ih rough Invlcss heatliland B kan- 

 garoo in. nli- a splendid sight leaping 

 away nl lop speed. 



On arrival al The Crater (ftl&l 

 described by Si. Idoy D'Alton. Vict 

 Nut. 30! <^-M\ A.ugusi 191 3) we saw 

 a large nalui.il depression, mm- 

 volc.inic. almost eetiainly caused bv 

 subsidence, completely covered in 

 \ dictation ''I j'.tcai many species, 

 i anting I rum Irees and shrubs to 

 i|iule lowly herbs I be dominant uce 

 was Brown Smngvhaik, which PQV" 

 cted Ihe 'crater" right across to a 

 sandstone outcrop on Ihe lai lim. 

 Plants lecorded. in order of coming 

 under notice, included Pnhcnacn 

 itnltonii, I'ntoslxlix ''iohti.ua, P vr'r- 

 i, un, l',iu>imh; miiifu-niiti. fhnnstn 

 ulirinn var. rtt.u ih'lnt. I'hclh.liitiu 

 '\t, iioplivlhtm, I fpltispnntuiit ttiviu- 

 itnidfs, Hiwcki it nnsxiiolm, <<>«•! ///••.-. 

 tliu<olta. LiUSQpQgQA Nitty, I \t>- 



IMttlX. DilhiVttiil sriHttl, COfyttti 



otpestrb-, Acaciii ftttowifmitii, futfatipH 



n-n,wph\Utts, Conro ttfkM I with 

 red flowers), I'r.tMiplivlhtitt ih.cwwi.v. 

 «,//(< w'.i tfmr^rtatai Uonxttnu m<v- 

 tvia, /iCfKfa fmH'hcilU. Hit'tiri-tiii f.iu i- 

 culnta. Cmtpttdia UHifUtnl, AStTVtlHIM 

 COtfOJItphitiMtf) Itroura \vltiitalfrt 

 Xioitht'i 'Inn it nuKtr,ili\. Sr>''nJin>ii 

 vi:\i!lil<:rttm, Wit rtintynm ciliums. 

 Cl'itituwsrilln inrxmhowi A.sliifluinu 

 hut»ifuunn. I'itlicn«ft< Itixilhmi var. 

 jjilout. Tiiflyniitnt nnt< nnit'nt rU 

 ItyUi lonmifolio. P, harhitm, tfju/vrli 

 htipWeHH (while). Ainphipcytm shii- 



ttu, faepwtuttfy whyQk CVrf»d«ifii 



iii'itfti. Si liotnn.v i>n \icttlmi'. 



come tiltan, tbilw nvthPn o^* 



pii-rn ItiiHwIntii, and l.iwtumlixi 

 Hitmen, Bees iu a hive in hcillirw sand- 

 s'onc aroused son:c inlcie','. and ants 

 activities were watched. 



I* I ... told an amusing story of a 

 pievtous visit b> three well known 

 naturalists when u was freezing cold 

 in the Little Deserl and the> Imbibed 

 freely of wlmky t» R ct warm! He 



168 



also told ol Ihe visit years ago o( 

 Dr. Melville ol Kew Ciaidens. Ion- 

 don, whose intense interest in this 

 pi motive lloral region made hirn an 

 llUWiMing victim ol IM 's "craeVauj; 

 ihe whip' such as was necessary to 

 get ihe IvN.C.V. patty moviug on! 



A malice tow Is mound. noi used 

 lor live vcars, was pointed out a 

 Wtntc-lipped Snake i /)/ \ utttlia cap- 

 ni'i,lt\) Wttt promised to /illah \.o v 

 for her puimr tvplilc eiithusiasts to 

 Kaiuv.i II S hovs. deoff Austin l ,hi] 

 Bruce Gibson of Uroutfhlon lit wn 

 iluh, delivered later through A| t( . 

 Hicks, together Willi a specimen o[ 

 the I cekss Lizard [Dthna 1ntza't\ 

 Seven ot these senior science slitdeiiu 

 were with us toduv. they are gcn- 

 nincly itilcieslcd in the natural histun 

 ol llu ihstiiet. nid credit for inspii- 

 niji ihetn must go to their biolugy 

 it-.u lu i . John I'aikes. who sought tin- 

 K . oi i\ .. II S. position after having li» 

 mleriLSl in the l.illle Desert aroused 

 diirm« Ids own student days. 



On the return trip a northward 

 tonir. w:us taken, slopping to see 

 PuIlVltMM \i \tiht I the Only Victorian 

 KtWWI ol an oihcivMse S.A. and W.A 

 >peeies). Ih lit hrvuttit \thltt\ilulitini 



num. l.ottmmhu lew an phttla and 



Sfint bush. in llower amivl acres of 

 in, dice :md hiooiuhuvh. Next wc 

 chmhed Wl linnet. Ill outciop Q[ 

 red sandMotu- ii>nnrd aftci Thomw 

 Ik-dinylo'i lutnu. a Miiveyor who 

 died in I'm. i I I'c designation of 

 lbv.se low s.,nd hMfa as "mounts' is 

 ■ >l eouiNe .inlv couipat alive.) Nottevd 



here were Afurm gunnti isyn. \t/m<n- 



r, i. I , ,1, IfttrtifpHtit tt~ ntilfhi'llii. 

 BfiTfa mftchelH) litikra ulicina. Sp\- 

 >tdit\t*i i >i<->. TfphtllWH ■ Lf&S&fo 

 h)!tit. f., piUosprnnu lurvftoitlet |tnd 

 t a\iyiha KlatifUu. Another disced 

 lowanV mound w. lS noted, and s„nd 

 heaps made by ihe -Silky Moust- 



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