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- | ====THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER==== | + | ======The Sydney Bushwalker====== |
Established June 1931 | Established June 1931 | ||
A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O. Sydney, 2001. | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O. Sydney, 2001. | ||
- | Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, | + | Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening from 7.30 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, |
- | |EDITOR| Ainslie Morris| | + | |Editor| Ainslie Morris| |
- | |BUSINESS MANAGER| Bill Burke| | + | |Business Manager| Bill Burke| |
- | |PRODUCTION MANAGER|Helen Gray| | + | |Production Manager|Helen Gray| |
- | |TYPIST|Kath Brown| | + | |Typist|Kath Brown| |
- | |PRINTERS|Phil Butt and Barbara Evans| | + | |Printers|Phil Butt and Barbara Evans| |
- | ====OCTOBER | + | =====October |
- | |||Page| | + | | | |Page| |
- | |Editorial| 2| | + | |Editorial |
- | |The Allure of Lacy's|Ainslie Morris| 3| | + | |The Allure of Lacys |
- | |Obituary - Maurice Lonsdale | + | |Obituary - Maurice Lonsdale Berry |Brian Harvey |
- | |The Half-Yearly General Meeting| Barry Wallace| 8| | + | |The Half-Yearly General Meeting |
- | |Obituary - Michael | + | |Obituary - Michael |
- | |The Desert Survival Problem|Marion Lloyd| 12| | + | |The Desert Survival Problem |
- | |The Jim Brown Sept 22 Wildflower Extravaganza| Ray Franklin |15| | + | |The Jim Brown Sept 22 Wildflower Extravaganza |
- | |Social Notes for November |Roger Browne| 16| | + | |Social Notes for November |Roger Browne |
- | |New Members|| 16| | + | |New Members |
- | |Bushwalker Recipe| Judith Rostron |16| | + | |Bushwalker Recipe |
- | EDITORIAL | + | =====Editorial===== |
- | Our magazine is entering a new phase in its long history. Its appearance and presentation will improve as the new electronic | + | |
- | would have noticed in recent issues. | + | Our magazine is entering a new phase in its long history. Its appearance and presentation will improve as the new electronic |
- | Later on we can purchase "daisy wheels" | + | |
- | easy to switch from a heavy manual to a e.1) feather-touch electronic typewriter, and it is thanks to Kath Brown' | + | This issue is the first to be printed with the offset printing machine. A new size of paper is required and a different quality, and therefore our Business Manager, Bill Burke, has organised |
- | This issue is the first to be printed with the offset printing machine. A new size of paper is required and a different quality, and therefore our Business Manager Bill Burke has organized | + | |
Bit by bit we can develop our skills in layout and printing, which hopefully will be more of a pleasure than an added burden to our able " | Bit by bit we can develop our skills in layout and printing, which hopefully will be more of a pleasure than an added burden to our able " | ||
- | Photographs, | ||
- | Variety of contributions is welcome; for example, cartoons, songs | ||
- | with musical notation, crosswords, quizzes on bushwalking topics, and letters to the editor. So now is the time to think - what can I contribute to our new-look magazine? | ||
- | The Editor wishes to thank | ||
- | all those who worked on the purchase of the typewriter and printing machine, and all those who give us something to print. | ||
- | typewriter | + | Photographs, |
+ | Variety of contributions is welcome; for example, cartoons, songs with musical notation, crosswords, quizzes on bushwalking topics, and letters to the editor. So now is the time to think - what can I contribute to our new-look magazine? | ||
- | The typewriter has a clearer typeface | + | The Editor wishes to thank all those who worked on the purchase |
- | than that of the old typewriter, | + | |
+ | =====The Allure Of Lacys===== | ||
+ | by Ainslie Morris | ||
+ | 28th August to 2nd September, 1984. Map: Burragorang 1:31,680 Topographic | ||
+ | Lacys Tableland has held for me a mystic aura ever since I was on the Bindook Committee in the mid-1970s. It had a beckoning appeal, yet seemed inaccessible, | ||
- | THE ALLURE OF LACY' | + | The Blue Mountains National Park was extended in 1997 from Mt. Solitary near Katoomba |
- | by Ainslie Morris. | + | the names of features |
- | 28th August to 2nd September, 1984. Map: Burragorang 1:31680 Topographic. | + | |
- | Lacy's Tableland has held for me a mystic aura ever since I was on the Bindook Committee in the mid-1970s. It had a bea.oning appeal, yet seemed inaccessible, | + | |
- | The Blue Mountains National Park was extended in a Mt. Solitary near Eatoomba | + | |
- | easily visible | + | |
- | 977 from | + | |
- | and Wollondilly Tonalli Tablelands. Learly, and it is | + | |
- | e names of features t can also be used otal driving time each way. | + | |
- | When Bill Capon suggested a walk in this area in the school holidays, I was keen to get up on to Lacy's Tableland, seen several times from Yerranderie, | + | |
- | The pine forest just before Oberon seemed like a good place to camp, but Bill thought the ground had too many bits of hard bark, and the sleety snow howling around us an unnecessary test of fortitude. Titania beckoned (the motel, that is) and we got a room for three at 11.30 pm. | + | |
- | It is essential to buy petrol at Oberon before driving the 200 km return to Yerranderie, | + | |
- | We parked the car at 263846 (Nattai map) along the old Picton road where a track leads off to the left 3 km before a M.W.S. & D. Board locked gate. From here the route can be outlined: north over the Tonalli River, Lacy's Gap, Lacy's Creek, Lacy's Creek North Canyon, Bimlow Tableland, Lacy's Tableland and return via Lacy's Gap again. | + | |
