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 We left the Kowmung at BIM 467424 and climbed up a very steep track to Mt. Wonga. The track, aptly named Hell Hill by Bert Carlon, was for taking cattle between the two rivers and, though steep, it saves hours of river walking. On the top of Mt. Wonga we walked through an interesting patch of turpentine forest which was quite lush and damp compared with the barren ridge we had just climbed.
-Ogee again the weather was very still and we perspired copiously. An old blazed trail leads across the area BIM 467453 to the track running down Bungalooloo ridge which begins at about BIM 463457. Tim and Ainslie had been across the track before but it was new country to most of us.
+Once again the weather was very still and we perspired copiously. An old blazed trail leads across the area BIM 467453 to the track running down Bungalooloo ridge which begins at about BIM 463457. Tim and Ainslie had been across the track before but it was new country to most of us.
 Down on the Cox we had another swim and baked in the hot sun while we had lunch. Out came the maps again as we pondered on the alternative ways of getting back to Katoomba. David took off after lunch as he had to get back to Sydney that evening. We briefly toyed with the idea of climbing up Spotted Dog Ridge to Splendour Rock but the hot, sultry weather and an approaching storm put an end to that suggestion. We took the soft option of going down the Cox to (JEN 453487) and camping on a lush green area beside the river.
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 We pitched the tents and hurried inside for shelter as a violent electrical storm crackled and boomed overhead. David had a nail-biting time as he was on Mt. Debert near the power lines while the lightning was striking. After the storm we emerged from the tents and spent the evening around the fire fighting off enormous ants which were at least one metre between the eyes with nippers to match.
-=== Tuesday. Distance 26 km. Climbing 850m. ===
+=== Tuesday. Distance 26 km. Climbing 880m. ===
 We were up at 5.30 and away by 7.00. I rose to a cool, misty morning to see Hans by the fire which was sending a long plume of smoke into the air, the trees looming out of the mist in the half light and the moon hanging low in the sky - superb. We moved off into the mist and crossed the Cox (river number six and only knee deep) and started the long climb up White Dog ridge, JAM 458485.
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 Michael Morcombe's "Australia's National Parks" in its descriptive summary variously describes walking activities in the national parks as nature trail walks, hiking, walking, bush walks, bushwalking, rough bushwalking and rugged bushwalking. The walking activities on Hinchinbrook are the only ones he describes as 'extremely rugged bushwalking into a largely unexplored trackless mountainous interior'! It was little use to read this on my return.
-The next day the saddle was fairly level for a while and as is always the case we found a beter campsite within a short distance. The ease of advance ended there as we encountered a mat of swamp grass which seriously hindered progress. The ground was solid underfoot but the grass was over my head and the only way through it was to push until you could go no further, stand back, push it down with your hands until your feet could complete the operation. Then push in once more and start all over again. Being the youngest of the party I was given this job which had to be continued until we could enter the creek bed. Monsoon rains scour the creek beds clear and if one lies on your route it is the best way to walk. Soon we were happily rock-hopping all the way down past a waterfall and tempting pools to Zoe Bay. On the way down we met Margaret Butler, who had come to Zoe Bay in Peter's yacht with Wade and the children, walking up the creek to climb a nearby spur. Yesterday's distance was all over in a couple of hours.
+The next day the saddle was fairly level for a while and as is always the case we found a better campsite within a short distance. The ease of advance ended there as we encountered a mat of swamp grass which seriously hindered progress. The ground was solid underfoot but the grass was over my head and the only way through it was to push until you could go no further, stand back, push it down with your hands until your feet could complete the operation. Then push in once more and start all over again. Being the youngest of the party I was given this job which had to be continued until we could enter the creek bed. Monsoon rains scour the creek beds clear and if one lies on your route it is the best way to walk. Soon we were happily rock-hopping all the way down past a waterfall and tempting pools to Zoe Bay. On the way down we met Margaret Butler, who had come to Zoe Bay in Peter's yacht with Wade and the children, walking up the creek to climb a nearby spur. Yesterday's distance was all over in a couple of hours.
 We could now see the yacht with its sail up but apparently stationary on the far side of the bay. On arrival we found it had stranded trying to make the estuary for shelter from the chop of the bay. By lunch time it was well and truly careened by the 3 metre tide and had to wait until evening to be refloated in the light of a full moon and gain an anchorage in the deep lagoon. This cast doubt on whether it could pick us up at the northern end of the island unless it could escape before the next extreme high tide in a week's time. As it happened, by marking the channel an earlier sailing was possible and we met on time. There are however regular daily launches from the northern end of the island.
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+===== Two Tracks - A Century Apart. =====
-TWO TRACKS - A CENTURY APART.
 by Ainslie Morris.
-"Some time ago the SIDNEY MAIL printed the story of a trip by-a gentleman and his wife from Katoomba to Jenolan Caves - at least, Jenolan was the objective. They set out with light hearts, provisioned with four pears and two lemons, and expecting to find tea-houses at easy stages along the route. Disaster and disillusionment followed, of course. Such folk take risks even in Centennial Park." Many are the amusing, inform-
-ative, and delightfUl accounts of walks done nearly a century ago along The Six-Foot  Track. The book thus subtitled is called Mal KATOYBA TO JENOLAN CAVES by Jim Smith, a KatooMba teacher and ecologist.
-His book is about a track surveyed in March, 1884, as a bridle trail, and was in active although declining use until 1921. It fell into disrepair, was in parts dese-
-crated, and also made inaccessible until its reopening in 1979. Now a route is open as near as practicable to the original, down Nellie's Glen, through Megalang Valley, across
-the Cox's River and Little River, up Alqck Range and down to the Caves. It can be
-walked comfortably in two days, or in sections.
