C. The Queen Victoria Drive 
As this drive is destined to become one of the most popular 
close to the city on account of its natural (and practically 
unknown) beauty, it deserves a special description. 
The approach is by train via Long Gully Station and climbing 
the hill to the north; by road, through Crafers to Waverley 
Ridge, and towards Belair by the old road. 
The first gully beyond the station is entered and a track is 
followed right to the top. In the lower part of the gully, stringy- 
barks are seen, and above them is the manna gum, of which 
there are also many saplings. This picturesque, gorge-like gully 
is a beautiful introduction to the views beyond. The call of 
numerous birds and the hash of their wings through the uees 
add further enchantment to the scene. Mossy rocks, set among 
ferns and mat-like plants, form a natural rock garden, and can 
give ideas for rockery designs. The steepness of the gully pre- 
cludes any hurrying and so gives the visitor ample time to take 
in the surrounding beauty. Getting over a shoulder of the gully, 
the track opens out into a delightful glade with a shady pathway 
beneath many trees, young and old, consisting mostly of manna 
gum. As the head of the gully is approached, the manna gum 
is replaced by the stringybark, which shelters shrubs of 
Acrotriche fasciculi flora, which practically covers the ground. 
Fig. 12. — Workanda Creek below Lower Waterfall, where 
Stringybark and Manna Gums mingle. 
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