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=====The Sydney Bushwalker===== | =====The Sydney Bushwalker===== | ||
- | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the sydney | + | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney |
====No. 315 March 1961 Price 1/-==== | ====No. 315 March 1961 Price 1/-==== | ||
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- | |Sanitarian | + | |Sanitarium |
|Hatswell' | |Hatswell' | ||
|Paddy' | |Paddy' | ||
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Location: Wood's Creek (On Grose River). | Location: Wood's Creek (On Grose River). | ||
- | Train: 1.09 p m. from Central on Saturday - arrives Richmond 2.51 p m. Private transport will be used to take train travellers to Wood's Creek. If you can't organise a lift for yourself __OR__ If you can provide transport far one or two... Please contact The Transport Organiser, Eric Adcock. ' | + | Train: 1.09 p.m. from Central on Saturday - arrives Richmond 2.51 p.m. Private transport will be used to take train travellers to Wood's Creek. If you can't organise a lift for yourself __OR__ If you can provide transport far one or two... Please contact The Transport Organiser, Eric Adcock. ' |
__Note__: If rivers are flooded, Reunion will be held at Long Angle Gully. | __Note__: If rivers are flooded, Reunion will be held at Long Angle Gully. | ||
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- Frank Mort. | - Frank Mort. | ||
- | One December evening, in the wilds of Ultimo, ' | + | One December evening, in the wilds of Ultimo, ' |
As a result of these incantations, | As a result of these incantations, | ||
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At Katoomba, Don Wallace and a touring car awaited us and we did the 58 miles to the Kanangra turn-off in record time, arriving at 3.45 p.m. At 6.45 we sighted, and shortly after camped within view of, Cunningham' | At Katoomba, Don Wallace and a touring car awaited us and we did the 58 miles to the Kanangra turn-off in record time, arriving at 3.45 p.m. At 6.45 we sighted, and shortly after camped within view of, Cunningham' | ||
- | Next morning, without packs, we made cur may to "Green Hillock", | + | Next morning, without packs, we made cur may to "Green Hillock", |
Roly Whalan' | Roly Whalan' | ||
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The return journey was more difficult than the previous night' | The return journey was more difficult than the previous night' | ||
- | __Friday__: Breaking camp early, we set off for the " | + | __Friday__: Breaking camp early, we set off for the " |
The view was most comprehensive and beggars description by its vastness. Crossing Danae Creek we followed down a ridge through thick jungle growth to Gentle' | The view was most comprehensive and beggars description by its vastness. Crossing Danae Creek we followed down a ridge through thick jungle growth to Gentle' | ||
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Paddy Pallin Pty. Ltd. Lightweight Camp Gear. 201 Castlereagh St, Sydney, BM2685 | Paddy Pallin Pty. Ltd. Lightweight Camp Gear. 201 Castlereagh St, Sydney, BM2685 | ||
+ | =====National Parks Association Outings.===== | ||
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+ | __Quarterly General Meeting__: __Monday, March 13th, at 7.30 p.m.__ Meeting Room is on the Seventh Floor, G.U.O.O.F. Building, 149 Castlereagh Street, Sydney. Members bring slides of areas visited over Christmas Break. | ||
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+ | __The long Weekend, 28-30th january__. Twenty four members and children attended the N.P.A. Outing to Colo River at Central Colo. | ||
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+ | A very suitable camp site was selected right on the bank of the Colo, and owing to the heat (it was 106 degrees in Sydney on the Sunday) swimming was the chief pastime throughout the weekend. An interesting fact is that the river at Central Colo, though fresh and drinkable, rises and falls several feet with the tide. | ||
- | NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION OUTIM-S | ||
- | "Qua rter3z1, | ||
- | The long Weekend, 28-30th... january. Twenty four members and children attended the N.P.A. Outing to Colo River at Central Colo. | ||
- | A very suitable camp site was selected right on the bank of the Colo, and owing to the heat (it was 106 degrees in Sydney on the Sunday) swimuri..n, | ||
- | the chj_ef pastime throughout the weekend. An interesting fact is that the river at Central Colo, though fresh and drinkable, rises and falls several feet with the tide. | ||
Some short side excursions were done during the weekend, including trips to Gee's Lagoon, Ferrari Farm Sanctuary and the scenic and historic Parr's Brush Road. There is still a need for more reserves for Public Recreation in the Colo Valley. | Some short side excursions were done during the weekend, including trips to Gee's Lagoon, Ferrari Farm Sanctuary and the scenic and historic Parr's Brush Road. There is still a need for more reserves for Public Recreation in the Colo Valley. | ||
