MAGAZINE OF THE CONFEDERATION OF BUSHWALKING CLUBS NSW INC. ISSN 0313 2684 SPRING EDITION VOLUME 28 NO 1 AUGUST 2002 www.bushwalking.org.au email [email protected] H AVE WE BEEN BEATING AROUNDT HE B USH FOR A HUNDRED YEARS? Alex Tucker or Bushwalkers the high advert for the 6 pint Jerdan Billy, two lights of the early 1930s Tracks & Access officer The Introduction was written by shillings at Anthony Horderns and all were the establishment of F Dr. Hamlet, the Government Analyst good hardware stores . It was a “teapot, the Federation and the opening of and founding President of the kettle, tea strainer, cork screw and can Paddy Pallin’s business although they Warragamba Walking Club. This opener happened in reverse order . gentleman amazed his associates by It avoided the ill effects of tannin In 1932 the few bushwalking clubs walking from Manly to Barrenjoey a “the poisonous principle of tea, as the had a total membership of less than whole 20 miles, behaviour considered tea leaves were not allowed to re-enter 300(“Never Truly Lost” Paddy Pallin) appropriate only for poor swagmen. the boiling liquid.” However that decade might well be The good Doctor was not The book continues with a descrip- claimed by the “hikers” unduly fatigued on tion of a swag after rejecting the alterna- and “walkers in the arrival, having tives- rucksac [ spelt and no doubt bush” in their spent an pronounced as a German word ] thousands. hour for “uncomfortable and like a postmans Many were his lunch members of and Continued on page 6 Scouts, another Guides, in bathing S EVENTY YEARS OF THE CEBS and [ He may ON EDERATION OF other church (C )F have been groups The B USHWALKING CLUBS NSW well majority W HO INVENTED IT, & advised were caught not to put W HEN? up in the new Some “bushwalkers” of the early days at Kanangra articles supplied by Andy Macqueen a date to craze for mass Mystery Walks spon- The following articles, which this latter exploit. Sea bathing in sored by businesses (all long appeared in the magazine of the Sydney daylight, clad or unclad, was illegal for since gone ) and NSW Railways I Bush Walkers in 1935 and 1936, some years] guess that WW2 ended the walks but provide some off-beat perceptions With Swag and Billy opens with an blazed the way to Mystery Flights about the early people and activities of If any one can remember seeing the (Con)Federation. Cowan Station as busy as in the photo The Federation - A Whimsy (Sydney they are definitely senior citizens The Bushwalker, Aug 1935) pamphlet shown was the 1938 Fourth I have been asked to write about the Edition, and there were similar publi- Federation. You should all know what cations for the Southern suburbs and there is to be known, though the merit the Upper & Lower Blue Mountains of it is largely a matter of opinion, about In the thirties there was also the first your recreational relation - the Federa- editions of Paddy’s “ Bushwalking and tion. Perhaps it is only a fantasy to you. Camping “ and the founding of YHA Certain it is that we are sometimes in which Paddy played a spoken of gratefully, and even per- leading role. Many of the hikers and chance proudly, yet again a bit contemp- walkers no doubt, became tuously, and often with utter scorn. bushwalkers, as I did. Continued on page 15 The walks listed in the pamphlets were not new. Many of the half and one day walks had been included in W INNERS OF THE the:”With Swag & Billy” by H.G P HOTO COMPETITION Tomkins published by the Intelligence AS WELL AS MANY Department of the Government O THER FINE PHOTOS Tourist Bureau in 1906 A copy can be found in the Mitchell Library and it P AGES 9-12 makes interesting reading Map & Timetable printed by NSW Railways ...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club THE BUSHWALKER C OMMITTEE MEMBERS Contributions, letters to the editor, President - Wilf Hilder Conservation Officer - Michael Maack original cartoons and suggestions are Ph(02)h 9587-8912 (h) Ph (02)47513623 (h) welcome. They should be sent to the [email protected] [email protected] address below. Except for short notes The Sydney Bushwalkers Springwood Bushwalkers or letters, all contributions should be Vice President - Jim Callaway (02) Tracks and Access officer - Alex accompanied with text file on three 9520-7081 (h) (02) 9219-4379 (w) Tucker (02) 9451-4028 National Parks and a half inch floppy disk in IBM The Sydney Bush Walkers Association Secretary - Prudence Tucker (02)9451- [email protected] format or E-Mail. 4028 (h) Magazine Editor and Membership Advertising rates are available on [email protected] Secretary Colin Wood, Tel (02)46- request.Ring Judy Hellyer 9604-1101 National Parks Association 268801(h) 0438013500 (m) or [email protected] Treasurer - Maurice Smith (02) 9587- [email protected] Distribution is through affiliated 6325 (h) National Parks Association clubs, major retail outlets, council [email protected] Training officer - Peter Cheatham information centres and national park The Sydney Bushwalkers 4626-2309 offices. Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue [email protected] Squad (BWRS) President - Keith Campbelltown Bushwalking Club Address all correspondence to The Maxwell (02) 9622-0049 Insurance Office - Anne Plowman Editor, The Bushwalker Bushwalkers Pager phone 13 22 22 pager no (02)9747-1346 NSW PO Box 2090 GPO Sydney ...... 6277321 [email protected] [email protected] 2001. Mount Druitt Bushwalking Club Catholic Bushwalking Club E-mail [email protected] Advertising Manager The Confederation of Bushwalking 2 Judy Hellyer(02)9604-11012 Clubs NSW Inc represents approxi- [email protected] mately 70 clubs with a total member- ship around 11,000 bushwalkers. I N THIS ISSUE Formed in 1932, the Confederation provides a united voice on conserva- Have We Been Beating AroundThe Bush For tion and other issues, runs training A Hundred Years?...... 1 courses for members, and provides The Bushwalker for the public a free wilderness search and rescue service. People interested Seventy Years of The (Con)Federation of Bushwalking Clubs in joining a bushwalking club are NSW Who Invented it, & When?...... 1 invited to write to the Secretary Bushwalkers NSW at the above NSW Confederation Conservation History...... 3 address for information on clubs in their area. Management of Wild Horses in - Or web site www.bushwalking.org.au An Update...... 5 Prices for advertising Back cover $450 - full page inside The Changing Face of Bush Search & Rescue in back cover $400 - full page inside ...... 7 $350 - half page $175 - quarter page $90 business card size $50 insert $250 +insertion cost approx $90. Prices Photographs Entered in Photographic Competition...... 9-12 include GST Deadlines for magazine Early Bushwalking Clubs...... 13 T HEB USHWALKER Summeris the edition, magazine 2nd of week the Confed- in Octo- ber-eration Autumn of Bushwalking 2nd week in Clubs January - A Tribute From Two Wives...... 