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|Creating a Primitive Area|H.A. Lindsay| 6| | |Creating a Primitive Area|H.A. Lindsay| 6| | ||
- | |Instruction | + | |Instruction |
|The Annual Photographic Exhibition| |10| | |The Annual Photographic Exhibition| |10| | ||
|Recipe for a Primadonna|M. Bacon|12| | |Recipe for a Primadonna|M. Bacon|12| | ||
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It is good news that the Federal Treasurer has consented to our purchasing lot 7, North Era for £350, thus validating our agreement with the owner. Out efforts to purchase this land have extended over several years while our interest in it is as old as the Club. | It is good news that the Federal Treasurer has consented to our purchasing lot 7, North Era for £350, thus validating our agreement with the owner. Out efforts to purchase this land have extended over several years while our interest in it is as old as the Club. | ||
- | From the earliest days of the S.B.W. members have camped at Era. Till early in the thirties South Era was the most popular camping spot. Other campers followed and shacks appeared in increasing numbers. One windy week-end two well known Bushualkers | + | From the earliest days of the S.B.W. members have camped at Era. Till early in the thirties South Era was the most popular camping spot. Other campers followed and shacks appeared in increasing numbers. One windy week-end two well known Bushwalkers |
About 1937 the possibility of buying lot 7 was mooted, and a rough survey made of the boundaries (This was published in the April, 1947, issue). We could probably have purchased it then on favourable terms, as it belonged to a relative of a member. However the suggestion was not followed up because members had become used to camping there without hindrance and inferred that they would always be able to do so. Shortly after this a man appeared and demanded a camping fee of 1/- a tent. He used to came late at night, flash his torch into tents and wake everyone to demand his fee. It was not until early in 1943 that his right to the fee was questioned and it was ascertained from the owner of the land that he had no right to collect. By this time we had made him a gift of a tidy sum. | About 1937 the possibility of buying lot 7 was mooted, and a rough survey made of the boundaries (This was published in the April, 1947, issue). We could probably have purchased it then on favourable terms, as it belonged to a relative of a member. However the suggestion was not followed up because members had become used to camping there without hindrance and inferred that they would always be able to do so. Shortly after this a man appeared and demanded a camping fee of 1/- a tent. He used to came late at night, flash his torch into tents and wake everyone to demand his fee. It was not until early in 1943 that his right to the fee was questioned and it was ascertained from the owner of the land that he had no right to collect. By this time we had made him a gift of a tidy sum. | ||
- | Early in 1943 it became known that Byrnes' | + | Early in 1943 it became known that Byrnes' |
These efforts took several forms, and, as each met an unsurmountable obstacle, another means was tried. At first the Government was requested, through the Federation, to resume the whole of the privately owned lands between National Park and Garrawarra, a request in which the National Fitness Movement joined. Bushwalkers were a bit apprehensive about this move, but were assured by the National Fitness Movement that North Era would remain as a camping area. The Government would not resume the land, so attention was turned to the possibility of purchasing lot 7. As this lot included all the flat land at North Era it was thought that its acquisition would prevent any development of the surrounding hillsides. A proposal was made to the Federation that it should organise the purchase, but the Federation would not undertake this, though it offered co-operation. After this the Club decided to attempt the purchase. The first step was to test out the financial reactions of members by finding out how much they would be prepared to contribute. It was decided that no special efforts would be made to raise the money, which was expected to be about £400, as it was a large sum to raise, and it was considered that the land was not worth having unless members were sufficiently enthusiastic about it to contribute willingly. In a very short time nearly £200 had been promised. This evidence of substantial and unsolicited support was placed before the half-yearly meeting in September, 1943. The meeting resolved "That the Club devote £100 from its Savings Bank Account towards the purchase of the whole or half of lot 7, North Era, provided the balance of the money required be raised by loan or gift." At