Wanderings
Track notes and random bushwalking/historical snippets.
Category: Bushwalking Books
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From “Megalong Tragedy” by Michael Baker, a testament to the less-commonly-seen power of the Coxs River. They were in the process of doing so when to their amazement a wall of water came down the river raising its level by several feet. Clem later told a newspaper reporter: “Before we could break camp on the…
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From “Alpine Bushwalking” by Robert Sloss Bushwalking as a family and individual sport have risen again over the last decade to the 2nd most popular sport due mainly to the increase in our awareness of our rapidly dwindling natural bushland. Bushwalking as a tourist industry is also increasing rapidly. Problems from bushwalkers’ campfires, trampling and…
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Here began the Long trail. Here began our little worries and troubles, our joys and the Living Life, a host of impressions, a Great Experience, and the marvellous scenery of the Southern Blue Mountains. It appeared such a short space of time since we started.
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“You are only lost when you don’t know where you are or you don’t know where to go safely.So I’ve never been truly lost, but I’ve sometimes been somewhat bewildered.” Paddy Pallin
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An excerpt from the back of a guide book by noted bushwalking author, Robert Sloss. In 1984 the author discovered the superb but relatively unknown Nattai River Valley and decided to create a 60 Km bush walking track to celebrate the 1988 Bicentennial Year, which would link Mittagong into the Yerranderie to Katoomba track.