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- | 2nd C1=RRA TRIP EAS=L | + | =====2nd Canberra Trip, Easter, 1944.===== |
By Frank Leyden. | By Frank Leyden. | ||
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- | "Come up tho flout," | + | " |
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+ | "Come up the front." | ||
" | " | ||
- | "Humphi" | + | |
- | "Here she comeE:, | + | "Humph!" |
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+ | "Here she comes. | ||
" | " | ||
- | "All out These carriages not going. Engine couldn' | + | |
- | "Is everybody else getting | + | "All out. These carriages not going. Engine couldn' |
- | "No, she's going out ec: | + | |
- | "Look! There' | + | "Is everybody else getting |
- | " | + | |
- | "Here she comes, the sleepers, too, Here's our window." | + | " |
- | "Colin came in with a swallow drive," | + | |
- | "I saw Johno with his face on the floor and his feet in the lugage | + | "No, she's going out again. |
- | "I can' | + | |
- | "Shut up Scotland. The window' | + | "Look! There' |
- | "Good on you, Johno. Keep it down," | + | |
- | " | + | " |
- | "He got the early train. Reckoned this would be half empty when it got here," | + | |
- | " | + | " |
- | "There he goes! Out the window and get hiT, Jos." | + | |
+ | "Here she comes, the sleepers, too. Here's our window." | ||
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+ | "Ha! Ha! We're in. Empty carriage." | ||
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+ | "Colin came in with a swallow drive." | ||
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+ | "I saw Johno with his face on the floor and his feet in the luggage | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | "No mine. A bunch of flowers, I think." | ||
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+ | "I can' | ||
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+ | "Shut up Scotland. The window' | ||
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+ | "Good on you, Johno. Keep it down." | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | "He got the early train. Reckoned this would be half empty when it got here." | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | "There he goes! Out the window and get him, Joe." | ||
"What! You haven' | "What! You haven' | ||
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"But you've got our company, Bill." | "But you've got our company, Bill." | ||
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"Joe will give you his seat and get out in the passage." | "Joe will give you his seat and get out in the passage." | ||
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- | "Theres | + | |
- | And with rfIGtan wt)nt civilisation. Surrounding us were those big r(-11-_, | + | " |
- | carrtbE-7, whio".-1 ,/(1 eLlbedded all nigilt, | + | |
- | rose E. r:.nt c CiCOCc, Gu3enby K,? | + | "There are the sleepers getting out." |
- | our goa,.. So across the paddocks and down to the Murrumbidgee for breakfast. The river is somewhat like the Cox above Black Jerry' | + | |
- | 3. | + | "There' |
- | flow, but a bit silted and with bare slopes. | + | |
- | "' | + | And with the train went civilisation. Surrounding us were those big rolling hills and wide open spaces, much wider than the railway |
- | Crossing the low ridges to the Naas Valley we approached the 4500 ft. Tennent. This mountain is well isolated and thickly timbered, but has a rock outcrop on the summit, ,Would be interesting to climb. So would theosawtoothed | + | |
- | Wa walked along an old road, We went through gates. We walked along a good road, We put on sticking plaster. Then we walked along an old road. Murmurinc; | + | "Moving |
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+ | Crossing the low ridges to the Naas Valley we approached the 4500 ft. Tennent. This mountain is well isolated and thickly timbered, but has a rock outcrop on the summit. Would be interesting to climb. So would the saw-toothed | ||
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+ | We walked along an old road. We went through gates. We walked along a good road. We put on sticking plaster. Then we walked along an old road. Murmurings | ||
"Here is water for lunch." | "Here is water for lunch." | ||
- | "No, dirty. Keep going before the others catch up or they' | + | |
- | "But that :climb would have been the death of us." | + | "No, dirty. Keep going before the others catch up or they' |
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+ | "To think Michelago is just across the Mt. Clear Range there." | ||
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+ | "But that climb would have been the death of us." | ||
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+ | " | ||
