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- | THE DNEY BUSHWALKER | + | **THE SYDNEY |
- | weak PER.ISHER. | + | |
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 7.45 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest. | 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 7.45 pm at the Cahill Community Centre (Upper Hall), 34 Falcon Street, Crow's Nest. | ||
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- | EDITOR: | + | |
- | BUSINESS MANAGER: | + | |**EDITOR**|Ainslie Morris, 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066. Telephone 428 3178| |
- | PRODUCTION MANAGER: TYPIST: | + | |**BUSINESS MANAGER**| |
- | Ainslie Morris, 45 Austin Street, Lane Cove, 2066. Telephone 428 3178. | + | |**PRODUCTION MANAGER**| |
- | Bill Burke, 3 Coral Tree Drive, Carlingford, | + | |**TYPIST**| |
- | Helen Gray. Kath Brown. | + | |**PRINTERS**| Fran Longfoot, Morag Ryder, Stan Madden| |
- | PRINTERS: Fran Longfoot, Morag Ryder, Stan Madden. | + | |
- | ****#.1*******- | + | **JULY 1986** |
- | JULY 1986. | + | |
- | Page Peter Miller' | + | |
- | Is There a Doctor in the House? (Nov.1953) Jim Brown 3 | + | |Peter Miller' |
- | Milo Kanangra Dunphy A.M., A.S.T.C. Alex Colley 4 | + | |Is There a Doctor in the House? (Nov.1953) Jim Brown |3| |
- | Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre 6 | + | |Milo Kanangra Dunphy A.M., A.S.T.C. Alex Colley |
- | Watery Wadbilliga Bob Younger 7 | + | |Advertisement - Eastwood Camping Centre |
- | " | + | |Watery Wadbilliga Bob Younger| 7| |
- | Bodytalk - First Aid Footnotes for | + | |" |
- | Non-tiger Walkers Elwyn Morris 10 | + | |Bodytalk - First Aid Footnotes for Non-tiger Walkers Elwyn Morris |
- | Advertisement - Canoe & Camping, Gladesville 11 | + | |Advertisement - Canoe & Camping, Gladesville |
- | The Magical Limestone Cave Tour Wal Liddle 12 | + | |The Magical Limestone Cave Tour Wal Liddle |
- | What is a Sport? Jim Brown 15 | + | |What is a Sport? Jim Brown |15| |
- | Just a Minute - Fifty-six Years Ago 16 | + | |Just a Minute - Fifty-six Years Ago| 16| |
- | Advertisement - Blackheath Taxi 16 | + | |Advertisement - Blackheath Taxi |16| |
- | The June General Meeting Barry Wallace 17 | + | |The June General Meeting Barry Wallace |
- | Report on Committee Meeting of 2-7-86 18 | + | |Report on Committee Meeting of 2-7-86 |
- | -******###### | + | |
- | Page 2 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER July, 1986. | + | |
- | PETER MILLER'S ANZAC WEEKEND ON THE AXE HEAD | + | ====== Peter Miller's ANZAC Weekend On The Axe Head ====== |
- | or by Greta Davis. | + | |
+ | Greta Davis. | ||
KOWMUNG TO KOWMUNG VIA THE AXE HEAD IN ONE DAY | KOWMUNG TO KOWMUNG VIA THE AXE HEAD IN ONE DAY | ||
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The original plan was to do three fairly evenly timed days, getting water from Butchers Creek for Friday night. However, the drought altered that since we had discovered on Alan Doherty' | The original plan was to do three fairly evenly timed days, getting water from Butchers Creek for Friday night. However, the drought altered that since we had discovered on Alan Doherty' | ||
- | We started off from Kanangra Walls at about 8.30 on Friday morning, having earlier met up with George Walton' | + | |
- | scratchy heath we went, to have morning tea on the top of Cottage Rock and | + | We started off from Kanangra Walls at about 8.30 on Friday morning, having earlier met up with George Walton' |
- | then on down Roote' | + | |
- | " | + | |
- | swim. It was quite cold. After having lunch we crossed the river on | + | |
- | rocks to keep fairly dry feet (yes, that's how low the Kowmung is) and took | + | |
- | about an hour to find the " | + | |
- | are when you have all afternoon. Happy hour started early with lots of | + | |
- | goodies with all of us lightening our packs for the next day. We all slept | + | |
out on Friday night, not putting up flies, as there was no moisture in the air. | out on Friday night, not putting up flies, as there was no moisture in the air. | ||
- | We were up at 6 so that we could be away by 7. We all carried enough water for the whole day as we didn't expect to see any before returning to the Kowmung. It was a pleasant walk up the ridge and onto Scott' | + | |
- | Range fire trail. It is one of those lovely, open ridges which is not too | + | We were up at 6 so that we could be away by 7. We all carried enough water for the whole day as we didn't expect to see any before returning to the Kowmung. It was a pleasant walk up the ridge and onto Scott' |
- | steep. Then we had the first bit of tricky navigation, to find the right | + | |
- | ridge down into Butchers Creek. When we got down into the creek, we liscovered | + | |
- | Jf the Axe Head. It was intimidating standing there with that mountain | + | |
locoing above us, magnificent in the bright sunshine. | locoing above us, magnificent in the bright sunshine. | ||
- | The next section was a slippery scramble to get up on top. It was | + | |
- | one of those " | + | The next section was a slippery scramble to get up on top. It was one of those " |
- | with prickles but triumphant, we all emerged on the top. After a short | + | |
- | break and lured on by Peter' | + | |
- | top of the range. The views were terrific with 3600 panoramas. What | + | |
- | amazed me was the narrowness of the top with some sections being only 4 or | + | |
- | 5 etres wide. It was with some relief that we flopped down to have lunch, | + | |
- | sheltering from a brisk breeze. After he'd eaten, Ray wandered off a little way to sketch and produced a really lovely drawing in about ten minutes. | + | |
On the move again after lunch, we sometimes went over the top of the rocky outcrops and sometimes sidled around them until eventually we reached Mount Tonalli, right at the end of the range and looked down into Byrnes Gap. We followed a very clear track down until it mysteriously ran out, but after a bit of exploration by Bob King and Peter, we scrambled down a track which followed a gully down, a little further back from where we'd been. | On the move again after lunch, we sometimes went over the top of the rocky outcrops and sometimes sidled around them until eventually we reached Mount Tonalli, right at the end of the range and looked down into Byrnes Gap. We followed a very clear track down until it mysteriously ran out, but after a bit of exploration by Bob King and Peter, we scrambled down a track which followed a gully down, a little further back from where we'd been. | ||
- | At Byrnes Gap, we had a bit of a break, sitting on the grass beside | + | |
- | July, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 3 | + | At Byrnes Gap, we had a bit of a break, sitting on the grass beside the fire trail. If my memory is correct, it was about 2.30 by the time we left there and walked along the fire trail for about 3 km which seemed, at that stage of the day, to be all up hill. We left the fire trail at Mount Kowmung and climbed 60 m so that we were just under the cliff line and we then sidled around the base until we found the right ridge to follow down to Church Creek and thence to the Kowmung River. We resisted the temptation to take the wrong ridge; it was too late in the day to make that sort of error and be likely to get away with it. |
- | the fire trail. If my memory is correct, it was about 2.30 by the time | + | |
