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| - | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER. | + | =====THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER===== |
| - | A monthly bulletin of matters | + | |
| - | The N.S.W. Nurses' | + | A monthly bulletin of matters |
| - | Reiby Place, Sydney. Box Nn.4476 G.P.O., Sydney. | + | |
| - | 'Phone J1A11462. | + | The N.S.W. Nurses' |
| 294 JUNE, 1959 Price 1/-. | 294 JUNE, 1959 Price 1/-. | ||
| - | Editor: Don Oatthews, 33 POmona | + | |
| - | Business | + | |**Editor**| Don Matthews, 33 Pomona |
| - | Manager: Brian Harvey Tyned by: Jean Harvey. | + | |**Reproduction**| |
| - | + | |**Business | |
| - | cohTENTs | + | |**Sales & Subs.**| Audrey Kenway| |
| - | Page | + | |**Typed |
| - | Editorial 1 | + | |
| - | Social | + | |Contents||Page |
| - | At Our May Meeting 3 | + | |Editorial||1| |
| - | Kodachromatics at Mount King George | + | |Social |
| - | Letter to the Editor 5 | + | |At Our May Meeting||3| |
| - | The Old Buffers Take to the Water - Paddy Pallin 6 | + | |Kodachromatics at Mount King George|" |
| - | The Sanitarium Health Fo^d Shop (Advert.) 7 | + | |Letter to the Editor||5| |
| - | Hatswell' | + | |The Old Buffers Take to the Water|Paddy Pallin|6| |
| - | A Sunday Walk - " | + | |A Sunday Walk|" |
| - | On the Seventh Day - " | + | |On the Seventh Day|" |
| - | Walking Guide 12 | + | |Walking Guide||12| |
| - | Paddy' | + | |Notes from London|"Bull Moose"|14| |
| - | Notes from London | + | |Yadboro |
| - | Yadbora | + | |Further News|from Lyn Baber|22| |
| - | Further News from Lyn Baber 22 | + | |
| - | BACK TO THE BUSH. | + | =====Back to the Bush===== |
| - | A few weeks ago, records an -, | + | A few weeks ago, records an overseas |
| the Nations of the World that they are on the brink of a great struggle between the | the Nations of the World that they are on the brink of a great struggle between the | ||
| forces of good and evil and that the day of purification is at hand, after which | forces of good and evil and that the day of purification is at hand, after which | ||
| - | there mill be everlasting life and peace. | + | there will be everlasting life and peace. |
| - | They were told to put their message in writing. The Hopis replied that it was of the heart and mind, nnt one to be put in -writing, and it would only take an hour to tell. It was explained that a meeting could not be held" | + | |
| - | work' | + | They were told to put their message in writing. The Hopis replied that it was of the heart and mind, not one to be put in writing, and it would only take an hour to tell. It was explained that a meeting could not be held without |
| - | The enlightened minority had done their duty so they went contentedly home. | + | |
| - | 2. | + | |
| Back to the Bush! | Back to the Bush! | ||
| - | That weekend gulp of nature helps preserve our sanity. Its rewards, like the Hopis message, are of the heart and mind and the more closely you study it the | + | |
| - | greater the enjoyment. | + | That weekend gulp of nature helps preserve our sanity. Its rewards, like the Hopis message, are of the heart and mind and the more closely you study it the greater the enjoyment. |
| - | It takes a while for the uninitiated to find out why we go bush, to discover | + | |
| - | that the panoramic view is only the beginning, and that the real pleasures lie hidden for those who will take the trouble to find them. | + | It takes a while for the uninitiated to find out why we go bush, to discover that the panoramic view is only the beginning, and that the real pleasures lie hidden for those who will take the trouble to find them. |
| - | We can't preserve our wildernesses | + | |
| - | DATES FCR THE SOCIAL CALENDAR. | + | We can't preserve our wildernesses |
| - | Edna Garrad. | + | |
| - | JUNE 24TH Prospective Members' | + | =====Dates for the Social Calendar===== |
| - | SPECIAL TREAT SIB.W. on T.V. | + | |
| - | The Bushwalker | + | Edna Garrad. |
| - | JULY 15TH P.M.G. Depart. Colour Movies of Tasmania, etc. Members thoroughly enjoyed the movies on the last occasion we were entertained by the | + | |
| - | JULY 22ND "R-ving | + | |June 17th|Non-Scenic Colour Slide Competition.| |
| - | and Henry Gold. These four members spent 6 months touring around Australia and the Centre. A fascinating evening is guaranteed. | + | |June 24th|Prospective Members' |
| - | JULY 29TH Why not make a date to have a good natter in the club on Free Nights, now that the environment is so pleasant? | + | |July 15th| P.M.G. Depart. Colour Movies of Tasmania, etc. Members thoroughly enjoyed the movies on the last occasion we were entertained by the PMG| |
| - | As we go to nrint the Harveys, the Rodgers and Alex Colley are off to the-backof-the--Castle again. We sunpose | + | |July 22nd|"Roving |
| - | Ho, Ho: | + | |July 29th|Why not make a date to have a good natter in the club on Free Nights, now that the environment is so pleasant?| |
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| + | As we go to print the Harveys, the Rodgers and Alex Colley are off to the-back-of-the-Castle again. We suppose | ||
| The Editor said | The Editor said | ||
| - | " | + | " |
| - | And I've nothing but praise for their writing But too few will take heed | + | |
| - | Of the Magazine' | + | =====At Our May Meeting===== |
| - | And the IN Basket' | + | |
| - | 3. AT OUR MAY MEETING. | + | The first business arising was the election |
| - | The first business arising was the eleetion | + | |
| - | Corresnondence | + | Correspondence |
| - | Appalachian Trails Club Bulletin, which the President commended to our reading. | + | |
| The Treasurer reported that his assistant had worked to such good effect | The Treasurer reported that his assistant had worked to such good effect | ||
| - | while he was away that 162.15. 0 had been collected in subscriptions and 15.2.6 | + | while he was away that £162.15.0 had been collected in subscriptions and £15.2.6 |
| - | in application fees. The room warming party had yielded a profit of 5.16. 8. | + | in application fees. The room warming party had yielded a profit of £5.16.8. |
| - | 207.16.10 was carried | + | £207.16.10 was carried |
| Reporting on arrangements made about our club room, Brian Harvey told us that | Reporting on arrangements made about our club room, Brian Harvey told us that | ||
| - | it could be used from 6.30 to 10.30 p m. We had to be out by 10.30 because the watchman came around then. Arrangements had been made to put a sign advertising | + | it could be used from 6.30 to 10.30 p m. We had to be out by 10.30 because the watchman came around then. Arrangements had been made to put a sign advertising our presence |
| - | our nresence | + | |
| - | wanted to. | + | Drawing our attention to the new notice board on the dais, the President |
| - | Drawing our attention to the new notice board on the dais, the President | + | |
| - | thapked | + | Next we debated a motion by Frank Ashdown that we should spend £6 to have the name of the Club in block capitals in the phone book. Frank said it was difficult to find the club entry, partly because "Bush Walkers" |
| - | light grey and may be folded across the centre and carried into the cloak room. It blends nicely with the room furnishings. | + | |
| - | Next we debated a motion by Frank Ashdown that we should spend 6 to have the name of the Club in block capitals in the ' | + | There was a fair stream of newcomers and if they came in too quickly we might not have enough |
| - | to find the club entry, partly because "Bush Walkers" | + | room in the Club room. If young people came in and didn't pull their weight it threw more work on the old members. The three room stewards elected earlier, for instance, were in the "old buffer" |
| - | Wren said you could find anything in the 'phone book if you knew how to use it. Ron Knightly disagreed with this, having recently found " | + | |
| - | under " | + | Edna Carrad was then authorised |
| - | fair stream of newcomers and if they Game in too quickly we might not have enough | + | |
| - | room in the Club room. If young people came in and didn't pull their weight it threw more work on the old members. The three room stewards elected earlier, for instance, were in the "old buffer" | + | |
| - | Edna Carrad was then authorisod | + | |
| At this stage the President sighted Mike Perryman coming in and welcomed him to the Club. | At this stage the President sighted Mike Perryman coming in and welcomed him to the Club. | ||
| - | Len Fall informed us that the Brisbane Waters National Park (Kariong) was about to be gazetted. He also told us that Mr. Gale had closed access to the Warrumbungles through his property and withdrawn his offer of some acres of land fox a camping area. This was because some walkers had written to him telling him to pick them up at the railway and take them to the mountains. | + | |