" | " | ||
- | "Len and Joe will give it somewater. Bill ad I will go back to the farm. Ready to 'move off?" | + | |
- | " | + | "Len and Joe will give it some water. Bill ad I will go back to the farm. Ready to move off?" |
- | "Hurry up. Gudgenby creek is a long _one. We'll never catch 'em up." "Which track"? | + | |
- | "To the right up the xidiKel | + | " |
- | "Where are you, Joe? Where are. you, Joe?" | + | |
- | Me,climbed and climbed that steep ridge. We shouted to Len who shouted to Joe. We shouted to the others but our echoes died into silence as the 5/200- ft Booth grew an our left and the valley sank into an abyss in the shadow of dusk and the coming storm. A tree- -clothed ridge, straight as a ruler, ran from the Nas Valley over 3,000 ft. below/ ri ht to the summit of Booth. Far away _in the depths, deep in the abyss, growiqg fainter and fainter into the all pervading silence, like the wail of the banshee or the cry of -a departed - | + | "Hurry up. Gudgenby creek is a long one. We'll never catch 'em up." |
- | "Where aaare you, Joe? Whore aaare you Joe-000?" | + | |
- | a IP OOOOOO | + | "Which track?" |
- | ftWhich wayld those ahead go, Bill?" | + | |
- | " | + | "To the right up the ridge, |
- | "Hey, George | + | |
- | George watts a little while/ out of respect, then plods silently on. We soon realized that, after that ridge, George was in no mood for anything happening. From the top we looked down into the wide expanse of the Gudgenby river valley. Far below us in the distance were the little black specks of those ahead. No shouts could penetrate the distance. No blisters could catch the fleet of foot. Threefold we were split. No shaft of hope in the gloom. Alas fr the lost ones/ | + | "Where are you, Joe? Where are you, Joe?" |
- | When we reached the valley and the road, there was bother. Which way had they gone, up or down? Everything was in the wrong place. Map was wrong and George in a "go no further', camp right here" mood. So we rested George and went back to the farm where we learned our fate. This was Glendale and we had to walk " | + | |
- | through | + | We climbed and climbed that steep ridge. We shouted to Len who shouted to Joe. We shouted to the others but our echoes died into silence as the 5,200 ft Booth grew on our left and the valley sank into an abyss in the shadow of dusk and the coming storm. A tree clothed ridge, straight as a ruler, ran from the Naas Valley over 3,000 ft. below, right to the summit of Booth. Far away in the depths, deep in the abyss, growiqg fainter and fainter into the all pervading silence, like the wail of the banshee or the cry of a departed |
- | Perspiring with cur shirts off in a freezing drizzle- and ikith blister scorched | + | |
- | would havc rL ar d iouLd c:7Lt7Jh thezr_ | + | "Where aaare you, Joe? Where aaare you Joe-ooo?" |
- | the Scotlands | + | |
- | Gudgenby is a rolliHg grassy plain 3,000 ft high and surrounded by forested mountains topped with granite boulders above the tree line. Weeping willows and a clump of tall poplars, green meadows and a fine flowing stream were welcoming sights,. Welrampoi cver the tussock grass and through the fine forested | + | ---- |
- | "I think wei,ae c.:r14:,.T.nat must be Mount Kelly on our right. Nothing as high afi that an7, | + | |
- | "But the direotion ic w: | + | "Which way' |
- | "The map' | + | |
- | Stop here fc.) 2.1.u a while we're sure of water." | + | " |
- | "This climb ha e been worse than AannellS | + | |
- | " | + | "Hey, George! Something' |
- | After lunch we climbed again with more energy,till suddenly a little plain-came into view. Snow daisies and orchids, alpine plants of iarions., | + | |
- | ,decided to be Mount telly and a section of the party proceeded to the attack. The remainder of the party headed-for Cr Cotter Homestead.:. | + | George watts a little while, out of respect, then plods silently on. We soon realized that, after that ridge, George was in no mood for anything happening. From the top we looked down into the wide expanse of the Gudgenby river valley. Far below us in the distance were the little black specks of those ahead. No shouts could penetrate the distance. No blisters could catch the fleet of foot. Threefold we were split. No shaft of hope in the gloom. Alas for the lost ones! |
- | Mount Kelly is one of the most satisfYing | + | |
- | fairy St6ry. AVid naarby | + | When we reached the valley and the road, there was bother. Which way had they gone, up or down? Everything was in the wrong place. Map was wrong and George in a "go no further, camp right here" mood. So we rested George and went back to the farm where we learned our fate. This was Glendale and we had to walk " |