14 Winter,NSW Inc.2nd It'sweek published in April quarterly. - Spring, 2ndThe week aim ofin theJuly magazine is to Lost in love...... 16 provide articles and information of interest to the members of clubs Leaders (a ode to all walks leaders)...... 17 affiliated with the Confederation and Bushwalkers generally. Any opinions expressed by individual authors do not always represent the official views of the Confederation. Walk Safely - Walk With a Club...... NSW CONFEDERATION C ONSERVATION HISTORY Michael Maack Conservation officer opment of transport infrastructure to In both of these goals Du Faur was service the parks. In the National Park at Loftus a rail terminus was solely con- he Confederation of partially successful. Perhaps it was a structed to service the demand. Bushwalking Clubs is an consequence of the increasing awareness These National Parks were intended organisation whose pedigree of Sydney with regards to the impacts of T as recreational reserves in which activi- was borne out of a major conservation development and the necessity to ties we would consider anathema today campaign 70 years ago. It became preserve the bush as reserves that the were conducted. For example, the apparent at the time that a unified voice National Park in southern Sydney was National Park in southern Sydney was was required by the Bushwalking dedicated in 1879. According to the then host to a zoo, a botanic garden, an fraternity to combat the menacing Premier and prime mover behind the artillery range and guesthouse accommo- threat to our bushland by the forces of National Park, Sir John Robertson, the dation. Concurrently the National Park development. declaration provided a “national domain “was continually faced with the threat of It is Confederation history that the for rest and recreation”, a “sanctuary for exploitation of its timber. The early conservation campaign that was seminal pale-faced Sydneyites - fleeing the Trusts, in the face of considerable to the formation of the Confederation of pollution - physical, mental and social, difficulties of raising finance, were Bushwalking Clubs, known at that time of that densely packed city” of under 3 inclined to look favourably at proposals as the Federation of Bushwalking Clubs, 300,000 persons. This dedication, only to log sections of the park. The pressures revolved around the preservation of Blue the second National Park to be declared .. to permit logging within the park per-

Gum Forest in the from a after Yellowstone National Park in the The Bushwalker The

sisted until 1922 when the State Crown 3 purported threat to establish a walnut USA in 1872, became the touch-paper Solicitor advised that the Trust had no plantation at the site. for the conse- power to raise finance by licensing The 1930’s Blue quent declaration timber exploitation.”5 Gum Forest campaign of the Kuringai The resultant consequence of the was the climax of Chase National popularity of the newly proclaimed confrontation that had Park in 1894. It National Parks was an increase in land its beginnings in 1875 is of no surprise use pressure in the Blue Mountains. with the photo- that Eccleston This pressure became apparent to the graphic/artistic Du Faur, resi- new breed of walkers tired of tourist expedition by dent of the track walks. The leading exponents of Eccleston Frederick neighbouring these new generation walkers were Du Faur. Du Faur’s suburb of Myles Dunphy and his cohorts. They interest in the Grose Turramurra, was formed the Mountain Trails Club in Valley related to a the major driving 1914. The Certificate of Membership for publicity campaign force behind the the Mountain Trails Club contained the for an antipodean Kuringai Chase following words: “remember, a good Yosemite that was to dedication. Du bushman is a fellow you will surely want be held at the1876 Faur’s applica- to trail with again. You were not the first Centenary (of Inde- tion to the over the trail; leave the pleasant places pendence) Exposition Minister for along the way just as pleasant for those in Philadelphia USA. Lands at the who follow you.”6 This emphasis on a “It was the photo- time, the Hon- far-sighted policy of conservation was graph, Du Faur ourable Henry further expanded with the formulation claimed, that would Copeland stated: by Myles Dunphy of a proposal, similar bring the Blue Moun- “In the interest to Du Faur’s proposal for the Kuringai tains to America - and of this rapidly Chase National Park, to create a Blue even challenge the increasing Mountains National Park in 1922. Both pre-eminence of the Miles Dunphy’s map of (the new) neighbourhood, the Mountain Trails Club and the newly Yosemite Valley.”1 Blue Mountains National Park of the inhabitants formed Sydney Bushwalking Club Du Faur also had as of the North (1927) wholehearted endorsed the another goal an intention to heighten the Shore generally, including those between Dunphy application and it was submit- awareness of the beauty of the Blue Moun- Ryde and Hornsby, I have the honour to ted to the Surveyor General and the Blue tains region in the consciousness of Sydney. suggest the advisability of the dedication Mountains Shire Council in 1932. “The Altruistically, “he was concerned about the of the waters of and such proposal was this: that all Crown lands increasing unregulated leisure time available lands adjacent to same as your profes- of the Greater Blue Mountains region to the working man, and wanted to raise the sional officers may recommend, as a 4 should be set aside as the Blue Moun- cultural and moral standards of the young National Park for North Sydney.” The tains National Park. The park would men of Sydney - in effect, by encouraging popularity of the coastal National Parks preserve the mountains’ outstanding them to go bushwalking.”2 was reflected in the community’s devel- ...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club bushland, for the protection of wildlife campaigns. as a highly prominent publicity vehicle and the enjoyment of people.7 Other conservation campaigns during to, amongst other things, protect South The during the Depres- the 1930’s period have been often Coast palms from destruction by exces- sion became a popular walking destina- overlooked due to the dominance of the sive development. Nowadays tree tion for bushwalkers. Bushwalkers is a seminal Blue Gum campaign. It is preservation orders by local councils term coined by members of the Sydney important to note that through the active have subsumed this role.11 Bushwalking Club to differentiate the lobbying by members of Sydney An amendment to the 1916 Forestry groups of wilderness walkers from Bushwalkers to acquire “500 acres of Act was passed in 1935 to create a new tourist parties. During Easter 1931, a coastal bushland adjoining the (Royal) secure category of Flora Reserve. This number of bushwalking groups ventured National Park.... Garawarra Park (1300 category applied the provisions within into the Grose Valley. “At least two acres) was dedicated, with later additions the Wildflowers and Native Plants parties walked the river from Blackheath bringing the grant up to 1465 acres”.9 In Protection Act to allocated forestry to Richmond. ...In addition there was at the north part of Sydney, Marie Byles reserves. Perhaps the dramas of the Blue least one party camped in the increas- from Sydney Bushwalking Club, success- Gum Forest campaign could have been ingly popular forest at the confluence of fully managed a campaign to preserve avoided if this legislation had been Govetts Creek and the Grose. The party 650 acres of bushland around Broken enacted 5 years earlier. consisted of male members of the Bay that was to become the core of the The public support to conserve our Mountain Trails Club and the Sydney . In later years, environmental heritage was a positive Bush Walkers, led by Alan Rigby, a significantly large neighbouring acreages consequence of the depression years. member of both were added to Not until the major environmental clubs.”8 One of the core.10 campaigns of the early 1980’s would the the parties intend- Prior to public be as concerned by the status of

