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 The Catholic Bushwalkers have been told they may buy our ex-screen if they so desire. The Catholic Bushwalkers have been told they may buy our ex-screen if they so desire.
  
-Re Publicity - The meeting discussed wording of an advertisement to place in Paddy's shop to catch the public eye. Suggested wording designed to attract the solo walker, "Why be a __lone__ wolf, joir the "Sydney Bush Walkers" was-thrown out as being ambiguous and likely to give a wrong impression.+Re Publicity - The meeting discussed wording of an advertisement to place in Paddy's shop to catch the public eye. Suggested wording designed to attract the solo walker, "Why be a __lone__ wolf, join the "Sydney Bush Walkers" was-thrown out as being ambiguous and likely to give a wrong impression.
  
 Sheila read out the monthly incomings and outgoings of our pennies and halfpennies. The Club listened to this tepid tale of our near insolvency without batting an eyelid. Sheila read out the monthly incomings and outgoings of our pennies and halfpennies. The Club listened to this tepid tale of our near insolvency without batting an eyelid.
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 Federation Report read and received. Alan Strom asked that those who hold any opinion on the form that future Federation Re-unions should take, please fill in the questionnaire provided and return it to the Club Secretary. Federation Report read and received. Alan Strom asked that those who hold any opinion on the form that future Federation Re-unions should take, please fill in the questionnaire provided and return it to the Club Secretary.
  
-Tom Moppett gave us the latest tidings on Conservation matters, and from our meagre exchequer we unanimously and without bickering voted £l donation to the Hawkesbury Scenic Reserve Fund.+Tom Moppett gave us the latest tidings on Conservation matters, and from our meagre exchequer we unanimously and without bickering voted £1 donation to the Hawkesbury Scenic Reserve Fund.
  
 John Bookluck, waving a sheet of paper under our collective noses, exhorted us to notify him of walks we intend to lead, and quickly, as there is not much more space left on the Walks Programme. John Bookluck, waving a sheet of paper under our collective noses, exhorted us to notify him of walks we intend to lead, and quickly, as there is not much more space left on the Walks Programme.
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-===== There's Danger On The Road!! =====+=== There's Danger On The Road!! ===
  
 Motorists and passengers alike, can avail themselves of the Motorist's Personal Accident Policy which covers them whilst driving, riding in, attending to, repairing or whilst alighting from or lawfully entering any Motor Car, (but excluding taxis, busses or motor-cycles.) Motorists and passengers alike, can avail themselves of the Motorist's Personal Accident Policy which covers them whilst driving, riding in, attending to, repairing or whilst alighting from or lawfully entering any Motor Car, (but excluding taxis, busses or motor-cycles.)
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   * Temporary Partial Disablement by Accident - Weekly Compensation - limit 52 weeks: £2   * Temporary Partial Disablement by Accident - Weekly Compensation - limit 52 weeks: £2
  
-Premium - £1/2/6d . Double Benefits £2/5/0.  Treble £3/7/6d.+Premium - £1/2/6d. Double Benefits £2/5/0.  Treble £3/7/6d.
  
 For full particulars, see Club Member, Brian G. Harvey. Telephones BU5039, BU5660, Private M1462. 12 Mahratta Avenue, Wahroonga or BOX 3688 G.P.O. Sydney. For full particulars, see Club Member, Brian G. Harvey. Telephones BU5039, BU5660, Private M1462. 12 Mahratta Avenue, Wahroonga or BOX 3688 G.P.O. Sydney.
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-FEDERATION NCTES JUNE MEETING.+===== Federation Notes June Meeting===== 
 - Allen A. Strom - Allen A. Strom
-An application for affiliation with the Federation has been received from the Bondi Wanderers' Club, + 
-KEDUMBA VALLEY ROAD, Recent reports are that the work on the road fror, the Queen Victoria Homes to Kedumba Valley has ceased. +An application for affiliation with the Federation has been received from the __Bondi Wanderers' Club__. 
-KARIONG  NATIONAL PIRK PROPOSAL: Co-ordination with the Gosford Flora 737-777na Soci7T7-37-176177-77anised for this work. The Federation has decided to affiliate with The HawkesbuTy Scenic Preservation Council which has the reservation of Kariong as its first work. A deputation to the Metropolitan Surveyor will go from Preservation Council on the matter of Kariong. The National Trust has been offered free the alienated lands along the top of the Pallisades, provided the Trust undertakes to pay the rates. + 
-MORTON PRIMITIVE RESERVE: The Fauna Protection Panel has agreed to Esk t7T7717-77276a of utininds to agree to the dedication of ti:e Morton Primitive Reserve as a Faunal Reserve. +=== Kedumba Valley Road. === 
-WYANGLA DAM (LACHLAN RIVER): The Department of Lands reports that a thousand has been dazetted a National Park about the Wyangla Dam. + 
-WARR-EMBUNGLES NATIONAL PNRE: Trust not finalised, but if Federation 17To E.:writs nomiEnions 'accepted, then they must be anongst those recommended by the local M.L.A., Mr. J. Renshaw. Impressions are generally favourably inclined towards the Park... some enthusiastical17, If fencing proposed is carried out the parklands should be adequately defined for management. The proposed tourist road from Coonabarabran through Mopera Gap and down the Wombelong Valley to the TooraweenahBaradine Road is,according to locals, under way. It would appear that any trustee representing walkers interests is likely to have considerable difficulty in retaining the ilstatus quo'' in the Warrumbungles. +Recent reports are that the work on the road from the Queen Victoria Homes to Kedumba Valley has ceased. 
