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- | **THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER** | + | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker. ====== |
A monthly Bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, c/- Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown St., Sydney. | A monthly Bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, c/- Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown St., Sydney. | ||
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- | **No. 171 FEBRUARY, 1949 Price 6d.** | ||
- | |**Editor**| Alex Colley, 55 Kirribilli Ave, Milson' | + | ---- |
- | |**Production | + | |
- | |**Sales and Subs** |Betty Hurley | + | === No. 171. February, 1949. Price 6d. === |
- | |**Production | + | |
- | |**Typed** | Jean Harvey | | + | |**Editor**|Alex Colley, 55 Kirribilli Ave, Milson' |
+ | |**Production | ||
+ | |**Production Asst**|Bill Gillam| | ||
+ | |**Sales and Subs**|Betty Hurley| | ||
+ | |**Typed | ||
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+ | ===== In This Issue: ===== | ||
- | **CONTENTS** | + | | | |Page| |
+ | |Editorial - How to Pick the Committee| | 1| | ||
+ | |At Our January Meeting| | 2| | ||
+ | |Social Notes for February| | 3| | ||
+ | |Fauna Protection Act., 1948|Allen A. Strom| 4| | ||
+ | |The Lady Swaggie Cherry Pickers|Cecily Mann and Flo Allsworth| 5| | ||
+ | |Children' | ||
+ | |A Christmas Carol|" | ||
+ | |Make it a Legacy in Writing|" | ||
+ | |Federation Notes|Brian Harvey|10| | ||
+ | |Rastus|" | ||
+ | |We Are What We Eat: Lost Groundsheet: | ||
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+ | ===== Advertisements: | ||
- | Editorial - How to Pick the Committee 1 | + | | |Page| |
- | At Our January Meeting | + | |Berry Taxi Service| 7| |
- | Social Notes for February 3 | + | |What Has Paddy Got|14| |
- | Fauna Protection Act., 1948, by Allen A. Strom 4 | + | |
- | The Lady Swaggie Cherry Pickers, by Cecily Mann and Flo Allsworth 5 | + | |
- | Children' | + | |
- | Berry Taxi Service | + | |
- | A Christmas Carol, by "The Dog in the Fog" 8 | + | |
- | Make it a Legacy in Writing, by " | + | |
- | Federation Notes, by Brian Harvey 10 | + | |
- | Rastus, by " | + | |
- | We Are What We Eat: Lost Groundsheet: | + | |
- | The Barren Lands 12 | + | |
- | What Has Paddy Got (advt.) | + | |
- | ====== Editorial : How to Pick the Committee ====== | + | ---- |
- | In a little over a month will be held the Club's Annual General Meeting at which Office Bearers, | + | ===== Editorial : How to Pick the Committee |
- | If they are not tasked till the night of the meeting they probably won't take it on and somebody may be elected who is not keen on the job, nor capable of doing it well. Thus are some of the worst committees elected. | + | In a little over a month will be held the Club's Annual General Meeting at which Office Bearers, Committee and other Club Officials will be elected for the ensuing year. Some of those now doing jobs will not want to carry-on. If so they would do well to declare their intentions early so that members can decide in advance on worthy successors. This is important, because good Committee members don't as a rule take an a job at a moment' |
There are some in the Club, we know, who don't like the idea of " | There are some in the Club, we know, who don't like the idea of " | ||
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The best place to decide who you want on the committee is round the campfire. You probably belong to one of the little groups of walkers within the Club and may want your group represented. Remember too that there is no need to tolerate any of the present Club Officers, from the Editor up, if you think they have had their day. | The best place to decide who you want on the committee is round the campfire. You probably belong to one of the little groups of walkers within the Club and may want your group represented. Remember too that there is no need to tolerate any of the present Club Officers, from the Editor up, if you think they have had their day. | ||
- | ====== At Our January Meeting ====== | + | ---- |
- | Reported by Jim Brown Asst.Hon.Sec. | + | ===== At Our January Meeting ===== |
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+ | Reported by Jim Brown. | ||
The January meeting must challenge last September' | The January meeting must challenge last September' | ||
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After nomination of Eureka Clearing and a spot near Menangle as the Marshalling area far the next S.B.W. re-union, the meeting ebbed to an affable closure at 9 p m. | After nomination of Eureka Clearing and a spot near Menangle as the Marshalling area far the next S.B.W. re-union, the meeting ebbed to an affable closure at 9 p m. | ||
- | ====== Social Notes for February ====== | + | ---- |
- | 16TH FEBRUARY is Slide Night for Members, so please bring along YOUF-Frraera-nd help make the night a success. | + | ===== Social Notes For February ===== |
- | 19TH-20TH FEBRUARY. Don't forget to pack your favourite swimsuit KEH-7617-YOUFTEig at Sandy' | + | __16th February__ is Slide Night for Members, so please bring along your slides and help make the night a success. |
- | 25TH FEBRUARY. " | + | __19th-20th February__. Don't forget to pack your favourite swimsuit |
