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 ====== Watery Wadbilliga ====== ====== Watery Wadbilliga ======
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 Bob Younger 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.+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.  
 + 
 +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/waded there and obtained permission to camp on some high ground alongside the fire trail. I counted six separate thunderstorms circling us that afternoon and some of them were depressingly thorough with light hail, heavy rain and wind.
  
-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/waded there and obtained permission to camp on some high ground alongside the fire trail. I counted six separate thunderstorms circling us that afternoon 
-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, etc.) and had been poorly treated or not wanted. She had worked for a vet and Animal Welfare in Sydney and would sometimes accept the challenge of caring for an unfort- + 
-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, etc.) and had been poorly treated or not wanted. She had worked for a vet and Animal Welfare in Sydney and would sometimes accept the challenge of caring for an unfortunate animal which appealed. You can imagine the uproarious welcome we got from this team whenever we visited! 
-from this team whenever we visited! + 
-As the river dropped we could see several 'drifts' of soft sand deposited across the crossing. It was also possible that the rocky bottom +As the river dropped we could see several 'drifts' of soft sand deposited across the crossing. It was also possible that the rocky bottom in the fastest current had been gouged out. So we borrowed shovels from 
-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 +
-Page 8 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER  July, 1986 +
-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, eventually returned to camp. Prospects of getting the vans through the river the next day looked good. Morale was further lifted by a slap-up meal that night as our hostess let us buy some eggs and tinned ham. We did not find an occupied farmhouse and with a keen wind and dropping temperature, eventually returned to camp. Prospects of getting the vans through the river the next day looked good. Morale was further lifted by a slap-up meal that night as our hostess let us buy some eggs and tinned ham.
-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 the river height and rate of fall, grooming the crossing and rambling here and there. + 
-+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 the river height and rate of fall, grooming the crossing and rambling here and there. We passed the time monitoring the River height. 
-A/ +
-ILL +
-lb. +
-'We passed the time monitoriig the River height..+
 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' van's fan was reasonably enclosed except for water coming through the radiator. Although some flotation force would be exerted by the partially empty water and petrol tanks, the water should do no more than splash the underneath of 
-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 
---dastic and jammed it over the lower part of his radiator with a green branchlet whittled to size. Reg fashioned a cavitation inducer out of a food tin and fixed it to his exhaust. Ropes were attached to the front of 
  
-the vehicles and coiled out of the way to avoid having todo this under water if our precautions failed. Down to the river again to chart the optimum route across. +We carefully calculated the highest safe water level for the vansOn Sunday morning it was obvious that the river would not fall that far for another day or twoWe cut stick to the actual highest level of the water and used it to survey our vans for possible dangersReg's van had a front cross member well placed to throw water on to the fan. Charles' van's fan was reasonably enclosed except for water coming through the radiatorAlthough some flotation force would be exerted by the partially empty water and petrol tanks, the water should do no more than splash the underneath of the high floors. The current was still quite fast and the water would be above the doorsbottoms but there would be no real danger, we judged, of being pushed sideways. Reg took off his fan belt. Charles had some heavy plastic and jammed it over the lower part of his radiator with a green branchlet whittled to size. Reg fashioned a cavitation inducer out of a food tin and fixed it to his exhaust. Ropes were attached to the front of the vehicles and coiled out of the way to avoid having to do this under water if our precautions failedDown to the river again to chart the optimum route across.
-There were few minutes of anticlimax as we started the motors and attempted to move offThe 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. +
-##**#4(.4***####+
  
 +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.
  
