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A Few Notes from the Editor At The General Meeting Jim Brown 3. Birds of Perth Kath McKay 6. Letter 9. A Dog of a Time Down Claustral H (e) LP 11. Jagungal Man Jim Brown 12. Notices 17. Swimming Carnival Results 18.

The Editor knocked at the Pearly Gate, His face looked worn and old He meekly asked the man of fate For admission to the fold.

“What have you done?” asked Peter “To seek admission here?” “Oh, I ran a monthly paper For many and many a year!”

The gate swung open sharply As Peter touched the bell, “Come in” he said, “and take your harp” “You've had enough of he11.”

This editor, rather than looking back on the years of hell is looking forward to what the future holds for him. He doesn't really want any divine sympathy, nor does he see the “Sydney Bushwalker” as a quick stairway to Heaven.

In fact, this editor has only two desires: 1. That people will write enough to fill the magazine every month; and 2. That people will read it.

The two are inseparable of course, with one depending on the other, so here is a plea to all persons sufficiently interested to put pan to paper for the magazine. Literary masterpieces are not that we require; simply interesting accounts of trips, observations, details of walks, poems, jottings, notices, and in fact anything which would be of interest to other bushwalkers. Remember that this is your magazine, and it represents the major means of communication between members.

By Jim Brown Two new members - Heather Smith and Morag Rider - were welcomed as a pipe opener to the Annual Meeting when it got moving at 7.50 p.m. After reading of the February Minutes, Phil Butt mentioned the C.M.W. proposal that Federation should be stirred up, and President Don Finch said that this question would come up later. Suspension of standing orders followed, to permit elections and annual business to run concurrently with the routine affairs. Correspondence contained a letter from the Dungalla Club suggesting the Kangaroo Valley land be named, and offering as a possibility “Camp Pallin”. There was notice of the 1970 Orienteering Contest (to be held 23rd. May) and a reply from the Water Board saying that a 175 ft. high dam will be constructed near the Shoalhaven/Kangaroo junction: it was unlikely that land holders upstream of the stored water would be affected, but a final decision on such matters had yet to be made. Considering these issues, there was some discussion on the name for the property, after which it was agreed that an aboriginal word, preferably of local application, should be adopted. Amongst several Quoted by Don was Wandandian, one translation of which is “Home of the Lost Lovers”. Some people evidently felt we shouldn't hurry to use such a romantically inapt title, and it was resolved to hold the naming over till the April meeting. Wilf Hilder offered to produce a list of possible names. The Annual Report was adopted, and arising from it a motion that magazine affairs should be reported in it in future. To wind up all mention of the “Era Trust” now that the Kangaroo Valley project had absorbed all monetary proceeds from it, a suitable motion was carried. The Annual Financial Statements were also adopted, the Treasurer explaining that the apparent trading loss on the magazine was much less than it seemed, as a good stock of covers was held. Commenting on the statements, Gordon Redmond pointed out that income from the Club's assets would be less because t1,000 in bonds had been invested in Kangaroo Valley. Ron Knightly suggested that copies of the financial statements sent to the Chief Secretary should have a covering letter to amplify remarks made by thc Auditor on the topic of donations to the land purchase. Page 4. TiE SI-a:7Y BUSITA=R APRIL, 1970. Yeanwhile elections were -.proceding under the scrutineering eyes of Owen Marks and Paddy Iburke, and with Edna Gentle in her customary role of soribe. The monthly financial statement showed an end-of-February balance of :,871, and the Talks Ronort covered a reasonably active month for the summer period. Ramon U'Brion's lilo jaunt on the 'Tollondilly went as Planned, and a good array of wild life was seen. Jim Callaway's day w:illo on 8th February brought forth 17 people, including no less than 14 prospectivos, on the BundoenaOtford cantor. There were 59 at the Swimming Carnival, nicely distributed as 25 members and 17 each prospectives and visitors. Barry Pacey's programmed walk suffered a couple of amendments, and finally went to Rewnes, and there wore two day walks on Sunjay 22nd % Lynne rryborn and party of 15 went dawn Claustral Canyon, accompanied by a dog.ho evidently didn't enjoy the abseiling. And there were 22 on your reporter's easy day walk to Era, where conditions were cool and. overcast. For the final week end Mike Short's party of give went to the wollondilly in the Basket Creek area, Alan Pike and party scrambled &own Arothusa Canyon and at one stage thought they haa disaster on their hands; and David Ingram's party to the 7oronera River on the Sunday was fairly numerous, but “kept well together.” Reporting Federation doings, Wilf referred to new maps on a 1100,000 scale of Boggabri and Kosciusko (the latter reported to be very reliable) it was mentioned that the insurance scheme for S.