- | we left there and walked along the fire trail for about 3i km which seemed, at that stage of the day, to be all up hill. We left the fire trail at Mount Kowmung and climbed 60 m so that we were just under the cliff line and we then sidled around the base until we found the right ridge to follow down to Church Creek and thence to the Kowmung River. | + | |
- | We resisted the temptation to take the wrong ridge; it was too late in the day to make that sort of error and be likely to get away with it. | + | |
It was fairly rough and scratchy until we were actually on the ridge. However, a little way on, Peter identified Chiddy Obelisk off to the left, which gave us all "The Warm Fuzzies" | It was fairly rough and scratchy until we were actually on the ridge. However, a little way on, Peter identified Chiddy Obelisk off to the left, which gave us all "The Warm Fuzzies" | ||
- | That night Fusae, Ray and I again didn't bother to put up flies and | + | |
- | were rewarded in the morning with frost on our sleeping bags. Even the tip | + | That night Fusae, Ray and I again didn't bother to put up flies and were rewarded in the morning with frost on our sleeping bags. Even the tip of my beanie was frozen! After a leisurely thaw out, we walked up to the junction of the River and Christie' |
- | of my beanie was frozen! After a leisurely thaw out, we walked up to the junction of the River and Christie' | + | |
The walk out was uneventful. A great weekend. Thanks, Peter | The walk out was uneventful. A great weekend. Thanks, Peter | ||
- | IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE? by Jim Brown. (From "The Sydney Bushwalker" | + | |
- | Morning papers on October 21st reported an operation carried out by - expert gynaecologists on a lioness at Taronga Park. The surgery was performed with all mod. cons. including anaesthetics, | + | |
- | the previous weekend Dave Brown' | + | ====== Is There a Doctor in the House? ====== |
+ | |||
+ | by Jim Brown. (From "The Sydney Bushwalker" | ||
+ | |||
+ | Morning papers on October 21st reported an operation carried out by expert gynaecologists on a lioness at Taronga Park. The surgery was performed with all mod cons. including anaesthetics, | ||
The party found the wedge-tail squatting forlornly on rocks along the edge of the Cox, with the talons of one foot caught in a rabbit trap. Evidently it had happened some days previously, for the bird was too weak to fly. This posed a problem: plainly death by starvation was only a matter of time, yet no one was very happy about approaching those razor claws, or the curved beak, or the bent wings. | The party found the wedge-tail squatting forlornly on rocks along the edge of the Cox, with the talons of one foot caught in a rabbit trap. Evidently it had happened some days previously, for the bird was too weak to fly. This posed a problem: plainly death by starvation was only a matter of time, yet no one was very happy about approaching those razor claws, or the curved beak, or the bent wings. | ||
- | However Dr. Frank Barr took photographs (for medicinal reasons only, of course): and Dr. Richard Hoffman administered the anaesthetic (with a six- foot pole of driftwood). Thereupon Drs. David Brown and Kenneth Meadows, with nurses Sheila Binns, Beryl Christiansen and Kath Brown hovering in the background, removed the foreign body from the patient. | + | |
- | For a time post-operative complications were feared, and at one stage it was thought that the anaesthetist had been over-enthusiastic. However the patient rallied after a time, and after a convalescent period of about two hours, took off, flying slowly at a low level down the river. | + | However Dr. Frank Barr took photographs (for medicinal reasons only, of course) and Dr. Richard Hoffman administered the anaesthetic (with a six-foot pole of driftwood). Thereupon Drs. David Brown and Kenneth Meadows, with nurses Sheila Binns, Beryl Christiansen and Kath Brown hovering in the background, removed the foreign body from the patient. |
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- | Page 4 | + | For a time post-operative complications were feared, and at one stage it was thought that the anaesthetist had been over-enthusiastic. However the patient rallied after a time, and after a convalescent period of about two hours, took off flying slowly at a low level down the river. |
- | THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER July, 1986. | + | |
- | Conservation Corner | + | |
- | MILO KANANGRA DUNPHY A.M., A.S.T.C. | + | ====== |
- | by Alex Colley. | + | |
+ | |||
+ | MILO KANANGRA DUNPHY A.M., A.S.T.C. by Alex Colley. | ||
In the Queen' | In the Queen' | ||
The award has been widely acclaimed, not only within the conservation movement, but by all who want to see some of Australia preserved as nature intended it to be. He is well | The award has been widely acclaimed, not only within the conservation movement, but by all who want to see some of Australia preserved as nature intended it to be. He is well | ||
known to S.B.W. members, many of whom have enjoyed the talks he has given us in the Club Room and the beautiful slides he has shown. | known to S.B.W. members, many of whom have enjoyed the talks he has given us in the Club Room and the beautiful slides he has shown. | ||
- | Milo is the son of the late | + | |
- | Myles J. Dunphy, 0.B.E., a founder of the S.B.W., acknowledged as the " | + | Milo is the son of the late Myles J. Dunphy, 0.B.E., a founder of the S.B.W., acknowledged as the " |
- | int( being. The legendary Milo was a | + | |
- | ;reek athlete of prodigious strength | + | Milo's dedication to and understanding of wilderness preservation stems mainly from parental guidance. He accompanied his father on many bushwalks and absorbed Myles' conservation ethic from the cradle onwards. In January 1931, when Milo was 20 months old, Myles and his wife Margaret wheeled him from Oberon to Kanangra Walls and back in a perambulator. Myles' description of this epic trip appeared in the October 1962 S.B.W. magazine. "No parents ever slaved for their offspring as we did", he wrote, describing their exertions in the hot sun on the hill beyond |
- | Milo Dunphy is a frequent winner in the political wrestling essential to environmental protection. Even more | + | |
- | prophetic was the unique christian name " | + | Milo appears to have thoroughly enjoyed the trip and "took to camp life with avidity" |
- | Milu's dedication to and understanding of wilderness preservation stems mainly from parental guidance. He accompanied his father on many | + | |
- | bushwalks and absorbed Myles' conservation ethic from the cradle onwards. In January 1931, when Milo was 20 months old, Myles and his wife Margaret wheeled him from Oberon to Kanangra Walls and back in a perambulator. Myles' description of this epic trip appeared in the October 1962 S.B.W. | + | |
- | magazine. "No parents ever slaved for their offspring as we did", he | + | |
- | wrote, describing their exertions in the hot sun on the hill beyond | + | |
- | Fish River. Beyond this was half a mile of loose ballast that " | + | |
- | Mile's teeth", | + | |
- | constant shaking. At times he must have felt like a blancmange in an | + | |
- | earth tremor", | + | |
- | an activity which held up the expedition. Milo appears to have thoroughly | + | |
- | enjoyed the trip and "took to camp life with avidity" | + | |
