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-=====The Sydney Bushwalker.=====+======The Sydney Bushwalker======
  
 Established June 1931 Established June 1931
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 A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, Box 4476 GPO, Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening at 8 pm at Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre, 16 Fitzroy Street, Kirribilli (near Milsons Point Railway Station). Visitors and prospective members are welcome any Wednesday. A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, Box 4476 GPO, Sydney, 2001. Club meetings are held every Wednesday evening at 8 pm at Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre, 16 Fitzroy Street, Kirribilli (near Milsons Point Railway Station). Visitors and prospective members are welcome any Wednesday.
  
-|Editor|Morag Ryder, Box 347 PO, Gladesville 2111. Telephone 809 4241| +|**Editor**|Morag Ryder, Box 347 PO, Gladesville 2111. Telephone 809 4241| 
-|Production|Fran & Bill Holland Telephone 484 6636| +|**Production**|Fran & Bill Holland Telephone 484 6636| 
-|Typist|Kath Brown| +|**Typist**|Kath Brown| 
-|Illustrator|Morag Ryder| +|**Illustrator**|Morag Ryder| 
-|Printers|Kenn Clacher, Les Powell, Margaret Niven & Barrie Murdoch|+|**Printers**|Kenn Clacher, Les Powell, Margaret Niven & Barrie Murdoch|
  
 ====February 1991==== ====February 1991====
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 Last November Jim and Kath Brown wrote to Committee suggesting that Helen Gray, George Gray and Spiro Hajinakitas be added to our list of Honorary Active Members. At the December Committee Meeting the motion was unanimously passed to cries of "What a good idea!", and "We should have done it sooner!" The announcement was made at the Christmas Party and the certificates will be presented at the Annual General Meeting on 13th March. Last November Jim and Kath Brown wrote to Committee suggesting that Helen Gray, George Gray and Spiro Hajinakitas be added to our list of Honorary Active Members. At the December Committee Meeting the motion was unanimously passed to cries of "What a good idea!", and "We should have done it sooner!" The announcement was made at the Christmas Party and the certificates will be presented at the Annual General Meeting on 13th March.
  
-Such laurels are not easily won, but are given by the Club in sincere appretiation for years of service and support - as you will see by the following:-+Such laurels are not easily won, but are given by the Club in sincere appreciation for years of service and support - as you will see by the following:-
  
 ====Helen Gray==== ====Helen Gray====
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 Up down, up down, hotter and hotter. This was just not the day to be doing Boiler. Our throats were parched and the water we were carrying was rapidly running out. A quick lunch at noon before a dash along the flatter parts of the ridge to a large rock platform overlooking the ridge to the west which breaks up into a myriad of tors, spires and rocky outcrops. Up down, up down, hotter and hotter. This was just not the day to be doing Boiler. Our throats were parched and the water we were carrying was rapidly running out. A quick lunch at noon before a dash along the flatter parts of the ridge to a large rock platform overlooking the ridge to the west which breaks up into a myriad of tors, spires and rocky outcrops.
  
-From here the alternative plan of crossing Bungleboori directly back to Brakeevan Ridge had become a necessity, as we had run out of time and inclination to traverse the row of tors known as The Western Arthurs.+From here the alternative plan of crossing Bungleboori directly back to Brakevan Ridge had become a necessity, as we had run out of time and inclination to traverse the row of tors known as The Western Arthurs.
  
 It was five o'clock by the time we reached Bungleboori after the descent from the nose of a hundred metre high, five metre thick tongue of rock into a slit canyon (oh, the glorious clear cold water!) leading out into the main canyon. Right opposite are what look like three possible routes up out of Bungleboori. However the lowest was blocked by an overhang at the base and the middle one was filled by a very recent land slide. The third was one of those deep narrow slits which __might__ have been negotiable, but if it wasn't it would have cost us at least an hour and a half that we did not have. It was five o'clock by the time we reached Bungleboori after the descent from the nose of a hundred metre high, five metre thick tongue of rock into a slit canyon (oh, the glorious clear cold water!) leading out into the main canyon. Right opposite are what look like three possible routes up out of Bungleboori. However the lowest was blocked by an overhang at the base and the middle one was filled by a very recent land slide. The third was one of those deep narrow slits which __might__ have been negotiable, but if it wasn't it would have cost us at least an hour and a half that we did not have.
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 Dear Mrs Kirner, Dear Mrs Kirner,
  
