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- | 7:fr4 ANNIVERSARY NUMBER | + | ======The Sydney Bush Walker.====== |
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+ | =====25th Anniversary Number.===== | ||
A monthly Bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, C/o Ingersoll Hall, 255 Crown St., Sydney | A monthly Bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, C/o Ingersoll Hall, 255 Crown St., Sydney | ||
- | No. 215 October, 1952 Price 5d. | + | |
- | EDITOR: | + | ====No. 215 October, 1952 Price 5d.==== |
- | PRODUCTION & BUSINESS MANAGER: | + | |
- | SALES & SUBSCRIPTIONS: | + | |**Editor**|Jim Brown, 103 Gipps St., Drummoyne| |
- | TYPED BY: Jean Harvey. | + | |**Production and Business Manager**|Brian Harvey| |
- | C ONTENT S. | + | |**Sales and Subscriptions**|Gladys Roberts| |
- | Page | + | |**Typed by**|Jean Harvey| |
- | Editorial - A Reason for Longevity 2 | + | |
- | At the Half-Yearly General Meeting 3 | + | =====Contents.===== |
- | Let Us Re-Uric 5 | + | |
- | Where to Re-Une (Map) 6 | + | | | |Page| |
- | That Hardie Man Again - A letter from Dormie 7 | + | |Editorial - A Reason for Longevity| | 2| |
- | Kurnell Peninsula (Australials | + | |At the Half-Yearly General Meeting| | 3| |
- | To Become Industrial Area 9 | + | |Let Us Re-Une| | 5| |
- | Green Grow the Wattles, | + | |Where to Re-Une (Map)| | 6| |
- | Death of a Tree 15 | + | |That Hardie Man Again - A letter from Dormie| | 7| |
- | September Federation Notes - by Allen A. Strom 17 | + | |Kurnell Peninsula (Australia' |
- | Paddynews 18 | + | |Green Grow the Wattles, |
- | Quarter-Century Ball 19 | + | |Death of a Tree| |15| |
- | And 4fter 20 | + | |September Federation Notes|by Allen A. Strom|17| |
- | QUARTER CENTURY SPECIAL STEPLEMENT, | + | |Paddynews| |18| |
- | Presidential Message 21 | + | |Quarter-Century Ball| |19| |
- | Many Happy' | + | |And After| |20| |
- | Twenty-Fifth Birthday | + | |
- | The History of the Club Symbols | + | =====Quarter Century Special Supplement.===== |
- | by Paddy Pallin 24 | + | |
- | Club Symbols 25 | + | | | |Page| |
- | List of Secretaries 26 | + | |Presidential Message| |21| |
- | The Tigers | + | |Many Happy' |
- | The First Gangerang Walk - by Maxwell Gentle 30 | + | |Twenty-Fifth Birthday|by Kath McKay|23| |
- | What Place-Names Mean To Us - | + | |The History of the Club Symbols|by Paddy Pallin|24| |
- | by Myles J. Dunphy 32 | + | |Club Symbols| |25| |
- | Bushwalker Achievements in Conservation | + | |List of Secretaries| |26| |
- | by Ken Matthews 36 | + | |The Tigers|by Alex Colley|27| |
- | List of Presidents 39 | + | |The First Gangerang Walk|by Maxwell Gentle|30| |
- | Rabbits Among the Tigers | + | |What Place-Names Mean To Us|by Myles J. Dunphy|32| |
- | 1. | + | |Bushwalker Achievements in Conservation|by Ken Matthews|36| |
- | .o0o. | + | |List of Presidents| |39| |
- | fs | + | |Rabbits Among the Tigers|by Grace Noble|40| |
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- | EDITORIAL. | + | ---- |
- | A Reason for Longevily a | + | |
+ | =====Editorial.===== | ||
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+ | ====A Reason for Longevity.==== | ||
In many things age does not necessarily denote virtue or wisdom. Indeed, many business concerns which have became institutions seem to have lived long by reason of ruthlessness - call it survival of the fittest if you prefer a euphemism. | In many things age does not necessarily denote virtue or wisdom. Indeed, many business concerns which have became institutions seem to have lived long by reason of ruthlessness - call it survival of the fittest if you prefer a euphemism. | ||
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As this Club prepares to celebrate its Quarter Century, one is tempted to enquire why we have lived so long, whether we have justified our existence, and if we may hope that the Club will continue to be. | As this Club prepares to celebrate its Quarter Century, one is tempted to enquire why we have lived so long, whether we have justified our existence, and if we may hope that the Club will continue to be. | ||
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Does that last thought sound so absurd, too gloomy? Does it seem impossible that the Club could fold up? If so, we should remember that Federation removed two Clubs from its list during last year, that several others are known to be virtually moribund, and that even our own walking activity is at a low ebb. It is not our intention to look for reasons here and now. There is a kind of negative comfort in the knowledge that other Clubs are less active. | Does that last thought sound so absurd, too gloomy? Does it seem impossible that the Club could fold up? If so, we should remember that Federation removed two Clubs from its list during last year, that several others are known to be virtually moribund, and that even our own walking activity is at a low ebb. It is not our intention to look for reasons here and now. There is a kind of negative comfort in the knowledge that other Clubs are less active. | ||
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Admitting that walking clubs may founder, why have we survived? Probably to some extent it is due to our direct and obvious name, which has helped ensure a healthy income of new members over the years. That same obvious name has caused us a few moments of distress when newspapers reported lost parties as " | Admitting that walking clubs may founder, why have we survived? Probably to some extent it is due to our direct and obvious name, which has helped ensure a healthy income of new members over the years. That same obvious name has caused us a few moments of distress when newspapers reported lost parties as " | ||
- | We are inclined to believe, however, that the main reason for our longevity is contained in the broad and intelligent charter set out in the Clubls | + | |
- | Our Constitution is a tolerant one in that it does not demand that every member must be a vigorous and active walker: neither does it insist that each of us must be wrapped up in the good works of conservation beyond the basic care to leave the bush unhurt.* There is room for people who belong to one of those compartments only, and for - those who serve both causes. It is suitable for the transient walker who presently finds other interests and commitments, | + | We are inclined to believe, however, that the main reason for our longevity is contained in the broad and intelligent charter set out in the Club' |
- | The last two of our original questions are almost answered by that answer. Have we justified ourselves? Yes, the Club has introduced hundreds of people to the mingled pleasures and hardships of bush walking. Before most other walking Clubs were formed, | + | |
- | 3. | + | Our Constitution is a tolerant one in that it does not demand that every member must be a vigorous and active walker: neither does it insist that each of us must be wrapped up in the good works of conservation beyond the basic care to leave the bush unhurt. There is room for people who belong to one of those compartments only, and for those who serve both causes. It is suitable for the transient walker who presently finds other interests and commitments, |
- | Will we continue to survive? Yes, while we do not allow ourselves on the one hand to become purely a walking machine, or on the other, a group of wordy conservationists who have no up to date knowledge of the 0 bush we are talking about. | + | |
- | AT THE HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. | + | The last two of our original questions are almost answered by that answer. Have we justified ourselves? Yes, the Club has introduced hundreds of people to the mingled pleasures and hardships of bush walking. Before most other walking Clubs were formed, |
- | An Annual or Half-Yearly General Meeting without constitutional amendments is something like roast lamb without mint sauce. Perhaps he realised the deficiencies, | + | |
- | Meeting on that particular evening - it should be the second Friday | + | Will we continue to survive? Yes, while we do not allow ourselves on the one hand to become purely a walking machine, or on the other, a group of wordy conservationists who have no up to date knowledge of the bush we are talking about. |
- | in the month. Oh no, said the President, the Constitution said hduring Septemberh. Perhaps Mr. Cosgrove had an out-dated copy? Well, perhaps he did. Well, perhaps we could provide him with a modern issue. | + | |
- | Then it was Lavender and Old Accounts as the minutes of a bygone era were read. The constitutional amendments of September 1951, with their " | + | ---- |
- | Correspondence contained sundry replies to our most recent campaigning | + | |
+ | =====At The Half-Yearly General Meeting.===== | ||
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+ | An Annual or Half-Yearly General Meeting without constitutional amendments is something like roast lamb without mint sauce. Perhaps he realised the deficiencies, | ||
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+ | Then it was Lavender and Old Accounts as the minutes of a bygone era were read. The constitutional amendments of September 1951, with their " | ||
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+ | Correspondence contained sundry replies to our most recent campaigning | ||
The monthly financial statement and the Federation Report were duly read and received, without comment, in spite of the queries re Werong and a Bushwalker Annual Magazine raised by the latter. | The monthly financial statement and the Federation Report were duly read and received, without comment, in spite of the queries re Werong and a Bushwalker Annual Magazine raised by the latter. | ||
- | Now the President arose to make a statement. The issue was the failure of many programme walks in recent months. There were, he agreed, many reasons why a trip may not go, but the pity of it was that Committee frequently heard of it from disgruntled members who had intended to join that trip. If a leader found he was unable to take his walk as planned, his correct course was to seek a substitute leader: if he could not find one, he could at least notify the Walks Secretary or President, who may be able to help. If he was suddenly prevented from taking his trip, he could at least report the matter, | + | |
- | 40 | + | Now the President arose to make a statement. The issue was the failure of many programme walks in recent months. There were, he agreed, many reasons why a trip may not go, but the pity of it was that Committee frequently heard of it from disgruntled members who had intended to join that trip. If a leader found he was unable to take his walk as planned, his correct course was to seek a substitute leader: if he could not find one, he could at least notify the Walks Secretary or President, who may be able to help. If he was suddenly prevented from taking his trip, he could at least report the matter, instead of allowing Committee to hear by "back door methods" |
- | instead of allowing Committee to hear by "back door methods" | + | |
- | of flooded rivers or blocked railways, another trip elsewhere should be substituted. He concluded by reading the two appropriate clauses from the Objects in the Constitution, | + | We were through to General Business, with Brian Harvey quoting from Hansard. Mr. Alam, a member of the N.S.W. Upper House had made strong statements in the House concerning destruction of native flowers (see item in September Magazine). Brian moved that we write Mr. Alam expressing appreciation of his comments. Alex Colley suggested we first ascertain whether the facts cited in the House were supported by Mr. Burnside of the Ku-ring-gai Chase Trust, and this became a separate motion, both being carried. |
- | operation in attaining a good stable walks programme. | + | |
- | We were through to General Business, with Brian Harvey quoting from Hansard. Mr. Alam, a member of the N.S.W. Upper House had made | + | Len Scotland spoke of the nUmercus little gravel pits which made unsightly scars on the landscape, and Betty Sisley expressed the opinion that most of this "quarrying" was done on permissive occupancies, |
- | strong statements in the House concerning destruction of native | + | |
- | flowers (see item in September Magazine). Brian moved that we write | + | Clem Hallstrom asked if the monthly Treasurer' |
- | Mr. Alen expressing appreciation of his comments. Alex Colley suggested we first ascertain whether the facts cited in the House were | + | |
- | supported by Mr. Burnside of the Ku-ring-gai Chase Trust, and this became a separate motion, both being carried. | + | |
- | Len Scotland spoke of the nUmercus little gravel pits which made unsightly scars on the landscape, and Betty Sisley expressed the opinion that most of this "quarr ying" was done on permissive | + | |
- | occupancies, | + | |
- | Range, and a project to open it to soldier settlement, which may | + | |
- | destroy the wild flowers there. Could something be done to create a reserve of that portion where the flowers were most numerous? Lack of information caused the discussion to be vague. Could anything be done until and unless the land were transferred to State control? At present, with the land as a military area, it appeared safe, and people seemed to shun a rifle range. As the matter had been mentioned at the | + | |
- | ARE YOU REQUIRING TRANSPORT | + | |
- | FROM BLACKHEATH ? ? | + | |
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- | RING OR WRITE | + | |
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- | 116 STATION STREET, BLACKHEATH. | + | |
