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+ | ====== The Sydney Bushwalker ====== | ||
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Established June 1931 | Established June 1931 | ||
- | A monthly bulletin of matters of' | + | |
- | EDITOR | + | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to The Sydney Bush Walkers Incorporated, |
- | BUSINESS MANAGER | + | |
- | ' | + | |**Editor**|Judy O' |
- | Judy O' | + | |**Business Manager**|Joy Hynes, 36 Lewis Street, Dee Why 2099 Telephone 982 2615 or 888 3144 (Business)| |
- | Joy Hynes, 36 Lewis Street, Dee Why 2099 Telephone 982 2615 or 888 3144 (Business) | + | |**Production Manager**|George Gray - Telephone 876 6263| |
- | George Gray - Telephone 876 6263 | + | |**Typist**|Kath Brown & Others| |
- | TYPIST (and LAY OUT) Kath Brown | + | |**Illustrator**|Morag Ryder| |
- | ILLUSTRATOR | + | |**Printers**|Kenn Clacher, Les Powell, Margaret Niven, Barrie Murdoch & Kay Chan| |
- | PRINTERS | + | |
- | DECEMBER | + | ===== December |
- | Saving of Blue Gum Forest Commemorated It's All in a Day - Jan's *I to K* A Taste of Kakadu | + | |
- | Four Wheel Driving on Fraser Island Getting Over | + | | | |Page| |
- | The November General Meeting | + | |Saving of Blue Gum Forest Commemorated|Alex Colley|2| |
- | A. Worthy Call - | + | |It's All in a Day - Jan's *K to K#|Jean Kendall|3| |
- | A Day at the Circus - A.Phantasy. | + | |A Taste of Kakadu|Geoff Grace|4| |
- | Fire Bane | + | |Four Wheel Driving on Fraser Island|Brian Holden|7| |
- | Social Notes | + | |Getting Over|Jim Brown|11| |
- | Advertisements' | + | |The November General Meeting|Barry Wallace|13| |
- | .Paddy Pallin - the Leaders in Adventure Willis' | + | |A Worthy Call|Editor|14| |
- | Eastwood Camping Centre | + | |A Day at the Circus - A Phantasy|" |
- | Page | + | |Fire Bans|Editor|16| |
- | Alex Colley 2 | + | |Social Notes|Fran Holland|16| |
- | Jean Kendall 3 | + | |
- | Geoff Grace 4 | + | ===== Advertisements |
- | Brian Holden 7 | + | |
- | Jim Brown 11 | + | | |Page| |
- | Barry Wallace 13 | + | |Paddy Pallin - the Leaders in Adventure|6| |
- | Editor 14 | + | |Willis' |
- | " | + | |Eastwood Camping Centre|10| |
- | Editor 16 | + | |
- | Fran Holland 16 | + | ---- |
- | 6 | + | To all Club Members - Merry Christmas |
- | 9 | + | |
- | 10 | + | ---- |
- | Page 2 | + | |
- | The Sydney Bushwalker December 1991 | + | ===== Saving Of Blue Gum Forest Commemorated ===== |
- | To all Club Members - Merry Christmas a Happy New Year.- Good Walking! | + | |
- | * * 41 * * * * 41.41 * | + | Just over 60 years ago on November 15th 1931, a small party of Sydney Bush Walkers and Mountain |
- | SAVING OF BLUE GUM FOREST COMMEMORATED | + | |
- | Tust over 60 years ago-on November 15th 1931, a small party of Sydney Bush :Walkers and mountain | + | |
- | now existing in !act. although not.. inname' | + | |
On December 6th this year, Bill Holland, Dot Butler and Alex Colley presented a cheque for $130 to the Hon. Tim Moore, Minister for the Environment for the purposes of the Wilderness Fund which, though created under the Wilderness Act 1987, was not operative. Mr. Moore was pleased to accept our cheque and announced that $82,000 would be transferred to the fund from the National Parks & Wildlife Service for the purpose of the assessment of wilderness areas nominations. | On December 6th this year, Bill Holland, Dot Butler and Alex Colley presented a cheque for $130 to the Hon. Tim Moore, Minister for the Environment for the purposes of the Wilderness Fund which, though created under the Wilderness Act 1987, was not operative. Mr. Moore was pleased to accept our cheque and announced that $82,000 would be transferred to the fund from the National Parks & Wildlife Service for the purpose of the assessment of wilderness areas nominations. | ||
- | It is very appropriate that the Sydney Bush Walkers, having in effect presented the Forest to the people of has now been able to open the Wilderness Fund. - two firstsfor.the Sydney Bush Walkers!' | + | |
- | i*****A*41****-11- | + | It is very appropriate that the Sydney Bush Walkers, having in effect presented the Forest to the people of N.S.W. |
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+ | ---- | ||
Alex will make a more detailed conservation report for the next magazine. | Alex will make a more detailed conservation report for the next magazine. | ||
- | iy people will have seen the beautiful | + | |
- | December 1991 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 3 | + | Many people will have seen the beautiful |
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+ | ===== It's all in a day - Jan's "K to K" ===== | ||
September 7th 1991 | September 7th 1991 | ||
- | It's all in a day. Jan' | + | |
(By Jean Kendall) | (By Jean Kendall) | ||
+ | |||
Leader: Jan Mohandas | Leader: Jan Mohandas | ||
- | Participants: | + | |
- | It was crisp & cold when we emerged from our tents at 4.45 am; but it promised to be a clear fine day. The bad news comes from Morrie; Jan does not Want a fire lit, he obviously fears we might sit around it too long. Am I really going to walk 55 km without a cup of coffee!? Dave saves the day, he has a stove. | + | Participants: |
- | I complain to Henri, my hands are freezing as I dismantle the tent poles. "What are you, man or mouse?'' | + | |
- | There is a subdued excitement as we all go about our packing silently. Its 5.45 am when we start the cars & set off for Kanangra | + | It was crisp & cold when we emerged from our tents at 4.45 am; but it promised to be a clear fine day. The bad news comes from Morrie; Jan does not want a fire lit, he obviously fears we might sit around it too long. Am I really going to walk 55 km without a cup of coffee!? Dave saves the day, he has a stove. |
- | At 6.05 am we start walking, the sun is bright, but it icy cold. The pace is fast & my legs haven' | + | |
- | We are soon urged on from behind by Jan & Michelle to quicken the pace as we are a little behind last year' | + | I complain to Henri, my hands are freezing as I dismantle the tent poles. "What are you, man or mouse?" |
- | Mt High & Mighty is the point of no return & Michelle Powell, Tony Manes, Dick Weston & Jan Hodges our support team turn around, we will see them again at Turas Ladders. | + | |
- | Somehow I lose the track on the way to Cloudmaker, surely I shouldn' | + | There is a subdued excitement as we all go about our packing silently. Its 5.45 am when we start the cars & set off for Kanangra |
- | At Dex creek we collect water. My penalty (handicap?) is extra water. Others are carrying such emergency items as sleeping bag, tent fly, & extra food. | + | |
+ | At 6.05 am we start walking, the sun is bright, but it' | ||
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+ | We are soon urged on from behind by Jan & Michelle to quicken the pace as we are a little behind last year' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Mt High & Mighty is the point of no return & Michelle Powell, Tony Manes, Dick Weston & Jan Hodges our support team turn around, we will see them again at Tarros | ||
+ | |||
+ | Somehow I lose the track on the way to Cloudmaker, surely I shouldn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | At Dex Creek we collect water. My penalty (handicap?) is extra water. Others are carrying such emergency items as sleeping bag, tent fly, & extra food. | ||
We enjoy a fifteen minute break for morning tea & we seem to have caught up on a little time. By now I feel less stressed after all there' | We enjoy a fifteen minute break for morning tea & we seem to have caught up on a little time. By now I feel less stressed after all there' | ||
