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- | ===== The Sydney Bushwalker ===== | + | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker |
==== September, 1944 ==== | ==== September, 1944 ==== | ||
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|Production: | |Production: | ||
|Asst.|Alice Wyborn| | |Asst.|Alice Wyborn| | ||
- | |Sales & Subs.|Betty | + | |Sales & Subs.|Betty |
^Contents^^^ | ^Contents^^^ | ||
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|Federation Notes||12| | |Federation Notes||12| | ||
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- | ==== Native Poet ==== | + | ===== Native Poet ===== |
by Nancy Cato | by Nancy Cato | ||
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Each magpie sits on his own post\\ And sings his song, and does not care\\ What Others sing - the starling' | Each magpie sits on his own post\\ And sings his song, and does not care\\ What Others sing - the starling' | ||
- | But, "Give me a crimdon | + | But, "Give me a crimson |
+ | ---- | ||
- | ==== Bushwalking Babies ==== | + | ===== Bushwalking Babies |
by Marie B. Byles | by Marie B. Byles | ||
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Bushwalking, | Bushwalking, | ||
- | Down through the years of childhood the tramps stand out as the highlights, and this, even though they were often only along the banks of the Marsey | + | Down through the years of childhood the tramps stand out as the highlights, and this, even though they were often only along the banks of the Mersey |
__What is a Spring?__ | __What is a Spring?__ | ||
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__And then to Australia__ | __And then to Australia__ | ||
- | Then we came out to Australia where people lived on the tops of the mountains instead of in the valleys. | + | Then we came out to Australia where people lived on the tops of the mountains instead of in the valleys. |
- | But the place richest in " | + | But the place richest in " |
__Revolvers and Villians__ | __Revolvers and Villians__ | ||
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When I look back on the highlights of my childhood, I feel very sorry for the boys and girls who do not have parents to take them bushwalking, | When I look back on the highlights of my childhood, I feel very sorry for the boys and girls who do not have parents to take them bushwalking, | ||
- | ==== Why do we walk? ==== | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ===== Why do we walk? ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by The Editor, " | ||
Well sir, that's a big question you've asked. It's all very well to say that we walk for pleasure, but that doesn' | Well sir, that's a big question you've asked. It's all very well to say that we walk for pleasure, but that doesn' | ||
but we are ready to question this statement when we find ourselves miles from shelter, sopping wet and shivering, and/or exhausted, and/or half starved - as we are at times. | but we are ready to question this statement when we find ourselves miles from shelter, sopping wet and shivering, and/or exhausted, and/or half starved - as we are at times. | ||
- | Some of us will tell you that we walk to see the country. But how little of it we really do see when out walking. | + | Some of us will tell you that we walk to see the country. But how little of it we really do see when out walking. |
- | t(, | + | |
- | we seem happy enough to be out together; but what about those wives, and sweethearts, | + | A few of us think we walk for the enjoyable companionship. Admittedly we seem happy enough to be out together; but what about those wives, and sweethearts, |
- | enough to find out that their company can be even more enjoyable than our own. - | + | |
- | No sir! It' | + | " |
- | " | + | |
- | are speaking the sweat will be pouring down their foreheads, and they' | + | "It gets you away from life's dull routine", |
- | "It' | + | and frying their sausages (and perhaps cursing at the rain) in the same old, dreary, monotonous, routinish style which they' |
- | and even as they utter the nonsensical, | + | |
