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Our bus took us about ten miles 

 epWWd along the highway and 



, iim ,.i MH,ih ..ion? the M l«P'f« 

 ^•^ingan Wet, U was a rough Kjad 

 , ni i the bus went only as fur 38 

 j(]usCt l _ 10 the turn-olf al the 

 Gaieshill Track three or (our miles 

 from ihe B04S»: A i ibis turn-oil «ert 

 huge Silvertop trees, seemingly in the 

 paicess of being harvested. 



At the Uirn-ofT various people 

 flBQl various ways. Many took their 

 lunches and continued along the 

 UIV rough 'Toad" to Wingau 

 Notional Park and W'tngan Inlet. 

 Some also with lunches, took the 

 (Jafeshill Track towards the Elusive 

 Lakes. Others, reluctant to carry 

 lunches, walked a couple of miles 

 ; ,Iom'j one or Other of those routes 

 .mil returned to the bus for !i meal 

 \\V all saw the- Giant Tngger- 

 rfqpl for u was fan-Is plentiful on 

 bO0i toutcs and those persons who 

 ..i.ss«l observing it were urged to 

 pojnt and look at this astonishing 

 ihtng. The young plants resembled 

 irf rod need pine tree seedlings, bur the 

 Siagcr ones branched several times 

 jrtfl ,ii 'he end of each branch was 

 m inflorescence 8" to 12 1 ' long Most 

 d| Ihem carried fruh hut there were 

 enough flowers |o convince us they 

 K-ilh were trigger plants. The 

 maViritv of lhe.se plants were Ihrce 

 oi four fect high hut a few went 

 . u> sis feet. Writing in "1 hi- W 

 some time ago. Mr Norman W.d.c- 

 hdd Says that the Giant "Inegcr- 

 plant rarelv lives moie than two 

 years. He says thai, afler the first 

 .lowers have died, lour more shoots 

 - oh put from the top of the stem, 

 each 'boot bearing a panicle of 

 flowers.. If the plant hves to another 

 Alison each of those foui benches 

 produces another four branches 

 Along the Winuan road the rapid 



May, 1971 



bewildering. Dropping into ii i: ■! 

 gully we would find Blanket-leaf" and 

 other moisture-loving plants while 

 on the hill only a hundred yards 

 away was Saw Banksia! Further on 

 we found Hill Haiiksia and more 

 of our beloved Fringed Bells, but 

 several of these warranted the usuai 

 common name of Blue Olive-berry. 

 There were lovely spreading hushes 

 Oi Pink Boronia. The Narrow leal 

 Gccbuttg was in flower, some had 

 green hemes, atul the inner hark of 

 the slender trunks roused interest— 

 paper-thin layers of a bright rust-red 

 colour, almost scarlet. 



Slavers on the W'ingan route were 

 delighted In find the Lilac l.ily again 

 I his time the flowers; were I ' to I" 

 across and mauve rather than the 

 pale pink of ycstciday. Towards the 

 tnlci were huge Yellow Stringy 

 barks Mixed with Bloodwoods. Very 

 dark butterflies fluttered round the 

 walkers but nobody knew what they 

 were. 



The track alongside the Inlet was 

 marshv and continued right to the 

 sea. About 20(1 vards out beyond the 

 cntiance to Wingan Inlet are 'Ihe 

 Skcities". an irregular row of granite 

 rocks. A colony of seals was at one 

 end of low rocks and a colony of 

 cormorants on higher rocks at the 

 other end. As one member succindly 

 remarked -the colony of cormorants 

 has obviously been there for very 

 many years"! 



I hose who followed the Gatcshill 

 road towards the Flusivc Lakes 

 walked live or six miles but never 

 arr.ved at any lake. At the crest of 

 each rise they saw the lakes ahead 

 th.oueh the trees but. aiiived at the 

 nest "cresl. the lakes were st.ll 

 hevond them Did our walkers lol- 

 ,ow the wrong road? Are the lakes 

 only of seasonal occurrence? Or has 



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