At the head of the gully there is a cross track which, if now- 
followed to the left (i.e., westerly) joins the Queen Victoria 
Drive at about one hundred yards from the north-east entrance 
to the park. It is to be regretted that there are a few plants of the 
dreaded St. John’s Wort here, which can easily spread to the 
detriment of the native flora. Stringybark is plentiful here and 
some of the native cherry is seen and, where there is deeper soil, 
the blackwood is present. Hibbertia acicularis var. sessiliflora 
is found here and forms low, spreading bushes, which are a 
blaze of golden yellow in the spring. Proceeding along the drive, 
the golden wattle is seen and the manna gum also comes into 
view. From this point there are glimpses of distant ranges to 
the south towards Willunga, where the hills are silhouetted 
against the sky in a blue haze. The ridge here has manna and 
blue gum, and on a small flat the blue gum is now associated with 
the stringybark. On the next rise the pink gum is the main 
tree, while a rare heath shrub ( Lissanthe strigosa ) occurs with 
it. The flowers of this latter plant are white and waxy, and the 
small berries are also whitish. Plants observed here are : 
Pultcnaea daphnoides ; the cranberry ; Bursaria spinosa; and a 
number of orchids. Another rise is now reached, and from it 
a fine view to the south and west opens up, and to the north 
plains can be seen stretching away in the distance. The westerly 
view takes in the sea and at a chosen vantage point the green of 
the hills can be seen to be separated from the blue waters of the 
Fig. 13. — Hakea ulicina with Grass-tree (Xanthorrhoea) 
and Peppermint and Blue Gums. 
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