- | and frying their sausages (arid perhaps cursing at the rain) in the same old, dreary, monotonous, routinish style which they' | + | " |
- | " | + | |
- | It's nice to feel the wind in our faces," It's a joy to hear the birds sing." | + | We walkers have been saying these things so often that we're actually beginning to believe them! |
- | We walkers have been saying these things so often that we're actually beginning to believe them: | + | |
- | But why walk to get these questionable | + | But why walk to get these questionable |
- | stiff northerly along St.Kilda Road, will provide the second. And anybody with a canary in a cage, or a parrot, or a white cockatoo, can have the third turned on whenever they wish, just like getting water out of a tap, | + | |
- | No sir! I cannot tell you why we walk I'm sure none of us cant but please don't delay me any longer. I'm in a devil of a hurry, I want to get home to pack my rueksack | + | No sir! I cannot tell you why we walk - I'm sure none of us can; but please don't delay me any longer. |
world! | world! | ||
- | The Editor, ' | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Did this happen to you? ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Illustration by Les Harpur | ||
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==== Sale of Native Flowers ==== | ==== Sale of Native Flowers ==== | ||
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by Ray Birt | by Ray Birt | ||
- | Readers will have gathered from the news-papers, there lu ls been a | + | Readers will have gathered from the newspapers, there has been a definite stir following the deputation to the Minister for Local Government |
- | finitestjz Zo17.cwing tha deputation to the Minister for Local Government | + | |
- | o TyN)cent thpetitian akinF for the ,; | + | However, |
- | However, | + | |
- | Vii-' | + | With this in mind we wrote to the leading stores which sell wild flowers and asked if they would be public |
- | atop the sale for thetime | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
==== Books for the Services ==== | ==== Books for the Services ==== | ||
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Bring what you can into the Club, or leave with PADDY PALLIN. | Bring what you can into the Club, or leave with PADDY PALLIN. | ||
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- | ==== Gossip ==== | + | ===== Gossip |
- | We do wish the Butlers- (Ira and Dot, Rhona.7 tant do anything about it) would stay "imt" long enough for us to say with , certainty where they are or | + | We do wish the Butlers (Ira and Dot, - Rhona can' |
- | are going to ho fora few -days, We her tha.4; | + | |
- | Dots who appears very amused when we show surprise and try to i onoeal | + | |
- | Dot- tells us that Ira has ffeparted overseae? not for a photoEraphio ramble as we 9upposed? but on business, rza, having to leave at -crry | + | |
- | short notice, left our Dot with a beautiful but unfinished sweatc for | + | |
- | This garment was Dots idea of wha-, the well dresced genT.z!hould wear in the ofra' | + | |
- | After a round of visite? Dot and Rhona are going to lc,ok after the Iredale childrot while Merle does some.Kindergartet work, The evenings2 we imagine will be fully oeoupied with Kindergarten stories from both of thm, | + | |
- | Mr, and Mr, Pay Beat allowed us to look at their :Lovely baby last week before :i;hey took her round to the River- Canoe Club, The Eushwalkers cerLainly do themselves proud whet it coms to babies, | + | |
- | Dunc, also made an appearance in the clubroom Jfter a few weeks absence and we are all glad to see that she is well again. | + | |
- | We heard of a kind hearted shark the other day, A small -party of Bushwalkers, | + | |
- | Greenaore were down at Garie conteaDlating the water and doing nothing about it, Fif, braver than the rest made up her mind to swim_wert in and enjoyed (F) herself, wondering vaguely about the calls she couldho..L. in tie. distance, Fif turnedl pickecl, her wave and came in, Later people came alc)ng and expressed their thankEuiness that she had heard their shoutE; from the cliff top, The ohark7 they said had p-ractically 6.ec ir7ted to a-:,tarA when Yifille turned to ,-.ome back, | + | |