...... ing to go down the Federation, the our natural areas. The 1930’s spawned Grose met two only conserva- well-publicised and attended organisa- horsemen along tion-oriented tions such as Myles Dunphy’s National the Govett’s legislation Parks and Primitive Areas Council of 4 4 Creek track. It is controlling all New South Wales. From this organisa- quite likely that regions of the tion the Colong Committee was derived. these two horse- state was the Due to its heritage, the Colong Commit- men were two Birds and tee in its latter guise as the Colong local residents Animals Foundation for Wilderness, is now the from the Bell’s Protection Act. “oldest National Wilderness Society in Line of Road, one This came into Australia.”12 Measured by its’ successes of which had force in the e.g. Save the Rainforest campaign, the The Bushwalker acquired a 40-acre early 1890’s. creation of Myles Dunphy’s inspired lease on the After Federa- Greater Blue Mountains National Park, northern side of tion in 1901, the creation of the the confluence in the responsibil- and the successful application for January 1931. ity for the inclusion of the Greater Blue Mountains Historically the control of on the World Heritage List, the Colong land was part of Crown Lands Foundation for Wilderness still holds a The 1934 the reserve and the subse- pre-eminent position in contemporary proclaimed by the quent environ- Conservation ranks. Surveyor General in 1875. This classifi- mental legislation passed to the states. Whilst World War II provided a cation excluded the land from sale, but Provisions regarding the despoiling of horrific interlude to the activities of curiously, not from lease. The scene was National Parks had been proclaimed in many bushwalkers, the state government set for the campaign that was to spear- the relevant national parks’ legislation, continued with the conservation ethic. head the conservation movement and but these provisions were not transfer- The state government amalgamated a inaugurate the Federation of able to other parts of the state. The first disparate number of reserves into the Bushwalking Clubs. In short, the owner major piece of blanket conservation Kosciusko State Park in 1944. of the lease threatened to cultivate the legislation in NSW since Federation was In 1948 the important New South lease lands but would be persuaded to the passing of the Wildflowers and Wales Fauna Protection Act was pro- desist if the Bushwalkers could raise Native Plants Protection Act in 1927. claimed. Under the Act’s regulations, a enough monies to buy out the lease. Early in the 1930’s Dot Butler and Fauna Protection Panel was constituted. Through an orchestrated, cohesive and Walter Trinick became aware of an During the intervening period between well publicised campaign the interesting fact that every member of the “1948 and 1967, forty-seven faunal bushwalkers managed to raise enough Public Service “could act in the capacity reserves (later to become known as monies (150 pounds) in two years to pay of Honorary Ranger to alert people to nature reserves) were established cover- out the loan monies raised for the the necessity of observing the ing 57,483ha.”13 purchase of the lease. In doing so, the Wildflowers and Native Plants Protec- It was increasing apparent that the bushwalkers began the fledgling conser- tion Act, and the Birds and Animals burgeoning dedications of reserved lands vation movement and provided a Protection Act”. To this end they formed were becoming difficult to handle by the blueprint of action that was to become the Rangers League, numbering approxi- state government, particularly by the the model for our latter day conservation mately 700 persons. They used this body under-resourced Parks Service Branch of Walk Safely - Walk With a Club...... the Lands Department. It was also Book Printer, 1988, p133 of the horses. difficult for conservation monitoring 2 Macqueen, A. Back from the Brink, It is inappropriate that the ‘sporting’ organisations to act effectively because Self-published, Star Printery, 1997, interests of others is subsidised at an no central responsible body was in p121 additional and uncalled cost to taxpayers control of the nature management 3 p4 and at an additional cost to the humane process. In response, the Nature Conser- 4 Groves, G., Gregory’s National treatment of feral horses. vation Council was established in 1955 Parks of New South Wales, Gregory’s Consequently, we will watch the with the aim to coordinate the activities Publishing Co., 1982, p162 results of the two year trial with interest. of the various conservation organisa- 5 Ibid., p111 In this regard: tions. The National Parks Association 6 Low, J., Pictorial Memories: Blue • The Confederation maintains that was established in February 1957 when Mountains, Griggin Press, 1991, p96 the trial can only be considered a success the Sydney-based Caloola Club, Newcas- 7 p5 if it results in the effective removal of tle’s Northern Parks and Playgrounds 8 Macqueen, A., p164 sufficient horses in the period of the trial Movement and the Federation of 9 Butler, D., The Barefoot Bush so that: Bushwalking Clubs decided that the level Walker, ABC Enterprises, 1991, p280 • there is no further occurrence of of conservation involvement merited the 10 Ibid., p281 horses in the alpine area; and establishment of a new bushwalking 11 Ibid., p279 • there is a substantial recovery from oriented body to undertake their conser- 12 Ibid., p283 vation workload. “Their first major 13 Groves, G., p15 the environmental damage caused by campaign for a state-wide National Parks 14 Wright, P., The NPA Guide to feral horses in the alpine area and in Act began within a month of the inaugu- National Parks of Northern New South those areas of the park in which the trial ral (NPA) meeting.”14 Wales, Southwood Press, 1991, p viii is being carried out,. Soon it was becoming clear that the 15 Groves, G., p16 • The Confederation emphasises that forces that were driving the NSW continued performance