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The party is now at 25 Mile Hut. | The party is now at 25 Mile Hut. | ||
- | That evening another young couple dropped in on their way down the valley. In the long twilight we had a bit of fun. I had bought 120 ft. of nylon rope in Wellingtons | + | That evening another young couple dropped in on their way down the valley. In the long twilight we had a bit of fun. I had bought 120 ft. of nylon rope in Wellington |
chin. | chin. | ||
- | Next day the New Zealanders moved off - one pair up valley, one | + | Next day the New Zealanders moved off - one pair up valley, one pair down valley - and we packed up food for four days and crossed over the valley and up to the Earnslaw Hut, 4,000 ft. above sea level, |
- | pair down valley - and we packed up food for four days and crossed over the valley and up to the Earnslaw Hut, 4,000 ft. above sea level, | + | set in a beech forest on the lower slopes of Mt. Earnslaw. It took only two hours, so after lunch, as it was one of the first fine days here in a fortnight, we decided to make the most of it and push on to |
- | set in a beech forest on the lower slopes of Mt. Earnslaw. It took only two hours, so after lunch, as it was one of the first fine days | + | the Esquilant Bivvy at 7,000 ft. - the high hut for those planning to climb Earnslaw. In beautiful bright sunshine we climbed up the tussocky |
- | here in a fortnight, we decided to make the most of it and push on to | + | |
- | the Esquilant Bivvy at 7,000 ft. - the high hut for those planning to climb Earnslaw. In beautiful bright sunshine we climbed up the tussock- | + | The view from this location is stupendous - deep valleys, |
- | y snow-grass slopes in bare feet to the snowline, then on with the foot- | + | |
- | wear and up over the snow slopes to Wright Col, at the far end of | + | |
- | which is the Esquilant Bivvy. At 7 p.m. we still hadn't spotted the | + | |
- | hut and were giving a bit of serious thought to our chances of returning down the mountain in daylight, when over a snow rise suddenly we | + | |
- | saw the yellow, roof of the hut half snowed under, and we gave Three | + | |
- | Hearty British Cheers! | + | |
- | The view from this location is stupendous - deep valleys, | + | |
A peep out of the window early next morning revealed nothing - absolutely nothing but dense snow mist - and so it remained all day. We spent the whole time in our sleeping bags reading or sleeping or eating or scruffing each other as the spirit moved us. | A peep out of the window early next morning revealed nothing - absolutely nothing but dense snow mist - and so it remained all day. We spent the whole time in our sleeping bags reading or sleeping or eating or scruffing each other as the spirit moved us. | ||
Came the next morning, and with only one breakfast and lunch left we knew we would either have to climb the mountain today or return to the low hut without having climbed it (this party would perish if it had to go without food for a meal or two.) Luckily it had stopped snowing. There was no mist and the sun shone in a bright blue sky, so by 9 a.m we were away with 2,000 ft. to climb to the summit. George had left his long pants at the shepherds hut and Snow had lost his goggles. Boy Brown is One Great Ape, and it looks as if he is being a bad influence on George. However we had fixed George up with a spare pair hanging from the rafters of 25-Mile hut, and as my goggles had a spare eyepiece I gave that to Snow and he tied it on with string to his eyeshade, so we finished up properly equipped after all. | Came the next morning, and with only one breakfast and lunch left we knew we would either have to climb the mountain today or return to the low hut without having climbed it (this party would perish if it had to go without food for a meal or two.) Luckily it had stopped snowing. There was no mist and the sun shone in a bright blue sky, so by 9 a.m we were away with 2,000 ft. to climb to the summit. George had left his long pants at the shepherds hut and Snow had lost his goggles. Boy Brown is One Great Ape, and it looks as if he is being a bad influence on George. However we had fixed George up with a spare pair hanging from the rafters of 25-Mile hut, and as my goggles had a spare eyepiece I gave that to Snow and he tied it on with string to his eyeshade, so we finished up properly equipped after all. | ||
- | We went up SOMB really hairy snow slopes. For variation we tried going over a rib of rock, but it was so plastered with fresh snow as to be perhaps dangerous so we cut down to a lower level on the snow fields, skirting a bergschrund of considerable depth, " | + | We went up some really hairy snow slopes. For variation we tried going over a rib of rock, but it was so plastered with fresh snow as to be perhaps dangerous so we cut down to a lower level on the snow fields, skirting a bergschrund of considerable depth, " |
