We went as far north as Chandlers 



Creek vvlu ' rt ' wc Iwphc^— «" ot lls 



imt |cr pnC huge Blackwood, There ll 

 , u s ih.H Mi- Archie May round us. 

 On [he way wc had left a letter al 

 kg house lo which we now relumed, 

 wend tall and handsome Blue Gums 

 c dgcd the side road that led to Mi. 

 Vi;,v's house- 

 Mr May has a remarkable collcc- 

 non of moths, butterflies, phasmids 

 ,nd beetles, and outside he has a 



^ed paw artf lsl '" Kl Wl,b ibises. 



ami several lizards. A Kid all 



waicr-Uragari 1111 ,hc roof app i,rcnt| y 

 delicd Mich enclosure. 



\tr. M.iv was aboul lo lead us lo 

 ftr ctl whete the Black-Mem Maiden- 

 hair • is plentiful when the heavens 

 opened and we received our only 

 heavy ram al daytime. It poured and 

 hailed, fortunately we were all in 

 ihe hus and moving olT. L'nforiun- 

 ,lel\, vsater got into the engine and 

 hioughl us to a halt. Our drivci 

 n.m rjed tQ remedy the mailer while 

 veveial members braved the down- 

 r-oui and went out 10 sec the orchid 

 BciJeCtipn of Mr. May's nparte r»t^h 



baUr, 1 •■earmg further BJgjjW trouble 

 and the rain continuing, the rhajorit) 

 defied wnh ihe bus J. ist-r 10 return 

 1.1 Cnnn River. A few cnlhusiasis 

 transferred to Mr May's car. 



Ihe rar turned off the highway 

 and. alter crossing a small bridge. 

 |lji Occupants got out to shrhcr and 

 weave then way hetween. under and 

 over dripping vegetation to Ihe 

 Black-stem Maidenhair. There was 

 unite a lot of it. and the property 

 owner picked some 'ro-tds to he lake* 

 baa lo the hotel. 



Hewn 10 hfelhoum*. J JflfwW 



The grey weather moderated om 

 • ei .is wc departed for home .soon 

 after si a.m. IJtifonunately. wc left 

 memlu-is behiml with H gastric 



May, 1971 



compiHint. Two other sufferers faced 

 Ihe long journey home, a journey 

 made even longei by the witnessing 

 of an accident near Dnmm And 

 next day, two more members wem 

 down with Ihc same complaint' Ml 

 attributed it to the witter at Cflwt 

 River At leas I we can be graleful 

 that the trouble did not occur earlier 

 and impair the enjoyment of the cl.nly 

 trips. 



Instead of going via Lakes Ent- 

 rance wc took Ihe mure uoitherly 

 route rhmngh Rruthcn and stopped 

 at Stony Creek lo find Ladies 

 1 1 esses • These arc somelimes called 

 Spiral Orchids because of the spiral 

 arrangement of ihc closely -packed 

 (lowers up the stem. We lunched at 

 Hairnsdalc and came mm Melbourne 

 about 6 p.m. 



F.vciyhody who went on this trip 

 had a thoroughly good time and they 

 jiiin mc to thank our excursion secre- 

 tary. Mane Mlcndci. Miss Allcndei 

 plans such a trip months ahead, con- 

 tacts local and other nnlinalists. 

 makes our bookings and sce.s lo many 

 other things. Well heforc all arrange- 

 ments arc complete for one trip, 

 plans for another are forming in her 

 mind. And the monthly day excur- 

 sions also keep tip busy. We are 

 indeed lucky to have such a compet- 

 ent and enthusiastic person as excur 

 sion sectetary Also, wc think thai 

 Marie has some sort of pull with 

 the clerk of weather. We went to one 

 nf the wettest places in Victoria but. 

 while Melbourne endured lain day 

 and nighl to total 4t inches, we had 

 M.nnv days and most of Our tain lell 

 ,d night Some very heavy showers 

 dunne our return lo Melbourne 

 emphasised our good luck— or Marie's 

 pull with that clerk. Thank you Mane 

 Allcnder for a happy, carefree, 

 naturalist rich ten d.^ys— and for the 

 good weather! 



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