I ,,ke Utamhiuk a lloek ot about HI 

 lialuhs vv.is ohSorVftii UlitH luke-olf 



when ww pfonipgirtphfti tried 10 

 appwaah KM item Otto birds 

 observed weic White ( ockatoos, 

 M.iilec Rimmecks. (3*8) I brush and 

 Pallid Cinl.. i), mid U Kookaburra 

 wis heard calling. Bill (iasking 

 I ointcd mil, among tlic red jmins. 

 what tie called ail "emu tump" - 

 their droppings told the story The 

 excreta of possums and kangaroos, 

 too. it-vcai much W an D^grfenvjrf 



observer such as he is, ami of COUPS? 

 spool pi nils 1K0 Dick Morrison 

 pbotoguphed a Red ami Black Spider 

 (NicniitWMi hiitihn), as it trussed 

 up «l «rey caterpillar with silk: 

 then, in thick uiallee scruh, a Mill- 

 get Cirvenhood I Pn'H>\i\li\ intuitu). 

 Reaching a lite access track, this was 

 followed till it rejoined Ihe road 

 iravclled on yestetday. 



In the afteinoon. two e.u loads 

 went ihrec miles to Black Mai, a 

 black -soil lake-bed that coiu.uncd 

 wakr in 14^6 when the Wmmu'ia 

 Kiver Hooded and Outlet (trek 

 hrout'ht water much further norib 

 than" usual. Two Spur-wing Hover 

 were seen here. We then followed the 

 Round Lake nature trail, initialed. I 

 understand, like the other fine, In 

 Ian Maroske. a prominent member 

 of the Committee of Management 

 Attention ts duiwn. by numbered 

 icfercnces. to species such as Eflttff- 

 typtus fiu%tfktt*ns> K i<»-cut>tlu ivcn, 

 colourful, and. appropriately, with 

 great masses of rei initial fruits). £ 

 innnwiim. B. pon>ut tQuorn Mal- 

 ice, normallv a South Australian 

 .species and rare in Ihe park.). Yellow 

 Burr-daisv (Co/on'v rrinutfu). Oon- 

 doroo (SrfwtNffi wm/rV). Porcupine 

 Grass tussoeks ( 7 r'uidia trnitut\ ). 

 Hunksiu orntira Micmmyrtm (ilittltts. 

 Aotus vtllostt, Chmttii\ mirrophyUu. 

 Muntnes I Ktinztra pimiiltrru* , Htlh o 

 muellerhna, Hybanthitx fionlnmdus 



(itllltrts prchsti, PittOyflOtUm phi;, | 



(iiron/o. Uibhniiu vlrgttm Kj*d i I 

 miIi id, bppttupi tiiiitui kitvlgtitmu v I 



minus, l.oittloniti bclnii, A<at, I 

 \{ihtr\t i'Hv liilliiHlicro tyinani. Aju^M 

 tUmmUln Olrumi lepittt>pli\IUt, Ihm, ] 



elts ikvoliim Cafyrrfj tetragon^ 



A tl t iii a ,i hnuki ri. I iltiuliliitt InloK 

 l>tnleruict< itnfititniti, and Mucli\ n . 

 Iiftkhi sp. No-one could find \\f 

 I rest Riee-flowe! [1'iutilca wr,<i, 

 that was signposted as growing on :/ 

 eroded sand dune 



Round I ake was beautifully grew,, 1 

 with a dead tnv standing out fum 

 Ihe distance like II prehistoric din,, 

 saui! Before the W> bush lire EtiftJ 

 devastated much of Wvperleld (ft 

 dcstruclivencss has ruined what 9ttf 

 a lovclv stand of cypress pines ti»: 

 ftt] in I mm Ihe entrance to the park; 

 llaie used to be many lowan .noun,!, 

 m Die malice scrub on the fai side ft 

 Round I ake. but none nest (tick 

 now. 



I Ki u/ijy, / Sfptember 



Ranker Rudd Campbell led us fioiri 

 a fire access track along a trail ^11 

 chains through nmllcc to an active 

 mound of n lowan no. 5.H of about 

 one bundled known in the paik 

 I Im nesi would he ready tot Laying 

 ot pink, thin-shelled Hyp in ihrc* 

 week-' nine, followed In a gestation 

 period ol 6d days, f ather's rental k 

 able dedication lo the tcrnperoturv 

 controlled incubation has been often 

 told (bc-M in If; J. Frith-, book " 1 tn 

 Malice Fowl"), his eomplctc lack of 

 paternal solicitude i he lias been 

 known to brush aside i newly- 

 hatched chick as an irksome inter 

 riipiion to bi> working of die mound) 

 is a marked contrast to the devoted 

 mothering bv die nude emu. Mr 

 i .uupbell told .if 23 November, iSpfc 

 wlicn the big lire, siancd eleven days 

 bctore when it cscapid fiom | 

 I'urninp-wlf at Brouehton near Yanue. 



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