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- | last Federation Council, which referred it to the Conservation Bureau, no decision was reached, but it was agreed to pass on the information to the Club's Conservation Secretary. | + | |
- | Clem Hallstrom asked if the monthly. Treasurer' | + | |
- | will be a complete audit at each change of Club Treasurer..." | + | |
It was the last flourish of the evening. With a small flurry of announcements, | It was the last flourish of the evening. With a small flurry of announcements, | ||
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- | LET US RE-UNE. | + | ---- |
- | The Bush Party, to follow the celebrations at the Dungowan, | + | |
- | On the opposite page a map illustrates the way to Springvale from Roy Woy. | + | =====Let Us Re-Une.===== |
- | TRAINS FROM SYDNEY ARE: | + | |
- | 1.30 a.m. 6.35 a.m. | + | The Bush Party, to follow the celebrations at the Dungowan, |
- | 8.35 a.m. 9.30 a.m. | + | |
- | 12.09 p.m. 1.15 p.m. 2.34 p.m. 6.50 p.m. | + | On the opposite page a map illustrates the way to Springvale from Woy Woy. |
- | (if you must go straight from the Dungowan) | + | |
- | (if unable to find your. way to Central in time for the 1.30) | + | ===Trains from Sydney are:=== |
- | (for confirmed early risers) | + | |
- | )for tha rational ones (ex Rationalist H.Q.) | + | |
- | (for the sluggards) (for the no-hopers). | + | * 6.35 a.m. (if unable to find your way to Central in time for the 1.30) |
- | Again, by courtesy of the Caloola Club, truck transport at 3/- return from Woy Woy station can be made available to the aged and infirm and those with kiddies (children travel free). Provisionally the truck will meet the trains leaving Central at 9.30 a.m. and 1.15 p.m. Those intending to avail themselves of the truck transport please 'phone Allen Strom (WE 2520, 2528, 2529 during business hours). | + | |
+ | * 9.30 a.m., 12.09 p.m., 1.15 p.m. for the rational ones (ex Rationalist H.Q.) | ||
+ | * 2.34 p.m. (for the sluggards) | ||
+ | * 6.50 p.m. (for the no-hopers) | ||
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+ | Again, by courtesy of the Caloola Club, truck transport at 3/- return from Woy Woy station can be made available to the aged and infirm and those with kiddies (children travel free). Provisionally the truck will meet the trains leaving Central at 9.30 a.m. and 1.15 p.m. Those intending to avail themselves of the truck transport please 'phone Allen Strom (WB 2520, 2528, 2529 during business hours). | ||
Cars can be brought to within approximately half a mile of the camping spot. | Cars can be brought to within approximately half a mile of the camping spot. | ||
- | NOTE: Unlike the usual Annual Reunion, prospective members and visitors may cote to this camp. | ||
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Dear Jim, | Dear Jim, | ||
- | Since last writing I have completed a six weeks' tour of the British Isles, and now I am in the third week of a Cook's escorted tour through Scandinavia. On the 4th September I shall be sailing by the 'Stirling Castle' | + | |
- | My travels in the British Isles and Scandinavia have been made easier for me by the kind help of Frank Leyden, | + | Since last writing I have completed a six weeks' tour of the British Isles, and now I am in the third week of a Cook's escorted tour through Scandinavia. On the 4th September I shall be sailing by the "Stirling Castle" |
- | If Charlie Chaplin became famous by stimulating laughter, I consider I should be equally famous. When I arrivsd | + | |
- | of me and my pack caused the boat to rock from stem to stern with | + | My travels in the British Isles and Scandinavia have been made easier for me by the kind help of Frank Leyden, |
- | laughter. Again, at Cologne in Germany a woman became hysterical with | + | |
- | laughter when I appeared: and I could see her husband through self- consciousness trying to lead her away, but she kept on looking back at | + | If Charlie Chaplin became famous by stimulating laughter, I consider I should be equally famous. When I arrived |
- | me, while she held a handkerchief to her face. At Inverness in Scotland a railway official told me I reminded him of Bill Kerr, and at Grasmere in the English Lakes District the wardeh | + | |
- | In the British Isles , as an the Continent, I made the greatest use of Youth Hostels I could, in order to keep down expenses | + | In the British Isles , as on the Continent, I made the greatest use of Youth Hostels I could, in order to keep down expenses |
- | confronted with the notice " | + | |
- | I was never.once refused admission to a hostel. When I explained to a warden that I came from Australia, he would forget his previous statement that the hostel was booked out , and would tell me to take bed number so-and-so, enjoining me "to keep quiet about it". In | + | Scotland I found to be the most colourful country of the British Isles: and Edinburgh, its capital, the most entrancing city. When say " |
- | consequence, | + | |
- | that it is the policy of the Youth Hostel Movement there to. make roam for an overseas visitor. It is peculiar | + | I am now sojourning in a most fashionable hotel by Sognefjord, of which I shall have more to say in the future. |
- | happened to me at Glencoe where in 1692 Scotsmen were butchered even in the act of offering hospitality. | + | |
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- | Scotland I found to be the most colourful country of the British Isles: and Edinburgh, its capital, the most entrancing city. When say " | + | |
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- | I am now sojourning in a Rost fashionable hotel by Sognefjord, of which I shall have more to say in the future. | + | |
Yours, Allan Hardie." | Yours, Allan Hardie." | ||
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- | Frank LeElen_reports also on the famous meeting: | + | ---- |
- | Discovered Dormie in the Clapham deep air raid shelters and | + | |
- | brought him out and slept him on my floor. Tried to persuade him not | + | __Frank Leyden reports also__ |
- | to take his axe to Scotland, as there are no trees. "I think I will take it", he said, "It gives me confidence" | + | |
- | In Hamburg they said to him "Why did you come and bomb our cities | + | Discovered Dormie in the Clapham deep air raid shelters and brought him out and slept him on my floor. Tried to persuade him not to take his axe to Scotland, as there are no trees. "I think I will take it", he said, "It gives me confidence" |
- | when we couldn' | + | |
+ | In Hamburg they said to him "Why did you come and bomb our cities when we couldn' | ||
We talked and laughed loud and long into the night and I received an unbiassed account of some of the goings on at 256 Crown Street. | We talked and laughed loud and long into the night and I received an unbiassed account of some of the goings on at 256 Crown Street. | ||
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- | =NELL PENINSULA | + | ---- |
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- | (Extract from an item by Mr. Hume, Secretary, Parks & Playgrounds | + | =====Kurnell Peninsula |
- | Long cherished hopes for the preservation of Kurnell Peninsula | + | |
- | as a National Historic Monument have been dashed by the State Cabinet' | + | (Extract from an item by Mr. Hume, Secretary, Parks & Playgrounds Movement, received through our P. & P. Delegate, Mrs. H. Stoddart). |
- | place, especially if it had the unique opportunity to preserve it that Australia had. | + | |
- | Mr. Cahill' | + | Long cherished hopes for the preservation of Kurnell Peninsula as a National Historic Monument have been dashed by the State Cabinet' |
- | ly set up by him to plan for land utilisation and development, | + | |
- | has been over-ridden by Cabinet and the County Plan dealt a staggering | + | Mr. Cahill' |
- | blow. A dangerous precedent has been created whereby any industrial concern may, by skilful lobbying and such other inducement as it may be | + | |
- | willing to use (in this case 25,000,000) persuade the politicians to destroy the County Plan's most vital provisions: henceforth no open | + | The Captain Cook Landing Place Park is a lovely place, well cared for, and its historic features are protected and identified, but it has been developed largely as a pleasure park, and little is left there of the scene as Cook first saw it. Hence conservationists felt that preservation of the adjacent reserves was of the utmost importance to Australia. |
- | space or public recreation area can be considered safe. | + | |
- | The Captain Cook Landing Place Park is a lovely place, well cared for, and its historic features are protected and identified, but it has | + | In 1949, Mr. Sheahan, then Minister for Lands, granted, at the request of the conservation bodies, an additional reservation of 973 acres adjoining the Captain Cook Landing |
- | been developed largely as a pleasure park, and little is left there of | + | |
- | the scene as Cook first saw it. Hence conservationists felt that preservation of the adjacent reserves was of the utmost importance to | + | Appeals to the Federal and State Governments to preserve the ground on which Australia was born fell on deaf ears. The Federal Government " |
- | Australia. | + | |
- | In 1949, Mr. Sheahan, then Minister for Lands, granted, at the | + | |
- | request of the conservation bodies, an additional reservation of 973 | + | |
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- | acres adjoining the Captain Cook Larding | + | |
- | Appeals to the Federal and State Governments to preserve the ground on which Australia was born fell on deaf ears. The Federal Government " | + | |
Though many politicians expressed their views during the campaign for the preservation of the peninsula, and preservationists laid especial stress on the historic importance of the area, no politician made any public reference to this important consideration. | Though many politicians expressed their views during the campaign for the preservation of the peninsula, and preservationists laid especial stress on the historic importance of the area, no politician made any public reference to this important consideration. | ||
- | Kurnell Peninsula has been preserved up to now in its natural state. It is priceless land, which should be cherished by all Australians, | + | |
+ | Kurnell Peninsula has been preserved up to now in its natural state. It is priceless land, which should be cherished by all Australians, | ||
The oil refinery will stand as a witness to the everlasting shame of the politicians who so readily yielded this priceless heritage to commercial exploitation. | The oil refinery will stand as a witness to the everlasting shame of the politicians who so readily yielded this priceless heritage to commercial exploitation. | ||
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- | CONTACT, | + | =====Green Grow The Wattles, O!===== |
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- | DAILY TOURS BY PARLOR COACH TO THE WORLD FAMOUS JENTOLAN CAVES AND ALL BLUE MOUNTAIN SIGHTS. | + | |
- | TRANSPORT BY COACHES FOR PARTIES OF BUSH- WALKERS TO KANANGRA, WALLS, GINKIN OR OTHER SUITABLE POINTS BY ARRANGEMEgT. | + | I'll sing you one ho!\\ |
- | FOR ALL INFORMATION | + | Green grow the wattles, |
- | WRITE TO P.O. BOX 60, KATOOMBA, TELEPHONE 60, KATOOMBA. | + | What is your one ho?\\ |
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- | I'll sing you one ha! | + | |
- | Green grow the wattles, | + | |
- | What is your one ho? | + | |
One is the Creek in Burragorang that I wanted long to follow. | One is the Creek in Burragorang that I wanted long to follow. | ||
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Over the past three years, practically every winter programme has contained a threat to the isolation of Green Wattle Creek. Time and again it has appeared, under the aegis of various leaders: " | Over the past three years, practically every winter programme has contained a threat to the isolation of Green Wattle Creek. Time and again it has appeared, under the aegis of various leaders: " | ||
- | I'll sing you two ho! | + | |
- | Green grow the Wattles, | + | I'll sing you two ho!\\ |
- | What is your two hol | + | Green grow the Wattles, |
+ | What is your two ho!\\ | ||
Two, two, the men I sought to make the dash from Bimlow. | Two, two, the men I sought to make the dash from Bimlow. | ||
- | Three is the minimum safety number on a walk of that kind. I wanted two men, reasonably robust, but not so rugged as to make me wilt, who were not committed to the official walk of that week-end (May 31st to June 2nd). I found them in Frank Rigby and Neil Schafer. They were duly cautioned that it may not be easy; that frankly I thought two days was not enough time; that we may be overdue. They were willing. Frank was in the ranks of thedisemployed" and elected to ride his motor cycle to Central Burragorang and join us there. Because there is no regular 'bus service to Yerranderie | + | |
- | I'll sing you three hol Green grow the Wattles | + | Three is the minimum safety number on a walk of that kind. I wanted two men, reasonably robust, but not so rugged as to make me wilt, who were not committed to the official walk of that week-end (May 31st to June 2nd). I found them in Frank Rigby and Neil Schafer. They were duly cautioned that it may not be easy; that frankly I thought two days was not enough time; that we may be overdue. They were willing. Frank was in the ranks of the " |
- | I was a worried little boy on the 5.20 ex town that Friday for | + | |
- | I hadn't spotted Neil. Somehow I missed him at Campbelltown, | + | I'll sing you three ho!\\ |
- | Frank was waiting for us at the store near Spring Corner, having parked his " | + | Green grow the Wattles |
- | 12. | + | What is your three ho?\\ |
