The South Australian Naturalist 
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burnt, but one old pi*os1i*9to tniuk defied all attempts at destruc- 
tion and may be seen to-day with its diameter of somewhere near 
six feet near the base, in much the same condition as the writer 
remembers it when he camped as a boy in a hut on this site over 
'M) years aj^o. A vineyard Avas planted in the cleared area but 
the vines did not ]m)Sper and eventually died out. A regrowth 
of stringy-barks from seed followed and already this new genera- 
tion of trees has siu'ciimbed to the woodman’s axe and again the 
regroAA'th has started. Sic irtmsit gloria mimdi. Though the 
forest has been in part greatly injured, compared with its 
pristine state, its recovery from the repeated onslaughts on it 
has been wonderful, and a feAv years of fostering care would 
again see stately Eu(*alypts, Avith barrels straight as ^Ahe mast 
of some tall admiral” toAA'Cring upAvards to reach the light. 
Here aa’G have. Avithin easy access of the city, a relatively flat 
])lateau, AAuth magnificent vieAVs over the plains, partly covered 
Avith forest at present and only asking for a few years’ rest to 
enable the Aveary city-dAA’ellef to lose himself amongst its um- 
brageous shade or rest in the cool beneatli its leafy expanse. 
The trees that Avill groAv upon it are timber-trees of considerable 
Amine, and AA'onld form some reseiwe for the years of timber 
famine that ere long Avill surely overtake us — will in fact over- 
take the present generation. 
In 1922, the Field Natuimlists’ Section paid a visit to this 
spot, leaving the char-a-banc at the foot of the Summit and 
AA'alking doAvn the ridge. Then Ave discussed the beauties of the 
position, the necessity for obtaining more reserves within easy 
access of the city and the need for conseiwing and fostering our 
forest trees. Time has accentiiated those needs and it seems now 
fitting that aa'c as a body should join AA’ith others in pressing that 
this })la(*e be set aside as a reserAm. The city is groAving, hill- 
]*esorts are far too fcAA' and too small to meet even the present 
needs of our citiz^is, everyone Avho looks but a few years ahead 
sees a timber famine staring us in the face. Moreover, the 
suggestion has been made to me that aat <‘Ould have no more 
fitting memorial to the j:>art our men played in the Great War 
than a National Reserve situated as this is, OAmrlooking the 
plains from near the summit of our highest peak. Through the 
area passes the ucaa' cable for the supply of electric light to Mount 
Lofty. Why not, from this National Reserve, have a Beacon 
Light blazing forth every night, visible to all on the plains 
beneath? It might CAmn be possible to arrange Hxe lights to 
shine^ in the form of a Routhern Cross to be lighted on special 
occasions, such as Anzac Day. The hills immediately below the 
proposed ReserA^e are naturally bare of trees and on one side a 
broad spur has, T should judge, a sufficiently level space to allow 