monitoring is campaign for effective nature manage- essential so that the question of whether .. ment existed universally throughout the or not this outcome is achieved can be Bushwalker The M ANAGEMENT OF WILD 5 identified to a high degree of certainty. world. In 1962 at Seattle, Washington, H ORSES IN KOSCIUSZKO USA the First World Conference on • The Confederation is also con- N ATIONAL PARK - AN national parks was convened. This cerned that the removal of horses is not “conference recommended ‘that when- U PDATE used as an opportunity or excuse for ever appropriate, the administration and The Confederation of Bushwalking recreational horse riding in the park, and control of national parks and equivalent Clubs NSW Inc appreciates the efforts that the removal is carried out under a reserves be vested in an autonomous made by NPWS and the Wild Horse strictly enforced contract in which the statutory organisation charges with the Management Steering Committee, in terms, conditions and expectations of duty of permanent trusteeship.”15 The preparing the draft ‘Wild Horse Manage- the parties involved are explicitly laid pressure was on the State Government to ment Plan for the Alpine Area of out. promulgate an act to institutionalise a Kosciuszko National Park’, which has • The Confederation is concerned Government organisation devoted been distributed for public comment. that the additional environmental specifically to the preservation of the However, the Confederation does not impact occurring as a result of horse environmental and cultural heritage of accept that the horse removal proposals removal is no greater than the environ- NSW. put forward in the draft management mental impact of leaving horses in the The pressures bore results when on plan are the best way to control the park. This is an important consideration October 1, 1967 the National Parks and impact of feral horses in the KNP. in regard to the timing and number of Wildlife Service of New South Wales Our concerns are . First, the rate of horses removed, and in regard to the was borne to adhere to the conservation removal will be far too slow. Second, means of removal. acts passed over the previous 40 years. will require a substantial budget shift • The Confederation believes that the The introduction of the requirement to from other important programs within removal of horses from the park should adhere to Plans of Management, a novel the Park – including programmes aimed be carried out solely on the basis of concept in the 1967 Act, was one of the at removing other feral species such as environmental considerations. That is, first successful demonstrations of a feral pigs and feral dogs. the use of horses following their re- community inclusive process. This We recognise that the preferred moval from the park should have no process has now become a mandatory control proposals put forward for bearing on the number of horses re- requirement for all government inspired consideration are NOT the most humane moved, or the condition of those initiatives that affect communities. means of removing feral horses from removed – There must be no selection Nature conservation, from its faltering Kosciuszko National Park. This is of horses for removal on the basis of beginnings, has truly led the way to a clearly stated in the report by Prof. how attractive they will be for resale, the more democratised society. It must be English: ‘A Report on the Management rate at which they are removed, or the celebrated for its’ contribution to of Feral Horses in National Parks in timing of their removal. preserving precious values that have New South Wales’. We consider it In conclusion, the Confederation will enhanced our quality of life throughout beyond argument that aerial shooting is watch the outcome of the trial with NSW today and into the future. more cost effective and more humane. interest. It is important that the outcome 1 Snowden, C., “The Take-Away The proposed method requires a more of the trial is the protection and restora- Image” The Blue Mountains -Grand detailed justification in terms of addi- tion of the damaged ecology of the Park. Adventure for All, eds Stanbury, P. The tional cost to taxpayers and the welfare ...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club Continued from page 1 Sundays My favourite is Pymble to The like the Six Foot Track to Jenolan .The bag “ [of that time] and the knapsac Spit or Mosman via Frenchs Forest The best return route was by Oberon and much better but ”not available in Aus- 2nd class rail fare from Redfern to Tarana, avoiding the dust of the busy tralia , costing 8 shillings in London and Pymble was 8 pence single On arrival at road through Hampton. The most about 40 shillings in Sydney on mail Pymble the walker was advised to economical scheme was to purchase a order” “enquire for the St Ives Road “ and then tourist excursion to Eskbank, (the edge “The swag ,(Matilda or Duncan) is to proceed for 2 miles beyond that of the tourist zone) 7 shillings and 10 made of a piece of american cloth I yard village to a tee junction marked only by a pence 2nd class return and a single from wide and two yards long and four saddle surveyors peg inscribed “Spit Road” Tarana to Eskbank straps for securing and carrying it [about half way between Douglass St and Finally the 10 day walk Katoomba – together with the nose bag “of food [ Is Forest Way ,and so apparently along to or via Jenolan and this the origin of ‘Duncan’s my mate’ ? ] today’s fire trails ] and follow the Wombeyan with two days at the caves The sleeping bag is a blanket with the “tracks through bushland except for the The remainder of the book is “Diary edges and bottom sewn and a canvas brickfield [ Wakehurst Parkway and Notes “ of the author’s trips including cover . Warringah Road. ] the pleasures of cooling swims, walking The swag of Warragamba walkers The walk from Hornsby to in rain and having a meal at Moss Vale included a change of clothing and Turramurra or Pymble gets a credit for assisted by the Melbourne Express “ [typically?] “ a collar and tie for State the Ku -ring -gai ChaseTrust who had One feature of most of the overnight occasions “ [ afternoon tea with the State provided water tanks and fire places to walks is the early start with breakfast Governor at his Sutton Forest retreat, the limits of money at their disposal about an hour later. More generally is perhaps?] a mackintosh and umbrella In the south there was Waterfall to the detail of finding the start point “useful for sudden showers” Audley [ The National Park station] but “enquire for the St Ives road “ and the