- | Tuggie has done 7c,,ar last Test walk,, She says Paddy led her first test walk and now he has led her last, On this, her last test 1;ink Tuggie complained bitterly th.9t she had alway thought that T & R on the programme meant Traok and Reasonable, To which Paddy smartly, retorted that No, it meant Tuff and Ruff | + | |
+ | Dot tells us that Ira has departed overseas, not for a photographic ramble as we supposed, but on business. Ira, having to leave at very short notice, left our Dot with a beautiful but unfinished sweater for Ira. This garment was Dot's idea of what the well dressed gent should wear in the stratosphere. | ||
+ | After a round of visits, Dot and Rhona are going to look after the Iredale children while Merle does some Kindergarten work. The evenings, we imagine, will be fully occupied with Kindergarten stories from both of them. | ||
- | ==== October Walks ==== | + | Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bean allowed us to look at their lovely baby last week before they took her round to the River Canoe Club. The Bushwalkers certainly do themselves proud whet it comes to babies. |
+ | |||
+ | Dunc also made an appearance in the clubroom after a few weeks absence and we are all glad to see that she is well again. | ||
+ | |||
+ | We heard of a kind hearted shark the other day. A small party of Bushwalkers, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Tuggie has done her last Test walk. She says Paddy led her first test walk and now he has led her last. On this, her last test walk, Tuggie complained bitterly that she had always thought that T & R on the programme meant Track and Reasonable. | ||
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+ | |||
+ | ===== October Walks ===== | ||
^6th, 7th, 8th^Mt. Victoria - Grose River - Blue Gum Forest - Grand Canyon - Blackheath^ | ^6th, 7th, 8th^Mt. Victoria - Grose River - Blue Gum Forest - Grand Canyon - Blackheath^ | ||
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|The walk this week-end to the Wild Dog Mountains has been cancelled, so everyone should be available to go to our Annual Federation Re-Union; there to meet our friends from other clubs, and so foster the inter-club spirit. The site and other particulars will be made known as soon as they have been decided. | |The walk this week-end to the Wild Dog Mountains has been cancelled, so everyone should be available to go to our Annual Federation Re-Union; there to meet our friends from other clubs, and so foster the inter-club spirit. The site and other particulars will be made known as soon as they have been decided. | ||
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- | ==== The Walker' | + | ===== The Walker' |
by F.A. Blackman in the " | by F.A. Blackman in the " | ||
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You hear it not while at your work,\\ Now in the busy street;\\ But when the walkers rove about\\ | You hear it not while at your work,\\ Now in the busy street;\\ But when the walkers rove about\\ | ||
There comes a plaintive bleat,\\ The careful leader stalks ahead\\ In rain and summers heat,\\ And little heeds the anguished souls\\ Who cry: "When do we eat?" | There comes a plaintive bleat,\\ The careful leader stalks ahead\\ In rain and summers heat,\\ And little heeds the anguished souls\\ Who cry: "When do we eat?" | ||
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==== Letters from the Lads ==== | ==== Letters from the Lads ==== | ||
- | ' | + | Since our last list we have received letters from the following members of the Walking fraternity:- |
- | Sinc& | + | |
- | the Walking fraternity;-7 | + | |Rob Morrison|Vic Aubourg| |
- | | + | |Alan Williams|Dick Smith| |
- | Alen Williams | + | |John Green|Les Douglas| |
- | John Green Ls Dous | + | |Peter Page|Frank Freeguard| |
- | Peter Page Frank Frt, | + | |Doris |
- | Doric, | + | |Gordon |
- | Grfion | + | |
- | DORIS ALIDYT | + | __Doris Allden - 12/6/44__ |
- | , | + | |
- | ania na7e been e n unpj_easan ,ffair and. W: of it | + | Last Friday week I ended up in Sick Bay with dengue and have been in since. |