-.303 RIFLES: It has been announced that the Government will introduce legislation to Permit the sale and use of 303 rifles. Federation will write to the Premier acknowledging the importance of these rifles for reducing numbers when Kangaroos reach pest Proportions in the ifestern Division, but protesting against their free use elsewhere. A liberal permit system could be arranged for the Western Division. + 
-Members of Club who desiri further information on Conservation Projects under way should contact Allen Strom (WB2528). The following visits may interest members and/cr their friends: +=== Kariong National Park Proposal=== 
-Bouddi Natural Park: July 2nd, 3rd, 4th. (Work Party on Tracks..) + 
-Budderoo ard Barren Grounds: July, 16th 17th, 18th. Blue Mountains (Newnes Area): July 23rd, 24th, 25th. +Co-ordination with the Gosford Flora and Fauna Society is being organised for this work. The Federation has decided to affiliate with The HawkesbuTy Scenic Preservation Council which has the reservation of Kariong as its first work. A deputation to the Metropolitan Surveyor will go from Preservation Council on the matter of Kariong. The National Trust has been offered free the alienated lands along the top of the Pallisades, provided the Trust undertakes to pay the rates. 
-0 + 
-BRIGHTEN YOUR FOOD LIST +=== Morton Primitive Reserve=== 
-AND SAVE WEIGHT + 
-WITH THESE TASTY, HIGHLY CONCENTRATED +The Fauna Protection Panel has agreed to ask the Department of Lands to agree to the dedication of the Morton Primitive Reserve as a Faunal Reserve. 
-VEGETARIAN F 0 0 D S+ 
-WALTHAM RAISINSDATESSULTANAS AND OTHER DRIED FRUITS AN APPETISING ADDITION TO PORRIDGE7OR LUNCHTO CREW ON THE WALK OR FOR DESSERT+=== Wyangla Dam (Lachlan River): === 
-NUTS ALgomsPEANUTSCASHEWS MORE NUTRITION PER OUNCE THAN ANY OTHER FOOD+ 
-MARMITE FOR SPREADS OR SOUP TASTY AND RICH IN VITAMIN B. +The Department of Lands reports that a thousand acres has been gazetted a National Park about the Wyangla Dam. 
-APRICOT NOUGATS DRIED FRUIT 'DEETS+ 
-FROM +=== Warrumbungles National Park=== 
-THE SANITARIUM HEALTH FOOD SHOP, 1 3 FUNTER STREET, SYDNE + 
-.....--...ftisro,NamaMde i.amumae.MaamPnw +Trust not finalised, but if Federation is to have its nominations accepted, then they must be amongst those recommended by the local M.L.A., Mr. J. Renshaw. Impressions are generally favourably inclined towards the Park... some enthusiastical1y. If fencing proposed is carried out the parklands should be adequately defined for management. The proposed tourist road from Coonabarabran through Mopera Gap and down the Wombelong Valley to the Tooraweenah - Baradine Road is, according to locals, under way. It would appear that any trustee representing walkers interests is likely to have considerable difficulty in retaining the "status quoin the Warrumbungles. 
-NEW ZEALAND FOR THE BUSHWALKER.+ 
 +=== .303 Rifles=== 
 + 
 +It has been announced that the Government will introduce legislation to permit the sale and use of .303 rifles. Federation will write to the Premier acknowledging the importance of these rifles for reducing numbers when Kangaroos reach pest proportions in the Western Division, but protesting against their free use elsewhere. A liberal permit system could be arranged for the Western Division. 
 + 
 +Members of Club who desire further information on Conservation Projects under way should contact Allen Strom (WB2528). The following visits may interest members and/or their friends: 
 + 
 +  * Bouddi Natural Park: July 2nd, 3rd, 4th. (Work Party on Tracks.) 
 +  Budderoo and Barren Grounds: July, 16th 17th, 18th. 
 +  * Blue Mountains (Newnes Area): July 23rd, 24th, 25th. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +=== The Sanitarium Health Food Shop. === 
 + 
 +Brighten your food list and save weight with these tasty, highly concentrated vegetarian foods
 + 
 +Waltham raisinsdatessultanas and other dried fruits an appetising addition to porridgefor lunchto chew on the walk or for dessert
 + 
 +Nuts almondspeanutscashews more nutrition per ounce than any other food
 + 
 +Marmite for spreads or soup tasty and rich in Vitamin B. 
 + 
 +Apricot nougats dried fruit sweets
 + 
 +From... 
 + 
 +The Sanitarium Health Food Shop. 
 + 
 +13 Hunter Street, Sydney. 