- | ation, heard near Oberon by the Dunphy family. Were these phenomena portents of Mile's later impact on the establishment? | + | |
- | July, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 5 | + | |
Although Myles' conservation organisation, | Although Myles' conservation organisation, | ||
When a group of concerned conservationists decided in 1973 to establish the Total Environment Centre, Milo, by then well known as the inspiration of the Colong Committee, was appointed Director. Since the total environment is, if not the universe, at least the whole world, this entailed expansion of his activities into fields such as coal loaders, urban parks, foreshore reservations, | When a group of concerned conservationists decided in 1973 to establish the Total Environment Centre, Milo, by then well known as the inspiration of the Colong Committee, was appointed Director. Since the total environment is, if not the universe, at least the whole world, this entailed expansion of his activities into fields such as coal loaders, urban parks, foreshore reservations, | ||
- | These far-reaching activities have not diminished his devotion to wilderness conservation. In addition to regular attendance at fortnightly Colong Foundation meetings, he is a Vice-Chairman of the Australian | + | |
- | ation Council of N.S.W. He has played a leading role in the Myall Lakes, Lake Pedder, Franklin River, rainforests and anti-woodchip campaigns, and was appointed a member of the National Estate Inquiry. | + | These far-reaching activities have not diminished his devotion to wilderness conservation. In addition to regular attendance at fortnightly Colong Foundation meetings, he is a Vice-Chairman of the Australian |
- | Milo enjoys the distinction of being not only the best known conservationist in N.S.W., if not in Australia, but also the most abused. Such are the thanks he received for abandoning a successful architectural career | + | |
- | to fight for the environment. The reason for the abuse is that he has been the most outspoken and well informed opponent of those who seek to profit | + | Milo enjoys the distinction of being not only the best known conservationist in N.S.W., if not in Australia, but also the most abused. Such are the thanks he received for abandoning a successful architectural career to fight for the environment. The reason for the abuse is that he has been the most outspoken and well informed opponent of those who seek to profit at the expense of the environment. His membership of the Order of Australia is a fitting answer to his detractors. |
- | at the expense of the environment. His membership of the Order of Australia is a fitting answer to his detractors. | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | A SEMINAR ON THE THINGS WE SHOULD | + | **A SEMINAR ON THE THINGS WE SHOULD |
- | "Local Government and the National Estate" | + | "Local Government and the National Estate" |
If you require a brochure and application form, Total Environment Centre, 27 4714 or 27 2523. | If you require a brochure and application form, Total Environment Centre, 27 4714 or 27 2523. | ||
- | KEEP. | + | |
- | August 20-22, 1986 | + | |
- | please contact the | + | **REMINDER FROM THE TREASURER** --UNPAID SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 1986 ARE NOW OVERDUE |
- | ********** | + | |
- | INVITATIO N. | + | ====== Watery Wadbilliga ====== |
- | PADDY PALLIN (S.B.W. Member) invites you to wine and cheese at 5.30 pm on Tuesday, 5th August to celebrate moving of the shop to - | + | |
- | 507 Kent Street - behind Town Hall Station. | + | Bob Younger |
- | Phone: 264 2685. | + | |
- | ********** | + | Out walking party in mid October was small - Reg Alder, Tim Coffey, Bill Hall, Charles Hill from Canberra and myself. We intended to walk for two days around the headwaters of the Tuross River and then for a day in Big Badja area (Deua N.P.) and finally visit the Big Hole near the Shoalhaven. Luckily we used two camper vans for transport. The vans crossed the Tuross River easily on Monday afternoon. As we headed east to our base campsite where the Razorback firetrail crosses Black River it started to rain. |
- | REMINDER FROM THE TREASURER --UNPAID SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 1986 ARE NOW OVERDUE' | + | |
- | + | It rained all night and we were happy to cook in the camper vans. Next morning dawned wet and dismal with a changed weather forecast to match. We set off early to see what the ridge was like. After several kilometres we found out - driving heavier rain, cloud down and casuarina heath very wet. We continued on the fire trail for a few kilometres to see if we could get under and out of the weather but to no avail. | |
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- | + | We therefore returned to camp and the pleasure of a cuppa and yarn in Reg's van which could comfortably seat us all. We should have departed at that stage. Down came the rain even heavier and Black River started to rise. By evening it was roaring. Next morning heavy rain still and high over all the rocks, the River ran sullen, fast and ominously quiet. | |
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- | WATERY WADBILLIGA. | + | |
- | by Bob Younger. | + | |
- | Out walking party in mid October was small - Reg Alder, Tim Coffey, Bill Hall, Charles Hill from Canberra and myself. We intended to walk for two days around the headwaters of the Tuross River and then for a day in Big Badja area (Deua N.P.) and finally visit the Big Hole near the Shoal, haven. Luckily we used two camper vans for transport. The vans crossed the Tuross River easily on Monday afternoon. As we headed east to our base campsite where the Razorback firetrail crosses Black River it started to rain. | + | |
- | It rained all night and we were happy to cook in the camper vans. | + | |
- | Next morning dawned wet and dismal with a changed weather forecast to match. We set off early to see what the ridge was like. After several kilometres we found out - driving heavier rain, cloud down and casuarina heath very wet. We continued on the fire trail for a few kilometres to see if we could get under and out of the weather but to no avail. | + | |
- | We therefore returned to camp and the pleasure of a cuppa and yarn in Reg's van which could comfortably seat us all. We should have departed at that stage. Down came the rain even heavier and Black River started to | + | |
- | rise. By evening it was roaring. Next morning heavy rain still, and | + | |
- | high over all the rocks, the River ran sullen, fast and ominously quiet. | + | |
- | In the afternoon the weather improved and we tried walking on the Kydra fire trail. Several flooded creeks were crossed and then we came to the | + | |
- | Tuross several kilometres upstream.from our original crossing. It was | + | |
- | dangerously high as expected and we turned back. The following morning we returned in the vans along Razorback fire trail, crossing several flooded creeks rather gingerly. We approached the original Tuross crossing with | + | |
- | keen interest. It had dropped from its peak of about 100 metres wide, but | + | |
- | was still almost one metre deep and flowing very fast with breakers and troughs. | + | |
- | A small white house not far away looked occupied and we walked/ | + | |
- | and some of them were depressingly thorough with light hail, heavy rain and wind. | + | |