- | As a result of the Outing, we were pleased to welcome to N.P.A. Membership H.,Fitzgerald, owner of "Shady Acres", | + | |
- | EASTER: Narch 31 - April 1, 2, 3rd -- Endrick River near Nerriga. Suggested Route:. Princes Highway through Nowra to Tomerong where Nerriga-Braidwood Road turns off on right. Follow this road up the Turpentine Range over the Sassafras Mountain for thirty five miles to campsite about two hundred yards short of the Endrick River Bridge. Campsite will be established in Travelling Stock Reserve (T.S.R0 about one hundred (100) yards off road to right. A call at Tianjara Falls leaves road near notice advising road liable to flooding and about fifty (50) yards before splash crossing. Return could be made through Braidwood, Goulburn or Marulen, if desired. | + | As a result of the Outing, we were pleased to welcome to N.P.A. Membership |
- | Miff 6-7TH BUNG-ONIA. Camp on the Bungonia Caves Reserve. | + | |
- | Take Hume Highway to point about two miles south of Marulan, take road marked " | + | __Easter__: March 31 - April 1, 2, 3rd -- Endrick River near Nerriga. Suggested Route: Princes Highway through Nowra to Tomerong where Nerriga-Braidwood Road turns off on right. Follow this road up the Turpentine Range over the Sassafras Mountain for thirty five miles to campsite about two hundred yards short of the Endrick River Bridge. Campsite will be established in Travelling Stock Reserve (T.S.R) about one hundred (100) yards off road to right. A call at Tianjara Falls leaves road near notice advising road liable to flooding and about fifty (50) yards before splash crossing. Return could be made through Braidwood, Goulburn or Marulen, if desired. |
- | i5. | + | |
- | WATCH OUT FOR THE INDIANS. | + | __May 6-7th Bungonia__. Camp on the Bungonia Caves Reserve. Take Hume Highway to point about two miles south of Marulan, take road marked " |
- | - Keith Renwick. | + | |
- | There are different | + | =====Watch Out For The Indians.===== |
- | The natural entrance into the cave, which was the way we metie going ins was o4: | + | |
- | lib move on two hundred yards and sit down on rows of picnic-like benches. | + | - Keith Renwick. |
- | The contrast between the children of Americans and the children of some of the | + | |
- | other countries is really an eye-opener. In places where life doesn' | + | __Carlsbad Caves__. |
- | life. (Most certainly not all Americans are like this, but the groups you meet | + | |
- | in crowds often are.) | + | There are different |
- | The guides did a good job with the descriptions of caves and their formation | + | |
- | and once again made as much educational use as possible of the natural scenery. | + | The natural entrance into the cave, which was the way we were going in, was only a hundred |
- | They even have a Ranger who wanders back and forth along the line so that the people can ask him questions instead of trying to get up to the front of the line to ask the guide there. I'm afraid I asked too many awkward ones and he moved on as SD on as he could. | + | |
- | After about a mile we came to the escape route. Here he went all over the | + | We move on two hundred yards and sit down on rows of picnic-like benches. |
- | rigmarole again and some mare felt they had done too much, so they took the short cut to the lunch :roam. They missed the best part of the trip, because now we | + | |
- | came into the chambers which had formations in then. The formations | + | The guides did a good job with the descriptions of caves and their formation and once again made as much educational use as possible of the natural scenery. They even have a Ranger who wanders back and forth along the line so that the people can ask him questions instead of trying to get up to the front of the line to ask the guide there. I'm afraid I asked too many awkward ones and he moved on as soon as he could. |
- | relatively level floor and is about 2,000' long, 400' wide and 200' high. | + | |
- | Then back to the lunch room for the big lift. They really shove the people through this cave in vast quantities. There isn't just one lift to the surface, there are four, each carrying 25 people 800' through solid rock in 3 minutes up | + | After about a mile we came to the escape route. Here he went all over the rigmarole again and some more felt they had done too much, so they took the short cut to the lunch room. They missed the best part of the trip, because now we came into the chambers which had formations in then. The formations |
- | 16. | + | |
- | (2 minutes down) and that adds up to about 100 people in five minutes, and that's moving people - as far as caves are concerned: | + | Then back to the lunch room for the big lift. They really shove the people through this cave in vast quantities. There isn't just one lift to the surface, there are four, each carrying 25 people 800' through solid rock in 3 minutes up (2 minutes down) and that adds up to about 100 people in five minutes, and that's moving people - as far as caves are concerned! |
