Bower buds. Wonga Vine was Ihete 

 , 0 o but we found no Mowers. 



Iho Golden Everlastings were 

 a6taB fap roadside features a. .he less 

 ,, nn northern end. and just S>UW of 

 q2 retrace **6 u ' urul 'lowers ol the 

 qWIqI Coral Pea". The large pea 

 Ifoy^U rCCdJJ Sturl's Desert Pea but. 

 « |hc common name suggests, IW 

 colour of Dusky Coral Pea is a muted 

 red rather than a bright red. 



All along Hie road our bird 

 observers found much to interest 

 [hL . n , rhcie were Gang Gangs, Black 

 Cockatoos, Dusky Woods* allows, 

 leaden Flycatcher, a female Kin- 

 parrot. Rufus bantails. and a /OOTg 

 Ruins Whistler One member watched 

 ,i strangely selective incident. A 

 y^Ufffi (uev thrush was making a lot 

 q{ oqjse which had gathered several 

 knialc I brushes and a female 

 i.oklcn Whistler. It is known to bird 

 observers thai a crying baby bird 

 often draws the attention ol some 

 , h luit lemales but here an unusual 

 thing happened. A young Cuckoo 

 arrived and il was chased away. W. t s 

 it chased away because it was a 

 cuckoo or because it was young? Trie 

 latter seems the more likely reason 

 but even that scem.s strange 



We lunched at Olive Branch 

 Creek where the bus had followed 

 up with our food. Wt hoarded the 

 bin ^gain al Club Terrace and 

 Jmvftl l«C* al Canu River compata- 

 hvcly early but only just hefore 

 heavy rain. 



There were slides again this even- 

 ing slides of a holiday in New 

 Zealand. Mr. Cliff Biicglehole was a 

 very welcome visitor, bul the phmt 

 COlhtlS 'Ms had the poor man identi- 

 fying specimens right up i" mid- 

 night' Not that I think rw minded, 

 and the botanists were mosi apprc- 

 come ol his help. 



M a y. 1971 



To MalUwooiu, }] Otcmbtr 



We set out eastwards along the 

 Princes Highway to Genoa and then 

 turned off south-east tor Malla 

 coottt. 



Wc noted the jungle-like growth 

 as we passed through the Alfred 

 National Park and wished we had 

 somebody who Knew the pbee and 

 could take us investigating Ihcrc. 

 But. no such person being available, 

 we consoled ourselves with thought* 

 of the leeches to which wc would 

 urn be acting as hlood donors 



A couple of miles before Genoa 

 we were met bv two club members 

 who guided us to a good botanical 

 area jusl north of the highway 

 Right by the roadside were tall 

 spikes of Golden Spray. ;md further 

 in were bushes of Ciimsou Bottle- 

 brush" in full bloom, Wiry Baurca' , 

 und both Burgan" and White Kun- 

 zca". There were several other 

 (lowers here including lovely clumps 

 of the now verv famili;ir Blue Dam- 

 r iera and Large Fan-Rower, an Onion 

 Orchid" and some Large Tongue 

 Orchids 



Another stop jusl before entering 

 Genoa gave us a chance to put our 

 glasses on some extensive ponds. 

 There were Swans with cygnets, Black 

 Duck, Spur-wing Plovers, While-faced 

 Herons, and a wheeling flock of 20 to 

 30 Ibis, both White and Straw- 

 necked 



The road from Genoa to Malla- 

 eoota took us through forest similar 

 to that seen on previous days when 

 we travelled south, but here there 

 wis the addition of Bloodwoods 

 recognised by their lessened hark. 



Mnllacoota Inler is certainly it 

 lovely spot. 



Mr A. B, Peislcv. a country 

 member of the KNCV. met us al 

 Xfallncoola and. after the food shops 



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