| - | Li.. | + | Len Fall informed us that the Brisbane Waters National Park (Kariong) was about to be gazetted. He also told us that Mr. Gale had closed access to the Warrumbungles through his property and withdrawn his offer of some acres of land for a camping area. This was because some walkers had written to him telling him to pick them up at the railway and take them to the mountains. |
| - | At Brian Harvey' | + | |
| - | copies together. | + | At Brian Harvey' |
| - | Brian also drew attention to the Club Screen - now " | + | |
| - | projectionists for a report on the condition of the screen and projector and recommendations for improvement of same. | + | Brian also drew attention to the Club Screen - now " |
| - | KODACHROMATICS AT MOUNT KING GEORGE. | + | |
| + | =====Kodachromatics at Mount King George===== | ||
| " | " | ||
| - | " | + | " |
| Department of the Interior Film Unit. | Department of the Interior Film Unit. | ||
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| Yes, folks, we were at it again - this time in colour - the second Club filming in three weeks: And this time at the special request of the Commonwealth Government, too: Yes - we know - as Australia' | Yes, folks, we were at it again - this time in colour - the second Club filming in three weeks: And this time at the special request of the Commonwealth Government, too: Yes - we know - as Australia' | ||
| - | As part of a colour documentary to be released here and overseas,.four of our | + | |
| - | members, with a professional radio-and-T.V. actor (as a pseudo-bushwalker), | + | As part of a colour documentary to be released here and overseas, four of our |
| + | members, with a professional radio-and-T.V. actor (as a pseudo-bushwalker), | ||
| who took the part of a school teacher, having been " | who took the part of a school teacher, having been " | ||
| (easily the roughest in the State). Transported from, and to, their homes by a | (easily the roughest in the State). Transported from, and to, their homes by a | ||
| - | uniformed driver in. a Commonwealth Car Pool " | + | uniformed driver in a Commonwealth Car Pool " |
| Road, a little vest of Mt. King George, waiting in vain for Old Sol to put in an | Road, a little vest of Mt. King George, waiting in vain for Old Sol to put in an | ||
| appearance from beyond an overcast sky. With an understanding that another try | appearance from beyond an overcast sky. With an understanding that another try | ||
| would be made on the following day, the party went disappointedly home, via the Kurrajong Heights Hotel, where their " | would be made on the following day, the party went disappointedly home, via the Kurrajong Heights Hotel, where their " | ||
| - | Des/ | + | Despite |
| - | abroad early. Sunday dawned somewhat grey, and after a survey at 6 a m. of the uninspiring sky, certain bode crept back to bed after a " | + | abroad early. Sunday dawned somewhat grey, and after a survey at 6 a m. of the uninspiring sky, certain bode crept back to bed after a "cuppa", but an unrelenting |
| - | telephone at 6.40 announced "it was on" and that the Custombuilt was on its way. Much scrambling | + | telephone at 6.40 announced "it was on" and that the Custombuilt was on its way. Much scrambling |
| with the film-unit panel-van "on location" | with the film-unit panel-van "on location" | ||
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| A camp was set up on a grassy foreground, with a background of a deep V-cut in | A camp was set up on a grassy foreground, with a background of a deep V-cut in | ||
| the cliffs above Blue Gum Forest, which revealed the sun-gilded yellow and red | the cliffs above Blue Gum Forest, which revealed the sun-gilded yellow and red | ||
| - | cliffs of the Grose Valley, the *hole framed between two small handsome White gums. | + | cliffs of the Grose Valley, the whole framed between two small handsome White gums. |
| - | One scene called far a close-up of John's and Molly' | + | |
| + | One scene called far a close-up of John's and Molly' | ||
| touch, a charcoal stick was liberally smeared over his shins ,and thighs, with a dab | touch, a charcoal stick was liberally smeared over his shins ,and thighs, with a dab | ||
| - | or two on the shorts for luck. Oh, these dirty hikers! Oh, the genuine look of horror: Oh, the ignominy: | + | or two on the shorts for luck. Oh, these dirty hikers! Oh, the genuine look of horror: Oh, the ignominy. |
| - | (Continued | + | |
| - | 5. | + | Shooting was finally completed after much waiting for heavy cumulus clouds to pass, and after grilled steak, the party "moved off" to Hunter Street, City, to film the closing scenes of the weekend walkers trudging " |
| - | LETTER | + | |
| + | The high price of art far art's sake - eighteen hours away from home for about 90 seconds run of film! But the honour - THE HONOUR! | ||
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| + | =====Letter to the Editor===== | ||
| 3 Coopernook Avenue, Gymea Bay. | 3 Coopernook Avenue, Gymea Bay. | ||
| - | Der Mr. Editor, | + | Dear Mr. Editor, |
| - | Your editorial in the May, 1959, edition of your magazine "The Sydney | + | |
| - | much to the point. | + | Your editorial in the May, 1959, edition of your magazine "The Sydney |
| - | You ask your readers, Sir, to think of similar places around Sydney like that which must have existed beside the Tank Stream, where the Bushies now have their | + | |
| - | Clubroom. Cherish the thought, such places are precious few, and let me assure you (if you need to be assured), they' | + | You ask your readers, Sir, to think of similar places around Sydney like that which must have existed beside the Tank Stream, where the Bushies now have their Clubroom. Cherish the thought, such places are precious few, and let me assure you (if you need to be assured), they' |
| - | In fact Mr. Editor, probably more than four-fifths of the places that we use today for camping, walking and enjoying the wildlife and natural conditions, are nc | + | |
| - | ours to enjoy; and why? Because they have not been reserved for this purpose or because the manner of reservation is insecure. Perhaps tomorrow, or next week, or next generation, the hand of authority will wipe out your right and mine, to stand an look; maybe we won't want to stand and look as the trees come down, the wildflowers go under the bulldozer, the animals pack up and leave, the fences and the "Keep Out" notices grow up like blackberries and lantana. | + | I have no doubt that when the day comes and there is nothing left, a few anaemic letters from " |
| - | I have no doubt that when the day comes and there is nothing left, a few anaemic letters from " | + | |
| - | ". | + | It can't happen here, did I hear you say? That's what you think! It' |
| - | It can't happen here, did I hear you say? That' | + | |
| - | Bushwalkers come and go, but the blokes that matter go on forever. Some there are who stop to analyse their feeling, to ask why they enjoy the places of natural beauty and how such matters contribute to the aesthetic and cultural backgrounds of a nation. These do not include your " | + | Bushwalkers come and go, but the blokes that matter go on forever. Some there are who stop to analyse their feeling, to ask why they enjoy the places of natural beauty and how such matters contribute to the aesthetic and cultural backgrounds of a nation. These do not include your " |
| - | But there are lots of devices and many sheep who never seem to realise that they are being " | + | |
| - | Yours sincerely, | + | But there are lots of devices and many sheep who never seem to realise that they are being " |
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| + | Yours sincerely,\\ | ||
| (Sgd.) Allan A. Strom. | (Sgd.) Allan A. Strom. | ||
| - | 6. | + | |
| - | Kodachromatics at Mount King George (Continued). | + | |
| - | Shooting was finally completed after much waiting for heavy cumulus clouds | + | ===== The Old Buffers Take to the Water. ===== |
| - | The high price of art far art's sake - eighteen hours away from home for abotr. 90 seconds run of film! But the honour - THE HONOUR! | + | |
| - | THE OLD BUFFERS TAKE TO THEWAIER. | + | Paddy Palin. |
| - | S. | + | |
| - | Paddy PaIlin. | + | The Old Buffers were at it again at Easter. Of course, for these ancient codgers Easter doesn' |
| - | The Old Buffers were at it again at Easter. Of coarse, for these ancient codgers Easter doesn' | + | |
| - | So brimming | + | So brimming |
| - | The Intelligence section had been able to glean very little information about the country and the hatchured Military sheet didn't yield much. However, on the train were scads of youngsters belonging to virile clubs such as S.B.W. and the Bu;.. Club, Two lads named Colley and Leyden gave some valuable clues. Young Colley had spent two days travelling three miles down the Endrick. One venerable member of | + | |
| - | the old buffers | + | The Intelligence section had been able to glean very little information about the country and the hatchured Military sheet didn't yield much. However, on the train were scads of youngsters belonging to virile clubs such as S.B.W. and the Bush Club. Two lads named Colley and Leyden gave some valuable clues. Young Colley had spent two days travelling three miles down the Endrick. One venerable member of |
