Itrrowlfidgeablc would realise this **s 

 ,, torn ' I lie -Iroiuls" wore unite un- 

 like U lern fur tlu\ had no pitW« 

 and were sunph cuviilai plaies fctjOUl 

 V across and very thick U» ftd 

 tile "Ironds" were about ihe same 

 width Inn Up to II" long and the 

 undersides were covcied with mst- 

 red sori. 



Alter lunch we all sel out to walk 

 tlx- teniaimng one or two miles to 

 fJlC I origin Falls, lull we departed 

 ;,l dilleieui times and at dilfeiem 

 speeds. The route took us through a 

 f ;> t in. and Mrs. Morrison, wife of the 

 I armor, led the first comers Having 

 no hesitation about the route, they 

 r(tcy\ted away quite quickly and wvic 

 lost to sight, so thai many ol the 

 laler ones got hushed and some 

 nevei reached Ihe Falls .11 all 1 Also, 

 there was a hit of a hold up soon 

 after leaving the lanti where the 

 creek had to he lorded. Many per- 

 sons promptly removed shoes and 

 socks, while Ihe reluctant one* were 

 finally lured ovei |>y [he gallantry 

 of two members who carried them 

 across, litis gallantry was extended 

 not only ro the ladies of the party. 



There was a stilt' climb over a 

 couple of hills and we connnued in 

 nt is ,ie properly where most of IJJc 

 timbei had been removed. The long 

 grass and weeds made US alert 1<? 

 possible snakes, In one of these 

 clearings along the creek some mem- 

 bers saw a pair of black duck. We 

 tc- joined the creek at the lop of the 

 Falls. 



The l onghi Falls consist of a series 

 of cascades in a granite oulciop. 

 Some of the boulders are up 10 20 

 feet hiifh. 



Growing in ihe cracks of rocks 

 alongside the Falls were seveial 

 bushes uf the Tonghi BoUlcbrusli' 

 They carried crimson brushes H" to 

 V long. Tonghi Creek i.s one of Ihe 



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tew places in Viclnna where ihj s 

 Callisiemon occurs, but it is less 

 a. NSW 



When clambering down Ihe rocks, 

 one member rested his hand on j 

 piece of balk. The bark moved and 

 from under .1 slithered a black snake 

 Another member picked up a piece 

 of greenish-coloured i|uar!/ite. And 

 another saw several water dragons i» 

 the .uea. Most ot the dragons humui 

 imo the waicr when he tried to get 

 nearer bin one was less neivous Our 

 nalnralisl approached cautiously -- 

 on his StoWBCn tfy took a photo |) 

 H distance of three feet: advanced 

 some mine and some more and 

 linalb not a shot from about twelve 

 ii, In-.. Si lirsl I lie biscuit-coloured 

 ilragon was lying out dat to get all 

 henet'u from the sun. then it raised 

 the from of the body with elbows 

 outwards and watched the phoin. 

 grapher crawling loiwatd. 



Returning trom the Falls. Mis. 

 Morrison showed us where pel lifted 

 wood could be found Aclualls. ( 

 large "log" of petrified wood had 

 been placed on an oil drum lo en- 

 sure (hut we saw it. but we went to 

 the Falls by a different route and 

 did not find il imtil we returned, The 

 |oe looked pist like wood, but lift- 

 ing one end was enough to convince 

 me it was wood no longer. Mis 

 Morrison said that, when lirsl in lilt 

 area, she sometimes went to pick 

 up a piece of wood and realised it 

 was far too heavy to serve as fuel' 

 She gave members small pieces td 

 take away. The following week when 

 at home, one member cut and 

 polished a piece of this petrified 

 wood and t»'t »» under the micro- 

 scope. It clearly showed Ihe velhuV 

 structure of wood. 



In the evening a member showvd 

 slides of murine specimens and id the 

 progress of the CaiJinu Dam rVf' 



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