- | The best view of Tonalli Tableland is from near the locked gate; cleared grazing land rolls down to the Tonalli River, and up above the sandstone cliffs up to 400 feet high spread along the whole length, glowing softly in brilliart sunshine. The blue skies and glorious spring weather stayed with us for all but a few-hours of the walk. | + | |
- | We started out at 12 noon on to private grazing land, ideal for kangaroos which were a pleasure to see in plentiful groups. The foundations of a house and water tanks remain next to the Lttle dam shown on the Burragorang map; there was an old boiler and a covered shaft, possibly for mining. Lunch and a lie in the sun for Ln hour on a soft grassy spot at 268863 by the shallow flowing waters of the Tonalli, set | + | |
- | us up well for the 2 hour climb up the ridge. Lacy's Gap has a | + | |
- | distinctive peaky rock overhang 1,780 feet above the r:ver. A bearing | + | |
- | of 332 to spot height 123 is helpful, but a track is frequently stumbled upon, and in fact access to Lacy's Tableland is easy. | + | When Bill Capon suggested |
- | We found the cave used by David ostron' | + | |
- | the left of the " | + | |
- | The view from the rim is excellent. Bonnum Pic 20 km due south was | + | |
- | distinctive, | + | |
- | 1:125000 Tourist map as probably near Mittagong. The waters of Lake Burragorang add interest | + | |
- | For the first time I donned my nylon overpants as we walked through moderately dense scrub north towards area 2691 to camp. The " | + | |
- | timber" | + | |
- | clear level places to set up tents, which we did at 5.15 pm, and enjoyed a windless starry night as the new moon set. | + | |
- | We started at 8.20 am on Thursday, 30th August, and 200 metres downstream our swamp water was flowing nicely and much easier | + | |
- | through a break in the cliff line, through masses of soft golden-green ferns, and one hour out of camp we were in the wonderland of Lacy's :reek, surely one of the best you could ever go along. | + | |
- | In the temperate rainforest the mossy rocks, coachwood, tall tree ferns and a variety of other ferns gave us the feeling that we were in a special place, visited by very few. The footprints of two people down the creek belied our feeling, but I still think few walkers go here. And yet the walking is easy, often on leaf litter in the clear underrain-forest trees, beside a series of four-foot waterfalls, and shallow pools in which orange, red and yellow pebbles give a soft glowing colour. I had expected boulder-clambering and dense undergrowth, | + | |
- | As the valley widens out after an hour, the north-facing slopes are glorious with bright yellow wattle groves among the forest of tall straight blue gums, while the southern aspect remains in shaded rainforest. The banks are mostly a gentle slope or flat, but in places scrub and thick ferns decided us to walk in the creek, wading mostly ankle to knee deep on a firm pebbly bed. My one attempt to remove the overpants and walk through scrub was rewarded with a viscious multiple Lawyer Vine suatch on my shin. This creeper, with its throat-grabbing thorns, coula/gve been named Smilax australis by a botanist with a rapier-like wit. | + | |
- | At The Prow the creek swings | + | |
- | We actually made our 8 o' | + | |
- | The thickest scrub and patches of rain-forest are encountered before swinging on to the north facing slopes, where the going is fairly easy. At Barber Canyon we stopped at 10.20 am at 324943 on about the 1600, level. This creek is perennial and had a pool deep enough to swim in. | + | |
- | October, 1984 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 5 | + | |
- | LACY'S TABLELAND AND LACY CREEK WALK. | + | |
- | (Source - Blue Mountains & Burragorang Tourist Map) | + | |
- | We were looking for the northern tributary at 314948, when at the junction its character was completely different again from Reilly Creek, whose mossy green boulders had been quite different in character from gentle | + | The pine forest just before Oberon seemed like a good place to camp, but Bill thought the ground had too many bits of hard bark, and the sleety snow howling around us an unnecessary test of fortitude. Titania beckoned (the motel, that is) and we got a room for three at 11.30pm. |
- | We were standing there considering the route, not talking (for once), when pat-pat-pat-pat - a fox was trotting by on the floor of the rainforest only a few feet away. It looked up in astonishment, | + | |
- | fled, white-tipped russet tail bobbing. | + | It is essential to buy petrol at Oberon before driving the 200 km return to Yerranderie, |
- | From here was a nose to slope scramble in vine and fern, then we were only able to proceed on the south side. It is really a canyon although | + | |
- | the cliffs are not marked on the map. After collecting water where we | + | We parked the car at 263846 (Nattai map) along the old Picton road where a track leads off to the left 3 km before a M.W.S. & D. Board locked gate. **From here the route can be outlined:** north over the Tonalli River, Lacys Gap, Lacys Creek, Lacys Creek North Canyon, Bimlow Tableland, Lacys Tableland and return via Lacys Gap again. |
- | could finally get down, we found a break on the north side at 309954 at 2.30 pm. | + | |
- | The top of Lacy' | + | The best view of Tonalli Tableland is from near the locked gate; cleared grazing land rolls down to the Tonalli River, and up above the sandstone cliffs up to 400 feet high spread along the whole length, glowing softly in brilliart sunshine. The blue skies and glorious spring weather stayed with us for all but a few hours of the walk. |
