F.N.C.V. Camp-Out in Wyperfeld National Park 

 and The Little Desert 

 29 August - 6 September, 1970 



.Saiuuhix. tiltjfUil 



on die forward joucnfiv 9w bus 



passed thCOUgll the old gold low us ol 



( .isdfiiiaiiiL'. Maid.m, Dutwtfy .ind 



Moliasrul (0 St. Amaiid, wheic Iftftch 

 was taken, then Ihc mine was 

 via Donald. Wai racknabeal, Kpaiil. 

 Rainbow and Yaapeel. thence notlh 



w. ii ils in the entrance sign "Wvpci 



leld National Park". A lurihcr SJ 



miles brought US lo the Ktm 8 



ground al Wougn Hul, where Ihe 

 presenee of many lents was a remm 

 dor lhal litis gieal Malice reserve 

 is becoming incteasinglv known lo 

 people who like to 'get away Irom 

 ii all". The grassy area near the dry 

 bed of l ake Hrimin seemed a per- 

 fect selling among the River Red 

 Ciuin.s, btil some inexperienced cam- 

 pers discovered that the Malice can 

 he rcalh co-l-d at night! 



Sunday. iO Aityn\r 



Alter ;i hrieling hv the ranger. 

 Rudd Campbell (whose death SWU 

 ahcr our return to Melbourne Viai 

 a great shock to us all he has done 

 a tine job over the years and wus 

 mosl helpful lo the I .N.( A pints i. 

 we set out on the Eastern I ookom 

 eai nail. Aii excellent littJe brochure, 

 descriptive ot Ihe natural hisioiy ol 

 Ihe Hack, is available, and we also 

 had a iMiHiin iil.ii \ from Ml. VV. 

 liasking. Director ol Cleland National 

 Park. South Australia, and former 

 Director of the Sir < ohn Mackenzie 

 S.mcUiaiv at Healcsville, who had 

 driven from Adelaide to join the 

 excursion. He gave the meaning of 

 as German for snake 



J. A. Hunls 



field', hut this is very doulrtful. Vip« 

 in Caiman is spelt exactly the sarin' 

 as in English, and snake is Schkingi- 

 V\ \peileld is probably .Hi eld spelling 

 ol (he name ot a I iertmin 

 I.,.'.., \\ ipperfeld. in North Rhinc- 

 VVesiphalia. situated soulh-cast g| 

 Kfiiiselieid, which is itsell six mil» 1 

 from Wuppeiial. the name of the [ 

 combined city of Itarnicii I'lhei tcU! 

 Wippeileld means "held near the 

 Wupper", Wuppcrlal is valley of the 

 Wupper", and old documents pnv. 

 that ilns Rhine liihtitaiv vas fajftli 

 eilv ihe Wypci or VVippci I lie win, 

 is cognate with Ihe Latin "vibrate" 

 ( referrim; lo "vibiating" ti< uiulul.H- 

 ing waves), the park ws.s n anted 

 alter ihe palish, which may have gm 

 its name fiom the birthplace, or 

 .ineesiral home, of a Wimiiicr,i 

 pioneei. I owaii National I'.uk I suy 

 KC.sied early tint rejected I would 

 iia\e been a better name. 



Eleven cuius were seen (the firsi 

 enthusiasm did nut envisage the 

 much larger mimheis to be sighted 

 later), and a pair of Majoi Mitchell 

 C ockatoos I here was a stop on Copi 

 Ridge (liom "copai". ail -boiiginal 

 word (oi the gypsum found there) 

 to look al a Weeping Pittosporum 

 (/'. pMliyweOhteT)-, with nrangc- 

 coloured split capsules. "Ihe Eastern 

 lookout tower i.binll liy Ar.Jat High 

 School boys in I'Mvl) gave a splendid 

 •.iew ol an "'ocean" of malic: stretch- 

 ing far lo the north — an appropriate 

 metaphor, as this country was all 

 under the sea in Miocene times. In 

 addition to several malice t.ic.ilsplv 

 plant species noted here (mostly mi 



via nsi vol m 