I'd rather be down and disappointed than down and dead." So we started off on the return, with the actual summit only a couple of hundred feet away. Don't you think that shows very creditable restraint? | I'd rather be down and disappointed than down and dead." So we started off on the return, with the actual summit only a couple of hundred feet away. Don't you think that shows very creditable restraint? | ||
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Betty Holdsworth | Betty Holdsworth | ||
- | One fine day - Melbourne - I found myself thinking of Henry who made the classic remark "My abdomen is distended" | + | One fine day - Melbourne - I found myself thinking of Henry who made the classic remark "My abdomen is distended" |
- | Life in a hospital is fabulous to say the least. I thought one rested a lot and slept a lot. Do not be misled. Day breaks at 4.30am with a thermometer and temperature reading. Tea at 5 am. - 2 cups, and what goes in must come out.. This takes lots of time. 6a.m. Bath time. 6.30 to 7.30 catch up with the gossip-with bod in next bed, 7.30 Breakfast, 8 am pills, 8.30 Temperature, | + | Life in a hospital is fabulous to say the least. I thought one rested a lot and slept a lot. Do not be misled. Day breaks at 4.30am with a thermometer and temperature reading. Tea at 5 am. - 2 cups, and what goes in must come out. This takes lots of time. 6a.m. Bath time. 6.30 to 7.30 catch up with the gossip-with bod in next bed, 7.30 Breakfast, 8 am pills, 8.30 Temperature, |
- | And so on until 10 p.m. when one has the knock out pill followed by the hot 'milk to knock the pill and then if one is the lucky type and nothing has to come out sleep until 4.30 a.m. Incidentally did you know that Doctors wear unironod | + | And so on until 10 p.m. when one has the knock out pill followed by the hot 'milk to knock the pill and then if one is the lucky type and nothing has to come out sleep until 4.30 a.m. Incidentally did you know that Doctors wear un-ironed |
- | Then we lose nearly a day and by 11 a.m. I begin to take notice and drink water and orange juice; jugs and jugs of it and you know what' | + | |
+ | Then we lose nearly a day and by 11 a.m. I begin to take notice and drink water and orange juice; jugs and jugs of it and you know what' | ||
And then comes the day when doctor says you may now get up. Well the old Kowmung River stood me in good stead - the legs were fine - I could stand on them and they didn't wobble, but what had they done to my middle? I came in to have it made smaller and it was so large that I had to carry it with me like a football. It was hardly decent wandering down the corridor holding it in both hands; and I could | And then comes the day when doctor says you may now get up. Well the old Kowmung River stood me in good stead - the legs were fine - I could stand on them and they didn't wobble, but what had they done to my middle? I came in to have it made smaller and it was so large that I had to carry it with me like a football. It was hardly decent wandering down the corridor holding it in both hands; and I could | ||
see the little nurses chuckling to themselves as they thought, now she'll have to take herself. Funny thing I don't drink nearly so much water now. | see the little nurses chuckling to themselves as they thought, now she'll have to take herself. Funny thing I don't drink nearly so much water now. | ||
- | By now I also have to go to the bathroom for my bath, no more calesthenics in bed. But alack, a day comes when one cannot get in the bath - one sits on a chair in front of the hand basin - a truly ludicrous action when thought about. One cannot even stand up to clean one's teeth, a job I've stood up all my life to do. Then comes the day when I can walk with both hands by my sides and stand up to clean teeth. One is really on the road to recovery and the sense of 'achievement is terrific. And now I am becoming a nonentity when I put on the light; the little nurses no longer come at the double - I can hear them strolling leisurely along the corridor - the danger period has passed and they can afford to take their time, but it was good being important while it lasted. | + | By now I also have to go to the bathroom for my bath, no more calesthenics in bed. But alack, a day comes when one cannot get in the bath - one sits on a chair in front of the hand basin - a truly ludicrous action when thought about. One cannot even stand up to clean one's teeth, a job I've stood up all my life to do. Then comes the day when I can walk with both hands by my sides and stand up to clean teeth. One is really on the road to recovery and the sense of achievement is terrific. And now I am becoming a nonentity when I put on the light; the little nurses no longer come at the double - I can hear them strolling leisurely along the corridor - the danger period has passed and they can afford to take their time, but it was good being important while it lasted. |