- | I'll sing you four ho! .. etc. Four for the miles on Friday. | + | Three, Three, United... |
- | 0 Ifve scurried off along the road, while the moon dropped behind the valley wall and the wind grew wilder and the night darker. We were within a mile of Cox Junction when the rain came, gently as first, | + | |
- | 0 | + | I was a worried little boy on the 5.20 ex town that Friday for I hadn't spotted Neil. Somehow I missed him at Campbelltown, |
- | I'll sing you five ho l .. etc. .. Five for the hours before we lunched. | + | |
- | We moved briskly | + | Frank was waiting for us at the store near Spring Corner, having parked his " |
- | The road shown on the Jenolan map was there, but in ruinous shape, as were the several buildings marked | + | |
- | 0 | + | I'll sing you four ho!... etc...\\ |
+ | Four for the miles on Friday. | ||
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+ | We scurried off along the road, while the moon dropped behind the valley wall and the wind grew wilder and the night darker. We were within a mile of Cox Junction when the rain came, gently as first, so that we had time to pull on our groundsheets, | ||
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+ | I'll sing you five ho!... etc...\\ | ||
+ | Five for the hours before we lunched. | ||
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+ | We moved briskly | ||
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+ | The road shown on the Jenolan map was there, but in ruinous shape, as were the several buildings marked | ||
During the next hour and a half we donned and doffed our capes half a dozen times as the wind cleared and clouded the sky with unbelievable rapidity. Our way was still along a long-disused road, which was quite clear in places, and almost obscured in others. We mislaid it a few times, but the going through reedy grasses was never difficult. At noon we made our lunch halt. We were about 10 miles up the creek, and the valley was still wide and open, flanked by far cliffs. | During the next hour and a half we donned and doffed our capes half a dozen times as the wind cleared and clouded the sky with unbelievable rapidity. Our way was still along a long-disused road, which was quite clear in places, and almost obscured in others. We mislaid it a few times, but the going through reedy grasses was never difficult. At noon we made our lunch halt. We were about 10 miles up the creek, and the valley was still wide and open, flanked by far cliffs. | ||
- | I'll sing you six ho! etc. | + | |
- | The scene began to change rapidly | + | I'll sing you six ho!... etc...\\ |
- | 0 f | + | Six for our six tired ankles. |
- | 13. | + | |
- | the creek, became grey-misted capes jutting into the valley. We returned to the stream, now flowing through a rift within the wider gorge. | + | The scene began to change rapidly |
- | We were above the rough by 3.30, but it was bush-pushing now, scrubby stuff, a mixture of ti-tree, small wattle and sapling gum between bigger timber. The creek made many U bends, | + | |
+ | We were above the rough by 3.30, but it was bush-pushing now, scrubby stuff, a mixture of ti-tree, small wattle and sapling gum between bigger timber. The creek made many U bends, | ||
Barely had cooking operations ended when the rain returned, and we lay quietly in the tent, listening to its drumming on the taut japara for a couple of hours. Some time after 8 it dwindled to a drizzle, we lowered our abdulling and turned in. The wind piped up and once during the night blew down the tent. We put it up again and slept. | Barely had cooking operations ended when the rain returned, and we lay quietly in the tent, listening to its drumming on the taut japara for a couple of hours. Some time after 8 it dwindled to a drizzle, we lowered our abdulling and turned in. The wind piped up and once during the night blew down the tent. We put it up again and slept. | ||
- | Ill sing you seven ho! .. etc. .. | + | |
+ | I' | ||
Seven for the un-mapped creeks we crossed. | Seven for the un-mapped creeks we crossed. | ||
- | It may have been six (or eight, or nine) but we crossed quite a swag of creeks next morning. It happened this way. We decided to go up the divide between the main and branch streams, directly behind our camp, until we could see the shape of the lard. We pushed through dry labyrinth-like scrub, up, down, up, down, up, over a succession of ridges and through a tracery of unmapped creeks, with the goal of the Gap more or less in sight ahead from each crest. Then we could see we were veering too far toward the cliffs, so we plunged down to the main creek again. We were definitely on the east branch of the headwaters now, and it was creeping around a rocky pinnacle (not mapped) towards the Gap. | + | |
+ | It may have been six (or eight, or nine) but we crossed quite a swag of creeks next morning. It happened this way. We decided to go up the divide between the main and branch streams, directly behind our camp, until we could see the shape of the land. We pushed through dry labyrinth-like scrub, up, down, up, down, up, over a succession of ridges and through a tracery of unmapped creeks, with the goal of the Gap more or less in sight ahead from each crest. Then we could see we were veering too far toward the cliffs, so we plunged down to the main creek again. We were definitely on the east branch of the headwaters now, and it was creeping around a rocky pinnacle (not mapped) towards the Gap. | ||
The going on the creek was not too bad - provided one used the creek as track. Going on the bank was too slow - too bushy. It was never deeper than six or eight inches, so we paddled. Ye Gods! It was cold. At 10.30 we could see where the walls broke down, and there was a blue line of sky not far above, and at 11 a.m. we sat in the saddle, looking out to the Peaks and Yerranderie. | The going on the creek was not too bad - provided one used the creek as track. Going on the bank was too slow - too bushy. It was never deeper than six or eight inches, so we paddled. Ye Gods! It was cold. At 10.30 we could see where the walls broke down, and there was a blue line of sky not far above, and at 11 a.m. we sat in the saddle, looking out to the Peaks and Yerranderie. | ||
- | sing you eight ho! .. etc. .. Eight for the tateful | + | |
- | Our idea, by general consent, was to find a ridge which ran right down to the Tonalli. Good. We flanked around to the west and picked a ridge which promptly did a Deter on us. We took the next ridge west, and it was going sweetly - until we emerged on top of a cliff. The next ridge east was the same: so was the next west, but farther west was a spur which looked good. But to get to it ... oh! We backtracked | + | I' |
- | a | + | Eight for the ' |
- | 14. | + | |
- | the ridge did take us right through to the Tonalli River for a deferred lunch at 1 p.m. | + | Our idea, by general consent, was to find a ridge which ran right down to the Tonalli. Good. We flanked around to the west and picked a ridge which promptly did a peter on us. We took the next ridge west, and it was going sweetly - until we emerged on top of a cliff. The next ridge east was the same: so was the next west, but farther west was a spur which looked good. But to get to it ... ah! We back-tracked |
- | We picked a good ridge into Yerranderie - about half a mile down the river, then up-hill. Oddly enough, most of our way into torn, we couldntt | + | |
- | sing you nine ho! . etc. .. | + | We picked a good ridge into Yerranderie - about half a mile down the river, then up-hill. Oddly enough, most of our way into town, we couldn' |
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+ | I' | ||
Nine was the hour of our roadside wait. | Nine was the hour of our roadside wait. | ||
- | We enquired about transport at the " | + | |
- | worst) could join the early 'bus from the Coal Mine. | + | We enquired about transport at the " |
- | It was going to be cold on the trayof | + | |
- | been scooped out for surfacing the road, a handred | + | It was going to be cold on the tray of that truck, we considered, so we rugged up in balaclavas, gloves and all. Neil pointed to the virtues of a beard. We squatted in a little hollow where gravel had been scooped out for surfacing the road, a hundred |
- | " | + | |
- | At 7 p.m., when we were still by the road, Neil decided that you | + | At 7 p.m., when we were still by the road, Neil decided that you left Yerranderie only when you were carried out. We had built a twiggy straggling fire, and had a bucket of water standing by for quenching it. We brewed up a mix of three different kinds of soup cubes and waited. The comings and goings of the truck periodically brought us to our feet, water bucket at the "alert". |
- | left Yerranderie only When you were carried out. We had built a twiggy | + | |
- | straggling fire, and had a bucket of water standing by for quenching | + | It began to rain at about 9 p.m., a misty spray in the wind at first, growing heavier until, in desperation, |
- | it. We brewed up a mix of three different kinds of soup cubes aid waited. The comings and goings of the truck periodically brought us to our feet, water bucket at the Lllert". | + | |
- | It began to rain at about 9 p.m., a misty spray in the wind at | + | I' |
- | first, growing heavier until, in desperation, | + | Ten for the ten-mile road-bash. |
- | 1111 sing you ten ho! ... etc. .. Ten for the ten-mile road-bash. | + | |
- | Pooling remaining food we made breakfast, and bashed it out ten miles to the Wollondilly bridge. The river was lapping the decking, and surging through between the planks at tines. | + | Pooling remaining food we made breakfast, and bashed it out ten miles to the Wollondilly bridge. The river was lapping the decking, and surging through between the planks at times. |
- | /111 sing you eleven ho! .. etc. GOO | + | |
+ | I' | ||
Eleven for the telephone lines that were down. | Eleven for the telephone lines that were down. | ||
- | Probably there wouldntt | + | |
- | the jingle, and they were all down. We were incommunicando. We bought lunch items at the Post Office - Store, basked in the wonderful calm sunlight, watched the yellow tide of the river flood by, and joined the | + | Probably there wouldn' |
- | 15. | + | |
- | afternoon 'bus. Frank left 112 at Spring Corner at 2.30, and Neil and I eventually arrived Sydney at 6.30. | + | I' |
- | I,11 sing you twelve ho! .. etc. u.. Twelve for the twelve enquiries. | + | Twelve for the twelve enquiries. |
- | This number is also a fiction. The story had to be recounted half a hundred times to folk at work, and in answer to telephone calls from walkers who had heard how we had blotted our copy-book by being a day overdue. I was unduly sensitive about it mu*ling | + | |
- | DEATH GP A TREE | + | This number is also a fiction. The story had to be recounted half a hundred times to folk at work, and in answer to telephone calls from walkers who had heard how we had blotted our copy-book by being a day overdue. I was unduly sensitive about it... mumbling |
- | Author Not Known. | + | |
- | (Submitted by John Noble. Speaking to one who needlessly cut down_a | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | ====Death Of A Tree.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Author Not Known. (Submitted by John Noble.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Speaking to one who needlessly cut down a tree.=== | ||
As I passed by I looked and saw what you had done. You had cut it a foot above the ground. All around lay the chunks of its white flesh, spattered from the axe. It fell so easily. It did not fight back at all. Its pride and majesty were so easily humbled, flung at your feet, a wreckage of broken branches and mangled leaves. Did you see the long shudder before its fall, I wonder? Did you hear the sigh of leaves, the wrenching cry as it strained then crashed before you? | As I passed by I looked and saw what you had done. You had cut it a foot above the ground. All around lay the chunks of its white flesh, spattered from the axe. It fell so easily. It did not fight back at all. Its pride and majesty were so easily humbled, flung at your feet, a wreckage of broken branches and mangled leaves. Did you see the long shudder before its fall, I wonder? Did you hear the sigh of leaves, the wrenching cry as it strained then crashed before you? | ||
- | It exists no longer. But all around it, in the earth and in the air, war has been declared against you. The air for your breathing is less sweet than before. The birds have forsaken you, leaving the insect pests and rodents to their work of destruction. The win,'11 batter you more harshly. The rain will pelt the earth more y its fall unbroken by that leafy screen. The unanchored soil wi:1 be stolen away by the rivulets of wasted water .. That tree did not fight back, but its friends will fight for it. And long after the needless felling of the tree has been forgotten, their revenge will continue. | + | |
- | IMPE1.16.1=1.1.110..041.06.101.011.211.11401.1.711..1.1.0111 | + | It exists no longer. But all around it, in the earth and in the air, war has been declared against you. The air for your breathing is less sweet than before. The birds have forsaken you, leaving the insect pests and rodents to their work of destruction. The wind'll batter you more harshly. The rain will pelt the earth more piteously, |
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+ | ---- | ||
New Zealand has 3 million acres of Reserves and National Parks - just under 5 per cent of the Dominion, and believed more than any other country. (Tararua Tramper, May, 1952.) | New Zealand has 3 million acres of Reserves and National Parks - just under 5 per cent of the Dominion, and believed more than any other country. (Tararua Tramper, May, 1952.) | ||