the General Meeting in January, 1944, it was decided to accept donations from anyone outside the Club on the understanding that it did not give the donors or any organisation special rights in Era. This proviso was made clear to all non-S.B.W. donors by Edna Garrad, who undertook the collection of funds. | These efforts took several forms, and, as each met an unsurmountable obstacle, another means was tried. At first the Government was requested, through the Federation, to resume the whole of the privately owned lands between National Park and Garrawarra, a request in which the National Fitness Movement joined. Bushwalkers were a bit apprehensive about this move, but were assured by the National Fitness Movement that North Era would remain as a camping area. The Government would not resume the land, so attention was turned to the possibility of purchasing lot 7. As this lot included all the flat land at North Era it was thought that its acquisition would prevent any development of the surrounding hillsides. A proposal was made to the Federation that it should organise the purchase, but the Federation would not undertake this, though it offered co-operation. After this the Club decided to attempt the purchase. The first step was to test out the financial reactions of members by finding out how much they would be prepared to contribute. It was decided that no special efforts would be made to raise the money, which was expected to be about £400, as it was a large sum to raise, and it was considered that the land was not worth having unless members were sufficiently enthusiastic about it to contribute willingly. In a very short time nearly £200 had been promised. This evidence of substantial and unsolicited support was placed before the half-yearly meeting in September, 1943. The meeting resolved "That the Club devote £100 from its Savings Bank Account towards the purchase of the whole or half of lot 7, North Era, provided the balance of the money required be raised by loan or gift." At the General Meeting in January, 1944, it was decided to accept donations from anyone outside the Club on the understanding that it did not give the donors or any organisation special rights in Era. This proviso was made clear to all non-S.B.W. donors by Edna Garrad, who undertook the collection of funds. | ||
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In addition the Wild Life Preservation Society generously offered up to £50 if required, but this amount was not needed. | In addition the Wild Life Preservation Society generously offered up to £50 if required, but this amount was not needed. | ||
- | Now that it is in our hands quite a lot could be done in the way of cleaning up, improving the water supply, and supervising the use of wood and camp etiquette of newcomers. Perhaps in time we could exclude the cattle, start reafforentation | + | Now that it is in our hands quite a lot could be done in the way of cleaning up, improving the water supply, and supervising the use of wood and camp etiquette of newcomers. Perhaps in time we could exclude the cattle, start reafforestation |
The time may came when shacks and " | The time may came when shacks and " | ||
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- | 6 | + | =====Creating |
- | CRATING | + | |
- | By H. A. Lindsay (Adelaide Bush Walkers | + | By H. A. Lindsay (Adelaide Bush Walkers) |
- | (This (article was written for the magazine by Er. Lindsay in response | + | |
- | the native fauna - a test which fully justifies | + | (This article was written for the magazine by Mr. Lindsay in response |
- | Few people realise how pprtions | + | |
- | give more than one casuarina seedling in a thousand a chance to grow. Even more startling, is a visit to one of the bigger islands off the S.A. coast; the wealth of wild flowers, the abundance of fodder and the bird life on such a fox and rabbit-free natural sanctuary has to be seen to be believed. | + | Few people realise how portions |
- | Te have an area declared a national reserve is the indespensable first step, but then the real work begins. The first step is to minimise the risk of the area being swept by a fire and for this, the boundary firebreak is indispensable. It need not follow the boundary line scrupulously; | + | |
- | 7. | + | Te have an area declared a national reserve is the indespensable first step, but then the real work begins. The first step is to minimise the risk of the area being swept by a fire and for this, the boundary firebreak is indispensable. It need not follow the boundary line scrupulously; |
- | addition to the break; the whole area must be gone over and all hollow logs -- which also harbour rabbits | + | |
- | Next on the list of qiusts" comes the rabbit pest. EVery warren and every burrow on the reserVe | + | Next on the list of "Musts" comes the rabbit pest. Every warren and every burrow on the reserve |