-I recently visited the high mountain country of Victoria, and being quite keen on walking spent what would have been a glorious day walking in the Alpine National Park. I qualify my enthusiasm for this area becuase I was, frankly, surprised and quite appalled by the only too obvious results of the cattle grazing which is still allowed in this National Park - cattle excrement, resultant over-population of flies and the virtual denudation of the wild flowers which during the summer months would, and should be, carpeting the alpine plains.+I recently visited the high mountain country of Victoria, and being quite keen on walking spent what would have been a glorious day walking in the Alpine National Park. I qualify my enthusiasm for this area because I was, frankly, surprised and quite appalled by the only too obvious results of the cattle grazing which is still allowed in this National Park - cattle excrement, resultant over-population of flies and the virtual denudation of the wild flowers which during the summer months would, and should be, carpeting the alpine plains.
  
 I have often visited the New South Wales Kosciusko National Park during the summer months,  particularly the area between the Thredbo Chairlift and Mount Kosciusko, and this area never ceases to please and delight me - despite its ease of access, popularity and hence large numbers of people walking around this area, the fact that the cattle were banished from here some time ago has enabled the Park to return to its original splendour, the mess and abnormal quantities of flies being long gone and wild flowers once again flourish on the mountain sides and plains. I have often visited the New South Wales Kosciusko National Park during the summer months,  particularly the area between the Thredbo Chairlift and Mount Kosciusko, and this area never ceases to please and delight me - despite its ease of access, popularity and hence large numbers of people walking around this area, the fact that the cattle were banished from here some time ago has enabled the Park to return to its original splendour, the mess and abnormal quantities of flies being long gone and wild flowers once again flourish on the mountain sides and plains.
  
-These alpine regions particularly of South-East Australia are not only splendid places but they are also absolutely treasures of the nation. In a vast country such as ours, with so much space, it seems hard to justify use of our fine National Parke as grazing areas. Australia can, and should, preserve its National Parks in their natural state, as they always were, that is before the impact of man and his beasts upon the environment. There is room, and indeed greater know how and technology than previously, to enable cattle to be grazed on designated farmland and grazing areas outside the Parks. In my opinion, the Victorian Government in allowing this misuse of Alpine National Park is as guilty of spoiling a treasure of the nation as surely as if it were perpetrating a defacement of any other work of art. It is time to move the cattle out of the National Parks and preserve our heritage.+These alpine regions particularly of South-East Australia are not only splendid places but they are also absolutely treasures of the nation. In a vast country such as ours, with so much space, it seems hard to justify use of our fine National Parks as grazing areas. Australia can, and should, preserve its National Parks in their natural state, as they always were, that is before the impact of man and his beasts upon the environment. There is room, and indeed greater know how and technology than previously, to enable cattle to be grazed on designated farmland and grazing areas outside the Parks. In my opinion, the Victorian Government in allowing this misuse of Alpine National Park is as guilty of spoiling a treasure of the nation as surely as if it were perpetrating a defacement of any other work of art. It is time to move the cattle out of the National Parks and preserve our heritage.
  
 I would be interested in hearing of your government's future proposals on this subject. I would be interested in hearing of your government's future proposals on this subject.
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 ====Pilau (Spicy Rice With Green Peas)==== ====Pilau (Spicy Rice With Green Peas)====
  
-__Ingredients: (For One Person)__+===Ingredients: (For One Person)===
  
-  * 1/2 Cp long grain rice+  * 1/2 Cup long grain rice
   * 1 Tablespoon oil   * 1 Tablespoon oil
   * Small stick of cinnamon   * Small stick of cinnamon
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   * 1 Small onion, cut into strips   * 1 Small onion, cut into strips
    
-__Method:__+===Method:===
  
-  1. Heat oil, fry cashews until brown, remove the cashews +  Heat oil, fry cashews until brown, remove the cashews 
-  2. Fry sultanas for a min and remove +  Fry sultanas for a min and remove 
-  3. Fry onions until brown and remove +  Fry onions until brown and remove 
-  4. Fry the spices for 1 min (oil should not be too hot) +  Fry the spices for 1 min (oil should not be too hot) 
-  5. Mix turmeric and rice for 1 min away from the heat +  Mix turmeric and rice for 1 min away from the heat 
-  6. Add peas and water and bring to boil +  Add peas and water and bring to boil 
-  7. Cover and simmer gently until dry (don't burn) +  Cover and simmer gently until dry (don't burn) 
-  8. Remove Spices with spoon +  Remove Spices with spoon 
-  9. Spread cashews, sultanas and onions on top of the rice+  Spread cashews, sultanas and onions on top of the rice
  