- | "We spent the next four days weatherbound in Dart Hut, pondering the remarkable fact that, as the weather got worse, | + | |
- | 16. | + | ---- |
- | FOR THE WARMER MONTHS-, 0 | + | |
- | MWMO, | + | "We spent the next four days weatherbound in Dart Hut, pondering the remarkable fact that, as the weather got worse, |
- | YOU NEED DIFFERENT FOOD | + | |
- | THE SANITARIUM HEALTH FOOD SHOP | + | ---- |
- | 1 3 HUNTER STREET, SYDNE Y. | + | |
- | DRIED APRICOTS APPLE RINGS | + | ====Notices.==== |
- | STERILISED SULTANAS NEW SEASON DATES | + | |
- | THE GREAT RICE SUESTITUTE RYCOLA | + | ===Congratulations to:=== |
- | FOR THE SNACK ON THE TRACK - APRICOT ROLLS TRIPLE-ILRLPPED ',, | + | |
- | NOTICES. | + | Jim Hooper, whose engagement to Miss Pat Carroll was announced during September. (Since Miss Carroll is not - yet - a member, we can't carry out our threat of the September editorial - Editor.) |
- | CONGRATULATIONS TO Jim Hooper, whose engagement to Miss Pat Carroll was announced during September. (Since Miss Carroll is not - yet- | + | |
- | . | + | ===Fun and Games Night.=== |
- | a member, we can't carry out our threat of the September editorial - Editor.) | + | |
- | FUN AND GAMES NIGHT. | + | In lieu of the Usual Christmas |
- | In lieu of the Usual Christmas | + | |
- | the Club Room on the night of December 19th. Details to be worked out yet, but there will be (we understand) some dancing, games, perhaps community singing, and BYOG (Bring your own Grub). | + | ---- |
- | BABY IT!S COLD OUTSIDE! Sparta had ics Spartans, Bondi has its ice- | + | |
- | bergs, and S.B.W. has - what? On a recent combined walk, with a braw frosty night descending, one Nature Boy demonstrated his toughness and utter disdain for the elements, | + | ====Baby, It's Cold Outside!==== |
+ | |||
+ | Sparta had its Spartans, Bondi has its icebergs, and S.B.W. has - what? On a recent combined walk, with a braw frosty night descending, one Nature Boy demonstrated his toughness and utter disdain for the elements, | ||
Note: This habit could develop into serious Club rivalry and could easily cause Paddy to go out of business as walkers frantically scuttle sleeping bags, tents, groundsheets and other luxuries to be in the fashion. | Note: This habit could develop into serious Club rivalry and could easily cause Paddy to go out of business as walkers frantically scuttle sleeping bags, tents, groundsheets and other luxuries to be in the fashion. | ||
- | TURKISH FIGS GLACE FRUITS | + | |
- | ,OVER THERE TOO? "There were also too many persons put on Park Boards because they held some local body position, regardless of their suitability for National Park Management" | + | ---- |
- | 1952.) | + | |
- | 17. | + | ===Over there, too?=== |
- | FEDER,TION NOTES - SEPTEMBER. | + | |
- | By Allen A. Strom. | + | "There were also too many persons put on Park Boards because they held some local body position, regardless of their suitability for National Park Management" |
- | SEARCH AD _RESCUE: There was an alert an September 8th but searchers were not necessary as the party returned unharmed. Once again parents of one of the lost party had no knowledge of the route of the trip. The Pamphlet prepared by the Section was going to print and should be available at the next meeting of the Council. | + | |
- | Practice | + | ---- |
- | THE FEDERATION BALL was reported to be a social and financial success. | + | |
- | A fUTIer | + | =====Federation Notes - September.===== |
- | MAPPING SECTION: A further meeting of this section had worked out =es, se of sheets, title blocks, etc. Four lectures over two field weekeads | + | |
- | Wild Dogs, The Castle and Pigeon | + | By Allen A. Strom. |
- | Gangerangs, Wolgan-Capertee, | + | |
- | Butcher' | + | ===Affiliation Application: |
- | INFORMATION: It was reported that the response of Clubs to appeals for TEFEEFTTE | + | |
- | MAROUBRA RIFLE RANGE: The possibilities of reserving the Rifle Range ITITI-Fri=" | + | Was received from The Caloola Club. |
- | BUSHWALKER /TNUAL: The Federation still requires the services of a BuZiness | + | |
- | SELECTION COMMITTEE for Clubs wishing to affiliate: Since Mr. R. TEpagnoriii-g-n-loriger | + | ===Search and Rescue:=== |
- | COLONG CAVES: It was reported that it had been brought to the notice of 77777-7Miting Oolong | + | |
- | ROVER RAMBLERS' | + | There was an alert on September 8th but searchers were not necessary as the party returned unharmed. Once again parents of one of the lost party had no knowledge of the route of the trip. The Pamphlet prepared by the Section was going to print and should be available at the next meeting of the Council. |
- | PADDYNEWS. | + | |
- | Paddy has just received an advance copy of 'Skyline" | + | Practice |
- | Miners Sox. Paddy now has stocks of miners sox at 8/- per pair - sizes 10 to ll. They come in a delicate petunia colour. They are the goods for wet trips and in fact for all walking. | + | |
- | Aluminium | + | ===The Federation Ball:=== |
- | has a similar set consisting of an 8" Fry pan and similar sized plate with a lip to make it fit over the pan for use as an oven. Detachable handle - the whole lot complete for 7/9d. | + | |
- | Aluminium Jars. This is something else Bushwalkers have ETgn sg7271g | + | Was reported to be a social and financial success. A fuller |
+ | |||
+ | ===Mapping Section:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | A further meeting of this section had worked out scales, size of sheets, title blocks, etc. Four lectures over two field weekends | ||
+ | |||
+ | Wild Dogs, The Castle and Pigeon | ||
+ | |||
+ | Ten pounds was granted to the Mapping section for the purchase of materials. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Information:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It was reported that the response of Clubs to appeals for information | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Maroubra Rifle Range:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The possibilities of reserving the Rifle Range will be investigated, following the suggestion of Mr. John Noble. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Bushwalker Annual:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Federation still requires the services of a Business | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Selection Committee: | ||
+ | |||
+ | For Clubs wishing to affiliate: Since Mr. R. Compagnoni is no longer | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Colong Caves:=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | It was reported that it had been brought to the notice of a party visiting Colong | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Rover Ramblers' | ||
+ | |||
+ | This will be held on October 11/12th at Macquarie Fields. Information | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Paddynews.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Paddy has just received an advance copy of "Skyline" | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Miners Sox.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Paddy now has stocks of miners sox at 8/- per pair - sizes 10" | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Aluminium | ||
+ | |||
+ | Do you old hands remember those extra light frying pan-plate combination outfits which Paddy stocked years ago? Well, he now has a similar set consisting of an 8" Fry pan and similar sized plate with a lip to make it fit over the pan for use as an oven. Detachable handle - the whole lot complete for 7/9d. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Aluminium Jars.=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is something else Bushwalkers have been seeking | ||
That's all for now. Cheerio folks. | That's all for now. Cheerio folks. | ||
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- | PADDY PALLIN, | ||
- | 201 CASTLEREAGH STREET, | ||
- | SYDNEY. | ||
- | pjk) IT ON | ||
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- | YOU--Z,. TICKETS | ||
- | -44N D N\P_KT UP YOUR | ||
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- | PINY PROSPECTIVE FiRRIVING | + | Paddy Pallin. |
- | DILLONS | + | |
- | r`RSE FOR_ Fi TEST 'vvp,LA, | + | 201 Castlereagh Street, Sydney. |
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- | Q | + | ===Don't Miss Out On The 25th Anniversary Party!=== |
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- | 21. | + | Get your tickets and make up your table. |
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+ | |||
+ | =====A Message From The President.===== | ||
Friday 21st October, 1927, to Friday 17th October, 1952 - 25 years less 4 days. | Friday 21st October, 1927, to Friday 17th October, 1952 - 25 years less 4 days. | ||
- | I wonder if the original group ever expected to see such an anniversary party, youngsters and oldsters: all in together celebrating | + | |
- | Every week-end Club members are out in the bush enjoying themselves and the Physical | + | I wonder if the original group ever expected to see such an anniversary party, youngsters and oldsters all in together celebrating |
- | The Club has grown by this very method. Members are putting | + | |
- | This year I have one of the official positions | + | Every week-end Club members are out in the bush enjoying themselves and the physical |
- | The process is a circle, and so is never-ending insofar as individual members serve the Club so that the Club can serve the interests of each and every member. A few more trips around the ring and we'll be fifty years old 90200 And so it goes | + | |
- | MALCOLM McGREGOR. | + | The Club has grown by this very method. Members are putting |
- | MANY HIPPY'S TO S.B.W. | + | |
- | As a member for over twenty of the twenty-five years of the Club's history Paddy, very sincerely wishes the Club many happy years of bushwalking in the future. Members come and go; even presidents come and go (though we seem reluctant to part with some of them), but the sane aims and aspirations carry the work on. | + | This year I have one of the official positions |
- | The Club has been the means of openilag | + | |
- | The development of the business of Paddy Pallin has from the first been closely associated with the Club. From te very beginning Paddy determined that any business between him and walkers must be on the basis of mutual benefit. With the growth of the Club and the development of interest in walking generally | + | The process is a circle, and so is never-ending insofar as individual members serve the Club so that the Club can serve the interests of each and every member. A few more trips around the ring and we'll be fifty years old... And so it goes... |
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+ | Malcolm McGregor. | ||
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+ | |||
+ | =====Many Happy's To S.B.W.===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | As a member for over twenty of the twenty-five years of the Club's history Paddy very sincerely wishes the Club many happy years of bushwalking in the future. Members come and go; even presidents come and go (though we seem reluctant to part with some of them), but the same aims and aspirations carry the work on. | ||
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+ | The Club has been the means of opening | ||
+ | |||
+ | The development of the business of Paddy Pallin has from the first been closely associated with the Club. From the very beginning Paddy determined that any business between him and walkers must be on the basis of mutual benefit. With the growth of the Club and the development of interest in walking generally the business of Paddy Pallin has grown steadily and prospered during the twenty-two years since its establishment. During that time Paddy has endeavoured to render service to Sydney Bushwalkers and walkers generally and he trusts that the happy relationship now existing will continue to grow and flourish. | ||
This occasion cannot be let pass without grateful remembrance of the sterling assistance rendered by members of S.B.W. after the disastrous fire which destroyed the shop and factory on Christmas Day 1950. It was not only the physical work done but the friendliness of the gesture which sustained Paddy daring a very trying period. | This occasion cannot be let pass without grateful remembrance of the sterling assistance rendered by members of S.B.W. after the disastrous fire which destroyed the shop and factory on Christmas Day 1950. It was not only the physical work done but the friendliness of the gesture which sustained Paddy daring a very trying period. | ||
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May the Club live long and ever foster the friendly fellowship of Walkers. | May the Club live long and ever foster the friendly fellowship of Walkers. | ||
- | 22. | + | |
- | 0 | + | Paddy Pallin. |
- | PADDY PAL LIN | + | |
- | TWENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY | + | ----- |
- | A quarter century! The years are flying - Vihere | + | |
- | The Club is doomed" | + | =====Twenty-Fifth Birthday.===== |
- | Still When the bus disgorges us for Era | + | |
- | Our hearts leap with the old remembered thrill As, tottering down the track, we see draw nearer The dunes, the valley, Peter Page's hill. | + | A quarter century! The years are flying -\\ |
- | Our mileage, is not much, as speedsters reckon; We pause more often to admire the view; | + | Where are the prophets |
- | But still- we hobble out, When. bushflowers beckon, Our troth with them each springtide to renew. | + | "The Club is doomed" |
- | Yearly we out fresh notches in the tally. | + | Believe me, we are not yet wholly dead. |
- | Of mountain peaks we shall not climb again; | + | |
- | Heights are for Youth: but we have still the valley, The sunlit Cox, Euroka in the rain. | + | Still when the bus disgorges us for Era \\ |
