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towering on the one hand and Mt. Widgee, backed by 
Tliroakban on the other, our Camp, with the tumbling, 
rushing Upper Albert River at its side, was one which 
none of us will forget. 
Neither will 1 forget the masses of white cockatoos 
which, as evening fell, clustered on various trees, making 
them look like huge masses of white blossoms. 
The geologists, too, I think, found this camp of 
interest — as on one long walk up hill and down dale for 
several miles, they introduced us to a coal seam, and when 
we reached Christmas Creek, an apparently absorbing 
argument of, I understand, about 20 years’ standing, 
was resumed with great goodwill. 
When watching our geologists at work, 1 am always 
reminded of the words of the English poet, William 
Wordsworth : — 
.... you may trace him oft 
By scars which his activity has left 
Beside our roads and pathways, though, thank Heaven 
This covert nook reports not of his hand; 
He who with pocket hammer smites the edge 
Of luckless rock or prominent stone, disguised 
in weather-stains or crusted o’er by Nature 
With her first growths, detaching by the stroke 
A chip or splinter — to resolve his doubts. 
And, with that ready answer satisfied, 
The substance classes by some barbarous name, 
And hurries on; or from the fragments picks 
His specimen, if but happily interveined 
With sparkling mineral, or should crystal cube 
Lurk in its cells — and thinks himself enriched, 
Wealthier, and doubtless wiser, than before. 
Various small orchids are reminiscent of trips to 
Belmont, the Goodna Scrub, Cash’s Crossing and Sunny - 
bank. 
Sunnybank has been the scene of a great many of our 
trips in search of wildflowers, as has Bribie Island; in 
fact, the last named place has become one of our most 
popular week-end trips of late years. 
These are just a few of the leaves from my garden 
diary, which serve to bring to my mind outings of 'this 
Club — outings filled with interest to the nature lover — 
whether he be a scientific man, or, like myself, just a 
person having an interest in Nature and the great Out- 
of-doors. 