 =====A Tale Of Three Rivers - A Christmas Lilo Adventure===== =====A Tale Of Three Rivers - A Christmas Lilo Adventure=====
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 ====Part Two - The Chandler River.==== ====Part Two - The Chandler River.====
  
-Thursday, 29 December 1988  +===Thursday, 29 December 1988=== 
-Dave got up early this morning AND STARTED THE FIRE! We had a 9.30 am start - straight + 
-into the water - EEEK! Cloudy with a rainy look to the morning again. At 10.30 am we stopped for morning tea, a fire and rock hugging. Even though the days were cloudy, the rocks were always VERY warm. David, meanwhile, repaired the foot-long tear in his lilo. We were all still VERY, VERY cold when it was time to get going again; Dave was the only one without thermals, so he borrowed my thermal jumper to test "this newfangled invention" +Dave got up early this morning and started the fire! We had a 9.30 am start - straight into the water - EEEK! Cloudy with a rainy look to the morning again. At 10.30 am we stopped for morning tea, a fire and rock hugging. Even though the days were cloudy, the rocks were always VERY warm. David, meanwhile, repaired the foot-long tear in his lilo. We were all still VERY, VERY cold when it was time to get going again; Dave was the only one without thermals, so he borrowed my thermal jumper to test "this newfangled invention" for a while. At the end of the day he decided that his wool jumper was just as good. 
-for a while. At the end of the day he decided that his wool jumper was just as good. + 
-Dave had to walk awhile before the patch had dried on his lilo, and just as he started Janet said to look out for snakes. He stumbled - he had almost trodden on a red-bellied black about five feet long - coincidence? We paddled on and on, making fair speed.. Lots of small fast rapids kept our pace up and kept all but Edith on their lilos throughout - poor Edith capsized on every rapid. It was a long day as we couldn't find any campsites from +Dave had to walk awhile before the patch had dried on his lilo, and just as he started Janet said to look out for snakes. He stumbled - he had almost trodden on a red-bellied black about five feet long - coincidence? We paddled on and on, making fair speed. Lots of small fast rapids kept our pace up and kept all but Edith on their lilos throughout - poor Edith capsized on every rapid. It was a long day as we couldn't find any campsites from about 3.00 pm on. Lots of flat areas were all totally freckled with bottom-sized rocks; could be an uncomfy night. 
-about 3.00 pm on. Lots of flat areas were all totally freckled withbottom-sized rocks; could be an uncomfy night. + 
-At 5.40 pmwe eventually found a site amongst some she-oaks. We got-a fire going at  +At 5.40 pm we eventually found a site amongst some she-oaks. We got-a fire going at  once and cowered around it, except for Janet and David who disappeared a long way up the slope behind us in search of ... sun. They stayed for hours after the sun had disappeared. The rest of us had dinner cooked and eaten by the time they returned. 
-once and cowered around it, except for Janet and David who disappeared a long way up the slope + 
-behind us in search of ... sun. They stayed for hours after thesun had disappeared. +===Friday, 30 September 1988=== 
-The rest of us had dinner cooked and eaten by the time they returned. + 
-Friday139.1pecember 1988  +Once again the day was cloudy. Edith started the fire and brought a hot cuppa to my door, mmmm! Janet and Dave started the day by cooking a breakfast of the remains of their previous evening - Indian curry. An early start saw us hit the water at 10 am - we meandered through lots of shallow, continuous rapids. Morning tea at 11.30 am, at the junction of the Styx and Chandler Rivers - a windy spot. 
-Once again the day was cloudy. Edith started the fire an0 brought a hot cuppa to my + 
-door, mmmm! Janet and Dave started the day by cooking a breakfast of the remains of their previous evening - Indian curry. An early start saw us hit the water at 10 am - we meandered through lots of shallow, continuous rapids. Morning tea at 11.30 am, at the junction of the Styx and Chandler Rivers - a windy spot. +The Chandler River was to be our path for the next few days and was a small, warm, sluggish trickle of water; obviously the Styx is the main contributor to the flow. We spent 1 1/4 hours around a fire here, then we were off down the Chandler - still no sun showing through. After passing a mob of fishermen's 4WDs at the bottom of a rough fire trail, we settled on a lunch spot of many pebbles and THE SUN CAME OUT. Lunch from 1 pm to 2.20 pm and a warm, cozy, luxurious one it was too. 
-The Chandler River was to be our path for the next few days and was a small, warm, sluggish trickle of water; obviously the Styx is the main contributor to the flow. We spent 14 hours around a fire here, then we were off down the Chandler - still no sun showing through. After passing a mob of fishermen's 4WDs at the bottom of a rough fire trail, we + 
-settled on a lunch spot of many pebbles and THE SUN CAME OUT. Lunch from 1 pm to 2.20 pm and a warm, cozy, luxurious one it was too. +Hugging rocks became a wonderful occupation on this trip. Me soggy and cold, they warm to hot and dry - even when it was cloudy all day. At every stop Dave would start a fire and out would come Dave and Janet's five-cup billy and their tea - excellent! 
-Hugging rocks became a wonderful occupabion on this trip. Me soggy and cold, they warm to hot and dry - even when it was cloudy all day. At every stop Dave Nould start a + 
