,omed us at Kamva und R$W Kcllv 

 and lanuly at tin- camp sue; Dick 

 anil Alan Morrison came in Ihcir 

 own vehicles, as did karma llastwell 

 Iwilh Chris Walkei). whose small 

 car was successfully pulled out Pi U» 

 mire, and Miss Mav Moon (of the 

 Save the Dandcnongs l eague) I' I 

 introduced \vclvn ( nuns. who. like 

 himself, is a Milam laimcr vers 

 inicicsled in conservation I hese two. 

 like Alee 1 licks, were mosl assiduous 

 in helping us, ami their good Innnoui 

 was infectious. I 1 . L Williams is the 

 owner of n JO acre area that includes 

 Ihoughton's VV.iletliolc (which he in 

 lends to have permanently and un 

 assailahly reserved), und his elloils 

 dm in- UlC ItffiS conlioutation ..I «M1 

 senaiionists againsi Sir William 

 McDonald's linalb icjeeted I Pile 

 Dcseit larni scheme arc loo well- 

 known (und appreciated) to need 

 recapitulation. 



I ems were pitched, and after lea 

 a sing-song around ;i roaring eautp- 

 ftre (die nights were still cold I was 

 led by lit 1 1 Ciasking. whose scouting 

 leadership experience made him idwl 

 tor this lole. 



IUurulu\. J Swrnbrr 



Most were up early to explore Ihe 

 immediate surroundings of this 

 "oa.sis" that provides the soil moist 

 habitat lor the tall eucalypts ihat 

 stand out from all the surroundmy 

 low seiuh. Mosl water is' in the 

 Middle Dam of the three soaks that 

 were used by pasioialist Broughioit 

 in the early days (1879?). There arc 

 three wattles (Amcw tntininthti. A. 

 tigent and A. i/n'f. /1W/11 1 . Hukm 



fkxillSi \t.-itiii'M(i iimiiwttt, fflbbertin 



itriciu. Ktttuimtilus robi-ri xonti, a 

 blue Dwarf Daisy I Hnu hvi omc wmic- 

 r„rr<,>>. Yellow Mai'sh-tlower tVf/fffT 

 .via fxalttitii), and sedges ami moss 

 Bird life was not csident this morn- 

 ing. 



leaving Ihe bus al ihe camp, th t . 

 paity led in several lour wheel driVf 

 vehicles, lo be |Oined later by jjft 

 senior boys from K.miv.i fjjjrt 

 School, ndvi tiluioiislv tackling ;,|| 

 Hacks in a I'aleon sedan. Hack ..Km-. 

 Ihe live-mile sandy (lack to Hie 

 rdculiope Road, then alone Ulioif. 

 Koud. with a slop lo see Wheel Finn 

 {(ivnnhinun </ifwrri/«.v« f/A ) . fiUS 

 Zicria (/. k mj/u( --,/) and three 

 (nnnt a Powers (ITfbbfflfa StrtbtO, ft 

 vtrL'uUi and // liMiciiltitct). 1 : Urtlit;r I 

 stops \sere made (cnloreed) :i| 

 treacherous parts ol hack I water 

 sand und giass-trcc hazards 1 before 

 urrivid al Mount Mollall. a sand-lull 

 with a Irk. point on ihe surumii 

 where Alec showed us Horoniu III, 

 lolia in (lower idiwovcied here a. 

 1949 and iaie in Ihe 1 illle Descin 

 Orchids seen beie (after lunch) in- 

 chuled t.\ I'truiilhm ntn>ir<in\, f&ffljt- 

 Ctm Itinl'itutimi. /'rert'.uv/h u,m, 



and /'. riltuld I UIUIsUjIIn I id) il! 



colour, so pholuLMaphcd by main i 

 Ihe dominant cuculypt was Bh>\mi 

 Stringybark (/•. huUcn). fcraSS^PBCS 



(Xatrtkorrkoia aiomflr) **ft com 



nion. and Bunk sin mm viinini also. A 

 Miller Oum'o'onn bush iSaninluin 

 xmirr<i\ammi\ bore several f'uits. 



Back to the mam Hack, across thai 

 and along a simil.u broonihush-lincd 

 iiack smith, then slops were niudc 

 lirsi to look at Wnnkled Hakea (//. 

 rut&su) in now, secondly at a 

 •.vauilioic normally containing much 

 rnoie Water than at present. The 

 kanisu hoys, bogged, were able to 

 push their cur out, hut all hand-, 

 weie called lot lo oitncutc the Buick 

 ol the Lines, a Bnehton family thai 

 had joined us by chance- *fo see fh« 

 I .idle Desert": W -manpower finally 

 get it outt Others crossed all right, 

 with passmieeis off-loaded. On 

 IhlttUgb a large swampy area willi an 

 isiLiisive stnnd of splendid Yellow 

 t.ums (EW&bfpnU Irunvtvtun). A 



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