| - | This was a happy choice. There was a good track leaving the road near the Endrick Bridge. It climbed over a spur into the valley- which was semi cleared and grassy. After a few miles of pleasant going a deserted farm house was reached, and then the stream went into a miniature gorge which was a sheer delight. | + | the old buffers |
| - | " IP.14; | + | |
| - | emiumenvirtatrerui& | + | This was a happy choice. There was a good track leaving the road near the Endrick Bridge. It climbed over a spur into the valley which was semi cleared and grassy. After a few miles of pleasant going a deserted farm house was reached, and then the stream went into a miniature gorge which was a sheer delight. |
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| - | CAFE | + | Our fishing |
| - | HEALTH FOOD SHOP 0n4 V 1.:b6. LPirr | + | |
| - | FOR HOT DRINKS AM SOUPS - THE NEW EASTTY DISSOLVED | + | Next day the river was high and rising steadily, so we had to keep to the one side of the river. This made things |
| - | ECONOMILK - IN FOUR. OUNCE PACKETS! | + | which made the rocks slippery. The whole of this part of the Shoalhaven is a scene of wild grandeur. The valley is deep and the rocks are contorted in a fantastic manner. Every mile or so the river would cut through a great rock bar with vertical strata running up the mountainside. We negotiated the Little Horseshoe Bend and could understand why the river preferred to go round rather than cut through this |
| - | FOR MINTER -WALKING - CEREATS FOR BREAKFAST RICE PRIED STEWING FRUITS RAISINS FRUITCAKE CONFECTIONS LIGHTWEIGHT BISCUITS GLACE FRUITS OVALTIVE TABLETS | + | formidable mass of rock. |
| - | 13 HUNTER ST SY | + | |
| - | ,rnif | + | We decided to have lunch at Great Horseshoe Bend. It was maybe as well we did so, for a few minutes after we had stooped there was an explosion like a clap of thunder and then an earth shaking roar as a mass of rock came hurling down the mountainside a few hundred yards ahead. |
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| - | BWI725 | + | After lunch we picked our way gingerly and somewhat nervously across the trail of still moving debris left by the landslide: We had hoped to reach and maybe negotiate the Blockup that afternoon but alas! the dusk found us two miles short. That young fellow called Leyden told us that the going was easy from Nerimunga Creek. Well, even after making allowances for his youthful virility we didn't find it that easy. Maybe the flooded state of the river had something to do with it. |
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| - | crawled down a very loose scree for a few hundred feet, peered over the edge and hurriedly withdrew. We were still several hundred feet from the bottom. Reluctantly and not without some groans from the rapidly deteriorating veterans, we re-climbed | + | Next day we knew we had to cover a lot of ground, and so we got an early start. |
| - | up the scree and then to the top of the ridge. Here we found a knife-edge ridge which eventually took us down to the river. We bathed our aching bones in the river and camped for the night. | + | |
| - | Our fishing | + | With cameras and watches secured and everything lashed and stowed we launched into the icy waters. After a four hundred yard swim we landed on a shingle beach just above a really fierce rapid. We walked a hundred yards downstream to dodge the rapid, but alas steep rocks then barred our path, and willy nilly we had to plunge into the swift flawing waters. It was quite exciting for a few minutes until we landed on rocks on the other side. Here the true Blockup began. Dark waters flowed silently between enormous cliffs hundreds of feet high. It was impressive and a little |
| - | Next day the river was high and rising steadily, so we had to keep to the one side of the river. This made thing d somewhat difficult as there were many rocky bars to negotiate. That night we camped a little short of DOctors | + | |
| - | was a raging torrent. Just as we started to make camp the rain came and we had a wet night. Next morning the river had albsided | + | Our vitamins and what-nots were just about used up, and the only thing that kept us going on that 1800 ft. grind out of the gorge was the thought of that car waiting for us at the top. Alas, as we staggered out on to the road we were met by a disappointed Paul and Reg who told us the car had gone. We found out later he had arrived at 5.30, waited until 6.10 and gone home! |
| - | which made the rocks slippery. | + | |
| - | strata running up the mountainside. We negotiated the Little Horseshoe Bend and could understand why the river preferred to go round rather than cut through this | + | We were tired and hungry, so we had a meal and started walking again. We had to walk another three miles before we found a farm house with a phone. |
| - | formidable mass. of rock. | + | |
| - | We decided to have lunch at Great Horseshoe Bend. It was maybe as well we did | + | We caught a train from Moss Vale at 3 a.m, Tuesday, and got home just in time to have a shower, breakfast, and go to work. One of these days we'll be really too old to do these foolish things. |
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| - | so, for a few minutes after we had stooped there was an explosion like a clap of thunder and then an earth shaking roar as a mas6 of rock came hurling down the mountainside a few hundred yards ahead. | + | =====A Sunday Walk===== |
| - | After lunch we picked our way gingerly and somewhat nervously across the | + | |
| - | trail of still moving debris left by the landslide: We hrd hoped to reach and maybc, | + | |
| - | Next day we knew we had to cover a lot of ground, and so we got an early start_ | + | |
| - | side we were on became a cliff and so we had to make the plunge. The members of the fraternity who hadn't swum with nacks before were initiated into the mysteries of Relative Density, Law of Archimedes and Centre of Gravity. One of the members | + | |
| - | decided that this was the moment to inform us that swimming in cold water didn't agree with him - in fact it made him ill. After a motion had been carried (5 for: 1 against) "That we abandon the said member" | + | |
| - | With cameras and watches secured and everything lashed and stowed we launched into the icy waters. After a four hundred yard swim we landed on a shingle beach just above a really fierce rapid. We walked a hundred yards downstream to dodge the rapid, but alas steep rocks then barred our path, and willy nilly we had to plunge into thesuift | + | |
| - | Our vitamins and what-nots were just about used up, and the only thing that kept us going on that 1800 ft. grind out of the gorge was the thought of that car waiting for us at the top. Alas, as we staggered out on to the road we were met by a disappointed Paul and Reg who told us the car had gone. We found out later he had arrived at 5.30, waited until 6.10 and gone home: | + | |
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| - | FOR ALL YOUR TRANSPORT PROBLEMS CONTACT | + | |
| - | HATSWELL' | + | |
| - | RING, WRITE, WIRE or CALL | + | |
| - | ANY gOUR - DAY OR NIGHT | + | |
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| - | from Gardners Inn Hotel (LOOK FOR THE NEON SIGN) | + | |
| - | SPEEDY 5 or 8 PASSENGER CARS AVAILABLE | + | |
| - | LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES CATERED FOR | + | |
| - | FARES: KANANGRA WALLS 30k- per head (minimum 5.pazsengers) | + | |
| - | PERRY' | + | |
| - | JENOLAN STATE FOREST 20/- " n II 11 | + | |
| - | CARLON' | + | |
| - | WE WILL BE PLEASED TO QUOTE TRIPS OR SPECIAL PARTIES ON APPLICATION | + | |
| - | We were tired and hungry, so we had a meal and started walking again. We had | + | |
| - | to walk another three miles before we found a farm house with a 'phone. | + | |
| - | We caught a train from Moss Vale at 3 a. m, Tuesday, and got home just in time to have a shower, breakfast, and go to work. One of these days we'll be really too old to do these foolish things. | + | |
| - | A SUNDAY WALK | + | |
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| - | It was a lovely Sunday | + | |
| - | On the way to Sutherland Station where I was to join David Ingram' | + | It was a lovely Sunday |
| - | Before preparing for the descent to the Railway Reservoir to cross the dam to ascend Mount Westmacott, the usual introductory circle was formed and really I felt like a prospective all over again, not being known by many of the new members. This perplexed emotion did not live long, as Bus hwalkers | + | |
| - | 10. | + | On the way to Sutherland Station where I was to join David Ingram' |
| - | The climb up Mount Westmacott, though not comparable with the Matterhorn or Everee,, was both interesting and entertaining and the continuity of cross-fire conversation created a great deal of mirth. | + | |
