intrepid explorers Cosgrove and Watson, evidently on week-end manouvres. |
- | the night, which invitation was proml: | + | |
- | He has done a bit of walking with S.B.VJIS and has formed. his own Club | + | Members will be pleased to hear the class distinctions are becoming somewhat blurred at Medlow Bath. On Easter Sunday a party of Bushwalkers, |
- | in Melbourne in which the mediaeval segregation of the sexes into Melbourne | + | |
- | Walking Club and Melbourne | + | ---- |
- | John Hunter (recently | + | |
- | with the VJoodman 1s for 5 weeks on his arrival in Melbourne. | + | ===== Letters And News From The Lads. ===== |
- | - - - .- -. - - -. . | + | |
- | LETTERETTES | + | === John Glover (8-12-41) === |
- | VJ" | + | |
- | form of short letters | + | In some parts of Iceland I have gone for long walks, and also climbed some of the smaller |
- | like the " | + | |
- | ones will be published if space_permitc.,_ Here.is an example: | + | I had been at sea up till the end of September and then had a spell on shore. In that ten months aboard the last ship I escorted many convoys. |
- | S .B.VJ. Interest in Federation. Bill Hall writes | + | |
- | biggest one in the Federation, but members | + | While on leave in London I was in a guard of honour |
- | little | + | |
- | unite with other bodies | + | I don't know whether |
- | those_objects | + | |
- | personal enjoyment to be gotten by the individual member from walking | + | I and other Australians are very strictly censored. After the war I shall tell you all my experiences and what has happened that is not published or broadcast, that is, of course, if you want to listen. I can tell you that I have not been kept idle in England, they have kept me on the move at sea most of the time and consequently I have visited several |
- | and camping. | + | |
- | You may, if you prefer, write under a nom de plume, so long as your real | + | === Jack Spain (25-3-42) === |
- | name is submitted to the editor. | + | |
- | We hope that some people | + | __RAAF, Queensland.__ I am now stationed up in the peanut country on a new station, it is not nearly finished yet, only a few of the huts have electric light. Of course |
- | express themselves in letterettes of this kind. In any case, if you have an | + | |
- | idea or suggestion, it is often a good scheme to let people | + | I hope to be in Sydney on leave early in May, I have been packed three times only to have my leave washed |
- | che~ it over before you put it before a general meeting. | + | |
- | - 12 - | + | We have been working with the Yanks since Christmas and have picked |
- | CLUB GOSSIP | + | |
- | Bean marriage took ~lace at appointed date. Bride suffered no | + | === Bob Savage (16-2-42) === |
- | ill eff8Ctl? | + | |
- | Pantry (in Bridal array). Happy couple now honeymooning at | + | Note:- We have a long and particularly interesting |
- | Kirribilli. | + | |
- | Remember the "Pet Friday" | + | ---- |
- | that day. Bridegroom chose bedroom slippers, Best man, wore shorts, | + | Since receiving |
- | (we think there was a shirt), and the clergyman looked neat in brown | + | |
- | brogues. | + | |
- | Dick Jackson and Cora Henderson | + | |
- | In the absence of more details; we assume this ceremony was quite | + | |
- | conventional. | + | |
- | John and Dora Harvey now in Hobart, | + | |
- | It has been pleasing to see so many old members coming into the | + | |
- | Club of late. Th~re is no apparent reason for this, though it has | + | |
- | been suggested that, ovdng to the new liquor regulations, | + | |
- | out very early now, (This is noi necessarily our opinion- Ed.) • | + | |
- | . Vlhile | + | |
- | was surprised to observe a whirlwind gyrating rapidly down the Blue | + | |
- | Dog. As this was a rare phenomenon in mountain country, a photographer | + | |
- | took a fast exposure, Development of film ~evealed, in the centre of | + | |
- | whirlwind, the unmistakable figures of those intrepid explorers Cosgrove | + | |
- | and Watson, evidently on week-end manouvres. | + | |
- | Members will be pleased to hear the class distinctions are becoming | + | |