- | So on we go over. Mt Strongleg ridge ie., Mt Moorilla Maloo, Mt Amarina & we have our first small lunch stop on Mt Strongleg. By now it is getting very warm & it's nice to sit in the shade for a while. | + | |
- | We begin the steep descent from Mt Strongleg to the Cox river. Everyone had - told me about this descent & my bruised toe nails from years of jogging & walking hit the toes of my volley' | + | So on we go over Mt Strongleg ridge ie., Mt Moorilla Maloo, Mt Amarina & we have our first small lunch stop on Mt Strongleg. By now it is getting very warm & it's nice to sit in the shade for a while. |
- | We reach the Cox & my legs feel like noodles. The cold water is so welcoming; much different to the freezing cold crossing on the six foot track 3 Weeks previously. We are now really feeling, heat & it nice to- wet shirts ready for the Mt Yellow | + | |
- | Page 4 The Sydney Bushwalkor December 1991 | + | We begin the steep descent from Mt Strongleg to the Coxs River. Everyone had told me about this descent & my bruised toe nails from years of jogging & walking hit the toes of my volleys |
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+ | We reach the Cox & my legs feel like noodles. The cold water is so welcoming; much different to the freezing cold crossing on the Six Foot Track 3 weeks previously. We are now really feeling | ||
- | I reach the summit just in time for the second small lunch. In 5 minutes we are off again & it's 2.15 pm. Now we are apparently half-way and just before leaving, Jan calmly tells us we | + | I reach the summit just in time for the second small lunch. In 5 minutes we are off again & it's 2.15 pm. Now we are apparently half-way and just before leaving, Jan calmly tells us we have now an ordinary day walk to complete - just an Otford to Bundeena! |
- | have now an ordinary day walk to complete - just an Otford to Bundeena! | + | |
- | The rest of the walk & reflect on what a silent walk this has been; the grim determination on the faces of the walkers & the excitement of knowing that you are nearing the end of a great walk. | + | The rest of the walk I reflect on what a silent walk this has been; the grim determination on the faces of the walkers & the excitement of knowing that you are nearing the end of a great walk. |
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- | What a welcoming group greet us at Tarro' | + | Medlow Gap was the last re-grouping - I won't see the rest of the group until the Golden Stairs - they are flying. |
- | Some of the support group will also have walked over 30 km by the time we arrive at Golden Stairs. | + | |
- | Gradually we quicken the pace for the final 9 Km dash along Narrow. Neck & I feel every incline. The first person arrived at 5.45 pm & by 6.45 pm we were all back at the cars; tired but all prepared to walk the "K to K" next year: | + | What a welcoming group greet us at Tarros |
- | A TASTE OF KAKADU | + | |
+ | Some of the support group will also have walked over 30 km by the time we arrive at Golden Stairs. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Gradually we quicken the pace for the final 9 km dash along Narrow Neck & I feel every incline. The first person arrived at 5.45 pm & by 6.45 pm we were all back at the cars; tired but all prepared to walk the "K to K" next year. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== A Taste Of Kakadu ===== | ||
by Geoff Grace | by Geoff Grace | ||
- | An airfare price war, an offer of Cheap accommodation, | + | |
- | My wife and I stayed with our medico son Robert, who found sufficient flexibility in his shift work at the Hospital to drive us to well known tourist spots at Katherine, Litchfield and Kakadii. | + | An airfare price war, an offer of cheap accommodation, |
- | \ | + | |
- | Having visited a cross section of the major tourist sights, I was given a leave pass by Reta. I Contacted | + | My wife and I stayed with our medico son Robert, who found sufficient flexibility in his shift work at the Hospital to drive us to well known tourist spots at Katherine, Litchfield and Kakadu. |
- | Marj, Steve and Russell from Darwin Bushwalking Club, two visitors from Maroondah Bushwalking Club of Melbourne and myself made up the party. Russell is already well known to Sydney Bush Walkers - a regular advertiser in our magazine - Russell Willis of " | + | |
- | Walkabouts" | + | Having visited a cross section of the major tourist sights, I was given a leave pass by Reta. I contacted |
- | The end of September in the Top End is hot and humid.. It's entering the "build up" leading to the commencement of the Wet. We set out on Friday evening with temperature | + | |
- | To cut a long thtory | + | Marj, Steve and Russell from Darwin Bushwalking Club, two visitors from Maroondah Bushwalking Club of Melbourne and myself made up the party. Russell is already well known to Sydney Bush Walkers - a regular advertiser in our magazine - Russell Willis of " |
- | ancestor says aboriginal lore). | + | |
- | Up early. The plan - walk to Motor Car Creek, climb the escarpment, walk the creek | + | The end of September in the Top End is hot and humid. It's entering the "build up" leading to the commencement of the Wet. We set out on Friday evening with temperature |
- | to near its source, then traverse cross country to Kurrundie Creek, then down the creek to | + | |
- | a known fine campsite with cool swimming hole. Fantastic. | + | To cut a long story short, after travelling 300 km south on the Stuart Highway to Pine Creek, we headed east on the Kakadu Highway 100 km to near the escarpment - a hot dry camp under a starry sky. A curlew wailed loudly during the night (the spirit voice of a dead ancestor says aboriginal lore). |
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+ | Up early. The plan - walk to Motor Car Creek, climb the escarpment, walk the creek to near its source, then traverse cross country to Kurrundie Creek, then down the creek to a known fine campsite with cool swimming hole. Fantastic. | ||
We travelled at the rate of about one litre of water per kilometre! The water situation is of continual concern. | We travelled at the rate of about one litre of water per kilometre! The water situation is of continual concern. | ||
- | December 1991 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 5 | + | |
- | The.bush is fairly open with hardy, straggly trees with lots of spear-grass and dry, open understorey. Watercourses are clearly defined by green foliage. We swam in idyllic pools (no crocs), climbed the escarpment, stirred up buffalo and wild pigs (saw the damage | + | The bush is fairly open with hardy, straggly trees with lots of spear-grass and dry, open understorey. Watercourses are clearly defined by green foliage. We swam in idyllic pools (no crocs), climbed the escarpment, stirred up buffalo and wild pigs (saw the damage they are causing), flushed kangaroos, snakes, water monitors, lots of bird life, enjoyed views of wild country, ate wild passionfruit, |
- | they are causing), flushed kangaroos, snakes, water monitors, lots of bird life, enjoyed views of wild country, ate wild passionfruit, | + | |
- | and at night, the wondrous glory of the everlasting stars. | + | ...and at night, the wondrous glory of the everlasting stars. |
- | On Saturday night I was awakened by the mystical, haunting, beautiful sound of the wing beats of Magpie Geese as they flew overhead, honking and talking as they winged away into | + | |