-This six-foot wide track was once favoured by the Governor of ILS:W., Lord Carrington and his wife, who stayed at The Carrington (named after him) at KatooMba, before riding
-the 26 miles (39 ]n) an horseback in 1887. The trip was partly political, as the track
-had been made at Government expense to attract tourists to go to the Caves via Katoomba rather than Mt. Victaria or Tarana. The first person to use the track after the survey,
-and in the sane year, was 'Irlswith', who wrote of his one-day walk. He didn't stop
-for a meal, but did stop to adnire the ferns and cliffs and waterfslls of Nellie's Glen.
-Thousands followed over the decades, many only visiting Nellie's Glen, a. beauty spot destroyed lyrattempts to build a road down it in 1967 and 1968. The book deAls with this conservation issue in detail, and a third of the book consists of appendices as fascinating as the main chapters an this and other aspects.
-Wilt Bilder's personal archives on bush-walking history allowed Jim Smith to greatly improve the book with many first-hand accounts of people who did the track. He walked a lArge section of the track in 1966. Alan Carey of the Lands Department did the work
-which led to the track's reopening. He is now working on a track from Lapstone to
-Bathurst!
-AndWhy walk along the Six-Foot Track? The lovely old black and White photographs
-reproduced in the took would persuade you as would the many autobiograOhical accounts,
-such as those of the Pickwick Club in 188b with the first Indies. The photo of their
-long dress and swags is - well - charming. The destination, of course, was The Caves
-which were considered among the best in the world.
-I would have liked to see a clear map of the past and present routes, but this is 6mall criticism of an attractively presented took, full of the thorough historical research of an area often walked and much loved tyrbushuaikers. A book to treasure.
-ORDER FROM:
-Second BaCk Row Press, 50 Govett Street, KatooMba, 2780, or the author, 65 Fletcher Street, Wentworth Falls, 2782. $12.95 plus $1 for postage.
-And for 1988 - SYDNEY TO NZWCASILE OR GESSNOCZ:
-This track has been investigated for the Fast four years by Leigh Shearer-Heriot and Garry McDougall, who came to the Club to show their colour slides of it. Starting
-from Huntley's Point and following the Lane Cove River Valley to Thornleigh, it continues throughKu-ring-gai Chase National Park, Brisbane Waters National Park, Ourimbah State
-Forest and the Watagan State Forest, 200 km in All. Bush and farnlands of scenic and
-historical interest give great variety to the route, which cannot fail to grab the
-imagination of bushwalkers. The diagrammatic map gives an indication of the proposed
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+"Some time ago the Sydney Mail printed the story of a trip by a gentleman and his wife from Katoomba to Jenolan Caves - at least, Jenolan was the objective. They set out with light hearts, provisioned with four pears and two lemons, and expecting to find tea-houses at easy stages along the route. Disaster and disillusionment followed, of course. Such folk take risks even in Centennial Park." Many are the amusing, informative, and delightful accounts of walks done nearly a century ago along __The Six-Foot Track__. The book thus subtitled is called __From Katoomba To Jenolan Caves__ by Jim Smith, a Katoomba teacher and ecologist.
-MILLS I SOPATII 1 144A
+His book is about a track surveyed in March, 1884, as a bridle trail, and was in active although declining use until 1921. It fell into disrepair, was in parts desecrated, and also made inaccessible until its reopening in 1979. Now a route is open as near as practicable to the original, down Nellie's Glen, through Megalang Valley, across the Cox's River and Little River, up Black Range and down to the Caves. It can be walked comfortably in two days, or in sections.
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+This six-foot wide track was once favoured by the Governor of N.S.W., Lord Carrington and his wife, who stayed at The Carrington (named after him) at Katoomba, before riding the 26 miles (39 km) on horseback in 1887. The trip was partly political, as the track had been made at Government expense to attract tourists to go to the Caves via Katoomba rather than Mt. Victoria or Tarana. The first person to use the track after the survey, and in the same year, was 'Irlswith', who wrote of his one-day walk. He didn't stop for a meal, but did stop to admire the ferns and cliffs and waterfslls of Nellie's Glen.
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+Thousands followed over the decades, many only visiting Nellie's Glen, a beauty spot destroyed by attempts to build a road down it in 1967 and 1968. The book deals with this conservation issue in detail, and a third of the book consists of appendices as fascinating as the main chapters on this and other aspects.
-L.C.A.SA
-P4ApoLY DAM
+Wilf Hilder's personal archives on bush-walking history allowed Jim Smith to greatly improve the book with many first-hand accounts of people who did the track. He walked a large section of the track in 1966. Alan Carey of the Lands Department did the work which led to the track's reopening. He is now working on a track from Lapstone to Bathurst!
+And why walk along the Six-Foot Track? The lovely old black and white photographs reproduced in the book would persuade you as would the many autobiographical accounts, such as those of the Pickwick Club in 1886 with the first ladies. The photo of their long dress and swags is - well - charming. The destination, of course, was The Caves which were considered among the best in the world.
+I would have liked to see a clear map of the past and present routes, but this is small criticism of an attractively presented book, full of the thorough historical research of an area often walked and much loved by bushwalkers. A book to treasure.
+Order from:
+Second Back Row Press, 50 Govett Street, KatooMba, 2780, or the author, 65 Fletcher Street, Wentworth Falls, 2782. $12.95 plus $1 for postage.
