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- | ===== Social Notes for February ===== | + | ===== Social Notes For February ===== |
__16th February__ is Slide Night for Members, so please bring along your slides and help make the night a success. | __16th February__ is Slide Night for Members, so please bring along your slides and help make the night a success. | ||
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- | IIMID.P.IMIkule MI.. as Nam =01.. -11MnreSe...11...r | + | Support our advertisers - they support us! And please mention this magazine. |
- | Support our advertisers - they support us: And'please mention this magazine. | + | |
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+ | ===== 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 ===== | ===== A Christmas Carol ===== | ||
- | By 'The Dog in the Fog" | + | 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?" | ||
- | " | + | |
- | "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' | + | |
- | r,,AD | + | It is conceded the Secretary' |
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===== Federation Notes ===== | ===== Federation Notes ===== | ||
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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 | + | The Search and Rescue Section meet on 7th February at 5.30 p.m. at Paddy' |
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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. | + | Frank Adams suggested that some wealthy |
- | The Perisher and Rocky Plains Huts on the road to the Chalet | + | |
- | Cutting of timbier | + | The Perisher and Rocky Plains Huts on the road to the Chalet were reported to be unhygienic. The Ski Council is to be approached. |
- | mu, | + | |
+ | Cutting of timber | ||
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===== Rastus ===== | ===== Rastus ===== | ||
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- | 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 | + | |
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- | 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, | + | |
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- | 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. |
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+ | 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, | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | 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, | ||
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+ | 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' | ||
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+ | 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, | ||
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+ | 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" === | ||
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+ | It would be wrong to infer from the title of C1em Hallstrom' | ||
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+ | === Lost groundsheet: | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | === Perspective: === | ||
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+ | 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? | ||
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+ | === The Barren Lands: === | ||
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+ | The Barren Lands above the Albion-Park, | ||
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | 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: | ||
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- | 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? ===== | ||
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+ | Paddy is in Tasmania, but during his absence the following wares are displayed for sale: | ||
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+ | Japara Water Buckets, weight 3 ozs. small 5/-, large (2 gallons) 5/3. With zips 7/9 and 8/3. | ||
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+ | Rubberised (yellow) water buckets, weight 5 ozs., capacity 10 pints, 4/9 (none with zips). | ||
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+ | Li-lo air beds 78/-. | ||
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+ | Air pillows from 7/6 to 13/-. | ||
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+ | U.S. Army Ponchos, weight 2 lbs. 2 ozs. £1. | ||
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+ | Tropical blankets, weight 2 1/2 lbs., 17/6. | ||
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+ | __Skiers take note:__ | ||
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+ | 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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