Fourteen Nats and their families travelled down to
Cullendore (in New South Wales via Warwick), in March to the informal
camp organised by Tricia Allen and Lesley Beaton. The site was a naturalists’
paradise. Lots to see, enjoy, and talk about among ourselves - and no traffic
to be heard except the sound of our own vehicles and those belonging to the
farm.
Our focus
fell mostly on birds, plants, and fungi, but all life forms were grist to our
mill. Tricia brought along a good selection of the club’s books, and we had
plenty of time to pore over them around the campfire, identi-fying what we had
seen. We were interested in the animals which we began by tentatively
identifying as Red-necked Wallabies, but were puzzled by their large size. We
eventually realised that they were Black-striped Wallabies. The identifying
black stripe was only apparent on a few of the largest males. Adrian and Tricia
Allen provided what was meant to be one campfire dinner, but the (delicious)
left-overs actually stretched to two. The same happened with the generous
breakfast which Adrian and John Ball provided for the rest of us. We came away
feeling rather spoiled.
Thank you, Tricia, Adrian, Lesley and John, for a
wonderful camp. |
| Field Nats at Cullendore (Photo by Graham Rogers) |
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