- | h07-F., I th(r; | + | |
- | T tn1 c 1s: | + | Our Sick Bay is quite new so I expect there is no harm in sampling |
- | 1/KAGh ha;Iga-.1 ia Z.71,f1c2, H.everth rL or j-c ra. for all 7,11:5' | + | |
- | c:n the : | + | Apart from this little episode |
- | irk 2,74- i.. I expt 17her,:: | + | |
- | WhrinI ' | + | Have been enjoying a spot of social life as well. We had our first dance in our recreational hall and it was most successful. |
- | with _t,s c::_EF; shell lo];ize ia11i cream. coi ng an blue ',Dmd covs, and the most c h71, | + | |
- | A nice place to recit...Rth | + | __Gordon Mannell - England__ |
- | Lprt thic eDioodz, | + | |
- | and erjeytbLr, | + | I have just returned |
- | there much to do, Hove been moving on to some new work, the break was a pity, | + | |
- | Eavi-: | + | __Bill Burke - 26/7/44__ |
- | 10 1WI0 and 10 WAAFS to come as well as and RA.TP - they h.Dve very hcor, | + | |
- | Ono thin and nnother | + | Home sweet home once more and as yet, don't know whether |
- | decided nevertheless I couldn' | + | |
- | up :. x haaptc4d hut still on my feet, The week preously tho Petty Ciff:7s | + | The station, the train, a hospital one - a blast of the whistle and I said farewell to that fair town. I must return to the Downs one day, a beautiful |
- | enrta ivad a party of WEANS at a picnic over at the It woe =a good day. ,SwinminF; | + | |
- | cricket and eating. The cricket match was gnor3. | + | A few days at G.D.D. awaiting draft during |
- | mos tly I ff3ar, to the ingenious methods of the scorer who : | + | |
- | ab1, | + | Another station, another train and we were off again, not forgetting of course the customary |
- | mixng ciit3ide | + | |
- | GORDON YANliELL ENGLANT, | + | Lonely paddocks, lonely homesteads, lonely |
- | a very enjoyable leave amiocc | + | |
- | the guest, together with another member of my cTevi, of n Mrs. Locke who lives in the charming little village of Dollar situated in the Devon valley in Clackmannanshire. Our hostess placed bikes at our disposal to enable us to | + | Another few days in a town in which I run into my elder brother |
- | view as much of surrounding countryside as possible in the short time avai2 Rle?.e, we certainly | + | |
- | Cilepbell iia the Glen of Sorrow, It reminded me very much of soTo cf ou Llue Yeuntal:e 04: | + | Aboard another |
- | wiAh lambsglea z.l ng. We wero reluotant | + | |
- | DI= perpn 2r_r, L4 vr, | + | Received |
- | wleethe i to bo clad or co-rry. I:ve bad life too easy the past five months and that's not good for the mnrale | + | |
- | Angel is still leee the jungles of NOG, and just when I thought | + | Cheerio. |
- | it emo en the un grac" | + | |
- | classifying them as my friends made some disparaging remarks, in fact some | + | |
- | were plain nasty, but, when they arrived at the station looking. weary and much the worse for wear, I could do nought but forgive them, | + | |
- | The station, the train, a hospital one. blast of the whistle and I said farewell to that fair town, I must return to the Downs one day, a lecatltiful | + | |
- | A few days at G,D,D, awaiting draft durinp; | + | |
- | grew careless and stepped in front of a slug, You may remember me writing about how we all hopped out for a cup of tea one day, well Sykes was the | + | |
- | lenlucky | + | |
- | Another station, another train ana we were oil' | + | |
- | 11, | + | |
- | wa5n'i; too pru. to take the floor the f-Irst 6ay | + | |
- | (31.1 to a leaktng | + | |
- | the h o1;.1..c3'ad_..tqays- ".10 | + | |
- | again a7(1.:;:; | + | |
- | and 'drank )che-only tWo bad beers on the maret bcer | + | |
- | Piled out of windc,.Ts-and doorr; | + | |
- | no ono threatened to thrcW any of thri n.T,C;S c-A-'f the c-..;atic11_ t" | + | |
- | k' | + | |
- | t' | + | |
- | day r17eamed cf othar a.rasScs | + | |
- | , Lenr)ly73.ad:lock-s, aorely homesterld!: | + | |
- | ac we go by, Cries _of fetters | + | |
- | with a thicket tc-a, Shades. of thr.--.M.E1 0As you | + | |
- | when it (, | + | |
- | (1411) dir'.n5t he scream.. The swamtn lasller3 thu blue floir:er covering7 | + | |