| - | On attaining the neak, one gasped at the magnificent scenic panorama viewed at a full unhindered three hundred and sixty degrees: | + | Before preparing for the descent to the Railway Reservoir to cross the dam to ascend Mount Westmacott, the usual introductory circle was formed and really I felt like a prospective all over again, not being known by many of the new members. This perplexed emotion did not live long, as Bushwalkers |
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| + | The climb up Mount Westmacott, though not comparable with the Matterhorn or Everest, was both interesting and entertaining and the continuity of cross-fire conversation created a great deal of mirth. | ||
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| + | On attaining the peak, one gasped at the magnificent scenic panorama viewed at a full unhindered three hundred and sixty degrees! | ||
| With ten minutes break oranges, apples, cameras and exposure metres became | With ten minutes break oranges, apples, cameras and exposure metres became | ||
| - | moreirominent, and in next to no time the voice of the leader exclaimed "Ready to move off". How every one would have enjoyed an extra few minutes to drink more of the surrounding elegance: | + | more prominent, and in next to no time the voice of the leader exclaimed "Ready to move off". How every one would have enjoyed an extra few minutes to drink more of the surrounding elegance! |
| Regardless, the company drooped down from crest to ridge to eventually reach | Regardless, the company drooped down from crest to ridge to eventually reach | ||
| a slow running creek, but the thoughts of a cool swim were soon dashed to oblivion because of a water hole that did not exist. | a slow running creek, but the thoughts of a cool swim were soon dashed to oblivion because of a water hole that did not exist. | ||
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| "Where are we going from here?" a question was asked. | "Where are we going from here?" a question was asked. | ||
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| "What time will we get there?" | "What time will we get there?" | ||
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| "In what direction are we going to have dinner?" | "In what direction are we going to have dinner?" | ||
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| Another ten minutes were sent by the creek, some busily taking photographs, | Another ten minutes were sent by the creek, some busily taking photographs, | ||
| others reclining against logs and rocks and permeating the freshness of the air with cigarette smoke. | others reclining against logs and rocks and permeating the freshness of the air with cigarette smoke. | ||
| - | Again the loice from our midst drew our a+tention | + | |
| - | We trudged onward with the thought of a lengthy meal and a refreshing swim on the other side..... | + | Again the voice from our midst drew our attention |
| - | A small gathering of walkers at lunch brings forward many a thought that otherwise would be lost. Many a subject is aired with the inevitable debate that generally follows to the interest of. everybody, and such discussions usually lead to a general enlightenment, | + | |
| + | A small gathering of walkers at lunch brings forward many a thought that otherwise would be lost. Many a subject is aired with the inevitable debate that generally follows to the interest of everybody, and such discussions usually lead to a general enlightenment, | ||
| That man again: forcing his outspoken desires for us to pack and move on | That man again: forcing his outspoken desires for us to pack and move on | ||
| - | again. Why doesn' | + | again. Why doesn' |
| - | ferrets out the long faced features of reluctancy | + | ferrets out the long faced features of reluctance |
| After leaving Myuna Creek a challenge was made for anybody to find Woronora | After leaving Myuna Creek a challenge was made for anybody to find Woronora | ||
| Trig, which was supposed to be hidden where it could not be found. What, was behind | Trig, which was supposed to be hidden where it could not be found. What, was behind | ||
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| he introduced that invitation with no other object than to offset the moans and groans in the climbing of another mountain, in the heat of the day, immediately after | he introduced that invitation with no other object than to offset the moans and groans in the climbing of another mountain, in the heat of the day, immediately after | ||
| dinner. | dinner. | ||
| - | Nice fellow David: Nice fellow indeed: | + | |
| + | Nice fellow David! Nice fellow indeed! | ||
| Nevertheless, | Nevertheless, | ||
| - | side, excellent time was achieved on reaching the 'scrubby scratchy tops. | + | side, excellent time was achieved on reaching the scrubby scratchy tops. |
| - | 11. | + | |
| The views obtained were peaceful and captivating and the freshness of the clean bushland atmosphere made one want to breathe deeper and deeper. | The views obtained were peaceful and captivating and the freshness of the clean bushland atmosphere made one want to breathe deeper and deeper. | ||
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| After a ten minute pause a north west direction was taken towards the Woronora River, which was then followed downstream. | After a ten minute pause a north west direction was taken towards the Woronora River, which was then followed downstream. | ||
| - | The afternoon sun still had a bite, hot enough to appreciate another swim. Again the question was asked - what the chances were in that direction - feeling there might be the possibility of no opnortunity; but his sagaciousness affirmed that arrangements were as good as organised. In due course the swim arrived and most pleasant was the cooling off and the refrLshed | + | |
| - | Thenfollowed | + | The afternoon sun still had a bite, hot enough to appreciate another swim. Again the question was asked - what the chances were in that direction - feeling there might be the possibility of no opportunity; but his sagaciousness affirmed that arrangements were as good as organised. In due course the swim arrived and most pleasant was the cooling off and the refreshed |
| - | ON THE SEVENTH DAY. | + | |
| - | "MuMbedah". | + | Then followed |
| - | To those who complain about the high cost of train fares in relrtinn | + | |
| - | enjoyment derived from Sunday walks, and to those confirmd | + | =====On the Seventh Day===== |
| - | Prior to the War (the second one, of course) when we used to enjoy a return train trip of a Sunday for the ?price of a single-journey ticket, almost invariably it was the practice to have tea in the bush at the conclusion of the walk, followed by a Short sing-song or round-the-fire chin-wag, then catch a late train home. The river flat at Lilyvale, near the station, was always dotted by small fires on such nights, not only those of the organised walkers, but of the " | + | "Mumbedah". |
| - | It was probably the curtailment of rail services during the War, combined with a grave Shortage, due to food-rationing, | + | |
| - | art, the then established custom has not been revived. Another | + | To those who complain about the high cost of train fares in relation |
| - | Strange, but walkers are quite prepared, after n hard -weekend " | + | enjoyment derived from Sunday walks, and to those confirmed |
| - | a train, say, at Katoomba or Kiama, and land back in Sydney, dog-tired, about 9 n m. | + | |
| - | on a Sunday night with never a complaint about getting home later - just because that's normal. No Obvious | + | Prior to the War (the second one, of course) when we used to enjoy a return train trip of a Sunday for the price of a single-journey ticket, almost invariably it was the practice to have tea in the bush at the conclusion of the walk, followed by a short sing-song or round-the-fire chin-wag, then catch a late train home. The river flat at Lilyvale, near the station, was always dotted by small fires on such nights, not only those of the organised walkers, but of the " |
| - | comparative ease of a Sunday walk (even if a test-walk) with its light pack, lighter hearts and little or no fatigue! | + | |
| - | 12. | + | It was probably the curtailment of rail services during the War, combined with a grave shortage, due to food-rationing, |
| - | Lilyvale has been cited, because with fire-wood and water right at the station, it is ideal for the purpose. At other spots, not sporting these mod. cons., we used to carry all available water bags to a locatinn | + | |
| - | Half the enjoyment of the weekend | + | Strange, but walkers are quite prepared, after a hard weekend " |
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| + | Lilyvale has been cited, because with fire-wood and water right at the station, it is ideal for the purpose. At other spots, not sporting these mod. cons., we used to carry all available water bags to a location | ||