- | - Jean Harvey, Asst. Soc.Sec. | + | |
- | =01.1.....r...wavaamon61....111m ammow...... | + | |
- | **IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO BE SORRY** | + | __25th February__. " |
- | You can still become a subscriber to this magazine, commencing with the March issue, and we'll charge you until 31/1/50. If you want it posted home send along 6/- and your address, or, we'll hold your copy in the club room till next time you come in, for 4/7d. Be a subscriber it's cheaper !\\ | + | Jean Harvey, Asst. Soc. Sec. |
- | Brian Harvey Business Manager | + | |
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+ | ==== It's never too late to be sorry. ==== | ||
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+ | You can still become a subscriber to this magazine, commencing with the March issue, and we'll charge you until 31/1/50. If you want it posted home send along 6/- and your address, or, we'll hold your copy in the club room till next time you come in, for 4/7d. Be a subscriber | ||
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+ | Brian Harvey. Business Manager. | ||
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The Business Manager has a copy of all Club circulars issued in the 1948/9 Club year. These may be perused in the Club room at any time and new office bearers could obtain useful information from them. | The Business Manager has a copy of all Club circulars issued in the 1948/9 Club year. These may be perused in the Club room at any time and new office bearers could obtain useful information from them. | ||
- | ====== Fauna Protection Act 1948 ====== | + | ---- |
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+ | ===== Fauna Protection Act 1948. ===== | ||
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+ | By Allen A. Strom, Hon. Secretary, Wild Life Preservation Society. | ||
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+ | Almost at the very close of the 1948 Session, both Houses of the N.S.W. Parliament agreed to the Fauna Protection Act - an act regarded "as a most progressive step in the history of conservation in Australia" | ||
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+ | Ours is a land where political State Boundaries are in general, geographical and biological curios, and deep-thinking citizens have consistently agitated for Commonwealth Control of Conservation. This, however, is filled with " | ||
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+ | - A complete biological survey to determine a true picture of our resources in native flora and fauna. | ||
+ | - The setting aside in perpetuity of large primitive areas where communities of plants and animals will develop their own protective habitats. | ||
+ | - A strong educational plan to develop a conservation consciousness not only in the apathetic, and complacent, but also in the self-sufficient. | ||
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+ | --- must be developed (pro tem) on the State basis. This new Act goes encouragingly along this road. Mr. David G. Stead, who has battled for half a century in the Field of Nature Protection, and who was a founder of the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia in 1909, has this to say: | ||
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+ | "The passing of this Act is an immense step forward towards the realisation of the ideals of what I might term the wild life preservationists. Its implementation will put great heart into many people - those who love their Australia and want to preserve as much as possible of our beautiful and interesting wild creatures for the delectation and edification of future generations of Australia and of the world generally" | ||
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+ | The Act will set up a Fauna Protection Panel, the membership of which shall represent interested Government Departments, | ||
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+ | A Chief Guardian of Fauna shall be appointed and he will act as Chairman of the Panel on a fixed salary and apparently as a Public Servant. The Act goes on to state various matters necessary to the administration; | ||
+ | The road has been opened - the goal lies well ahead! Many loopholes leave ample room for abuse. But conservationists welcome the new approach. Their fervent hope is for a substantial annual grant and for a Guardian and a Panel alive to the responsibilities, | ||
- | By Allen A. Strom, Hon. Secty.; Wild Life Preservation Society. | + | ---- |
- | Almost at the very close of the 1948 Session, both Houses of the N.S.W. Parliament agreed tO the Fauna Protection Act - an act regarded "as a nost. progressive step in the history of conservation in Australia" | + | |
- | Ours is a land where political State ' | + | |
- | 1. A complete biological survey to determine a true picture of our resources in native flora and fauna. | + | |
- | 2. The setting aside in perpetuity of large primitive areas where communities of plants and animals will develop their own protective habitats. | + | |
- | 3. A strong educational plan to develop a conservation consciousness not only in the apathetic, | + | |
- | --- must be developed (pro tern) on the State basis. This new. Act goes encouragingly along this road. Mr. David G. Stead, who has battled for half a century in the Field of Nature Protection, and who was a founder of the Wild Life Preservation Society of Australia in 1909,has this to say: | + | |