 ====== "We'll Be Marooned" ====== ====== "We'll Be Marooned" ======
  
 +by Kenn Clacher
  
- +The walkers all at Quilty's Clearing Met for Ettrema to see.\\ 
-by Kenn Clacher. +The walk was led by Bill Capon, A canny leader he.\\ 
-The walkers all at Quilty's Clearing Met for Ettrema to see. +The first stretch was through Myall Creek Then Bill did show his class,\\
-The walk was led by Bill Capon, A canny leader he. +
-The first stretch was through Myall Creek Then Bill did show his class,+
 "We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon "If we don't find Naked Pass". "We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon "If we don't find Naked Pass".
-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.\\
 "We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "'Cos this creek flows uphill." "We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "'Cos this creek flows uphill."
-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.\\ 
-"We'll be marooned, 'less we can find A way round Williams Falls." +Now another obstacle blocked their path, So Bill Capon he calls:\\ 
-A way was found, not as Bill feared Up umpteen feet of cliff,+"We'll be marooned, 'less we can find A way round Williams Falls."\\ 
 +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. + 
-"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "It hasn't eased up yet." +Down Paul's Pass now the program said But rain made things too wet.\\ 
-So Puckett Pass was utilised To get them down again.+"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "It hasn't eased up yet."\\ 
 +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.
  
-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.\\ 
-"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "It could take us a week." +"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "It could take us a week."\\ 
-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'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "If despotism's smote." 
-But Transportation Spur it was, And as we hurried on, 
-All members of the party then Were happy they weren't wrong. 
-We made it finally to the cars, Just after one last shout, 
-"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "Before this walk is out." 
- 
  
 +We chose a spur to climb on out By democratic vote.\\
 +"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "If despotism's smote."\\
 +But Transportation Spur it was, And as we hurried on,\\
 +All members of the party then Were happy they weren't wrong.\\
 +We made it finally to the cars, Just after one last shout,\\
 +"We'll be marooned," said Bill Capon, "Before this walk is out."
  
 ====== Body Talk : First Aid Notes ====== ====== Body Talk : First Aid Notes ======
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 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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 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, 2111 PHONE (02) 817 5590 HOURS - MON.-FRI. 94 
-THURS. 9-8 
- 
  
 ====== The Magical Limestone Cave Tour ====== ====== The Magical Limestone Cave Tour ======
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 John's advertisement read - "Blayney to Goulburn via picturesque gold rush country with adobe cottages and old mills. Throw in your easel and paints or your tin whistle for a total enjoyment weekend!" 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. John's advertisement read - "Blayney to Goulburn via picturesque gold rush country with adobe cottages and old mills. Throw in your easel and paints or your tin whistle for a total enjoyment weekend!" 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/passenger train left Central Station at 6 o'clock on Thursday night arriving at Blayney five hours later. Our party of seven slept on the hard floor of the waiting room after unloading the bikes from the luggage van. Friday morning dawned crisp and cool as we packed our  sleeping bags and cooked breakfast on the verandah. There was Jane on her Miyata ten speed, Wal on his blue Sebring, John on his low-geared Kesting, Glen on his Cannondale with the one and a quarter inch tyres, Mary-Ann on a new fifteen speed Gemini and Peter on a light blue Repco. +The mixed goods/passenger train left Central Station at 6 o'clock on Thursday night arriving at Blayney five hours later. Our party of seven slept on the hard floor of the waiting room after unloading the bikes from the luggage van. Friday morning dawned crisp and cool as we packed our sleeping bags and cooked breakfast on the verandah. There was Jane on her Miyata ten speed, Wal on his blue Sebring, John on his low-geared Kesting, Glen on his Cannondale with the one and a quarter inch tyres, Mary-Ann on a new fifteen speed Gemini and Peter on a light blue Repco. 
-We cycled out of the sleepy town past the shops with the wide verandahs, heading south, with the sun peepill:, over the horizon. Lunch was eaten in the yard of a disused steam saw-mill on Trunkey Creek Road surrounded by logs + 
-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's forge complete with an array of wood and leather bellows for stoking the fire. Hand-forged pliers and spikes still lay in the coke ashes. Even the "dunny" was authentic, as I learned when I opened the door. Fashioned from bush hardwood, clad with rough sawn weatherboards, the whole structure swayed to every movement of the wind. I wondered about red-back spiders as I sat on the wooden seat above a deep hole in the ground.+We cycled out of the sleepy town past the shops with the wide verandahs, heading south, with the sun peeping over the horizon. Lunch was eaten in the yard of a disused steam sawmill on Trunkey Creek Road surrounded by logs 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's forge complete with an array of wood and leather bellows for stoking the fire. Hand-forged pliers and spikes still lay in the coke ashes. Even the "dunny" was authentic, as I learned when I opened the door. Fashioned from bush hardwood, clad with rough sawn weatherboards, the whole structure swayed to every movement of the wind. I wondered about red-back spiders as I sat on the wooden seat above a deep hole in the ground.  
 The neighbour's dog from across the road joined in the fun by bringing a big blue ball to us so he could "fetch", the game only ending when his master called. The neighbour's dog from across the road joined in the fun by bringing a big blue ball to us so he could "fetch", the game only ending when his master called.
-The village of Trunkey Creek consisted of a farm implement/car repair workshop, six houses, the pub and a general store. The inside of the store was furnished in the style of the 1920's with pine shelves holding the groceries whilst the lady proprietor served us from behind a wooden counter. But she didn't sell "tuppence worth of aniseed bullets" so I had to buy 
-twenty at a cent each! How times have changed! 
-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's entertainment with bush ballads accompanied by guitars and a fiddle. The next morning some of us explored the Emperor's Cave with its stalactites that hang down and stalagmites that go up. The further our party walked the more fairy tale-like the glistening calcium shapes became. Fourteenth century castles and twentieth century space domes appeared in my imagination with orange coloured mushroom fungi adding to the bizarre beauty. 
-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's chain kept ,coming off. At a bend in the road we stopped to admire a dilapidated Aut fashioned from upright bush poles set in tile ground, laced with thinner branches and then plastered over with mud. 
-July, 1986 THE SYDNEY BUSHWALKER Page 13 
-Bathurst 
-BLAYNEY t/ 
-L. oi.cwell 
-WOLLONGONG 
-Trunk- i:reek Abercrombie Caves 
-YDNEY 
-ftoute of trip 
-GREAT DIVIDING RANGE 
-Katoomba 
-Penrith 
-Tuena 
-GOULBURN 
-SKETCH MAP OF BICYCLE TRIP.  
  