 + 
 +---- 
 + 
 +===== New Zealand For The Bushwalker===== 
 - Keith Renwick. - Keith Renwick.
 +
 So you want to come to New Zealand. Well, it's worth it - that's why I'm still here - but perhaps a few points of general interest may help. So you want to come to New Zealand. Well, it's worth it - that's why I'm still here - but perhaps a few points of general interest may help.
 +
 Auckland City itself is very much like Sydney. As far as tramping goes there are two clubs, the Alpine Sports Club and the Auckland Tramping Club, both very good. Main areas for tramping are the Waitakeries, west of Auckland, and the Hunuas on the West Coast of the Thames - mainly rain forest but in the Waitakeries it is more scrubby. Both clubs run trips to Ruapehu for ski-ing in winter. Auckland City itself is very much like Sydney. As far as tramping goes there are two clubs, the Alpine Sports Club and the Auckland Tramping Club, both very good. Main areas for tramping are the Waitakeries, west of Auckland, and the Hunuas on the West Coast of the Thames - mainly rain forest but in the Waitakeries it is more scrubby. Both clubs run trips to Ruapehu for ski-ing in winter.
 +
 Wellington - Windy and Wet. Numerous good clubs tramp (the same thing as bushwalking) in the Rimutaka and Tarrarua Ranges, but mainly the latter which are very wet but beautiful rain forest. Wellington - Windy and Wet. Numerous good clubs tramp (the same thing as bushwalking) in the Rimutaka and Tarrarua Ranges, but mainly the latter which are very wet but beautiful rain forest.
 +
 Christchurch and Dunedin both have several very active clubs, but the country is entirely different - rocky country mainly covered in dead brown grasses. The large areas of beech forest are further out than the cities. Christchurch and Dunedin both have several very active clubs, but the country is entirely different - rocky country mainly covered in dead brown grasses. The large areas of beech forest are further out than the cities.
-The one main problem throughout New Zealand as far as weekend trips are concerned is Transport. Unless you have your awn car or + 
-14. +The one main problem throughout New Zealand as far as weekend trips are concerned is Transport. Unless you have your awn car or hire it, private trips are virtually out at weekends. This is why the clubs are so popular, and between 20 to 60 may turn up for a weekend trip. Some clubs own their own bus, but most are content to hire buses or trucks for the weekend. They usually don't work out any more expensive than train. The large numbers on club trips may sound horrible, but they work out O.K. and you don't notice it after a whileIt makes a lot more work for the leader though. 
-hire it, private trips are virtually out at weekends. This is why + 
-the clubs are so popular, and between 20 to 60 may turn up for a weekend trip. Some clubs own their own bus, but most are content to hire buses or trucks for the weekend. They usually don't work out any more expensive than train. The large numbers on club trips may sound horrible, but they work out O.K. and you don't notice it after a whileIt makes a lot more work for the leader though. +Jobs at present are very easy to get in practically any line. Board is reasonably easy to get, but good board is very much harder. It varies a little, of course, from 30/- a week bed and breakfast in a large share- or bunk-room, to £3. 5. 0 per week fall board in a 2-man share-room, or £3.10.0 to £3.15. 0 in a single. Some do some don't include lunches and laundry, but the prices remain about the same. 
-Jobs at present are very easy to get in practically any line. Board is reasonably easy to get, but good board is very much harder. It varies a little, of course, from 30/- a week bed and breakfast +
-in a large share- or bunk-room, to 3. 5. 0 per week fall board in a 2-man share-room, or 3.10.0 to 3.15. 0 in asingle. Some do some don't include lunches and laundry, but the Prices remain about the same.+
 Hitching is very easy, much the same as in Australia. Hitching is very easy, much the same as in Australia.
-A mention was made of inflatable tube igloo tents.These are very popular over here with motor tourists. They are about 61x67x6? high. + 
-Did I say 20 to 60 on hikes? (60 isn't bad f. club of 150). I forgot to mentfi on the recently held 6Railways Sunday Hike for Tourists", a grand display when nearly 600 turned up. It looked like the evacuation of a large city. The dressvaried from fur coats to good brown sports suits and suits with ties, not to mention one Piece in a lemon yellow scarf, black jumper, black and white checked pedal +A mention was made of inflatable tube igloo tents. These are very popular over here with motor tourists. They are about 6' x 6' x 6' high. 
-pushers and lemon yellow socks! All in all it was a good 8-mile 4-walking-hour cross-country trip complete with grass seeds, shingle slides and river crossings. (Curse it! Another chap and I waited half an hour with cameras till 400 went across, and not one fell in Curses! Foiled again'+ 
-Caverning is becoming very Popular over here with plenty of scope for new explorations.+Did I say 20 to 60 on hikes? (60 isn't bad for a club of 150). I forgot to mention the recently held "Railways Sunday Hike for Tourists", a grand display when nearly __600__ turned up. It looked like the evacuation of a large city. The dress varied from fur coats to good brown sports suits and suits with ties, not to mention one piece in a lemon yellow scarf, black jumper, black and white checked pedal pushers and lemon yellow socks! All in all it was a good 8-mile 4-walking-hour cross-country trip complete with grass seeds, shingle slides and river crossings. (Curse it! Another chap and I waited half an hour with cameras till 400 went across, and not one fell inCurses! Foiled again!) 