We were there from Thursday morning until 11 am Sunday. We were reminded of the risque song about the old ladies locked in the lavatory except that in our case the water was definitely, if slowly, getting lower and lower! | We were there from Thursday morning until 11 am Sunday. We were reminded of the risque song about the old ladies locked in the lavatory except that in our case the water was definitely, if slowly, getting lower and lower! | ||
- | Our hostess on the farm is a kind-hearted animal lover. She and her husband had bought the block when she had retired. He was working in Cooma/ Sydney. Her companions in the house were eight dogs and two birds, all of which had some disability (blind, deaf, three-legged, | + | |
- | unate animal which appealed. You can imagine the uproarious welcome we got | + | Our hostess on the farm is a kind-hearted animal lover. She and her husband had bought the block when she had retired. He was working in Cooma/ Sydney. Her companions in the house were eight dogs and two birds, all of which had some disability (blind, deaf, three-legged, |
- | from this team whenever we visited! | + | |
- | As the river dropped we could see several ' | + | As the river dropped we could see several ' |
- | in the fastest current had been gouged out. So we borrowed shovels from | + | the farm and set about making the crossing negotiable again. This was cold and uncomfortable work; it was not possible for the first couple of days to stand in the main current without some prop. |
- | the farm and set about making the crossing negotiable again. This was cold and uncomfortable work; it was not possible for th first couple of days to stand in the main current without some prop. | + | |
- | Luckily we had some additional food in the vans and also had medicants like muscat, fruit cake, nuts and sweet biscuits. However, as the fall | + | Luckily we had some additional food in the vans and also had medicants like muscat, fruit cake, nuts and sweet biscuits. However, as the fall rate of the river slowed we rationed ourselves. Our farm friend had little extra stock and like us had to cross the river to replenish. After working our way to the far bank on Saturday, we attempted to find a farm house and purchase some eggs from the civilised side. Not far from the river we saw a car approaching and welcomed it as an indicator of food. It stopped, a man got out, opened a satchel and offered Reg, the nearest, a copy of The Watchtower. It was refused more emphatically than politely. He enquired about the crossing and again received an emphatic answer. After a quick look at the rest of us, disguised as wet, partly clad ruffians, he quickly re-entered the car which retraced its rough and muddy way. |
- | rate of the river slowed we rationed ourselves. Our farm friend had little | + | |
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- | extra stock and like us had to cross the river to replenish. After working our way to the far bank on Saturday, we attempted to find a farm house and purchase some eggs from the civilised side. Not far from the river we saw a car approaching and welcomed it as an indicator of food. It stopped, a man got out, opened a satchel and offered Reg, the nearest, a copy of The Watchtower. It was refused more emphatically than politely. He enquired about the crossing and again received an emphatic answer. After a quick look at the rest of us, disguised as wet,partly clad ruffians, he quickly re-entered the car which retraced its rough and muddy way. | + | |
We did not find an occupied farmhouse and with a keen wind and dropping temperature, | We did not find an occupied farmhouse and with a keen wind and dropping temperature, | ||
- | There was not much scope for walking while we waited, as in every direction there were flooded creeks and rivers and every fold in the undulations produced a wading problem. We passed the time monitorying | + | |
- | / | + | There was not much scope for walking while we waited, as in every direction there were flooded creeks and rivers and every fold in the undulations produced a wading problem. We passed the time monitoring |
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One morning we worked on the farm, mainly cutting away a large tree which had fallen on a fence and repairing the damage. We had regular cuppas and yarned at length about walking over the years and every other subject under the sun. | One morning we worked on the farm, mainly cutting away a large tree which had fallen on a fence and repairing the damage. We had regular cuppas and yarned at length about walking over the years and every other subject under the sun. | ||
- | We carefully calculated the highest safe water level for the vans. On Sunday morning it was obvious that the river would not fall that far for another day or two. We cut a stick to the actual highest level of the water and used it to survey our vans for possible dangers. Reg's van had a front | + | |
- | cross me ber well placed to throw water on to the fan. Charles' | + | We carefully calculated the highest safe water level for the vans. On Sunday morning it was obvious that the river would not fall that far for another day or two. We cut a stick to the actual highest level of the water and used it to survey our vans for possible dangers. Reg's van had a front cross member |
- | the high floors. The current was still quite fast and the water would be above the doors' bottoms but there would be no real danger, we judged, of | + | |
- | being pushed sideways. Reg took off his fan belt. Charles had some heavy | + | There were a few minutes of anticlimax as we started the motors and attempted to move off. The brake linings, saturated from creek crossings on Thursday had frozen to the drums in the very low temperature overnight. However we were able to free them after several jerks. We drove back to the top of the low ridge to thoroughly warm the engines (Reg's nearly boiled without a fan belt). Then we said goodbye to our farm hostess who had come to see us off and crossed without incident to the cheers of the passengers who had waded across. |
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- | the vehicles and coiled out of the way to avoid having to. do this under water if our precautions failed. Down to the river again to chart the optimum route across. | + | |
- | There were a few minutes of anticlimax as we started the motors and attempted to move off. The brake linings, saturated from creek crossings on Thursday had frozen to the drums in the very low temperature overnight. | + | by Kenn Clacher |
- | However we were able to free them after several jerks. We drove back to the top of the low ridge to thoroughly warm the engines (Reg's nearly boiled | + | |
- | without a fan belt). Then we said goodbye to our farm hostess who had come to see us off and crossed without incident to the cheers of the passengers who had waded across. | + | The walkers all at Quilty' |
- | ## | + | The walk was led by Bill Capon, A canny leader he.\\ |
- | "WE'LL BE MAROONED". | + | The first stretch was through Myall Creek Then Bill did show his class,\\ |
- | by Kenn Clacher. | + | |
- | The walkers all at Quilty' | + | |
- | The walk was led by Bill Capon, A canny leader he. | + | |
- | The first stretch was through Myall Creek Then Bill did show his class, | + | |
" | " | ||
- | The pass was found the second try, Then into Ettrema Creek, | + | |
- | And up Jones' Creek the party walked, 'Twas no place for the meek. | + | The pass was found the second try, Then into Ettrema Creek,\\ |