-CYCLING SOUTH ON THE ROAD FROM BLAYNEY TO GOULBURN+The village of Trunkey Creek consisted of a farm implement/car repair workshop, six houses, the pub and a general store. The inside of the store was furnished in the style of the 1920's with pine shelves holding the groceries whilst the lady proprietor served us from behind a wooden counter. But she didn't sell "tuppence worth of aniseed bullets" so I had to buy twenty at a cent each! How times have changed! 
 + 
 +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's entertainment with bush ballads accompanied by guitars and a fiddle. The next morning some of us explored the Emperor's Cave with its stalactites that hang down and stalagmites that go up. The further our party walked the more fairy tale like the glistening calcium shapes became. Fourteenth century castles and twentieth century space domes appeared in my imagination with orange coloured mushroom fungi adding to the bizarre beauty. 
 + 
 +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's chain kept coming off. At a bend in the road we stopped to admire a dilapidated hut fashioned from upright bush poles set in tile ground, laced with thinner branches and then plastered over with mud.
  
 The corrugated iron roof had seen better days and rust holes were appearing at the edge of the sheets. The ceilings were made of hessian bags stuck over with 1930 newspapers. Much of the furniture that remained had been broken by vandals. The corrugated iron roof had seen better days and rust holes were appearing at the edge of the sheets. The ceilings were made of hessian bags stuck over with 1930 newspapers. Much of the furniture that remained had been broken by vandals.
  
-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 and were taking part in the Tug-of-War or competing in the horse riding events. A display of hand adzing and gold panning was proceeding in the Arts and Crafts pavilion. The farmers on the pub verandah looked distinctly "under the weather" as they drank their "tinnies" and enjoyed the uusic of the Bathurst Scotch Pipe Band. The pipers who were dressed +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 and were taking part in the Tug-of-War or competing in the horse riding events. A display of hand adzing and gold panning was proceeding in the Arts and Crafts pavilion. The farmers on the pub verandah looked distinctly "under the weather" as they drank their "tinnies" and enjoyed the music of the Bathurst Scotch Pipe Band. The pipers who were dressed in traditional red and green tartan seemed out of place in this Australian setting.
-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". John sang about "Cursed Toongabbie" whilst all of us joined in the chorus of "Van Diemen's Land". 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". John sang about "Cursed Toongabbie" whilst all of us joined in the chorus of "Van Diemen's Land".
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 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 race that had been carved out of solid rock many years before. 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 race that had been carved out of solid rock many years before.
 +
 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'clock we stacked our bikes in the guard's van ready for the journey home! 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'clock we stacked our bikes in the guard's van ready for the journey home!
 +
 Many thanks, John. Many thanks, John.
  