- | hThe passing of this Act is an immense step forward towards the realisation of the ideals of what I might term the wild life preservationists. Its implementation will put great heart into many people - those who love their Australia and want to preserve as much as possible of our _beautiful and interesting wild creatures for the delectation and edification of future generations of Australia and of the world generally" | + | |
- | The Act will set up a Fauna Protection Panel, the membership of which shall represent interested Government Departments, | + | |
- | "the preservation, | + | |
- | be declared on Crown Land by recommendation of tfte Panel, co-operating with trustees of land already set aside as reserves for animals, conducting scientific and biological research in connection with the protection and care of fauna, and generally administering the Act. | + | |
- | A Chief Guardian of Fauna shall be appointed and he will act | + | |
- | as Chairman of the Panel on a fixed salary and apparently as a Public | + | |
- | Servant. The Act goes on to state various matters necessary to the administration; | + | |
- | The road has been opened - the goal lies well ahead: Many loopholes leave ample room for abuse. But consel-vationists welcome the new approach. Their ferverit hope is for a substantial annual grant and for a Guardian and a Panel alive to the responsibilities, | + | |
- | _ the impossible - a balance between civilisation and the primitive. | + | |
- | .....: | + | |
- | ====== The Lady Cherry Swaggie Cherry Pickers | + | ===== The Lady Cherry Swaggie Cherry Pickers. ===== |
By Cecily Mann and Flo Allsworth. | By Cecily Mann and Flo Allsworth. | ||
- | On our first day we left Sutherland at 9 a m. and arrived at Ben Ricketts (the Page estate) at 5 p m., having travelled in eight vehicles and enjoyed two swims, morning tea, lunch, and a pint of milk for afternoon tea. | + | On our first day we left Sutherland at 9 a.m. and arrived at Ben Ricketts (the Page estate) at 5 p.m., having travelled in eight vehicles and enjoyed two swims, morning tea, lunch, and a pint of milk for afternoon tea. |
So the trip commenced and so it continued, until we had visited our friends at Woodhill, Kangaroo Valley and Moss Vale, then on through Gundagai to Tumut. Having come through some parched and blackened country, we were delighted to arrive there just before Christmas and discover the lovely camping ground on the banks of the Tumut River. Green grass, shady trees, swift running crystal clear water overhung with willows - what more could we wish! And so we thankfully dropped our packs, planned an elaborate menu, and generally prepared to have a lazy Christmas. | So the trip commenced and so it continued, until we had visited our friends at Woodhill, Kangaroo Valley and Moss Vale, then on through Gundagai to Tumut. Having come through some parched and blackened country, we were delighted to arrive there just before Christmas and discover the lovely camping ground on the banks of the Tumut River. Green grass, shady trees, swift running crystal clear water overhung with willows - what more could we wish! And so we thankfully dropped our packs, planned an elaborate menu, and generally prepared to have a lazy Christmas. | ||
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Our good host had provided us with so many home comforts it seemed foolish not to dig well in and soon we had no ambition to move. But Mr. Hogan had other plans for us. It was not long before he was suggesting to the "lady Swaggies" | Our good host had provided us with so many home comforts it seemed foolish not to dig well in and soon we had no ambition to move. But Mr. Hogan had other plans for us. It was not long before he was suggesting to the "lady Swaggies" | ||
- | Arriving at the orchard, we were given a four-roomed unfurnished cottage, put up the tent close by, and with packing boxes and pieces of string, furnished our home. Picking was to commence on Wednesday but steady rain on Tuesday night and most of Wednesday put an end to those plans. As a truck was going into Batlow, 6 miles away, we jumped at the opportunity of replenishing our food store, and then spent the rest of the day lazing in front of our log fire. Thursday was still dull and showery, but a good wind began shifting the clouds and drying the trees, until the outlook was more hopeful. We were just licking our fingers after puftaloons and golden syrup when two small boys arrived to say picking was starting. Great excitement! In a few minutes we were at the Packing Shed, receiving a half kerosene bucket and packing case. Then instructions how to pick! No leaves or twigs, cherries to be on the stem, picked without damaging next year's buds etc. etc., And so the Lady Swaggies became "L.S. Cherry Pickers' | + | Arriving at the orchard, we were given a four-roomed unfurnished cottage, put up the tent close by, and with packing boxes and pieces of string, furnished our home. Picking was to commence on Wednesday but steady rain on Tuesday night and most of Wednesday put an end to those plans. As a truck was going into Batlow, 6 miles away, we jumped at the opportunity of replenishing our food store, and then spent the rest of the day lazing in front of our log fire. Thursday was still dull and showery, but a good wind began shifting the clouds and drying the trees, until the outlook was more hopeful. We were just licking our fingers after puftaloons and golden syrup when two small boys arrived to say picking was starting. Great excitement! In a few minutes we were at the Packing Shed, receiving a half kerosene bucket and packing case. Then instructions how to pick! No leaves or twigs, cherries to be on the stem, picked without damaging next year's buds etc. etc. And so the Lady Swaggies became "L.S. Cherry Pickers" |