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| + | Half the enjoyment of the weekend | ||
| Perhaps some of our Sunday Walks Leaders might give it a go! | Perhaps some of our Sunday Walks Leaders might give it a go! | ||
| - | WALKLITGGULDE. | + | |
| + | =====Walking Guide===== | ||
| June Katoomba - Car to Carlon' | June Katoomba - Car to Carlon' | ||
| - | Special trip for young and old Tigers | + | |
| - | Leader: Geoff Nagg Fares 34/9d. | + | Special trip for young and old Tigers |
| + | Leader: Geoff Wagg Fares 34/9d. | ||
| 21 Cowan - Gunyah Bay - Cowan. | 21 Cowan - Gunyah Bay - Cowan. | ||
| - | Scratchy ridge walking (long trousers recommended) and a scramble down to a delightful camp spot at Gunyah Bay. Views of Cowan Creek& Broken Bay. Don't be put off by a few prickly bushes - this is a good trip: | + | |
| - | Leader: Brian Harvey Fares 10/-. | + | Scratchy ridge walking (long trousers recommended) and a scramble down to a delightful camp spot at Gunyah Bay. Views of Cowan Creek & Broken Bay. Don't be put off by a few prickly bushes - this is a good trip!\\ |
| + | Leader: Brian Harvey, Fares 10/-. | ||
| 26-27-28 Mt. Victoria - Blackheath Creek - Cox River - Megalong Creek - Glen - Katoomba. | 26-27-28 Mt. Victoria - Blackheath Creek - Cox River - Megalong Creek - Glen - Katoomba. | ||
| - | Pleasant walking down Blackheath Creek and along Cox 's River through Cullenbenbong country. Rock hopping and scrambling (Granitiboulders) for a few miles before the spectacular junction with Megalong Creek - cascades and rock pools - then scrambling up the Megalong Gorge and cut via Nellie' | + | |
| - | Leader: Bob Younger Fares 26/-. | + | Pleasant walking down Blackheath Creek and along Cox 's River through Cullenbenbong country. Rock hopping and scrambling (Granite boulders) for a few miles before the spectacular junction with Megalong Creek - cascades and rock pools - then scrambling up the Megalong Gorge and cut via Nellie' |
| + | Leader: Bob Younger, Fares 26/-. | ||
| 27-28 Instructional: | 27-28 Instructional: | ||
| - | Easy walking - comfortable campsite. Bring (Liverpool) military map. Excellent area far map reading practice. Come along. Help the prospectives and enjoy a spine bash at the same time - recover from those rugged winter walks. | + | |
| + | Easy walking - comfortable campsite. Bring (Liverpool) military map. Excellent area far map reading practice. Come along. Help the prospectives and enjoy a spine bash at the same time - recover from those rugged winter walks.\\ | ||
| Leader: Edna Stretton Fares 13/-. | Leader: Edna Stretton Fares 13/-. | ||
| - | For those who read last month' | + | |
| - | Name In honour of a Victorian Alp - | + | July Blackheath - Hampton - Minni Ninni Range - Cullenberbong - 6 foot track - 3-4-5 Nellie 's Glen - Katoomba. |
| - | The " | + | |
| - | 2 Lengths - | + | Car to the Summit, easy walking along the Range to Gibraltar |
| - | Regular: To suit persons up to 5' | + | Views of the high country. Down Gibraltar Creek to camp on Cox's River. Medium track walk out.\\ |
| - | Extra Long: To suit persons up to 6' | + | Leader: Molly Rodgers, Fares L2. |
| - | Price - 13. 7. 6 | + | |
| - | Weight - 31b 13ozs. | + | 4-5 Blackheath - Perry' |
| - | As we mentioned before these bags are very specially designed and we are sure that they will be a success for the serious walker who likes winter trips. Limited stock now available. | + | |
| - | For those who wish to stock up on first aid items, we have acquired some wonderful disposal bargains | + | |
| - | Compressed Triangular Bandages | + | |
| - | 11 , Cotton Wool .. 6d. pkt. | + | |
| - | 1t Gauze . .. 4d. pkt. | + | |
| - | 11 Lint .. OS 0 4d. pkt. | + | |
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| - | Field Dressings . . . 6d. each | + | |
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| - | PADDY PAWN IP y. | + | |
| - | Ltd. | + | |
| - | Lightweight Camp Gear | + | |
| - | 201 CASTLEREAGH St SYDNEY | + | |
| - | BA/12685 | + | |
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| - | WALKING GUIDE | + | |
| - | July Blackheath - Hampton - Minni Ninni Range - Cullenberbong - 6 foot track - 3-4-5 Nellie 's Glen - Kato omba. | + | |
| - | Car to the Summit, easy walking along the Range to GiLraltar | + | |
| - | Views of the high country. Down Gibraltar Creek to camp on Cax's River. Medium track walk out. | + | |
| - | Leader: Molly Rodgers Fares Z2. | + | |
| - | 4,-5 Blackheath - Perry' | + | |
| Car to Perry' | Car to Perry' | ||
| - | out via Beauchamp Falls - The Grand Canyon. Cliff and creek scenery. | + | out via Beauchamp Falls - The Grand Canyon. Cliff and creek scenery.\\ |
| Leader: Jean Wilson Fares 27/9d. | Leader: Jean Wilson Fares 27/9d. | ||
| - | 5 'Waterfall - Heathcote Creek - Heathcote. | + | |
| - | Pleasant scrabbling and track walking - waterfalls and Pools | + | 5 Waterfall - Heathcote Creek - Heathcote. |
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| + | Pleasant scrabbling and track walking - waterfalls and Pools\\ | ||
| Leader: Edna Garrad Fares 8/-. | Leader: Edna Garrad Fares 8/-. | ||
| - | pri..=11m | + | |
| - | The Full House sign was up at the Bush Music Club's performance - those boys have sure got rhythm: They also had a lot of songs we hadn't heard before. A fine evening' | + | |
| - | MIN.1.11110111M | + | The Full House sign was up at the Bush Music Club's performance - those boys have sure got rhythm. They also had a lot of songs we hadn't heard before. A fine evening' |
| - | NOTES FROM LONDON. | + | |
| - | "Bull Moose". | + | =====Notes From London===== |
| - | Let's see - where does one being? The trip across seems so long ago now. Was it five months or five years since I was given that terrific farewell from Wbolloomooloo? The Ship being dimly towed out into the harLour | + | "Bull Moose" |
| - | the band blazing away - the yelled farewells - the hundreds of streamers - we were at last on our way. The ship became quiet as we passed Fort Denison, but then from the roof of a tall block of flats at Pott's Point a blinking light appeared and the calls of "Hot Pies": echoed across the harbour. Something stirred inside me and despite the amazed looks from the passengers on board a series of Bull Moose groans issued forth which were answered by many, though not quite similar groans, from the shore. Then out through the Heads we slid. | + | |
| - | Brisbane - Barrier Reef - Coral Sea - Christmas - Singapore (what a city - you can buy anything - and usually do) - birthday parties - equatorial crossings - Colombo - New Year - Port Said - Naples. A quick:tour of Napoli | + | Let's see - where does one begin? The trip across seems so long ago now. Was it five months or five years since I was given that terrific farewell from Woolloomooloo? The ship being dimly towed out into the harbour |
| - | Italy, to me, despite its ancient buildings, lovely | + | |
| - | The lakes at the foot of the Swiss Alps are terrific and so is Switzerland itself. Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, in fairly quick succession, so that | + | Brisbane - Barrier Reef - Coral Sea - Christmas - Singapore (what a city - you can buy anything - and usually do) - birthday parties - equatorial crossings - Colombo - New Year - Port Said - Naples. A quick tour of Napoli, Pompeii, Sorrento |
| - | I usually forgot in which language I was trying (and I repent trying) to make myself understood. Just imagine saying " | + | |
| - | 15. | + | Italy to me, despite its ancient buildings, lovely |
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| + | The lakes at the foot of the Swiss Alps are terrific and so is Switzerland itself. Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, in fairly quick succession, so that I usually forgot in which language I was trying (and I repent trying) to make myself understood. Just imagine saying " | ||
| The English Channel was rough but not quite wide enough to delay my digestion, though I do admit to being a slight green colour on boarding the train to London. | The English Channel was rough but not quite wide enough to delay my digestion, though I do admit to being a slight green colour on boarding the train to London. | ||
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| On looking back at this first Continental Tour I ask myself - | On looking back at this first Continental Tour I ask myself - | ||
| - | WBO'was the no-hoper who spent four days hitching in Germany and after covering some 400 miles without either map or a knowledge of the German language arrived at the Swiss border at exactly the same spot as he started from? | + | |
| - | WHO argued with a street stall salesman in Rome for fifteen minutes, with much use of the helpful " | + | WHO was the no-hoper who spent four days hitching in Germany and after covering some 400 miles without either map or a knowledge of the German language arrived at the Swiss border at exactly the same spot as he started from? |
| - | WHO argued with an excited red faced French station master Who kept waving his arms and shouting " | + | |