- | Plain Creek was followed next, downstream, But something Worried Bill. | + | And up Jones' Creek the party walked, 'Twas no place for the meek.\\ |
+ | Plain Creek was followed next, downstream, But something Worried Bill.\\ | ||
" | " | ||
- | At last the rogue creek flowed downhill To Moore Creek as it should. | + | |
- | The walkers followed the rough creek bed Rock hopping best they could. | + | At last the rogue creek flowed downhill To Moore Creek as it should.\\ |
- | Now another obstacle blocked their path, So Bill Capon he calls: | + | The walkers followed the rough creek bed Rock hopping best they could.\\ |
- | " | + | Now another obstacle blocked their path, So Bill Capon he calls:\\ |
- | A way was found, not as Bill feared Up umpteen feet of cliff, | + | " |
+ | A way was found, not as Bill feared Up umpteen feet of cliff,\\ | ||
To Bundundah Creek, along and out, Up Pass Point in a jiff. | To Bundundah Creek, along and out, Up Pass Point in a jiff. | ||
- | Down Paul's Pass now the program said But rain made things too wet. | + | |
- | " | + | Down Paul's Pass now the program said But rain made things too wet.\\ |
- | So Puckett Pass was utilised To get them down again. | + | " |
+ | So Puckett Pass was utilised To get them down again.\\ | ||
Just Tullyangela Creek remained, A piece of wild terrain. | Just Tullyangela Creek remained, A piece of wild terrain. | ||
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- | But new maps showed cliff lines along The whole length of the creek. | + | But new maps showed cliff lines along The whole length of the creek.\\ |
- | " | + | " |
- | So Bill said Transportation Spur Would see us home instead. | + | So Bill said Transportation Spur Would see us home instead.\\ |
There was one problem that remained, When would it be ahead? | There was one problem that remained, When would it be ahead? | ||
- | We chose a spur to climb on out By democratic vote. | + | |
- | " | + | We chose a spur to climb on out By democratic vote.\\ |
- | But Transportation Spur it was, And as we hurried on, | + | " |
- | All members of the party then Were happy they weren' | + | But Transportation Spur it was, And as we hurried on,\\ |
- | We made it finally to the cars, Just after one last shout, | + | All members of the party then Were happy they weren' |
+ | We made it finally to the cars, Just after one last shout,\\ | ||
" | " | ||
- | * * * * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | ODYTALK | + | ====== Body Talk : First Aid Notes ====== |
- | FIRST AID FOOTNOTES: FIVE PREVENTIVE STEPS FOR NON-TIGER WALKERS. | + | |
- | 2: AVOIDING LEECH BITE. | + | FIVE PREVENTIVE STEPS FOR NON-TIGER WALKERS by Elwyn Morris. |
- | I hate leeches as I itch for two weeks, and leeches hate insecticides. So before entering their territory I cover my feet, socks and shoes, especially the gaps, with Aerogard Medicated Lotion and Personal Insect Repellant. Spray seems to wash off too easily compared with lotions and | + | |
- | creams. The Aerogard is also useful to ward off all other insects and could possibly be better than other methods for removing leeches and ticks. | + | 2: AVOIDING LEECH BITE. \\ |
- | 3: AVOIDING PAIN FROM STINGS. | + | I hate leeches as I itch for two weeks, and leeches hate insecticides. So before entering their territory I cover my feet, socks and shoes, especially the gaps, with Aerogard Medicated Lotion and Personal Insect Repellant. Spray seems to wash off too easily compared with lotions and creams. The Aerogard is also useful to ward off all other insects and could possibly be better than other methods for removing leeches and ticks. |
+ | |||
+ | 3: AVOIDING PAIN FROM STINGS.\\ | ||
STINGOSE - about $2.50 at chemists - miraculously relieves the pain and swelling from bull-ant and other insect bites and bluebottle and jellyfish stings. Too vital to get buried with the First Aid Kit, so I keep it in an outside pack pocket. | STINGOSE - about $2.50 at chemists - miraculously relieves the pain and swelling from bull-ant and other insect bites and bluebottle and jellyfish stings. Too vital to get buried with the First Aid Kit, so I keep it in an outside pack pocket. | ||
- | ALSO | + | |
- | YOU EVER HAD A TETANUS VACCINATION? | + | ALSO YOU EVER HAD A TETANUS VACCINATION? |
- | This is especially needed by Bushwalkers. | + | This is especially needed by Bushwalkers. A booster is needed every 10 years. |
- | A booster is needed every 10 years. | + | |
(Editor) | (Editor) | ||
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NEW MEMBER. | NEW MEMBER. | ||
Please add the following name to your List of Members:- | Please add the following name to your List of Members:- | ||
GERO, Kathryn, 8/22 Moore Street, Bondi, 2026 Phone 30 7263 | GERO, Kathryn, 8/22 Moore Street, Bondi, 2026 Phone 30 7263 | ||
- | CANOE & CAMPING | + | |
- | 265 VICTORIA ROAD GLADESVILLE, | + | ====== The Magical Limestone Cave Tour ====== |
- | THURS. 9-8 | + | |
- | SAT 9-4 | + | |
- | (PARKING AT REAR OFF PITTWATER ROAD) | + | |
- | A LARGE RANGE OF LIGHTWEIGHT, | + | |
- | I IGHTWEIGHT FOOD FOR BACKPACKERS AND CANOEISTS | + | |
- | COLD WEATHER PROTECTION CLOTHING AND RAINGEAR | + | |
- | MAPS, BOOKS AND LEAFLETS | + | |
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
- | WE STOCK THE LARGEST RANGE OF CANOEING GEAR IN N.S.W. | + | |
- | QUALITY TOURING CRAFT OF ALE TYPES HIGH QUALITY PERFORMANCE COMPETITION CRAFT | + | |
- | A HUGE RANGE OF PADDLES FOR ALL TYPES OF CANOEING | + | |
- | ALL TYPES OF SPRAY COVERS | + | |
- | | + | |
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- | THE MAGICAL LIMESTONE CAVE TOUR. | + | |
by Wal Liddle. | by Wal Liddle. | ||
- | JOhn's advertisement read - " | + | |
- | gold rush country with adobe cottages and old mills. Throw in your easel and paints or your tin whistle for a total enjoyment weekend!" | + | John's advertisement read - " |
- | Well, that's how it turned out to be! A glorious four day trip of | + | |
- | 160 kms cycling on tarred or dirt roads, through eucalypt forest and farming country. | + | The mixed goods/ |
- | The mixed goods/ | + | |
- | We cycled out of the sleepy town past the shops with the wide verandahs, heading south, with the sun peepill:, | + | We cycled out of the sleepy town past the shops with the wide verandahs, heading south, with the sun peeping |
- | and the carcases of two traction engines. In ,one corner stood a steam crusher battery used in the late 1800's to crush the gold-bearing ore from the mines. Glen explained how the rock was crushed, mixed with water and mercury and then sluiced over a copper plate which held the fine particles of gold for further extraction treatment. Some of the long leather belts that drove the circular saws were still intact under the tin roofed mill and at one end of the shed was the smith' | + | |
The neighbour' | The neighbour' | ||
- | The village of Trunkey Creek consisted of a farm implement/ | + | |
- | twenty at a cent each! How times have changed! | + | The village of Trunkey Creek consisted of a farm implement/ |
- | We pitched camp on a grassy sward above the creek at Abercrombie Caves camping reserve that evening. The East Lindfield Methodist Church hosted the night' | + | |
- | The road from the caves proved to be very rough with small rocks, | + | We pitched camp on a grassy sward above the creek at Abercrombie Caves camping reserve that evening. The East Lindfield Methodist Church hosted the night' |