- | the distance. Beautiful! | + | On Saturday night I was awakened by the mystical, haunting, beautiful sound of the wing beats of Magpie Geese as they flew overhead, honking and talking as they winged away into the distance. Beautiful! |
I should mention that in northern Kakadu at a wetland called Mamukala, I had the experience of seeing around 25,000 Magpie Geese all at the one time, and all happily feeding along with other birdlife on the products of the wetland. A fantastic sight. | I should mention that in northern Kakadu at a wetland called Mamukala, I had the experience of seeing around 25,000 Magpie Geese all at the one time, and all happily feeding along with other birdlife on the products of the wetland. A fantastic sight. | ||
- | Sunday, more great swims in fantastic rock pools with mysterious gas bubbling' | + | |
- | hot scrambles. to get down from the escarpment but then, at the bottom, more swimming in Shady. , pools! | + | Sunday, more great swims in fantastic rock pools with mysterious gas bubblings. A few hot scrambles to get down from the escarpment but then, at the bottom, more swimming in shady pools! |
- | The walk back to the cars-was interrupted | + | |
- | Thanks to Darwin | + | The walk back to the cars was interrupted |
- | actually a bit of a bludge - but for me - new country and a new experience. Kakadu is | + | |
- | different. I also enjoyed getting away from the tourist crowds. | + | Thanks to Darwin |
- | * 3f * * * * * | + | |
- | by Geoff Grace | + | ---- |
- | SALTWATER CROCODILES ARE HIGHLY DANGEROUS | + | |
- | Fortunat.ely, | + | **Please note** - The clubroom will be closed for three weeks over Xmas - New Year period. The first meeting for 1992 will be on 15th January. |
- | PLEASE NOTE - The clubroom will be closed for three -weeks over Xmas - | + | |
- | New Year period. The. first meeting for 1992 will be on 15th January. | + | ---- |
- | .********* | + | |
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- | December 1991 The Sydney Bushwalker, Page 7 | + | |
- | FOUR. WHEEL DRIVING ON FRASER ISLAND | + | |
by Brian Holden | by Brian Holden | ||
- | 12/20 October '91. | ||
- | Participants: | ||
- | Women were not meant to understand a lot of things and the buzza red-blooded male gets with four big wheels underneath him is one of them. One of them told me that when I get behind the wheel of my own 4WD I step into. Marlborough Country. Garbage! This was not | + | ===12/20 October |
- | escapism. This was the real stuff. This was the famous Fraser Island. Man and machine | + | |
- | in a remote place. And it was to be an all-new 4WD experience for me - sand!! This time | + | |
- | I was not driving but was, nevertheless, | + | |
- | * * * * * | + | |
- | "Let the wheels spin and you will simply dig a hole for yourself" | + | |
- | learned that to this young man's warning could be added another; you.must always keep the vehicle moving when crossing a sandy creeks As an eXtreme example of what can happen: a spanking new Range Rover stopped in the course of one Of the numerous creeks which emerge from the dunes to cut across the beach to the sea. That vehicle submerged almost as | + | |
- | fast as Glen Ford took down the Tiger Shark - the sons of Nippon right on him. So what happened here? If you were to stand at the surf's edge you would notice that your feet will rapidly sink as each wave that moves over them cuts the sand from underneath. The same process completely buried the vehicle in minutes. The sad remains re-emerged in the surf Some months later' | + | |
- | While travelling at speed to suddenly, sink into deep wet sand causes the same physical sensation Randolph Scott must have felt when his horse dropped dead under him - a Comanche arrow through its heart. In dry sand stomach sink is the emotional type. It gradually | + | |
- | increases as the awareness increases that the vehicle' | + | |
- | One of our group' | + | |
- | women were placed out of harm's way and the men swung into action. The strap is a long thick tape which has enough elasticity to jerk the high-revving trapped vehicle into getting | + | |
- | a roll on. The driver gunned his engine, stuck up both.thumbs Signalling all systems go | + | |
- | and took off when the strap snapped tight. I experienced the smae tingle I felt when I saw. | + | |
- | Charlton Heston roar off from the Yne.ktown' | + | |
- | Another bogging was in a long incline of dry sand so a sudden jump into a roll on was not possible. When in a jam one has to calm down to give the male logic free rein. Everything possible has to be thought of to ensure success before the next attempt is made to break out of the trap. Sand was scooped away and bits of timber laid down in front of the wheels. Once the vehicle got Moving a heavy bloke clung onto the roof rack and | + | |
- | bounced like a bronco-buster on the back bumper. This gave the back wheels more bite until clear. The 4WD was an American vehicle with the obligatory 300 horses under the bonnet, | + | |
- | a few of which had apparently turned to glue since the date of manufacture. The American | + | |
- | wisdom that there was no substitute for cubic inches was shown up for what it was worth. The reality is that there is probably no substitute for Japanese design. | + | |
- | When Preston Foster was pursuing his man over snow he strapped onto hie boots those things which look like tennis racquets. When we find the going tough in sand we spread our | + | |
- | Page 8' The Sydney Bushwalker December 1991 | + | |
- | feet by letting out more air. We aimed to keep down to 15 psi. This pressure rises with the temperature of the sand and friction. From time to time the driver has to ask himself if the going appears to be getting tougher and, if it is, doe S the.pressure need further | + | |
- | reduction. If too much air is expelled minor adjustments upwards are by means of a | + | |
- | compresor plugged into the cigar lighter. | + | |
- | The engine works very hard in soft sand. Overheating is a constant threat - especially | + | |
- | in Warm weather. Now that is another source Of drama. You know you have been travelling in sand for too long and you watch that damn needle move on its inexorable climb. | + | |
- | still a long ways to go. If black smoke is being blown out of the exhaust of. the diesel | + | |
- | in front, he is working hard - and so must you be. | + | |
- | One of our vehicles had a dual system of petrOl/gas. Tuning such a combination is a | + | |
- | compromise. Performance was not brilliant and there were.numerous stoppages due to vapour. locks when running on petrol. While on the subject of performance; | + | |
- | .onto the island in less than 100% condition. You might not -.feel as uncomfortable as William | + | |
- | Holden did when he struggled to get his P51 to kick over while watching the Commies close in, but you would have a palpitation or two at the sound or feel 'of a serious illness in your chariot with the image of a costly tow back to a mainland garage looming up in your mind. | + | |
- | The lowest fuel cost was associated with a diesel-powered vehicle with large enough | + | |
- | tanks to fill up on the mainland where fuel was 30 cents/litre cheaper. | + | |
- | The barge 'round trip costs $30 for a car and $15 for, a trailer. In addition there is | + | Participants: |
