the name been given Id the mirages 

 which. pCt^rapS. Bit chat. ictciistic p1 

 that locality" those people would 

 certainly like to know. 



Nib *«tws «( the EftBlve I 

 disturbed the domestic duties of .« 

 p.,,, ot Spoiled Pardolotes I he group 

 was hf»Viltj lunch on a hank by the 

 KWi w hen the paidolotes appeared 

 on a nearby tiecbung. Eftctl hud 

 something: m its beak and lemamed 

 on the bush or fluttered near .1 and 

 winched ihc munching lield N.us. 

 Observing the hirds observing them, 

 the group decided they ought to 

 move! The birds promptlv Hew dflWII 

 to the bank lo a nesting tunnel that 

 had been hidden by legs' 



All panics from all unites were 

 back at the hus by 4 o'clock and 

 we returned over the rou K h road to 

 Canu Rtvei. 



That evening we observed an 

 elusive lake of our ovwi — and with- 

 out walking hall a dozen nnles 

 Lookmg oui the buck window from 

 the first lloo. of the hotel, we saw 

 the valley a lew hundred yards, away 

 covered with mist. The mist was low 

 and flat, not at .ill turn, and look,,l 



rug as wntei looks at tw.iiitht. Then 



seemed to be no mist anywhere else 

 C dUll V„Ui-\- W/v'oertV. 2 /nmwrv 



Our bus took us atony, 'he Cinn 

 Valley Highway going noith. Just 

 out of Ihe township ot ( aim Rivet 

 wc stopped to ramble in ihe small 

 local reserve. There were many inter- 

 esting plants in Ihe reserve but it 

 was much overgrown with black 

 berry, and k was difficult to under- 

 stand why everything had been 

 cleared to lease a ten-yard bare strip 

 each side of the river A tumblcd- 

 down old shack was interesting 

 because of the thick slabs of strmgy- 

 bark used for the walls. 



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Bushes of blueish foliage with 

 square stems made us aware of tin- 

 presence Oi BlU« t.ums" There were 

 Black woods' - ami Black Wattles' 1 , 

 and hanging, from i 1 illy-pilly were 

 •'lliicc climbers in one tangle" as u 

 member expressed it. Une of [hf 

 cl. tubes was Smilas, another was. 

 Wombat Berry with both flowers SJjll 

 green (nol yet orange) berries, mqj 

 the third we thought to be a specif 

 ol Marsdema. Clematis"' made .) 

 fourth climhe. and il was covered 

 with its featheiy fruits. 



There were seveial Ruins Fann.Hs 

 flying neatby and one was found on 

 a nest. I here were huttertlics galore 

 though tar outuunibeied by the flics. 

 Ihe butterflies were Common Browns 

 and they wcic almost all males. Wc 

 were told Hint these weie probabh 

 ihe tnsl hatching: the nesl haklntu- 

 would include many more females, 

 while a third hiUehing would coum.sI 

 mostly of males again. 



leaving the reserve, our route 

 followed Ihe Canu River. At first il 

 was some distance away to DW left 

 and the river Hals were tinder pas- 

 line. The*e pasture lands wilh the 

 hills behind made an .illiactivc vtOl 

 scene Approaching the hills wc 

 crossed the nvcr and followed il 

 closely, the river then being on our 

 right. As we went further north the 

 nvci hanks hecamc steeper and. 

 further up. the water formed tumb- 

 ling cascades over grey rocks (A 

 gneissic nature 



Soon uller entering the hills a cm- 

 ,.ng ..lony. the hijthwa) drew the 

 attention of the geologists It ft* 

 mastty fftllifc rock with the tss.-. 

 ciated aureole Gneiss and u vein nl 

 yellowish-green lock were ihscovere.l, 

 Meantime somebody had obseived .. 

 White -nuped Hom.-vf.itci feeding 

 voting in the nest. 



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