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The Queensland. Naturalist August 1947 
Our next outing was to the hills near Mt. Gravatt, 
at which a small party went over this familiar area. 
Mr. White was leader and re-discovered his old love in 
Eucalyptus ■planchoniana. Mr. Ken Harley noted over 
30 species of birds for the afternoon, which was good 
for the season. 
The King’s Birthday outing was a basket picnic 
to Kobble Greek on the Dayboro Line, and the “get 
together” was appreciated by all. Miss Coxon listed 
over 40 birds during the short, visit and a. number of 
interesting plants and trees were also recorded. 
The Labour Day week-end was spent at Camp 
Mountain. Through the repeated kindness of Dr., Mrs. 
and Miss Marks the members of the Club have become 
fairly familiar with this area, which always offers some- 
thing of fresh interest. There is a considerable variety 
of plants and birds to be seen and the bora rings are 
an unusual feature. 
In August we visited a well-known hunting ground 
at Sunnybank, but owing to the dry season it was a 
disappointing trip for flower hunters. Also there is 
little of geological interest and our rotifer hunters have 
unfortunately passed on. Birds also were scarce as 
Miss Coxon could only flush about 25 for the afternoon, 
all being old friends. 
Our next outing (September) was to the Enoggera 
Water Reserve, where we had the curious experience of 
being the first public visitors to the reservoir since its 
closure after the outbreak of war, an honour of which 
we were duly appreciative. No botanist was with the 
party on that occasion, so, therefore, there is no list, but 
our observant Miss Coxon spied over 37 birds, which 
included a swan, several Jacanas and ducks. Members 
also spied several strangers with guns and numbers of 
straying cattle, which were duly reported to the City 
Council later on, and we hope steps were taken to have 
the area policed. 
The October outing was a trip to Birkdale on the 
shores of Moreton Bay, and as this was Bird Month, it 
was largely a bird day. Unfortunately, the tide was 
high and most of the small waders were absent; inter- 
esting items, however, were Brolgas and Black Swans, 
otherwise the list was made up of our usual well-known 
friends of the Brisbane district. 