| - | ft | + | WHO argued with a street stall salesman in Rome for fifteen minutes, with much use of the helpful " |
| - | WHO was dragged out of bed at 1.30 a m. on a freezing morning by a woman' | + | |
| + | WHO argued with an excited red faced French station master Who kept waving his arms and shouting " | ||
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| + | WHO was dragged out of bed at 1.30 a m. on a freezing morning by a woman' | ||
| WHO DO YOU THINK? | WHO DO YOU THINK? | ||
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| "Oh, to be in England now that April' | "Oh, to be in England now that April' | ||
| - | The countryside seems ready to burst into life, the early shoots have a/ | + | |
| + | The countryside seems ready to burst into life, the early shoots have appeared | ||
| The weather has been varied. At first very cold - then dry and windy - dry and cloudy - a few fine days - now wet. | The weather has been varied. At first very cold - then dry and windy - dry and cloudy - a few fine days - now wet. | ||
| - | Met Lynette Baber and John Bookluck after their many adventures on their terrific overland trip from Singapore. Booky shaved off his beard and guess what he found? You'll never guess. A double chin. John says it Was the muscles he developed through talking down two women and eating hard tack for food. The girls say it was concealed proteins for use when other food ran out. | + | |
| - | Like most newcomers to London I was at first bamboozled by the Underground Railway system, however, it soon loses its novelty, but one thing I always find interesting is the adverting posters on the sides of the long esoalators | + | Met Lynette Baber and John Bookluck after their many adventures on their terrific overland trip from Singapore. Booky shaved off his beard and guess what he found? You'll never guess. A double chin. John says it was the muscles he developed through talking down two women and eating hard tack for food. The girls say it was concealed proteins for use when other food ran out. |
| - | from the top to bottom (excuse me) covers the complete range of women' | + | |
| - | 5ust as I've developed an Alec Guinness type walk which seems to be very popula, with a lot of Londoners, I see "The Horses' | + | Like most newcomers to London I was at first bamboozled by the Underground Railway system, however, it soon loses its novelty, but one thing I always find interesting is the adverting posters on the sides of the long escalators |
| - | a shuffle than a stride. I hmpe this doesn' | + | |
| - | I read an article in an English paper about an American firm called " | + | Just as I've developed an Alec Guinness type walk which seems to be very popular, with a lot of Londoners, I see "The Horses' |
| - | whose products are sweeping the home market. The products consist of tinnpd | + | |
| - | "The Canco Query" | + | I read an article in an English paper about an American firm called " |
| - | With Omar's book, wine and thor upon a rock, A good sized tin and opener - well armed. | + | |
| - | The beheaded tin's inverted and bang out drops a clock, | + | With Omar's book, wine and thou upon a rock, a good sized tin and opener - well armed. The beheaded tin's inverted and bang out drops a clock. Would it be understandable, |
| - | Would it be understandable, | + | |
| - | YADBORA RIM. | + | =====Yadboro Rim===== |
| Jim Brown. | Jim Brown. | ||
| - | It has been said, mith some truth, that successful exploratory and mountaineering parties climb to their targets on the backs of earlier, less successful, venturers. In the less intrepid sphere of bushwalking this often holds true: the classic case, I shall never cease to quote, is the gradual penetration by walkers into the strip of wild ground fringed by the Clyde River on the east, the Nowra-Nerriga-Braidwood road on the north, the Budawang Range to the west, and the Yadbora Creek valley to the soath. The whole area, embracing headwaters of the south, | ||
| - | Before I touch on the More personal appeal of Yadbora Rim, I should tell some of the sequence of exploration by walkers. I say " | ||
| - | Later, during 1948, I think, Alex Colley had two parties go in from the same area, with the objective of going thriugh towards The Castle. One of these walks, King's Birthday weekend, '48, included a veritable galaxy of navigational skill, but the weather was so poor that the narty was almost mislaid. I went to Pigeon House that Weekend and saw the very moistened party of Castle hunters back in Nowa on the Monday evening. Knowing what sort of weather they struck, and now knowing the country, I am most surprised that they were NOT overdue. | ||
| - | After that, to the best of my knnwledge, there was a hiatus of About seven years. Meanwhile the road from Sassafras to the Vines was improved to the stage -where ordinary cars could make it with reasonable care, and when a perty comprising Frank Leyden, Bill Cosgrove, Kevin Ardill, Len Fall and Jack Gentle came that way in April 1955, they drove in almost-to The Vines. This team did a surprisingly good job of exploraticin, | ||
| - | Later the same year three car loads and a Kevin and Len on a repeat trip into that weird I saw, and was fascinated by, the Yadboro Rim, Among these present were George Gray, and Tine a bearing on later developments).. | ||
| - | dozen or so walkers accompanied terrain. From Five Goats Plateau and the promised.Tiews to the south. and Don Matthews (their. presence has | ||
| - | At Easter 1957, Alex Colley returned to the assault from a new direction. His party, including Frank: | ||
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| - | tabletop west of The Castle. | ||
| - | The next stage was Colin Putt's trip of October 1957 from The Vines - avowed target Mount Renwick (perhaps the Castle if all went well). Although the party didn't quite reach Renwick, it did provide a link between the earlis? trips south of The Vines, and Alex's westerly attack on Renwick. On this jaunt, too, George Gray and I added our contribution to the sum total of experience: we kept Colin informed of the previous way in from The Vines, and suggested a long sidling around a bluff which brought us on to Tarn Mountain. From this point Colin are John Nanning pioneered a quite easy way (which took a deal of discovering) down into the C-)rang Valley and on to the saddle leading to Renwick. On this trip was Eric Pegram who - | ||
| - | When ilex led another party in from The Vines at Easter 1958 was present, as were the Matthewses. Between them they had the clues to speed the party through Hopalong' | ||
| - | And I felt quite frustrated: I had had a small share in the March of Progress and had savoured none of the fruits. And I wanted to walk along the ladbora Rim. | ||
| - | I decided to devote a few days of annual holidays to a solo jaunt into the Corang c),..,-ry. Once in a while I like to travel solo, especially if it is summer, when I:-tn ihalk early and late and rest in the heat of the day - a habit that few walker; em to endqrse. I armed myself with details of the way beyond Renwick from Alex, and left home at four o' | ||
| - | Soon after six I was through, Mittagong, and after a hasty-roadside breakfast, came to Pingonia at 7.45 and the Gallen crossing of the Shoalhaven by 9.0. By ten o 'clock iT 'IA joined the Novara Braidvood Road, turned into the Mongarlowe rod and left t:flc: c=ir in some scrub about miles beyond the ford of Jerricknprra Creek. | ||
| - | Brony, mr plan was to go to Corang Trig (The Peak), follow the rim overlooking Yadbora a-3 far as practicable to the saddle near Renwick, then continue on the known Colley :cute to the rear of the Castle -.returning the same way to Renwick, thence via Clrang Valley. The morning was cool, with a high but thick overcast. | ||
| - | I plunged straight down on to Jerricknorra Creek, and after a brief pause, struck up a long abandoned cart track on its northern side. The theory was to keep along the north edge of Jerricknorra until I came to The Peak. Mhereupon I pulled | ||
| - | a bralel- that even the veriest tyro walker should avoid. Under a sunless sky with no real clue on direction, I walked steadily for almost two hors before a shallow | ||
| - | swampy valley cutting across my way made me pause and study m. compass. I should have been travelling a little south of east: in fact I was walking almost north: | ||
| - | There' | ||
| - | dimly realised that the view from Corang Trig to the south and east was magnificent - Kanangra standard, with a backdrop of hazy ocean: to the north the | ||
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| - | view was intriguing and only in the west Was the cyclorama somewhat undistinguished. I realised it dimly because I was fretting over lost time and because the configuration of the ground offered little. encouragement to my plot to keep along the rim. There was a nasty locking gulf immediately east of the shoulders of Corang Trig. With am-ist un-February-like wind chilling me I made one halfhearted sortie in that direction, then turned north east and found an accommodating ridge that led into the open swampy part of Cc-rang Valley with no intervening cliffs. | ||