- | a $15 ent-ry permit. Food, ice, 'fuel and alcohol are available on the island at several points. As a holiday venUe the popularity of the island is on the boil. Enough toilet paper to attend to over 300,000 bums makes the one-way trip each year and the island' | + | |
- | is groaning under the weight. Something has. to be done but I am not sure what. | + | |
- | Sitting in the queue to get onto the two barges during a holiday period must give all waiting the screaming heebees - nearly all. The love of the mere company of their 4WD would | + | |
- | be sufficient to sustain a few in the queue. During the summer holidays driving on the beach would be like white water rafting with frustration replacing the exhilaration. Two opposing streams of vehicles zig-zagging to avoid depressions, soft sand, people vaguely | + | |
- | . wandering about, lines of mesmerised fishermen | + | |
- | Some of the single-car-width inland roads are two-way. As a crest has to be charged | + | |
- | at there would be a big bang if somebody was charging up the other side. And when two vehicles meet on a narrow, level road, one does not simply back up to let the other pass if | + | |
- | there is no firm ground to back onto or when one has a trailer in tow. Situations open | + | |
- | to head on smashes should be eliminated but I do think situations which siMply increase the odds of an altercation should be preserved. There is far too much simpering wimpish | + | |
- | pleasantry in this country. We need more good old-fashioned biffo. | + | |
- | Our two trailers made 4W0 movement-in sand a lot harder than 'what might otherwise have been. They added the kind of hard-to-define drag ' | + | Women were not meant to understand a lot of things and the buzz a red-blooded male gets with four big wheels underneath him is one of them. One of them told me that when I get behind the wheel of my own 4WD I step into Marlborough Country. Garbage! This was not escapism. This was the real stuff. This was the famous Fraser Island. Man and machine in a remote place. And it was to be an all-new 4WD experience for me - sand!! This time I was not driving but was, nevertheless, |
- | been driving for some hoUrs with your mother-in-law in the back seat. A fourth vehicle without passengers would have been a better idea to remove the need.for one of the trailers. | + | |
- | Travelling solo is asking for trouble and, when in convey,. CB radio is handy.. The system must be of high quality in all member vehicles. Repeat requests for clarification or failure to contact at all in a'tense situation | + | "Let the wheels spin and you will simply dig a hole for yourself" |
- | December 1991 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 9 | + | |
- | ' | + | I learned that to this young man's warning could be added another; you must always keep the vehicle moving when crossing a sandy creek. As an eXtreme example of what can happen: a spanking new Range Rover stopped in the course of one of the numerous creeks which emerge from the dunes to cut across the beach to the sea. That vehicle submerged almost as fast as Glen Ford took down the Tiger Shark - the sons of Nippon right on him. So what happened here? If you were to stand at the surf's edge you would notice that your feet will rapidly sink as each wave that moves over them cuts the sand from underneath. The same process completely buried the vehicle in minutes. The sad remains re-emerged in the surf some months later - probably looking much like how the owner felt. |
- | A 4WD man might be tough but it does not follow that is insensitive. | + | |
- | to nature - and the. island was really something - hairy-chested. four-wheelers can Wax' | + | While travelling at speed to suddenly sink into deep wet sand causes the same physical sensation Randolph Scott must have felt when his horse dropped dead under him - a Comanche arrow through its heart. In dry sand stomach sink is the emotional type. It gradually increases as the awareness increases that the vehicle' |
- | had 4 dream after I returned from the island.' | + | |
- | I saw an orange morning sun rising above a glassy grey horizon. The cool birth of another balmy day. | + | One of our group' |
- | 'I saw those early rays stream down through the soaring trees, Shafts of thin white in the rainforest. | + | |
- | I saw tranquil lakes with banks of gleaming white sand, | + | Another bogging was in a long incline of dry sand so a sudden jump into a roll on was not possible. When in a jam one has to calm down to give the male logic free rein. Everything possible has to be thought of to ensure success before the next attempt is made to break out of the trap. Sand was scooped away and bits of timber laid down in front of the wheels. Once the vehicle got moving a heavy bloke clung onto the roof rack and bounced like a bronco-buster on the back bumper. This gave the back wheels more bite until clear. The 4WD was an American vehicle with the obligatory 300 horses under the bonnet, a few of which had apparently turned to glue since the date of manufacture. The American wisdom that there was no substitute for cubic inches was shown up for what it was worth. The reality is that there is probably no substitute for Japanese design. |
- | And a sand that returned those rays back through crystal clear water. | + | |
- | I saw a beach becoming more golden under their warming caresses, | + | When Preston Foster was pursuing his man over snow he strapped onto his boots those things which look like tennis racquets. When we find the going tough in sand we spread our feet by letting out more air. We aimed to keep down to 15 psi. This pressure rises with the temperature of the sand and friction. From time to time the driver has to ask himself if the going appears to be getting tougher and, if it is, does the pressure need further reduction. If too much air is expelled minor adjustments upwards are by means of a compressor plugged into the cigar lighter. |
- | A beach which seemed to go on forever, lapped by a glistening surf. I saw myself on that wonderous gift of a morning | + | |
- | I was wading barefoot through a palm-lined creek. | + | The engine works very hard in soft sand. Overheating is a constant threat - especially in warm weather. Now that is another source of drama. You know you have been travelling in sand for too long and you watch that damn needle move on its inexorable climb. It is like a re-run in reverse of Jimmy Stewart' |
- | stopped where there was a snow-white cockatoo perched in a palm. | + | |
- | It displayed its sulphur crest and sound suddenly filled the morning air. | + | One of our vehicles had a dual system of petrol/gas. Tuning such a combination is a compromise. Performance was not brilliant and there were numerous stoppages due to vapour locks when running on petrol. While on the subject of performance; |
- | "alling | + | |
