Tasmanian Field Naturalists’ Club. 
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Easter Camp-Out at Adventure Bay, 1921. 
By Clive E. Lord, lion. Secretary. 
Adventure liay is exceedingly interest¬ 
ing from the historical standpoint, and 
this aspect, quite apart from the scenic 
charms of the locality, made the site 
for the Tasmanian Field Naturalists' 
Club Easter ramp of 1921 an attractive 
one. The locality is also a good collect¬ 
ing ground for st ..dents of certain 
branches of natural histry. This is of 
importance because the club always en¬ 
deavours to arrange the camp sites with 
a view of allowing lovers of nature to 
investigate the many problems that are 
to be found in such localities as this. 
For the past 17 years regular excur¬ 
sions have been held to various places 
of interest on the coast, and the follow¬ 
ing is a brief resume of the place, 
visited and the number of member, who 
attended:— 
1905—Bream Creek; camping party, u 
IDOO—'Cole's Bay (Frpyvinet Penin¬ 
sula); camping party, 40. 
1907— ■Little Taylor's'Bay («S. Brunv); 
camping party, 27 
1908— Soldier’s Point (Maria Island); 
camping party, 27. 
1900—Wineglass Bay (Freycinet Pen¬ 
insula) ; camping party, 84. 
1910— Cole’s Bay (Freycinet, Penin¬ 
sula); camping party, 97. 
1911— Southport; camping party, 00. 
191i2—Darlington (Maria Island); 
camping party, 09. 
1913— Safety Cove (Port Arthur); 
camping party, 80. 
1914— -Wineglass Bay; camping party, 
100 . 
1915— Darlington (Maria Island); 
camping party, 30. 
1910—Eaglehawk Neck; camping party, 
30. 
1917—Wedge Bay; camping party, 33. 
1018—Safety Cove; camping party, 38. 
1919—Eaglehawk N'eck; camping party, 
39. 
1020—Safety Cove; camping party, 47. 
1921—Adventure Bay (S. Bruny); 
camping party, 41. 
During recent years it lias been the 
custom for an advance party to precede 
i he main body in order to prepare the 
vamp. The same policy wag pursued 
tins year, and ten members, who took 
with them all the camp impedimenta, 
left Hobart In the s. Togo at 8 a.m. on 
Wednesday, April 23. After a quiet trip 
of abou*'. three Pom a " e arrived oil the 
camp site, and a landing was ell'ectci 
some distance further down the bay. 
'l lii B necessitated the camp gear being 
carted to the correct locality, and it 
was late in tlie afternoon before all the 
numerous packages were delivered at the 
correct destination. In the meanwhile a 
section of the working bee had been hard 
at worn. *»ne«. the initial lay-out of 
the miniature settlement was decided 
upon, spaces were cleared for the various 
tents, and the large dining tent erected. 
Work proceeded steadily until nightfall, 
when a welcome meal was partaken and 
pipes of peace were smoked round the 
campfire as We discussed plans for the 
morrow and the succeeding days of the 
holiday. 
The site chosen lent itself admirably 
to the plan of the camp, and the club 
Is indebted to Mr. Doroff for his kind¬ 
ness in allowing us to camp on his pro¬ 
perty and for many courtesies extended 
to us during our stay. Our camp site 
was at the south-east corner of Ad¬ 
venture Bay the “East Cove” of Hlighs’ 
charts—and a stream of fresh water 
found its way to the sea at the east 
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