- | Now make a thorough survey of the reserve with two objects in view --' | + | |
- | To attract our furred and feathered native fauna to the area, three things are needed | + | Now make a thorough survey of the reserve with two objects in view - to plan where your paths will run and to decide what timber and undergrowth should be left exactly as it is, and what must come out. It is wrong to think that virgin bushland has no paths on it; I have seen some of the portions of Australia which are untouched |
- | area, the leaves of about 2(V of them should be ( Conti nued oirEM | + | |
- | . - | + | To attract our furred and feathered native fauna to the area, three things are needed - freedom from molestation, |
- | burned off in're 11:thr-.rot tibn. every' ' | + | |
- | flower next dpring | + | I'm not airing theories; the above is all sound and practicable |
- | ' | + | |
- | 1'n not airing theories; the above is all sound and Poracticable | + | Your reward comes eventually. Kangaroos and wallabies graze throughout the area; birds nest in the hollow |
- | ' | + | |
- | Many others | + | ---- |
- | Your rew,Ard cores eventUally. Kangaroo And' 1-vla1ics. gpaze throughout the 're,l; birds nest in the hollow | + | |
- | indeed as it was in the beginning." | + | =====" |
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- | uINSTRUCTION' | + | |
By Kevin Ardill. | By Kevin Ardill. | ||
- | , P.G..Wodehouse or Lennie | + | |
- | my humble best. (Murmurs of the modest type." | + | P.G..Wodehouse or Lennie |
- | Colin Lloyd was darting | + | |
- | 9 | + | Colin Lloyd was darting |
- | reproach as the Editor does not wish to lose too many subscribers. | + | |
- | Colin hc10 , | + | Colin had mapped |
- | e were past the soup and on to the roast duck and green peas when lights flickered down the ridge. No customers, it uas not ' | + | |
- | but nevertheless my appetite is affected and I have great difficulty in masticating | + | We were past the soup and on to the roast duck and green peas when lights flickered down the ridge. No customers, it was not Wal Roots, but Phil Hall being led, and liking it, by Kath Hardy and Val Downing. They came up on a later train and they had not seen the missing links either. I am assured that wa1 will be O.K. but nevertheless my appetite is affected and I have great difficulty in masticating |
- | A camp fire is a necessity and the party is just warming up when someone introduced Aunt Martha. This person is no lady but purely imaginary and her likes and dislikes give the clues to a little | + | |
- | We did not arise with the lark and the clock showed ten before the crew assebled | + | A camp fire is a necessity and the party is just warming up when someone introduced Aunt Martha. This person is no lady but purely imaginary and her likes and dislikes give the clues to a little |
- | While in the serious mood I would like to give the general impression of the Instructional Week End. Everyone was satisfied | + | |
- | 4 | + | We did not arise with the lark and the clock showed ten before the crew assembled |
- | that it was a vast improvement on the Field Week End, as it combined the instructional side with a reasonably hard walk, where prospectives and new members were confronted with the task of leading their parties with the aid of nap and compass. | + | |
- | After lunch and in various small parties, we took off for Springwood. By the time we arrived we liere practically a unit again. Partnership was dissolved at the station, and by train and but the instructed ones journeyed home. I was on the train and partly from habit and mostly because I was forced by the packed carriage, I poked my head out at Glenbrook and who do you think I saw? If you | + | While in the serious mood I would like to give the general impression of the Instructional Week End. Everyone was satisfied that it was a vast improvement on the Field Week End, as it combined the instructional side with a reasonably hard walk, where prospectives and new members were confronted with the task of leading their parties with the aid of map and compass. |
- | don't plump for the -al Roots trio you're wrong. Because of the | + | |
- | crowd I do not have conversation with ' | + | After lunch and in various small parties, we took off for Springwood. By the time we arrived we were practically a unit again. Partnership was dissolved at the station, and by train and but the instructed ones journeyed home. I was on the train and partly from habit and mostly because I was forced by the packed carriage, I poked my head out at Glenbrook and who do you think I saw? If you don't plump for the Wal Roots trio you're wrong. Because of the crowd I do not have conversation with Wal but I know he accompanied us on both train journeys. |
