MM there he burrows 12 feet nnder- 



S£| points around. 



Willi I lie night COW and winds. A 

 IhA. hcsM.ui screen enabled the 

 ' ,nafirc feCOUp to enjoy Dick Morn- 

 22 titt* iccordings and whimsical 

 iulionarv cllo.ts. There was heavy 

 ,o,,s,,n. rain during the sleeping 



ot Ihe night. 

 JMtfitfiw 5 Scpifinfwr 



tfttt breakfast Bill Qa*KttlgS mice 

 MN WttCtWd Mid photographed. 



| lK re was a demonstration of 

 bbpnrewnja throwing by Avelyn 

 C (Hills (who makes them in Ihe 

 UflfljMfchtUW traditional way | and 

 Williams, who cadi then took 

 I moup Oi 'i'lOi *JtofiC success! ul 

 ',i, an vs were not many: one throw 

 left the boomerang high in a tree, 

 defying dislodgement until eventually 

 hronehl down by PT.s good marks- 

 Ujimhfoi Alee Hicks (who gave 

 Ijflli (|) Nhill the nighl before on his 

 ^-1 io South Africa and Rhodesia I 

 mwed with John imd Jill Parko. 

 ihen John Icasdale (of A BC telc- 

 Vfeninj came w.ih "Wimpy" Re.ehclt 

 fp( Luile Desert Tours'. Nhill) to 

 make U film coverage ol the J- N.C.V. 

 ,.,nip.oi.i. AIM lilmmg iictivilies 

 near B.oughtons Walcrholc. leas- 

 able came with us to Wild Dog 

 Spring, whcic shots were taken Of 

 naturalists handling Rupphi nuni- 

 fima, Sea lasscl. B plant <M salt or 

 hiuekish lagoons, and an orange 

 brocket lungus t?/*W««l l,n f 

 hanksia branch, ihen out to ihe Suud- 

 hills on a very rough Hack, several 

 vehicles tcven with four-wheel drive) 

 experiencing dillieultics. Filming was 

 completed here. 



Back at camp Ihcrc was further 

 photographing of native animals. 

 M)d ai*o of Ihe "Three Blind Mice . 

 a womempiuons nickname given M 

 M.ss-s Williams. HiW* and Conns 



June. 1*71 



hy some local supporters uf ihe 

 McDonald Um scheme, but which, 

 like the M I&b of "lobruk". has 



become .in honoured name, for they 

 ate regarded as "men of vision", 

 among conservationists and other 

 opponents ol Ihe alienation ol what 

 should become a greatly extended 

 I utle D.-s.Tl National Park. 



Thft first census of Utile Dcscrl 

 plants was made by Dr. C. S Sut- 

 ton of ibose noted in the area in 

 1913 bv SI. Kloy D'Allon isce the 

 hitter's paper. Ihe Botany of ihe 

 Ijttle Desert. Wimmera, Victoria", 

 \ Mai. 30: b5-78l ; and contained 

 224 species; ihe tlorula compiled by 

 Alec Hicks for the 1 wile Desert totals 

 nunc lhan fiCKl species: he records 

 also the parishes in which each 

 species was collected, and ihe list 

 indicates Ihe collectors names loi 

 each plunl. beginning with D'Allon 

 and mcludina A I. Swaby. I H. 

 Willis. A. ( Beaiiglehole. T R Muir 

 and A. J Hicks as major collectors, 

 with less frequent mention of K M. 

 Reader, Alison Jordan. Jean lialhraith 

 and A. B. Court Such llonslic lich 

 ness must he preserved in as ucar In 

 lis primitive slate as possible and m 

 a sullicicntly large area, as habitats 

 tor Ihe native fauna as well as for 

 ihe flora. 



Sititdnv, 6 Stfilttnher 



Camp was vlruck. our three guides 

 were thanked, then there was unite 

 a task 10 get Ihe bus up a stcepish 

 sandy rise Miss Moon was also 

 hogged to. a while. Dick Morrison 

 drove home via Kiala. calling on 

 Keith Haiclv of Lowan Saneluarv 

 fame. The bus route home was via 

 Qtj o:ve. ML A'apilcs, Nitmuik and 

 Horsham Lunch was at S^ers 

 Rocks thai monumenl ol human 

 l.vcuatois. Said to be named utter 

 ihiv. sivtets who camped there in 

 the laic fSftfc "n the way to the 



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