- | Thus we headed northeast to see the amphitheatre, | + | |
- | we could see the tower at Katoomba on the far horizon | + | We started out at 12 noon on to private grazing land, ideal for kangaroos which were a pleasure to see in plentiful groups. The foundations of a house and water tanks remain next to the little dam shown on the Burragorang map; there was an old boiler and a covered shaft, possibly for mining. Lunch and a lie in the sun for an hour on a soft grassy spot at 268863, by the shallow flowing waters of the Tonalli, set us up well for the 2 hour climb up the ridge. Lacys Gap has a distinctive peaky rock overhang 1,780 feet above the river. A bearing of 332° to spot height 123° is helpful, but a track is frequently stumbled upon, and in fact access to Lacys Tableland is easy. |
- | Saturday was a day of continual scrub bash, following faint ridges using compass bearings. As our timing was miscalculated we only got to | + | |
- | a deep gully and creek for lunch at 11.45 am at 272936, although we had | + | We found the cave used by David Rostron' |
+ | |||
+ | Bonnum Pic 20 km due south was distinctive, | ||
+ | 1:125,000 Tourist map as probably near Mittagong. The waters of Lake Burragorang add interest to the scene. | ||
+ | |||
+ | For the first time I donned my nylon overpants as we walked through moderately dense scrub north towards area 2691 to camp. The " | ||
+ | |||
+ | We started at 8.20am on Thursday, 30th August, and 200 metres downstream our swamp water was flowing nicely and much easier to get at for water. At 275915 a small rock overhang indicates an easy ramp down through a break in the cliff line, through masses of soft golden-green ferns, and one hour out of camp we were in the wonderland of Lacys Creek, surely one of the best you could ever go along. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the temperate rainforest the mossy rocks, coachwood, tall tree ferns and a variety of other ferns gave us the feeling that we were in a special place, visited by very few. The footprints of two people down the creek belied our feeling, but I still think few walkers go here. And yet the walking is easy, often on leaf litter in the clear under-rain-forest trees, beside a series of four foot waterfalls, and shallow pools in which orange, red and yellow pebbles give a soft glowing colour. I had expected boulder-clambering and dense undergrowth, | ||
+ | |||
+ | As the valley widens out after an hour, the north-facing slopes are glorious with bright yellow wattle groves among the forest of tall straight blue gums, while the southern aspect remains in shaded rainforest. The banks are mostly a gentle slope or flat, but in places scrub and thick ferns decided us to walk in the creek, wading mostly ankle to knee deep on a firm pebbly bed. My one attempt to remove the overpants and walk through scrub was rewarded with a vicious multiple Lawyer Vine scratch on my shin. This creeper, with its throat-grabbing thorns, could only have been named Smilax australis by a botanist with a rapier-like wit. | ||
+ | |||
+ | At The Prow the creek swings north, and as a lovely little clear flat terrace with waterfrontage campsites presented itself at 4pm, we settled down to enjoy the late afternoon sun which was reflected off the pale sandstone cliffs above. While I had a hot bath (ah, the versatility of a breakfast/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | We actually made our 8 o' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The thickest scrub and patches of rain-forest are encountered before swinging on to the north facing slopes, where the going is fairly easy. At Barber Canyon we stopped at 10.20 am at 324943 on about the 1600', level. This creek is perennial and had a pool deep enough to swim in. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | |||
+ | We were looking for the northern tributary at 314948, when at the junction its character was completely different again from Reilly Creek, whose mossy green boulders had been quite different in character from gentle | ||
+ | |||
+ | From here was a nose to slope scramble in vine and fern, then we were only able to proceed on the south side. It is really a canyon although the cliffs are not marked on the map. After collecting water where we could finally get down, we found a break on the north side at 309954 at 2.30pm. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The top of Lacys Tableland is a gently undulating to flat featureless place, with scrub varying from thin and open forest to medium scrub, and at sources of streams dense tea-tree and almost impenetrable banksia. it is the glorious extensive views from the rim that make it worthwhile walking there. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Thus we headed northeast to see the amphitheatre, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Saturday was a day of continual scrub bash, following faint ridges using compass bearings. As our timing was miscalculated we only got to a deep gully and creek for lunch at 11.45am at 272936, although we had | ||
thought we were south of spot height 2570. Fine views from the rim facing northwest were our reward after looking at bushes for hours. | thought we were south of spot height 2570. Fine views from the rim facing northwest were our reward after looking at bushes for hours. | ||
- | Cne of our route plans was to descend the western point in area 2490, and at 3 o' | ||
- | too risky for a party of three to attempt. It is well worth a visit, however, as a 290 panorama extends from Kanangra in the north, shining silver in an approaching storm; Boyd Plateau to the west; and below Bull Island Peak the great patches of yellow wattle lit up the Tonalli | ||