- | us on both train journeys. | + | |
After rereading this effort of mine I'm afraid it might be good policy if I too lose myself somewhere or other. Any suggestions Wal? | After rereading this effort of mine I'm afraid it might be good policy if I too lose myself somewhere or other. Any suggestions Wal? | ||
- | ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC 1I-IIBI LION. | + | |
- | The moons, the stars, the strea=s | + | ---- |
- | hanging from hitherto unsuspected points on the ceiling, when the | + | |
- | photographic exhibition opened on June 20th. Beneath this incandescent galaxy the photographs were arranged on rows of forms and | + | =====The Annual Photographic Exhibition.===== |
- | chairs placed on the top of two lines of tables. A large crowd of bushwalkers swarmed and eddied around the exhibits, which were, as you will have gathered, full of interest. In fact it is unlikely that one would see anywhere else a coarable | + | |
- | of the exhibits. The ';E's:' | + | The moons, the stars, the streamers |
- | pin on the bashful (of lazy) photographers who neither autograph nor describe their works. | + | |
- | Starting with Roly Cotter' | + | Starting with Roly Cotter' |
- | 11 | + | |
- | John Houghton (C.M.'!.) has a very artistic exhibit. Some of his steel-engravure like effects were, we are informed, created by bromoil printing. One, taken on the Kanangra River, of casuarinas mirrored in still water, | + | John Houghton (C.M.W.) has a very artistic exhibit. Some of his steel-engravure like effects were, we are informed, created by bromoil printing. One, taken on the Kanangra River, of casuarinas mirrored in still water, |
- | David Stead' | + | |
- | including an artistic and delivate | + | David Stead' |
- | gathering was as clear as if taken in daylight, even the wrapt and amused expression on faces were perfectly clear. He had some excellent tree studies, particularly of the big tree in Bluegum Forest. An interesting variation was one which he styled " | + | |
- | beach and water to be seen. The photograph of the " | + | Allan Hardie had some varied exhibits. Perhaps his best were of Kosciusko. |
- | edge of Tiwilla Canyon was one of the old ones that never fades. Allan Hardie had some varied exhibits. Perhaps his best | + | |
- | wore of Kosciusko. | + | Malcolm |
- | Malcolm | + | |
- | and original prints, and his main subject - the Main Range, Kosciusko - lent itself well to his style. One of Mount Lee was fine | + | Dorothy Lawry exhibited only three prints, but they were very effective ones, particularly " |
- | composition of dark lands cape, glistening snow, and light wisps of the whitest cloud. Another, taken from beneath the overhanging | + | |
- | edge of a snow drift, caught the smooth rounded snow curves and shadows, and contrasted them with the landscape beyond. A photo- | + | Ira Butler chose a difficult subject in the Warrumbungles, |
- | graph of a different tyre, but equally atmospheric, | + | |
- | muddy road on Brogerls Crook, taken in the dawn light. Mud, early morning light and dark foliage are not easy to depict, but the effect was most realistic. | + | Arthur Gilroy also chose the Warrumbungles for some of his best enlargements, |
- | Dorothy Lawry exhibited only three prints, but they were | + | |
- | very effective ones, particularly " | + | Th6se, as far as we know, were the exhibitors. On looking them over again we realise that they were all old members. Perhaps the shortage of equipment is the reason, but we seem to have seen at least some recent members taking photographs. What do they do with them. |
- | Ira Butler chose a difficult subject in the Warrumbungles, | + | |
- | of the great rock spires. He also had a good photograph of the surmait, Kosciusko, which showed to advantage the curves of the last of the | + | ---- |
- | V | + | |
- | snow drifts. Another, | + | =====Recipe For A Primadonna.===== |
- | Arthur Gilroy also chose the Warrumbungles for some of | + | |
- | his best enlargements, | + | |
- | a very clear photograph of the South Coast, taken from near the old | + | |
- | Otford tunnel at Stanwell Park. It was a nicely balanced study of mountain, beach, sea, and cloud. | + | |
- | Th6se, as far as we know, were the exhibitors. On looking them over again we realise that they were all old members. Perhaps | + | |
- | the shortage of equipment is the reason, but we seem to have seen at least some recent members taking photographs. What do they do | + | |
- | with thedi | + | |
- | R;;pIPE FOR A _PRIKADONNA. | + | |
By M. Bacon. | By M. Bacon. | ||
- | TA= one Vigorous Walker. Let It depart from Central at 5,15 p m. on Friday evening. Motor It in the dark to Fitzroy Falls | + | |