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- | Of course we just bowled in and ticked | + | |
- | in a northerly direction, | + | |
Experience taught us that next time we go fruit picking we will try for a professional bucket, cross over straps distributing the weight, canvas bottom unhooking to drop fruit into packing case: all so much easier than the kerosene bucket with one rope or leather strap around the neck which has to be removed to empty. Then first in first served with ladders and we had definite leanings towards small lightweight jobs, of course all taken by the time we applied. However we tackled our tree with the gear available and it was not long before we were amazed at just how high we could climb. The wire hooks were a definite asset and at last the seemingly impossible was achieved we finished a tree. | Experience taught us that next time we go fruit picking we will try for a professional bucket, cross over straps distributing the weight, canvas bottom unhooking to drop fruit into packing case: all so much easier than the kerosene bucket with one rope or leather strap around the neck which has to be removed to empty. Then first in first served with ladders and we had definite leanings towards small lightweight jobs, of course all taken by the time we applied. However we tackled our tree with the gear available and it was not long before we were amazed at just how high we could climb. The wire hooks were a definite asset and at last the seemingly impossible was achieved we finished a tree. | ||
- | First to ripen are the Whites and so for two days we picked " | + | First to ripen are the Whites and so for two days we picked " |
Cherry picking is the most pleasant work imaginable. All day long birds fly overhead, some protesting loudly, others darting quickly in and out through the branches. Every time one gets above the foliage one gets lovely views of the surrounding mountains. At night the sky is wonderful. One night when there was a storm brewing a blaze of red, blue, purple and pink light glowed in the sky and tinged the mountains. | Cherry picking is the most pleasant work imaginable. All day long birds fly overhead, some protesting loudly, others darting quickly in and out through the branches. Every time one gets above the foliage one gets lovely views of the surrounding mountains. At night the sky is wonderful. One night when there was a storm brewing a blaze of red, blue, purple and pink light glowed in the sky and tinged the mountains. | ||
- | We enjoyed every minute of our week. Hours were perhaps long - we started about 7 a m. and with breaks at 9.30, noon and 3.30, finished at 5 p m. or later, but it was contract, so we pleased ourselves. Payment was at 2d lb. and those eager to swell their cheques were on the job long before us. For our part, we wanted to enjoy the experience, besides adding to our funds. After a few days in our cottage, we were promoted to a furnished one and life became even more comfortable. The luxury of a hot bath and bed were greatly appreciated after our toil. So to all those folk who may get the chance of Cherry Picking - jump at it! It's fun! | ||
- | ====== Children' | + | We enjoyed every minute of our week. Hours were perhaps long - we started about 7 a.m. and with breaks at 9.30, noon and 3.30, finished at 5 p.m. or later, but it was contract, so we pleased ourselves. Payment was at 2d. lb. and those eager to swell their cheques were on the job long before us. For our part, we wanted to enjoy the experience, besides adding to our funds. After a few days in our cottage, we were promoted to a furnished one and life became even more comfortable. The luxury of a hot bath and bed were greatly appreciated after our toil. So to all those folk who may get the chance of Cherry Picking - jump at it! It's fun! |
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+ | ===== Children' | ||
At the January monthly meeting it was decided to open a subscription list to defray the cost of the funeral of little Richard Geyer who was accidentally drowned. | At the January monthly meeting it was decided to open a subscription list to defray the cost of the funeral of little Richard Geyer who was accidentally drowned. | ||
- | We feel this is the least we can do and will; in-sbilid lit tie concrete measure, show our sympathy with the parents. I would appreciate any donation which you care to bring or send along to the Club, and so help to raise our objective, viz. 23. | + | We feel this is the least we can do and will, in some little |
Thanking you, | Thanking you, | ||
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Rene D. Browne | Rene D. Browne | ||
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- | Support our advertisers | + | |