+----
+And for 1988 - __Sydney To Newcastle Or Cessnock__:
+This track has been investigated for the past four years by Leigh Shearer-Heriot and Garry McDougall, who came to the Club to show their colour slides of it. Starting from Huntley's Point and following the Lane Cove River Valley to Thornleigh, it continues through Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Brisbane Waters National Park, Ourimbah State Forest and the Watagan State Forest, 200 km in all. Bush and farmlands of scenic and historical interest give great variety to the route, which cannot fail to grab the imagination of bushwalkers. The diagrammatic map gives an indication of the proposed trail.
+Good luck to the Sydney to the Hunter Project.
+[ Map of Sydney to Cessnock and Newcastle Track ]
+----
+===== "I Wunt Be Druv". =====
+The pig banner with the motto "I Wunt Be Druv" is at present in the Clubroom for any interested and nostalgic person to see. In the March issue, the oldies were challenged to send us the story behind it. It turns out to have everything to do with Annual Re-union entertainment, a tradition still enjoyed at the March 1985 Re-union.
+Here are the replies, one from Paddy Pallin, the other from Roving Reporter Dot who interviewed Wally Roots.
+=== From Paddy Pallin. ===
+Here's my version of the story. In 1936 I was on the committee that was responsible for arranging Annual Re-union entertainment. It was decided to pretend that the retiring Committee would rebel and refuse to give way to the incoming Committee. Naturally the newly-elected Committee insisted on its democratic rights. This was the theme and as might be expected a whole lot of funny business was worked into good entertainment.
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-"I WUNT BE DRUV".
-The pig banner with the motto "I Wunt Be Druv" is at present in the Clubroom for any interested and nostalgic person to see. IN the March
-issue, the oldies were challenged to send us the story behind it. It turns out to have everything to do with Annual Re-union entertainment, a tradiition still enjoyed at the March 1985 Re-union.
-Here are the replies, one from PADDY PALLIN, the other from Roving Reporter Dot who interviewed WALLY ROOTS.
-From PADDY PALLIN.
-Here's my version of the story. In 1936 I was on the committee
-that was responsible for arranging Annual Re-union entertainment. It was decided to pretend that the retiring Committee would rebel and refuse to give way to the incoming Committee. Naturally the newly-elected Committee insisted on its democratic rights. This was the theme and as might be expected a whole lot of funny business was worked into good entertainment.
 It worked so well that the following Re-union it was decided to elaborate on the same theme and the war cry of the retiring Committee was "Wunt be druv". I think Edgar Yardley suggested this and so naturally he was given the job of creating a poster of a Pig Rampant on a field of Azure Were (as you were), with the motto "I Wunt Be Druv".
-WALLY ROOTS' Verson.
-The early S.B.W. formulated certain rules and the Committee felt it was their duty to enforce them, for example "No Co-tenting" - "Thou shalt not enter into TENTATION".
+=== Wally Roots' Version. ===
+The early S.B.W. formulated certain rules and the Committee felt it was their duty to enforce them, for example "No Co-tenting" - "Thou shalt not enter into Tentation".
 As in all similar organizations there are always a few members who don't like to be told what they should and should not do. Seeing that almost everyone in the Club was an individualist this attitude caused a modest amount of friction. It was really all a lot of fun and caused no cleavage in the Club.
-At a General Meeting Edgar Yardley made the point "The Committee can tell us what they like but WE WON"T BE DRUV!"
+At a General Meeting Edgar Yardley made the point "The Committee can tell us what they like but "We Wunt Be Druv!".
 At the Re-union of 1936 I was the newly appointed President. We had produced a show for which my wife Phil and I wrote the poems. In front of the camp fire appeared a solemn procession - the newly appointed officials - clothed in robes of purest white, each bearing a snow-white lily. Slowly they filed in and were introduced in the following terms:-
-"Here are the dear selected few;
-Here's the Committee selected by you.
+"Here are the dear selected few;\\
-In purest white and with lilies too,
+Here's the Committee selected by you.\\
-The gift of a 'nonymous member."
+In purest white and with lilies too,\\
+The gift of a 'nonymous member."\\
 This called for a suitable response, so the white-robed figures (who looked like ghosts) replied:-
-"Pure, pure and righteous are we,
--Pure, pure and wowsery,
+"Pure, pure and righteous are we,\\
-The fairest blossom on the tree
+Pure, pure and wowsery,\\
+The fairest blossom on the tree\\
 Is not so pure as this Committee!"
 A whole lot more in similar strain followed, still remembered by us oldies after 50 years.
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-June, 1985  THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 15
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-THE STORY OF THE BONE.  by Dorothy Lawry.
+===== The Story Of The Bone. =====
-[The Bone, formerly used as a gavel at our meetings (and now by a gong),has a history intertwined with the history of the of bushwalking clubs before half of our present members were twinkle in the campfire light. Ed.]
-replaced formation even a
+by Dorothy Lawry.
-Once there had been a Warragamba Walking Club in N.S.W. but I
-don't know much about it. I understand it faded out during World War 1.
+[The Bone, formerly used as a gavel at our meetings (and now replaced by a gong), has a history intertwined with the history of the formation of bushwalking clubs before half of our present members were even a twinkle in the campfire light. Ed.]
-During the 1920s there was only one walking club - the exclusive Mountain
-Trails Club, founded in 1914 by Myles Dunphy. It was limited to 26 men,
+Once there had been a Warragamba Walking Club in N.S.W. but I don't know much about it. I understand it faded out during World War 1. During the 1920s there was only one walking club - the exclusive Mountain Trails Club, founded in 1914 by Myles Dunphy. It was limited to 26 men, with admission to membership only by invitation. There were at that time quite a number of small groups of friends of both sexes, also couples, walking and camping.