- | and dump It in the night. The following day, Saturday is the iinportant | + | Take one Vigorous Walker. Let It depart from Central at 5.15 p.m. on Friday evening. Motor It in the dark to Fitzroy Falls and dump It in the night. The following day, Saturday is the important |
- | oyer Mountain Ridges. If a section dashes off and sees goats running | + | |
- | If you come to a Mountain that looks like Carrialoo, drive the protesting Primadonna as near to the top as possible, then decide It is not ready for the higher spheres. Shoo the protesting Prima D. down and arouna | + | If you come to a Mountain that looks like Carrialoo, drive the protesting Primadonna as near to the top as possible, then decide It is not ready for the higher spheres. Shoo the protesting Prima D. down and around |
- | A heavy frost lasting until 11 o' | + | |
- | the breath for so long trying to keep the cold air out). Good food is required for the proper building of a Primadonna and as much | + | A heavy frost lasting until 11 o' |
- | variety as possible is recommended. Before putting to bed a little | + | |
- | mature port can be recommended. | + | The next day should be spent, not in lounging idly in the sun, but rather by climbing a grassy mountain, grassy on the far side, not the side you climb, of course. The Primadonna should be carefully put to bed on the evening preceding the recital. |
- | The next day should be spent, not in lounging idly in the sun, but rather by climbing a grassy mountain, grassy on the far side, not the side you climb, of course. The Primadonna should be | + | |
- | carefully put to bed on the evening preceding the recital. | + | Up at dawn, and drive P.D. up the hillside. If you can find an open grassy ledge with a timber homestead on it, so much the better. If you can arrange for the P.D. to have It's palm read, do so much the better again. An excellent man for this is John Barratt. |
- | Up at dawn, and drive P.D. up the hillside. If you can find an open grassy ledge with a timber homestead on it, so much the better. If you can arrange for the P.D. to have It's palm read, do | + | |
- | so much the better again. An excellent man for this is John BarrEltt, | + | After this mental conditioning, |
- | After this mental conditioning, | + | |
- | Now comes the really' | + | Now comes the really delicate |
- | If You can arrange for the Primadonna to tuck all this away, It should then be ready for the recital. | + | |
- | This recipe was proved on Bill Hall' | + | If you can arrange for the Primadonna to tuck all this away, It should then be ready for the recital. |
- | It is hardly necessary to add that good weather | + | |
- | NOTES ON TAIITCS_4_SKI_TRIPS. | + | This recipe was proved on Bill Hall' |
- | .1. | + | |
- | Edna Garrad advises that, re her week-end walk on 19/ | + | __Note__: |
- | Eric Pegram,.on his walk on 1st, 2nd. and 3rd Aug. intcnd,; | + | |
- | 1 4 | + | ---- |
- | GUS. | + | |
- | BY " | + | =====Notes On Walks & Ski Trips.===== |
- | Tall, straight and wonderful they grow; or some From twisted trunks their branches reach, | + | |
- | speckled | + | Edna Garrad advises that, re her week-end walk on 19/ |
- | And turn their le2ves | + | |
- | They promise safety to the imperilled soil Enriched by those that fell before they cam. | + | Eric Pegram, on his walk on 1st, 2nd. and 3rd Aug. intends |
- | Trees are the very spirit of a land ---- | + | |
- | Though | + | ---- |
- | There is still room for one of each sex on the Bettts | + | |
+ | =====Gums.===== | ||
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+ | By " | ||
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+ | Tall, straight and wonderful they grow; or some\\ | ||
+ | From twisted trunks their branches reach, speckled | ||
+ | Theirs is no sheltered growth in some cool land,\\ | ||
+ | Well watered, gently bred, for they must wrest\\ | ||
+ | Uneasy life from intermittent rain\\ | ||
+ | And turn their leaves | ||
+ | From twisted small beginnings have they grown,\\ | ||
+ | Wounded | ||
+ | They promise safety to the imperilled soil\\ | ||
+ | Enriched by those that fell before they came.\\ | ||
+ | Trees are the very spirit of a land ---\\ | ||
+ | Though | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
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+ | There is still room for one of each sex on the Bett' | ||
The Bank Holiday Week-end trip to Mount Gingera is on, as the Friday night train has been restored. | The Bank Holiday Week-end trip to Mount Gingera is on, as the Friday night train has been restored. | ||
- | He must be a clod indeed whose heart does not leap up when | + | |
- | 4e beholds a platypus. This strange little creature with the bill and feet of a duck and the fur of a beaver, that lays eggs and yet | + | ---- |
- | suckles its young, is too preposterous to be anything but true. | + | |