- | water channels and high-speed car bumps slowing us down on the dirt surface. Very steep hills and dust from passing traffic didn't help. To compound our troubles Mary-Ann' | + | |
- | July, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 13 | + | The road from the caves proved to be very rough with small rocks, water channels and high-speed car bumps slowing us down on the dirt surface. Very steep hills and dust from passing traffic didn't help. To compound our troubles Mary-Ann' |
- | Bathurst | + | |
- | BLAYNEY t/ | + | The corrugated |
- | L. oi.cwell | + | |
- | WOLLONGONG | + | That afternoon our party rode into the small township of Tuena, which was holding its annual Gold Rush Festival. People had come from miles around |
- | Trunk- i:reek Abercrombie Caves | + | |
- | YDNEY | + | It started to rain as we pitched our tents in a grassy paddock, just off the road, with nightfall fast approaching. The evening meal was cooked in a shearing shed amongst the wool clippings and bales of straw. Stan produced his harmonica whilst Glen read us excerpts from "The Man From Snowy River" |
- | ftoute of trip | + | |
- | GREAT DIVIDING RANGE | + | Sunday afternoon outside Crookwell caravan park we stopped to talk to one of the locals about horses and carts. Reg Allport was seated on a red and white sulky nursing his grandson whilst Dolly, an Australian Pony, stood in the shafts, straining against the reins to reach the grass. Reg was very proud of the outfit as he had built it himself and pointed out the narrow wheels, the spotted gum shafts, and the mechanism for shifting the seat forward. He showed us a covered-in area under the seat where the week's groceries could be stowed. |
- | Katoomba | + | |
- | Penrith | + | After lunch we did some downhill coasting on the tarred road that led to the Pejar Dam where we admired the giant spillway and man-made sluice |
- | Tuena | + | |
- | GOULBURN | + | The next afternoon we cycled into Goulburn town, past the old-style colonial Courthouse, and then into the park for a snack. At two o' |
- | SKETCH MAP OF BICYCLE TRIP. | + | |
- | CYCLING SOUTH ON THE ROAD FROM BLAYNEY TO GOULBURN. | + | Many thanks, John. |
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- | The corruted | + | |
- | over with 1930 newspapers. Much of the furniture that remained had been beoken | + | **Tuesday Night at the Pictures** |
- | That afternoon our party rode into the small township of Tuena, which was holding its annual Gold Rush Festival. People had come from miles arouna | + | |
- | in traditional red and green tartan seemed out of place in this Australian setting. | + | |
- | It started to rain as we pitched our tents in a grassy paddock, just off the road, with nightfall fast approaching. The evening meal was | + | |
- | cooked in a shearing shed amongst the wool clippings and bales of straw. Stan produced his harmonica whilst Glen read us excerpts from "The Man From | + | |
- | Snowy River" | + | |
- | in the chorus of "Van Diemen' | + | |
- | Sunday afternoon outside Crookwell caravan park we stopped to talk | + | |
- | ,o one of the locals about horses and carts. Reg Allport was seated on a | + | |
- | ced and white sulky nursing his grandson whilst Dolly, an Australian Pony, | + | |
- | stood in the shafts, straining against the reins to reach the grass. Reg | + | |
- | was very proud of the outfit as he had built it himself and pointed out the narrow wheels, the spotted gum shafts, and the mechanism for shifting the. | + | |
- | seat forward. He showed us a covered-in area under the seat where the teeek's groceries could be stowed. | + | |
- | After lunch we did some downhill coasting on the tarred road that led to the Pejar Dam where we admired the giant spillway and man-made sluice | + | |
- | The next afternoon we cycled into Goulburn town, past the old-style colonial Courthouse, and then into the park for a snack. At two o' | + | |
- | we stacked our bikes in the guard' | + | |
- | Ma Hy thanks, John. | + | |
- | #####*-**** | + | |
- | TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE PICTURES. | + | |
- | Have you ever wanted to go to the pictures on Turesdays | + | Have you ever wanted to go to the pictures on Tuesdays |
- | I am starting a film-going group to see films at Hoyts or Village cinemas or at The Dendy in Martin Place. The system is very simple. You | + | |
- | check the paper, decide which film you wish to see and then contact me. | + | I am starting a film-going group to see films at Hoyts or Village cinemas or at The Dendy in Martin Place. The system is very simple. You check the paper, decide which film you wish to see and then contact me. |
- | will be able to tell you who else is going and to which session, either | + | I will be able to tell you who else is going and to which session, either the 5 pm or the 8 pm. Remember that the half-price tickets only apply to Hoyts, Village and The Dendy. So now you won't have to hiss the cigarette advertisements alone.\\ |
- | the 5 pm or the 8 pm. Remember that the half-price tickets only apply to | + | See you at the pictures. Bring your own Jaffas. PETER MILLER 818 1990. |
- | Hoyts, Village and The Dendy. So now you won't have to hiss the cigarette | + | |
- | advertisements alone. | + | **CONGRATULATIONS** to - -\\ |
- | See you at the pictures. Bring your own Jaffas. PETER MILLER. | + | Wendy and Steve Hodgman on the birth of their son Sean during April and Jenny and Steve Brown on the birth of a daughter, Stephanie in May. |
- | 818 1990. CONGRATULATIONS to - - | + | |
- | Wendy and Steve Hodgman on the birth of their son Sean during April | + | |
- | and Jenny and Steve Brown on the birth of a daughter, Stephanie in May. | + | ====== What is Sport? ====== |
- | ######## | + | |
- | July, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 15 | + | Jim Brown |
- | WHAT IS A SPORT? | + | |
- | by Jim Brown. | + | Well, what IS a sport? I'm not at all sure. |
- | Well, what IS a sport? I'm not at all sure | + | |
- | Some 11 or 12 years ago, when I was just a nipper - only in my middle fifties - I found myself in the silly situation of having to decide how many buses would be required to move the crowds attending Sydney Cricket Ground for a sequence of Rugby League Football matches. Now the essential in making this decision was to know with absolute certainty by each Thursday morning just what the weather would be doing on the following Saturday. However, it was also valuable to know what sort of attendance could be expected | + | Some 11 or 12 years ago, when I was just a nipper - only in my middle fifties - I found myself in the silly situation of having to decide how many buses would be required to move the crowds attending Sydney Cricket Ground for a sequence of Rugby League Football matches. Now the essential in making this decision was to know with absolute certainty by each Thursday morning just what the weather would be doing on the following Saturday. However, it was also valuable to know what sort of attendance could be expected, and for this you had to know the measure of support for the teams near the top of the table, and the suburbs from which spectators would be attracted. By each Thursday morning you had to calculate the needs and have the requisite staff rostered for duty. |
