3. Long Gully and the Two Slopes Leading into It 
A. The Slope Facing South 
(CONTINUING the route taken in Trail No. i, we leave the 
lower portion of the park, and at 1,000 feet the first hill is 
reached just above and north of the reservoir. Here the manna 
and red gum are found with the native cherry and a few black- 
woods. These plants continue round the hill and near the south 
end of the tunnel a yellow daisy ( Senecio hypoleucus) is found. 
The manna gum still dominates the tree association on the slope 
going up Long Gully, and not until the last fork of the gully is 
passed do we find the stringybarks coming in. The manna gum 
is now replaced by the latter species. Other plants seen here 
include the native raspberry ( Rubus parviflorus). cranesbill 
( Geranium pilosum) , and the fan-leaved spleenwort fern 
( Asplenium flab elli folium ) . 
B. The Slope Facing North 
Approaching the rising ground along the southern boundary 
of the park and south of the reservoir, the big trees are the red 
gum with a few peppermint. The native convolvulus is seen 
here, also a large patch of the pest St. John’s Wort. Some 
manna gum comes in here, and as it increases the red gum and 
Fig. i 7. — Workanda Creek. A large Red Gum with Sheoak 
(Casuarina stricta) on the left and Native Cherry 
(Exocarpus cupressiformis) in the foreground. 
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