-with admission to membership only by invitation. There were at that
-time quite a number of small groups of friends of both sexes, also couples, walking and camping.
+In the second half of 1927 Jack Debert wrote to the paper suggesting these small groups should unite and form one club. The Mountain Trails Club wrote in reply offering the use of their clubroom one night in October 1927 for a meeting to consider the suggestion. That proved to be the inaugural meeting of such a club. Soon a name had to be chosen; Maurie Berry's suggestion was chosen - The Sydney Bush Walkers. From that choice gradually a new word came into the language - bushwalking.
-In the second half of 1927 Jack Debert wrote to the paper suggesting these small groups should unite and form one club. The Mountain Trails 'Club wrote in reply offering the use of their clubroom one night in October 1927 for a meeting to consider the suggestion. That provedto be
-the inaugural meeting of such a club. Soon a name had to be chosen;
+In March 1934 Tom Herbert was first elected President. He was the first to be formally decorated with the symbols and given The Bone to use as a symbol of his presidential authority. Briefly, what led to that event was this:-
-Maurie Berry's suggestion was chosen - The Sydney Bush Walkers. From that choice gradually a new word came into the language - bushwalking.
-In March 1934
+The foundation members were all experienced bushwalkers. Then in 1930 the Depression arrived in Sydney with its resultant unemployment. Soon someone hit on the idea of running "mystery trips" on Sundays, which were patronised by hundreds of young people. A train would be chartered, and for a very small amount for each passenger they would be carried to an unknown destination. There they would all leave the train and, led by the organiser of this idea, would walk a few miles, mostly by road, to a suitable place to enjoy the lunches they had brought from home. After a rest to digest this food, they would walk a short distance to a railway station, where a similar train would be waiting to take them back to Sydney. One such trip was to Waterfall and back from Stanwell Park.
-/Tom Herbert was first elected President. He was the first to be
-formally decorated with the symbols and given THE BONE to use as a symbol
+All these hundreds of trippers were completely ignorant of the bush. The small S.B.W. feared its members might be inundated by a flood of new members from these trippers, so took steps to protect themselves. A sub-committee was appointed to arrange a form of protection. The decision was to have "prospective members" who had to do a certain number of "test walks" "to the satisfaction of the leader" before they could become full members.
-,e)f, his presidential authority. Briefly, what led to that event was this:-
-The foundation members were all experienced bushwalkers. Then in 1930 'the Depression arrived in Sydney with its resultant unemployment. Soon someone hit on the idea of running"mystery trips" on Sundays, which were patronised by hundreds of young people. A train would be chartered, and for a very small amount for each passenger they would be carried to an unknown destination. There they would all leave the train and, led by the organiser of this idea, would walk a few miles, mostly by road, to a suitable place to enjoy the lunches they had brought from home. After a rest to digest this food, they would walk a short distance to a railway station, where a similar train would be waiting to take them back to Sydney. One such trip was to Waterfall and back from Stanwell Park.
+The result was that, instead of keeping the numbers down, it became so worthwhile to be able to boast that one was a Member of The Sydney Bush Walkers that before long the club had 200 members; and the few other small clubs had increased their membership with people who did not make our grade, or who found friends there and did not want to be as strenuous as The Sydney Bush Walkers.
-All these hundreds of trippers were completely ignorant of the bush. The small S.B.W. feared its members might be inundated by a flood of new members from these trippers, so took steps to protect themselves. A
-sub-committee was appointed to arrange a form of protection. The decieion was to have "prospective members" who had to do a certain number of "test walks" "to the satisfaction of the leader" before they could become full members.
+There was one man who applied to join our club who was a good walker but who proved to be incompatible to some of the good foundation members, so the committee turned him down - of course, without stating its reason. Undeterred, some months later he had his "name put on the board" again. At the following Annual General Meeting there was a big row because the Committee had turned him down for the second time. A number of our Members left the club and formed a new one with him as president. Many other members also joined that club but remained S.B.W.s. This was good for the bushwalking movement but not a happy state for us to go to the Re-union. There, in the afternoon, a small group of men went off to try and devise some entertainment for the campfire that might help to draw the members together.
-The result was that, instead of keeping the numbers down, it became so worthwhile to be able to boast that one was a MEMBER of The Sydney Bush Walkers that before long the club had 200 members; and the few other email clubs had increased their membership with people who did not make our grade, or who found friends there and did not want to be as strenuous as The Sydney Bush Walkers.
-There was one man who applied to join our club who was a good walker but who proved to be incompatible to some of the good foundation members, so the committee turned him down - of course, without stating its reason. Undeterred, some months later he had his "name put on the board" again.
+This Re-union was held at Euroka and away on the side of the crater these men found the skeleton of a heifer. Ernie Austen was a government meat inspector and he made a wonderful speech as he decorated the newly elected President - Tom Herbert - with the various bones. This bone was such and such and served this purpose for the animal. It could also symbolise such and such for the Club, etc. etc. Unfortunately, no record of that speech was made at the time.
-At the following Annual General Meeting there was a big row because the Committee had turned him down for the second time. A number of our Members left the club and formed a new one with him as president. Many other members also joined that club but remained S.B.W.s. This was good
-for the bushwalking movement but not a happy state for us to go to the
-Re-union. There, in the afternoon, a small group of men went off to try
-and devise some entertainment for the campfire that might help to draw
-Page 16 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER June, 1985.
-the members together.
-This Re-union was held at Eureka and away on the side of the crater these men found the skeleton of a heifer. Ernie Austen was a government meat inspector and he made a wonderful speech as he decorated the newly elected President - Tom Herbert- with the various bones. This bone was
-such and such and served this purpose for the animal. It could also
-symbolise such and such for the Club, etc. etc. Unfortunately, no record of that speech was made at the time.
