Tasmanian Field Naturalists’ Club 
1926 Easter Camp at Safety Cove, 
Port Arthur, 
GENERAL ACCOUNT 
By CLIVE E. LORD, F.L.S. 
Twenty-two yeiirs as'o tile TaMnu- 
niun Kield Naturalists’ Club eoimiu ne¬ 
ed its Kaster camps. The .success 
which ha.s attended the.st- outinss ever 
a scries of years is du<> to several lea- 
son.s, aniontf which rnay be iiu ntloned 
the litial purpo.se which thc.se cainiis 
.serve. Not only do they provide n‘.ean.s 
for lover.s of nature to visit distant 
localities and to pursue their .studie.s 
in these resions, hut they serve to 
l.rine tosettier members of the club in 
a .social way, .ind thus tissl.st in form¬ 
ing: that s'plrit of good fellowship ui)on 
which .so much of the .succc.s.s of any 
organisalion de|)eiids. The annual ciit- 
iiigs are well eslablished now, and if 
the club's elTorts to awaken ati en¬ 
livened interest in Ttismanian natural 
history are successful, these excuriion.s 
will ii'rovide ail opimi-tunity to an i ven 
greater number of natural history 
workers than they do at pre.sent. 
The camp site this year was Sidety 
Cove. I’ort .\rthur. which locality had 
been vi.sited by the club on several 
previous occasions, namely, in 11113. 
lUlS, and llll'O. The natural iKauties 
of the di,strict, combined with it.s his¬ 
torical a.ssoeiation.s, add to the interest 
to a eonsideralile degree. In addition 
the camp site at Safety Cove is an 
ideai one. end the thanks of the chili 
are due to Messrs. Hriges liro.s. for 
permitting the members to camp bn 
their property. 
The [larty this year numbered 36 
ali told, sl.v of whom formed the tm- 
vance party. Thr.se hitter nieniber.s 
to.gether with the camp impedimenta, 
left Hobart .shoitly after li o’clock on 
Wednesday. .March 31, in the Keemere. 
and titter the trip around Cape Raoul 
—which haii a disturbing effect upon 
at least on - member of the party— 
the boat wi s anchored clo.se to tlio 
beach oft St fety Cove at a quarter to 
two. 
.An immediate start was made gei- 
tin.g the canip gear ashore, and it wa.s 
ne.-irly tw'o hours Inter before tlie Hee- 
mere'left the .small party, and an im¬ 
mense ticcuniulation of luggage on the 
.site which wtis to be our home for the 
next few days. 
•A start was made to erect certain ot 
ihi' tents that evening, and a fair 
amoutit of work had been done before 
liarkne.ss fell, and the party retired to 
lest in pronaration for a long day’s 
work on the morrow. 
Thiir.sday morning found the mem¬ 
bers of the advance party early astir, 
and the work of preparing the camp 
proceeded throughout the da.v. li.v mia- 
oi.y most of the tents had been .set up, 
l.ut it w as late in I lie afternoon before 
the camp was complete. twenl>' teiit.s 
isiviiig been erected, and the vai'ious 
paeka,ges of hi.g.gage. etc., ailotied lo 
I heir correct designations, and tiie gal¬ 
ley and ilining tent having been set 
out. 
•Alter the evening meal the advance 
part.N was enabled to rest from its 
labours and await the arrival of the 
re.st of the part.v. l^hortly before lo 
o’clock the honk of a motor horn on 
tlic Tort Artluir-road aiinounred the 
arrival of the mam [larty, and the.se 
were soon received in camp. :iiid did 
full .iusliee to the coffee and hoi cro.ss 
Ijiiiis which were awaiting their arri- 
lal. It was .some time laier before 
the varioii.-' tent parties Iiad settled 
down in their new quarters. 
The follnwiiig day gave every pro¬ 
mise of line w(-a11icr. and .several er- 
etiisions were arranged to vi.sit such 
places as the Ri'iiiarkable Cave and the 
I’.liwvhole, V. Iiich were within fairly 
.'-hort distance of t he camp, fltlier mem- 
licrs spent most of the day in camp, 
as two other parties arrived from town 
in ilieir own cid’s: hut b.v the aller- 
iioon the e.-vnii wa.s liilly complete, and 
all the niemhers had an opportunity of 
meeting together and dl.sctissing tho 
ctmip site and other items of inter¬ 
est at the time. As regards the exact 
she of the ca,m|., tlic tents were pitch- 
eil at the southern end of Safety Cove, 
on the small strip of ilal laud between 
the .sand hummock which fringe.s the, 
beach find the hill which rlse.s at tho 
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