November, 1943 
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The Queensland Naturalist 
where we spent a whole day. The bus took us to Brook- 
field from which point we rambled along the Gold Creek 
road for some miles to a pleasure spot on a branch of the 
creek at the foot of the hills. Here we lunched and from 
there rambled up to an old mine and other points of 
interest, and but for the crush in the bus, the day was 
most pleasing. Four “ point to point’ ’ rambles of more 
than ordinary interest were those from the Camp Moun- 
tain to Ferny Grove, at which fourteen members were 
present; Petrie to Strathpine via Lawnton, where Mr. 
White rediscovered a rare dwarf acacia, and Miss Holland 
recorded a pair of yellow-tailed finches feeding a young 
bronze cuckoo. 
The third was from Woodridge to Kuraby, part of 
which was negotiated in the rain and was finished by 
some of our lady members by a quick sprint for the early 
train. The fourth ]ed from Ashgrove tram terminus to 
Bardon, this outing and the first-named being unusually 
healthy rambles by reason of the mountain climbing pro- 
vided on both occasions. 
Of the others, the one to White’s Hill provided a 
remarkable demonstration of the power of lightning which 
had shattered a big tree situated well within a sheltered 
valley right at the foot of the hill. At Wellington Point 
a whole day Sunday outing was made possible by the kind 
invitation of Mrs. and Miss Dabbs, who placed their lovely 
home and grounds at our disposal and so loaded us with 
morning tea and refreshments that we had to delay lunch 
considerably to be equal to that as well. Here we renew- 
ed our acquaintance with a number of seashore and water 
birds not usually within our range and were provided 
with the unusual spectacle of two pairs of tree swallows 
nesting in the roof of our host’s house, using the spar- 
row ’s method of slipping between the iron and the^ wall- 
plate through the grooves in the metal. A ramble in the 
Dams area of One Tree Hill in September was the ninth 
item on our programme and though it fell in a dry period 
provided much that was of interest at that time. 
In February, a visit of inspection led by Dr. Herbert, 
and guided by Mr. Bick, was made to the new university 
site and the whole place was explored, and the different 
planting systems noted. When things become normal 
again after the war, the result of those planned operations 
should be a joy forever. 