- | Carlsbad Caves was the turning point and now it was back to San Francisco by another round about route. This called for a look over Hoover (Bouldet) | + | |
- | Dam 724 feet high. What a hunk of concrete! One of the police chaps there said he'd have to stop the bus for me, as he did, otherwise they wouldn' | + | Carlsbad Caves was the turning point and now it was back to San Francisco by another round about route. This called for a look over Hoover (Boulder) Dam 724 feet high. What a hunk of concrete! One of the police chaps there said he'd have to stop the bus for me, as he did, otherwise they wouldn' |
- | cents-into one of them there one armed bandit things and pulled the lever. Fastly the fruit whizzed round and round. First one stopped, then the second one stopped - oh, the suspense was killing - then the third one stopped but, nothing happened. I didn't even get my 5 cents back so I reckoned the game wasn't fair and didn't play any more. | + | |
- | Well, you know how people like to collect souvenirs from each place they visit; typical of that place. I thought perhaps I might be able to get in | + | Well, you know how people like to collect souvenirs from each place they visit, typical of that place. I thought perhaps I might be able to get in Reno a commodity which is really typical of the area - a divorce. Now divorces are easy to get in Reno as you've no doubt read, but unfortunately I wasn't able to satisfy my desire, because - you have to be married first! |
- | Reno a commodity | + | |
- | ARE YOU WALKING? | + | =====Are You Walking?===== |
- Eric Adcock. | - Eric Adcock. | ||
- | The suggestion at the last general meeting that the members of the Committee each prepare a black book of their recipes seems to me a veiled hint that we are like the lesser parts in Macbeth. Education is our only defence to this thinking. Even a black book in a filing cabinet containing what, when, and how is not going to be sufficient to let a prospective committee member know what he is in for. There is a need far an even more general education. This could be considered a disadvantage in some cases but in the case of the Walks Secretary | + | |
- | The job of Walks Secretary is a very obvious one. Three times a year the Walks Programme has to be filled with the results of blackmail and extortion. In each case, for a period of about six weeks previous to the appropriate committee | + | The suggestion at the last general meeting that the members of the Committee each prepare a black book of their recipes seems to me a veiled hint that we are like the lesser parts in Macbeth. Education is our only defence to this thinking. Even a black book in a filing cabinet containing what, when, and how is not going to be sufficient to let a prospective committee member know what he is in for. There is a need far an even more general education. This could be considered a disadvantage in some cases but in the case of the Walks Secretary... |
- | member, one has to flit around the Club alighting on unsuspecting people and closing one's talons before they have a chance to escape. | + | |
- | You hint, suggest, ask, urge, entreat, threaten and if need be, batter, people into submission. Finally they sign their name or put their mark and promise a -walk , one dawn and fortynine to go. It is fortunate indeed that there are | + | The job of Walks Secretary is a very obvious one. Three times a year the Walks Programme has to be filled with the results of blackmail and extortion. In each case, for a period of about six weeks previous to the appropriate committee member, one has to flit around the Club alighting on unsuspecting people and closing one's talons before they have a chance to escape. |
- | members of the Club mho lead more than their share of walks and actually volunteer | + | |
- | their names. As Confucius once misquoted "May their tribe increase" | + | You hint, suggest, ask, urge, entreat, threaten and if need be, batter, people into submission. Finally they sign their name or put their mark and promise a walk - one down and fortynine to go. It is fortunate indeed that there are members of the Club who lead more than their share of walks and actually volunteer their names. As Confucius once misquoted "May their tribe increase" |
- | Persuasion, or Sheer persistence, | + | |
- | of walks l_ A display of the Walks Secretary' | + | Persuasion, or sheer persistence, |
- | rack, noose and branding irons is often enough to clinch the matter. | + | |
- | 17. | + | An office such as this ideally suits the members of the fairer |
- | An office such as this ideally suits the members of the fairer | + | |
- | as their innate vocal advantages developed from generations of practice. It is interesting to note that the aborigines have a legend describing how tbe two | + | The other major duty of the Walks Secretary is to report at the Club each month all the interesting " |
- | gods, the Noon and the Craw, combine their efforts to make people. It is the crow that predominates in the making of females. | + | |
- | The other major duty of the Walks Secretary is to report at the Club each | + | Like the removal |