-fire and out would come Dave and Janet's five-cup billy and their tea - excellent! +On again - when going down a rapid half an hour later into a really wide, very deep, sluggish pool, my lilo sent up a bubble... a spa... a quick sag - a puncture - no, several.... panic! Seems a buckle on my pad had done a sewing machine act and punctured several holes through both sides of my lilo. So after desperately trying to reach shore without sinking and getting cold and wet up to my neck (the sun had disappeared, OF COURSE), I walked the last half hour into camp. What a struggle - stinging nettles, slippery river stones and rock climbing. I was unimpressed, and the worst was that all could have been avoided. Edith, who was getting cold from several dips, also joined me after the worst of the walking, soon followed by David and Janet, also both cold, and Janet with a head cold too. 
-On again - when going down a rapid half an hour later into a really wide, very deep, sluggish pool, my lilo sent a bubble...a spa...a quick sag - a puncture - no, several.... panic! Seems a buckle on my padhad done a sewing machine act and punctured several holes + 
-through both sides of my lilo. So after desperately trying to reach shore without sinking and getting cold and wet up to my neck (the sun had disappeared, OF COURSE), I walked the +We wandered up to a wonderful grassy cow paddock, but couldn't catch Bob's attention. He was meandering swiftly downstream with the waterflow, looking most content! Eventually we stopped him and returned to a wonderful flat grassy spot for the evening. I had to dry my lilo and Janet's lilo also had several slow leaks. It was spitting rain, so we had trouble drying them before we could effect repairs - eventually successfully. My new lilo now had __four patches__. A totally dry night, could have slept under the stars, not a speck of rain after the afternoon splatter. 
-February 1991 The Sydney Bushwalker  Page ll + 
-last half hour into camp. What a struggle - stinging nettles, slippery river stones and rock climbing. I was unimpressed, and the worst was that all could have been avoided. Edith, who was getting cold from several dips, also joined me after the worst of the walking, soon followed by David and Janet, also both cold, and Janet with a head cold too. +===Saturday, 31 December 1988=== 
-We wandered up to a wonderful grassy cow paddock, but couldn't catch Bob's attention. + 
-He was meandering swiftly downstream with the waterflow, looking most content! Eventually +Janet and Dave sprang into an exceedingly early start. Fire lit, billy boiled, tea ready and waiting for all - and A SUNNY DAY.  I started out in thermals but soon changed into my bright new fluro orange and black sunning attire ,and set off to the river to soak up sun for a while. At 9.30 am, wondering what was keeping the others, yelled out "9.30 and we're all late!" People came running from all directions, thinking that something was wrong. I apologised and we set off. 
-we stopped him and returned to a wonderful flat grassy spot for the evening. I had to dry +
-my lilo and Janet's lilo also had several slow leaks. It was spitting rain, so we had trouble drying them before we could effect repairs - eventually successfully. My new lilo now had four patches. A totally dry night, could have slept under the stars, not a speck of rain after the afternoon splatter. +
-Saturday, 31 December 1988  +
-Janet and Dave sprang into an exceedingly early start. Fire lit, billy boiled, tea +
-ready and waiting for all - and A SUNNY DAY.  I started out in thermals but soon changed +
-into my bright new fluro orange and black sunning attire ,and set off to the river +
- soak up sun for a +
- : while. At 9.30 am, wondering what was +
- keeping the others, yelled out "9.30 and we're all late!" People came running from all directions, thinking that something was wrong. I apologised and we set off.+
 A fast, easy day with lots of sun, gentle, shallow, rapids and big, deep, pools just teeming with fish. Dave and Janet adopted an unusual form of travel today. Janet going down the river forwards, Dave going along backwards with his toes entwined with Janet's toes. They unfortunately came to grief while attempting a rapid in this fashion. Dave at the front facing backwards didn't see the stick which they both hit and which managed to tear both lilos and land them in the water. They walked for the rest of the day. A fast, easy day with lots of sun, gentle, shallow, rapids and big, deep, pools just teeming with fish. Dave and Janet adopted an unusual form of travel today. Janet going down the river forwards, Dave going along backwards with his toes entwined with Janet's toes. They unfortunately came to grief while attempting a rapid in this fashion. Dave at the front facing backwards didn't see the stick which they both hit and which managed to tear both lilos and land them in the water. They walked for the rest of the day.
 +
 At lunch I got out my fishing line, as the river was filled to overflowing with monster trout. All I managed was a massive tangle in the line, and that was before I even got it in the water. Edith attempted to untangle it and was partly successful. At lunch I got out my fishing line, as the river was filled to overflowing with monster trout. All I managed was a massive tangle in the line, and that was before I even got it in the water. Edith attempted to untangle it and was partly successful.
-Today our aim for camp was the Chandler/Macleay River junction. We made it at 5.45 pm, but then spent a fair time looking for a good campsite to seeT in the New Year. Bob found a big flat paddock, covered with green grass, where a bushfire had been through about ten months before. To celebrate New Year's Eve, Dave and janet emptied their humungus packs to reveal a feast. Vitawheats withj)hilly cheese and glace fruit, lollies and all sorts of other goodies. 
-The rest of us managed to add a few things too. Halve, chocky, cashews, hot rum and lemon 
-barley drinks, Violet Crumbles and two litres of port. We were all too full for dinner and at 10 pm Janet, Edith and myself crashed. The guys stayed up "To have a'wee bit more port", 
-and I believe Janet woke up close to midnight to again join the 'wild party'  should 
-auld acquaintance be forgot.... zzzzzz. 
-TO BE CONTINUED' 
  
