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Riding to the Roof of the W Orld F Walk Safely - Walk With a Club ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Magazine of the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs (NSW) Inc ISSN 0313 2684 Autumn Issue - February 1998 Volume 23 No 3 http://www.bushwalking.org.au RIDING TO THE BUSHWALKS IN THE PROPOSED ROOF OF THE WORLD FOREST RESERVE window shutter is broken so anyone using the Confederation’s immediate past SYSTEM toilet is in full view of passers-by. In India president, Brian Walker, relates his by John Macris, Conservation nothing gets fixed. experiences as he cycles through West Officer But back to the damaged trike. On Bengal on an Australian-made Greenspeed The Carr Government was inspection I find that repairing the chain is recumbent tricycle. His goal is Darjeeling fairly straightforward. Getting the gears to elected to office on a strong environ- in the foothills of Kanchenjunga, the 1 change properly is another matter altogether. mental platform. “Saving the old world’s third highest mountain . I suspect the derrailleur has been wrenched growth and wilderness forests” was a The Bushwalker At last, I’ve made it! I am actually in out of true. I decide I’ll have to contact home widely publicised commitment of Bob India, sweltering in the humid air inside the widely publicised commitment of Bob arrival hall at Calcutta airport, surrounded by and ask my wife to fax me the instruction Carr... 1 manual for the derailleur as nothing I do shouting Indians with enormous bundles It should be acknowledged that a seems to be fixing the problem. wrapped elaborately in pink and blue plastic. good start was made towards achieving No sign of my pre- cious Then the real frustration begins - trying to find someone who can send an e trike yet; I’m anxious to see if it mail message for me. All my inquiries are met has arrived safely. Once with dumb incomprehension and shrugs. Finally I locate the operator of a computer who won’t let me near his precious equipment, but grudgingly agrees to send my message if I write it down. Several more hours are spent fiddling with the derailleur, to no avail. Then my luck changes - I bump into an old friend who was past the immigration desk I try to avoid having once the Hare Krishna secretary for Australia my bag of film put through an X-ray scanner what has been termed a comprehensive, (I lost the argument.) As I approach the years ago. As soon as he hears of my problem he escorts me back to the office, ousts the adequate and representative reserve luggage carousel I see my trike sitting forlornly computer guardian and opens up the e-mail system. Through 1995-96 a logging beyond it, the broken chain dangling limply from the chainwheel. program himself. Success! moratorium was placed over most of the Unfortunately my friend is leaving the With perspiration pouring off me, I old growth forests and identified next day, but he tells me there is a bus on spend 15 frustrating minutes untangling the wilderness in the east of the State while chain. It is wrapped tightly around the rear Friday to Mayapur where I know more people an initial assessment took place of areas and expect to be more welcome than I am in wheel. Finally I free it and manoeuvre the likely to be needed for the forest reserve the Calcutta temple. The bus has a roof rack trike through the throng of curious Indians to system. 120 million dollars of State and Customs then out into the open car park. I’m that will hold the trike so I purchase a ticket. With my usual optimism I believe all my Federal money was allocated to industry wondering how the hell I am going to get the problems will be solved once I get to Mayapur. adjustment, so as to allow the transition chain fixed. There are no bike mechanics at of jobs from native forest to plantation or Dum Dum Airport. The 160km trip takes more than three hours. The roads are packed with buses and To my enormous relief I spot a Hare other sectors. trucks, and I am vastly relieved I am not Krishna devotee in an orange dhoti waiting for Over the past year however there me. Two others join us and help wheel the trike cycling. The road surface is unbelievably bad. has been signs that the process has began As the monsoon season is not yet over there is to a van sitting in the blazing sun. It’s like an to stall. Accompanying the September water everywhere and many areas are flooded - oven, but beats by a mile the alternative of 1996 announcement of some initial the Ganges is running a banker. being stranded at the airport with an forest parks and wilderness declarations, unrideable trike and no Indian currency. I finally arrive in Mayapur, hot, sweaty