 Some years later, in March 1942, during World War II, I, Dorothy Lawry, was elected President. I was not decorated with the original bones but with the set of cattle horn symbols carved and donated to the Club by Harry Savage.
-A few years later Charlie Pryde presented me with a small Replica of the Bone, mounted on a black-painted wooden stand, which he had made. Charlie told me that the S.B.W. badge set in the base of the stand was
-that which was first issued to him, which he had lost but found later after he had bought himself a replacement. He was probably a foundation member or at least a very early one; he had been a member for some time before I joined in 1929. Charlie, when he gave me the Replica of The Bone, said, "You can only have it because you have been a President of the Club".
+A few years later Charlie Pryde presented me with a small Replica of the Bone, mounted on a black-painted wooden stand, which he had made. Charlie told me that the S.B.W. badge set in the base of the stand was that which was first issued to him, which he had lost but found later after he had bought himself a replacement. He was probably a foundation member or at least a very early one; he had been a member for some time before I joined in 1929. Charlie, when he gave me the Replica of The Bone, said, "You can only have it because you have been a President of the Club".
-Addendum.
-Out of this has arisen another Club tradition. The Bone Replica
+=== Addendum. ===
-was given to Edna Garrard, second female President of S.B.W. 1945 to 1946. It was to be nearly twenty years before another woman was elected President, and this was Heather Joyce (now White) 1964 to 1965. Then they came in a rush, with Helen Gray from 1976 to 1978, followed by Fazeley Read until 1980. Edna has given Fazeley the Bone Replica, and it is possibly to be expected that she will pass it on to our current President, Barbara Bruce -
-but all in good time. Ed.
+Out of this has arisen another Club tradition. The Bone Replica was given to Edna Garrard, second female President of S.B.W. 1945 to 1946. It was to be nearly twenty years before another woman was elected President, and this was Heather Joyce (now White) 1964 to 1965. Then they came in a rush, with Helen Gray from 1976 to 1978, followed by Fazeley Read until 1980. Edna has given Fazeley the Bone Replica, and it is possibly to be expected that she will pass it on to our current President, Barbara Bruce - but all in good time. Ed.
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-A CHALLENGE FROM AN "OLD AND BOLD" MEMBER.
+----
+=== A Challenge From An "Old And Bold" Member. ===
 Dorothy Lawry sent the Editor a covering note with her article, and some of her remarks may stir you up enough to answer back. Do you agree?
-. The Sydney Bush Walkers club is now more than 57 years old and it does not mean nearly as much to you as it always has done to us "old and bold" members.
-. You have been so uninterested in the running of the club that you have not been attending the monthly meetings, so now you no longer have them.
+  - The Sydney Bush Walkers club is now more than 57 years old and __it does not mean nearly as much to you as it always has done to us__ "old and bold" members.
-. Another pointer, I have been told you all dash home on Sunday evenings before tea to watch TV. We, of course, had no TV but I remember our horror and disgust with one walks leader once when he dragged us home before tea!! We were always happy to have Sunday tea out and a bit of a campfire before catching a train that would get us home about 10 pm. To us bushwalking was not just a recreation, it was a way of life.
+  - You have been so uninterested in the running of the club that you have not been attending the monthly meetings, so now you no longer have them.
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+  - Another pointer, I have been told you all dash home on Sunday evenings before tea to watch TV. We, of course, had no TV but I remember our horror and disgust with __one__ walks leader once when he dragged us home __before tea__!! We were always happy to have Sunday tea out and a bit of a campfire before catching a train that would get us home about 10 pm. To us bushwalking was not just a recreation, it was a way of life.
-AN EXTRACT from the Annual Report of last year's President, JIm Percy, might answer this challenge:-
-"Whilst on a recent walk, a long-time member declared, 'The best single thing I ever did was to join Sydney Bush Walkers'. The more I thought
+----
-about this statement, the more I came to agree. Blish walking becomes such a part of one's life, with days, weekends and holidays dedicated to walks. Social occasions, too, become more and more associated with club members and activities. Our prospectives should perhaps be warned that this pastime they are entering so light-heartedly has the ability to take over one's life."
-June 1985. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 17
+An extract from the Annual Report of last year's President, Jim Percy, might answer this challenge:-
-The CARVED HORN SYMBOLS mentioned in the article illustrate the objects of the Club as den/led in the Constitution:-
-. THE BOOT - "To amalgamate those who esteem walking as a means of recreation".
+"Whilst on a recent walk, a long-time member declared, 'The best single thing I ever did was to join Sydney Bush Walkers'. The more I thought about this statement, the more I came to agree. Bush walking becomes such a part of one's life, with days, weekends and holidays dedicated to walks. Social occasions, too, become more and more associated with club members and activities. Our prospectives should perhaps be warned that this pastime they are entering so light-heartedly has the ability to take over one's life."
-. THE MAP  "To form an institution of mutual aid in regard to routes and ways and means of appreciating the great outdoors".
-THE FLANNEL FLOWER - "To establish a definite regard for the welfare and preservation of the wild life and natural beauty of this country". "To help others appreciate these natural gifts". This is also the Club badge.
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-. THE CLASPED HANDS - "To promote social activity amongst members".
+[ Picture of a Replica of the "Bone". ]
+The __Carved Horn Symbols__ mentioned in the article illustrate the objects of the Club as defined in the Constitution:-
+  - The Boot - "To amalgamate those who esteem walking as a means of recreation".
