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festive meal indulged in, which most satisfactorily disposed of 

 a portion of the weary wait for the late train to take us back 

 to Melbourne. As might be expected from the weather, few 

 birds were seen — an Owl (mentioned above), White -shafted 

 Fantails, some parrots, and one or two others were seen or 

 heard. Two ferns particularly attracted attention — the Rock- 

 fern, Cheilanthus tenuifolia, and the Rat- tailed Fern, Asplenium 

 flahellifolinm. As illustrating the capacity of the Gorge for 

 visitors, we afterwards learned that there were two separate 

 parties there the whole day, looking out for the excursion, who 

 only found it after returning to the station. In spite of the 

 weather, the excursion was a success. Everyone was " keen," 

 the main points of interest were seen, while there was sufficient 

 unexpected mild excitement throughout the trip to create a 

 pleasant sense of adventure. In conclusion, I would express 

 my sense of obhgation to those members of the Club and their 

 friends, more particularly Messrs. Chapman, O'Donoghue, and 

 Bilhnghurst, who showed such a warm and sympathetic interest 

 in the trip and contributed so much to its success by the prac- 

 tical assistance they afforded in many ways. — ^A. L. Scott. 

 REMARKS FOR BENEFIT OF FUTURE VISITORS. 



(i) Obtain a map from the Tourist Bureau. 



(2) Go out by Ballarat-road. Gate to track is on left, opposite a home- 



stead with trees, and just past the 38-mile post. From hereabouts 

 the people of Bacchus Marsh viewed the illuminations of the 

 American Fleet in Hobson's Bay, more than thirty miles away. 



(3) At the next gate, following the sign, the track turns left, and at the 



third gate to the right. A considerable number of kinds of rock 

 may be found in the heaps at the margin of this field. 



(4) Beyond the next gate, which lies in a hollow, is a cutting on the 



hillside, showing afar off, which affords a section of glacial con- 

 glomerate. 



(5) At the top of this cutting a good track to the right, which is not 



shown on the map, affords a short cut to the track to the bottom 

 of the Gorge. Go up stream to the junction of the Myrniong, 

 which follow for a few 3^ards for the sake of the folds and intrusions. 

 Then follow up the Werribee a few hundred yards for the glacial 

 striations and the granite contact. 



(6) Back to shelter-shed and Picnic Point. Follow track along cliff to 



Full View Point. Fine views are obtained at both places, and 

 at the latter the junction of Ordovician and Glacial may be seen 

 on the opposite cliff ; also a remarkable scar. 



(7) Proceed to lower shelter-shed. Half-way down the descent the 



synclinal valley is visible on the opposite side, slightly to the left. 

 The natural U curve of the folds forms the bed and banks of the 

 stream — somewhat unusual, streams usually carving out a course 

 rather in the neighbourhood of a fracture in a saddle. 



(8) Explore up-stream if inclined, but return to point marked on map 



as " Crossing-place when river is low." En route look at glacial 

 in Kelly's Creek, then at " Roche Moutonee," with its glacial 

 markings ; this lies in a sort of hollow, facing slightly down stream 

 and just above the line of the crossing. 



(9) Cross and proceed up-stream to dry gully ; follow this up to dry falls, 