 +Today our aim for camp was the Chandler/Macleay River junction. We made it at 5.45 pm, but then spent a fair time looking for a good campsite to see in the New Year. Bob found a big flat paddock, covered with green grass, where a bushfire had been through about ten months before. To celebrate New Year's Eve, Dave and Janet emptied their humungus packs to reveal a feast. Vitawheats with Philly cheese and glace fruit, lollies and all sorts of other goodies. The rest of us managed to add a few things too. Halva, chocky, cashews, hot rum and lemon barley drinks, Violet Crumbles and two litres of port. We were all too full for dinner and at 10 pm Janet, Edith and myself crashed. The guys stayed up "To have a wee bit more port", and I believe Janet woke up close to midnight to again join the 'wild party'...  should auld acquaintance be forgot.... zzzzzz.
 +
 +To be continued...
 +
 +=====The January General Meeting.=====
  
-THEJANUARY GENERAL  MEETING 
 by Barry Wallace by Barry Wallace
  
 So, these are the new premises; leafy, bucolic, two storey sandstone building with top floor verandahs front and rear, ex-gracious abode of the rich, famous, or both. The evening is clammy and warm, and the milling hordes, limited room sizes, interrogation style track lights and lack of ceiling fans aren't helping. At last the committee is done and at 2033 the President, with a surfeit of gonging, calls the meeting of some 35 (in the room that is, there were around 70 present in all) to order. So, these are the new premises; leafy, bucolic, two storey sandstone building with top floor verandahs front and rear, ex-gracious abode of the rich, famous, or both. The evening is clammy and warm, and the milling hordes, limited room sizes, interrogation style track lights and lack of ceiling fans aren't helping. At last the committee is done and at 2033 the President, with a surfeit of gonging, calls the meeting of some 35 (in the room that is, there were around 70 present in all) to order.
-We began with Bill explaining the facilities and promising that we would soon have fans to cool our Collective beaded brows. There were apologies from Jim Brown and Maurie Bloom. New members Frith Hamilton and Stephen Bieger were welcomed into membership.+ 
 +We began with Bill explaining the facilities and promising that we would soon have fans to cool our collective beaded brows. There were apologies from Jim Brown and Maurie Bloom. New members Erith Hamilton and Stephen Bieger were welcomed into membership. 
 The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and received with no matters arising. The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and received with no matters arising.
 +
 There was no Treasurer's Report. Tony was still out there wrestling with our end of year accounts. There was no Treasurer's Report. Tony was still out there wrestling with our end of year accounts.
 +
 There was a Social Report. There was a Social Report.
-The Walks Report began at the weekend of 14,15,16 December with the news that Les Powell's weekend walk on the Nattai did not go. It seems Les was laid low by an exotic bug he picked up in some foreign parts. No Virginia not those foreign parts. Of the day walks Ralph Penglis's Sydney Harbour Walk 'went, but there was no report. Brenda Cameronle Waterfall to Heathcote trip went with 20 starters and there were no details of Peter Christian's planned Fortress Creek Canyon trip. The following weekend Goff McIntosh led a flotilla of 4 li-los and a blow-up plastic boat on his Du Faurs Creek canyon li-trip. + 
-Ian Rannard's extended walk on Bogong High Plains (Dec 26 to Jan 1) had a party of 16 +The Walks Report began at the weekend of 14,15,16 December with the news that Les Powell's weekend walk on the Nattai did not go. It seems Les was laid low by an exotic bug he picked up in some foreign parts. No Virginia not those foreign parts. Of the day walks Ralph Penglis's Sydney Harbour Walk went, but there was no report. Brenda Cameron'Waterfall to Heathcote trip went with 20 starters and there were no details of Peter Christian's planned Fortress Creek Canyon trip. The following weekend Geoff McIntosh led a flotilla of 4 li-los and a blow-up plastic boat on his Du Faurs Creek canyon li-lo trip. 
-and went to program. Geoff Dowsett's Ben Boyd National Park walk (Jan 2 to Jan 6) had a party of 8 Ion a beautiful day walk - somewhere. + 