- | (Many thanks indeed for such an enlightening article on your many and varied experiences, | + | (Many thanks indeed for such an enlightening article on your many and varied experiences, |
- | RE SCATTERED FAR AND WIDE. | + | **RE SCATTERED FAR AND WIDE** |
- | In Canberra, Pat and Ian Wood have, to use their own words, | + | In Canberra, Pat and Ian Wood have, to use their own words, " |
- | " | + | |
- | Flat 12, Block 5, | + | Pat adds that, in future, any midnight or dawn visitors during the ski-ing season had better come pussy-footing up the stairs else the Woods may get thrown out on their ears (and from the third storey that |
- | "Bega.Flats | + | |
- | Reid, Canberra City, A.C.T. | + | |
- | Pat adds that, in future, any midnight or dawn visitors during | + | |
- | the ski-ing season had better come pussy-footing up the stairs else the | + | |
- | Woods may get thrown out on their ears (and from the third storey that | + | |
might prove to be fatal) | might prove to be fatal) | ||
- | We hear that ColinBrandis has taken a sea trip to Noumea and the New Hebrides. Hope he tucked his Kodachrome camera under his arm. | ||
- | Yvonne Renwick and Dot Barr have taken off to Queensland for a | ||
- | working - Sightseeing holiday. Knowing these tvo, they' | ||
- | to their ears in adventures, so we are hoping for a story for the Mag. | ||
- | from the Sunshine State before too many moons. Their present idea is that they hope to be back for the Christmas Party. Wait and seel | ||
- | IS THERE A BOOKBINDER IN THE HOUSE? | + | We hear that Colin Brandis has taken a sea trip to Noumea and the New Hebrides. Hope he tucked his |
- | If there is, or you know of one, the Club would be grateful if | + | Kodachrome camera under his arm. |
- | such a person would be willing to bind the Club copies of the Magazine. Please see the Secretary if you can work the oracle, | + | |
- | 17 | + | Yvonne Renwick and Dot Barr have taken off to Queensland for a working - sightseeing holiday. Knowing these two, they' |
+ | from the Sunshine State before too many moons. Their present idea is that they hope to be back for the Christmas Party. Wait and see. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **IS THERE A BOOKBINDER IN THE HOUSE?** | ||
+ | |||
+ | If there is, or you know of one, the Club would be grateful if such a person would be willing to bind the Club copies of the Magazine. Please see the Secretary if you can work the oracle. | ||
====== Rough Trips in Tasmania' | ====== Rough Trips in Tasmania' | ||
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AIR DROPS:\\ | AIR DROPS:\\ | ||
- | 1. Pack all items in soldered tins, wrapped in wood wool, and packed in sugar bags. per person and pack. Approx L5 Hobart - Lake Pedder, L7 Hobart | + | 1. Pack all items in soldered tins, wrapped in wood wool, and packed in sugar bags. per person and pack. Approx L5 Hobart - Lake Pedder, L7 Hobart. Cox's Bight and Pedder are the only two landing strips at present and all arrangements are subject to weather being suitable. |
- | and Pedder are the only two landing strips at present and all arrangements are subject to weather being | + | |
- | AP, | + | 2. Keep weight per bag below 25 lbs and leave top of sugar,bag as " |
- | C So | + | (Try flying a plane and dropping heavy weights at the same time, and you will appreciate |
- | 20Q | + | 3. Tie all bags securely, is easy, clearly show required.\\ |
- | 2. Keep weight per bag below 25 lbs., eJad_leave | + | 4. Give the aero Club as dropping is somewhat in good weather, mark strongly so that ground recovery owner, destination of bag, and date much advance notice as possible as air hazardous and can only be carried out. |
- | (Try flying a.p; | + | |
- | 3. Tie all bags securely, is easy, clearly show required. | + | RECOGNISED DROPPING POINTS IN SOUTH-WEST TASMANIA.\\ |
- | 4. Give the aero Club as dropping is somewhat in good weather. | + | FEDERATION PEAK Hanging Lake. Skill required, but possible in Goon Moor. Good weather.\\ |
- | mark strongly so that ground recovery owner, destination of bag, and date | + | Bechervaise Plateau requires very good weather for dropping.\\ |
