gr&vrickfl in, .is sprinkled wift pale 



bine flower*. We decided it was 

 probably Angled lobelia made 



prostrate by fcp wdmtew&jii position. 

 At our liidch spal *c fismwd almoin 



all the common coastal plimK dial 

 Ii.kI been shown on the slides lite 

 previous night, nicl it was interest- 

 ing Id see ih:it Saw Rauksia had 

 given way to Const Uanksia' . Wo 

 wore surprised to find I illy pilly only 

 twenty \\irds Irom Hit beach, and 

 Water Parsnip' supplied a leal 

 novelty. 



At this lunching place there was 

 a Miatige track in the sand near the 

 locks. Il Was about b" across uuh 

 I, mi pointed marks slightly ..bagged. 

 Our marine people decided it was 

 made hy a crab A Sooty Oyster 

 culchcr was active near llie.se rocks 

 and theie wen: Ciesud Inns and 

 Cormorants. In Iho bush behind I In 

 beach were many honovealcrs— the 

 Yellow-winged and the Yellow-faced 

 Honeycater and the Little W.mlc- 

 bird. 



On the rvtiun journey wc made 

 several slops including Ihe promised 

 one it the upstream crossing i'l Ihe 

 Tbiirr., River I his was a delightful 

 spot and would he immensely appio- 

 ciated on a hoi day. There weic 

 widely spreading Kanookas, trails of 

 Smilax and several bushes of Blue 

 Olivo-horry. one with pmk flowers 

 instead of white. 



More .stops icvealed more trea- 

 sures: porked Sundew' 1 with a 

 surprisingly tall stem bearing a clus- 

 ter of surprisingly laigv white 

 flowers; the lovely, deep blue Tall 

 l obelia' : flowering bushes ot Pink 

 Horonia' ; and ihe intriguing Rushy 

 Club-moss . This was about one 1ooi 

 high and aJmosi every stem ended in 

 a slender, creamy-gicen, male "cone", 

 ft looked Idee a miniature Christmas 

 tree complete with candles, (on 



spicuous along several parts of r| lt 

 road were the tall, almost bluck 

 heads of the Giant Sedge". M.xn, 

 had 01 ange led seeds generously rJS. 

 UirjUIW) SilOtl$ die 2 \ ft. datk spikes l 



Now and again M wallaby was ttfeg 

 hi Hie bush and a black one lcapi 

 across Ihe toad in front of the bus 

 — lo Ihe combined shout of all who 

 saw il Rainbow loiikecls screechiv, 

 attention lo then hnll.ant colour*, 

 while ,i WVdgc nil Paglc sailed high 

 seeminglv alool tu Ihe world below \< 



l.imt \tilionul I'ark, M) December 



Our bus look us west along Prince 

 Mii'ii'.\.i\ ami lamed oil Ki Ihe old 

 htgbwaj ioio the I in<j NsUomtl Park 



Shorliy alter enlering the Park \w 

 idl got out of the bus and walked 

 up the old highway with the valley 

 ot the Puchrc Creek on our right 

 I lie drop from the road to the creik 

 wax sleep and densely covered Wilt, 

 vegetation in jungie-like piofusiorv 

 we never saw ihe water of the P.uerm- 

 eveepi where other little creek', 

 crossed under the load lo ,om il 



there were many familiar plants 

 here, some less familiar, ami the 

 lerns hy the roadside were particu- 

 larly sinking lhere were delight!"! 

 stretches ol Pan Pern ' sometimes 

 C oral Pern . and continually Gristle 

 l orn 1 and the light green fronds of 

 Rainbow Pem 1 m association wiib 

 Hr.ick.cn \ 



\gatn wc Miw scveMl trees ol Nine 

 Olive-berry, some wilh while flowers, 

 sonic with pale pink flowers, and one 

 with berries Attractive as the her 

 rics are. the flowers are so charmms 

 and unusual thai wc feel they .shnuJil 

 be acknowledged tn Ihe common 

 uamc Wc called litem Prriiyjisi 

 Bells. 



We rud learned lo reeoaiw the 

 Water Vine hy its P .lti,...u k..sc 

 and here it was earning clusters of 



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