+  - The Map - "To form an institution of mutual aid in regard to routes and ways and means of appreciating the great outdoors".
+  - The Flannel Flower - "To establish a definite regard for the welfare and preservation of the wild life and natural beauty of this country". "To help others appreciate these natural gifts". This is also the Club badge.
+  - The Clasped Hands - "To promote social activity amongst members".
 The symbols, each of which is suspended from a light metal chain, are hung around the neck of the incoming President by an assemblage of Past-Presidents at the Annual Reunion campfire. Finally the Bone is passed on by the retiring President.
-.
+[ Pictures of the four symbols ]
-Page 18 THE SYDNEY -BljeHWAtKEk June, 1985.
-A 'WALK IN NORWAY; SUMME5'"
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-From Hardanger Fjord to Sognefjord.
+===== A Walk In Norway, Summer '83. =====
+=== From Hardanger Fjord to Sognefjord. ===
 by Chris Steers.
-Tony Groom, of International Parktours, Queensland, thoughtfully included the land of my ancestors in our walking tour of Europe. One morning we awoke in Ulvik, and after ,a:bunfight with Americans in Brakone Hotel, we left clutching something for lunch as well, and headed
-up the mountains by local bus. Anne, a local guide, accompanied us, along with her son to translate.
+Tony Groom, of International Parktours, Queensland, thoughtfully included the land of my ancestors in our walking tour of Europe. One morning we awoke in Ulvik, and after a bunfight with Americans in Brakone Hotel, we left clutching something for lunch as well, and headed up the mountains by local bus. Anne, a local guide, accompanied us, along with her son to translate.
-The wildflowers alongside our trail were small and colourful and silver birches were just bursting into leaf. The vertical black walls
-with a multitude of waterfalls reminded me of The Milford Track. We reached the snowline and were glad for gaiters, even though wet feet were inevitable. Our guides wore calf-high gumboots with a tread, and ploughed through every obstacle.
+The wildflowers alongside our trail were small and colourful and silver birches were just bursting into leaf. The vertical black walls with a multitude of waterfalls reminded me of The Milford Track. We reached the snowline and were glad for gaiters, even though wet feet were inevitable. Our guides wore calf-high gumboots with a tread, and ploughed through every obstacle.
-We climbed in a light, misty drizzle to tarns, and a black and white wilderness where only mosses had a toe-hold, to an almost verticle semicircular wall of rock, with three tongues of snow descending. We zigzagged up the central tongue, and it did not do to look down to where the white ended and the rocks began, till we could traverse through a passage and climb on rock to a high pass.
-Lunchtime passed quickly, and we had to leave the safety of our large rock for further risks. The track, marked all the way with red painted T's, was under snow as we skirted a large frozen lake, with icebergs floating in green water. One section suddenly went thump, and the snow
+We climbed in a light, misty drizzle to tarns, and a black and white wilderness where only mosses had a toe-hold, to an almost verticle semicircular wall of rock, with three tongues of snow descending. We zig-zagged up the central tongue, and it did not do to look down to where the white ended and the rocks began, till we could traverse through a passage and climb on rock to a high pass.
-and I collapsed slowly into the icy depths. I just managed to move on
-to more solid ground.
+Lunchtime passed quickly, and we had to leave the safety of our large rock for further risks. The track, marked all the way with red painted T's, was under snow as we skirted a large frozen lake, with icebergs floating in green water. One section suddenly went thump, and the snow and I collapsed slowly into the icy depths. I just managed to move on to more solid ground.
-We descended through low scrub, mosses and birch trees, crbssing many streams, icy and calf-deep. The bridge at MjOlfjell had been washed away. Our guides assured us that there was another at Kgrdal, and moved rapidly
-up river, leaving most of the party struggling behind. It was a blessed relief to see the foot bridge over a splendid torrent of white water, and a hike up the road brought us to the Kirdal Pensjionat and a cold beer.
+We descended through low scrub, mosses and birch trees, crossing many streams, icy and calf-deep. The bridge at Mjölfjell had been washed away. Our guides assured us that there was another at Kärdal, and moved rapidly up river, leaving most of the party struggling behind. It was a blessed relief to see the foot bridge over a splendid torrent of white water, and a hike up the road brought us to the Kärdal Pensjionat and a cold beer.
-The next day dawned cloudless and other than a few high misty ribbons remained warm and sunny, exposing skin to the risk of sunburn. Tony, our 'soul' guide today, with a local map, kicked steps inthe snow to reach the pass, which did not require as much effort as the previous day, having started off about 1500' higher. We looked into icy blue caverns and I had a sneaking-suspicion that a troll was watching us. We tried glissading after Tony down steep snow slopes, none too successfully, to reach tussocky country and birch trees.
+The next day dawned cloudless and other than a few high misty ribbons remained warm and sunny, exposing skin to the risk of sunburn. Tony, our 'soul' guide today, with a local map, kicked steps in the snow to reach the pass, which did not require as much effort as the previous day, having started off about 1500' higher. We looked into icy blue caverns and I had a sneaking suspicion that a troll was watching us. We tried glissading after Tony down steep snow slopes, none too successfully, to reach tussocky country and birch trees.
 Lunch was on a large sunny rock beside tumbling white water, and I relished the mountains of goat cheese on rolls, and thermos tea.
-When we reachedAthe road we had another 11 km to Gudvangen, so decided to drop. into, the Stalheim nt, an expensive hotel overlooking the valley, for a beer. The view was reminiscent of Yosemite National Park
-in California - Half Dome, El. Kapitan'and the falls were allthere in grand style.