- | month all the interesting " | + | |
- | ing of all this information is again often a reason for prodKcing | + | It happens, not once, but twice, sometimes more, until you become a lump of quivering jelly. Next time you will rope up each person in turn and ... |
- | shot, as they were too maimed or weak to return under their own steam, or people left for the betterment of mankind. | + | |
- | Like the remotal | + | =====Walking Guide.===== |
- | It happens, not once, but twice, sometimes more, until you become a lump of quivering jelly. Next time you will rope up each person in turn and | + | |
- | WALKING GUIDE. | + | (See also Day Walks...) |
- | (See also Day Walks | + | |
- | MARCH 24-25-26 | + | |March |
- | Bunbundah Creek - Point Possibility - Ettrema Rim - Ettrema Trig -Yalmal. | + | |March |
- | A trip for the energetic. Unspoiled creek and gorge scenery. Spectacular cliffs and sheer dropdowns at Point Possibility .. Car to Yalwal - see the remains of the old Gold workings. Some rock hopping and scrambling up Danjera Creek, over the pass into Bunbundah Creek and up onto the Ettrema plateau. See the views from the Point and along the cliffline - look down into Ettrema Creek:. Circuit the tops and return to Yalta. ,Map: Yalwal Military. | + | |March |
- | Leader: | + | |April |
- | MARCH 25-26 Instructional. | + | |
- | Otford - Burning Palms - | + | ---- |
- | Easy pleasant walking, good camping. Coastal scenery, swimming. Map: Port Hacking Tourist | + | |
- | Leader: Dick Child. | + | Would readers please note that although Robert (Strawberry) Jones attended the recent Commando trip clad only in underpants and a boiler suit (and boots, of coarse), there is no move afoot to start a new fashion for S.B.W's. Nor should the word ICI, written over his heart, be allowed any Gaelic significance. Force of circumstances demanded the borrowing of this all purpose garment. |
- | MARCH 29-30 -) APRIL 1-2-3 ) | + | |
- | EASTER - | + | ---- |
- | Jerricknara | + | |
- | Route is along the Yadbora rim with views of Currockbilly, | + | |
- | Pigeon House and coastal country. Easy climb onto Mt.Renwick | + | |
- | from there magnificent views of The Castle and surrounding | + | |
- | Castle, This is fascinating country. Be in it! Leader: John White. | + | |
- | 18. WALE IG Gr.ETE (Cont 'd.) | + | |
- | APRIL 7-8-9 Leura Locklay' | + | |
- | Road and track walk to Lockley' | + | |
- | Leader : Frank Young. | + | |
- | Would readers please note that although Robert (Strawberry) Jones attended the recent Commando trip clad only in underpants and a boiler suit (and boots, of coarse), there is no move afoot to start a new fashion for 5.3 W's. Nor should the word ICI, written over his heart: be allowed any Gaelic significance. Force of circumstances demanded the borrowing of this all purpose garment. | + | |
Roy Craggs has had to return home earlier than expected, and regrets that he will not be able to lead the previously advertised Kokoda Trail Walk. | Roy Craggs has had to return home earlier than expected, and regrets that he will not be able to lead the previously advertised Kokoda Trail Walk. | ||
- | A TROPPO BUSH WALEIR | ||
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- | R.C. | ||
- | Saturday morning, a beautiful morning, but than they always are in Port Moresby. What shall I do this weekend? I went swimming last weekend and fidling the one before. Perhaps I could go for a walk in the hills. | ||
- | The small dull ember deep in my breast (which is Bush Walki..ng) fans to a small flame. Is there some hope? With sudden zeal I pack my neglected rucksack - it s gone a bit mouldy since I last used it, but never mind, the sun and fresh air will fix that. | ||
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- | By great misfortune my path took me 1:)y the "Four Mile Toilers' | ||
- | "Make it a Schooner Joe, I've gab an omber to extinguish." | ||
- | DON'T FORGET THE FEDERATION REUNION. | ||
- | IMILIATELZEI. | ||
- | (See Notice Board for details.) | ||
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+ | =====A Troppo Bush Walker.===== | ||
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+ | - R.C. | ||
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+ | Saturday morning, a beautiful morning, but than they always are in Port Moresby. What shall I do this weekend? I went swimming last weekend and fishing the one before. Perhaps I could go for a walk in the hills. | ||
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+ | The small dull ember deep in my breast (which is Bush Walking) fans to a small flame. Is there some hope? With sudden zeal I pack my neglected rucksack - it's gone a bit mouldy since I last used it, but never mind, the sun and fresh air will fix that. | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | By great misfortune my path took me by the "Four Mile Toilers' | ||
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+ | "Make it a Schooner Joe, I've gab an ember to extinguish." | ||
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+ | __Don' |
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