The Victorian naturalist . opening buds, the flowers,and finally, less than a dozen pacesfrom the snow line, the ripened seeds. The most recent instance was in asmall pan or depression in Mt. Rich-mond National Park, where the stretchof green, unbroken except for anoccasional seedling eucalypt, wascropped close by feeding wallabies, yetnot close enough to have erased theliberal sprinkling of yellows and were the flowers of miniaturehawkbits, bartsia, wood-sorrel, brook-lime and a tiny daisy (Brachycomeparvula). To the casual stroller though,this quarter-acre depression was in-visib
The Victorian naturalist . opening buds, the flowers,and finally, less than a dozen pacesfrom the snow line, the ripened seeds. The most recent instance was in asmall pan or depression in Mt. Rich-mond National Park, where the stretchof green, unbroken except for anoccasional seedling eucalypt, wascropped close by feeding wallabies, yetnot close enough to have erased theliberal sprinkling of yellows and were the flowers of miniaturehawkbits, bartsia, wood-sorrel, brook-lime and a tiny daisy (Brachycomeparvula). To the casual stroller though,this quarter-acre depression was in-visible. I was enticed therein by thebird activity but had no idea as Iforced my way through the encirclingthickets of Scented Paper-bark thatthey enclosed such a delightful spot. On 7 January, 1967, we had towedour caravan the short distance fromPortland to this National Park, notexpecting to find many facilities andbeing thankful to find just that. Theroad from Gorae West led to the park,and a white road led us to the notice. 216 Vict. Nat.—Vol. 85 Mt. Richmondlooking acrossto DiscoveryBay.
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