- | and Scabby | + | |
- | snow. An fines long steep ski runs,- tool are awaiting someone' | + | Perspiring with our shirts off in a freezing drizzle and with blister scorched |
- | The PKi..11:7 eve.: | + | |
- | Cotter | + | ---- |
- | criticism, | + | |
- | Next morning we beat it out down the Cotter with many desulory excursions up sundry ridges | + | Gudgenby is a rolliHg grassy plain 3,000 ft high and surrounded by forested mountains topped with granite boulders above the tree line. Weeping willows and a clump of tall poplars, green meadows and a fine flowing stream were welcoming sights. |
- | of groundsheets amid the pouring rain in the prickly undergrowth.- Lunch was in the rain at a place we decided to name Kangaroo Creek, so that, at least, some resemblance would exist betwe n the country and the map. | + | |
- | "The rabbits are checking out | + | "I think we've gone wrong. That must be Mount Kelly on our right. Nothing as high as that anywhere |
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- | "The creek looks evil", | + | "But the direction is wrong. |
- | "The ridge is going up and up:. We ought to turn back." | + | |
- | "Too late, We'll never catch them."- | + | "The map' |
- | "Ahl thats the finiidh,,We' | + | |
- | " | + | "Stop here for lunch, |
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+ | "This climb has been worse than Hannel' | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | After lunch we climbed again with more energy till suddenly a little plain came into view. Snow daisies and orchids, alpine plants of various | ||
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+ | Mount Kelly is one of the most satisfying | ||
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+ | The "Kelly Gang" eventually | ||
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+ | Next morning we beat it out down the Cotter with many desulory excursions up sundry ridges | ||
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+ | "The rabbits are checking out." | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | "The creek looks evil." | ||
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+ | "The ridge is going up and up. We ought to turn back." | ||
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+ | "Too late. We'll never catch them." | ||
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+ | "Ah! that' | ||
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+ | " | ||
"Not a sign of it." | "Not a sign of it." | ||
- | "Gosh, that creek looks like the Upper Kowmung. Won't they be hostile." | + | |
- | " | + | "Gosh, that creek looks like the Upper Kowmung. Won't they be hostile." |
+ | "Coo-ee! Coo-ee!" | ||
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+ | " | ||
"Over there. Let's keep on following the ridge." | "Over there. Let's keep on following the ridge." | ||
- | The voices died in the silence of the depths, A view magnificent opened up through the mists behind us. Tongues of white vapour rose from | + | |
- | the valley of the Cotter and graced the misty diadem of the Brindabella range. Through the rifts in the mist gleamed the deep blue of the mountains | + | The voices died in the silence of the depths. A view magnificent opened up through the mists behind us. Tongues of white vapour rose from the valley of the Cotter and graced the misty diadem of the Brindabella range. Through the rifts in the mist gleamed the deep blue of the mountains |
"Its too dark now. I'll give Doreen the torch." | "Its too dark now. I'll give Doreen the torch." | ||
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"I don't mind being behind. I can hear you crashing through in front." | "I don't mind being behind. I can hear you crashing through in front." | ||
- | "Its freezing, My hands are numb. We've been wet throl, | + | |
- | "You better take Role's seat in the train, Frank." | + | "Its freezing. My hands are numb. We've been wet through |
- | "The food party is split and everything. All vegetables with me, and all the meat with Colin," | + | |
- | "Lookl the lights of Canberra | + | " |
- | " | + | |
- | Then we left the ridge and plunged through the dripping jungle of a gully in search of water in the dark. Huge granite boulders formed | + | "You better take Roley's seat in the train, Frank." |
- | Next morning we found the Kangaroo Creek track in the gap and on it the footprints of our separated ones. After walking hard for seven miles down Gibraltar Creek (and the dog-proof fence) to Paddy' | + | |
- | Ch. the station we met the Scotlands. They went to the Cotter via | + | "The food party is split and everything. All vegetables with me, and all the meat with Colin." |
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