WALK OF 300 MILES.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1924, Page 11

WALK OF 300 MILES.

FROM SYDNEY TO BRISBANE. TRAW BY MOTHER AXD CHILD. Sydney, August 28. A Mosman (Sydney) lady, Mrs. Chap-man-Glanfield, has just completed a remarkable walk of 800 miles 1 from Sydney to Brisbane, which she undertook for the purpose of assisting in the education of her little girl Reba. The journey has occupied exactly 12 weeks, and Mrs. Chapman-Gladfield is enthusiastic about the wonderful education that it has been both for herself and the child regarding the “real Australia.” Although the mother and daughter were accompanied by a waggon, well stocked v'ith necessary provisions and bedding, they did not, they say, avail themselves at any stage of a ride therein, but pushed on on foot until they completed their memorable walk. Mr. E. H. Jones, of Sydney, had charge of the vraggon, and accompanied the mother ,and daughter on the trip. An aboriginal girl, to attend to the domestic aide of life in the caravan, was also in the party.

In all some 200 towns were passed through, the signatures of responsible officials being obtained in each place. Rain delayed the tourists in New South Wales, but they had no complaints to make on the score of cold weather. Th© mother stated that the trip was wholly delightful, and that she contemplated a further walking tcur up the north coast of Queensland. She stated that many experiences had befallen the party, but she was confident that from an educational point of view the venture was wholly justified. At Nambucca Heads one of the horses fell over a cliff and was dragged back to safety after a deal of difficulty. At Woodford another horse became ill and had to be shot. The mother and daughter occupied a “room” in the caravan at night, but a start was made very early each morning. “One of the prettiest walks of the tour,” she said, “was down the wattle avenue at Eight-mile Plains. It was beautiful. We left our home in Mosman on May 24, so we h/ve been away exactly 12 weeks. Reba is delighted with the trip, and I certainly think that she learned mor© through it than she would have at school.”