...... Specially made Sandals were pre- the lack of a Sunday train service to lack of detail thereafter, making it hard ferred by Tomkins but he carried a pair villages south of Loftus was the major to determine the exact route and imply- of boots for wet going and slippers for in flaw in the Railways tourist service ing to me that the tracks were already camp. [ He gives no instructions on how Tomkins notes that the “mosquitos were well defined by use. So have we been 6 6 to pack a neat swag! ] large, grey and business like “ beating around the bush for more than Sometimes they carried a small On to the longer walks such as 3 days one hundred years ? amount of food ,knowing that they could Moss Vale to Kiama via Fitzroy Falls or I wish to acknowledge the information restock at country stores or accommoda- to Robertson via Fitzroy and Belmore and suggestions given me by Wilf Hilder tion houses.[ It WAS a Tourist Bureau Falls ( 52 or 56 miles respectively) ,there The errors and the [ ] are mine alone publication] One staple food was a was time to view Fitzroy Falls but not to chocolate preparation called Plasmon. fish for the trout in the lake above them All of the listed overnight walks, except The 5 day trip The Bushwalker for Katoomnba – Jenolan and Bells Line Mittagong- of Road included details of hard top Mittagong via accommodation. However they usually Wombeyan Caves carried a tent made from a fly with one allowed a rest day end piece sewn in. All this and the for cave inspec- recommended pace of 3 miles per hour. tions Taralga ,.on [say 5 km] the return route, is Walks descriptions started with half described as day walks.such as Manly to Mosman or ‘‘God’s Own Watsons Bay to Bondi Beach 7-8 miles Country, the home [Even public servants , neatly dressed in of the potato and swallow tailed coats, worked on Satur- of the big Proprie- day mornings] If the latter trip was tor. It was disturb- thought “too fatiguing for the ladies . ing to find 1,000 they could take the tram and a picnic tea acres in one estate to the beach“ but would miss the trip “ thence to past the Ostrich Farm early in the walk Goulburn and Then there was Burwood to Berrima with a nod Parramatta along the Parramatta Road an to the Gaol ” interesting but grim experience [prob- Katoomba to ably from the interspersed industrial Jenolan and return areas and remnant bushland .]Tomkins with two days of quotes from an early Sydney Gazette in cave inspections which the Governor had decreed “ that took 6 days, all private and public carts not otherwise carrying 7 or 8 loaded shall collect a load of brickbats meals The 8.30 from the brickfield [ George and Liver- train from Redfern pool Sts] and drop them in places reached Katoomba approved by the Supervisor of Roads “ just before noon Full day walks,18-24 miles were for Then something Walk Safely - Walk With a Club...... T HE CHANGING FACE OF BUSH S EARCH & RESCUE IN NEW Every now and S OUTH WALES again on by Merryn Horrocks hours notice and be expected to be fully the news area land search and rescue. self-sufficient and search effectively. Our you hear of In 2000 BWRS underwent some aim is to train our members in specific a party that structural changes needed in order to skills that are needed for organized was lost in the keep pace with best practice in search searches over and above the skills you bush that was rescued by “some and rescue. Up until this time, the BWRS need for a normal bushwalk.” bushwalkers”. The school group lost in was a loosely organised body, and any It’s also very important to be able to the Budawangs, the overdue party of Confederation club member could attend prove to the search manager that every- canyoners in Kanangra, or the ... for searches. In 2000 BWRS became an one on the team is competent and able to example. What you don’t usually hear is incorporated body and a separate look after themselves and their other that these bushwalkers who found the organisation but its purpose is still to be team members in the difficult and missing people were actually a specialist the search and rescue arm of the Confed- remote conditions in which searches team from the bushwalkers wilderness eration and to provide help for lost or often take place, and a formal accredita- rescue squad who were out there search- injured bushwalkers. The main tion program is the most widely accepted ing for the missing party. difference is that now, in order to A NSW bushwalkers wilderness participate in a search, you need rescue service has existed since 1936 to be an active member of BWRS ..

when it was first established by Paddy and you need to attend training The Bushwalker The

Pallin. The first rescue team consisted of days and work through a formal 7 Paddy and several friends, all experi- accreditation program. enced bushwalkers from NSW clubs. Glenn Horrocks, a senior Their purpose was to provide aid for member and trainer with BWRS fellow club members who got lost or says that this change reflects a injured out in the bush. These men and worldwide trend in search and women had an intimate knowledge of rescue. He said “that bush rescue The Australian red Cross team at the 2002 NavShield the bushland around Sydney and they used to concentrate on the fact that used their bushcraft skills and local the bushwalkers knew the bush knowledge to search for and find lost and like the backs of their hands, and they’d way of doing this. injured walkers. just go out there and find the person”. “The more professional we can look, Since that time, the NSW Confedera- Since that time searches have become the more seriously we are taken,” Mr tion of bushwalking clubs has supported more formally structured. Search Horrocks said. “If we turn up at a search a search and rescue arm called the management techniques have become wearing our old bushwalking clothes and much more important. announce that the bushwalkers are here, After every search the it doesn’t have the same impact as if we manager needs to be all arrive in uniform and can show the able to show that the other services all of the formal training search was carried out that we have undertaken. This is ex- as effectively as possi- pected from any serious organisation ble. today,” he said. All searches are BWRS members need to complete now run by the police training in bushcraft, navigation, differ- and often involve ent search techniques, radio skills, people from many aircraft safety and marshalling, helicop- different organisations, ter winching techniques and first aid. not just BWRS. Obvi- They can also choose to be trained in Newcastle Bushwalkers winners of the 2002 Navagation Shield ously all of these vertical rescue. different groups need to Once members have worked through bushwalkers wilderness rescue squad, or understand and be working to the same the training program they are able to BWRS. This is a volunteer rescue group rescue plan. participate in searches. formed from members of bushwalking The new BWRS structure places a big When a person or party is reported clubs. It is part of the NSW Volunteer emphasis on training to work effectively missing, the police will start a search. If Rescue Association (VRA). Like the inside this structure. “Our people are by expert bush skills are needed, they will State Emergency Service (SES) the VRA far the best at searching remote and call in BWRS. The BWRS team is is an organisation of trained volunteers, rugged bushland,” Mr Horrocks said. divided into search parties, each of but where the SES focuses on fire, flood “There are not many organisations which is given a particular area to and storm damage, the VRA focuses on whose people can be left somewhere in search. Sometimes the teams can be rescue, and BWRS specialises in remote the bush for several days on only a few driven or helicoptered to the start of ...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club