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+ | Support our advertisers - they support us! And please mention this magazine. | ||
- | ====== A Christmas Carol ====== | + | ---- |
- | By 'The Dog in the Fog" | + | ===== Berry Taxi Service. ===== |
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+ | Cars meet all trains at Berry. 6-passenger car service can be arranged to Woodhill, Cambewarra and Berry Mountains. | ||
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+ | Reasonable charges. Phone Berry 10 for bookings. 24 hour service. | ||
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+ | Proprietors - Lee and Bissett. Queen Street, Berry. | ||
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+ | ===== A Christmas Carol ===== | ||
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+ | By "The Dog in the Fog" | ||
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+ | The S.B.A. was polishing his glasses when I came in. "Ha, how did Christmas go?" " | ||
- | The S.B.A. was polighng' | ||
"Laden with liquor, I suppose?" | "Laden with liquor, I suppose?" | ||
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- | "Hal to beguile any unsuspecting bachelors. (The. S.B.A.:still thinks it should be Sydney | + | " |
- | "Only a prospector who hadn't struck it yet. | + | |
- | "And so she wasn't interested, I suppose. By the way, what happened to Mary? I believe she wouldn' | + | "Ha, to beguile any unsuspecting bachelors. (The S.B.A. still thinks it should be Sydney |
- | Beaming as usual the Pain in the Back creaked in.'"Well, how did all that honey go? Nothing like it. Full of food value and mu dh better than jam. Good. for infantile convulsions, | + | |
- | ,I felt the hot blood rushing through my head and I wanted to shout "Hone? in his face. The tin with the honey had sprung a leak, probably when I packed it. Twenty four hours later two pounds of that creeping insidious fluid had seeped through a pound of dried potatoes, a pair of shorts, numerous sox and a sleeping bag. For two hours I scrubbed and rubbed with hot and cold water,, finally filled it up and hung it on a tree to dry. " | + | "Only a prospector who hadn't struck it yet." |
- | A dangerous situation was averted when George came in and ponderously eased himself into a chair. " | + | |
- | We had seen them. About twelve names with the Redoubtable | + | "And so she wasn't interested, I suppose. By the way, what happened to Mary? I believe she wouldn' |
- | ."Did you do Mt.. Fainter and Bogong?" | + | |
- | The beery voice of the Gent in the Tent chimed in Fish, and what happened to Mary?" | + | Beaming as usual the Pain in the Back creaked in. "Well, how did all that honey go? Nothing like it. Full of food value and much better than jam. Good for infantile convulsions, |
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+ | I felt the hot blood rushing through my head and I wanted to shout "Honey" | ||
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+ | A dangerous situation was averted when George came in and ponderously eased himself into a chair. " | ||
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+ | We had seen them. About twelve names with the Redoubtable | ||
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+ | "Did you do Mt. Fainter and Bogong?" | ||
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+ | The beery voice of the Gent in the Tent chimed in "Fish, and what happened to Mary?" | ||
I took myself off to the Monterey. Christmas had become intolerable. | I took myself off to the Monterey. Christmas had become intolerable. | ||
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- | ====== Make it a Legacy in Writing | + | ===== Make it a Legacy in Writing. ===== |
By " | By " | ||
- | "Well, what do you know - I've been elected to an official: job in the Sydney Bush Walkers, and I've got to sit on the Committee too. , Always wondered what they,,did in that mysterious, room down at the end of our clubroom - now I'll know. | + | "Well, what do you know - I've been elected to an official job in the Sydney Bush Walkers, and I've got to sit on the Committee too. Always wondered what they did in that mysterious room down at the end of our clubroom - now I'll know!" |
- | We overheard this remark following on last year's Annual General Meeting. It denoted the election of new blood" to some official position which a member held for the previous twelve months. | + | We overheard this remark following on last year's Annual General Meeting. It denoted the election of "new blood" to some official position which a member held for the previous twelve months. |
- | The enthusiasm may be all very well, but let it be maintained. How many of the displaced persons" | + | |
+ | The enthusiasm may be all very well, but let it be maintained. How many of the "displaced persons" | ||
Not so long ago the Walks Secretary (quoted for example only) was whizzed away at ten days notice to England. His successor was not appointed until two Monthly General Meetings subsequent, by which time the former official was in England. Such occasions will arise again and the present committee, before going out of office, would do well to consider requesting the present office bearers to commence the compilation of such records for future holders. | Not so long ago the Walks Secretary (quoted for example only) was whizzed away at ten days notice to England. His successor was not appointed until two Monthly General Meetings subsequent, by which time the former official was in England. Such occasions will arise again and the present committee, before going out of office, would do well to consider requesting the present office bearers to commence the compilation of such records for future holders. | ||