&.R volunteers does not provide cover unless,the injured searcher actually loses tito from work. Conservation bodies are -orel-,aring a protest against a plan to Put a tourist road through a vital part of Now England ]Tational Park. Federation Ball is sot do-1n for llth September. The Police Dept0 contributed q,50 towards tho cost of.a recent search in the Grose Valley, and the Bush Club, now with a membership over 100, has donated $30 to S R funds. The election being over, we came to that traditional battleground, the fixing of the annual subscription, with tho Treasurer proposing an all-round increase of 50oc to make the normal annual sub ,6, married couples 8, students and the entrance fee remaining at ol. The result, he claimed, would be about Co130 p.a0 in increased funds. Opposition came from Frank Ashdown, who moved an amendment having tho effect of reducing present subs. by 50c. (i.o. ,1 loss than the Treasurer's scheme) Marcia Shapport would have preferred present rates to stand, and foreshadowed APRIL, 1970. TI SYDNEY BUSH7ALKER Page 5. a motion to this effect if those before the meeting failed. However, the amendment was lost, and the Treasurer's plot carried. At about this stage George Gray mentioned that the Shoalhaven Shire had set a rating of about 3c. in the 9 and depending on the assessed value of the Kangaroo Valley land, this could mean land rates near a90: The retiring President said the Management Committee had some proposals for the Kangaroo Valley land, among them the repair of the existing hut and erection of the other hut for which most of the material was on the site; the installation of a tank to give an assured good water supply or alternatively the provision of a plastic pipe line from the side creek. Once again, members were unwilling to be rushed, and it was voted that these proposals wait until eople had a chance to look the place over during the Reunion weekend. At long last the question of the GO stimulation of Federation was under notice - and no one had any real opinions, except Phill Hall, who suggested that office bearers, working as a Committee, might think the matter over and put forward any ideas that emerged. Don Finch thanked the “permanent volunteeer” Room Stewards, David Ingram and John Holley, who agreed to carry on the good work “if only to save embarrassment.” Frank Ashdown queried the fire lighting regulations for National Parks published the N.P.A. journal. Opinion was voiced that, with the possible exception of Kurin-gai Chase, the restriction on lighting fires only in authorised places was intended mainly to give control over the unwise use of fire, and would not be used to harrass walkers and campers normally. It was agreed, however to ask Federation to confirm that this was the position. Owen Marks managed to have the last words at the meeting. Ho put it forward that it was time to have done with the “burn, bash and bury” motto, and instead carry all one's litter away from the bush. Finally, he demanded to know why he had been singled out to be listed on the list of members by his surname only. This, of course, was, unanswerable, and the meeting closed at 10.15 p.m. NOTE: A full list of Office Bearers appeared in the March issue of “The Sydney Bushwalker” (page 18). Page 6. TET: SYD3717 BUSH…TALK-2R APRIL, 1970. * By K3tb McKay This magazine is devoted to matters of interest to bushwalkers, and undoubtedly they are all interested in birds.. Of course, there are birds and birds…… Recently in a broadcast quiz they asked what Polonius was referring to when he said “springcs to catch woodcocks.” The contestant answered quite correctly that he was describing Hamlet's protestations of love for 0-ehelia, springo being a trap and woodcock a Bird. But that is not the kind of bird I mean. An esteemed member of the S.B.T. (Jess Martin sent me a charming Christmas card of a blue wren family, which reminded me that we never see blue wrens in Perth. Nor are birds of any sort as plentiful here as in softer climes, and some visitors have asked plaintively g “Where are your birds?” But they are here, if you only take note of them. Pigeons of course, are as much of a headache here as elsewhere, and the custodians of public buildings despair of keeping their porticos spick and span. re see Willie Wagtails, and peewees are omnipresent; butcher birds sing their matchless song in some tall gums bordering my land, and when the coral (or flame) trees are in flower, painted lerikeets fly over in swarms to feast on their honey. Numbers of galahs wheel about the sky regularly, but some say they are released pets, sot free because their owners did not want to pay the tax. Yes, there is a tax on caged birds here, and though laudable, I do not think it is rigidly enforced. The galahs are certainly not in their rightful habitat, as in Western Queensland, where they may be seen in thousands. They may be so in parts of Western Australia too, but not in Perth. The