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S OME OF THE The Bushwalker P HOTOS E NTERED IN THE C OMPETITION Walk Safely - Walk With a Club...... their search area, but often they have to ARLY USHWALKING LUBS walk in because the weather is too bad, E B C or the terrain too rugged for vehicles. Wilf Hilder President of Confederation Sometimes if the weather is clear enough The formation of the NSW Federa- with them prior to setting up the famous helicopters or planes search for the tion of Bushwalking Clubs in October, Mountain Trails Club in October 1914. missing party from the air while the 1932 was a direct result of the campaign This was originally a mixed gender club bushwalkers search from the ground. to save Blue Gum Forest in the Grose who in the 1920’s became an all male Bushwalking parties may be sent into Valley. club. The Reaction to this action was the the field for several days at a time, and Clubs for Bushwalking were one of formation of the Raggle Taggle Gypsies - each bushwalker needs to be self- the results of the Industrial Revolution an all female group of bushwalkers. sufficient for the whole time. Each party and were prominent in England in the Public demand and the demand from carries a radio for communication with latter part of the 19th century. The some Mountain Trail Club members was the search manager. BWRS members earliest record found in Australia so far, responsible for setting up the Sydney need to be very flexible. As the search of the first Bushwalking club was the Bush Walkers as a branch of the Moun- progresses instructions often change. Pickwick Club, a Sydney Literary Club tain Trails Club in October, 1927. It is Sometimes teams are called back to base, who took up Bushwalking and after not surprising that The Sydney Bush other times they are given new areas to training, completed the Six Foot Track Walkers and the Mountain Trails Club search and are out in the field for much to and from from were so active in setting up the NSW longer than originally planned. Katoomba in March, 1886. This trip was federation of Bush Walking Clubs in BWRS members can be called up at notable in many ways and was the very 1932. By 1937 there were 13 clubs affili- any time of day or night to participate in first club to have lady walker to com- ated with Federation-- a search. Typically, members will be plete the return trip. All later claims by Mountain Trails Club of NSW, called during the night so that they can other bushwalking clubs being the first Sydney Bushwalkers, Rucksack Club of be at the search site ready to begin mixed gender Bushwalking club can be Sydney, Rover Ramblers Club, Coast .. searching at first light the next morning. and Mountain Walkers, Bushlanders

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A search may last for anything from a 13 The second Bushwalking club in Club of NSW, WEA Ramblers, few hours to several weeks, and the NSW was linked to the Pickwick Club Warrigal Club, Trampers Club of NSW, BWRS members volunteer all of the and was founded by three experienced Newcastle Bushwalkers, Happy Hikers time required for the search. English walkers in Sydney. They named Club, River Canoe Club and the Bush At the moment, BWRS is still it the Warragamba Walking Club. Its Tracks Club. changing over from the old structure to foundation date is disputed but 1903 is the new one. The aim at the moment is to the most reliable date so far. This famous help members get qualified as quickly as C ONFEDERATION OF club wrote a guidebook that was pub- possible under the new structure. The lished by the Tourist Bureau and ran to 3 USHWALKING LUBS first two accreditation weekends were B C editions and was widely read and used held in March and May of this year, and by bushwalkers. They too had lady A NNUAL BUSHDANCE there are three more planned for the members. year. Each weekend provides training on TH EPTEMBER Not much is known about the third 20 S several topics followed by a chance to Bushwalking club, Walkers Limited who get accredited in that topic. Topics at the P ETERSHAM TOWN appear to be the first Bushwalking club weekends included understanding the to use shorts. They used the Warragamba ALL new structure, team leadership, tracking H 7.30- Clubs guidebooks and were active from skills and radio communications in the about 1910 onwards. Col Gibson 12MIDNIGHT bush. informed me that Myles Dunphy walked BWRS encourages members from the Confederation of bushwalking clubs to become involved in bush search Bushwalking Tours and rescue. If you are interested in Fully guided and catered Australian adventure camping tours. joining BWRS, or would like more Bushwalking, Birding, Wildflowers, remote outback expeditions information on the new structure, you & more… Charter groups available. can contact the secretary on [email protected] or by phone on Bushwalking on Hume & Hovell Track (30thNov’02) 0418 277 111 or via the Internet at Tasmanian Bushwalking – Day Walks (1st March ’03) www.bwrs.org.au. Tasmania Overland Track Hike (1st March ’03) To contact BWRS in the event of an emergency (24 hours a day, every day), 4WD Flinders Ranges Bushwalking (March ‘03 ) phone 132 222, ask for pager number PLUS: 6277 321 and leave a short message and a Western Australian Wildflowers (14th Sep’02) return phone number. One of our field Phillip Island and Great Ocean Road (9th Nov ’02) officers will phone you back. WA Track & Nullarbor Crossing (27th Dec ’02)

www.outbacktracktours.com FREECALL: 1800 624 700 ...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club A TRIBUTE FROM TWO WIVES. R EMBERING JOHN BEDNAL Vines with a very rough hand-drawn map members: names that come to mind are. John Bednal died as a result of a road and made our way to a base camp on Mt Bob Pallin, Bob Binks, Dick smith, accident in the Blue Mountains on 22nd Tarn, before proceeding to a now heather White, Bruce Postle, Nin April, this year. John had been in the recognised route to Mt Cole. (George Melville, Ken bruce, Keith Massey, Roy Coast and Mountain Walkers for 50 Elliot was there and later began his well- Fellowes (we caught up with him in 1986 years and had been an honorary life known map of the Budawangs.) It was (I think) at his home in Sofala.) Some of member since 1977. Bushwalking with cold and bleak and felt even more so as the (then) Cliff rescue Squad were Ray CMW was one of his greatest passions some of the party set out by torch- and he contributed greatly to his club. light to rescue whoever was flashing an SOS. However when they reached the top of the ridge they realised it was the comforting flashing of a lighthouse! Red faces all round! After we were married John would sometimes go on CMW walks to the Shoalhaven, the Blue Mountains and all the places NSW walkers enjoy. As our sons grew up we would have camping holidays in