+When we reached the road we had another 11 km to Gudvangen, so decided to drop. into, the Stalheim Höt, an expensive hotel overlooking the valley, for a beer. The view was reminiscent of Yosemite National Park in California - Half Dome, El Kapitan and the falls were all there in grand style.
-Four of us chose to-continue by bus, and had time to scrub up in the one and only bathroom in the hotel before the others arrived. Dinner was substantial and a giggle, and I went to bed soon after, but my feet reminded me of their existence for a goodly portion of the night.
-We had time for a stroll before the ferry left, seeing nutcracker or nuthatch birds, which.sound-Iike a stick-run-along a picket.fence., They
+Four of us chose to continue by bus, and had time to scrub up in the one and only bathroom in the hotel before the others arrived. Dinner was substantial and a giggle, and I went to bed soon after, but my feet reminded me of their existence for a goodly portion of the night.
-, -
-June, 1985. THE SYDNEY BUSiIVATALKER------- Page 19
+We had time for a stroll before the ferry left, seeing nutcracker or nuthatch birds, which sound like a stick run along a picket fence. They dive-bombed us, so must have been nesting. A family of sheep followed us, with the ewe reopening the gate across the bridge by putting her head between the slats and raising the bar.
-dive-bombed us, so must have been nesting. A family of sheep followed us, with the ewe reopening the gate across the bridge by putting her head between the slats and raising the bar.
-The day was overcast but still good for viewing the Sognefjord. A brass band of young Norwegians entertained the ferry passengers, along with a choir from Colorado singing Negro spirituals, as we passed small settlements on the 2i hour trip. We mostly sat in the prow of the boat, or hung over the stern watching seagulls catching bread in flight.
+The day was overcast but still good for viewing the Sognefjord. A brass band of young Norwegians entertained the ferry passengers, along with a choir from Colorado singing Negro spirituals, as we passed small settlements on the 2½ hour trip. We mostly sat in the prow of the boat, or hung over the stern watching seagulls catching bread in flight.
 Switzerland was ahead of us, and we hoped that it would not be a let-down after our sojourn in Norway.
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-UNFINANCIAL MEMBERS.
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+===== Unfinancial Members. =====
 by Carol Bruce.
-Annual Subscriptions for 1985 were decided upon at the Annual
-General Meeting. Members who have not paid their subscriptions are now UNFINANCIAL!! Club magazines and walks programmes will not be posted
+Annual Subscriptions for 1985 were decided upon at the Annual General Meeting. Members who have not paid their subscriptions are now **unfinancial**!! Club magazines and walks programmes will not be posted to **unfinancials**.
-to UNFINANCIALS.
-Please post your annual subscription to
+Please post your annual subscription to:
-Hon. Treasurer, Sydney Bush Walkers, Box 4476 G.P.O., SYDNEY. 2001.
-Subscription Rates are:-
+Hon. Treasurer,\\
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+Sydney Bush Walkers,\\
-Household - $11plus $5 for each extra
+Box 4476 G.P.O.,\\
-person in household $16 (for 2 people)
+Sydney. 2001.
- $21 ( It 3
- $26 ( 4
+Subscription Rates are:-
-Full-time student (unless included in
-household subscription $ 9
+|Single Member|$11|
-Entrance Fee $ 3
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-Non-active Member magazine posted $ 9
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-IT 11 $ 3
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-(no magazine)
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-Prospective Member (for 6 months) $ 5
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+|Non-active Member + magazine posted|$ 9|
-Ngw MEMBERS.
+|Non-active Member (no magazine)|$ 3|
+|Prospective Member (for 6 months)|$ 5|
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+=== New Members. ===
 Please add the following names to your list of members:-
-GREEN, Michael, 41 Gould Avenue, Petersham, 2049 Phone 560,2404
-TRIMMER, Nancye, 19 Lansdowne Parade, Oatley, 2223 570,3039
+Green, Michael, 41 Gould Avenue, Petersham, 2049. Phone 560,2404.
-*******
+Trimmer, Nancye, 19 Lansdowne Parade, Oatley, 2223. 570,3039.
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 Sue Young and Steve Long are leaving to live at Sawtell on the North Coast. We wish them all the best in their new life - and keep walking!
-'
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+===== Social Programme. =====
 by Bill Holland.
-).0nJt forget the ,F,a.V.P.hemena of June (Wednesday
-th.T: bring along your 'special. winter treats the ClubzwilIsuppiY
+Don't forget the mid-Winter Feast at the end of June (Wednesday 26th), bring along your special winter treats - the Club will supplY wine and juices.
-wine. p41:4 juices'.
-.
+July offers an interesting set of social events to fill a five week month. First of all (Wednesday 10th) Roger Browne will host a "Quiz and Games". This was great fun last year.
-July bffers am 'int-ere-sting-set of sdcidl events to fill a-five week month, First of all (Wednesday 10th) Roger Browne will host a "Quiz and Games". This was great fun last ,year.
-Then there is the two night series "Walking, Yesterday and Today" nights of reminiscing for the older members shared with more recent experiences. Photos, wall displays, books/magazines, equipment and
+Then there is the two night series "Walking, Yesterday and Today" nights of reminiscing for the older members shared with more recent experiences. Photos, wall displays, books/magazines, equipment and slides are welcome. Please note that the 17th July is for the years prior to 1965 and 24th July for 1965 - 1985.
-SLIDES are welcome. Please note that the 17th July is for the years prior to 1965 and 24th July for 1965 --1985.
-Later in the month, Wednesday 31st July, Ainsley Morris and Hans Stichter-will -combine to present an instructional "Bush First Aid Workshop'.