- | Long may that Youth, | + | Our hearts leap with the old remembered thrill\\ |
- | Walk the buth tracks, seek out the life that r5tree, Meet perils, scars - and hakeas - with laughter (Mingled at times with mild profanity) | + | As, tottering down the track, we see draw nearer\\ |
- | And while we celebrate, not yet quite blotto, We would exhort them this all things above:. To keep the good old independent motto Of S.B.W.: We wonTt be druvl | + | The dunes, the valley, Peter Page's hill. |
- | 23. | + | |
+ | Our mileage, is not much, as speedsters reckon;\\ | ||
+ | We pause more often to admire the view;\\ | ||
+ | But still we hobble out, when bushflowers beckon,\\ | ||
+ | Our troth with them each springtide to renew. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Yearly we cut fresh notches in the tally.\\ | ||
+ | Of mountain peaks we shall not climb again;\\ | ||
+ | Heights are for Youth: but we have still the valley,\\ | ||
+ | The sunlit Cox, Euroka in the rain. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Long may that Youth, and others who come after,\\ | ||
+ | Walk the bush tracks, seek out the life that's free,\\ | ||
+ | Meet perils, scars - and hakeas - with laughter\\ | ||
+ | (Mingled at times with mild profanity). | ||
+ | |||
+ | And while we celebrate, not yet quite blotto,\\ | ||
+ | We would exhort them this all things above:\\ | ||
+ | To keep the good old independent motto\\ | ||
+ | Of S.B.W.: We won' | ||
Kath McKay. | Kath McKay. | ||
- | 24. | + | |
- | THE HISTORY OF THE CLUB SYNI.BOLS. | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | =====The History Of The Club Symbols.===== | ||
By Paddy Pallin. | By Paddy Pallin. | ||
- | All members have seen the beautifully carved symbols | + | |
- | I must be in the habit of speaking out of turn for When on a committee elected to organise the 1937 Reunion (I think the year is right) I suggested that in the initiation of the President, symbols be used to signify the objects of the Club. 1-l5 a reward for this bright idea I suffered the usual penalty and was given the job of devising and making the symbols, I therefore (with the help of a friend who could draw better than I) made froMwhite | + | All members have seen the beautifully carved symbols |
- | Retiring President: | + | |
- | "Are you he Whom the Club in council elected as their president for the coming year?" | + | I must be in the habit of speaking out of turn for when on a committee elected to organise the 1937 Reunion (I think the year is right) I suggested that in the initiation of the President, symbols be used to signify the objects of the Club. As a reward for this bright idea I suffered the usual penalty and was given the job of devising and making the symbols. I therefore (with the help of a friend who could draw better than I) made from white card four symbols, |
- | "I am". | + | |
- | "Do you solemnly undertake to uphold the honour of the Club at all tines and pursue those objects for which the Club was founded?" | + | |Retiring President|"Are you he whom the Club in council elected as their president for the coming year?"| |
- | "I do". | + | |President Elect|"I am".| |
- | "I therefore hand you the symbols | + | |Retiring President|"Do you solemnly undertake to uphold the honour of the Club at all tines and pursue those objects for which the Club was founded?" |
- | of ace." (Does so one by one as follows.) "Here is a Rucksack | + | |President Elect|"I do".| |
- | Here is a 11E2., | + | |Retiring President|"I therefore hand you the symbols of office." (Does so one by one as follows.) "Here is a __Rucksack__ |
- | And now a Flannel Flower | + | | |Past President hands over the bone. (Speech.)| |
- | 1 | + | |
- | President Elect: Retiring President: | + | These symbols were used for two years and for the 1939 Reunion the old symbols were handed over to Harry Savage and he carved from horn the present set. The new symbols are substantially the same design as the old ones with the exception that the __boot__ |
- | President Elect: Retiring President: | + | |
- | .. | + | |
- | ....L.: | + | |
- | Alla/ \ | + | |
- | , | + | |
- | -5 | + | |
- | 0 | + | |
- | 26. | + | |
- | "To help others appreciate these natural gifts. | + | |
- | And here Clasped Hands to symbolise that we try to promote | + | |
- | I therefore call upon the retiring | + | |
- | president to hand over the bone - the president' | + | |
- | Past President hands over the bone. (Speech.) | + | |
- | These symbols were used for two years and for the 1939 Reunion the old symbols were handed over to Harry Savage and he carved from horn the present set. The new symbols are substantially the sane design as the old ones with the exception that the boot was sabstituted | + | |
Having explained all that I'll try and keep my mouth shut in future and save myself a few jobs. | Having explained all that I'll try and keep my mouth shut in future and save myself a few jobs. | ||
- | , | + | |
- | THE BEGINNING. | + | ---- |
- | The S.-B.W. sprung from the loins of the Mountain Trails Club, with the support of various people | + | |
- | and the first meeting of the new Club opened immediately. The date | + | ====The Beginning.==== |
- | October 21st, 1927. | + | |
- | Se | + | The S.B.W. sprung from the loins of the Mountain Trails Club, with the support of various people |
- | LIST OF 2E2E11EIE2. | + | |
- | DUNPHY, Myles 21/10/27 - 11/11/27 (x) | + | ---- |
- | KILPATRICK, Charl es 11/11/27 - 14/ 9/28 | + | |
- | CHARDON, Harold 14/9/28 - 2/11/28 | + | ====List Of Secretaries.==== |
- | KILPATRIOK, Charl es 9/11/28 - 13/ 9/29 | + | |
- | DEBT, Jack 13/ 9/29 - 12/ 9/30 | + | |Dunphy, Myles|21/10/27 - 11/11/27 (x)| |
- | CHARDON, Harold 12/ 9/30 - 10/10/30 (x) | + | |Kilpatrick, Charles|11/11/27 - 14/ 9/28| |
- | ROOTS, Walter 10/10/30 - 8/ 3/35 | + | |Chardon, Harold|14/9/28 - 2/11/28| |
- | LAWRY, Dorothy | + | |Kilpatrick, Charles|9/11/28 - 13/ 9/29| |
- | CROKER, Richard 12/ 3/37 - 10/ 3/39 | + | |Debert, Jack|13/ 9/29 - 12/ 9/30| |
- | MOPPETT, Thomas 10/ 3/39 - 6/ 9/40 | + | |Chardon, Harold|12/ 9/30 - 10/10/30 (x)| |
- | MOFFETT, Jean 13/ 9/40 . 12/ 3/43 | + | |Roots, Walter|10/10/30 - 8/ 3/35| |
- | GALLIOTT, Hilma 12,/ 3/43 - 14/ 4/44 | + | |Lawry, Dorothy|8/ 3/35 - 12/ 3/37| |
- | DRUCE, Beverly 14/ 4/44 - 13/ 4/45 | + | |Croker, Richard|12/ 3/37 - 10/ 3/39| |
- | GALLIOTT, Hilmn 13/ 4/45 - 10/ 3/50 | + | |Moppett, Thomas|10/ 3/39 - 6/ 9/40| |
- | BROWN, Jim 10/ 3/50 - 14/ 3/52 | + | |Moppett, Jean|13/ 9/40 - 12/ 3/43| |
- | MARTIN, Gladys 14/ 3/52 | + | |Galliot, Hilma|12,/ 3/43 - 14/ 4/44| |
+ | |Druce, Beverly|14/ 4/44 - 13/ 4/45| | ||
+ | |Galliot, Hilma|13/ 4/45 - 10/ 3/50| | ||
+ | |Brown, Jim|10/ 3/50 - 14/ 3/52| | ||
+ | |Martin, Gladys|14/ 3/52 -| | ||
( x ) -Acting Secretary. | ( x ) -Acting Secretary. | ||
- | 27. | + | |
- | THE TIGERS | + | ---- |
+ | |||
+ | =====The Tigers.===== | ||
By Alex Colley. | By Alex Colley. | ||
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- | It was in March 1937, when I was a new member of some four month_i' | ||
- | reputation for toughness, couldn' | ||
- | The news of the trip soon got around thP clubroom. So far as etiquette would allow inquiries were made, interest shown and hints dropped. Jack Debert and Dot English (Butler) were soon included in the party. As the news continued to spread it grew to nine in all. | ||
- | Came the historic Friday night in April 1937 when eight Sydney Bush Walkers sat up awaiting the departure of the 6.15 p.m. for Wentworth Falls, while rain poured on platform roofs. But where was the ninth, Max, our guide and inspiration? | ||
- | 4 but just thought he ought to take a look at the train to make sure. This was the first and last time that anyone ever doubted that the whole party would turn up. Tiger trips went an schedule, rain or no. | ||
- | We arrived at Wentworth Falls about nine o' | ||
- | t ledge. Slowly he inched up. As he pulled himself over the top cheers burst from those who could bear to look (there was a 200 feet drop | ||
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- | beneath him at this point). Dot followed; then a rope was thrown up and the pedestrian members of the party, i.e. the other six, were haulecup. It all took time, with the result that, when we reached the top of the last rocks, there was less than three hours left to catch the | ||
- | last train. We set off at a good pace - Dot had to run a good bit of the way to keep up with the longer-legged ones - and made Katoomba | ||
- | just an time, by our watches, but 10 minutes too late by station time. This was a cruel blow - a night in the railway waiting room and | ||
- | train instead of our beds; after a 75 mile trip, 9,000 feet of climb- | ||
- | ing, and Carlon' | ||
- | last train. | ||
- | After the trip - Editor please note - every member of the trip | ||
- | wrote up his, or her, impressions. The result was .a most readable article (see Magazine No.34 - July 1937). One of the party just wrote | ||
- | the following | ||
- | Max Gen T le Gordon Sm I th Hilma G alliott | ||
- | Alex Coll E y | ||
- | Jack Debe R t | ||
- | Bill McCo S ker | ||
- | David Ste A d | ||
- | Dot Eng L ish | ||
- | Len Scot L and. | ||
- | This was the origin of the term Tigers" | ||
- | Cotter, Tim Coffey, Jess Martin, Edna Stretton, Bert Whinier and Mary Stoddart (Eastoe). Many others, in fact nearly all the active walkers in the Club, came on " | ||
- | was that there was only a handful of genuine " | ||
- | and I started our weary feet an the last 15 mile stretch after lunch on the Sunday, some ten minutes ahead of the others (and of David' | ||
- | The secret of the " | ||
- | was doubt nearly everybody gathered round the map and argued. The results were good. False theories were usually exploded. Even if the arguers couldn' | + | It was in March 1937, when I was a new member of some four month' |
- | Most of the best trips were in the Blue Mountains. I will not describe them in detail because they have all been adequately described in the magazine (Them was the. days, Mr. Editor). Some wl' | + | |
- | the first trip all the way down the Kowmung, Murruin Gorge, Paralyser, and the first ascent of Middle Christy' | + | The news of the trip soon got around the clubroom. So far as etiquette would allow inquiries were made, interest shown and hints dropped. Jack Debert and Dot English (Butler) were soon included in the party. As the news continued to spread it grew to nine in all. |
- | An interesting feature revealed by the harder walks was the variety of skills which go to make up the good bushwalker. Gordon, the national long distance champion, | + | |
- | 0 | + | Came the historic Friday night in April 1937 when eight Sydney Bush Walkers sat up awaiting the departure of the 6.15 p.m. for Wentworth Falls, while rain poured on platform roofs. But where was the ninth, Max, our guide and inspiration? |
- | our heads down and raced, but a reading of those magazine articles will dispel any doubt that we were lovers of the bush and knew it better than most walkers. I know nothing to equal a hard walk, with its difficulties, | + | |
+ | We arrived at Wentworth Falls about nine o' | ||
+ | |||
+ | After the trip - Editor please note - every member of the trip wrote up his, or her, impressions. The result was a most readable article (see Magazine No.34 - July 1937). One of the party just wrote | ||
+ | the following: | ||
+ | |||
+ | |Max Gen| T |le| | ||
+ | |Gordon Sm| I |th| | ||
+ | |Hilma| G |alliott| | ||
+ | |Alex Coll| E |y| | ||
+ | |Jack Debe| R |t| | ||
+ | |Bill McCo| S |ker| | ||
+ | |David Ste| A |d| | ||
+ | |Dot Eng| L |ish| | ||
+ | |Len Scot| L |and| | ||
+ | |||
+ | This was the origin of the term " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The secret of the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Most of the best trips were in the Blue Mountains. I will not describe them in detail because they have all been adequately described in the magazine (Them was the days, Mr. Editor). Some which come to mind were the trip to Guouogang and back - written up in the magazine as " | ||
+ | |||
+ | An interesting feature revealed by the harder walks was the variety of skills which go to make up the good bushwalker. Gordon, the national long distance champion, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Not everybody approved of the " | ||
Now the " | Now the " | ||
- | IN A NAME. At its first meeting, the Club was provisionally styled | + | |
- | 30. | + | ---- |
- | THE FIRST GANGERANG WALK. | + | |
+ | ====In | ||
+ | |||
+ | At its first meeting, the Club was provisionally styled | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====The First Gangerang Walk.===== | ||
By Maxwell Gentle. | By Maxwell Gentle. | ||
- | After visiting Kanangra Walls, via Gingra, in August, 1928, my next ambition was t walk over the Gangerang Range. On joining the | + | |
- | Sydney Bush Walkers in 1929, I learnt that this range was unknown to club members, and the data givcn on available maps was very limited. | + | After visiting Kanangra Walls, via Gingra, in August, 1928, my next ambition was to walk over the Gangerang Range. On joining the Sydney Bush Walkers in 1929, I learnt that this range was unknown to club members, and the data given on available maps was very limited. |
While fellow member, Myles Dunphy, tempted me with descriptions of the Upper Kowmung gorge, somehow the rugged heights of Gangerang proved the greater attraction. | While fellow member, Myles Dunphy, tempted me with descriptions of the Upper Kowmung gorge, somehow the rugged heights of Gangerang proved the greater attraction. | ||
- | A Burragorang cattleman, | + | |