- | valley to the south. What a view! | ||
- | The rain chased us through very dense scrub towards the cave at Lacy's Gap. It made a perfect sheltered camp for three (but could fit | ||
- | 5 or 6), and as the thunder crashed we enjoyed the last of our rum toddies, cookies, vintage port, fresh coffee and jaffas. That a tough walk! | ||
- | Sunday was refreshing with a clear sky and cool breeze after the | ||
- | humid day before. Descending the ridge as it widens requires a firm turn | ||
- | left at spot height 1230' - if you can pick it. We missed it and descended the steeper ridge south, and enjoyed a wash and morning cuppa on | ||
- | the Tonalli. After a look around Yerranderies "ghost town" and silver mine, now owned by a mining company, we left for Sydney well satisfied with our exploratory ramble in Lacy' | ||
- | NOTE: Jim Brown led a walk which went right down Lacy's Creek to Bimlow | ||
- | (now under the waters of Lake Burragorang) back in 1950, when access was | ||
- | possible in half the time by train and bus. He has also gone off Lacy's | ||
- | . Tableland to Green Wattle Creek on later solo trips. Bill Capon is considering putting on a similar trip for Easter, returning via Bull Island Peak and Chinaman Bluffs. | ||
+ | One of our route plans was to descend the western point in area 2490, and at 3 o' | ||
+ | too risky for a party of three to attempt. It is well worth a visit, however, as a 290° panorama extends from Kanangra in the north, shining silver in an approaching storm; Boyd Plateau to the west; and below Bull Island Peak the great patches of yellow wattle lit up the Tonalli valley to the south. What a view! | ||
+ | |||
+ | The rain chased us through very dense scrub towards the cave at Lacys Gap. It made a perfect sheltered camp for three (but could fit 5 or 6), and as the thunder crashed we enjoyed the last of our rum toddies, cookies, vintage port, fresh coffee and jaffas. That a tough walk! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sunday was refreshing with a clear sky and cool breeze after the humid day before. Descending the ridge as it widens requires a firm turn left at spot height 1230' - if you can pick it. We missed it and descended the steeper ridge south, and enjoyed a wash and morning cuppa on the Tonalli. After a look around Yerranderie' | ||
+ | |||
+ | NOTE: Jim Brown led a walk which went right down Lacys Creek to Bimlow (now under the waters of Lake Burragorang) back in 1950, when access was possible in half the time by train and bus. He has also gone off Lacys Tableland to Green Wattle Creek on later solo trips. Bill Capon is considering putting on a similar trip for Easter, returning via Bull Island Peak and Chinaman Bluffs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Obituary - Maurice Lonsdale Berry===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | On 28th August in his 82nd year | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Brian Harvey | ||
+ | |||
+ | Maurie, as he was known, commenced his bushwalking career as a young man when he was invited to join the venerable Mountains Trails Club in the early 1920' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Mountain Trails Club was a male only organisation and when the desirability of a mixed sexes walking club was mooted, he attended that historical meeting of October 1927 held at the N.S.W. Sports Club in Hunter Street, when it was decided that such a club should be formed. It was Maurie who moved "That the club be known as 'The Sydney Bush Walkers'" | ||
+ | |||
+ | It came about in the early 1930's that Maurie was a member of the walking party travelling down the Grose River which came upon two cattlemen who were about to fell the tall blue gums on their Crown Lease to provide a grassy pasture for their cattle. It is now well-documented history that these men were prevailed upon not to fell the timber but sold the Lease to The Sydney Bush Walkers, a transaction in which our late member was very much involved. He was later appointed to the Blue Gum Forest Trust under the auspices of the Department of Lands. | ||
+ | |||
+ | From 1936 to 1939 he was President of our Club and upon the occasion of the Club's 50th Anniversary, | ||
- | OBITUARY - MAURICE LONSDALE BERRY. | ||
- | On 28th August in his 82nd year. | ||
- | by Brian Harvey. | ||
- | Maurie, as he was known, commenced his bushwalking career as a young man when he was invited to join the venerable Mountains Trails Club in the early 1920' | ||
- | The Mountain Trails Club was a male only organisation and when the desirability of a mixed sexes walking club was mooted, he attended that historical meeting of October 1927 held at the N.S.V. Sports Club in Hunter Street, when it was decided that such a club should be formed. It was Maurie who moved "That the club be known as 'The Sydney Bush Walkers!" | ||
- | It came about in the early 1930's that Maurie was a member of the walking party travelling down the Grose River which came upon two cattlemen who were about to fell the tall blue gums on their Crown Lease to provide a grassy pasture for their cattle. It is now well-documented | ||
- | history that these men were prevailed upon not to fell the timber but | ||
- | sold the Lease to The Sydney Bush Walkers, a transaction in which our late member was very much involved. He was later appointed to the Blue Gum Forest Trust under the auspices of the Department of Lands. | ||
- | From 1936 to 1939 he was President of our Club and upon the occasion of the Club's 50th Anniversary, | ||
