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 Maurie Berry told me in a tone which implied understanding on my part that he is one of the "8 originals". I admitted that I did not appreciate this claim. So he unfolded to me the beginnings of our Club, back in 1927 - the letter to the newspaper deploring the lack of a walking club and the reply by the Mountain Trails Club which brought together the first enthusiasts. However, the "8 originals" (mostly married now, I presume, with large families) wanted a club open to both men and women and so in time the Sydney Bushwalkers was born. Maurie Berry told me in a tone which implied understanding on my part that he is one of the "8 originals". I admitted that I did not appreciate this claim. So he unfolded to me the beginnings of our Club, back in 1927 - the letter to the newspaper deploring the lack of a walking club and the reply by the Mountain Trails Club which brought together the first enthusiasts. However, the "8 originals" (mostly married now, I presume, with large families) wanted a club open to both men and women and so in time the Sydney Bushwalkers was born.
  
-We bemoan even now the paucity of maps and the wartime lack of gear but walking in those days was so different that it is difficult for us to appreciete the early conditions. Meurie commenced his walking carrying a "Dungal Swag" which is something after the style of that carried by the present day "swaggie". "Paddy always claims" said he, "that I had the first rucksack but", he continued with judicial honesty, "I cannot confirm that to be so". It is little wonder that Meurie left Oberon for his fortnight's walk to Yerranderie with 70 pounds aboard for, in those days, he always carried an axe, tents of the pre-lightweight era were heavier and we have all the advantages of progress in bushwalking which is practically synonymous with lighter packs.+We bemoan even now the paucity of maps and the wartime lack of gear but walking in those days was so different that it is difficult for us to appreciate the early conditions. Meurie commenced his walking carrying a "Dungal Swag" which is something after the style of that carried by the present day "swaggie". "Paddy always claims" said he, "that I had the first rucksack but", he continued with judicial honesty, "I cannot confirm that to be so". It is little wonder that Meurie left Oberon for his fortnight's walk to Yerranderie with 70 pounds aboard for, in those days, he always carried an axe, tents of the pre-lightweight era were heavier and we have all the advantages of progress in bushwalking which is practically synonymous with lighter packs.
  
 Can you visualise the Blue Mountains when a trip to Clear Hill and return was considered to require a holiday weekend for its performance? If you can you will anpreciate the adventure behind those early trips down the Cox, the Shoalhaven or the Grose which sound to us so humdrum but which, to the pioneers, had the proportions of one of our trips into the most remote, unmapped country. Can you visualise the Blue Mountains when a trip to Clear Hill and return was considered to require a holiday weekend for its performance? If you can you will anpreciate the adventure behind those early trips down the Cox, the Shoalhaven or the Grose which sound to us so humdrum but which, to the pioneers, had the proportions of one of our trips into the most remote, unmapped country.
  