- | Gangerang, and information given by him indicated the best places to climb the range, and its low cliffs, also where water might be found. | + | A Burragorang cattleman, Michael Maxwell, had been on part of Gangerang, and information given by him indicated the best places to climb the range, and its low cliffs, also where water might be found. |
- | While I was on a Friday evening train journey on Eight Hour weekend, 1929, a chance meeting with Gordon Smith, at Valley Heights, | + | |
- | resulted in having company on my Gangerang walk, instead of going alone. | + | While I was on a Friday evening train journey on Eight Hour weekend, 1929, a chance meeting with Gordon Smith, at Valley Heights, resulted in having company on my Gangerang walk, instead of going alone. |
- | I knew that Gordon would see the distance because he was 50 miles champion road walker of Australia. Needless to say we made good progress on the walk out from Wentworth Falls that night, to our camp site at the Sunset Rock. No tent, blankets or sleeping bags were | + | |
- | carried and we slept on a bed of leaves by a log fire. Fortunately the Wbather | + | I knew that Gordon would see the distance because he was 50 miles champion road walker of Australia. Needless to say we made good progress on the walk out from Wentworth Falls that night, to our camp site at the Sunset Rock. No tent, blankets or sleeping bags were carried and we slept on a bed of leaves by a log fire. Fortunately the weather |
We reached our breakfast site on Cox's River at 8.30 a.m., and the Cox-Kowmung junction at 12 noon. | We reached our breakfast site on Cox's River at 8.30 a.m., and the Cox-Kowmung junction at 12 noon. | ||
- | At 2.30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon we commenced to climb the Gangerang Range, from a point one mile further up the Cox. The ridge was at first a lightly timbered grassy slope, and rose very steeply | + | |
- | for about 1,400 feet, then becoming boulder strewn, with thicker | + | At 2.30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon we commenced to climb the Gangerang Range, from a point one mile further up the Cox. The ridge was at first a lightly timbered grassy slope, and rose very steeply for about 1,400 feet, then becoming boulder strewn, with thicker |
- | growth. A low cliff with a cave was skirted here, being similar to the | + | |
- | rocks on the adjacent Mt. Kookem. A fine view opened out up the Cox | + | About four miles from our viewpoint could be seen the low cliffs of Gangerang plateau, and so we continued to ascend the ridge we were on, which was seen swinging more to the southwest, in that direction. |
- | gorge, as far as the " | + | |
- | About four miles from our viewpoint could be seen the low cliffs | + | Our route lay through a thick forest of Turpentine and Eucalyptus saplings, but we sometimes enjoyed a glimpse of the mountain country northward to Mt. Mouin and Clear Hill. One of the best views was looking down Little Ti-willa Creek and across the Kowmung |
- | of Gangerang plateau, and so we continued to ascend the ridge we were on, which was seen swinging more to the southwest, in that direction. | + | |
- | Our route lay through a thick forest of Turpentine and Eucalyptus saplings, but we sometimes enjoyed a glimpse of the mountain country | + | Nightfall found us camped on a bed of leaves by a log fire, and we each had a two quart billy of water, which we had carried up from the river. |
- | northward to Mt. Mouin and Clear Hill. One of the best views was | + | |
- | looking down Little Ti-willa Creek and across the Kawmung | + | At daybreak next morning we continued walking along the thickly timbered flat topped ridge, which soon commenced to rise steeply, and eventually reached the foot of the low cliffs of sandstone and conglomerate. |
- | Byrnes Gap, and Tonalli Range. | + | |
- | Nightfall found us camped on a bed of leaves by a log fire, and | + | A way up was found through a break in these cliffs (Gentles Pass) on the Ti-willa Creek side, and then, after walking |
- | we each had a two quart billy of water, which we had carried up from | + | |
- | the river. | + | Later we walked southward over a slight rise, and then across the main marsh of the plateau, in the direction of a high hill, which we then thought to be the Gangerang peak. On reaching its crest we could see higher land ahead, and further progress was temporarily halted by a precipitous canyon, |
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- | At daybreak next morning we continued walking along the thickly timbered flat topped ridge, which soon commenced to rise steeply, and eventually reached the foot of the low cliffs of sandstone and | + | This creek was later to be named "Dex Creek", |
- | conglomerate. | + | |
- | A way up was found through a break in these cliffs (Gentles Pass) on the Ti-willa Creek side, and then; after walking | + | After crossing Dex Creek, a well defined quartzite ridge led us along to the highest point of the range (Mt. Cloudmaker) at 12 noon, where marvellous views opened out over Kanangra gorge, and the famous walls, glowing in the sunlight. |
- | 6 | + | |
- | Later we walked southward over a slight rise, and then across the main marsh of the plateau, in the direction of a high hill, which we then thought to be the Gangerang peak. On reaching its crest we cculd see higher land ahead, and further progress was temporarily halted by | + | The ridge then became very spectacular, |
- | a precipitous canyon, | + | |
- | This creek was later to be named "Dex Creek", | + | A very steep climb followed and presently we came to the foot of Craft' |
- | After crossing Dex Creek, a well defined quartzite ridge led us | + | |
- | along to the highest point of the range (Mt. Cloudmaker) at 12 noon, where marvellous views opened out over Kanangra gorge, and the famous | + | Our campsite for the night, in the cave with the dance platform, was reached at 4 p.m., a little over a day's walk from the Cox-Kowmung junction. |
- | walls, glowing in the sunlight. | + | |
- | The ridge then became very spectacular, | + | On Monday morning Gordon was more at ease, walking along the old cart track to Jenolan Caves. We passed through the Grand Arch there at 1.30 p.m., and continued walking along the road for another 11 miles before being given a ride in a service car to Mt. Victoria, in time to catch the 7.15 p.m. train to Sydney. |
- | and rose again about three times, and then swung southward. After a series of dips and knobs, the rock hopping over the very hard type of quartzite became easier, and the now grassy ridge descended steeply | + | |
- | to Gabes Gap, the lowest saddle on the range in this section. From this gap it was possible to look west down a dry creek bed to Kanangra Creek, while a gully with tree ferns dropped down on the east side to Gingra Creek. | + | Thus ended a good three days walk, but the next few months saw the first ascent of Mt. Paralyser and Thurat, the first visit to Mt. Guouogang, and the first walk along Yellow Dog. |
- | A very steep climb followed and presently we care to the foot of Craft' | + | |
- | passing a number of caves, formed by the overhanging walls, we found | + | I remember standing on Mt. Moorilla, after a spell of torrential rain, in June 1930, when the view from there was really a picture, as it included five big waterfalls |
- | ourselves on the main ridge again, which, after less than a mile, ended under the walls of Kanangra Tops. A break in the walls, | + | |
- | the south, provided a way up. This wa3 later to be named 'Smith' | + | It was good to walk along the well defined ridges of this predominantly quartzite country. The experience gained in bushwalking there was essential to us in 1931, when we ventured into a relatively dry Capertee-Colo area, which is only partly surveyed, but otherwise of rugged sandstone country, deeply intersected by precipitous ravines. |
- | Our campsite for the night, in the cave with the dance platform, | + | |
- | was reached at 4 p.m., a little over a day's walk from the Cox-Kowmung junction. | + | ---- |
- | On Monday morning Gordon was more at ease, walking along the old | + | |
- | cart track to Jenolan Caves. We passed through the Grand Arch tier' | + | =====What Place-Names Mean To Us.===== |
- | at 1.30 p.m., and continued walking along the road for another 11 miles before being given a ride in a service car to Mt. Victoria, in time | + | |
- | to catch the 7.15 p.m. train to Sydney. | + | |
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- | Thus ended a good three days walk, but the next few months saw | + | |
- | the first ascent of Mt. Paralyser and Thurat, the first visit to Mt. Guouogang, and the first walk along Yellow Dog. | + | |
- | remember standing on Mt. Moorilla, after a spell of torrential | + | |
- | rain, in June 1930, when the view from there was really a picture, as | + | |
- | it included five big waterfalls | + | |
- | made. | + | |
- | It was good to walk along the well defined ridges of this | + | |
- | predominantly quartzite country. The experience gained in bushwalking there was essential to us in 1931, when we ventured into a relatively dry Capertee-Cole area, which is only partly surveyed, but otherwise | + | |
- | of rugged sandstone country, deeply intersected by precipitous ravines. | + | |
- | WHAT PLACE-NAMES MEAN TO US. | + | |
- | .....................rwlmoramaalmo=101101.....mmowisso.o. | + | |
By Myles J. Dunphy. | By Myles J. Dunphy. | ||
- | The writer has been asked to throw some light on the subject of | + | |
- | named features in the Greater Blue Mountains, particularly as they | + | The writer has been asked to throw some light on the subject of named features in the Greater Blue Mountains, particularly as they affect bushwalkers. The subject is too wide and involved to be covered in this article, which only scratches its surface, so to speak. |
- | affect bushwalkers. The subject is too wide and involved to be covered in this article, which only scratches its surface, so to speak. | + | |
- | When the bushwalkers of this generation have passed on to Elysium, the ten million or so people who will be living in the population centres surrounding the Greater Blue Mountains will realize that the | + | When the bushwalkers of this generation have passed on to Elysium, the ten million or so people who will be living in the population centres surrounding the Greater Blue Mountains will realize that the bushwalkers of the past were constructive in their time and had some vision for the future. They not only made persistent efforts to save their bushland wilderness for its environmental value and biologic content, but also invested it with the aura of romantic interest. It will be recognized, thankfully, we hope, that they played a prominent part in the creation of national parklands of great intrinsic value, in the face of insidious destruction caused by commercial interests of one kind and another. The necessarily |
- | bushwalkers of the past were constructive in their time and had some | + | |
- | vision for the future. They not only made persistent efforts to save their bushland wilderness for its environmental value and biologic content, but also invested it with the aura of romantic interest. It | + | Many years have passed since bushwalkers opened up this matter, that is, their angle of conservation, |
- | will be recognized, thankfully, we hope, that they played a prominent | + | |
- | part in the creation of national parklands of great intrinsic value, in | + | It may disappoint some of our colleagues of the outdoors to learn that not many names of bushwalkers appear on the features of our bushland |
- | the face of insidious destruction caused by commercial interests of one kind and another. The necessarily | + | |
- | Many years have passed since bushwalkers opened up this matter, that is, their angle of conservation, | + | There is no objection to euphonious aboriginal place-names, |
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- | our recreation is educational, | + | |
- | 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0o o 00 0 006 | + | |
- | It may disappoint some of our colleagues of the outdoors to learn that not many names of bushwalkers appear on the features of our bush- land environment. Mainly because of origins some early walkers' | + | |
- | topographically but important to bushwalkers, | + | |
- | There is no objection to euphonious aboriginal place-names, | + | |
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In the work the writer has done in this way, in the Greater Blue Mountains region, spread over many years, he has been guided by an urge to provide a basis for a great national park, to fix points of history and to build up a romantic atmosphere about a remarkably scenic tract of country which deserves the best of treatment from everybody. With the help of many walkers the original expressionless blanks on the old parish and tourist maps of this area of some 3,500 square miles have become intelligible to foot travellers, by reason of charted features and a considered nomenclature. The Department of Lands produced the standard map required. Now it is possible to discuss this region with confidence as to places and time-distance, | In the work the writer has done in this way, in the Greater Blue Mountains region, spread over many years, he has been guided by an urge to provide a basis for a great national park, to fix points of history and to build up a romantic atmosphere about a remarkably scenic tract of country which deserves the best of treatment from everybody. With the help of many walkers the original expressionless blanks on the old parish and tourist maps of this area of some 3,500 square miles have become intelligible to foot travellers, by reason of charted features and a considered nomenclature. The Department of Lands produced the standard map required. Now it is possible to discuss this region with confidence as to places and time-distance, | ||