+ | The lowest fuel cost was associated with a diesel-powered vehicle with large enough tanks to fill up on the mainland where fuel was 30 cents/litre cheaper. I thought the price of fuel was a rip-off but we were in isolation and we could no more expect a fair deal than Gary Cooper could when he was south of the border and the bandidos controlled the water supply. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The barge round trip costs $30 for a car and $15 for a trailer. In addition there is a $15 entry permit. Food, ice, fuel and alcohol are available on the island at several points. As a holiday venue the popularity of the island is on the boil. Enough toilet paper to attend to over 300,000 bums makes the one-way trip each year and the island' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Sitting in the queue to get onto the two barges during a holiday period must give all waiting the screaming heebees - nearly all. The love of the mere company of their 4WD would be sufficient to sustain a few in the queue. During the summer holidays driving on the beach would be like white water rafting with frustration replacing the exhilaration. Two opposing streams of vehicles zig-zagging to avoid depressions, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some of the single-car-width inland roads are two-way. As a crest has to be charged at there would be a big bang if somebody was charging up the other side. And when two vehicles meet on a narrow, level road, one does not simply back up to let the other pass if there is no firm ground to back onto or when one has a trailer in tow. Situations open to head on smashes should be eliminated but I do think situations which simply increase the odds of an altercation should be preserved. There is far too much simpering wimpish pleasantry in this country. We need more good old-fashioned biffo. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Our two trailers made 4WD movement in sand a lot harder than what might otherwise have been. They added the kind of hard-to-define drag you feel in your innards when you have been driving for some hours with your mother-in-law in the back seat. A fourth vehicle without passengers would have been a better idea to remove the need for one of the trailers. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Travelling solo is asking for trouble and, when in convey, CB radio is handy. The system must be of high quality in all member vehicles. Repeat requests for clarification or failure to contact at all in a tense situation | ||
+ | |||
+ | A 4WD man might be tough but it does not follow that is insensitive. When exposed | ||
+ | |||
+ | I had a dream after I returned from the island.\\ | ||
+ | I saw an orange morning sun rising above a glassy grey horizon.\\ | ||
+ | The cool birth of another balmy day.\\ | ||
+ | I saw those early rays stream down through the soaring trees,\\ | ||
+ | Shafts of thin white in the rainforest.\\ | ||
+ | I saw tranquil lakes with banks of gleaming white sand,\\ | ||
+ | And a sand that returned those rays back through crystal clear water.\\ | ||
+ | I saw a beach becoming more golden under their warming caresses,\\ | ||
+ | A beach which seemed to go on forever, lapped by a glistening surf.\\ | ||
+ | I saw myself on that wonderous gift of a morning | ||
+ | I was wading barefoot through a palm-lined creek.\\ | ||
+ | I stopped where there was a snow-white cockatoo perched in a palm.\\ | ||
+ | It displayed its sulphur crest and sound suddenly filled the morning air.\\ | ||
+ | "Calling | ||
And the dream was gone. | And the dream was gone. | ||
- | * * * * * | + | |
- | Fraser Island 12/20 October '91. | + | ---- |
- | Days overly warm, nights just right, no insect problem. Ground very dry. One day | + | |
- | of stiff walking - otherwise as campers/ | + | ===Fraser Island 12/20 October '91.=== |
- | * * * * * * * * * * * | + | |
- | KIM BERLEY EXPEDITIONS | + | Days overly warm, nights just right, no insect problem. Ground very dry. One day of stiff walking - otherwise as campers/ |
- | Willis' | + | |
- | our 1992 Kimberley Expeditions. | + | ---- |
- | The Moran River: April 19 - May 9 | + | |
- | This is one of the most incredible wilderness areas we have ever visited. It is also one of the least accessible, even more so early in the year when the rivers and waterfalls are still flowing. We are going to overcome this by using a combination of helicopters and light aircraft from Ktuninurra; This will also allow us to put in a food drop at the half way point. | + | (Over the last 8 or 9 years, there have been periodical Club walks incorporating " |
- | Drysdale River National Park: May 23 - June 15 | + | |
- | This is the largest and perhaps least known of the Kimberley parks. It contains a variety of landscapes and a wealth of aboriginal art. This will be our fourth and longest visit. We will use our Moran helicopter to put in a food drop allowing us to get further into the back country than we have ever done before. | + | ===== Getting Over ===== |
- | ,s VAL,' | + | |
- | 744, For details of these (please specify which | + | __First |
- | | + | |
- | P, | + | by Jim Brown |
- | it./ | + | |
- | Millner NT' 0810 | + | Back about 1937 - some ten years before I became enslaved by SBW - I bought my first copy of the Blue Mountains/Burragorang |
- | *.? | + | |
- | Phone (089) 85 2134 | + | Since my early walking had included some trips into the Burragorang Valley I was especially intrigued to see a " |
- | 7 | + | |
- | ' | + | I was not to know at the time that some earlier SBW had gone that way, and had provisionally called the gap in the cliffline " |
- | NSW | + | |
- | | + | Having once put the trip on the program, I had to do something about finding the pass on the ground. I enquired at Paddy' |
- | | + | |
- | Day Packs High Tops, Summit Gear | + | |
- | | + | |
- | Holeproof Undies 4 Socks | + | |
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
- | Boots | + | |
- | QLD | + | |
- | QBB j\ | + | |
- | Butter Concentrate | + | |
- | NT | + | |
- | Beef Jerk | + | |
- | WA | + | |
- | | + | |
- | SA | + | |
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
- | EASTWOOD | + | |
- | CAMPING | + | |
- | CENTRE | + | |
- | 8 Trelavvney St (PO Box 131) Eastwood NSW 2122 | + | |
- | ACT | + | |
- | | + | |
- | Vie | + | |
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- | Wool Shirts | + | |
- | Giant Trees Dried meals | + | |
- | -December 1991 The Sydney Bushwalker Page 11 | + | |
- | (Over the last 8 or 9 years, there have been periodical Club walks incorporating " | + | |
- | GETTING OVER | + | |
- | First published June 1964. by Jim Brown | + | |
- | Back about 1937 - some ten years before I became enslaved by SBW - I bought my first copy of the Blue Mountains/BUrragorang | + | |
- | Since my early walking had included some trips into the Burragorang Valley I was especially intrigued to see a " | + | |
- | Club friends became Walks Secretary, and I volunteered to lead a trip reading " | + | |
- | " | + | |
- | I was not to know at the time that some earlier SBW had gone that way, and had | + | |
- | provisionally called the gap in the cliffline " | + | |
- | party. If you look at the Nattai 1:31660 map, first published about 1963-64, you'll find | + | |
- | the creek leading down from the gap to the Nattai River is shown as " | + | |
- | did I know at the time that locals called it "The Get-over" | + | |
- | Was something plucked out of the air simply to identify the gap for the Walks Program. | + | |
- | Having once put the trip on the program, I had to do something about finding the pass on the ground. I enquired at Paddy' | + | |
- | and went off with five friends one bleak August weekend in 1947, taking a car out from Picton | + | |
- | to the top of the road 'down Sheehy' | + | |
- | various ridges and water courses and eventually became convinced we were on the right path, | + | |
- | but with insufficient daylight left on the Saturday to go on up to the divide. Our tents | + | |
- | had been left back along the Nattai, so we retreated. | + | |
Most of my nearest Club cronies were studying Diploma Courses at Technical Colleges and were unlikely to be walking in September/ | Most of my nearest Club cronies were studying Diploma Courses at Technical Colleges and were unlikely to be walking in September/ | ||