| - | I still had some notion of beating back to the Yadbora Rim, but after the energetic morning the easy if sometimes soggy walking along the open valley was ton inviting. So I stayed down and the queer, broken craggy formations of Five Gnats Plateau and Tarn Mountain approached with satisfying rapidity. I camped just before six' | ||
| - | Tuesday mnrning was still cool and overcast, and I started off at 6.30 with-Tut much enthusiasm, first climbing up on to the rim, and then sidling around the big rocky outcrop west of Renwick. My spirits lifted when I came to the saddle in just over an hour. Reducing my pack to day-walk proportions by Ditching. the tent and | ||
| - | leaving all surplus gear in it, I followed the no* accented way on to Renwick, | ||
| - | . wandered around the northern half of the mountain, and decided against trying the | ||
| - | fissure that bisects the tableton. I regretted missing what must be a superb look-,u from the extreme southern tip of Renwick, but that cleft seemed chancy to a solitary walker. | ||
| - | However I could ,s,py out the land, and sat some time looking down on the impossible, chaotic rock farmati.-)ns that occupy -the little valley east of Mount | ||
| - | Renwick. They defy description - you simply have to see them: you may liken them to beehives' | ||
| - | The next stage was to get down amongst them. I'm nrt sure if. I departed from | ||
| - | the authorised Colley route, but I struck diabolically slow going in-that green | ||
| - | little ravine beyond Renwick, clambering through. alternate patches of scrub that | ||
| - | had been charred in bushfires and pockets of near rain forest. However., I identified the rift that ran out to the north east, and struggled through it, and down the little waterfall. Then, through a break in the forest, I saw the Byangee.Walls reaching out towards the Clyde Valley and another ten minutes of clawing nrogress below the cliff, line put me on the saddle at the tail of the Castle. It was noon, on a | ||
| - | February day, yet I shivered as I crouched, | ||
| - | no ambition to climb the Castle.. That alsg,isrOt my cup of tea.- | ||
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| - | Well, now that: | ||
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| - | -By the time I was back to My gear on the Renwick saddle it was 3.0 P.m. and I'd nearly had enough frT the day. my bad day and bad night catching up.I sunnosed. However, there was just one other thing.I wanted to do. I wanted to go once more to the can site chosen by Colin up on Tarn Mountain. I had fond recollections of that fringe of a swamp with a god forest coverage all nestling beneath the big domed rock. So I climbed up there far the night, and very glad I was -- the swamp | ||
| - | Me' TALATERANG | ||
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| - | RYAN WAL | + | It has been said, with some truth, that successful exploratory and mountaineering parties climb to their targets on the backs of earlier less successful venturers. In the less intrepid sphere of bushwalking this often holds true: the classic case, I shall never cease to quote, is the gradual penetration by walkers into the strip of wild ground fringed by the Clyde River on the east, the Nowra-Nerriga-Braidwood road on the north, the Budawang Range to the west, and the Yadboro Creek valley to the South. The whole area, embracing headwaters of the south-flowing Clyde River, would scarcely exceed ten miles in each direction, but because some parts are unusually wild, and the ridges surprisingly dissected, it proved quite an obstacle to penetration. The particular section that teased walkers for many years was the journey (of hardly more than eight miles) from The Vines (the sawmill at the end of the timber track south of Sassafras) to the northern end of The Castle, overlooking the junction of the Clyde and Yadboro Creek. For me, there was a purely personal allied fascination about the cliff line running west and east above the northern side of Yadboro Creek valley. |
| - | SKETCH MAP | + | |
| - | OF | + | Before I touch on the more personal appeal of Yadboro Rim, I should tell some of the sequence of exploration by walkers. I say " |
| - | f),:4,---EN DR IC K-CORANG WAT$RSHE | + | |
| - | C ;PUTT | + | Later, during 1948, I think, Alex Colley had two parties go in from the same area, with the objective of going through towards The Castle. One of these walks, King's Birthday weekend, '48, included a veritable galaxy of navigational skill, but the weather was so poor that the party was almost mislaid. I went to Pigeon House that Weekend and saw the very moistened party of Castle hunters back in Nowra on the Monday evening. Knowing what sort of weather they struck, and now knowing the country, I am most surprised that they were NOT overdue. |
| - | 20. | + | |
| - | in front was a living | + | After that, to the best of my knowledge, there was a hiatus of about seven years. Meanwhile the road from Sassafras to the Vines was improved to the stage where ordinary cars could make it with reasonable care, and when a party comprising Frank Leyden, Bill Cosgrove, Kevin Ardill, Len Fall and Jack Gentle came that way in April 1955, they drove in almost to The Vines. This team did a surprisingly good job of exploration, |
| - | Wednesday' | + | |
| - | For almost two miles of the five that reached out to Cmang, the Rim was delightfully easy walking. Fairly level, with short reedy growth and a few small patches of scrub. The view to the scuth aid east, fascinating-. Then the ridge began to play tricks. At first I thought I had outwitted it, and avoided the obvi us trap of dropping over into the Corang: then I,slowly | + | Later the same year three car loads and a dozen or so walkers accompanied Kevin and Len on a repeat trip into that weird terrain. |
| - | It was now 9.30, but on the smooth valley floor I stepped along easily, and by 10.15 was back on the sh; | + | |
| - | From that point the track marched clearly to the vest and presently descended into the top of Jerriclayrra | + | At Easter 1957, Alex Colley returned to the assault from a new direction. His party, including Frank Leyden, came in from the Nerriga Road west of The Peak, passed over that lofty pimple, and then, with bits of Corang Valley and Yadboro Rim as their path, reached the sources of Corang River, and Mount Renwick, the big tabletop west of The Castle. |
| - | There is no point in telling' | + | |
| + | The next stage was Colin Putt's trip of October 1957 from The Vines - avowed target Mount Renwick (perhaps the Castle if all went well). Although the party didn't quite reach Renwick, it did provide a link between the earliest trips south of The Vines, and Alex's westerly attack on Renwick. On this jaunt, too, George Gray and I added our contribution to the sum total of experience: we kept Colin informed of the previous way in from The Vines, and suggested a long sidling around a bluff which brought us on to Tarn Mountain. From this point Colin and John Manning pioneered a quite easy way (which took a deal of discovering) down into the Corang Valley and on to the saddle leading to Renwick. On this trip was Eric Pegram who, when Alex led another party in from The Vines at Easter 1958 was present, as were the Matthewses. Between them they had the clues to speed the party through Hopalong' | ||
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| + | And I felt quite frustrated. I had had a small share in the March of Progress and had savoured none of the fruits. And I wanted to walk along the Yadboro Rim. | ||
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| + | I decided to devote a few days of annual holidays to a solo jaunt into the Corang country. Once in a while I like to travel solo, especially if it is summer, when I can walk early and late and rest in the heat of the day - a habit that few walkers seem to endorse. I armed myself with details of the way beyond Renwick from Alex, and left home at four o' | ||
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| + | Soon after six I was through, Mittagong, and after a hasty roadside breakfast, came to Bungonia at 7.45 and the Oallen crossing of the Shoalhaven by 9.0. By ten o 'clock I had joined the Nowra Braidwood Road, turned into the Mongarlowe road and left the car in some scrub about miles beyond the ford of Jerricknorra Creek. | ||
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| + | Broadly, my plan was to go to Corang Trig (The Peak), follow the rim overlooking Yadboro as far as practicable to the saddle near Renwick, then continue on the known Colley route to the rear of the Castle | ||
