May 1945 The Queensland Naturalist 
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material was collected or recorded. The first one, a ramble 
from Salisbury to Sunnybank, was over a lot of familiar 
ground on a warm afternoon, but the pause at the Tea 
Gardens compensated for the journey to reach it. Some 
very interesting Dwarf Banksias were pointed out by Mr. 
White, and the birds at the Oasis were very comfortably 
housed. At Easter Time, our good friends Dr. and Mrs. 
and Miss Marks made possible a very enjoyable Easter 
Camp for the Club. Members as usual were very com- 
fortably housed in a very excellent area and some new 
material was discovered by the Botanists and an excellent 
list of Birds compiled. Although these good people have 
been already thanked for making this outing possible it is 
my duty to also record our appreciation in this report and 
T do so on behalf of all concerned. The May outing was 
a walk from Holland Park to Salisbury, and though tilings 
were dry a useful afternoon’s work and observation was 
accomplished. In June we journeyed via White’s Hill, 
Pine Mountain and the country between there and Camp 
Hill. Some real climbing occurred here, so much 
so that some of we older club exhibits "were glad now and 
then to stand and look back at the scenery. As Mr. White 
had promised a Nudist Colony at the top of the steepest 
pinch, this steep ascent was managed by all, but whether 
it was just one of those idle rumours or not, the Colony 
was not in session and we made off down the other side 
without any Zoological specimens of any dimensions worth 
getting excited over. 
July to Downfall Creek and August to Sunnybank 
provided our usual half-clay trips with familiar birds and 
flowers of suburban Brisbane which has to be our content 
these days. In September Mr. White led us a long ramble 
backwards and forwards through the Chermside Hills, 
where the most outstanding feature was a large pig farm 
with its attendant colony of This (two species), Crows and 
Pee Wees. Also near the end of the day near the Cherm- 
side Cemetery we came across an interesting bit of swampy 
land with ' a number of unusual plants which 
have already been recorded in the report of 
that day. Another fine Week-End at Camp Mountain 
with the Marks family and an excellent afternoon at the 
Keepera Golf Course in November, were fitting finishes to 
a particularly useful and instructive year’s rambles which 
the Club carrier! through despite war restrictions. 
GEO. H, BABKEB, 