- | Unlike God, had it not existed no man would have dared to invent it It is the missing link, complete with refutations. It is the doubterts | + | He must be a clod indeed whose heart does not leap up when he beholds a platypus. This strange little creature with the bill and feet of a duck and the fur of a beaver, that lays eggs and yet suckles its young, is too preposterous to be anything but true. Unlike God, had it not existed no man would have dared to invent it. It is __the__ |
- | Bergen Evans "Dontt Monkey with the 1Dlatypusi Harperts | + | |
- | The Lady Moon is my lover,. | + | Bergen Evans "Don' |
- | My friends are the oceans four, The heavens have roofed me over, | + | |
- | And the dawn is my golden door. | + | ---- |
- | I would liefer follow the condor | + | |
- | Or the seagull, soaring from ken, | + | The Lady Moon is my lover,\\ |
- | Than bury my godhead yonder | + | My friends are the oceans four,\\ |
+ | The heavens have roofed me over,\\ | ||
+ | And the dawn is my golden door.\\ | ||
+ | I would liefer follow the condor\\ | ||
+ | Or the seagull, soaring from ken,\\ | ||
+ | Than bury my godhead yonder\\ | ||
In the dust and whirl of men. | In the dust and whirl of men. | ||
+ | |||
Chang Chih-Ho | Chang Chih-Ho | ||
- | AS'ONE MORON TO ANOTHER. | ||
- | ' After, an enjoyable interlude, during which one could look up a train time=table, and find a train and a seat at the place and | ||
- | time indicated, conditions have revertbd to normal and bushwalking | ||
- | is once qore a game of chance But it was nice while it lasted. Most members are probably too, young to remember, but there as a time, back in the thirties, when railway time-tables meant what | ||
- | ' they said. If only the miners could be induced to go down their mines oftener ,ind stay there loner, we bushwalkers could enjoy pUr train trips in comfort. , | ||
- | ,, Cosgrove, Leyden, & Co. had planned a trip to the Nandewars | ||
- | for Kin6. Birthday week-end, but with the cancellation of trains both going and coming, they ended up doing the Kowmung. | ||
- | Overheard from an old member on a recent Sunday test - "I like tes,t walks - you don't have to use your brains.'' | ||
- | 1hether it was due to the personality of the leader, the ' | ||
- | be known; but 19 members and 3 visitors turned up qn the Gunyah Ba;i. trip on June 7th1 There were 19 on Bill Hall's walk on June 21st. 7o recommend Sunday walks for those who like to know what's going on (use of brains optional). | ||
- | There were 20 at the Chinese Dinner at the Capitol Cafe on | ||
- | June 21st. Seven courses were devoured. They were: Fish Cream SouT); Chicken and Almonds, Fried Rice, Spring Rolls, Fried and Steamed | ||
- | puck with Vegetables, Chicken Chow Mien, and Sweet and Sour | ||
- | Tt tasted as good as it sounds, The Social Secretary seemed to onjcy | ||
- | the change from Terry' | ||
- | on the tail of the fish during the last course, but as luck would have it, tail and body partad. Some operated with chopsticks, but they weren' | ||
- | Anti-climak to the events described in M. Bacon' | ||
- | because they rasped the lining off thk larynxs and inhaled deeply the germ laden air. Those who heard the uproar were not surprised. One at leaSt has sworn off it (i e. singing). | ||
- | Mr: E. Caines Philips (River Canoe Club Topographical section) advises that map No. 40, Hunter River (' | ||
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- | BACKYARD BUSE: | ||
- | A little while ago Paddy was chopping down a tree. Keep your seats folks! It was a casuarina which was being taken out to make way for native shrubs in Paddy' | ||
- | a crash into a small gum tree. It took a few hefty pulls to free the oak tree, but as it came clear what whould fly out of the gum tree but a mopoke. That was sufficient surprise but as the oak crashed to the ground out flew another mopoke. The first one flew right away, but the second one evidently had not had his sleep out and he picked on another tree a few yards away. There he perched on a branch not ten feet from the ground and adopted that ridiculous stiff- necked attitude which these birds use. Under normal circumstances it acts as an almost perfect form of camouflage, making it look like | ||
- | -' a stump of a broken off limb. This bird has been the victim of a curious accident of naming. The mopoke does not say umopokeu at all | ||
- | but merely " | ||
- | patetic cry of " | ||
- | But to return to the garden. Paddy thought he would like to take a snap of the mopoke and hurried to the house for the camera. Several shots were taken with great care to avoid disturbing the bird, but as it turned out there was no need to bother, for he stayed there despite all disturbances of mattocking, digging and rock chopping for the rest of the morning. It was just as well he was with friends because he could have ohite easily been knocked off his perch with a stick. | ||