familiar croak of crows falls on our ears g “Dead 'orse, dead Torso! Where, where? Over there. Is 'e fat? Fat, eh? 0 Lord!” Great black cockatoos raise their unmistakable cry in the tall pines, where they perch, cone in claw, black tongues ferreting out APRIL, 1970 TFE SYDITY BUSH1ALTER Page 7. the sweet kernels. They tell me there is a caravan park to the south where prominent notices are displayed “Beware of the cockatoos,” because there are pine trees above the caravans, and cones, dropped from a height, can inflict quite nasty wounds on unwary heads. In the grape vines that flourish in this dry land, little greenies, which seem to be the same as our silver-eyes, dart in and out, checking the aphis in the early stages and later, doubtless, taking toll of the ripened fruit; but there is plenty for all. Swallows wheel as usual under the eaves of buildings. Banouo, speaking of martlets, which are a kThd of swallow, sayss This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly hero, no jutty, frieze, ButtresS nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle0 where they most breed and haunt, I have observed, The air is delicate. e11, maybe, but sitting on the two-sifted Armadale railway station for half an hour, the train for Perth having snuk out on the other side, unbeknownst to me, I had nothing to do but watch the swallows in the roof, and believe me, the air was anything but delicate. Sulphurous, preoably, with suppressed prof,anity. All night, in a neighbouring tree, a single note was repeated, mournfully and tirelessly. It wont on every night for weeks, and I found out at last that it was the cry of an owl, but it was not like the “oo-oo-oo-oo-co” fo old frogmouth, familiar to us in Now South 'Tales: Magpies are here in their hundreds, and I was delighted to see them bending over the tap which I had deliborately left dripping above a trough in a far corner. Lawn sprinklers attract them irresistibly, and they rash under them, wings outspread, and dry off after their shower on the neighbouring grass. Some of the biranotes are unfamiliar, but the other day I heard the curious soft creak of the black-faced cuckoo shrike, and there were three of my elegant slim grey friends. To my sorrow thogh, my favourite bird, the sparrow, is taboo in -c,stern Australia s it might damage the wheat crop, and is shot on sight. Recently three sparrows hitch-hiked on a ship from - Page 8 TIE SYDITY BUSI-FALKER ARIL, 1970. South Australia, and -ore hunted immediately. One was killed, but two, a cock and a hen, got away and are still at large. Would anyone seeing them please notify the authorities. I feel like the boy in Haseficides ballad of +he hunted fox “'ould I be saying which way he went? Not I!” In London we used to save Our crumbs and take them down to Kensington Gardens to feed the sparrows. I have had as many as throe lighting on one hand. An(] once, when a party of S.B.9..s were lunching in Nielsen Park, the little fellows swirled round us, thick as fallen loaves in an autumn gale. But is not wheat of more value than many sparrow? gestorn Australia thinks so. In “Walden,” Thoreau says that when a sparrow .perched on his shouldor he felt more honoured than if it had been an accolade of knighthood. I should feel the same. rt.r.i.ivancila…10111.01.110,1vcwoormwmalimalmolmall.140 1 EDITOR'S NOTE: For all those who may be interested, Kath McKay's address in Western Australia is as follows: P 18 FIFTH ROAD, ARMADAIE, W.A. 6112. ,:,,,r1.1.74:inarlom,,,I.1416.41.14,137%.,,,,Apkinsurpt.,*autz*Alkot1.10.1.10.7.; reillenlp101,4.4 401A1101114,41.4.1.4.110.1,1114.1.1114114,0101.1.1.4.01Ao11.0.1711,1b1011101Weriu,a.lun.0.14,.. 110,41,11,114.,,,,,,,1.441,mnrwiran, alloignowtgbilv.7110.nuos.inarnoorameNd.,mnikt.lw,,,,,..NokhoiasiutIVAM4t.10. IT'S ON The Rollicking Bawdy Musical Commedy, Starring Johnny Lockwood, Evelyn Page, Rob Inglis, Nick Tate, & Alwyn Leckie. . “CANTERBURY TALES” iThe Social Secretary (Owen Marks) is organising a Theatre 1 Party for Tuesday, 19th. May. Tickets are $3.00 each for the Mezzanine Lounge. Ring Owen (30-1827) or see him. 04,6.2,0o4Armoriommmummmlorm., 1,1 op.,. APRIL, 1970. THE SYDNEY BnEWALKER Page 9. 12 Mahratta Avenue, WAHROONGA, N..W. 12th. February, 1970. The Manager, “The Sydney Bushwalker” Magazine, SYUNEY. Dear Sir, In forwarding renewal of subscription I wish to express disappointment at the lack of news in the Magazine. Apart from the valiant efforts of “The Observer”, Pat Harrison and JiD Brown, there is nothing except adverts. and blank pages. Jim Brownts report of the monthly general meetings only conveys such news as is brought forth from matters arising, but surely there must be other news amongst a couple of hundred active people. For example, there was no mention of one member; namely Paddy Pallin with Reg Meakins, going to the base of Mount Everest. No news of the success or otherwise of clubroom entertainments. No Federation Report (when I was a delegate there was always a carbon copy to the Ed.). The fact that Prank Ashdown was back from overseas was not mentioned. Apart from announcements from the Chair, which those Who have