j» Huloni^ii tttlfflyWli Viol't hi'tler- 

 £fl and Acoenu aiivrrini/nliu, and 

 j'cre were many fallen limbs atid 



Tlic lower, dense layers were 

 j,ilcii with runways formed by small 

 annuals, and it was on sueh a tun way 

 M the Masntcoinys was 1 lapsed. 

 Hhcr small mammals trapped in the 

 id were the bush rat. Ratlin fuscipes 

 wmilh (in large numbers) and the 

 r,wn phascogalc. /luiechinux \tucii- 

 Diijyinev probably made by the 

 Miuiiosed bandicoot, renuiuh's nus- 



u. were seen hut no specimens were 

 rtpW^ The black wallahs . M till«hio 

 fftttOr was fairly common in the 

 and Ihe only phalangend 

 ^countered was rhe ringtail possum. 

 ■■vtulorht'tnis pen-virtu:,. 



Ill Carlisle River 

 This localitv ilat. 3S> 33 - S. long. 

 i\ 25'F), 17.7km Hlmlsi north- 

 west of the Aire Valley and at an 

 .tiiudc of about 1 50 m 1 500 II I 

 VN.l. is vers dilTetent from other 

 ireas in Victoria from where Mdsitt- 

 n„iv» has been collecled. The pre- 

 dominant vegetation characteristics 

 ftrt those of a wel heath. The single 

 .umal collected here in September 

 Ijjfe by K. (j. Pcislcv, Fisheries and 

 siWllite Department was trapped in 

 ••cathlunil close to a Xteluleuyu 

 ■Auntp The area was visited ag.an tn 

 Tune 1970. and il was apparent that 

 tmcIi of the heaihland had been burnt 

 ,n the intervening years. The swamps 

 ■ u ingcly unhutut. The surround 

 .nj heaihland and the low seTubbx 

 intust on hiflher yioond was regvn 



This violation has developed tin 

 .. j ..k-uwd bom "Icrliatv cluv scdi 

 me«K They arc acid grey s*ud\ 

 Mjms ovcrlymK light day or Mfrft 

 a.\ subsoils, and contain appreciable 

 Hints ol organic malkr m the sin 



Member, 1971 



face layers (Central Planning Auth- 

 ority, 1957). 



Meteorological data for the localm 

 is not available. Rainfall records from 

 Gullibrand Rivet West. 12.3 km |7 5 

 mis I south- west of Carlisle River 

 show that station to have an average 



raiatau oi aftfaai 107 cm with hum 



rain lallmg in winter. Carlisle Ri\cr 

 lies midway between the 100 and 

 130 em isohyels (C entral Planning 

 Authoiily. 1957) and rainfall is prob- 

 ably slighlly higher than at C.ellibr.mo 

 River West. 



I here are no temperature recording 

 stations near this locality hut Cen- 

 tral Planning Authority l P.>57 I gives, 

 in general terms, the following infor- 

 mation for inland areas of the 

 region. Fcbtuaty is the warmest 

 month Average summer maxima are 

 probably about 27'C, minima about 

 13 C Winter avcr/ige maxima are 

 about I3'C and minima {ti5*C or 

 slightly less, with Juh being (he 

 coldest month. 



Swamps at this locality were com 

 roscd mainly of tall <3-otti) M>lo- 

 lent a squurroxn *i'h scanered Lcpi<> 

 .\per»Utni funipetiiKini. Free watet 

 was present at the time of 1hp second 

 visit. Around ihe perimetet of the 

 swamps the vegetation W6 Wit) 

 about 0 .5 m tall, a mixture ot Mi 

 \<liM'rosu and L. itiniperinimi with 

 fiptingem imuiuthi, gpactli Ionian 



nmtl. f intplcsui (iymttOK hoetius 

 sphmxK.phahn, Vwu operculum. 

 L.pidovpcima bliti-rme and Restw 

 t, iraptfjIlUt pi escnt. scattered through- 

 out, Close to Ihe ground were Ma- 

 giwlfo wliplK/^t, Siylidium firomim 

 wlimii, hrroth'TO ciliuru, Caion>phi><. 

 itHMSotW ;md Poiier.uwn sp. The 

 Utter gtoup wete all less than 25 em 

 UHf, On the- rising ground .Yu/i'/'or- 

 rlwra «ttt«tfi> became a dominant 

 te.uiu.c and ,ti places was extremely 

 abundant (see Plate ft. Adjacent 



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