...... National Parks, such as the Warrumbungles and the Grampians. John Bednal - CMW Even after retiring from the

14 Public Service, John found new 14 Over the years he held many posi- mountains to climb. There were the Snowy Mountains in summer where Bob Mead as Radio opperator tions on the CMW Executive, ranging for Bushwalkers Rescue through Treasurer, Social Secretary, he led trips every year up until last Walks Recorder, President (for 3 years) Christmas. There were the Rocky Secretary (from 1983 to 1996) and a real Mountains in Canada in 1993 where we Tyson, Joe Beecroft and Bill fahey. Bob tour de force, printing the club magazine avoided the bears to walk around Egypt and I came here (a retirement village on for 20 years (from 1980 to 2000). The Lakes, enjoyed Mt Robson and experi- the North Coast) in Jan 1979. He had enced the stunning beauty of Lake The Bushwalker latter involved our having up to 5 Alzheimer’s and was delighted with the ancient Gestetners, cluttering up our O’Hara. And I cannot forget the chal- bush and rural surroundings. He passed spare rooms and garage. John used the lenge of the main range in the NZ Alps. away in November 1999. spare machines to butcher for spare parts It was some walk when we climbed up Bob’s bushwalking days were obvi- as he struggled through sticky black ink, and over White Col via an interesting ously a highlight of his life, as he regaled torn wax stencils and broken metal section of snow and ice. Our challenges the Nursing home residents with his bands. This he did with an amazing in Tasmania included the Overland reminiscences right to the end. amount of persistence and patience. Track, with Mt Ossa and Oakleigh, Wishing you continued success with (and he didn’t use the swear words I Walls of Jerusalem and Frenchman’s your endeavours. 70years is a wonderful would have used!) The club Gestetner Cap. How he enjoyed it all! achievement. lived at our house for some years in the I know he will be missed in CMW Your sincerely early days of our marriage too! and of course very much by me. John Ruth mead Of course all this was one part of his Bednal was a very special bushwalker. Gwen Bednal bushwalking life. John really loved to C ONFEDERATION be out there enjoying his bushwalking - whether leading or following on a club R EMBERING BOB MEAD G ENERAL MEETING trip. What a wonderful rich diversity of I recently visited the Information trips he experienced! Centre at Wallorah Point, Gorokan and & AGM AT brought home a copy of “The Back in the 50’s John was very A SHFIELD RSL interested in Burragorang Valley before Bushwalker” which has aroused many the completion of . memories of my late husband’s 7.00PM He took many slides on several trips to bushwalking days in the 50’s-70’s. He where farmers, horse riders and (Bob Mead) was a member of the C OME ALONG & SEE bushwalkers had enjoyed this beautiful Rucksack Club before he joined the place. He gave one or two illustrated search & Rescue team of the (then) NSW H OW YOUR talks about his beloved Burragorang to a Federation of Bushwalking Clubs. For few groups over the years. some years he manned the base radio of C ONFEDERATION John was also involved in the early the communications system, which had IS RUN exploration of the Budawangs with Col been established with Dick Smith’s help. Watson. He led one memorable walk in Although not actively associated with June 1959. We started out from the the movement, I know many of ther Walk Safely - Walk With a Club...... he’s just a Hiker. “A what?” whiskey” summat erbout a feller kalled “A HIKER”. Don’t mention that word, tree trunks - or was it roots - who was the Continued from page 1 don’t mention it I say, DON’T MEN- reel inventor of the federashun. Orlright, Well now, who are the Federation? TION IT. Haven’t I told you you’ve now let mee tell yous that bloke wot These that follow are they, the High- been well brought up? What’s good synes that dare heartical dont no nuffink, lights, the Big Noises, the Strong and enough for England and all America, is cos i likes ter bee fare minded an eye kan Not Silent Ones, the Wielders of Great not good enough for us. We are superior. tell your hole bloomin publishin Power and Influence. We are... “Oh go and burn up your kommittee they ort 2 b hash shamed of • First - The Mighty Myles, King of rubbish. And get bushed on the trail!” erlowing such errors 2 get intwo de Garrawarra (Uncrowned), and a Primi- Thus the Federation - born Thurs- paper. i was only er orfis boy at the tyme tive Man. Worker and Schemer and day July 21ST 1932. And now add the sir butt i well remembers back in 28 a Shrewd Head. Always wears a hat on his combined wisdom (My Word) of the feller wot was kalled Drake frequently head, and in the hat a badge. Otherwise assembled Council, mix well together, discussing the hole highdeer of natural except he will write letters. and enjoy the result. For there has been a Federashun. So if onour goes were honer • Second - should have been first I result, and even results, the first of is dew Drake deserves the title of suppose - Wally [Roots] the President. which is that the Federation is now inventing the Federashun. Think he was the real inventor of the known as a Great Power in the Land. Furver many hours wear spent Federation. Signs articles that Mighty If you’d had no Federation, you discussing the suggested Federashun in a Myles writes. A Bush Walker of Bush wouldn’t be able to travel on the 8.25 on reel estate offis and 2 or free meatings Walkers. Nice looking and loved by Sunday mornings to Lilyvale. Perhaps was eld at Mockbells with Miles Dunfee, everyone. you didn’t know that. Harold [Chardon], Laurie Drake and • Third - Harold Buckland - Past Dere Hedditor (Sydney Bushwalker, Jack [Debert]. Sos i opes i wont corse a President. Enthusiastic worker. Now Jan 1936) sensashun wen i sez the twenty thirst of married. De other day i was gayzing fru a kopy July 1932 wass not the Federashun’s .. • Fourth - Joe Perrott, Vice Presi- of de Sidney bush knockerbout or sum birfday cos it had been in embreeio such name by which your klub konducks nerely 4 yeres then. Bushwalker The dent. A worthy man. 15 er magazine of sorts and me optics red in Orace the orfis boy And Fifth - the Secretary. Well, • a heartical heded “the Federashun - a