During World War II, Maurie was very active in the Bushwalkers Services Committee which was instrumental in the despatch of a great volume of material and spiritual comforts to those members of all affiliated clubs on Active Service and which were very much appreciated by the recipients. | During World War II, Maurie was very active in the Bushwalkers Services Committee which was instrumental in the despatch of a great volume of material and spiritual comforts to those members of all affiliated clubs on Active Service and which were very much appreciated by the recipients. | ||
- | For the greater part of his working life he was with the Western Electric Company and when that firm was acquired and staff dispersed, he foresaw the need for social contact to be maintained between the many workmates of long-standing employment, and so he formed the Westrex Club which still holds annual reunions and other activities. It was in a | + | |
- | similar context he realised the desirability of forming a purely social club, somewhat ancilliary to the S.B.W., to bring together those earlier members of our Club whose walking days were over and now enjoyed passive | + | For the greater part of his working life he was with the Western Electric Company and when that firm was acquired and staff dispersed, he foresaw the need for social contact to be maintained between the many workmates of long-standing employment, and so he formed the Westrex Club which still holds annual reunions and other activities. It was in a similar context he realised the desirability of forming a purely social club, somewhat ancilliary to the S.B.W., to bring together those earlier members of our Club whose walking days were over and now enjoyed passive activities. And so he was a Foundation Member and Foundation President of The Dungalla Club which nearly 200 of our more mature members and past members joined to carry on that mateship |
- | activities. And so he was a Foundation Member and Foundation President | + | |
- | of The Dungalla Club which nearly 200 of our more mature members and past members joined to carry on that mate-ship | + | |
- | feature of bushwalking. On retirement to the Central Coast he was active in local conservation projects, became an enthusiastic member of the local photographic club, and played a little bowls. | + | |
We should be very proud that Maurie' | We should be very proud that Maurie' | ||
by Myles Dunphy as a mark of respect to a walking mate and a conservationist. | by Myles Dunphy as a mark of respect to a walking mate and a conservationist. | ||
+ | |||
Throughout his life Maurie was always thinking of others, and indeed Australia is a better place because of such a man. Our Club extends its sincere sympathies to his wife Doreen, and to son John and family, who rejoice in our high regard for him. | Throughout his life Maurie was always thinking of others, and indeed Australia is a better place because of such a man. Our Club extends its sincere sympathies to his wife Doreen, and to son John and family, who rejoice in our high regard for him. | ||
- | THE HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING | + | =====The Half-Yearly General Meeting===== |
- | 12th SEPTEMBER ' | + | |
- | The meeting began at around | + | 12th September 1984 |
+ | |||
+ | by Barry Wallace | ||
+ | |||
+ | The meeting began at around | ||
The Minutes of the June General Meeting were read and received, with the comment that Paul Barnes had also been awarded the Order of Australia. | The Minutes of the June General Meeting were read and received, with the comment that Paul Barnes had also been awarded the Order of Australia. | ||
+ | |||
There was no significant correspondence, | There was no significant correspondence, | ||
- | So then it was the Treasurer' | ||
- | spent $3938.50, earned or otherwise acquired $1861.43 and concluded with | ||
- | a balance of $1753.29. It should be noted that the expenditure includes the purchase of an offset printer, plate maker and fuser for production of Club publications. | ||
- | All of which led us to the Walks Report, which was preceeded by, or perhaps begun with, an outpouring of discontent from our usually jovial Walks Secretary. I did not record the details, and Bill has almost | ||
- | certainly forgotten them since, but it seems that the world in general, and walks leaders in particular, were agin him on the day. | ||
- | The weekend of 10,11,12 August saw the cancellation of Gordon Lee's snow camping weekend. No snow, no cars, was the comment. John Williams and Sandy Hines had a party of around 19 people on their Kanangra walk, two of whom became misplaced in Gingra Creek for a time on the Sunday. Spiro Hajinakitas reported a party of 13 and cold, windy weather for his Mt. Colong walk. The trip began in a heavy fall of fluffy, down-like | ||
- | snow. Peter Christian' | ||
- | report. Sheila Binn's Waterfall to Heathcote trip started off with | ||
- | 22 people. It was a good walk, with a fine day, but when they counted heads at the finish, there were 26 on the trip, none of whom were newborn. | ||
- | The following weekend, 17,18,19 August saw Bill Holland leading a party of 13, shrinking to 11, on his Shoalhaven River, Mt. Ayre and environs trip. Bill Capon had 14 on his MOrton National Park trip, but there was no report. We did, however, hear that Peter Miller was injured in a fall and had to be assisted out. It seems some members of the | ||
- | party explored and marked possible escape routes which were not subsequently used. The fact that they marked the routes with items of clothing which were not recovered is in no way related to Joan Cooper' | ||
- | George Mawer' | ||