no need to attend the Clubroom don't hear, there is no written communication between the Committee and the bulk of the Members. Surely there must be something arising in Committee which would be of general interest. There are, or should be, if sufficient members can be found, four on Committee without portfolio, one of whom could be made liaison officer with the Editor on such matters as are not confidential to the Committee. Surely there is one person, regularly in the Clubroom, with one ear to the ground, who constantly gleans news and can give a written account of it to the Edr, At one time, the Social Sec. wrote up coMing events in the mag0 so as to give people some clue as to what the entertainment consisted of. And bods were encouraged to write up in advance the highlights of forthcoming trips. I doubt if there have been any detailed directions published on how to get to the Kaligarbo Valley land surely someone takes some pride in the acquisition and wants all to see it As the NonActive sees it, he hears more outside the Club than is conveyed by the Magazine. There is a wide gap somewhere in the Club communication system. BRIAN HARVEY Please address all letters for publication to : THE EDITOR (Mr. N. Page), 139 Riverview Road, AVALON., N.S.W. 2107. ..,,,,,,,,,-..recmdz,,sonewv=iura:tiguzw.o.v. ftwoluar..rratvg.-4ommicaup.zimmumatint,womoigooroacmagazooltuosodoz*p14 1 t “TEE CANOE CENTRE”, A COMPLETE DISPLAY =1 CENTRE FOR “GEOFF BARKER” CANOES, KLYAKS i AND ACCESSORIES. o HIRE YOUR FAIRY DOWN SLEEPING E.G, H?FRANE i PACK OR TENT FROM OUR EQUIPMENT HIRE i h DEPARTMENT. q USE OUR NEW, FREE LIBRARY SERVICE FOR WALKERS AND CLIMBERS. And just to make sure we are giving you top service we open at 8030 a.m. on Saturday mornings you can park right in front so make MOUNTAIN EQUIPMENT your first stop 165 Pacific Highway,,North Sydney.. 929-6504. NEW BIGGER SHOWROOM FOR WALKING GEAR. APRIL, 1970 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page byH…. (e) …L…P…. Saturday night was spent in the comfort of the Wybornsi weekender at Mt. Wilson. The majority of the party bludged around and watched T.V. beside the fire while it was misty and wet outside. Sunday morning after the party had grouped at Mt. Tomah, we reluctantly set out down the ridge towards the creek.- Accompanying us was a small friendly grey four-legged furry female animal (dog) which passed the point of no return and was destined to be the first four-legged abseiler down Claustrel. It enjoyed quite an interesting walk down to the first small bomb and swim, where it soon lost its courage and cried and whimpered (like some of the other members of the party.) Vre proceeded down the creek to the first major bonb where on completion we had one unhappy wet scraggy dog and 15 unhappy wet scraggy “canyoneersl Not far past this we commenced the abseil section. Three ropes were set 1_113 in the usual manner and the party began abseiling through the thundering waterfalls into the cold gloomy watery depths below. Because there was a shortage of small slings with provision for four legs, one of our gallant members volunteered his pack to safely transport the dog to the bottom of the abseils. Due to circumstances beyond everyones control the swim at the end of the third abseil was unavoidable. After this a quick sprint, brought us to the usual lunchspot whore a blazing fire was lit and well-used. Our fine furry friend decided it was time to stretch its cold paws on dry land and it rolled around in the dust trying to soak up every bit of available warmth in the earth. It was obvious that it had left its “picnic lunch” at home, so we all donated a few morsels to the worthy cause. With many moans and groans we continued our journey down to the last swim, where we had to suffer the initial. agony before the satisfaction of finding ourselves nearly, home. The dog had unfortunately suffered from “Claustrelphobia” but once on the ridge it recovered sufficiently to bound home before us. . Page 12. TIE STD= BUSITTALKER APRIL, 1970. ,….10………11.7 * By Jim Brown Some weeks after the trip was over, I was talking about it to Don Matthews, who had been in the same area a few days earlier, when he asked, “Are you a Jagungal Man too?” Although this sounds r,thor like a relic from pre-history - such as a Neanderthal Man or the Peking Man - I knew what he meant. There are Places in the high snow plains which do not always appeal at first, but they grow on you, catch the imagination, and call you b ck again. Perhaps it is the sheer size and silence of the country that captures one. I had first visited Jaguncal at the beginning of my earliest walk in the Snowy Mountains, in 1947, and, as far as I can recall, was not iareatly impressed. The place was pleasant, but seemod uniformly grey-green in colnur, and nothing like so spectacular as the abrupt cliffs and blue gorges of other areas I had walked. It was not until a day or two after jagungal that I began to come under the spell of the high plains, and although I went back to the Snowy Mountains of N.S.T. and Victoria on many later trips, I didn't revisit Jagungal. Late last year with a December-January holiday in view, and daughter enthusing over the prospect of a week at a “Teen Ranch,” Kath and I got around to discussing what we might do at the same time. It was agreed that the high country is practically the only area where one can walk in comfort in high summers but not the Kosciusko Albina - Upper Snowy River which had been done to death in a series of summer camps. What about the Brindabella Range, west of Canberra, rising to more than 6,000 feet in places? 