 + 
 +Caverning is becoming very popular over here with plenty of scope for new explorations. 
 North and South Islands are entirely different, and both are well worth seeing. North and South Islands are entirely different, and both are well worth seeing.
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- CEDAR CREEK CAPMS JUNE 4TH-5TH-6TH. CiDigby". 
-Out of the cosy, friendly atmosphere of the train and into tile bleak, misty blackness of a wet, winter, Mountains night tramped the five Prospective Norm Potter who had been playing rather successfully at wolf on the journey; his keeper "Bring-'em-in-alive" Ardill; ''Mulga" Mathews complete with lubra cook and dish-washer. Tine Koetsier; and last and definitely least care Yours Truly, claiming somewhat unconvincingly to be the Leader of the outfit. Poo7r; Norman had to be almost forcibly persuaded by said keeper that despite the weather, the company In all, a Cedar Creek trip still had the thin edge of a weekend on Katoomba with wine, women and song. 
-15, 
-IF YOU ARE GOING PLACES CONTACT 
-SCENIC 1./10TOR _TOURS., 
-RA IL WAy..STEPS, 
-KA T, 0 0MBA. 
-DAILY TOURS BY PRLOR COCH TO THE WORLD FAMOCTS JENOLiAN CAVES gND ALL BLUE MOUNTAIN SIGHTS. 
-TRANSPORT BY COACHES FOR PARTIES OF BUSH- WALKERS TO KP,NANGRA W=S, GINKIN OR OTHER SUITABLE POINTS BY ARRANGEMENT. 
-FOR ALL INFORX,TION 
-WRITE TO P.O. BOX 60, KATOOMEA TELEPHONE 60, K2,TOOMBA. 
-The Kedumba Creek quagmire inspired nobody, and even our Casanova became ci,lite subdued as boots sank down heavily into the squelchy mess that purports to be the new road down into the valley. Did I say boots? Well, everyone enjoyed them except the Leader, who now keeps an open mind on the contention hsneakers for everythingl?' A vote of no confidence was taken when the wretched road persisted in going up hill at one stage, but we soon breathed more easily an finding ourselves at the bottom of the valley right at Maxwell's Farm. (Mt. Solitary expeditions, please note.) A camp was struck amid the trees just up from the farmhouse, and While Kevin and Norm sensibly drifted off into slumber, the dogged three fought a steady battle with a watery fire that for the most part wouldn't have kept a pre-heated thermos flask warm on a summer's day. Finally the spirit of man won through and we were rewarded with a piping hot nightcap. 
-The morn dawned grey and forbidding and passed away uneventfully on the march to Harry's Humpy where the oranges are still bitterly undernourished at this time of the year. The sun began to shine fit, fully as we walked up that pleasant stretch of the Cox to the mouth of Cedar Creek. "A beaut spot for a campsite", chirped Normal innocently casting a covetous eye over the lush greenery of Cedar Flat. Unmoved by this bit of'whiteanting -L set my sights unswervingly on the valley of Cedar Creek and on we Pushed. After a pleasant hour and a halfls stroll up the lower reaches of this beautiful volley we settled for the junction of Cedar and Berrima-inga Creeks for our Saturday night camp. This flat grassy bank was indeed a peaceful haven, and lazing round a friendly fire where a neat tripod dangled gently-boiling 'billies of delectables (?) I mused that here was the real, tasty core of bushwalhing - if only the urban masses could see us now, how our ranks would overflow with converts. 
-16. 
-The serenity, liowe=, was shortlied, and during the night the elements and the valley conspf_red to take our tents by force. All through the nig ht the gale rnced, but *somehow we won through. A huge dead tree near the creel:, uprooted by a violent gast, cane crashing down only a few feet from the campfire where Norman was consuming the mountain of food he calls breakfast. The imperturbable man of steel, Is cnoved, merely reached out for the newly arrived firewood, calmly romaing on the generosity of Nature who provides all things just when the:/ are needed. 
-The morning's walk brought more of the grassy bank lolly sort of stuff, and then Cedar Creek began to throw out her challenge as we entered the Canyon proper. krambling up and around waterfalls, edging our way around the rocky walls of deep Pools, guessing a route among the tangled mass of boulders or rock-hopping up the bed itself added the spice. It was along this section that amost memorable ePisode of both side-splitting humour aad touching pathos was enacted. Scene: A cold, deep pool negotiable only by a slender, shaky log almost at water level. Only Tine was yet to cross. With commendable courage our femme advanced on the hazard while we waited with baited breath. After six feet of terrible uncertainty she concluded that to go forward was impossible but to go back was worse. With a great flourish of c'-j valry Don took off his shirt and singlet and started back to rescue the fair damsel in distress. Whether it was the sight of cur lifesaving hero we know not, but Tine promptly precipitated into the wetness just a moment too soon, and, thoroughly disgusted with life, waded the obstacle, shoulder-deep Part and all, leaving our hero like the proverbial shag on the rock, rejected and despised. Ah,. Frailty, truly, thy name is Woman Did you really deserve Mr. Ardill's snug pyjama coat to cover your ungrateful bosom? 