- | somewhat blurred at Medlow Bath, On Easter Sunday a party of Bushwalkers, | + | |
- | who looked like the lower classes, (though the blood in their | + | |
- | veins was deepest blue - it was very cold) asked for f9od and were fed. | + | |
- | They were the only ones in the restaurant, but we are assured that this | + | |
- | had nothing to do with the fact that they got in first. | + | |
- | - 13 - | + | |
- | LETTEHS AND NEl'1S . FROl:" | + | |
- | . . --------·---. --- | + | |
- | JOHN GLOVER :- In some parts of Iceland I have gone for long wallrn, | + | |
- | 8-12":" | + | |
- | arc very barren.· Most are snowca1_Jped | + | |
- | upwards | + | |
- | , several very cold swims in the creeks and also the ocean where wo were | + | |
- | anchored. We caught some salmon in somi.: | + | |
- | • is very hard but quite pleasant to drink. There isn't a tree or bush | + | |
- | ;; in sight anywhere on the island. I thi~k I am right in saying there i.s | + | |
- | one mountain that is about 10,000 feet high. It sticks up to' | + | |
- | sky and about half of it. is sno·w | + | |
- | I had been at sea up till the end of September and then had a spell | + | |
- | on shore. In that ten months aboard the iast ship I escort~d ma~y · | + | |
- | convoys. | + | |
- | VJhile | + | |
- | in which I was staying. This was when the Queen o' | + | |
- | She spoke to me and also the other Empire troops in the GQard of Honour. | + | |
- | She was dressed in a light blue dress, hat and coat v1ith shoes to match. | + | |
- | She is very pretty | + | |
- | I don't know ': | + | |
- | meeting. A Church Service was held ~board | + | |
- | was also aboard for the Service. It was a marvellous sight and was the | + | |
- | first time that I had seen Churchill, He was not with a cigar in his | + | |
- | mouth this time (nobody is allowed to smoke on the quarter-deck of any | + | |
- | naval ship). | + | |
- | I and other Australians are very strictly censored. After tl;.e war | + | |
- | I shall tell you all my experiences and what has happened that is not | + | |
- | published or broadcast, that is, of course, if you want to listen. I | + | |
- | can tell you that I have not been kept idle in England, they have kept me | + | |
- | on the move at sea most of the time and consequently I have visited several | + | |
- | inte+esting-countrios. · | + | |
- | JACK SPAIN ~---r;--· - ' | + | |
- | ________ ., ________ _ | + | |
- | RAAF. Q._1LAND. I a.m. now stationed. up in tho peanut country on-a new-station, it is not nearly finished yet, only Q few | + | |
- | of the huts have electric light. Of cours-:: | + | |
- | water problem, the water we use is from an artesian bore and as the boilers | + | |
- | arc not yet fixed it is all cold and very cold at thO.t. 'The other night | + | |
- | which was a "going out night" the tank ra.n dry, so the showers were turn;d | + | |
- | off and there were we covered in red dust and engine grease and the ~olaces | + | |
- | of refreshment closing at 8 :p~m. One chap got the bright idea of ha~ing | + | |
- | bath in the wnsh tubs and before we could say peanuts there were quite a | + | |
- | number of very dirty airmen sitting in the wash tubs having baths it wa.s a | + | |
- | sight for sore eyes but we did get to town in time, ' | + | |
- | I hope to be in Sydney on leave early in May, I have been packed three | + | |
- | - 14 - | + | |
- | times only to have my leave washGd | + | |
- | If I am in Sydney on a Friday night I vdll call in and see you, it is | + | |
- | over two years since I joined up~ | + | |
- | We have boen working with the Yanks since; Christmas and have p;:t_cked | + | |
- | up Yankee sayings | + | |
- | we have be.;; | + | |
- | By tho way my nick name is no longer | + | |
- | BOB SAVAGE | + | |
- | 16-2-42. | + | |
- | Note:- We have a long and particularly interesting | + | |
- | from Bob, five foolscap pages, in ~act, 6.nyone.may have the | + | |
- | loan of a copy on application to Dunk, The follovdng | + | |
- | short extracts: | + | |
- | the Lebanon Ski School we were concentrating on the. individual ski-ing proficiency | + | |
