lea Trees that they had lost their 

 gfthercd look and the blossom 

 swarmed svith masses of bees and 

 tyfBj flics. From here to the main 

 |., s ,.\Vest i rack thai connects Pas- 

 tern Lookout and Wonga Hut. was 

 l H ,i a sliort distance, and f disturbed 

 seven large kangaroos I had the tele- 

 pjiato lens at the ready, hut was noi 

 ^rested in (he small rear shots thai 

 presented themselves. I was on the 

 main track now and only a mile from 

 htisc when a kangaroo came from 

 behind a Red Gum and sal facing 

 me. I was able to take this pose as 

 well as one more in full flight as lie 

 bounded away. 



At 11.35 I reached the van and 

 was greeted by the girls. 



TWO more incidents of the rest of 

 the visit to Wyperfeld arc very clear 

 ,„ (OS niuui. I he lirsl was Rudd 

 ( amplx-ll's wide grin when he saw 

 Ihiit I had returned safely. 



I he second occurred when a half 

 ilu/.cn emus were wandering over 

 Wonga Hut plain very close to the 

 Lamps, and a new caruvan eamc to 

 a halt. Hardlv had it sWppftd, ttmJ) 

 two small children appeared, crusts 



in lists and heading towards the graz- 

 ing emus. Risking the danger of intcr- 

 f firing between parent and child and 

 of giving the latter a traumatic 

 experience that might persist into 

 adulthood. I gave a yell, and sug- 

 gested that the emus were doing a 

 good job of feeding themselves, and 

 that the human approach would repel 

 rather than attract them. I then had 

 a chat with the parents, and it trans- 

 pired that they had expected Wvper 

 feld to be a sort of extensive Hcalcs- 

 v illc or Tidbinbilly. The conversation 

 was agreeably fruitful. 



The next morning I took a short 

 walk to Ml. Mattingley. where the 

 early morning sun rays lit Flagstaff 

 Hill; and the malice lor many miles 

 was softly wrapped in a grey swirling 

 laver Of mist. Down from the crest 

 1 went with Yellow-winged Honey 

 eaters fluting Ironi hanksia to banksia 

 and a loud-voiced Scrub Robin sfioul- 

 ing as I headed for the van, brcak- 

 last, and the move home. 



Wvperfeld had let me into a few 

 more of its secreLs. but there remain 

 ever so many more to shaie. 



nut i. 



K.wearm> 



in iiichi 



hetween 

 Cistern 



i uokoai 

 and 



Won*, Hut. 



September, 1971 