- | much advance notice as possible as air hazardous and can only be carried out | + | LAKE PEDDER COX 'S BIGHT. Planes can normally land and store food under partial shelter from December to March each year.\\ |
- | RECOGNISED DROPPING POINTS IN SOUTH-WEST TASMANIA. | + | |
- | , FEDERATION PEAK Hanging Lake) Skill required, but possible in Goon Moor. ) good weather. | + | |
- | Bechervaise Plateau | + | |
- | Bechervaise Plateau requires very good weather for dropping. | + | |
- | LAKE PEDDER COX 'S BIGHT. Planes can normally land and store | + | |
- | food under partial shelter from December to March each year. | + | |
JUNCTION CREEK. | JUNCTION CREEK. | ||
+ | |||
All the above areas are recognised and unmistakable to Aero Club pilots, but other places can be arranged. | All the above areas are recognised and unmistakable to Aero Club pilots, but other places can be arranged. | ||
NOTE. These points are made without actual reference to the Aero Club, but based on Hobart Walking Club and Aero Club procedure. | NOTE. These points are made without actual reference to the Aero Club, but based on Hobart Walking Club and Aero Club procedure. | ||
- | RECOMMENDATION: | + | |
- | MAPS AVAILABLE - from Hobart Walking Club Map Custodian: | + | RECOMMENDATION: |
- | 1. Coxls Bight to Ironbound Range 5/- | + | |
- | 2. Sketch map of Arthur Range (including | + | MAPS AVAILABLE - from Hobart Walking Club Map Custodian:\\ |
- | 4. Spring River (Port Davey) 2/- | + | 1. Cox' |
+ | 2. Sketch map of Arthur Range (including | ||
+ | 4. Spring River (Port Davey) 2/-\\ | ||
5, Huon River Tracks 13/- | 5, Huon River Tracks 13/- | ||
+ | |||
(All of these are quite up to date and fairly accurate, 2,3 and 5 are useful for normal Federation Peak trip viz Moss Ridge, Prices are based on areas of each map. | (All of these are quite up to date and fairly accurate, 2,3 and 5 are useful for normal Federation Peak trip viz Moss Ridge, Prices are based on areas of each map. | ||
- | SOMB useful maps and data are in " | + | |
- | 21, | + | Some useful maps and data are in " |
- | ====== Report on Meeting of NSW Federation of Bushwalking Clubs 4 March ====== | + | ====== Report on Meeting of NSW Federation of Bushwalking Clubs 4 April ====== |
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- | SECTION SECRETARY, The position remains vacant and a volunteer is required urgently to fill this important post. | + | S& |
WILLIAMS RIVER SEARCH. The Newcastle Technical College Bushwalkers tendered their thanks for the part, played by the Search and Rescue Section in organising a relief party. The Club forwarded a donation of 16.9.6 for the S. & R. Fund, | WILLIAMS RIVER SEARCH. The Newcastle Technical College Bushwalkers tendered their thanks for the part, played by the Search and Rescue Section in organising a relief party. The Club forwarded a donation of 16.9.6 for the S. & R. Fund, | ||
- | FAUNA PROTECTION PANEL: The Chief Secretary' | + | FAUNA PROTECTION PANEL: The Chief Secretary' |
- | 7FEETETTEHEE-EaTETEYEation of Mr. T.W. Moppett had not been accepted and that Dr. Robert Carrick | + | PROPOSED NATIONAL PARKS ACT. A deputation |
- | Council | + | |
- | ary suggesting | + | |
- | organisations, | + | |
- | PROPOSED NATIONAL PARKS ACT. A deputation of representatives of | + | WILLIAMS-ALLEYNE RIVER AREA The Minister for Conservation |
- | interested conservation bodies | + | |
- | Minister | + | |
- | WILLIhMS-ALLEYNE RIVER AREA The Minister for Conservation received | + | FEDERATION REUNION. |
- | a deputation which pressed for the creation of a National Park in this | + | |
- | area which was at present | + | |
- | FEDERATION REUNION. The Camp Committee | + | BUNGONIA GORGE. It was reported that specimens of the Queensland Stinging Trees exist in this area and walkers are warned |
- | that an enjoyable time was experienced by those present. A profit of 2,2.17.- resulted from donations received | + | |
- | BUNGONIA GORGE. It was reported that specimens of the Queensland | + | FEDERATION BALL. A Committee |
- | Stinging Trees exist in this area and walkers are warned | + | |
- | FEDERATION BALL. A Committee | + | MARATHON AND RACING WALKS. It was resolved that Council adopt a policy of non-support for any proposal |
- | MARATHON AND RACING WALKS. It was resolved that Council adopt a policy of non-support for any proposal | + | CODE OF ETHICS. It was decided |
- | CODE OF ETHICS. It wag decided to circularise Clubs enquiring whether their members were being supplied with a copy of the Code on joining and if supplied were required. | ||
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**EASTER AFTERMATH** | **EASTER AFTERMATH** |
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