-The weekend of Jan 5,6 sgui Morag Ryder cancel her Bluegum area walk due to the presence +Ian Rannard's extended walk on Bogong High Plains (Dec 26 to Jan 1) had a party of 16 and went to program. Geoff Dowsett's Ben Boyd National Park walk (Jan 2 to Jan 6) had a party of 8 on a beautiful day walk - somewhere. 
-of bushfiresi while Ralph Penglisis Bundeena to Otford day trip wasled by Keith Docherty witha party of 10. + 
-January 12,13 saw Wayne Steele leading a party of 4 on his CoX River area walk. There were 4 in the party, it went to programOs very hot. Ian Debert's Northern Beaches ramble/ barbecue attracted 9 on the ramble and another 9 at the barbecue. Judy Mehaffey reported 12 enjoying a pleasant walk on her Waterfall to Heathcote day trip. +The weekend of Jan 5,6 saw Morag Ryder cancel her Bluegum area walk due to the presence of bushfires, while Ralph Penglis'Bundeena to Otford day trip was led by Keith Docherty with a party of 10. 
-The Conservation Report covered that season when men's hearts are full of goodwill and politicians and developers slip the odd one past while everyone is looking the other way. It seems the Feds. gave the woodchip industry rights to another 4 million tons of wood chips and, at the local level, the bulldozers moved in on the Koala 'colony at Wedderburn. + 
-The Confederation Report indicated ti-eCanberra bUshwalkers look set to part ways with Confederation over the matter of annual fees, and that the Confederation will meet at Ashfield R.S.L. throughout 1991 at some new frequency of meeting yet to be determined. A new track is to be established from Kanangra Tops saddle to the Coal Seam cave. Work is scheduled for +January 12,13 saw Wayne Steele leading a party of 4 on his Cox River area walk. There were 4 in the party, it went to program and was very hot. Ian Debert's Northern Beaches ramble/barbecue attracted 9 on the ramble and another 9 at the barbecue. Judy Mehaffey reported 12 enjoying a pleasant walk on her Waterfall to Heathcote day trip. 
-13,14 April. If you are available to help please contact Garry PHilpott on 745-3634 (H). + 
-Then came General Business, oh lardy! The Reunion, its timing and location were the +The Conservation Report covered that season when men's hearts are full of goodwill and politicians and developers slip the odd one past while everyone is looking the other way. It seems the Feds. gave the woodchip industry rights to another 4 million tons of wood chips and, at the local level, the bulldozers moved in on the Koala colony at Wedderburn. 
-subject to reason about. Bill led us into a maze of polling for opinions using multiple + 
-choice and split decision voting in the ball-park at a grass roots level. Those who paid +The Confederation Report indicated that Canberra bushwalkers look set to part ways with Confederation over the matter of annual fees, and that the Confederation will meet at Ashfield R.S.L. throughout 1991 at some new frequency of meeting yet to be determined. A new track is to be established from Kanangra Tops saddle to the Coal Seam cave. Work is scheduled for 13,14 April. If you are available to help please contact Garry Philpott on 745-3634 (H). 
-attention were thoroughly confused except for two ladies who had managed to !allow the tortuous + 
-strands of Bill's logic well enough to point out that they were not logically sound. The +Then came General Business, oh lardy! The Reunion, its timing and location were the subject to reason about. Bill led us into a maze of polling for opinions using multiple choice and split decision voting in the ball-park at a grass roots level. Those who paid attention were thoroughly confused except for two ladies who had managed to follow the tortuous strands of Bill's logic well enough to point out that they were not logically sound. The next Reunion will definitely be held somewhere at some time, I think. Watch that space. 
-next Reunion will definitely be held somewhere at some time, I think. Watch that space.+
 The meeting closed at 2148. The meeting closed at 2148.
-February 1991 The $y4Huy.B6shwa1ker Page 13 + 
-IMPRESSIONS OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA +=====Impressions of Czechoslovakia - Winter 1990/1991.===== 
-WINTER 1992L1991+
 by Helen Gray by Helen Gray
-Gabrielle and I met in Frankfurt and left in the evening for Czechoslovakia. In our + 