- | It is conceded the Secretary' | ||
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- | ====== Federation Notes ====== | + | It is conceded the Secretary' |
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+ | ===== Federation Notes ===== | ||
by Brian Harvey. | by Brian Harvey. | ||
As instructed by January General Meeting the S.B.W. delegates moved that the Adelaide Bushwalkers be asked to state why they supported "The Bushman' | As instructed by January General Meeting the S.B.W. delegates moved that the Adelaide Bushwalkers be asked to state why they supported "The Bushman' | ||
- | The Search and Rescue Section meet on 7th February at 5.30 p m.. at Paddy' | ||
- | Frank Adams suggested that somerwealthy walkers should save | ||
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- | by purchasing the remaining three (3) lots, so as to prevent the incursion of road if the area were resumed by The National Park Trust. | ||
- | The Perisher and Rocky Plains Huts on the road to the Chalet . were reported to be unhygienic. The Ski Council is to be approached. | ||
- | Cutting of timbier on Budthingeroo Creek was reported by the Federation to the Minister for Conservation' | ||
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- | ====== Rastus | + | The Search and Rescue Section meet on 7th February at 5.30 p.m. at Paddy' |
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+ | Frank Adams suggested that some wealthy walkers should save Era by purchasing the remaining three (3) lots, so as to prevent the incursion of road if the area were resumed by The National Park Trust. | ||
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+ | The Perisher and Rocky Plains Huts on the road to the Chalet were reported to be unhygienic. The Ski Council is to be approached. | ||
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+ | Cutting of timber on Budthingeroo Creek was reported by the Federation to the Minister for Conservation. Extensive damage to creek banks was alleged. | ||
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+ | ===== Rastus ===== | ||
by " | by " | ||
- | Conversation was at a low ebb. A few contented sighs and some sleepy meanderings hardly disturbed the serenity of the evening. The grass trees drew in toward the fire, the she-oaks bent lows flames flickered softly, and a full moon shone down in peace upon the calmness in the valley. | + | Conversation was at a low ebb. A few contented sighs and some sleepy meanderings hardly disturbed the serenity of the evening. The grass trees drew in toward the fire, the she-oaks bent low, flames flickered softly, and a full moon shone down in peace upon the calmness in the valley. |
- | All should have been calm, but the majority were rather apprehensive of the morrow. They were recalling, regretfully now, how Rastus had joined the party. He'd sort of said " | + | |
- | Later tl-at day we had our first misgivings, for ten miles in an afternoon will make anyone hungry, and such was his nature that Rastus had nothing with him. This doesn' | + | |
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- | The morning was rather gloomy, and ' | + | |
- | However, he bore us no illwill, and made quite a to do about having a swim. Although not a good swimmer he put up a creditable | + | |
- | 11. | + | |
- | performance, | + | |
- | Already his necessarily restricted diet was having its effect on his appearance, although he was still as lively as ever, even pathetically so. What else could we do, the4,but abandonIians for lengthening the trip, and return to our starting point in a district presumably familiar to him, although I will admit we were swayed somewhat by the unattractive weather, the time of day, and general lassitude of all concerned. | + | |
- | About morning tea time, then, we broke camp and began retracing Our steps towards home. With hearts nearly as heavy | + | |
- | as our tread we slowly climbed out of our valley intent on doing our best for Rastus, alias Fleabite, Boy and Fella. For know your as if you hadn't already guessed it, that Fleabite was a dog, and a large dog at that. Eric said it was a foxhound, and who am I to be quarreling with Eric? And so if you have been following my tail, the moral will surely be evident already. | + | |
- | If, however, there be those who find no fault with Fleabite so far, let me finish my episode of woes. True, our friend as yet had caused us no inconvenience, | + | |
- | This wasn't all. Lunchtime came, and he dined sparingly | + | |
- | from bread and Bonox, and plum cake. We hastened back to Springwood in a drizzle heaving sighs of expectant relief with just a little apprehension about his owner' | + | |