-In the next breath Tarzan Potter was dumped into the torrent by an unstable swinging vine and conjectured that maybe Nature was not so all-providing after all. The mirth had barely subsided When wet sneakers on wet rocks upset the Leader's equilibriuM, and after all that I was inclined to take Cedar Creek a little more seriously. 
-With lunch and the mischievous creek behind us, we made a determined assault' on the Ruined Castle and shivered through a cigarette-stop on the lee side of the summit rocks while the icy tornado raged without. The call of civilisation with its warmth was now strongly upon us, and so all haste was made for the Scenic Railway. Despite the fact that the main party temporarily lost the iLeader" somewhere or other on this section, it all ended up happily. Well, that is, for us, anyway. On later reflection I fear that the last tourist (poor undeserving soul) through the turnstile at the top of the Railway would have been far from happy. Somehow one member of our party, who must remain anonymous, failed to procure the all-important token which"lets you through. The S.B.W. behind this renegade coughed up with his, bat you know what happens when this sort of chain reaction sets in - the sucker right on the ond-stays on the wrong side through lack of rearguard support. Ah well, I guess that tourist simply must have more of the coin than lowly bushwalkers anyway. 
-As the gale on the top was apparently blowing straight off the Pole, we rugged up in everything we could find and then tried to kid 
-17 
  
-AN OLD MAN DREAMS. +----
-1.1.1, +
-Li, -I--+
  
-+=== Scenic Motor Tours===
-The old +
-sailor dreams +
-of a little +
-island like an wide green +
-+
-floating apple on th +
-4.........w m..... ....ww r............... ..........  .................,..m...a row+...1.10...,........ ....011....... +
-      NAWM1.... +
-".....11  Mb.....      +
-.......11....        +
- ',....       +
-    ;e41    +
-   mw.....am ,* +
-4 -......... Almw   +
-At mmommumm _ __---   +
- itriefamommurr.11111   /Md AM/Ma.  +
-   arrimmiainimmw  +
-   11111 41.11MOMMOr"  +
-   s,-, -,t  +
-t. i; 4: 497_ 4107.,76.7 -ier +
-island like an apple like an apple like an apple, Just to+
  
 +If you are going places, contact Scenic Motor Tours, Railway Steps, Katoomba.
 +
 +Daily tours by parlor coach to the world famous Jenolan Caves and all Blue Mountain sights.
 +
 +Transport by coaches for parties of bushwalkers to Kanangra Walls, Ginkin or other suitable points by arrangement.
 +
 +For all information, write to P.O. Box 60, Katoomba. Telephone 60, Katoomba.
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== Cedar Creek Capers, June 4th - 5th - 6th. =====
 +
 +- "Digby".
 +
 +Out of the cosy, friendly atmosphere of the train and into the bleak, misty blackness of a wet, winter, Mountains night tramped the five: prospective Norm Potter who had been playing rather successfully at wolf on the journey; his keeper "Bring-'em-in-alive" Ardill; "Mulga" Mathews complete with lubra cook and dish-washer, Tine Koetsier; and last and definitely least came Yours Truly, claiming somewhat unconvincingly to be the Leader of the outfit. Poor Norman had to be almost forcibly persuaded by said keeper that despite the weather, the company 'n all, a Cedar Creek trip still had the thin edge of a weekend on Katoomba with wine, women and song.
 +
 +The Kedumba Creek quagmire inspired nobody, and even our Casanova became quite subdued as boots sank down heavily into the squelchy mess that purports to be the new road down into the valley. Did I say boots? Well, everyone enjoyed them except the Leader, who now keeps an open mind on the contention "sneakers for everything!" A vote of no confidence was taken when the wretched road persisted in going up hill at one stage, but we soon breathed more easily on finding ourselves at the bottom of the valley right at Maxwell's Farm. (Mt. Solitary expeditions, please note.) A camp was struck amid the trees just up from the farmhouse, and while Kevin and Norm sensibly drifted off into slumber, the dogged three fought a steady battle with a watery fire that for the most part wouldn't have kept a pre-heated thermos flask warm on a summer's day. Finally the spirit of man won through and we were rewarded with a piping hot nightcap.
 +
 +The morn dawned grey and forbidding and passed away uneventfully on the march to Harry's Humpy where the oranges are still bitterly undernourished at this time of the year. The sun began to shine fitfully as we walked up that pleasant stretch of the Cox to the mouth of Cedar Creek. "A beaut spot for a campsite", chirped Norman innocently casting a covetous eye over the lush greenery of Cedar Flat. Unmoved by this bit of whiteanting I set my sights unswervingly on the valley of Cedar Creek and on we pushed. After a pleasant hour and a half's stroll up the lower reaches of this beautiful valley we settled for the junction of Cedar and Berrima-inga Creeks for our Saturday night camp. This flat grassy bank was indeed a peaceful haven, and lazing round a friendly fire where a neat tripod dangled gently-boiling 'billies of delectables (?) I mused that here was the real, tasty core of bushwalking - if only the urban masses could see us now, how our ranks would overflow with converts.