and somewhat scruffy, still wearing the clothes was a 10 year resource security undertak- At the Hare Krishna temple in Albert ing for the industry, which meant if Road I am given a shabby guest room with I left home in three days ago. I decide to send adjoining bathroom. The squat toilet is on a a fax to Australia just in case my wife doesn’t necessary wood supplies would be raised platform in front of the window. The Continued on Page 8 Continued on page 6 ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Walk Safely - Walk With a Club F COMMITTEE MEMBERS THE BUSHWALKER C M ContributionsContributions, letters to the President - Jim Callaway (02) 9520-7081 Conservation Officer - John Macris (02) editor, original cartoons and sugges- (H) (02) 9219-4379 (W) 9526-7363 (H) (02) 9666-5077 National tions are welcome. They should be The Sydney Bush Walkers Parks Association sent to the address below. Except for [email protected] Vice President - Don Brooks (02) 9807- short notes or letters, all contributions 1657 The Bush Club Tracks and Access officer - should be accompanied with text file Alex Tucker (02) 9451-4028 on three and a half inch floppy disk in Secretary - Jim Cook (02) 9498-5760 (H) National Parks Association IBM format or E-Mail. (02) 9221-2333 (W) [email protected] Advertising rates are available The Catholic Bushwalking Club Treasurer - Lyn Gett (02) 9645-1395 on request.Ring John Clarke on (02) Bankstown Bushwalking Club 9744-1916 Training officer - Nuri Chorvat 0242- Distribution is through 296746 (H) 0242-757850 (W) Insurance officer and Membership affiliated clubs, major retail outlets, WEA Illawarra Ramblers Secretary - Maurice Smith (02) 9587- council information centres and [email protected] 6325 Sutherland Bushwalking Club national park offices. Address all [email protected] Bushwalkers Wilderness Rescue officer - correspondence to The Editor, The Keith Maxwell (02) 9622-0049 Pager Bushwalker Bushwalkers NSW PO 2 2 2 2 2 Magazine Editor & Communications 106020 #277321 Officer Colin Wood, Tel 0246 265513 H Box 2090 GPO Sydney 1043. Mount Druitt Bushwalking Club 041-9608561 Mobile E-mail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] The Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs NSW Inc repre- IN THIS ISSUE sents approximately 67clubs with a total membership around 10,000 The Bushwalker Riding to the Roof of the World.....................................................1 bushwalkers. Formed in 1932, the Confederation provides a united voice Bushwalks in the Proposed Forest Reserve System........................1 on conservation and other issues, runs training courses for members, and Bushwalking - A First Experience.................................................3 provides for the public a free wilder- ness search and rescue service. People Personal Accident Insurance - A Personal experience...................4 interested in joining a bushwalking club are invited to write to the Let Nature Feed Itself - Wires..........................................................4 Secretary Bushwalkers NSW at the above address for information on Congratulations peter Trerseder!...................................................5 clubs in their area. Or web site http:// www.bushwalking.org.au Along the Track - Tracks and Access...............................................5 Printed on Watagan Mountain Lodge Retreat (holiday review)......................6 recycled paper by MLC Power- Cookery Corner...............................................................................8 house Design Centre, Casula TheBushwalker Bushwalkers Wilderness rescue - First-Aid - Rogaine 98...............9 is the magazine of the Confederation of Bushwalking Clubs Affiliated with Confederation..............................................12 Clubs NSW Inc. It's published quarterly. The aim of the magazine Calendar of Events 1998...............................................................13 is to provide articles and information of interest to the members of clubs affiliated with the Book Review - Wild Places............................................................14 Confederation and bushwalkers generally. Any opinions expressed Bushwalker Subscription...............................................................15 by individual authors do not always represent the official views of the Confederation. F Walk Safely - Walk With a Club ......................................................................................................................................................................................... BUSHWALKING - A FIRST EXPERIENCE By Charles Silvestro of a business, we’re just
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