- | The People of the Little Tents have had a lot of high adventure in this region. The grand idea is to preserve both the scene and the | + | |
- | 34. | + | The People of the Little Tents have had a lot of high adventure in this region. The grand idea is to preserve both the scene and the spirit of adventure; for this the primitive wilderness is a necessity. It is considered to be a heritage of inestimable value, to be handed on, in the best possible condition - and cared for - to future generations of appreciative outdoors people. All along we have been taking action to have the unproductive tracts of this scenic wilderness region preserved for this best ultimate use, whilst appealing to the various authorities for assistance. |
- | spirit of adventure; for this the primitive wilderness is a necessity. It is considered to be a heritage of inestimable value, to be handed | + | |
- | on, in the best possible condition - and cared for - to future | + | In our own social way we have learned about the natural |
- | generations of appreciative outdoors people. All along we have been taking action to have the unproductive tracts of this scenic wilderness | + | |
- | region preserved for this best ultimate use, whilst appealing to the various authorities for assistance. | + | The standard tourist |
- | In our own social way we have learned about the natural | + | |
- | ions of the great mountainous barrier region, until now we are very certain of its general value as environment. We know its interesting plateaux and peaks, frescoed walls and vast buttresses, master-ranges, | + | In this limited article there is little space left for information about particular place-names. As an earnest of what is meant by giving interest to the features of this region, let us consider two of the most prominent peaks of Tallarat Crags: Arabanoo Peak and Cambage Spire. Where Christy' |
- | The standard tourist | + | |
- | northern half of the region - shows that MUCh interest has been added | + | Our two peaks stand opposite and close to each other in splendid companionship, |
- | to the face of what was really wild country when heavy-pack exploring walkers first engineered their routes across it. To a certain extent | + | |
- | it was the haunt of cattle-duffers and moonshiners. Its trails were | + | Arabanoo was the first native captured by Governor Phillip and made partly civilized, 1789. He was adopted by the Governor, lived in his house, and was educated to be an intermediary between |
- | known only to local bushmen who had reasons for riding into and across | + | |
- | it. Within its fastnesses were scrubber cattle and brunbies, at least one stag, and a great quantity of marsupial, reptilian and bird life | + | Richard Hind Cambage, F.L.S., M.R.S.(N.S.W.), |
- | up to 1916, when skin-getting became a business. Then trappers, | + | |
- | shooters, timber-getters, | + | For another reason, also, Cambage Spire was so named. It was R.H. Cambage who first realized the importance |
- | wild-life. | + | |
- | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 IP 0 0 | + | Cambage Spire stands as a monument |
- | In this limited article there is little space left for information | + | |
- | about particular place-names. As an earnest of what is meant by giving interest to the features of this region, let us consider two of the | + | Away over on the other side of the Kanangra Tops, beyond Kanangra Deep, the vast Thurat Walls stand up about the bases of Big Thurat (4,200 feet), Mount Danae (4,100 feet) and Big Misty (4,000 feet). Between the Thurat Spires that rise almost |
- | most prominent peaks of Tallarat Crags: Arabanoo Peak and Cambage Spire. Where Christy' | + | |
- | Blue Mountains, there is a chaotic array of canyons, crags and peaks. | + | (Refer to " |
- | The twisting Tiamat Canyon of East Christy7s | + | |
- | upper end of Bulga-Denis Canyon. East Christy' | + | ---- |
- | southward. | + | |
- | Our two peaks stand opposite and close to each other in splendid companionship, | + | =====Bushwalker Achievements In Conservation.===== |
- | Canyon which, in its special type of ruggedness, may be said to represent the abysmal chaos from which all life has sprung. The two peaks stand as brothers in a ruggedly romantic scene, symbolic of | + | |
- | blackman and whiteman, Neolothic aborigine and modern Caucasian. | + | |
- | They will serve to perpetuate the memory of two remarkable men. They | + | |
- | will remind thoughtful Australians of the understanding union which should have existed between the original inhabitants of this land and | + | |
- | 35,, | + | |
- | the white intruders - a union which Governor Phillip and his friends tried to establish in the early days of the First Settlement at Port Jackson, but which others consistently neglected as an unimportant and profitless matter. | + | |
- | Arabanoo was the first native captured by Governor Phillip and | + | |
- | made partly civilized, 1789. He was adopted by the Governor, lived | + | |
- | in his house, and was educated to be an intermediary between | + | |
- | ful to the Governor but died of smallpox and was buried in the Governor' | + | |
- | but not animated. His fidelity and gratitude | + | |
- | undeviating and deserve to be recorded | + | |
- | part | + | |
- | retaliation of merriment he was often happy | + | |
- | docility | + | |
- | from choice | + | |
- | Richard Hind Cambage, F.L.S., M.R.S.(N.S.W.), | + | |
- | For another reason, also., Cambage Spire was so named. It was R.H. Cambage who first realized the importance | + | |
- | Cambage Spire stands as aanonument | + | |
- | *Away over on the other side of the Kanangra Tops, beyond Kanangra Deep, the vast Thurat Walls Stand up about the bases of'Big Thurat (4,200 feet), Mount Danae (4,100 feet) and. Big Misty (4,000 feet). Between the Thurat Spires that rise Almost | + | |
- | 36. | + | |
- | form the rimrocks of the Golden Terrace about Mount Danae, | + | |
- | of The Pooken, the great mist monster, which conceals its tenuous bulk (, in the depths of ferny jungles, rock-crevices and scree-runs for long periods during warm weather, so that it will be overlooked by innocent travellers. Whenever a cool, damp, south-easterly wind blows in from the distant sea, The Pooken stealthily emerges under a darkness of its own making. Its cold, wraithy tentacles rise against the terraced walls; they lap over the rimrocks, then curl with amazing speed across the Thurat moors and rills to envelop the surprised and fleeing travellers upon which the mist monster subsists. | + | |
- | 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 000 000 000 000 ... | + | |
- | r (Refer to " | + | |
- | by M.J.D., in "Into the Blue", journal of the Coast and Mountain Walkers of N.S.W., September 1951 issue. It deals. with place- names.) | + | |
- | 1100100.01100.1.00000=0011M0. | + | |
- | mam1.0YadMIAmmIMM.1m1 | + | |
- | BUSHWALKER ACHIEVEMENTS IN CONSERVATION. | + | |
By Ken Matthews | By Ken Matthews | ||
- | Every bushwalking club knows that Sydney is, of all the Australian capitals, the one most favoured by nature in the provision of abundant areas particularly suited for bushwalking. | + | |
+ | Every bushwalking club knows that Sydney is, of all the Australian capitals, the one most favoured by nature in the provision of abundant areas particularly suited for bushwalking. | ||
An important factor to be considered is the expanding population of the metropolitan area. As the population increases bushwalking is likely to become increasingly popular so that more and more people will spend their leisure hours in the bush areas. But the demand for new roads, power-lines, | An important factor to be considered is the expanding population of the metropolitan area. As the population increases bushwalking is likely to become increasingly popular so that more and more people will spend their leisure hours in the bush areas. But the demand for new roads, power-lines, | ||
- | It is not only for the bushwalking community that steps should be taken to see that the scenic | + | |
- | There can be no bringing of the bushlands to the people. The | + | It is not only for the bushwalking community that steps should be taken to see that the scenic |
- | people, if they want it, must go to the bushland. Attempts to bring | + | |
- | 37. | + | There can be no bringing of the bushlands to the people. The people, if they want it, must go to the bushland. Attempts to bring the bush to the people by opening up roadways beyond a given point only succeed in pushing the bush farther away or destroying it altogether. Supposing in a moment of mad enthusiasm, under a caption |
- | the bush to the people by opening up roadways beyond a given point only succeed in pushing the bush farther away or destroying it alto- | + | |
- | ether. Supposing in a moment of mad enthusiasm, under a capLio' | + | The bushwalking community has not been unmindful of the position, and it is to the credit of the Bushwalking Clubs and their Federation that something, small though it may be relative to what remains to be done, has been achieved in the way of conservation of areas. A brief account of those achievements is here attempted. While, in a bushwalking journal, emphasis is placed on the energies of the Bushwalking Movement, grateful |
- | Bring the Bushlands to the People", | + | |
- | lookout, scenic spot, in every valley, stream, glade and glen - would not the very reason for building them have then been destroyed? Would not the 'next step' | + | One of the first attempts at conservation - and a highly |
- | The bushwalking community has not been unmindful of the position, and it is to the credit of the Bushwalking Clubs and their Federation that something, small though it may be relative to what remains to be done, has been achieved in the way of conservation of areas. A brief account of those achievements is here attempted. While, in a bushwalking journal, emphasis is placed on the energies of the Bushwalking Movement, grateful | + | |
- | One of the first attempts at conservation - and a highly | + | The Lands Department, quite unaware of anything worthy of protection, had given a grazing lease over the area to a farmer living on the surrounding plateau. It just happened that on one occasion when some members of the S.B.W. and M.T.C. were encamped there, the echo of an axe resounded through the stately blue gums. Upon investigation |
- | The Lands Department, quite unaware of anything worthy of protection, had given a grazing lease over the area to a farmer living on the surrounding plateau. It just happened that on one occasion when some members of the S.B.W. and M.T.C. were encamped there, the | + | |
- | echo of an axe resounded through the stately blue gums. Upon investiga, tion the lessee was seen ringbarking the trees, a legal right he had towards every one of the few thousand blue gums there. He was unresponsive to the pleas made to him: he had a grazing lease and wanted to use the area for his cattle. But he was found to be responsive to bargaining and himself offered to sell his lease over the 40 acres for 130 payable within three months. So, the S.B.W. and M.T.C. set about raising money, and with the help of other agencies and private citizens, succeeded in purchasing the lease. Thus the Blue Gum Forest was handed back to the Crown to be dedicated as a camping reserve for all time. The Government appointed four members of | + | In its early days, the S.B.W. |
- | 3S. | + | |
- | the S.B.W. as trustees. Since then the Blackheath Council has added strips of land to the area. It must not-lass unnoticed, however, that | + | A similar lease for a camping reserve and sanctuary of 85 acres was taken out by the M.T.C. |
- | a strip of adjacent | + | |
- | it unlikely that the owner will use in a way that would thwart the purposes of the camping reserve. | + | The Heathcote Primitive Area, a strip of country eight miles long by about half a mile wide, of about 1,640 acres, along Heathcote Creek, and accessible from Waterfall |
- | In its early days, the S.B.W. | + | |
- | A similar lease for a camping reserve and sanctuary of 85 acres was taken out by the M.T.C. | + | The first monument to the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs by way of conservation is Bouddi Natural Park. The Park comprises an area of about 2,000 acres, six or seven miles wide, varying |
- | The Heathcote Primitive Area, a strip of country eight miles long by about half a mile wide, of about 1,640 acres, along Heathcote Creek, and accessible from Thterfall | + | |
- | The first monument to the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs by way of conservation is Bouddi Natural Park. The Park comprises an area of about 2,000 acres, six or seven miles widai- ' | + | The second monument to the Federation and to the bushwalking movement and individual clubs generally, is the Garawarra Park. " |
- | a mile wide, situated behind Maitland | + | |
- | he control of a trust comp: | + | To provide a camping area and to preserve the water supply, the S.B.W. bought 40 acres at North Era in 1947. This area was thrown open to the public as a free site for non-permanent |
- | The second monument to the Federation and to the bushwalking movement and individual clubs ganer411y, is the Garawarra Park. '' | + | |
- | 39. | + | These, then, are the achievements of the bushwalking movement in conservation. There are others on a less grand scale but space will not permit of their mention. A brief reference, however, should be made of the National Perks and Primitive Areas Council founded by Myles J. Dunphy. Its objects are to locate |