- | of the students, the snow was very icy - so much so in fact that a | + | |
- | number of the seats of the wind-proof trousers gave out under the strain | + | |
- | of constant. contact with the ground, or rather ice, Biddell said that we | + | |
- | reversed the Napoleonic | + | |
- | Shortly before Christmas I had to. go down to Corps Heo.dquarters | + | |
- | my absence heavy snow fell cutting off all comraunic.a.tion | + | |
- | After a rush trip to Halfa on Christmas Eve I left Headquarters on Christmas | + | |
- | morning hoping to be at the School for a. late Christmas | + | |
- | first mishap was.on a short cut road that I had used in summer but I had | + | |
- | no idea what Lebanon winter rains could do to a second class road, After | + | |
- | skidding into a two foot deep WQter cut on tho surface of the road I was | + | |
- | pulled out by a towing truck about three in the afternoon. The Unit kindly | + | |
- | pulled me out and gave us some cold meat - all that was left of their | + | |
- | Christmas dinner, Then along the normal road, up all the hair pin bends | + | |
- | until I reached about five thou9and fuct and was plowing through six inches | + | |
- | of snow. The final straw was when the vehicle ahead of me got stuck on a | + | |
- | corner and I could not get po.st. VIG eventually, just on do.rk 1 turned | + | |
- | both vehicles around by locking the wheels and skidding the front around | + | |
- | on the icy surface. Then downhill in the dark, all l;air pin bends again, | + | |
- | and when I was on the level ground near the coast we skidded again, hit | + | |
- | a stone wa+l and I was pulled out by a recovery vehicle about one a.m. | + | |
- | on Boxing morning. Quite definitely the worst Christmas Day that I ho.vc~ | + | |
- | ever spent. The next day I borrowed another truck since mine was well | + | |
- | smashed up and got within | + | |
- | with ski and so I got home. | + | |
- | Since recc1v1ng | + | |
Congratulations, | Congratulations, | ||
- | Another promotion - our Ex-Secr~tCLry, Tom Moppett, now has three stripes - | + | |
- | Cong:r.:;;. tu].;J. t:i.one, Tom, | + | Another promotion - our Ex-Secretary, Tom Moppett, now has three stripes - Congratulations, Tom. |
- | • ~- | + | |
- | 12th | + | ---- |
- | Tuesday | + | |
- | 22nd | + | ===== The Voice Of The Social Committee. ===== |
- | Friday | + | |
- | 29th | + | Says: Please note the following dates: |
- | Friday | + | |
- | 2nd | + | |May 12th - Tuesday|Party for the funds of the Bushwalker Emergency Services. |
- | Tuesday | + | |May 22nd - Friday|Lecture |
- | 26th | + | |May 29th - Friday|Stunt Night is here again, and Grace Edgecombe and Ray Kirkby are looking for talent |
- | Friday | + | |June 2nd - Tuesday|We will have another small dance, if enough people |
- | - 15 - | + | |June 26th - Friday|Annual Photographic Exhibition. Begin now to plan your exhibit. If you haven' |
- | THE VOICE Qlt, THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE | + | |
- | S .A Y S | + | ---- |
- | PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DATES. | + | |
- | PARTY for THE FUNDS OF TilE BUSHWALKIT::R E~JERGENCY SERVICES | + | ===== Beyond The Brown Out. ===== |
- | It was to have been at the "MINERVA" but the show doesn' | + | |
- | seem worthwhile, so we are looldng | + | It is not so long since a great glow lit up the skies above the city. Dazzling signs glared and blinked at us, attracting our attention to various |
- | Any suggestion please? | + | |
- | LECTURE | + | Apart from the beauty of the sky itself the names of the stars and constellations are sonorous and mystical. Some were named by the Greeks, many were named before the days of recorded history. |
- | STUNT NIGHT is here again, and Grace Edgecombe and Ray | + | |
- | Kirkby are looking for talent | + | by "Canopus" |
- | · We will have another small DANCE, if ~_nough peopl_e. | + | |
- | like-~· | + | ---- |
- | ~UAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION. _Begin | + | |
- | exhibit. If you haven' | + | ===== More About The Re-Union. ===== |