'Tell, to do anything really worth-while there it would entail a good deal of hill climbing and we felt like taking it easy. Presently 7ath said “Could we got in to Jagungal?' - the high isolatea hummock we had often seen from Kosciusko. After a map reconnaissance, it was pretty obvious that one could plan a fairly easy jagunEal walk, coming in from the north. I said, “It's nice, gently rolling country, with good camping, but nothing like so dramatic as the Main Range are.” I was not yet a Jaa-ungal man. APRIL, 1970, TITT,E,-TD17.71r, BUS:F.41'1:11.TR Page 13. One of the dubious benefits (from the walker's viewpoint) of operations by the Snowy Mountains Authority is the construction of the Kiandra Cabramurra Tumut River - Khancoban road, Using this access, we reached a point near Round Mountain where finger Posts indicated the way to Grey Mr,TO Hut and Jagungal, and after an early lunch started off along the Toolong Range. The track is almost a roar:1.n however it would be a bold motorist who took a conventional car more than three or four miles south of Round 7ountain0 The whole of the way is through snow plain country with odd pat Los of forest, and the ridge undulates gently, but reains generally within the compass of 5000ft - 5300 ft. In this season, following a winter of poor snows, the wild flowers :ore oaly, and whole fields of yellow bachelors buttons, white, yello,7 and purple daisies, buttercups and eyebrights reached cut ahead of us. Not long after leaving the car we topped a gentle rise; fororard ond left us was the valley of the T.7pcor Tumut River - a relatively gentle hollow at this point, - and beyond that was a groy-groon mountain rising wail above its outliers. Fissured dark rocky battlements formed it north-western face, - the one we “TOT viewing0 in a matter-of-fact way 1 said “That's our target - Quito a lump isn't it?” but I felt far more impressed than I'd expected. Throughout a warm afternoon we walked across those flowery alpine meadows, with Jagungal ,:;rowing larger as we closed up. Once we spotted an emu - the first Pd sighted in the Kosciusko country, althogh I had seen a small group in the Bogong High Plains of Victoria more than 20 years ago. :e camped early on the forest above an pan of Hellhole Crock, and as the yellow light lengthened, we wondered at a white object on the oentral knob of the three crowns of Jagangal. Could it be the trig? Perhaps, but from an angle the southern top looked highest. It was mild, and there wore mosquitos about that night - another kind of wild life I'd not found in that area before. Luckily we had netting as a fly-screen and that kept most of them out of the tent. In the morning it was again worm and bright with some wind in the south west, and it took only 2A hours to roach the track junction at the western side of Jagungal. Our plan was to set up camp, have early lunch, then tackle the hill without packs Page 14. THE SYDNEY BUSIPAL= APRIL, 1970. .0111.1.1 in the afternoon, and a nicely sheltered spot in a side gully becme our tent site. We had got into position so early that it was only a few minutes after midday when we started for the top, up a steep little spur which leads on to the long gentle south west ridge of the mountain. Half an hour brought us on to this meadow-like spur with some of the densest growth of snow daisy I've ever seen. The added height allowed us to look south towards the main Kosciusko - Townsend top and west over the Dargals, and between those two high areas The sky had a hazy, bruised, blue black book. (Had I said a little earlier ”'Te don't need capes oxygroundsheets - it's not going to rain?” ). Kath said “That's a weather change - we'd better hurry if you're going to get photographs.” It was a change, all right, and coming up fast, so we made a dash for the summit. The first few drops of wind-blown rain hit us first below the top, and we refuged in an overhang formed by several leaning boulders. The crevices in the rocks were clogged with brown-yellow moths (? Bogong moth?) and when I lit a cigarette they tumbled out in hundreds, flopping stupidly on the earth floor. That first sprinkle blew over, and we scuttled up to the trig- the white cement object on the middle crest, now quite obviously the top. Now cloud was sweeping over, there was no photograph in it, even thogh the big tops to the south looked intriguing in the fleetin scod of cloud and rain. After that, apart from a brief refuge in another flying shower, we wont down fast, and were back to the tent by 3.00 p.m. The sky cleared, warm sunlight streamed dawn, while we took afternoon tea. Then another,cloud - a dark, threatening