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| + | I plunged straight down on to Jerricknorra Creek, and after a brief pause, struck up a long abandoned cart track on its northern side. The theory was to keep along the north edge of Jerricknorra until I came to The Peak. Whereupon I pulled a boner that even the veriest tyro walker should avoid. Under a sunless sky with no real clue on direction, I walked steadily for almost two hours before a shallow swampy valley cutting across my way made me pause and study my compass. I should have been travelling a little south of east, in fact I was walking almost north! | ||
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| + | I dimly realised that the view from Corang Trig to the south and east was magnificent | ||
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| + | I still had some notion of beating back to the Yadboro Rim, but after the energetic morning the easy if sometimes soggy walking along the open valley was too inviting. So I stayed down and the queer, broken craggy formations of Five Goats Plateau and Tarn Mountain approached with satisfying rapidity. I camped just before six o' | ||
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| + | Tuesday morning was still cool and overcast, and I started off at 6.30 without much enthusiasm, first climbing up on to the rim, and then sidling around the big rocky outcrop west of Renwick. My spirits lifted when I came to the saddle in just over an hour. Reducing my pack to day-walk proportions by pitching the tent and leaving all surplus gear in it, I followed the now accepted way on to Renwick, wandered around the northern half of the mountain, and decided against trying the fissure that bisects the tabletop. I regretted missing what must be a superb lookout from the extreme southern tip of Renwick, but that cleft seemed chancy to a solitary walker. | ||
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| + | However I could spy out the land, and sat some time looking down on the impossible, chaotic rock formations that occupy the little valley east of Mount Renwick. They defy description - you simply have to see them: you may liken them to beehives or Eastern Temples, or the prow of a battleship, but the confusion of them, the " | ||
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| + | The next stage was to get down amongst them. I'm not sure if I departed from the authorised Colley route, but I struck diabolically slow going in that green little ravine beyond Renwick, clambering through alternate patches of scrub that had been charred in bushfires and pockets of near rain forest. However, I identified the rift that ran out to the north east, and struggled through it, and down the little waterfall. Then, through a break in the forest, I saw the Byangee Walls reaching out towards the Clyde Valley and another ten minutes of clawing progress below the cliff line put me on the saddle at the tail of the Castle. It was noon, on a February day, yet I shivered as I crouched beside a tuft of cutting grass for lunch. In fact, it was so damned chilly I didn't even wait to brew up a billy of tea. I had no ambition to climb the Castle. That also isn't my cup of tea. | ||
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| + | Well, now that I'd got there, now that I'd personally satisfied myself that you can get through to the rear of the Castle, the old yearning to do Yadboro Rim came back. All right, I would return that way, once I'd extricated myself from the thick going around Renwick. | ||
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| + | By the time I was back to my gear on the Renwick saddle it was 3.0 p.m. and I'd nearly had enough for the day. My bad day and bad night catching up, I supposed. However, there was just one other thing I wanted to do. I wanted to go once more to the camp site chosen by Colin up on Tarn Mountain. I had fond recollections of that fringe of a swamp with a good forest coverage all nestling beneath the big domed rock. So I climbed up there for the night, and very glad I was -- the swamp in front was a living | ||
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| + | For almost two miles of the five that reached out to Corang, the Rim was delightfully easy walking. Fairly level, with short reedy growth and a few small patches of scrub. The view to the south and east, fascinating. Then the ridge began to play tricks. At first I thought I had outwitted it, and avoided the obvious | ||
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| + | It was now 9.30, but on the smooth valley floor I stepped along easily, and by 10.15 was back on the shoulder | ||
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| + | From that point the track marched clearly to the west and presently descended into the top of Jerricknorra | ||
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| + | There is no point in telling bushwalkers anything of the drive home, though I've been amused to find that non-walkers | ||
| you now? | you now? | ||
| - | 1111111.11.1111 | + | |
| + | =====Social===== | ||
| Welcome back to Garth and Margaret Coulter. The Club's carnivores gathered at Putt's place far a Maori oven feast in celebration. | Welcome back to Garth and Margaret Coulter. The Club's carnivores gathered at Putt's place far a Maori oven feast in celebration. | ||
| - | During the next few weeks, three tripe will, pass trough Cullenbenbong | + | |
| + | During the next few weeks, three trips will pass trough Cullenbenbong | ||
| - | Jack Perry had flux. intrepid souls on rorie:at his Glenbrnok | + | Jack Perry had four intrepid souls on rope at his Glenbrook |
| - | 21. | + | |
| - | NOTES ON THE "CASTLE COUNTRY"; | + | |
| - | The area described in Jim Brown' | + | =====Notes on the "Castle Country"===== |
| - | To the North, Ettrema Gorge is at -oresent | + | |
| - | Endrick falls are well kn.T.mn | + | The area described in Jim Brown' |
| - | though) and in this issue Paddy Pallin describes a trip down the Shoalhaven from the Endrick crossing. | + | Endrick falls are well known (not many parties have been down the lower Endrick though) and in this issue Paddy Pallin describes a trip down the Shoalhaven from the Endrick crossing. |
| - | M-ving | + | |
| - | increasing. Talaterang has been climbed from conventional and rare an-Tirsches; the Castle saddle has been reached from all directinns, last year the Budawang-Currockbilly area was visited. | + | Moving |
| Most of these trios have been described in the Magazine since the last edition of the Index in 1955.... | Most of these trios have been described in the Magazine since the last edition of the Index in 1955.... | ||
| - | To get back to the Castle: | + | |
| - | Kevin Ardfll | + | To get back to the Castle: Kevin Ardell |
| - | Alex Colley | + | |
| - | For (7, survey see | + | Alex Colley |
| - | "PhyE-2,7iv -f he Shoaihaven | + | |
| - | Sce,NS.W. - Proceedings | + | For an army survey see |
| - | pp. 99-132 Tallong-Bungonia 243-261 Nerrimunga Creek. 261-265 Bulee Ridge | + | "Physiography of the Shoalhaven |
| - | 412-430 Nerriga | + | So. N.S.W. - Proceedings Vol. 56 1931, pp. 99-132 Tallong-Bungonia 243-261 Nerrimunga Creek. 261-265 Bulee Ridge, 412-430 Nerriga. Shows views from Endrick and Corang |
| - | Eih-7ws | + | |
| - | | + | MAPS: |
| - | map on page 19 is not, by itself, intended | + | The sketch |
| - | map of "The Castle-Mt. | + | |
| - | ,cr -his area quite a bashing in the last two issues - let's hope that | + | Ken Angel' |
| - | the w', | + | |
| - | and ot,Lz Ed. | + | We've given this area quite a bashing in the last two issues - let's hope that the June long weekend |
| - | Brian Harvey' | + | |
| - | ohilosc, of " | + | Brian Harvey' |
| - | views. | + | |
| - | 22. | + | |
| - | FURTHER NMSE FROM LYN BLBa.. | + | ===== Further News from Lyn baber ===== |
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| We arrived in India on the 22nd December. | We arrived in India on the 22nd December. | ||
| - | We have travelled | + | |
| - | man said that before India' | + | We have travelled |
| We only spent one night at Darjeeling. It really is beautiful, breathtaking. India is mostly so flat, and then the Himalayas rise straight out of the Plains. | We only spent one night at Darjeeling. It really is beautiful, breathtaking. India is mostly so flat, and then the Himalayas rise straight out of the Plains. | ||
| - | We climbed continuously for 47 miles, 8,000 feet up, just winding back and forth up the almost vertical mountain side. Our ears were popping. All the little houses just seemed to be clinging to the edge. The road itself was very narrow and was quite thrilling at times, especially when a car came from the op-)osite | + | |
| + | We climbed continuously for 47 miles, 8,000 feet up, just winding back and forth up the almost vertical mountain side. Our ears were popping. All the little houses just seemed to be clinging to the edge. The road itself was very narrow and was quite thrilling at times, especially when a car came from the opposite | ||
| (To be continued..) | (To be continued..) | ||
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