- | Paddy has in stock: | ||
- | riawIMrrrolr r. MIME r .1.11.01Y | ||
- | Bushwalker steel frame rucksacks. 3/1/- & g2/11/6, | ||
- | Plastic proofed cape groundsheets 6' x 4'. These groundsheets are very compact and light, non-tacky and very durable, 23/7 each. | ||
- | Tents are in short supplymgain. Orders taken 1st. of each month. | ||
- | Plenty of rucksacks without frames from 12/6 to 32/6. Aluminium billies all sizes available 4/6 to 8/3. | ||
- | PADDY PALLIN, | ||
- | CAMP GAR POR WALKERS. 'phone 327 George Street, | ||
- | ,B3101 SYDNEY N.S. | ||
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+ | =====As One Moron To Another.===== | ||
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+ | After an enjoyable interlude, during which one could look up a train time-table, and find a train and a seat at the place and time indicated, conditions have reverted to normal and bushwalking is once more a game of chance. But it was nice while it lasted. Most members are probably too young to remember, but there was a time, back in the thirties, when railway time-tables meant what they said. If only the miners could be induced to go down their mines oftener and stay there longer, we bushwalkers could enjoy our train trips in comfort. | ||
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+ | Cosgrove, Leyden, & Co. had planned a trip to the Nandewars for Kings Birthday week-end, but with the cancellation of trains both going and coming, they ended up doing the Kowmung. | ||
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+ | Overheard from an old member on a recent Sunday test - "I like test walks - you don't have to use your brains." | ||
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+ | Whether it was due to the personality of the leader, the weather, the fact that it was the only walk placed on the walks' notice board for three weeks, or because it looked easy, will never be known; but 19 members and 3 visitors turned up on the Gunyah Bay trip on June 7th. There were 19 on Bill Hall's walk on June 21st. We recommend Sunday walks for those who like to know what's going on (use of brains optional). | ||
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+ | There were 20 at the Chinese Dinner at the Capitol Cafe on June 21st. Seven courses were devoured. They were: Fish Cream Soup, Chicken and Almonds, Fried Rice, Spring Rolls, Fried and Steamed Duck with Vegetables, Chicken Chow Mien, and Sweet and Sour Fish. It tasted as good as it sounds. The Social Secretary seemed to enjoy the change from Terry' | ||
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+ | Anti-climax to the events described in M. Bacon' | ||
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+ | Mr. E. Caines Philips (River Canoe Club Topographical section) advises that map No. 40, Hunter River (West Maitland to Hexham) is now completed and available for inspection. | ||
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+ | =====Backyard Bushwalking.===== | ||
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+ | A little while ago Paddy was chopping down a tree. Keep your seats folks! It was a casuarina which was being taken out to make way for native shrubs in Paddy' | ||
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+ | But to return to the garden. Paddy thought he would like to take a snap of the mopoke and hurried to the house for the camera. Several shots were taken with great care to avoid disturbing the bird, but as it turned out there was no need to bother, for he stayed there despite all disturbances of mattocking, digging and rock chopping for the rest of the morning. It was just as well he was with friends because he could have quite easily been knocked off his perch with a stick. | ||
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+ | __Paddy has in stock__: | ||
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+ | Bushwalker steel frame rucksacks. £3/1/- & £2/11/6. | ||
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+ | Plastic proofed cape groundsheets 6' x 4'. These groundsheets are very compact and light, non-tacky and very durable, 23/- each. | ||
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+ | Tents are in short supply again. Orders taken 1st. of each month. | ||
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+ | Plenty of rucksacks without frames from 12/6 to 32/6. | ||
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+ | Aluminium billies all sizes available 4/6 to 8/3. | ||
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+ | Paddy Pallin, Camp Gear For Walkers. | ||
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+ | 'phone B3101. 327 George Street, Sydney, N.S.W. | ||
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