- | Gordon Lee's Budawangs walk of 24,25,26 August had 8 people out in windy conditions on what was described as a decent walk. George Walton also remarked on the windy weather on his Kanangra to Katoomba trip which attracted 9 starters. Peter Miller' | ||
- | perhaps because Peter was convalescing after his fall. Paul Mawhinney and Jim Brown both cancelled day walks that weekend because of a train | ||
- | strike. Bill Holland' | ||
- | to Berowra to gallop through to HOrnsby on the Benowie Track. There were 10 prospectives and 2 visitors. | ||
- | Page 9 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER October, 1984. | ||
- | The first weekend in September saw Spiro Hajinakitas and Maurie Bloom running their car swap trip as a one-ended walk. It is not clear | ||
- | how many people went, but they had rain on Saturday and a fine, clear, Sunday with glorious views. John Williams reported 4 people on his Cox River area walk. They also encountered stormy weather on Saturday | ||
- | evening, but described the walk as good nonetheless. Of the day walks that weekend Jan Mohandas' | ||
- | Over the weekend of 7,8,9 September Alan Pike' | ||
- | Federation Report brought news of the recent F.B.W. elections. | ||
- | Gordon Lee is Federation President, Spiro Hajinakitas is F.B.W. Secretary, and Tim Coffey is N.C.C. delegate. A scheme of insurance for bush- | ||
- | walkers and bushwalking clubs is under discussion. F.B.W. are asking | ||
- | that anyone finding errors in the C.M.A. 1:25000 series maps should | ||
- | report them to C.M.A. There is concern at the failure of N.P.W.Service | ||
- | to declare wilderness areas as parks. This concludes the Federation Report. | ||
- | General Business brought news that Roger Browne has returned from | ||
- | the deep north and will take up' his previous position as Social Secretary. Barbara Evans volunteered for the positon of F.B.W. Delegate and was elected unopposed, and Mike Reynolds was elected as Assistant to the New Members Secretary.' | ||
- | A motion "That this meeting recommend to the Annual General Meeting that the category of Married Couple Membership Subscription be replaced by a Household Membership Subscription" | ||
- | the absence of advice or recommendations on the Bushwalker Iheurance Scheme no significant discussion was possible. | ||
- | The Club has chosen Coolana as Reunion, | ||
- | The Club was told there are plans to construct a two-storey motel type building on the Cox River at the foot of Black Jerry' | ||
- | After that it was just a matter of announcements of coming walks and the meeting closed at 2130. | ||
- | NOTE | + | So then it was the Treasurer' |
- | It is noted that the signboard | + | |
+ | All of which led us to the Walks Report, which was preceded by, or perhaps begun with, an outpouring of discontent from our usually jovial Walks Secretary. I did not record the details, and Bill has almost certainly forgotten them since, but it seems that the world in general, and walks leaders in particular, were agin him on the day. | ||
+ | The weekend of 10,11,12 August saw the cancellation of Gordon Lee's snow camping weekend. No snow, no cars, was the comment. John Williams and Sandy Hines had a party of around 19 people on their Kanangra walk, two of whom became misplaced in Gingra Creek for a time on the Sunday. Spiro Hajinakitas reported a party of 13 and cold, windy weather for his Mt. Colong walk. The trip began in a heavy fall of fluffy, down-like snow. Peter Christian' | ||
- | OBITUARY MICHAEL SHORT | + | The following weekend, 17,18,19 August saw Bill Holland leading a party of 13, shrinking to 11, on his Shoalhaven River, Mt Ayre and environs trip. Bill Capon had 14 on his Morton National Park trip, but there was no report. We did, however, hear that Peter Miller was injured in a fall and had to be assisted out. It seems some members of the party explored |
- | 6' Frank Tiaeker | + | |
- | TT1deA-1 occurred on Jul)/ 3)51-4 corrner club member Mike Short. | + | |
- | Mike joirtec ttie S.S.W. in June 1964 and led kis -First cluiD walk later tint same year. Durin3 his years in ftie ch./ he kelol se-verai oCcicial posOn5, namely Conservaf; | + | |
- | iViickael and I completed our apprenticeships at tke same firm and had known oneanoiller for nlany years, wken in February 1%5 lie persuaded me, to jo on a walk lie was leaclin,5 for ftie S.B.W. i.n 11;s gayourtte. area near Mitra50n.5. I went as a visitor | + | |
- | For ftiis I will ctiways jriate.Pui to WItke. | + | |
- | Mike, waS a sincere. | + | |
- | On loekai-r oflie. club, T. extend our deepest sympaty | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | AT THE OCTOBER COMMITTEE MEETING. | + | |
- | DOREEN BERRY, widow of the late Maurie Berry, and herself a member of S.B.W. over many years, was elected as Honorary Member of the Club at the October Committee Meeting. | + | |
- | | + | |
+ | George Mawer' | ||
- | THE DESERT SURVIVAL PROBLEM | + | Gordon Lee's Budawangs walk of 24,25,26 August had 8 people out in windy conditions on what was described as a decent walk. George Walton also remarked on the windy weather on his Kanangra to Katoomba trip which attracted 9 starters. Peter Miller' |
- | PART TWO - THE EXPERTS' | + | |
- | article. It posed the problem of a crash landing of a light aircraft | + | |
- | in Central Australia in the heat of summer. Certain specified items | + | |
- | WHICH ITEMS are thOuseful, and why? PART TWO contains the " | + | |
- | according | + | |
- | [Removed for copyright reasons | + | |
- | In view of the terms of reference in PART I, some fit and experienced walkers may believe that some of the strongest survivors could walk out to the nearest habitation, travelling byfight | + | |
- | the heat of the day. After all, some early explorers in Central Australia | + | |