 +
 +The serenity, however, was shortlived, and during the night the elements and the valley conspired to take our tents by force. All through the night the gale raged, but somehow we won through. A huge dead tree near the creek, uprooted by a violent gust, came crashing down only a few feet from the campfire where Norman was consuming the mountain of food he calls breakfast. The imperturbable man of steel, unmoved, merely reached out for the newly arrived firewood, calmly remarking on the generosity of Nature who provides all things just when they are needed.
 +
 +The morning's walk brought more of the grassy bank lolly sort of stuff, and then Cedar Creek began to throw out her challenge as we entered the Canyon proper. Scrambling up and around waterfalls, edging our way around the rocky walls of deep pools, guessing a route among the tangled mass of boulders or rock-hopping up the bed itself added the spice. It was along this section that a most memorable episode of both side-splitting humour and touching pathos was enacted. Scene: A cold, deep pool negotiable only by a slender, shaky log almost at water level. Only Tine was yet to cross. With commendable courage our femme advanced on the hazard while we waited with baited breath. After six feet of terrible uncertainty she concluded that to go forward was impossible but to go back was worse. With a great flourish of chivalry Don took off his shirt and singlet and started back to rescue the fair damsel in distress. Whether it was the sight of our lifesaving hero we know not, but Tine promptly precipitated into the wetness just a moment too soon, and, thoroughly disgusted with life, waded the obstacle, shoulder-deep part and all, leaving our hero like the proverbial shag on the rock, rejected and despised. Ah, Frailty, truly, thy name is Woman! Did you really deserve Mr. Ardill's snug pyjama coat to cover your ungrateful bosom?
 +
 +In the next breath Tarzan Potter was dumped into the torrent by an unstable swinging vine and conjectured that maybe Nature was not so all-providing after all. The mirth had barely subsided when wet sneakers on wet rocks upset the Leader's equilibrium, and after all that I was inclined to take Cedar Creek a little more seriously.
 +
 +With lunch and the mischievous creek behind us, we made a determined assault on the Ruined Castle and shivered through a cigarette-stop on the lee side of the summit rocks while the icy tornado raged without. The call of civilisation with its warmth was now strongly upon us, and so all haste was made for the Scenic Railway. Despite the fact that the main party temporarily lost the "Leader" somewhere or other on this section, it all ended up happily. Well, that is, for us, anyway. On later reflection I fear that the last tourist (poor undeserving soul) through the turnstile at the top of the Railway would have been far from happy. Somehow one member of our party, who must remain anonymous, failed to procure the all-important token which lets you through. The S.B.W. behind this renegade coughed up with his, but you know what happens when this sort of chain reaction sets in - the sucker right on the end stays on the wrong side through lack of rearguard support. Ah well, I guess that tourist simply must have more of the coin than lowly bushwalkers anyway.
 +
 +As the gale on the top was apparently blowing straight off the Pole, we rugged up in everything we could find and then tried to kid ourselves we were warm; that is, we three "weakies" did. Kevin and Norman, God bless them, set off very bravely for the station in their shorts and were able to uphold the belief that bushwalkers at least __look__ tough and intrepid, even if it is only a veneer. A good steak at the Florida, a cat-nap in the train, parting au-revoirs, a glorious hot bath, and finally wonderful, wonderful sleep in a warm soft bed. I would never appreciate this cosy niche of clean sheets and warm blankets half so much if it weren't for places like Cedar Creek.
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== An Old Man Dreams [song]. =====
 +
 +The old sailor dreams of a little island\\
 +floating like an apple on the wide green sea.\\
 +An apple you could hold in your hand.\\
 +Turn this way and then that,\\
 +Place here a tree, and there a nigger in a palm-leaf hat.\\
 +He sailed all his life\\
 +Till his blood ran salt as the sea,\\
 +His ship was his sweetheart and his wife,\\
 +and he passed many an island\\
 +with no more than a glance\\
 +at the bright white sand of the curved sea-shore.\\
 +But now that the sailor is old\\
 +He would like a little island\\
 +like an apple like an apple like an apple,\\
 +Just to look at and to hold.
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== Fifty-Two Years A Bushwalker. =====
 +
 +(This is written by Mr. Seabrook. of North West Arm, Sutherland, rich in years but young in heart, and a great admirer of Bushwalkers.)
 +
 +Yes, I have been bushwalking for over half a century. My trips ranged from Cape York Peninsula in North Queensland to Victoria in the South. I am about to retire to my Bushwalkers' Paradise at Port Hacking. Many years ago I secured 23 acres of land in that area at North West Arm. I picked the site from the map; then I had to find it. There was not even a bush track; I had to crawl through prickly bushes to get to it; now there is a bus route through it. I have sold some and have twelve acres left. My front boundary is the water front; my back boundary is National Park, so I cannot be built out at either end. I have a natural rock pool of tidal water 495 feet long and about a chain wide, shark proof. All round Port Hacking merciless land-owners have cut down all native trees and shrubs and have nothing left but sand and hungry grey rock. I did not cut down my trees. On one area of 8 acres I did not even cut the undergrowth for 15 years, nor allow any bushfires across it. As a result it has leaf mould a foot deep. For Bushwalking one can walk straight into National Park, or row up the river into the interior of the Park, or row to any part of its long water-front which comprises the whole northern shores of Port Hacking.