met and we retreated to the tent. “We'll have dinner when it blows past.” It didn't “blow past” till the middle of the night. In the intervening hours the hills rolled with thunder, the wind roared up and down the side gully, carrying sheets of rain, and dribbles ran down the lower walls inside the tent where the long snow grasses rubbed the wildly waving fabric. We managed a cold tea, and settled down for the night in an attitude of great togetherness. After midnight it blew clear, and in the brilliant morning the tent was frozen stiff. We thawed ourselves and the tent in crisp sunlight, and started along the trail which skirts the northern side of Jagungal, then heads east and north towards Farm Ridge and Doubtful River. The myriads of flies had gone to cover in the keen Page 15. THE SYDI1EY BUSETTALICER APRIL, 1970. ., and back in the north west. was Round Mountain - now our 'destination. A couple, of hours on the way, passing again through clustered daisy bush and yellow buttons, brought us to O'Keeffe's Hut. The visitor's book contained an entry two weeks old by Don Matthews, who had been there with a colleague of winter skiing trips, and had written “going on to Farm Ridge Hut for the night.” T'or some distance beyonCL O'Keefe's Hut, Jagungal still dominated the ekyline behind us, but its northern outliers blocked it out as we went down to cross Dogong Creek. It reappeared as we topped Farm Ridge, and there - ab, the hut, it was a tumbledown ruin with loot a stick standing. e wondered ilew Don and his mate had wnjoued their sojourn there. (He told me later “I was pretty sure it had gone, but Roger seemed positive we could use it — any how we camped just near.”) We did likewise, nampinL by lunch time in a patch of forest with an ourlook over ,a pasture that was almost as yellow with flowers at noon as it was in the golden evening light after wo had returned from a leisurely afternoon stroll along the Happy Jach. trail, and over the Doubtful '2Livea- where I'd “come in” to the alps more than 22 years before. On the east morning we turned off at the signposts a few yards above the wrockaGe of Farm Ridge Hut, and headed north along the range. The spur obviously he,,an't been traversed by wheeled vehicles for a long time, and the track was obscure in spots, but it proved an easy, open ridge. At each halt we looked backward, and though cur big mountain was receding, somehow it loomed larger in our recollections as we moved on. we didn't lose Jagungal until we descended the final 900ft. into the wide treeless valley of Tumut River, where some fallen fence rosts yielded full for our lunch brew-up. Then we took to the final hill, climbing past Round Mountain Hut and rejoining our outward path near the eastern shoulder of that mountain. Once again the big fellow served to fill the south-eastern sky-line behind us, and only at the last knoll before we came down to the “car park” by the Cabramur:ca Road, did Jagungal finally disappear. It seemed quite proper that the mountain should be out of sight from the road. Jagungal is still sufficiently far from frequented roads to bc a walker's mountain, and there is some satisfaction in going to It, coming under its particular fascination, and being able to say to Don's question - “Yes, I'm a Jagungal man.” POMADE “STORETITE” *-y, Specially developed by “the old firm”. Tents made from “Stormtite” have proved to be utterly reliable under e conditions in the toughest terrain in South-Zest Tasmania. The unique method of proofing results in a tough lightweight cloth that “breathes” yet withstands the heaviest rain and resists dripping then rubbed. Ask for 29 3 and 4 man sizes in “Stormtite”. PADDY PALLIN Prn LTD., 1ST. FLOOR, 109A BATHURST STREET, SYDNEY., N.S.W. 2000. Phoneg 26.2685. ONKIrell Arse. PADDY PALLIN Lightweight Camp Gear 1st Fissr, 1BEIA Bathurst Strut, Sydney 026,2685 *-X*X;K'XXXX-gXk*h-XX ***; r i1 Page 17. .4la TEE SYD7-.EY :BUSHWALICER FOR S.A.LE SUBSCRIPTIONS APRIL, 1970. OFE HOTHAM SLEEPING BAG (Standard Size) Four Years Old,. 1 Good Condition. Contact RAMON UtBRTEN and make an offerl FOR SALE ,,.4 LIGHT7EIGHT AFRAME. Scarcely used. Bargain at 810 Paddymade new $18. DOROTHY SVENSON 37 Milford Road5 MIRANDA, 2228, Phone J24.5688 All articles and notices for publication in the May Magazine to be in the 1 hands of the Editor not 4 later that 15th. My, 1970. The Treasurer advises all Members of the Sydney Bush Walkers that subscriptions for the !970/71 year are now duo and. payable. Rates are as follows: ACTIVE MEMBERS: $6.00 MORD]) coups 3eoo FULLTIME STUDENTS $4.00 NONACTIVES: $1.00 Please oblige with an early remitt7mce. AUal,66alaktda0=G'LArr41144N1GWABXIOWWa.g…=.W.44Ja.=,a.W…..WA ORMPTEEIETG CONTEST The Paddy Pallin Orienteering Competition, 1970 will be held on Saturday, 23rd.. May. Please see or get in tough with Alan Pike (Walks Secretary) to obtain your entry form. , u mc ono r DEADLINE FOR MAY MAGAZILE Page 18. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER _APRIL, 1970. SWIMMING CARNIVAL RESULTS The following are the results of the S.B.W. Swimming Carnival held earlier this year at Lake Eckersley.