-sleeping compartment was a Czech woman who told us how wonderful it was for her to now be able to cross freely in and out of her country. "Freely" it might be in her eyes; to me it was quite intimidating. We crossed the border just after midnight. The train stopped with a jerk that woke me, and looking through the window I could see only deep snow everywhere u-one lone building from which emerged two armed and uniformed men. These two then went through the train, waking everyone, scrutinising thoroughly every pasport and visa, asking many questions (we were lucky to have our Czech friend'interpetations) and finally, +Gabrielle and I met in Frankfurt and left in the evening for Czechoslovakia. In our sleeping compartment was a Czech woman who told us how wonderful it was for her to now be able to cross freely in and out of her country. "Freely" it might be in her eyes; to me it was quite intimidating. We crossed the border just after midnight. The train stopped with a jerk that woke me, and looking through the window I could see only deep snow everywhere - one lone building from which emerged two armed and uniformed men. These two then went through the train, waking everyone, scrutinising thoroughly every passport and visa, asking many questions (we were lucky to have our Czech friend'interpretations) and finally, reluctantly satisfied with our answers, passing on. The train didn't move off for another hour or so. 
-reluctantly satisfied with our answers, passing on. The train didn't move off for another + 
-hour or so. +I'll jump ahead of myself to tell you about buying a railway ticket out of the country a few days later. We had plenty of Czech currency to buy the tickets, only to find that foreign currency (i.e. "good" currency like Deutchmarks or U.S. dollars) is necessary for buying tickets out of the country. (My friend Jurgen in Germany __insisted__ on lending me 500 DM as I was leaving, insisting that Visa card was not good enough where I was going. How right he was!) Anyway, others without foreign cash - i.e. the ordinary Czechs - stood like us for 11 hours in a queue. We were treated with total indifference, they were treated like dirt. Endless form filling, then to another counter (i.e. another queue) to pay for the tickets, then given a receipt and told to come back in 3 hours for the ticket and - yes, another queue. Over half a day to buy a railway ticket! 
-I'll jump ahead of myself to tell you about buying a railway ticket out of the country a few days later. We had plenty of Czech currency to buy the tickets, only to find that foreign currency (i.e. "good" curreny like Deutchmarks or U.S. dollars) is necessary for buying tickets out of the country. (My friend Jurgen in Germany insisted on lending me 500 DM as I was leaving, insisting that Visa card was not good enough where I was going. How right he was!) Anyway, others without foreign cash - i.e. the ordinary Czechs - stood like us for 11 hours in a queue. We were treated with total indifference, they were treated + 
-like dirt. Endless form filling, then to another counter (i.e. another queue) to pay for the tickts, then given a receipt and told to come back in 3 hours for the ticket and - yes, another queue. Over half a day to buy a railway ticket! +be lived like kings in Prague on the $30 a day we were required to change (and can neither take out of the country nor exchange). The most expensive restaurant meal costs about $4. But for the Czech life is very hard. Restaurants are empty except for the odd tourist. Every food shop had a long queue stretching down the street. The shortest queue I saw was three; that shop had, as total stock, broken onions, apples and one cabbage. The only women we saw were in shopping queues. The streets are full of wandering men. It was so frustrating not to be able to read or speak the language, and "where are all the women" was just one of a hundred questions we wanted answered. We spent two nights in the home of a family who were probably quite affluent by Czech standards as they had two rooms to rent and the husband had a job. Yet they were so very poor by Australian standards. And when we accidentally knocked on the wrong door when looking for our accommodation we saw depressing poverty. 
-be lived like kings in Prague on the $30 a day we were required to change (and can + 