- | Saturday' | ||
- | hut at Burnt Flat. Sunday' | ||
- | the paddocks to the Wombeyan Caves Road, and a weary 15-mile roadbash into Mittagong. | ||
- | Two months later, now complete with teeth, I led the official walk. Since many of my | ||
- | mates were still examination-bound, | ||
- | Page 12 The Sydney Bushwalker December 1991 | ||
- | trudge along the Wombeyan Caves Road. Saturday saw us bolting down the Wollondilly, | ||
- | Little River and Blue Gum Creek to Picton Lakes - this was a bit longer than the Sheehy' | ||
- | Having now "got over" from both sides, I still found the pass beckoning me, and in August 1950 with another party of four came down from Couridjah, up the Nattai and over the Pass. This was a more medest jour6ey, however, and 'we were content to go down to Upper Burragorang to catch the Sunday afternoon bus back to Camden. | ||
- | I now gave The Getover a rest for a few years, but in 1961, after the flooding of Burragorang, | ||
- | formed part of a trip involving a certain amount of trespass, so I went solo and walked a lot of the distance on bush roads by a summer full moon. for the crossing of the Getover I left the Wollondilly at 5.00 am to "get over" before the February day hotted up. | ||
- | Shortly afterwards the new 1;31680 maps of the region became available, and I was startled | ||
- | to see the name " | ||
- | had stuck. Not far away on the Nattai River also appeared " | ||
- | Well, I suppose Colley' | ||
- | The next time to the Getover was Trip Number q. - the half because I approached the pass along the divide between the Wollondilly and Nattai valleys, and dropped down on the western side only. I remember the date - October 1966, because it was the weekend US President Lyndon B. Johnston visited Australia and the the PM invented the slogan "All the way with LBJ". | ||
- | Finally, I went over the gap in February 1981. I won't tell you where I had been, | ||
- | because I shouldn' | ||
- | great bother in finding the pass. You'd think that, knowing what it looks like, one shouldn' | ||
- | have much trouble, but the notes on my Nattai map read " | ||
- | (hell, 23/4 hours!) - Nattai River 5.15 pm". I remember floundering around in quite dense scrub just below the cliff line foralmost an hour before I spotted the gap - which was just | ||
- | where it ought to bed...., just where it always has been. just where it still is . . | ||
- | So I' | ||
- | IT HAD TO HAPPEN ONE DAY.... | ||
- | Forget about the map and compass; a Japanese electrical company is now marketing a battery operated Global Direction Finder. Named PYXIS, (any relation to pixies?) the manufacturers claim-it will "tell you the distance and direction to your destination | ||
- | | ||
- | It seems all this is achieved because pixie, sorry -- PYXIS, is linked to 24 satellites worldwide, and has a 4 channel receiver which uses the nearest 4 satellites to give you a position reading. Just enter the required data and away you go! The price wasn't mentioned | ||
- | nor ag Ryder | ||
- | December 1.991 The Sydney Bushwalker | ||
- | THE NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING | + | Saturday' |
+ | |||
+ | Two months later, now complete with teeth, I led the official walk. Since many of my mates were still examination-bound, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Having now "got over" from both sides, I still found the pass beckoning me, and in August 1950 with another party of four came down from Couridjah, up the Nattai and over the Pass. This was a more modest journey, however, and we were content to go down to Upper Burragorang to catch the Sunday afternoon bus back to Camden. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I now gave The Getover a rest for a few years, but in 1961, after the flooding of Burragorang, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Shortly afterwards the new 1:31680 maps of the region became available, and I was startled to see the name " | ||
+ | |||
+ | The next time to the Getover was Trip Number 4 1/2 - the half because I approached the pass along the divide between the Wollondilly and Nattai valleys, and dropped down on the western side only. I remember the date - October 1966, because it was the weekend US President Lyndon B. Johnston visited Australia and the the PM invented the slogan "All the way with LBJ" | ||
+ | |||
+ | Finally, I went over the gap in February 1981. I won't tell you where I had been, because I shouldn' | ||
+ | |||
+ | So I'm not entirely surprised that some bushwalkers, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== It Had To Happen One Day.... ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Forget about the map and compass; a Japanese electrical company is now marketing a battery operated Global Direction Finder. Named PYXIS, (any relation to pixies?) the manufacturers claim it will "tell you the distance and direction to your destination... display your path from point of departure to current position. It is accurate to within less than 100 metres... weighs 590 grams and has a detachable antenna unit." | ||
+ | |||
+ | It seems all this is achieved because pixie, sorry - PYXIS, is linked to 24 satellites worldwide, and has a 4 channel receiver which uses the nearest 4 satellites to give you a position reading. Just enter the required data and away you go! The price wasn't mentioned - it might be an inhibiting factor.... | ||
+ | |||
+ | Morag Ryder | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== The November General Meeting ===== | ||
by Barry Wallace | by Barry Wallace | ||
+ | |||
It was a cliff-hanger, | It was a cliff-hanger, | ||
- | There was present in our midst one Garry McDougall who wished to address the gathering on "The Heritage of Australian Walking", | + | |
- | literary | + | There was present in our midst one Garry McDougall who wished to address the gathering on "The Heritage of Australian Walking", |
- | estimate of how much this will all cost but Mr McDougall feels that if he could raise $1.00 per head for every walking club member Australia wide it would be a good start. Bill reassured him that we will consider the proposal and let him know. | + | |
- | The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and received with the only matter arising being a note that the painting being raffled is now on display in the club-rooms. | + | The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and received with the only matter arising being a note that the painting being raffled is now on display in the club rooms. |
- | | + | |
- | letter urges that members add their names to the National Bone Marrow donors register. All | + | Correspondence brought a letter from Telecom Australia telling us that June Bhattacharya, |
- | other correspondence is with the Secretary. We do know that we sent out letters of thanks to our speakers of recent times. | + | |
- | The Treasurer' | + | The Treasurer' |
- | The Walks Report was next, with Carol reporting. Over the weekend 11,12,13 October | + | |
- | George Walton' | + | The Walks Report was next, with Carol reporting. Over the weekend 11,12,13 October George Walton' |
- | Bundeena walk. Of the other two walks, Carol' | + | |
- | Weston' | + | Over the weekend |
- | Over the weekend | + | |
- | that was causing Les such difficulty. It turned out that Les wrote it! He did get the | + | Over the weekend 26,27 October there were no details of the Confederation first-aid course, but Jan Mohandas reported 24 people having a good time despite some rain on his Gourmet Weekend. The abseiling weekend attracted 26 who progressed to overhanging abseils in the course of the day under Kenn Clacher' |