WOMEN'S FREESTYLE: 1st,	N. Bourke
2nd.	C. Brown
3rd,	M. Lloyd

MEN'S FREESTYLE: 1st0 D. Ackland

2nd.	B. Pacey
3rd.	L. Quaken

WOMEN'S BREASTSTROKE: 1st0 R. Bourke

1. —-2nd3 N, Bourke

3rd. C. Brown.

MEN'S BREASTSTROKE: 1st.	L. Quaken
2nd,	L. Rayner
3rd.	E. Engels

wommrs LI-LO: 1st0 R. Bourke

2nd.	C. Brown
3rd.	D. Noble

MEN'S LI-LO: 1st. K. Muddle

2nd.	B. Pacey
3rd.	C. Shappert

WOKEN 'S PEANUT SCRAMBLE: LEN'S PEANUT SCRABLE: 1st. N. Bourke 2nd. H. Lowrie 3rd. K. Brown 1st3 7. Engels 2nd0 S. Hinde 3rd. L. Davidson & L Rayner The Club Cups were awarded as follows:- FARQUFAR CUP: N. Bourke (For highest aggregate - women) HENLEY CUP: L. Quaken and D. Ackland (RinisnEinT aggr te s mm BEANDELBERG CUP:N. Bourke and L. Davidson.