-neither take out of the country nor exchange). The most expensive restaurant meal costs about $4. But for the Czech life is very hard. Restaurants are empty except for the odd tourist. Every food shop had a long queue stretching down the street. The shortest queue I saw was three; that shop had, as total stock, broken onions, apples and one callbage. The only women +Czechoslovakia intends/hopes to be in the Common Market in '92, so I can't understand how the E.E.C. will work. Next door is Germany with about zero inflation, yet Czechoslovakia was expecting a 500% devaluation of money in January. 
-we saw were in shopping queues. The streets are full of wandering men. It was so frustrating not to be able to read or speak the language, and "where are all the women" was just one of a hundred questions we wanted answered. We spent two nights in the home of a family who were probably quite affluent by Czech.standaids as.they had two rooms to rent and the husband had a job. Yet they were so very poorby Australian standards. And when we accidently knocked on the wrong door when looking for our accommodation we saw depressing poverty. + 
-Czechoslovakia intends/hopes to be in the Common Market in '92, so I can't understand +The people are quietIf I got separated from the others in a busy street, I could often hear them talking to one another even 25-35 yards away. It is probably the Slavic in them that gives most people broad faces and wide-set eyes, which result in a pleasant, open-faced look that is most appealing. People are courteous (even car drivers!) and warm and for me that meant a lot when communication was nil. I always felt very safe, even in the darkest alleys on the way "home" from the opera late at night. (By the way, best-seat-in-the-house in the most glorious of opera houses - all gold, red velvet, cherubs, ceiling frescos etc - to see a world-class production of "Fidelio" cost $2.50.) 
-how the E.E.C. will work. Next door is Germany with about zero inflation, yet Czechoslovakia + 
-was expecting a 500% devaluation -of moneyin January. +Prague is grubby and grimy because there is no money to clean buildings, but they (the buildings) are not falling down and every street and lane is a delight. There were buskers in town squares of the highest standard you've ever heard outside the Opera House. And jazz! New Orleans-style jazz is a feature of Prague, and that was __wonderful__
-The people are quietIf I got separated from the others in a busy street, I could often + 
-hear them talking to one another even 25-35 yards away. It is probably the Slavic in them that gives most people broad faces and wide-set eyes, which result in a pleasant, open-faced look that is most appealing. People are courteous (even car drivers!) and warm and for me that meant a lot when communication was nil. I always felt very safe, even in the darkest +=====Aftermath.===== 
-alleys on the way "home" from the opera late at night. (By the way, best-seat-in-the-house in the most glorious of opera houses - all gold, red velvet, cherubs, ceiling frescos etc - to see a world-class production of "Fidelio" cost $2.50.) + 
-Prague is grubby and grimy becausd there is no money to clean buildings, but they (the buildings) are not falling dqwn and every street and lane is a delight. There were buskers in town squares of the highest standard you've ever heard outside the Opera House. And jazz! +Smoke still gives a bitter taste\\ 
-New Orleans-style jazz is a feature of Prague, and that was wonderful+to the rain-washed air\\ 
-* * * ** * * * +stumps below the earth\\
-Page 14 The Sydney Bushwalker 'February 1991 +
-AFTERMATH +
- Smoke still gives a bitter taste +
-to the rain-washed air +
-stumps below the earth+
 still smoulder thin white plumes. still smoulder thin white plumes.
- Soaked ashes are warmly damp + 
-and full of cruffibling bones +Soaked ashes are warmly damp\\ 
-lizards, birds and possums which roasted in the blast. +and full of crumbling bones\\ 
-Skeleton trees and blackened rock +lizards, birds and possums\\ 
- make nightmare landscape +which roasted in the blast. 
-the ashen smell of death still rising after days of tardy rain , + 
- Procrastinating while the February Dragon roamed at will and seared the land devouring two centuries of growth'+Skeleton trees and blackened rock\\ 
 +make nightmare landscape\\ 
 +the ashen smell of death still rising\\ 
 +after days of tardy rain 
 + 
 +Procrastinating while the February Dragon\\ 
 +roamed at will and seared the land\\ 
 +devouring two centuries of growth\\
 in one greedy hour. in one greedy hour.
 +
 Morag Ryder Morag Ryder
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