+Later in the month, Wednesday 31st July, Ainsley Morris and Hans Stichter will combine to present an instructional "Bush First Aid Workshop".
-The-DINNER before meeting on the 17th will be at Cheezies Carvery, 116 Willoughby Road, Crow's Nest. Recent dinners have attracted
-increasing numbers. Try to arrive at -6.30 pm and BYO.
+The dinner before meeting on the 17th will be at Cheezies Carvery, 116 Willoughby Road, Crow's Nest. Recent dinners have attracted increasing numbers. Try to arrive at 6.30 pm and BYO.
-Here is
-JUly 3 July 10 July 17 July 24 JUly 31
+Here is the programme.
-the programme.
-Committee Meeting
+|July 3|Committee Meeting|
-Quiz and Games Night
+|July 10|Quiz and Games Night|
-Walking, Today and Yesterday (1927-1986) Walking, Today and Yesterday (1965-1985) Bush First Aid Workshop
+|July 17*|Walking, Today and Yesterday (1927-1986)|
-*-, Dinner at Cheezies 6.30 pm.
+|July 24|Walking, Today and Yesterday (1965-1985)|
-* * * * * * * * * *
+|July 31|Bush First Aid Workshop|
-THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY has a request to All Wilderness Photographers in S.B.W. for colour slides of top quality to be duplicated at its expense
-for inclusion in an audio-visual. Its purpose is to promote the idea of
+* Dinner at Cheezies 6.30 pm.
-wilderness by touring N.S.W. For details contact Guy Chester at The Wilderness Society, 362 Pitt Street; phone 267 7929, 267 7525.
-***********
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-AT THE COMMITTEE MEETING - Wayne Steele reported on the transfer of TRUSTEES of "Coolana" and will report to the JUne General Meeting.
-NEW MEMBERS SECRETARY Mike Reynolds requests a member to be available to assist when he is on holiday or in a Committee Meeting. Mike says the job is easy - just sit at the door, talk to Prospectives, and help them with applications and payments.
+__The Wilderness Society__ has a request to All Wilderness Photographers in S.B.W. for __colour slides__ of top quality to be duplicated at its expense for inclusion in an audio-visual. Its purpose is to promote the idea of wilderness by touring N.S.W. For details contact Guy Chester at The Wilderness Society, 362 Pitt Street; phone 267 7929, 267 7525.
-***it-3E***
-NOTE FROM KATH BROWN. Many members think that the Walks Programme
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-as well as the magazine is typed by Kath Brown. This is not so.
-CHRISTA YOUNGER types the Walks and Social Programme on stencils using a manual typewriter and it is reproduced on the Club's duplicator, not the off-set printer.
+__At the Committee Meeting__ - Wayne Steele reported on the transfer of Trustees of "Coolana" and will report to the June General Meeting.
-THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 20a.
-AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION'S NEW CONSERVATION CLASSIC
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-"DAINTREE - WHERE THE RAINFOREST MEETS THE REEF" $24.95 plus $4.00. postage and packing.
-Conservationists and professional and amateur photographers have been quick to acclaim the new "Daintree" book, published by the Australian Conservation
+__New Members Secretary__ Mike Reynolds requests a member to be available to assist when he is on holiday or in a Committee Meeting. Mike says the job is easy - just sit at the door, talk to Prospectives, and help them with applications and payments.
-Foundation, as a pictorial and wildlife classic. They believe it is an outstanding contribution to the fight for one of our last great rainforests.
-"Daintree" - a 256-page treasury of colour, measuring 21cmx30cms and
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-printed on high quality gloss paper, shines with over 160 colour photographs, many in full and double page size and will grace your coffee table or bookshelf.
-The Australian Conservation Foundation has joined with top Australian publisher
+__Note from Kath Brown__. Many members think that the Walks Programme as well as the magazine is typed by Kath Brown. This is not so.
-Kevin Weldon to produce "Daintree" to support the national conservation campaign to save this magnificient Australian and world heritage area.
-This conservation classic with its stunning photography by three of Australia's leading photographers Leo Meier and Dawn & Clifford Frith and its accorpanying text by Whitley award-winning nature writer Rupert Russell, will leave no doubt in the mind of the reader as to the importance of the Daintree region and of the urgent need to save it.
+Christa Younger types the Walks and Social Programme on stencils using a manual typewriter and it is reproduced on the Club's duplicator, not the off-set printer.
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+=== Australian Conservation Foundation New Conservation Classic. ===
+"Daintree - where the rainforest meets the reef"
+$24.95 plus $4.00. postage and packing.
+Conservationists and professional and amateur photographers have been quick to acclaim the new "Daintree" book, published by the Australian Conservation Foundation, as a pictorial and wildlife classic. They believe it is an outstanding contribution to the fight for one of our last great rainforests.
+"Daintree" - a 256-page treasury of colour, measuring 21cm x 30cms and printed on high quality gloss paper, shines with over 160 colour photographs, many in full and double page size and will grace your coffee table or bookshelf.
+The Australian Conservation Foundation has joined with top Australian publisher Kevin Weldon to produce "Daintree" to support the national conservation campaign to save this magnificent Australian and world heritage area.
+This conservation classic with its stunning photography by three of Australia's leading photographers Leo Meier and Dawn & Clifford Frith and its accompanying text by Whitley award-winning nature writer Rupert Russell, will leave no doubt in the mind of the reader as to the importance of the Daintree region and of the urgent need to save it.
 Members of conservation and environment groups around Australia can order direct from the Australian Conservation Foundation sales department on the coupon below.
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-will be recycled back into conservation
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+The Australian Conservation Foundation's proceeds from sales of the book will be recycled back into conservation.
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