- | Of course I was the mug; I went to the station with the others and changed into a more civilised outfit for Operation Highways. I left the station, then I took Rastus back to the party. I went into the waiting room, hut the door, went out the other door and shut it, and then slunk off-up the stairs trying to be as anonymous as possible. Of course this didn't work. Springwood offered Fleabite no welcome, and' he showed no signs of transferring his allegiance to any passers by, local buildings, or lady dogs. Exhortations, | + | |
- | 12. | + | |
- | statement of his affection which reached even unto placing his colossal paws on my chest and licking my face, and I'm no babe. | + | |
- | The end had to come. I met up with a friend in a car (yes, I did) and the last we saw of poor old Rastus he was coming hell for leather after the car. 'My conscience still twinges at the recollection. The moral is obvious. Prospectives are urged officially not to bring friends or dogs on test walks,, and I hope they never do. Well, dogs anyway. | + | |
- | MININ..111fiVymANIMI.m.....7..... | + | |
- | "WE ARE WHAT WE EAT" It would be wrong, to infer from the title | + | All should have been calm, but the majority were rather apprehensive |
- | 0E-C1eni-Half; | + | |
- | as green as the things he eats. This eating, let it be understood, is a serious business, but the time to be serious is not during or after meals, for too much thought about food when, or after, eating it, leads only to indigestion and the medicine bottle. However it is apparently in order to consider | + | |
- | tion of alkaline foods. The lowly cucumber (it grows on the ground), is packed with everything | + | |
- | LOST GROUNDSHEET: | + | Later that day we had our first misgivings, for ten miles in an afternoon will make anyone hungry, and such was his nature that Rastus had nothing with him. This doesn' |
- | PERSPECTIVE | + | The morning was rather gloomy, and having nothing else to do we slept in. Rastus was the worst offender (we still don't know his name), but he put in an appearance at breakfast time, where he ate even less than the night before, due, of course, once more, to his gastronomic prejudice. |
+ | |||
+ | However, he bore us no illwill, and made quite a to do about having a swim. Although not a good swimmer he put up a creditable performance, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Already his necessarily restricted diet was having its effect on his appearance, although he was still as lively as ever, even pathetically so. What else could we do, then, but abandon plans for lengthening the trip, and return to our starting point in a district presumably familiar to him, although I will admit we were swayed somewhat by the unattractive weather, the time of day, and general lassitude of all concerned. | ||
+ | |||
+ | About morning tea time, then, we broke camp and began retracing our steps towards home. With hearts nearly as heavy as our tread we slowly climbed out of our valley intent on doing our best for Rastus, alias Fleabite, Boy and Fella. For know you, as if you hadn't already guessed it, that Fleabite was a dog, and a large dog at that. Eric said it was a foxhound, and who am I to be quarreling with Eric? And so if you have been following my tail, the moral will surely be evident already. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If, however, there be those who find no fault with Fleabite so far, let me finish my episode of woes. True, our friend as yet had caused us no inconvenience, | ||
+ | |||
+ | This wasn't all. Lunchtime came, and he dined sparingly from bread and Bonox, and plum cake. We hastened back to Springwood in a drizzle heaving sighs of expectant relief with just a little apprehension about his owner' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Of course I was the mug. I went to the station with the others and changed into a more civilised outfit for Operation Highways. I left the station, then I took Rastus back to the party. I went into the waiting room, shut the door, went out the other door and shut it, and then slunk off up the stairs trying to be as anonymous as possible. Of course this didn't work. Springwood offered Fleabite no welcome, and he showed no signs of transferring his allegiance to any passers by, local buildings, or lady dogs. Exhortations, | ||
+ | |||
+ | The end had to come. I met up with a friend in a car (yes, I did) and the last we saw of poor old Rastus he was coming hell for leather after the car. My conscience still twinges at the recollection. The moral is obvious. Prospectives are urged officially not to bring friends or dogs on test walks,, and I hope they never do. Well, dogs anyway. | ||
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+ | |||
+ | === "We are what we eat" === | ||
+ | |||
+ | It would be wrong to infer from the title of C1em Hallstrom' | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Lost groundsheet: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Rene Browne lost her groundsheet at the Christmas treat. Would anyone who was there please look over their groundsheet and see if they got the right one? Apart from its monetary value the groundsheet has some pleasant associations for Rene. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Perspective: === | ||
+ | |||