- | At this stage I confessed to a senior officer of was singularly ill-furnished to make such a decision. nice bloke, so he looked on me with kindly tolerance, you're not a Sport, are you? Well, you'll just have but don't ask for too many bloody buses." | + | |
- | my Department that I | + | At this stage I confessed to a senior officer of my Department that I was singularly ill-furnished to make such a decision. |
- | He was really quite a saying "Oh, yes, I forgot, to do the best !an, | + | |
- | For a moment I thought about this, then answered, "No, I a Sport. I've just kept on playing the only game I know." trouser legs to show shins scratched from thigh to ankle, and popular | + | For a moment I thought about this, then answered, "No, I guess I'm not a Sport. I've just kept on playing the only game I know." |
- | Of course, I know now that Bush Walking is NOT a Sport. RECREATION. How do I know? Because I asked for it, just as when I told my boss I didn't know much about Rugby League | + | |
- | guess I'm not | + | Of course, I know now that Bush Walking is NOT a Sport. |
- | I pulled up my quoting a | + | |
- | Colo River isn' | + | You see, I had heard of the N.S.W. Sporting Injuries Insurance Scheme", |
- | It's a | + | |
- | I asked for it | + | My informant, although most courteous and helpful, was a State employee, and obviously couldn' |
- | S. | + | |
- | You see, I had heard of the N.S.W. Sporting Injuries Insurance Scheme", | + | Lately I've become a bit concerned that the Club's funds may be somewhat strapped later this year, without even taking into account the impact of any 60th Anniversary Celebrations being considered. Certainly our finances have been calculated in accordance with a budgetary estimate, but I suspect this estimate may suffer from the same problem I had in assessing the probable attendance at League games, and its authors have had to rely on some informed guesses and perhaps a few pious hopes. I believe this year's financial result could well echo the view of the Duke of Wellington about the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo.... "A fine-run thing, sir: a damn fine run thing" |
- | found that the official view is that Bush Walking is NOT a " | + | |
- | the Scheme. Funnily enough, players of +hat " | + | If this should prove to be the case we may have to review the desirability of taking out Personal Accident Insurance in the subsequent years, and it may be discreet to see if Bush Walking has finally become a " |
- | premium of $4,200 for about 500 members. However the Government Scheme' | + | |
- | My informant, although most courteous and helpful, was a State employee, and obviously couldn' | + | |
- | Lately I've become a bit concerned that the Club's funds may be somewhat strapped later this year - without even taking into account the impact of any 60th Anniversary Celebrations being considered. Certainly our finances have been calculated in accordance with a budgetary estimate, but I suspect this | + | |
- | estimate may suffer from the same problem I had in assessing the probable | + | |
- | attendance at League games, and its authors have had to rely on some informed guesses and perhaps a few pious hopes. I believe this year's financial result could well echo the view of the Duke of Wellington about the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo.... "A fine-run thing, sir: a damneafine-run thing" | + | |
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- | If this should prove to be the case we may have to review the desirability of taking out Personal Accident Insurance in the subsequent years, and it may be discreet to see if Bush Walking has finally become a " | + | |
- | Looking at the brochure I had collected, I discovered that the State Government Scheme does not appear to extend to loss of income during a period of incapacity resulting from a sporting injury, but does apply to any permanent disability sustained. For instance, loss of an arm (or the greater part thereof) would probably earn compensation of $23,000; of a leg $21,000; | + | |
- | an eye $6,550.... and so on. In Table " | + | |
I was also intrigued to see that an allowance of $14,650 would result from the "loss of secual organ" (this as spelled out in the brochure). This is slightly less than the compensation for loss of hearing or of power of speech, and about the same as that for loss of a thumb plus an index finger. I don't know what these " | I was also intrigued to see that an allowance of $14,650 would result from the "loss of secual organ" (this as spelled out in the brochure). This is slightly less than the compensation for loss of hearing or of power of speech, and about the same as that for loss of a thumb plus an index finger. I don't know what these " | ||
- | ic7iL********** li a mezeek | + | |
- | Insurance Scheme. Moved by Mr.Chardon, seconded Mr. Debert, that a sub-committee, | + | |
+ | **FIFTY-SIX YEARS AGO** | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the Good Old Days, the Club Minute Book reveals:-\\ | ||
+ | Insurance Scheme. Moved by Mr.Chardon, seconded Mr. Debert, that a sub-committee, | ||
CARRIED. Friday, 1st August, 1930. | CARRIED. Friday, 1st August, 1930. | ||
- | BELVEDERE TAXIS BLACKHEATH | + | |
- | 10 SEATER MINI BUS TAXI | + | |
- | 047-87 8366 | + | ====== The June General Meeting ====== |
- | KANANGRA BOYD | + | |
- | , UPPER BLUE MOUNTAINS | + | by Barry Wallace |
- | SIX FOOT TRACK | + | |
- | PICK UP ANYWHERE FOR START OR FINISH OF YOUR WALK - BY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT | + | The meeting began at around |
- | Share the Fare Competitive Rates | + | |
- | July, 1986. THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 17 | + | The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and with some minor corrections, |
- | THE JUNE GENERAL MEETING. | + | |
- | by Barry Wallace. | + | Correspondence comprised a letter of apology from Spiro H. for his absence from the committee and the meeting, enclosing a copy of the items of interest from the latest |
- | The meeting began at around | + | |
- | McKenzie, Gordon Lee and Ross Coyle. New members Jeff Niven, Lesley Moore, | + | Business arising brought a motion that we write to the relevant State Government ministers seeking information on any dams proposed for the Colo River. |
- | Jim Oxley, Ross Coyle, Carolyn Wilcox and Rosemary Kenny were summoned to be welcomed into membership but only the latter two were actually present to receive their badges. | + | |
- | The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and with some minor corrections, | + | The Treasurer' |
- | previous meeting' | + | |
- | have an interest, be there. At this stage there was something of an hiatus | + | The Walks Report began with Wayne Steele' |
- | while someone explained part of the proceedings of the previous month' | + | |
- | meeting to someone else who had not been there - Hmmmmm | + | Over the weekend of 23,24,25 May Carol Bruce wielded the whip over the party of 7 on her Budawangs trip to achieve an 07.15 start and a climb of The Castle, all at no extra charge. Jim Laing' |
- | Correspondence comprised a letter of apology from Spiro H. for his absence from the committee and the meeting, enclosing a copy of the items of interest from the Latest | + | |