-Maurie has a record of service to the Club and one which is by +Maurie has a record of service to the Club and one which is by no means endedHe has been on committee many times, has been Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and President. His present love, to which he has given four years of tireless work, is the Bushwalkers Service Committee of which he is Treasurer - surely an important post on a Committee filling its coffers in order to happily empty them for the benefit of Bushwalkers in the services
-no means endedHe has been on committee many times, has been Assistant Secretary, Treasurer and President. His present love, to which he has + 
-glven four years of tireless work, is the Bushwaikers Service Committe +Though Maurie first walked in 1924 his enthusiasm for the bush is greater than ever and do not imagine because of this-date, his snowy hair and growing responsibilities that he hes retired from active walking. Only quite recently he "discovered" Kosciusko and now talks of it with the boyish delight he has always felt for the countryside. 
-of which 110 is Treasurer - surely an important post on a Committee filling its coffers in order to happily empty the for the benefit of Bushwalkers in the services, + 
-Though Maurie first walked in 1924 his enthusiasm for the bush is greater than ever and do not imagine because of this-date, his snowy hair and growing responsibilities that he hes retired from active walking. +You have probably heard of Morriberri Pass from the Cox River up onto the Gangerang Range and have been deceived by its aboriginal sound. It appears that the well-known cartographer, also a member of our Club, who mapped most of the Blue Mountains was arraigned for calling so many features after white people so he concocted the above name which satisfied the authorities by passing for genuine aboriginal. Maurie was one of the first walkers to go over this route. 
-Onlyquite recently he "discovered" Kosciusko and now talks of it with the boyish delight he has always felt for the countryside. + 
-You have probably heard of Morriberri Pass from the Cox River Up onto the Gangerang Range and have been deceived by its aboriginal sound. It appears that the well-known cartographer, also a member of ourClub, +Maurie'only regret at the present time is that the Club is so large he finds it impossible to know even a fraction of the members. "I suppose it is partly my own fault", he admits and advises attendance at official walks as the way to overcome this shortcoming. And speaking with the authority obtained from association with the Club throughout its whole history he confirms the application to the Club of the 2,000 year old precept, "The more you give, the more you will receive". We believe you, Maurie - you ought to know. 
-who mapped most of the Blue Mountains was arraigned for calling so many + 
-features after white people so he concocted the above name which satisfied the authorities by passing for genuine aboriginal. Maurie was one of the first walkers to go over this route. +===="NOTHING"====  
-Mauriels only regret at the present time is that the Club is so large he finds it impossible to know even a fraction of the members. + 
-"I suppose it is partly my own fault", he admits and advises attendance at official walks as the way to overcome this shortcoming. And speaking with the authority obtained from association with the Club throughout its whole history he confirms the aeplication to the Club of the 2,000 year old precept, "The more you give, the more you will receive". We believe you, Maurie - you ought to know. +By "Backslider" 
-N.E..........M.E.M.011=111 + 
-"NOTHING" By "Backslider" +Strolling leisurely down Hunter Street in the pseudo Spring Sunshine, I met Mr. Editor toiling up. There was that "Shall I shan't I speak" hesitation and then - a simultaneous "How are you"?  
-- + 
-Strolling leisurely down Hunter Street in the pseudo Spring Sunshine, +This courtesy exchanged, Mr. Editor remarked: "You don't come into Club these days, do you?" and to counter his tactlessness I replied "Er - no - but I'm "financial" you know and I've been reading the Magazine and think you are making a great job of it." And into his eyes came that look which only a man, presented with a magazine and nothing to load in it, can wearI listened sympathetically while he spoke and, as he grew more eloquent, the little worm of guilt wriggled inside meBut I haven't been walking for - yes, I can almost say years... 
-I met Mr.Editor toiling up, Thera was that "Shall Ishan't I speak" hesitation and then - a simultaneous "How are you"? - + 
-This courtesy exchanged, Mr.Editor remarked: "You don't come into Club these days, do you?" and to counter his tactlessness I replied "Er - no - but I'm "financial" you know and I've been reading the Magazine and think you are making a great jobof it," And into his eyes came that look which only a man, presented with a magazine and nothing to load in it, can wearI listened sympathetically while he 'spoke and, as he grew more eloquent, the little worm of guilt wriggled inside meBut I haven't been walking for - Yes, I can almost say years... +"I know it must be hard", I muttered, "but I can't help - you see, I'm right out of touch with everything and everybody and have nothing to write about"And with a "Cheerio" we parted. 
-."I know it must be hard", I muttered, "but I can't help - you see, I'm right out of touch with everything nnd lierybody and have nothing to write about"And with a "Cherio" we narted+ 
-Walking! My memory stirredAnd my first thought was of my pack. ) bow +Walking! My memory stirredAnd my first thought was of my pack. How I hated that thing! Even now, when I see it squatting complacently on the top of the wardrobe I hate it - it was always too big and too heavy - and it never grew lighter. 
-I hated that thing! Even now, when I see it squatting compl-,cently on the ton + 
-of the wardrobe kmte it - it was always too big and too heavy - and it never grew lighter. +Straining up perpendicular mountains, my heart bursting, my legs and shoulders racked with pain; glissading down perpendicular mountains on all sixes, the pack bumping behind with malevolent intent; scrambling down steep slippery banks to wade through icy, rock strewn creeks because, with a pack, I could not balance on log bridges; rock hopping along creek beds, apprehensive of snakes in every crack, fighting back tears and praying to God to end the misery. Never did Christian stumble in his "burdened manner" as I did with my pack - and yet.... 
-Straining up,perpandicular mountains, my heart bursting, my legs and shoulders racked with'Rain; glissading down perpendicular mountains on all sixes, the pack illimplale behind with malevolent intent; scrambling down steep slippery banks to :wa4Ohrough icy, rock strewn creeks because, with a pack, + 
-I could not bal.T.ncliii'log bridges; rock hopping along creek beds, apprehen- +Bluegum in the dawn mist; Kangaroo Valley and the incomparable soft greenness of Yeola; the majesty of Solitary, the poplars along the Cotter river; the intimacy of a small camp-fire party; bush orchids and the wildflowers; Romance and good comrades; excitement as bush creatures are surprised; the pungency of bush smells; the satisfaction of a full tummy and a warm sleeping bag; stillness; moonlight; and the bliss of a deep hot bath after a trip. All these and a hundred other memories crowded my brain as I continued on my way. But it's all so long ago, and, as I told Mr.Editor, there's absolutely nothing I can write for his magazine - nothing at all... 
-sive of snakes in ev'ery crack, fighting back tears and praying to God to end the mi sery. Never did. ChriStian stumble in his "burdened manner" as I did with my pack - and yetk.... + 
-Bluegum in the dawn mist; Kangaroo Valley and the incomparable soft greenness of Yeola; the majesty of Solitary, the poplars along the Cotter river; the intimacy of a small camp-fire party; bush orchids and th- wildflowers; Romance and good comrades; excitement as bush creatures are surprised; the pungency of bush smells; the satisfaction of a full tummy and a warm sleeping bag; stillness; Iponlight; and the bliss of a deep hot bath after a trip. All these and a hundred other memories crowded my brain as I +------ 
-continued on my way. But it's all so long ago, and, as I told Mr.Editor, there's absolutely nothing I can write for his magazine - nothing at+
 E. (TED) CAINES PHILLIPS, Convenor of the Topographical Section of the River Canoe Club of N.S.W. writes under date 7/8/45. E. (TED) CAINES PHILLIPS, Convenor of the Topographical Section of the River Canoe Club of N.S.W. writes under date 7/8/45.
-Please note thst the following canoeists' maps have now been + 
-completed: +Please note that the following canoeists' maps have now been completed: 
-No.31 Paterson River (Paterson to Hunter River junction(Morneth)section+ 
 +No.31 Paterson River (Paterson to Hunter River junction (Morpeth) section 
 No.32 Little Manning and Manning Rivers (Gloryvale to Barrington River junction section). No.32 Little Manning and Manning Rivers (Gloryvale to Barrington River junction section).
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 Again thanking you for your continued publicity of this section's activities, Again thanking you for your continued publicity of this section's activities,
  
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