had received our patronage, lie led 

 us to Heika Kivlm. The bus was 



parked among SWAinn Papcrburltt 



nftd IW Walked across the budge t«i 

 Iiiik.Ii mi the I'cc.ni he.n.li ;i few 

 htiiuluul yauls further on I n route 

 •ay lomul'several Gum Myrtles" , Vic- 

 toria's only Anyo^hor u. They looked 

 just like eucalvpts l>UI some ot these 

 Ounj Mvrtles had fowq buds and we 

 CtfliW see they lacked lh« cap 

 lo the bud which is the main dis 



lingtrfahirijj feature of the cuealyptt 



On one Dt the ciie.ilypis a Mistle- 

 toe' earned orangv yellow (lowers 

 11" to 2" long. But whal caused even 

 more interest than the handsome 

 (lowers was the presence of another 

 mistletoe growing on it. The hunter 

 frUnledl I he buds mid stems of the 

 second mistletoe were covered with 

 hairs fanning 9 sorl ot \cllow tell. 

 Thfe was in I h.UIcm Mistletoe . 

 Although Ihe Oolden \1.slU-loc oca us 



in n :< s\\ and oiHvnj.Hui, in Viwotbt 



it is confined to the Mallaeoota area 

 It is always par.isitic on another 

 mistletoe, and usually on a menihe! 

 Of lhc genus Dcndrophllioc OS in IttW 



At the rocks near nut lunching 

 spot there was a basalt intrusion 

 lluough the strata Some of the 

 rocks hail fantastic formations and 

 shapes. But again, as al I't. Hicks, 

 marine life Was practically non 

 existent. 



After lunch our parly divided 

 Many members look advantage of 

 Ihe sc\cral cars to j-o to the heath- 

 lands near the aerodrome, while 

 others stayed to bird-watch or to walk 

 along the beach. 



At ihe aerodrome hcathlands ihe 

 thickets of Southern Mahogany' 

 drew our attention. Although Maho- 

 ganies ire not large trees, Ticrc they 

 were dwarfed and {arming like Mai- 



m 



lees, low and niaiiy-li uilked. Tw, 

 plants caused excitement lor i|„ ; 

 were new io almost all of us: Bill 

 Howiitia"' and the pioeumbciii t.ii,. 

 l.ily". Bui these nnmes did not coir , 

 cide wilh our interpretation ,„ 

 colour 1 I he r flowers ol" BUtv f" 

 floss ill i.i were a niauve-pmk rathe 

 lhan hluc. mi 'hose of Lilac £ft 

 weie pale pink! Orchitis included (Lv > 

 I irjre loiiyiie Orchid, Horned Orchu, 

 ami Hie Hyacinth Orchid '. Die Hy. / 

 cinth Orchid bus no leaves and mum I 

 get us fooil in an unusual way. Il ij I 

 probably saprophytic on humus in the I 

 soil, but its mots arc ol'len near tin 

 roots of a tucalypt to which, pei- 

 haps. it is connected by a hinguv 

 thus drawing some of its food by | 

 son of secondary parasitism 



Three o'clock found us all in the 

 bus again bound for Bastion Point | 



to do -- . .tin lock pool hunting WjjJ|{ 

 tin- tide receded. But the tide \\;» 

 still tuner hij'.h and ihere was I rl Lie 

 of interest to the marine enthusiasts 

 Also, the strain of the rocks war 

 lilted almost vcntcal and made walk- 

 ing distmclly <ti(RO*\l front Pi. lUs 

 tion one looks inland to the narrow 

 entrance to Mallacoola Itllel. 



We arrived b.ick at Cann Rive, 

 soon aftei 5.30 p.m. Our social com 

 inillec promptly got busy and 

 remained busy right up 10 l J P It "> 

 prepaiation for the New Year path 



Ihe highlight of the pffllj was \it 

 compehlion "natural arrangements" 

 Actually they were niosi i^maiutnl 

 \etv itttusiug and extraordinarily 

 varied. "I hey ranged from a largo 

 nestling made ftom sponge anthcred 

 on the beach to a small echidna 01 

 a weather-worn bul Mill spiks l<;oil 

 sia cone. An enjoyable evening endeJ 

 wnh the greeting of the New Year 

 and singing ' Auld l ung Sync". 



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