We inched vn&a ihe shade of a 

 dense gjraVc dI SWarhp P^per-botdcs." 

 on the estuary Of Cann fcivet before 

 ii enters inmbi'on taitt. wc watefted 

 ihc i ;uinchui)' of several pleasure craft 



and did not ettVJ the occupants as 

 Ihov advanced out to the unshaded 

 water And later, when sonic ol OUT 

 party W6AI swimming, their anguished 

 enir> ••"id return) on the muddy 

 bottom of the lirst few yards con- 

 doled us that we were not with them. 



The protracted hutch time per 

 milled individual rambles and pro- 

 vided some interesting or^rvaifons 



An A/ure Kingfisher Hashed in 

 Ironl of us; a 3-foot goauiia was 

 disturbeil on the ground and promptly 

 raced up a tree: a waicr-diagon 

 raised itsell with projecting elbows 

 better to observe the interlopers, a 

 large skink was lying on an ant- 

 track so thai the ants followed along 

 the sk ink's tail and body to the head 

 where they were smartly snapped up; 

 and one member made a discovery 

 wc all went to see — Blue Ohve- 

 berrv- in full flower. The 15-fool 



iree could seutcely have crowded on 

 any more Howe is. 



I he Hewers ol Uluc Oh.e-beity arc 

 the most charming imaginable — ]" 

 while bells wiih a finely (ringed edge 

 —and here the little bells were hang- 

 ing in hundreds in the cool shadow 

 ol i he foliage. We were lo see these 

 How eis several times again bul nevn 

 in such astonishing abundance. If 

 every one of those fairy-weight hells 

 were fertilised and became a solid 

 berry, we felt that the tree could 

 hanlly remain erect under the load. 

 Irom later observation it would 

 seem that many flowers are not feui- 

 lisci! so we can rest easy about that 

 nee breaking! 



lt> lotwlit Foils. 2N Dficmbt-i 



Aboard our bus soon alter ') a.m. 

 we went Ave or six miles along the 

 highway westward lo loitghi C reel; 

 Road. One ol our members with a 

 car look the bus driver to examine 

 the road to Ihe I- alls. Appal ciilK il 

 resulted in an adverse icporl for, 

 when they returned, we packed our 



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