+ | It was ever thus. Fifty thousand people are drowned in China and receive two lines of publicity. One person is murdered in North Sydney and gets the whole front-page. Countless trees are killed or warped by fires within 30 miles of the G.P.O., and nobody hears about it, whereas the felling of one ugly fig tree in Anzac Parade gets columns of publicity. But let us not condemn the press too hastily. Did any of the conservation bodies take the trouble to write to the papers about the fires in our reserves? | ||
+ | |||
+ | === The Barren Lands: === | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Barren Lands above the Albion-Park, | ||
+ | |||
+ | If the Barren Lands became a desert, both the springs and the streams would dry up. The rain would quickly run away in storm water channels because there would be no spongy vegetation to hold it. The little springs and streams, the life-blood of the district, depend on that dense swamp vegetation on the top of the Barren Lands, and when it goes, they go too. | ||
+ | |||
+ | After an absence of many years I recently walked over the Barren Lands, and I was shocked to see how the swamp vegetation had degenerated. In places there were even large patches of bare earth, and the swamps were a great deal drier. There were obvious signs that fires had swept across, and that these accounted for the poorer, sparser, vegetation. Some fires, I am told, are deliberately lit by saw-millers, | ||
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+ | |||
+ | In some regions, areas which were far too steep for safe use either as grazing land or for cropping have been cleared of their timber. Such areas extend from Scottsdale in Tasmania to the Atherton Tableland, Queensland. Sometimes after heroic efforts farms have been established on such country; more often than not the forces of nature have triumphed and the land has reverted either to bracken or scrub or to a less desirable type of forest than that which originally covered the ground. In some cases such land has reverted to or been repurchased by the Crown; in others it is still nominally the property of the owners who have arrears of rates standing against them. They do nothing with it and the fallen trees which litter its surface are particularly difficult to deal with in the event of a bushfire sweeping the area. From the point of view of effective land development, | ||
- | THE.BARREN_LANDS: | ||
- | 13. | ||
- | no further down and it comes out of the ground in the form of those springs which are a characteristic of the district. These both form streams themselves and help feed the streams which flow from the swamps on the seaward side of the Barren Lands. | ||
- | If the Barren Lands became a desert, both the springs and the streams would dry up. The rain would quickly run away in storm water channels because there would be no spongy vegetation to hold it. The little springs and streams, the life-blood of the district, depend on that dense swamp vegetation on the top of the Barren Lands, and when it go es, they go too. | ||
- | After an absence of many years I recently walked over the Barren Lands, and I was shocked to see how the swamp vegetation | ||
- | , had degenerated. In places there were even large patches of bare earth, and the swamps were a great deal drier. There were obvious signs that fires had swept across, and that these accounted for the poorer, sparser, vegetation. Some fires, I am told, are deliberately lit by saw-millers, | ||
- | In some regions, areas which were far too steep for safe use either as grazing land or for cropping have been cleared of their timber. Such areas extend from Scottsdale in Tasmania to the Atherton Tableland, Queensland. Sometimes after heroic efforts farms have been established on such country; more often than not the forces of nature have triumphed and the land has reverted either to bracken or scrub or to a less desirable type of forest than that which originally covered the ground. In some cases such land has reverted to or been repurchased by the Crown; in others it is still nominally the property of the owners who have arrears of rates standing against them. They do nothing with it and the fallen trees which litter its surface are particularly difficult to deal with in the event of a bushfire sweeping the area. From the point of view of effective land development, | ||
From the Third Report of the Rural Reconstruction Commission. | From the Third Report of the Rural Reconstruction Commission. | ||
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+ | |||
+ | ===== What Has Paddy Got? ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Paddy is in Tasmania, but during his absence the following wares are displayed for sale: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Japara Water Buckets, weight 3 ozs. small 5/-, large (2 gallons) 5/3. With zips 7/9 and 8/3. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Rubberised (yellow) water buckets, weight 5 ozs., capacity 10 pints, 4/9 (none with zips). | ||
+ | |||
+ | Li-lo air beds 78/-. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Air pillows from 7/6 to 13/-. | ||
+ | |||
+ | U.S. Army Ponchos, weight 2 lbs. 2 ozs. £1. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Tropical blankets, weight 2 1/2 lbs., 17/6. | ||
+ | |||
+ | __Skiers take note:__ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Paddy is stocking up with a full range of ski gear, including skis made by Johannsen and Nilsen, also waxes, stocks, bindings, boots, etc. | ||
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