- | details of Dvid's second-last-day-homing;frenzy fairly right. Errol SheedY's walk had no | + | |
- | report. Greta James struggled through a fog of amnesia to report that her trip to Blue Gum | + | November 1,2,3 saw Tom Wenman leading a party of 16 on his Gingra Creek, Kowmung River trip. It was reported as a good walk even if Ainslie did sprain an ankle. There was no report of Denis Gardener' |
- | Forest went, and it was what, pleasant day. There was no report of Greg Bridge' | + | |
- | Mountains day walk. | + | The weekend of 9/10 November saw Bob Younger leading a party of two along easy fire trails and through thick scrub in Morton National Park. Brian Holden had 6 on his Barbers Creek, Shoalhaven River walk which Les insisted on describing in rather more detail than we felt we needed. There was no report of Errol Sheedy' |
- | Over the weekend 26,27 October there were no details of the Confederation first-aid course, but Jan Mohandas reported 24 people having a good time despite some rain on his Gourmet Weekend. The abseiling weekend attracted 26 who progressed to overhanging abseils | + | |
- | scrub. There was no report of brag Ryder' | + | It was with some difficulty that we persuaded Carol not to report on the walks for the coming weekend. |
- | November 1,2,3 saw Tom Wenman leading a party of 16 on his Gingra Creek, Kowmung River trip. It was reported as a good walk even if Ainslie did sprain an ankle. There was no | + | |
- | report of Denis Gardener' | + | The Conservation Report brought news of Terry Metherill delivering a good speech in the N.S.W. Parliament in support |
- | Page 14 The Sydney Oushwalket December 1991- | + | |
- | The weekend of 9/10 November saw Bob Younger leading a party of two along easy fire trails and through thick scrub in Morton National Park. Brian Holden had 6 on his Barbers | + | |
- | Creek, Shoalhaven River walk which Les insisted on describing in rather more detail than we | + | |
- | felt we needed. There was no report of Errol Sheedy' | + | |
- | Lewin' | + | |
- | It Was with some difficulty that we persuaded Carol not to report on the walks for the coming weekend. | + | |
- | The Conservation Report brought news of Terry Metherill delivering a good speech in the N.S.W. Parliament in supriort | + | |
- | State Government' | + | |
The Confederation Report indicated that Stan Cottier has written warning that the owners of huts in the Royal have proposed that the huts be given Heritage Listing in an effort to preserve them and the associated leases. | The Confederation Report indicated that Stan Cottier has written warning that the owners of huts in the Royal have proposed that the huts be given Heritage Listing in an effort to preserve them and the associated leases. | ||
+ | |||
The meeting closed at 2134. | The meeting closed at 2134. | ||
- | ************ | + | |
- | A WORTHY. CALL | + | ===== A Worthy Call ===== |
- | The Club has received a very sad, yet inspiring, letter from John Poczynek, a | + | |
- | prospective member, written on behalf of JUNE OHATTACHARYA | + | The Club has received a very sad, yet inspiring, letter from John Poczynek, a prospective member, written on behalf of **June Bhattacharya**, another prospective member who, in a very short time, made many friends and became a popular walking companion on many SBW bush walks. |
- | Sadly, June has developed acute myeloid leukaemia, and is in need of a bone marrow transplant. According to John, "Our Girl June" as she is affectionately known among | + | |
- | her workmates at Telecom, sought help from her brother, sister and some long lost cousins living overseas, but all proved incompatible donors. Her only hope now lies in being matched with one of the 12,000 registered bone marrow donors in Australia. Tests have been carried out, said John, but so far a suitable donor has not been. found. | + | Sadly, June has developed acute myeloid leukaemia, and is in need of a bone marrow transplant. According to John, "Our Girl June" as she is affectionately known among her workmates at Telecom, sought help from her brother, sister and some long lost cousins living overseas, but all proved incompatible donors. Her only hope now lies in being matched with one of the 12,000 registered bone marrow donors in Australia. Tests have been carried out, said John, but so far a suitable donor has not been found. |
- | June, who is married with two children, is not seeking sympathy or compassion for | + | |
- | herself but is making a plea to her workmates and fellow bushwalkers to consider registering as bone marrow donors. | + | June, who is married with two children, is not seeking sympathy or compassion for herself but is making a plea to her workmates and fellow bushwalkers to consider registering as bone marrow donors. |
- | The chances of finding | + | |
- | For more information for this very worthy cause contact NSW Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (Linda Guzowski, phone 229 4318) or ring John Poczynek on (047) 21 2995 for more details and.6mcouragement. | + | The chances of finding |
- | On behalf of all SOW members, we wish "Our Girl June" success in finding | + | |
- | EDITOR. | + | For more information for this very worthy cause contact NSW Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (Linda Guzowski, phone 229 4318) or ring John Poczynek on (047) 21 2995 for more details and encouragement. |
- | December 1991 The Sydney Bushwalker Page '15 | + | |
- | A DAY AT THE CIRCUS | + | On behalf of all SBW members, we wish "Our Girl June" success in finding a suitable donor and greatly admire her selflessness in thinking of others at a time like this. |
- | by ," | + | |
- | " | + | Editor. |
- | Janla was seething and boiling with rage and resentment over her experience and sought the best cure that she knew. She was soon out in the wild bush and off the track to arrive | + | |
- | at her favourite tree. Sitting down, Janla leaned against the tthe which:seemed to have grown to fit her body and laid her cheek against the smooth creamy bark. The soothing effects of | + | ===== A Day At The Circus |
- | this and the background sound of the bush soon soothed and fortified her and she went into a trance-like doze. | + | |
- | Janie awoke suddenly. It was early evening | + | by " |
- | western sky. The bush creatures were calling. | + | |
- | struggling and sound of animal distress back towards the bush track? Quickly Janla waS on | + | " |
- | her feet and hurrying towards the sound without any fear for her owh safety. Pushing through | + | |
- | the bushes | + | Janla was seething and boiling with rage and resentment over her experience and sought the best cure that she knew. She was soon out in the wild bush and off the track to arrive at her favourite tree. Sitting down, Janla leaned against the tree which seemed to have grown to fit her body and laid her cheek against the smooth creamy bark. The soothing effects of this and the background sound of the bush soon soothed and fortified her and she went into a trance-like doze. |
- | for her bush knife and opened the blade. What a shock! The blade glowed in the dark. The | + | |
- | animal quieted and stopped struggling! | + | Janie awoke suddenly. It was early evening |
- | a number of large dark shapes emerged from the bushes, | + | |