- | delay, we will be looking for it. | + | |
- | - - - - - ~ ..:.. ..:. | + | Taro sent in an article which was a bit late for the last issue, but not too late to be interesting, |
- | BEYOND THE BR01NN-OUT. | + | |
- | It is not so long since a great glow lit up the ski.es | + | ".... Then came another bright spot. A more or less lecture on incendiary and other (very other) bombs. |
- | Dazzling signs glared and blinked at us, attracting our attention to various | + | |
- | aJ..os" | + | Personally I find the satanic humor of Duncan most attractive, may be tis my angelic disposition makes me fall for it. |
- | or co1.l.ld.n 1t pay for (If we did need them and could pay for them we would | + | |
- | have bought them anyway). The brown-out has blotted out the glare and the | + | The whole affair was a clever |
- | signs. Looking upward now you will see instead the misty luminosity of the | + | |
- | Milky Way. If the buildings are not too tall you will see that it stretches over | + | .... Our new President |
- | the vthole " | + | |
- | the East is the great curve of Scorpio and the red star Antaree. Nearly | + | Cocoa was served, everyone |
- | above is the Southern | + | |
- | Sirius sparkling with bluish-white intensity. If you are interested_in | + | Peter again and again. Choruses to the right and left, in unison - in opposition. Joyce Dummer |
- | piecing together the constellations the stars will acquire a new meaning. | + | |
- | You will be pleased to recognise old friends and get to know new ones. | + | Even Dot English, L.H. (= long hair) gave a recitation, |
- | Apart from the beauty of the sky itself the ~anes of the stars and | + | |
- | constellations are sonorous and mystical. Some were named by the Greeks, | + | .... I am prepared to admit that between the hours of 9P. and 2A. the flute was occasionally |
- | many were named before the days of recorded history. | + | |
- | legendary, the tools and househol~ | + | ---- |
- | of the ancients are still reflected back to us from above. | + | |
- | have passed since they were named. Since then homo sapiena | + | |
- | to destroy the beauty of the earth, but the skies remain very much as they. | + | |
- | were before he, or the earth he lives on, ever ·~xisted. by "Canopustt. | + | |
- | - 16 - | + | |
- | MORE ABOUT THE RE-UNION | + | |
- | Taro sent in an article which was a· bit late for the last issue, but | + | |
- | not too late to be interesting, | + | |
- | passes. So here are some extracts from his article. | + | |
- | " | + | |
- | incendiary and other .(very other) bombs. | + | |
- | Rootsie! | + | |
- | Personally I find the satanic humor of Duncan most attractive, may be | + | |
- | tis my angelic disposition makes me fall for it. | + | |
- | The whole affair was a c~ever | + | |
- | transfusion - the blood in this case being the new blood - that is - the | + | |
- | new members - whose initiation was cleverly combined with the ~.E.S •. effort. | + | |
- | The part tickled me most was Dr. Mephisto Duncan' | + | |
- | bloo·d | + | |
- | • • • ." •• • Our new President | + | |
- | gave the history of the famous bone. Our new ·Pres. must have held nearly | + | |
- | every office in the S,B.W. If she could now use her influence she might | + | |
- | got the job of ch1..1.cker-out some Friday night, and thus complete the list~ | + | |
- | Cocoa was served, everyone | + | |
- | Sonehow | + | |
- | sang about everything and everybody. One very high spot was th;r" | + | |
- | Serenade. | + | |
- | Pinafore., -"' | + | |
- | Peter again and again. Choruses to the right and left, in unison - in | + | |
- | opposition. Joyce Duru: | + | |
- | and tree lovers (Name and address required of any darae who can sing this | + | |
- | poem bettern our Joyce). | + | |
- | E.ven Dot English, L.H. (= long h: .. dr) gave a recitation, | + | |
- | and. convincing, with tho soft purr of a 16 cylinder | + | |
- | •••••••• | + | |
- | the fluto was occasionally | + | |
- | - - - - - - - ..._ | + | |
- | ~ | + | |
- | . '~. | + |
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