 +
 +----
 +
 +===== The Barron Falls. =====
  
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-ourselVes we were warm; that is, we three "weakies" did. Kevin and Norman, God bless them, set off very bravely for the station in their shorts and were able to uphold the belief that bushwalkers at least look tough and intrepid, even if it is only a veneer. A good steak 
-at the Florida, a cat-nap in the train, parting au-revoirs, a glorious hot bath, and finally wonderful, wonderful sleep in a warm soft bed. I would never appreciate this cosy niche of clean sheets and warm blankets half so much if it weren't for places like Cedar Creek. 
-18. 
-FIFTY-TWO 'TEARS A BUSEWALKER. 
-, (This is written by Mr. Seabrook. 'of North West Arm, Sutherland, 
-rich,in years but young in heart, and a great admirer of Bushwalkers.) 
-Yes, I have been bushmalking for over half a century. My trips ranged from Cape York Peninsula in North Queensland to Victoria in the South. I am about to retire to my Bushwalkers' Paradise at Port Hacking. Many years ago I secured 23 acres of land in that area at North West Arm. I picked the site from the map; then I had to find 
-it, There was not even a bush track; I had to crawl through prickly 
-bushes to get to it; now there is a bus route through it. I have sold some and have twelve, acres left. My' front boundary is the water 
-front; my back boundary is National Park, so I cannot be built out at 
-either end. I have a natural rock Pool of tidal water 495 feet long  and about a chain wide, shark proof. All round Port Hacking merciless land-owners have cut down all native trees and shrubs and have nothing left but sand and hungry grey rock. I did not cut down my trees. On one area of 8 acres I did not even cut the undergrowth for 15 years, nor allow any bushfires across it. As a result it has leaf mould a 
-foot deep. For Bushwalking one can walk straight into National Park, 
-or row up the river into the interior of the Park, or row to any Dart 
-of its long water-front Which comprises the whole northern shores of Port Hacking. 
-THE BARRON FALLS. 
 - H. Seabrook. - H. Seabrook.
-I enjoyed Keith Renwick's account ( in the issue of February 1953) + 
-of his journey to the Barron Falls, but was sorry to know_ that the hydro-electric station has reduced the flow. When I first went through that country, 46 years ago, hundreds of tons of water tumbled over the falls. +I enjoyed Keith Renwick's account (in the issue of February 1953) of his journey to the Barron Falls, but was sorry to know that the hydro-electric station has reduced the flow. When I first went through that country, 46 years ago, hundreds of tons of water tumbled over the falls. 
-After leaving the flat coastal area from Cairns, the railway + 
-ascends one of the steepest ranges in Queensland. The railway is more than a zig-zag; it is a convolution. I forget how many tunnels we went through. I have a Photo taken just outside tunnel No.15. The scenery is unforgettable. The jungle trees are not the monotonous grey-green eucalypts of the temperate region but a tropical flare of every bright shade from lettuce-green to funeral-green, and some are covered with brilliant flowers. +After leaving the flat coastal area from Cairns, the railway ascends one of the steepest ranges in Queensland. The railway is more than a zig-zag; it is a convolution. I forget how many tunnels we went through. I have a photo taken just outside tunnel No.15. The scenery is unforgettable. The jungle trees are not the monotonous grey-green eucalypts of the temperate region but a tropical flare of every bright shade from lettuce-green to funeral-green, and some are covered with brilliant flowers. 
-At Kuranda at the top of the Falls I went to one of the two hotels. I had hardly secured a room before I saw a magnificent butterfly sail past the window. I went out with my net and caught it It has green and black wings + 
-like a bird's, shaped something like this. It is called Ornithoptera (Latin for "bird- wine). +At Kuranda at the top of the Falls I went to one of the two hotels. I had hardly secured a room before I saw a magnificent butterfly sail past the window. I went out with my net and caught itIt has green and black wings like a bird's, shaped something like this [drawing]. It is called Ornithoptera (Latin for "bird-wing"). 
-The lunch gong then sounded, ( 00 so I left the butterfly on the washstand. + 
-19. +The lunch gong then sounded, so I left the butterfly on the washstand. When I returned after lunch the ants had eaten its body leaving the wings and legs loose. Ants are very quick off the mark in the tropicsIt is not enough to suspend your meat safe by a wire, you have to solder your wire through the bottom of a can, and keep the can full of water. 
-ahen I returned after lunch the ants had eaten its body leaving the wings and legs loose. Ants are very quick off the mark in the tropicsIt is not enough to + 
-suspend your meat +In the temperate parts of Queensland you can sleep on a ground-sheet in your tent, but in the tropics you need a bunk. Besides the ants you see by day, there are species that swarm about only at night. 
