Tasmanian Field Naturalists’ Club 
EASTER CAMP- OUT, 1911 
By E. A. ELLIOT!, Hon. Secretary, 
It is pleasing to record that the seventh 
Easter camp-out of this elub has been 
successfully held, the site of the camp 
being Deep Hole, al Southport. It may 
be interesting to mention first the sites 
of earlier camps, and to give the num¬ 
bers present: — 
1995.—Bream Creek; camping party, 9. 
19'ttl.—Cole’s Bay (Freyciuet Peninsu¬ 
la); camping party, 40. 
1907. —South Bruni; camping party, 27. 
1908. Maria Island; camping party, 27. 
19)3. Wineglass Bay (Freyciuet Penin¬ 
sula); camping party, 84. 
1910.—Cole’s Bay; camping party, 97. 
IBM.- Southport,, camping party, 60. 
During the last three camps ladies have 
attended. 
It will be seen from the above that in 
comparison with former years this sea 
son's cam]) was no mean one, and ’t 
would doubtless have proved a record if 
the site had not been changed several 
times, owing to unforeseen circumstances. 
Port DaVey was first fixed upon, but a 
steamer could not be procured to convey 
members t lie re. Fortescue Bay, near 
Port Arthur, was agreed upon as an al- 
ternah'v 1 sit,, but this was abandoned 
in favour of Recherche. Then opinion 
seemed to lean more towards Southport 
as a camping ground, so tnat the camp 
was finally settled there. The s.s. Togo 
was secured to take most of the party, 
and Mr W Molding took several in bis 
stean. yacht Edina. The Edina remained 
at the camp, and was placed at members’ 
disposal for dredging, as well as for tak¬ 
ing parties to places of interest. There 
were also the motor-yacht Fancy, which 
was used by fishing parties, and two 
smaller boats These four made up the 
camp flotilla. 
Leaving Hobart at 11.15 p.m. on Thurs¬ 
day. April 13. and proceeding down 
D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Deep Hole was 
reached in four hours time. Disembark¬ 
ing was at once proceeded with, this be¬ 
ing helped by the light of a full moon. 
A large fire was started on shore, and 
here the ladies and a proportion of the 
men and juniors grouped themselves to 
wait for daybreak, whilst parties explcr- 
td the vicinity for camping grounds, or 
carried goods along the jetty. The labori¬ 
ous and more or less exciting landings at 
former camps by boating ihe members 
and their impedimenta from the ship was 
dispensed with in this ease, owing to the 
fact that a fine jetty used for stacking 
timber for transhipment to various parts 
of the world was erected there. Deep 
Hole obtains its name from being a fine 
anchorage in a more or less shallow bay. 
Sonic huts, commodious and clean, close 
lo the jetty were found to be unoccupied, 
and were used as cook’s quarters. The 
ladies’ tents were erected on the south 
side, and were bordered by one stream; 
•he men’s tent;, scattered towards the 
north, were bounded by another. 
Immediately after breakfast bad beer, 
unjoyed pa'ties set about numerous duties 
in the camp, and when these were done, 
left in small detachments for a walk 
a coos, t he hills to Southport Lagoon, This 
is a large sheet of shallow water, with 
several islands, and in Ihe bacltgreun 1 
the fine La Perouse range of mountains 
shows up with their snow-capped peaks— 
snow being on these mountains for nine 
months of the year. On one of the head¬ 
lands close to the entrance to the lagoon 
is monument erected in memory of the 
man> who perished in the convict ship 
George III., which struck a submerged 
lock now called after the ship, in 1833. 
Most of the party visited the monument, 
aril several photographed it. 
Trips were made to Reclierene, where 
tin Catamaran coal mines and sawmills 
were visited, and the scenery en route 
was much admired. Sawmills are numer¬ 
ous in this part of the country, some of 
them being within a few miles of the 
camp. Not one was wo iking fully during 
any part of our visit, but descriptions 
were given, showing the manipulation of 
logs in their conversion into sawn tim¬ 
ber The lengthy tramways into the for¬ 
ests were frequently availed of by parties 
from the camp. 
The chief excursion by members of the 
camp was that made to the Ida Bay 
Caves, when the whole party of 57, leav¬ 
ing only the three cooks in camp, went 
