The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-03
PANORAMA OF TEE
FAMED Built PISS
Grand Scenery of Australia
Well Worth Seeing.
OLD TALES C0NTRADICTED
Magnificent Forest and Mountain Views
Which Give No Indication Of MO
notonous Sameness'' - Scere of
Noted Disaster Which Cost Many
Lives.

Mountain passes have always been as
ISOLATED with ideas OF the grand and
beautiful. IN the Old World there are
few that have not been the scene Of
some realistic or daring deed. some
great historic struggle, while in America
many Of the roads across the giant
ranges have witnessed fierce struggles
between the Indian and the paIeface as
the broad wave of civilization swept
steadily on toward the distant West
In Australia there are no such associa-
tons The dusty aboriginal Is slowly,
but surely. fading out Of existence,
leaving behind no traces OF his earlier
PAST, no materials. however slender, for
a new Song of Hiawatha." But what
the Australian mountain passes lack in
legend or historic incident Is more than
recompensed by their magnificent scenic
character Especially is this true OF the
BULL Pass. OF which David Christie Muir
ray wrote "A home OF beauty was
more than half tempted to turn hermit
there, and write. and paint. and ale
and soak into my soul day by day the
beauties Of that glorious prospect.
Grand Panoramic View.
No grander panoramic view of the sea
and land can be obtained than that
which enraptures the eyes Of hespecta-
tor gazing seward from his @-coign Of
vantage" near the summit OF the pass.
It is a spectacle which, once beheId- can
never be forgotten. Bull railway sta
tion is about forty-tv7o miles south OF
Sydney, and on leaving II. on his way ID
the pass, the visitor passes a monument
erected in memory Of the terrible catas-
trophe which. OF the fatal z3d OF March,
1887. deprived Of lie no less than
eighty one Industrious breadwinners in
the BULL coilie-y It is q saddening
"Reminiscences. but the only traces OF the
disaster. which sent thrill Of horror
throughout Australia, are to be found
In the monument and the long rows OF
graves in the little ehurchyard-
An Australian Sleepy Hollow.
The town itself. We are told, IRE
pressibIy calls to mind the Sleepy Hoi-
lou and the CatskilI Mountains Of Rip
Van Wrinkle II Is q picture Of peaceful
resignation, reclining at the foot Of the
hills from which the coal is won. Gaz-
ing at the face Of the range a stranger
would not imagine that coal miners
were under It's p-acid surface 4 thin
spiral column OF smoke, q shade differ
ent in color from the clouds above. aris-
4 ing here and there along the face OF the
H. ~ II Esf ~ 10 ian
that beneath the growing trees the
miner Is al work IN the numerous tun-
nels and roads cut out OF almost solid
coal The town appears 10 have con-
tentedIy fallen into doze. gone TO
sleep, and remained baskiag IN the
sun" II is a place where those seeking
quiet retirement can reside, the world
/ forgetting, and by the world forgot"
Picturesque Cottages.
Leaving the little township, the road
( TO the pass traverses q lovely region;
| and speedily couple Of pretty cottages,
/ which. somehow or other, have been
missed By Australian artists, are reach
ed. One on the left is known as Louis
/ Hut" the other, on the right, IS quite
} a picture. being embowered among clus-
} teTtng vines Inc beauty OF the sur
roundings. the rich luxuriance of ths
foliage, ard the celebrating influence
Of the refreshing ocean breczes sweep
ing through the openings among tbs
trees. make the upward journey one o.
the most delightful character. The Wis
itor does not readily weary Of gazing
at the wealth Of fern. shrub. and flower
+ which impart such q distinctive charm
10 the landscape II is Ike a dream O.
the paradise so eloquently described by
Milton; and as he rests by the waysid'
spring and sIakes his thirst. he begin:
to realize what the essayist u~ant wheE
he spoke Of the unwritten poetry o
nature"
Those who speak Of the monotonou
Isameness Of Australian woodland seen
cry would be constrained to admit thei
errCr were they TO penetrate into tn
forest on either side Of the ascent &
the pass The leading features Of tn
woodland landscape have been en-
Enthusiastically described by one who ha
/ experienced the delightful impression
produced by the exploration Of its leaf.
ITecesses.