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the markers pointing out the previous walks. 16 16 Starlights Track and spent We camped beside the hut and the the night in the open only incident was the discovery of a without food further Wallaby scooping out our dinner whilst upstream. The following our backs were turned. The next morn- morning a detailed search ing my dear lady was packed and ready of all tracks was under- to go before me and decided to walk taken and the luckless lass was found slowly on ahead. I was not perturbed as I L OST IN LOVE walking out via the unmarked and had seen a sign post pointing out the Robert Sloss The Bushwalker extremely steep Troy Creek Track, track and it is well defined. 15 minutes How many of us depart from home having bypasses Starlights Track once later I followed on and expected to catch with our loved one without a care in the more. This would have increased her up, but my expectations turned into world or any thought of becoming walking distance by another 7 km. It apprehension by the time I reached the separated and lost. But it will happen would have been no problem if both had top of the mountain and no sight of her. even to the most experienced guide maps. There was only one alternative, to leave bushwalkers including yours truly. The Case 2. Robert (that’s me) and Joy, the pack and walk down. It was then I two following incidents may illuminate both well experienced in Wilderness noticed a small speck crossing over the how easy it will happen. Walking, set out on the Overland Track distant saddle on the mountain track. As Case 1. A loving couple walked we neared down into the Nattai Wilderness via the each other Nattai Fire Trail from Hilltop and then it became followed the tagged Ensign Barrallier apparent it Walk upstream intending to exit via was my Starlights Track. Though this is consid- lost loved, ered a two day walk it can easily be but how achieved in one day but allows no time could I for incidents. As this loving couple have neared the exit track from the Nattai passed her River a verbal exchange occurred that says the created a barrier of silence. They mere mail? retreated into a glacial independence Easy says from which neither ego would retreat. Barn Bluff Cradle Mountain National Park the Then they became so pig headed that unperturbed lady of my life, some idiot they lost sight of each other. The hapless from Cradle Mt for Lake St Clair for the had hung their socks over the sign board male found himself waiting until dusk at third time. The track is so well marked indicating the track up the mountain so their vehicle on Wattle Ridge before and walked that the map is rarely pulled she had taken the other much more worn deciding to seek help. The Search and out. This particular walk we decided to and obvious side track around the lake Rescue team carried out an intensive deviate via a loop track to the Scott and only discovered that it was the search by torchlight around Macarthurs Memorial Hut between Dove Lake and wrong track when ended abruptly on the Flat, but alas the lass, had walked past the Waterfall Hut as we had missed it on lake. That Life! Walk Safely - Walk With a Club...... For First Aid courses contact St 20th General & 24th 6/12 hr John Ambulance N.S.W. (02) 9212- August AGM Rogaine Lake 1088. Courses will also be conducted Confederation Mcquarie on request for groups of 12 or more. To become a member of the Rogaine 17th general 20th Bush Association phone Graeme Cooper (02) September meeting Dance 6772-3584 email Confederation Petersham [email protected] or visit the website at http://rogaine.asn.au 19-20th 26-27th St John The Confederation of Bushwalking 22nd general Advanced S&R First Aid Clubs represents over 70 clubs and October meeting Training Training 12,000 walkers in NSW. Visit our Confederation BWRS* BWRS* website at www.bushwalking.org.au - email [email protected]. 19th general 24th Social Phone (02) 9294-6797 November meeting Rogaine Nth Any member of any club may attend Confederation Shore meetings of the Confederation held at Ashfield RSL 3rd Tuesday of the month * Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue. 17th general www.bwrs.org.au December meeting Confederation L EADERS Bayside Bushwalking Club newsletter We preview the walk , work out the S UBSCRIBE TO THE BUSHWALKER route and look for nice spot for lunch ..

Stand up at the meeting and give our Bushwalker The Keep up with all the news and developments happening within talk to an eager Bayside bunch 17 the NSW bushwalking scene for only $7 per year. (This covers We look at the walk sheet, the quota is full with two on the waiting list posting and handling charges only, the magazine is free) Some aspiring walkers are like greedy Name...... kids as no walk they can resist The leader notes that of all on the list, Address...... only two have offered to drive ...... Postcode...... We shake our head we’ve seen this before. ‘How do they expect to arrive?’ Do you belong to a bushwalking club? It’s the deadline night when each yes/no If yes name of Club...... walker must let the leader know yes or no. If NO would you like a copy of our clubs list free. Please Whether they still want to come on tick. Payment can be made by cheque, money order made out to the walk or if they can no longer go We stay home that night and wait for Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs the calls - about half the quota with luck PO Box 2090 GPO Sydney 2001 Will phone in that night if ever at all and when they do they’ll just pass the buck R ECEIVE THE BUSHWALKER’ S LAST 28 The excuses given could fill a book – apologies very rare ISSUES( UPGRADEABLE EACH YEAR) PLUS THIS ISSUE ON As the leader tells them, ‘I’m afraid CD WITH A BONUS OF THE FIRST ANNUAL PUBLISHED IN you’re too late,’ the walker protests it’s unfair’ 1937 ALSO THE LATEST CLUBS LIST ‘The walk sheet has gone to the club THE BUSHWALKERS CODE AND contact, you see. In the newsletter, you’ll see N ATURAL AREAS POLICY the rules.’ A LL FOR $25 INC P&H With all this, leaders could be excused if they thought they were just Adobe Acrobat 5 Reader included. silly fools Send request to Bushwalkers NSW PO Box 2090 Sydney 1043. The day has arrived, there’s a cheer- ful chatter as the walkers get together Payment can be made by cheque or money order to The Confed- Introductions are over and now, let’s hope that all day there’s good weather eration of Bushwalking Clubs NSW The walkers are happy so the leader is too as along bushy trails, we ramble And at the end the leader is thanked - (for taking on such a big gamble?) ...... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club B USHWALKERS BUSH DANCE C OME ALONG TO THE C ONFEDERATIONS ANNUAL BUSH D ANCE - GREAT PRIZES. DECORATE Y OURSELF AND TABLE TO CELEBRATE THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF B USHWALKERS NSW. Enjoy a weekend or mid- week holiday stay at our RIDAY TH EPTEMBER F 20 S comfortable self-contained 7:30 TILL MIDNIGHT. weekender located near P ETERSHAM TOWN HALL (approx 1 hour from the north shore). Spend time on the river, fishing , boating, bird-watching ANCE TO

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The latest edition (Vol 7 No 2) includes the Ecology of Sydney Plant species part 8, with the family Rutaceae which includes Boronia, & other papers on the Giant Speer Lily Doryanthes palmeri, the rare orchid Cryptostylis hunteriana and the inland shrub Grevillea kennedyana