- | did just that. Probably it depends on whether you accept the opinions of | + | |
- | the " | + | |
- | out, if at all | + | |
+ | The first weekend in September saw Spiro Hajinakitas and Maurie Bloom running their car swap trip as a one-ended walk. It is not clear how many people went, but they had rain on Saturday and a fine, clear, Sunday with glorious views. John Williams reported 4 people on his Coxs River area walk. They also encountered stormy weather on Saturday evening, but described the walk as good nonetheless. Of the day walks that weekend Jan Mohandas' | ||
- | THE JIM BROWN SEPT 22 WILDFLOWER EXTRAVAGANZA | + | Over the weekend |
- | A Somewhat Inaccurate Ode, With Apologies to Whoever Wrote the | + | |
- | Original thyme, the Rhythm | + | |
- | The hilly trails were neater, | + | |
- | but the valley tracks were flatter so we therefore deemed it meeter to walk along the latter. | + | |
- | Brave Jimbo was our leader, | + | |
- | and he made it very clear | + | |
- | that though he'd always take command... he'd do it from the rear. | + | |
- | Yes, he led us from behind, folks, while would-be Tigers surged ahead... although towards lunch and morning tea, he left them all for dead. | + | |
- | And so, to Philotheca, | + | |
- | the Gully of that name, | + | |
- | he led us 'twas thus before, | + | |
- | he said and now, 'Was just the same. Yes, some things never change, my lads, though our brains get old and mushy... there' | + | |
- | And so, to see the wildflowers, in beauty, spread abroad, | + | |
- | Jim took us, and found us also, a seeming Mongol horde. | + | |
- | You're right: the N.P.A. crowd, all motley bags and shamble, | + | |
- | and grim of face, with heavy foot... | + | |
- | We smote them, hip and thigh, my boys, we stole their goods and chattels... (Well, in our mind's eye, anyway, we fight these wondrous battles!) | + | |
- | But 'twas in truth, we bravely risked the freeways of this nation | + | |
- | We crossed them twice, | + | |
- | Yes, that was journey' | + | |
- | and up in front, bold Brian Bolton, | + | |
- | an example to the Club. | + | |
- | A walker good and true, that man, | + | |
- | but in one thing you eran trust: | + | |
- | when he scents an ale, on the homeward track, you' | + | |
- | So that was how it ended: | + | |
- | to Jim Brown, we tips our lids, | + | |
- | as we follow Brian homewards, | + | |
- | we'd not have missed it.... not for quids! | + | |
- | SOCIAL NOTES FOR NOVEMBER | + | Federation Report brought news of the recent F.B.W. elections. Gordon Lee is Federation President, Spiro Hajinakitas is F.B.W. Secretary, and Tim Coffey is N.C.C. delegate. A scheme |
- | by Roger Browne. | + | |
- | November 7 - Committee meeting. November 14 - Talented Persons' | + | |
- | This is where Club members and friends get together to sing, play,dance, read poetry, perform magic or entertain in other ways. If you are a talented person, or you know of one, please contact Owen Marks as soon as possible, on 30,1827 (H). | + | |
- | November 21 - Magazine Wrapping Night. Help out with production | + | |
- | November 28 - Members' | + | |
- | bring any slides that you would like to show. | + | |
- | Dinner before this meeting | + | |
- | late arrivals ask for the " | + | |
- | NEW MEMBERS | + | General Business brought news that Roger Browne has returned from the deep north and will take up his previous position as Social Secretary. Barbara Evans volunteered for the position of F.B.W. Delegate and was elected unopposed, and Mike Reynolds was elected as Assistant to the New Members Secretary. |
+ | |||
+ | A motion "That this meeting recommend to the Annual General Meeting that the category of Married Couple Membership Subscription be replaced by a Household Membership Subscription" | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Club has chosen Coolana as Reunion Site for the 1985 Reunion and Spiro will again act as Convenor, chief cook etc. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Club was told there are plans to construct a two-storey motel type building on the Coxs River at the foot of Black Jerry' | ||
+ | |||
+ | After that it was just a matter of announcements of coming walks and the meeting closed at 9.30pm. | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Note** | ||
+ | |||
+ | It is noted that the signboard of the Goanna Track in the Heathcote National Park has been defaced. We wonder if a new name will be chosen when the sign is replaced. | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Obituary - Michael Short===== | ||
+ | By Frank Taeker | ||
+ | |||
+ | The death occurred on July 31st of former club member Mike Short. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mike joined the S.B.W. in June 1964 and led his first club walk later that same year. During his years in the club he held several official position, namely Conservation Secretary (1070), Magazine Duplicator Operator (1972 & 1973) and Federation Delegate (1974). | ||
+ | |||
+ | Michael and I completed our apprenticeships at the same time and had known one another for many years, when in February 1965 he persuaded me to go on a walk he was leading for the S.B.W. in his favourite area near Mittagong. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mike, was a sincere and friendly person who loved the bush and bushwalking. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Those of us who knew him most will miss him. | ||
+ | |||