- | there so many birds about Native | + | |
- | ;i he errantry | + | |
- | piricaplo-Je | + | |
- | Another few days in a town in which I run into Ty e7dr brother the F,ertord tlne since Adolph decided to have some fun 7,,n6 a few more drin1-..s | + | |
- | and -after a month ashore was keen to get aboard his r ihi-0 On fight that did do soTPone | + | |
- | Aboard another | + | |
- | of mail awaited | + | |
- | Peciel | + | |
- | prol)al-; | + | |
- | R:, | + | |
Bill. | Bill. | ||
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- | ....111.11, | ||
- | VOI.OMMe | ||
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- | ==== Federation Report ==== | + | ===== Federation Report |
On Tuesday 18th July, 1944 the N.S.W. Federation of Bush Walking Clubs held its Twelfth Annual Meeting. | On Tuesday 18th July, 1944 the N.S.W. Federation of Bush Walking Clubs held its Twelfth Annual Meeting. | ||
- | The Affiliation Fee was again fixed: at 5/- for each 25 members (7r& | ||
- | those grades net bound to pey 1 memberchip fees) and the Subscription | ||
- | for Associate E?mbers of the Feeration at.2/6 per member. The constitution reouire Affiliatien Tees to be paidewfthin the months of the annual meetingl otheeewitee mezeberchip is forfoi ted. | ||
- | Under the oonetettior eaoh club is ,7equired to notify the HonSecretary within 28 Jays of Ihe Fe6eratien? | ||
- | At the July meeting the 7.W.C, | + | The Affiliation Fee was again fixed at 5/- for each 25 members (including those grades not bound to pay full membership fees) and the Subscription for Associate Members of the Federation at 2/6 per member. The constitution requires Affiliation Fees to be paid within three months of the annual meeting; otherwise membership is forfeited. |
- | was rceeire tleat tlee ROVER PAYInER3' | + | |
- | 1117,A M:lee lL3 teteci ti(et it was de& | + | Under the constitution each club is required to notify the Hon. Secretary within 28 days of the Federation' |
- | mL'd ==1.7)0 tre' | + | |
- | in alai. in rom 5'Ei eppreimately Fer'.e-atior Tioted | + | At the July meeting the Y.W.C, |
- | o "11-);:: | + | |
- | geeereL funds, | + | Advice |
- | ,' | + | |
- | OTer._:A7=-:r Or P.U.YGPOUND WALKS For about two years Mrs. Emilie Livingstone | + | ===Era Lands.=== |
- | Clue has been organisinT | + | |
- | cbe hao now rcienea, Tfee' | + | Miss Byles stated that it was desired |
- | o-.7eecer | + | |
- | 1- 1=TRAL PL;7., AE' | + | ===Kariong Peninsula.=== |
- | FEI:TION'S =AT, IT,JPENCIT; of members of the affiliated Clubs will be 1),M, | + | |
- | SfA: | + | A letter was received from the District |
- | date e:i to arreee;e Lo join the party for a Pest interesting week-end, 10=712, 7ee reeer Re,mbler's Club is arranging a Barbecue for the week-end | + | |
- | zer6 17eh September at Long Ingle Gully - in aid of the Buehwalleore' | + | ===Organising of playground walks.=== |
- | FEr_T-ZON RE-UNION this year to be held on October 28th end 25th and an | + | |
- | .._ | + | For about two years Mrs. Emilie Livingstone |
- | orgeeees comwietee | + | |
- | FL 11P IThT SORP BOC:Y. The Feeleretion | + | ===Bouddi Natural Park.=== |
- | upec-eeie | + | |
- | by a neell-or | + | As a trustee, Miss Byles gave notice of another |
- | note t' | + | |
+ | ===Federation's annual conference.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Of members of the affiliated Clubs will be held on October 18th, at 8 p.m. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Search and Rescue practice week-end.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Is being organised | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Barbecue.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Rover Rambler's Club is arranging a Barbecue for the week-end | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Federation Re-union.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | This year to be held on October 28th and 25th and an organising committee | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Federation scrap book.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Federation | ||
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