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 See you at the pictures. Bring your own Jaffas. PETER MILLER 818 1990.  See you at the pictures. Bring your own Jaffas. PETER MILLER 818 1990. 
  
-CONGRATULATIONS to - - +**CONGRATULATIONS** to - -\\ 
-Wendy and Steve Hodgman on the birth of their son Sean during April +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.
-and Jenny and Steve Brown on the birth of a daughter, Stephanie in May.+
  
  
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 ====== The June General Meeting ====== ====== The June General Meeting ======
    
-by Barry Wallace.+by Barry Wallace
  
 The meeting began at around 20.13 with the President presiding and some 25 or so members present. There were apologies from Alex Colley, Belinda McKenzie, Gordon Lee and Ross Coyle. New members Jeff Niven, Lesley Moore, 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 meeting began at around 20.13 with the President presiding and some 25 or so members present. There were apologies from Alex Colley, Belinda McKenzie, Gordon Lee and Ross Coyle. New members Jeff Niven, Lesley Moore, 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.
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 The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and with some minor corrections, received. A recission motion was foreshadowed regarding the previous meeting's decision to build an additional fireplace in the hut at Coolana. This should come forward at the July General Meeting, so if you have an interest, be there. At this stage there was something of an hiatus while someone explained part of the proceedings of the previous month's meeting to someone else who had not been there - Hmmmmm  The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and with some minor corrections, received. A recission motion was foreshadowed regarding the previous meeting's decision to build an additional fireplace in the hut at Coolana. This should come forward at the July General Meeting, so if you have an interest, be there. At this stage there was something of an hiatus while someone explained part of the proceedings of the previous month's meeting to someone else who had not been there - Hmmmmm 
  
-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 F.B.W. Meeting, a press release from the State Opposition opposing the Government's rumoured intention to build dams on the Colo and having a bit each way, by both deploring the use of external affairs powers in conservation matters and urging the Federal Govt. to use them in this instance (one can only assume they were relying on the press to edit the whole thing into unintelligibility before publication), and acknowledgments of receipt of our letters regarding woodchipping from the Victorian and Federal Governments. No outgoing correspondence was reported.+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 F.B.W. Meeting, a press release from the State Opposition opposing the Government's rumoured intention to build dams on the Colo and having a bit each way, by both deploring the use of external affairs powers in conservation matters and urging the Federal Govt. to use them in this instance (one can only assume they were relying on the press to edit the whole thing into unintelligibility before publication), and acknowledgments of receipt of our letters regarding wood chipping from the Victorian and Federal Governments. No outgoing correspondence was reported.
  
 Business arising brought a motion that we write to the relevant State Government ministers seeking information on any dams proposed for the Colo River. Business arising brought a motion that we write to the relevant State Government ministers seeking information on any dams proposed for the Colo River.
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 19 people on a Govetts Leap walk which went to program. (No Bill, even a real mate would not have arranged it the other way round.) 19 people on a Govetts Leap walk which went to program. (No Bill, even a real mate would not have arranged it the other way round.)
  
-Over the June long weekend David McIntosh led a Colo walk, there were 4 People, but no report. Bill Capon's Budawangs trip had 13 starter's and did not go to program despite the cold. Laurie Quaken had 7 people on his BUdawangs trip. They reported blurred glimpses of Bill's party from time to time and all returned safely. Ian Debert and Stan Madden reported a variable number of attendees ranging from 14 to 17 on a leisurely three days around Stan's farm.+Over the June long weekend David McIntosh led a Colo walk, there were 4 People, but no report. Bill Capon's Budawangs trip had 13 starter's and did not go to program despite the cold. Laurie Quaken had 7 people on his Budawangs trip. They reported blurred glimpses of Bill's party from time to time and all returned safely. Ian Debert and Stan Madden reported a variable number of attendees ranging from 14 to 17 on a leisurely three days around Stan's farm.
  
 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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