+ | On behalf of the club, I extend our deepest sympathy to Mike's mother and father, Mr and Mrs Short, and sisters Jennifer, Penelope and Joanna. | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====At The October Committee Meeting===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Doreen Berry, widow of the late Maurie Berry, and herself a member of S.B.W. over many years, was elected as Honorary Member of the Club at the October Committee Meeting. | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====The Desert Survival Problem===== | ||
+ | ====Part Two - The Experts' | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Marion Lloyd | ||
+ | |||
+ | (The September issue of the magazine contained **Part One** of this article. It posed the problem of a crash landing of a light aircraft in Central Australia in the heat of summer. Certain specified items of equipment were salvaged by the survivors, and the question was **which items** were most useful, and why? **Part Two** contains the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | (The foregoing gives the opinions of the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | [This section has been removed for copyright reasons] | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====The Jim Brown Sept 22 Wildflower Extravaganza===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | A Somewhat Inaccurate Ode, With Apologies to Whoever Wrote the Original Rhyme, the Rhythm of Which was Knocked Off - by **Ray Franklin** | ||
+ | |||
+ | The hilly trails were neater,\\ | ||
+ | but the valley tracks were flatter \\ | ||
+ | so we therefore deemed it meeter \\ | ||
+ | to walk along the latter.\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Brave Jimbo was our leader,\\ | ||
+ | and he made it very clear\\ | ||
+ | that though he'd always take command...\\ | ||
+ | he'd do it from the rear.\\ | ||
+ | Yes, he led us from behind, folks,\\ | ||
+ | while would-be Tigers surged ahead...\\ | ||
+ | although towards lunch and morning tea,\\ | ||
+ | he left them all for dead.\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | And so, to Philotheca, | ||
+ | the Gully of that name,\\ | ||
+ | he led us 'twas thus before,\\ | ||
+ | he said and now, 'Was just the same.\\ | ||
+ | Yes, some things never change, my lads,\\ | ||
+ | though our brains get old and mushy...\\ | ||
+ | there' | ||
+ | the memory of a Sydney Bushie.\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | And so, to see the wildflowers, | ||
+ | in beauty, spread abroad,\\ | ||
+ | Jim took us, and found us also,\\ | ||
+ | a seeming Mongol horde.\\ | ||
+ | You're right: the N.P.A. crowd,\\ | ||
+ | all motley bags and shamble, | ||
+ | and grim of face, with heavy foot... \\ | ||
+ | the dreaded N.P.A. ramble.\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | We smote them, hip and thigh, my boys,\\ | ||
+ | we stole their goods and chattels...\\ | ||
+ | (Well, in our mind's eye, anyway,\\ | ||
+ | we fight these wondrous battles!)\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | But 'twas in truth, we bravely risked\\ | ||
+ | the freeways of this nation\\ | ||
+ | We crossed them twice,\\ | ||
+ | to hit the road for Brooklyn railway station\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Yes, that was journey' | ||
+ | the station, and the pub\\ | ||
+ | and up in front, bold Brian Bolton,\\ | ||
+ | an example to the Club.\\ | ||
+ | A walker good and true, that man,\\ | ||
+ | but in one thing you earn trust:\\ | ||
+ | when he scents an ale, on the homeward track,\\ | ||
+ | you'll end up eating Brian' | ||
+ | |||
+ | So that was how it ended:\\ | ||
+ | to Jim Brown, we tips our lids,\\ | ||
+ | as we follow Brian homewards, | ||
+ | we'd not have missed it.... not for quids!\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Social Notes For November===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Roger Browne | ||
+ | |||
+ | |November 7 |- Committee meeting | ||
+ | |November 14 |- Talented Persons' | ||
+ | | |This is where Club members and friends get together to sing, play,dance, read poetry, perform magic or entertain in other ways. If you are a talented person, or you know of one, please contact Owen Marks as soon as possible. | ||
+ | |November 21 |- Magazine Wrapping Night. Help out with production of the Club magazine. | ||
+ | |November 28 |- Members' | ||
+ | | |**Dinner** before this meeting at the Phuong Vietnamese Restaurant, 87 Willoughby Road, Crow's Nest. Meet outside at 6.30 pm, late arrivals ask for the " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Members & Addresses===== | ||
+ | |||
Please add the following names to your Membership List:- | Please add the following names to your Membership List:- | ||
- | BOADLE, Malcolm, 3/5 Bortfield Drive, Chiswick, 2046 Te1.713, | ||
- | BROWN, Margaret, 3 Pambula Place, Forestville, | ||
- | CHEESEMAN, Vicki l 58 Ulundri Drive, Castle Hill, 2154 634,7174 | ||
- | LONGFOOT, Frances, 9a Wycombe Street, Epping, 2121 86,4210 | ||
- | McALLISTER, Terry, 30 Werona Street, Pennant Hills, 2120 84,3561 | ||
- | McINTOCH, Geoff, 15 Cameron Avenue, Artarmon, 2064 419,4619 | ||
- | BUSHWALKER RECIPE. | + | **Boadle** Malcolm,\\ |
- | Savoury Rice. by Judith Rostron. | + | **Brown** Margaret, |
- | 500 g Brown Rice 1 tin Tomatoes | + | **Cheeseman** Vicki,\\ |
- | 1 packet Peas and Carrots | + | **Longfoot** Frances, |
- | Small quantity of PESTO (optional) | + | **McAllister** Terry,\\ |
- | 1 clove Garlic | + | **McIntosh** Geoff\\ |
- | 1 Onion (chopped) | + | |
- | small Capsicum | + | =====Bushwalker Recipe===== |
- | Parmesan Cheese to sprinkle over | + | |
- | (Serves 4) | + | **Savoury Rice** |
+ | |||
+ | by Judith Rostron | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 500 g Brown Rice | ||
+ | * 1 tin Tomatoes | ||
+ | | ||
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