- | Janie was exhilarated by her experience. She also realised that her knife, a gift from | + | Janla was exhilarated by her experience. She also realised that her knife, a gift from a bushwalker friend, had been given special |
- | a bushwalker friend, had been given special | + | |
- | Janie thought she was having a nightmare! There was a loud knocking sounding as if it | + | Janla thought she was having a nightmare! There was a loud knocking sounding as if it was coming down a tunnel. Half awake she struggled to the front door which sounded as if it was banging in the wind. Fearful of bad news she opened the door. She knew no more as she was grabbed and a pad soaked |
- | was coming down a tunnel. Half awake she struggled to the front door which sounded as if it | + | |
- | was banging in the wind. Fearful.of bad news she opened the door. She knew no more as she | + | Janla was dragged from the truck and down into the bush. A dark shape came hurtling through the air straight for the jugular of the leading abductor. The second one went down under a snarling pack of dingoes and was soon still. |
- | was grabbed and a pad soaked' | + | |
- | over a rough bush track. She was bound hand and foot! Suddenly the truck stopped. Two | + | ===== For Sale ===== |
- | figures emerged from the front and one said, "You will be joining your mates here. I'm not | + | |
- | killing you but I don't fancy your chances of survival." | + | ==== Books Of Interest To Bushwalkers |
- | Janla was dragged from the truck and down into the bush. A dark shape came hurtling through the air straight for the jugular of the leading abductor. The second one went down | + | |
- | under a snarling pack of dingoes and was soon still. | + | "The World of Olegas Truchanas" |
- | rescue. Before | + | |
- | beside her hand and glowing in invitation. | + | " |
- | Her rescuers had vanished! | + | |
- | * * * * * * * | + | |
- | FOR SALE | + | |
- | BOOKS OF INTEREST TO BUSHWALKERS | + | |
- | "The World of Olegas Truchanas" | + | |
"The Brendan Voyage" | "The Brendan Voyage" | ||
+ | |||
"Colo Wilderness" | "Colo Wilderness" | ||
- | PRICES TO BE NEGOTIATED - Please phone CHRISTINE ' | ||
- | . Page 16 The Sydney Bushwalker | ||
- | December 1991 | ||
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- | FIRE BANS | ||
- | As we know, all weather predictions for the coming summer are for a long, dry summer, which means frequent fire bans and potentially dangerous walking condition' | ||
- | ,SBUI walks leaders and members have always acted responsibly and sensibly in fire ban conditions, but it is the feeling of the Committee that, in the event of a fire ban, serious consideration should be given by individual leaders as to whether the walk should go ahead. Given that, when there is a fire ban, the government and fire authorities warnings advise people NOT to walk in the bush, we, as a responsible bushwalking club, should consider aligning our program to match these warnings. | ||
- | EDITOR. | ||
- | SOCIAL NOTES by Fran Holland | ||
- | I hope to see you all at the Christmas Party on the 18th December. Traditionally, | ||
- | one of the Club's special nights, so come and join us. Bring a plate of food, the Club supplies liquid refreshments, | ||
- | Keith Sherleck has been invited to draw the winning ticket for a lucky bushwalker to receive his painting. If you haven' | ||
- | last opportunity. | ||
- | The Club will be closed from after the party until the 15th January. But don't forget. to add Obelisk each on the 8th January tO your list of social engagements. | ||
- | Later, in January The Wilderness Society will talk to us followed the next week by a | ||
- | Safety and Leadership Workshop for all members to attend. | ||
- | JANUARY 1st Club closed - New Year's Day | ||
- | 8th Club closed - BB Q at Obelisk Beach, off Chowder Bay Road, Mosman from | ||
- | 6.30 pm. BYO food and drink. Contact Fran Holland (484 6636) | ||
- | or Ian Debert (982 2615) for details. | ||
- | 15th GENERAL MEETING - Preceded by short Committee Meeting | ||
- | 22nd WILDERNESS SOCIETY - talk and slides | ||
- | 29th SAFETY & LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP | ||
- | * We will be meeting for dinner at Maharaja Palace, Indian Restaurant, 1 Broughton Street, | ||
- | Kirribilli at approx;.- 6.30 pm (22nd Jan). NOTE: This month it is the 4th Wednesday. | ||
- | * * * * * * * * | ||
- | DON"T GET LOSTI! | ||
- | The new membership list will be printed in January. Would all those people who have changed address or phone numbers (or got married with a new name) PLEASE LET THE CLUB KNOW, either in writing to Rox 4476 GPO Sydney 2001, or by phoning Fran Holland (484 6636) or Barry Wallace, Membership | ||
- | Secretary (436 1313 during business hours). | ||
+ | **Prices to be negotiated** - Please phone Christine Austin 484 1519. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Fire Bans ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | As we know, all weather predictions for the coming summer are for a long, dry summer, which means frequent fire bans and potentially dangerous walking conditions. | ||
+ | |||
+ | SBW walks leaders and members have always acted responsibly and sensibly in fire ban conditions, but it is the feeling of the Committee that, in the event of a fire ban, serious consideration should be given by individual leaders as to whether the walk should go ahead. Given that, when there is a fire ban, the government and fire authorities warnings advise people NOT to walk in the bush, we, as a responsible bushwalking club, should consider aligning our program to match these warnings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Editor | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Social Notes ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | by Fran Holland | ||
+ | |||
+ | I hope to see you all at the Christmas Party on the 18th December. Traditionally, | ||
+ | |||
+ | Keith Sherleck has been invited to draw the winning ticket for a lucky bushwalker to receive his painting. If you haven' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Club will be closed from after the party until the 15th January. But don't forget to add Obelisk Beach on the 8th January to your list of social engagements. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Later, in January The Wilderness Society will talk to us followed the next week by a Safety and Leadership Workshop for all members to attend. | ||
+ | |||
+ | |January 1st|Club closed - New Year's Day| | ||
+ | |January 8th|Club closed - BBQ at Obelisk Beach, off Chowder Bay Road, Mosman from 6.30 pm. BYO food and drink. Contact Fran Holland (484 6636) or Ian Debert (982 2615) for details.| | ||
+ | |January 15th|General Meeting - Preceded by short Committee Meeting| | ||
+ | |January 22nd|Wilderness Society - talk and slides. We will be meeting for dinner at Maharaja Palace, Indian Restaurant, 1 Broughton Street, Kirribilli at approx;.- 6.30 pm (22nd Jan). NOTE: This month it is the 4th Wednesday.| | ||
+ | |January 29th|Safety & Leadership Workshop| | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Don't Get Lost! ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | The new membership list will be printed in January. Would all those people who have changed address or phone numbers (or got married with a new name) **please let the Club know**, either in writing to Box 4476 GPO Sydney 2001, or by phoning Fran Holland (484 6636) or Barry Wallace, Membership Secretary (436 1313 during business hours). |
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