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The Queensland Naturalist 
November, 1943 
of the Animal and Birds Protection Acts and the Native 
Plants Protection Acts. 
E. 0. MARKS, President. 
E. E. BAIRD, Hon. Secretary. 
QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS ’ CLUB 
REPORT OP EXCURSION SECRETARY FOR 1942. 
Despite all difficulties consequent on the War and its 
disruptions, the Club has organised and carried through 
a varied and useful programme of outings for the bene- 
fit of its members. The chief obstacle that the Committee 
faced in arranging their programme has been lack of trans- 
port. Owing to the growth of the City and its extra ex- 
pansion under War conditions, many and most of the 
nearby hunting grounds of the Club in the past years 
have disappeared, and the present lack of transport has 
placed other possible areas quite out of bounds. Then 
again, when it is possible to overcome the transport prob- 
lem, it is found that the usual accommodation at a num- 
ber of desirable places has closed for the duration. 
However, despite these drawbacks, those members 
who have been able to attend the outings arranged, have 
found ample enjoyment and benefit from those that were 
possible. 
Perhaps the most outstanding one was that to Camp 
Mountain, -when as the guests of our President and Mrs. 
and Miss Marks, members were hospitably housed for the 
week-end at the new barracks on the property and rambled 
round the adjoining countryside at their leisure. Although 
comparatively close to the city and accessible by a short 
train journey, it is certainly in the country, and the list 
of over 50 species of Birds noted for the two days is ample 
evidence of its richness from the Naturalist’s point of view 
and those of us present on that occasion are pleased to 
remember our hosts’ invitation to come again. This out- 
ing was our nearest approach to a Camp-out this year, 
the usual Easter outing being out of the question at 
present. 
Other delightful and instructive afternoon rambles 
were made to such places as could be reached by existing 
services, the most ambitious of these being to Gold Creek, 