-safe by a wire, You 1 i + 
-have to solder your +At Kuranda I visited an entomologist named Dodd, who had a fine collection of local butterflies and moths. He showed me some moths of the largest species known. They measured about a foot across. He does not catch them, but breeds them. He showed me a section of a large tree that he had sawn across. It contained a large caterpillar. When it emerges as a moth he kills it before it flies. The wings of moths are usually spoilt by brushing against leaves when flying, and you spoil them more with your butterfly-net. 
-wire through the bottom  n.... ......4 -----1 +
-of a can, and keep the +
-can full of water. ---... +
- -..- I 0 i +
-1 +
-1 +
-In the temperate parts +
-of Queensland you can sleep +
-on a ground-sheet in your tent, +
---______ i +
-.3 but in the tropics you need a +
-bunk. Besides the ants you see by day, there are species that swarm +
-+
-about only at night. +
-o +
-At Kuranda I visited an entomologist named Dodd, who had a fine collection of local butterflies and moths. Ho showed me some moths of the largest species knowm. They neasured about a foot across. He does not catch them, but breeds tnem. He showed me a section of a large tree that he had sawn across. It contained a large caterpillar. When it emerges as a moth he kills it before it flies. The wings of moths are usually spoilt by brushing against leaves when flying, and you spoil them more with your butterfly-net.+
 At Stony Creek Falls the railway line, strange to say, circles round outside the falls. The water drops into a chasm between your carriage and the cliff. In flood times you have to keep the carriage windows closed because the falls then shoot out further, towards the railway line. At Stony Creek Falls the railway line, strange to say, circles round outside the falls. The water drops into a chasm between your carriage and the cliff. In flood times you have to keep the carriage windows closed because the falls then shoot out further, towards the railway line.
-At Stony Creek station there were Peach trees growing on the narrow spots of land available. Passengers had thrown out the seeds. There was also a tree with beans about two feet long. A local resident who was travelling with me said, "Oh, I must get a few cascara beans". So he gathered a couple. The bean seeds are not eaten, but there is a gelatine-like partition between the seeds that acts as a cathartic. Breaking open a pod he ate one partition. A crowd of tourists in the first-class carriages were curious to know what the beans were. He told them vanilla beans. They swarmed out and + 
-gathered armfuls and began to e-07 partition after partition. +At Stony Creek station there were peach trees growing on the narrow spots of land available. Passengers had thrown out the seeds. There was also a tree with beans about two feet long. A local resident who was travelling with me said, "Oh, I must get a few cascara beans". So he gathered a couple. The bean seeds are not eaten, but there is a gelatine-like partition between the seeds that acts as a cathartic. Breaking open a pod he ate one partition. A crowd of tourists in the first-class carriages were curious to know what the beans were. He told them __vanilla__ beans. They swarmed out and gathered armfuls and began to eat partition after partition. muttered to him "For Heaven's sake warn them what those beans are!" He replied "Oh, __they'll__ find out"
-muttered to him For Heaven's sake warn them what those beans arel" He replied "Oh, they'll find out"+ 
-THE VERY LATEST MODELS: +---- 
---- soaTraul, e-Teoff and Barbara Greethead.+ 
 +=== The very last models: === 
 + 
 +A son, Paul, to Geoff and Barbara Greethead. 
 Also a son to Christa and Bob Younger. Also a son to Christa and Bob Younger.
-Congratulations to the happyparents.. + 
-Little Julie Frost celebratedher first Birthday with a party, and the boys brought along lots of bottles of beer - for Julie. +Congratulations to the happy parents. 
-0     + 
-For ever 23 years Bushwalkers have been familiar with the name Paddy Pallin. Some years ago a little reorganisation was done to separate the manufacturing and import- +Little Julie Frost celebrated her first Birthday with a party, and the boys brought along lots of bottles of beer - for Julie. 
-ing sides of the business from the retail side and the new section was named t'Paddy Made Manufacturing Company"+ 
-Farther growth has now macle another change desirable and we have"Paddy Pallin Pty. Limitedhand "Paddy Made Manufacturing Pty. Limited".+---- 
 + 
 +===== Paddy Made. ===== 
 +  
 +=== On limited companies. === 
 + 
 +For ever 23 years Bushwalkers have been familiar with the name Paddy Pallin. Some years ago a little reorganisation was done to separate the manufacturing and importing sides of the business from the retail side and the new section was named "Paddy Made Manufacturing Company". 
 + 
 +Farther growth has now made another change desirable and we have "Paddy Pallin Pty. Limited" and "Paddy Made Manufacturing Pty. Limited". 
 The change is one of organisation only. Paddy is still in sole control of both businesses and walkers can look forward to the same personal attention to their needs as they have received over the years. The change is one of organisation only. Paddy is still in sole control of both businesses and walkers can look forward to the same personal attention to their needs as they have received over the years.
-P PAW 
-Lightweight Camp Gear 
-201CASTLEREAGH St SYDNEY 
-M2678 
  
 +Paddy Pallin. Lightweight Camp Gear.
 +
 +201 Castlereagh St., Sydney. M2678.
 +
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