- | Business arising brought a motion that we write to the relevant State Government ministers seeking information on any dams proposed for the Colo | + | The following weekend, 30,31 May, 1 June saw Bill Holland and some 18 or so fellow revellers disporting themselves at Coolana. They managed a walk on the Sunday so it wasn't all beer and whatever. Meanwhile, back at the workface, Barry Wallace and his party of 18 were slogging it out in perfect weather on the Bonnum Pic circuit. Jo Van Sommers reported 21 starters and some ferry problems on her Palm Beach day walk, and Bill Capon, substituting for Bob Milne who was reported to be away on his honeymoon, led |
- | River. | + | 19 people on a Govetts |
- | The Treasurer' | + | |
- | excludes mention of the Advance Bank deposit of $2610.00. | + | Over the June long weekend David McIntosh led a Colo walk, there were 4 People, but no report. Bill Capon' |
- | The Walks Report began with Wayne Steele' | + | |
- | and beyond walk which attracted 15 people and 10,000 leeches. Jim Percy' | + | |
- | Kanangra Creek trip had 6 starters and rain. It is reported that the route | + | |
- | was modified somewhat, to include the Hundred Man Cave. Bod Hodgson' | + | |
- | time. Of the day walks, Peter Christian changed his walk to go to Mt.Hay | + | |
- | but we don't know how many people accompanied him, Ben Esgate had 13 people on his Kuringai Chase walk, enjoying a fine afternoon after some morning showers, and Bill Hall had his party of 15 safely out of the wilds of Glenbrook in time to have devonshire tea before they caught the train home. | + | |
- | Over the weekend of 23,24,25 May Carol Bruce wielded the whip over the party of 7 on her Budawangs trip to achieve an 0715 start and a climb of The Castle, all at no extra charge. Jim Laing' | + | |
- | the following weekend, and then was cancelled. Erroll Sheedy led a horde of 34 on a fine Sunday ramble from Heathcote to Waterfall and Joe Marton had a party of 13 with one injury and some darkness on his Glenbrook trip. | + | |
- | The following weekend, 30,31 May, 1 June saw Bill Holland and some 18 or so fellow revellers disporting themselves at Coolana. They managed a | + | |
- | walk on the Sunday so it wasn't all beer and whatever. Meanwhile, back at | + | |
- | the workface, Barry Wallace and his party of 18 were slogging it out in | + | |
- | perfect weather on the Bonnum Pic circuit. Jo Van Sommers reported 21 | + | |
- | starters and some ferry problems on her Palm Beach day walk, and Bill Capon, substituting for Bob Milne who was reported to be away on his honeymoon, led | + | |
- | 19 people on a Govett' | + | |
- | a real mate would not have arranged it the other way round.) | + | |
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- | Over the June long weekend David McIntosh led a Colo walk, there were 4 People, but no report. Bill Capon' | + | |
The Federation Report indicated that the November Bushsports event attracted 35, that insurance is still under review, and that the M.W.S.& D. Board have advised that they have no plans to increase the storage capacity of Warragamba Dam. There was one S. & R. call-out for the month. The Secretary is to write condemning offshore minerals exploration of The Royal National Park. | The Federation Report indicated that the November Bushsports event attracted 35, that insurance is still under review, and that the M.W.S.& D. Board have advised that they have no plans to increase the storage capacity of Warragamba Dam. There was one S. & R. call-out for the month. The Secretary is to write condemning offshore minerals exploration of The Royal National Park. | ||
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General Business brought news that the final draft of the new constitution should be available for presentation to the Half Yearly Meeting, and that committee had discussed the idea of preparing a booklet covering the Club History. | General Business brought news that the final draft of the new constitution should be available for presentation to the Half Yearly Meeting, and that committee had discussed the idea of preparing a booklet covering the Club History. | ||
- | A motion that we employ an archivist to work on the Club archives for up to 48 hours to report on what further ought be done with them was finally resolved to be let lie on the table. A subsequent motion that the 60th Anniversary sub-committee be requested to submit proposed plans and budgetary figures to the July General Meeting was passed. The sub-committee comprises Carol Bruce, Ainslie Morris, Spiro Hajinakitas, | + | |
- | It was resolved that the Club write congratulating Milo Dunphy on his being awarded the 0.A. | + | A motion that we employ an archivist to work on the Club archives for up to 48 hours to report on what further ought be done with them was finally resolved to be let lie on the table. A subsequent motion that the 60th Anniversary sub-committee be requested to submit proposed plans and budgetary figures to the July General Meeting was passed. The sub-committee comprises Carol Bruce, Ainslie Morris, Spiro Hajinakitas, |
- | The announcements followed, and after one false close, it was all over for another month at 2156. | + | |
- | * * * * * * * * | + | It was resolved that the Club write congratulating Milo Dunphy on his being awarded the 0.A. The announcements followed, and after one false close, it was all over for another month at 21.56. |
- | REPORT ON COMMITTEE MEETING OF 2-7-86. | + | |
+ | **Report on Committee Meeting | ||
The Treasurer' | The Treasurer' | ||
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Associate Membership of National Parks Association and Youth Hostels Association was renewed. S.B.W. members who wish to use the Group Card for Y.H.A. please contact the Secretary. | Associate Membership of National Parks Association and Youth Hostels Association was renewed. S.B.W. members who wish to use the Group Card for Y.H.A. please contact the Secretary. | ||
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The new location of the North Sydney Council meeting hall will be clarified. | The new location of the North Sydney Council meeting hall will be clarified. | ||
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The 60th Anniversary Sub-Committee will seek an interview with the Commonwealth Employment Program Project Officer regarding a Grant Application for an archivist and materials. | The 60th Anniversary Sub-Committee will seek an interview with the Commonwealth Employment Program Project Officer regarding a Grant Application for an archivist and materials. | ||
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The final draft of the Constitution was dealt with at length yet again, and will be prepared for posting to all members to read before the Half Yearly General Meeting-in September. | The final draft of the Constitution was dealt with at length yet again, and will be prepared for posting to all members to read before the Half Yearly General Meeting-in September. | ||
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- | ANNOUNCING-- | + | |
- | 60 raised for 60th Anniversary Fund at Midwinter Feast Raffle. The winner of a bottle of champers and one of vino was Lorraine Bloomfield. | + | **ANNOUNCING**\\ |
- | CLIVER | + | $60 raised for 60th Anniversary Fund at Midwinter Feast Raffle. The winner of a bottle of champers and one of vino was Lorraine Bloomfield. |
- | from 15/16/17 August to the following weekend, 22/23/24 August. | + | |
- | **** | + | OLIVER |
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