- | 1932 the Federation immediately campaigned and in short time no less than 5,000 signatures were obtained to a petition for conservation. The result was that in August 1934 all the available Crown Lands in the area, about 1,300 acres, were officially dedicated as a reserve. Small additions now make it 1465 acres. The reservation includes Burning Palms beach, Bulgo Trigonometrical station and adjacent plateaux. Attempts by the adjoining National Park Trust to absorb Gara Park have been successfully thwarted. Gara Park has, since 1935, been under the control of seven trustees including minority representation from the bushwalking movement. | + | |
- | To provide a camping area and to preserve the water supply, the S.B.W. bought 40 acres at North Era in 1947. This area was thrown open to the public as a free site for non-permanent | + | ---- |
- | These, then, are the achievements of the bushwalking movement in conservation. There are others on a less grand scale but space will not permit of their mention. A brief reference, however, should be made of the National Perks and Primitive Areas Council founded by | + | |
- | Myles J. Dunphy. Its objects are to locate | + | =====List Of Presidents.===== |
- | 1110/M | + | |
- | LIST OF PRESIDENTS. | + | (Chairmen |
- | 771FiREFE | + | |
- | DEBERT, Jack 10/2/28 - 13/ 9/29 | + | |Debert, Jack|10/2/28 - 13/9/29| |
- | DUNCAN, Frank 13/9/29 - 13/ 3/31 | + | |Duncan, Frank|13/9/29 - 13/3/31| |
- | CHARDON, Harold 13/3/31 - 8/ 4/32 | + | |Chardon, Harold|13/3/31 - 8/4/32| |
- | RITSON, Clifford 8/4/32 9/ 3/34 | + | |Ritson, Clifford|8/4/32 9/3/34| |
- | HERBERT, Thomas 9/3/34 - 13/ 3/36 | + | |Herbert, Thomas|9/3/34 - 13/3/36| |
- | ROOTS, Walter 13/ | + | |Roots, Walter|13/ |
- | BERRY, Maurice 10/7/36 - 10/ 3/39 | + | |Berry, Maurice|10/7/36 - 10/3/39| |
- | CROKER, Richaid | + | |Croker, Richard|10/3/39 - 14/3/41| |
- | COLLEY, Alex 14/3/41 - 13/ 3/42 | + | |Colley, Alex|14/3/41 - 13/3/42| |
- | LAWRY, Dorothy 13/3/42 - 10/ 3/44 | + | |Lawry, Dorothy|13/3/42 - 10/3/44| |
- | S TEAD, David 10/3/44 - 9/3/45 | + | |Stead, David|10/3/44 - 9/3/45| |
- | GARRAD, Edna 9/3/45 - 8/ 3/46 | + | |GarradD, Edna|9/3/45 - 8/3/46| |
- | ROSE, Jack 8/ | + | |Rose, Jack|8/ |
- | MOPPETT, Thomas 14/3/47 - 14/ 3/52 McGREGOR, Malcolm 14/3/52 - | + | |Moppett, Thomas|14/3/47 - 14/3/52| |
- | 40. | + | |McGregor, Malcolm|14/3/52 - | |
- | RABBITS AMONG THE TIGERS. | + | |
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Rabbit Among The Tigers.===== | ||
By Grace Noble. | By Grace Noble. | ||
- | Eleven an a food-list, I went along muttering to myself, eleven on a food-list -- me Who's always been a blooming individualist with me own foods that I cooks how I likes or don't cook at all: still, I suppose it ma7 lighten the weight - but it's much against my better judgment that I'm in on this at all. " | ||
- | Besides Gordon, the original starters. from Ginkin were Jack Debert (whipper-in of the weaklings), Bill Hall (who committed the sacrilege of annointing his Christmas pudding and cream with bran), Roley Cotter (helping maidens in distress 'way back in those dim, dark ages), Reg Alder, Alex Colley, and a non-bushwalker friend of Alex, Edgar Phillips who looked like something out of Scheherezade, | ||
- | As to this being "a first down the Upper Kowmung" | ||
- | it is always dangerous to make such a claim - some obscure geologist or surveyor was probably there long before - but at least I am pretty | ||
- | sure we were the first S.B.W. party to travel the length of the Kowmung from the Hollander-Tuglow junction, actually on or in the river - as | ||
- | distinct from other parties which had followed its course from a route | ||
- | well up on the ridges. | ||
- | We spent the first few days in a deceptively easy and pleasant amble from Ginkin down the rivers till we got to Morong Creek, where we said goodbye to Dot, Alex and his friends, who had only the Christmas part of the holiday and were returning from there. This left the experimental part of the trip - down the Morong Deep and so on to Yerranderie - to be 'done before New Year, When we had to Dick up food, some more members of the trip, and get rid of myself. This may not sound much, but When you consider that we did not yet know whether one could make a pack float in a reasonably water-tight condition for any corinerable distance, or even how far we were likely to have to float 1 | ||
- | 41. | ||
- | them, it was enough to cause a few misgivings (to the rabbits, at any rate). | ||
- | I might remark here that the original idea, vvhian we had all faithfully followed, was to buy each a small rectangular surf float (about 3' x 21), on which we would tie our packs. As the granite gorge narrowed, we came to the first testing place - sheer walls and a long narrow pool. I am not quite sure of the next bit, but I think the guinea pig's pack (not mine) was first wrapped in a groundsheet, | ||
- | In case there are any folk remaining who have not done it, the Morong Deep" is cut deep into granitic rocks, with theKowmung flowing in a series of long pools of varying depth, and anything up to 300-yards long, with sheer walls, and ending in a mass of granite boulders and a drop, or a series of drops, into the next pool - and so on for miles. I don't recall the total length, but I do know that the hardest day's going was eight miles: and that was from dawn to dark. Needless to say, wear a-id tear on groundsheets and gear is nearly as bad as that on personnel. I remember a time when Reg, somewhere below in the depths of the gorge, spreadeagled against a very knobbly piece of granite, and arrayed in the conventional masculine mode for doing the Kowmung, was carefully lowering Mary's pack by cord to the pool below. Mary calls out: " | ||
- | The trials of this part of the trip were added to by this elevenon-a-food-list stunt. The theory is that, instead of cooking and washing up f or yourself all the time, 7011 have a turn at doing it for eleven. I think three or four cooks were rostered. for eaOh meal, but only one or two washers-up: just imagine about 20 plates, with accompanying cutlery, and incredible numbers of dirty billies, and you may agree that in practice it's not so hot. To a dispassionate observer, the tribal ceremony involVed. in dishing out was also amazing. Eleven dishes were set cut in a row, and three or four billy-bearers, | ||
- | I might point out that individualism was severely frowned upon. You were given a share of everything eXactly equal to everyone else' | ||
- | 04. were served out; I took one look at it, and hurriedly sneaked my plate t_ | ||
- | 42. | ||
- | over to Reg (who was always hungry), unfortunately was caught in the act, pounced on and ordered to eat. Whereupon I shamed myself forever by weeping quantities of salt tears into the aforesaid mess. This un-nerved the entire party, who all acted very remorseful and bunged me into my sleeping bag and put me away for the night. | ||
- | As the river emerges from the narrower part of the gorge, the level stretches between the pools are more frequent. One advantage in being a rabbit was that (when no-one was sufficiently alert to check up on me) I could meander along in the rear, enjoy the cool strangeness of the gorge itself, with its grey-blue and grey-pink walls and silent pools, and murmur to myself Mary's favourite quotation: | ||
- | "There is sweet music here, which softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass; Or night-dews an still waters, between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass". | ||
- | Needless to say, sooner or later, the spell would be broken, the whipper-in would remember me, and baying at m7 heels would round me lap at least to the middle of the party. | ||
- | The rest of the trip (as far as I was concerned) was a pleasant stroll down the Kowmung and in to Yerranderie (where some of the party accompanied me in order to get more food), and where the New Year arrivals, David Stead, Dot, Bill Mullins and (I think) Irving Calnan and Bill Whitney joined the party to do the rest of the Kowmung and so to Katomba. My only regret at this stage was abandoning the said Bill M., who was our Hero of the Moment, to the unscrupulous clutches | ||
- | of H. and C., who I feared Took an Interest. | ||
- | Incidentally, | ||
- | with the result that a photo entitled hDot eating ice cream on the Kowmungh which subsequently appeared in the Bushwalker, was greeted with jeers of derision as an obvious fake. | ||
- | Well, looking back on it,11m glad to have done the trip --- once .. | ||
- | los11.1MMIIIIMIII=t | ||
- | - IN THE NAME OF SPORT. | ||
- | During the 50'z of last century.it was estimated that there were 60 million buffalo in Canada and U.S.A. By 1880 they h ad almost | ||
- | been destroyed Today, despite 70 years of careful preservation, | ||
- | " | ||
- | 4 | ||
+ | Eleven an a food-list, I went along muttering to myself, eleven on a food-list -- me who's always been a blooming individualist with me own foods that I cooks how I likes or don't cook at all: still, I suppose it __may__ lighten the weight - but it's much against my better judgement that I'm in on this at all. " | ||
+ | |||
+ | Besides Gordon, the original starters from Ginkin were Jack Debert (whipper-in of the weaklings), Bill Hall (who committed the sacrilege of annointing his Christmas pudding and cream with bran), Roley Cotter (helping maidens in distress 'way back in those dim, dark ages), Reg Alder, Alex Colley, and a non-bushwalker friend of Alex, Edgar Phillips who looked like something out of Scheherezade, | ||
+ | |||
+ | As to this being "a first down the Upper Kowmung" | ||
+ | |||
+ | We spent the first few days in a deceptively easy and pleasant amble from Ginkin down the rivers till we got to Morong Creek, where we said goodbye to Dot, Alex and his friends, who had only the Christmas part of the holiday and were returning from there. This left the experimental part of the trip - down the Morong Deep and so on to Yerranderie - to be done before New Year, when we had to pick up food, some more members of the trip, and get rid of myself. This may not sound much, but when you consider that we did not yet know whether one __could__ make a pack float in a reasonably water-tight condition for any considerable distance, or even how far we were likely to have to float them, it was enough to cause a few misgivings (to the rabbits, at any rate). | ||
+ | |||
+ | I might remark here that the original idea, which we had all faithfully followed, was to buy each a small rectangular surf float (about 3' x 2'), on which we would tie our packs. As the granite gorge narrowed, we came to the first testing place - sheer walls and a long narrow pool. I am not quite sure of the next bit, but I think the guinea pig's pack (not mine) was first wrapped in a groundsheet, | ||
+ | |||
+ | In case there are any folk remaining who have __not__ done it, the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The trials of this part of the trip were added to by this eleven-on-a-food-list stunt. The theory is that, instead of cooking and washing up for yourself all the time, you have a turn at doing it for eleven. I think three or four cooks were rostered for each meal, but only one or two washers-up: just imagine about 20 plates, with accompanying cutlery, and incredible numbers of dirty billies, and you may agree that in practice it's not so hot. To a dispassionate observer, the tribal ceremony involved in dishing out was also amazing. Eleven dishes were set out in a row, and three or four billy-bearers, | ||
+ | |||
+ | I might point out that individualism was severely frowned upon. You were given a share of everything exactly equal to everyone else' | ||
+ | |||
+ | As the river emerges from the narrower part of the gorge, the level stretches between the pools are more frequent. One advantage in being a rabbit was that (when no one was sufficiently alert to check up on me) I could meander along in the rear, enjoy the cool strangeness of the gorge itself, with its grey-blue and grey-pink walls and silent pools, and murmur to myself Mary's favourite quotation: | ||
+ | |||
+ | "There is sweet music here, which softer falls\\ | ||
+ | Than petals from blown roses on the grass;\\ | ||
+ | Or night-dews on still waters, between walls\\ | ||
+ | Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass". | ||
+ | |||
+ | Needless to say, sooner or later, the spell would be broken, the whipper-in would remember me, and baying at my heels would round me up at least to the middle of the party. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The rest of the trip (as far as I was concerned) was a pleasant stroll down the Kowmung and in to Yerranderie (where some of the party accompanied me in order to get more food), and where the New Year arrivals, David Stead, Dot, Bill Mullins and (I think) Irving Calnan and Bill Whitney joined the party to do the rest of the Kowmung and so to Katoomba. My only regret at this stage was abandoning the said Bill M., who was our Hero of the Moment, to the unscrupulous clutches of H. and C., who I feared Took an Interest. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Incidentally, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Well, looking back on it, I'm glad to have done the trip --- once... | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====In The Name Of The Sport.==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | During the 50's of last century it was estimated that there were 60 million buffalo in Canada and U.S.A. By 1880 they had almost been destroyed Today, despite 70 years of careful preservation, | ||
+ | |||
+ | " |
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