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GEELONG NATURALIST

Vol. 27. No. 3 Summer, 1991
Registered by Australia Post Publication No. VBQ 1814

ISSN 0726-7363

OFFICE BEARERS

President
Miss DIANA PRIMROSE, P.O. Box 1412, Geelong, 3220.
(Phone: 50 1811).

Immediate Past President
Mr. DICK SOUTHCOMBE, 4 Peary St, Belmont, 3216.
(Phone: 43 3916).

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Mr. GRAEME TRIBE, 97 Madeley St, Ocean Grove, 3226
(Phone: 55 2302).

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GEELONG
NATURALIST

JOURNAL OF THE GEELONG FIELD NATURALISTS CLUB INC.

Vol. 27 No. 3
Summer, 1991'
ISSN 0726-7363

Publishing Committee
Valda Dedman, 69 North Valley Road, Highton, 3216. (Editor)
Gordon McCarthy, 26 Fairbrae Avenue, Belmont, 3216
Dave King, 8 Traum Street, Portarlington, 3223

CONTENTS

Editorial 50
R. Baverstock The Meredith Road Timber Reserve 51
L. Conole Have you seen a Tiger Cat in the Otways? 56
B. Moreton Nagoya to Rubbish Major Wetland 57
M.J.C. Baker Vascular plants of the Long Forest 58
G. Faithfull Wildlife Observations in South-east Queensland 63

Marysville Campout Jan. 27-29, 1990 65
B. McNay There is a Bower at the Bottom of my Garden 66

G.F.N.C.
P.O. Box 1047, Geelong

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Editorial

Vigilance, eternal vigilance, that is often the price we pay for being Field
Naturalists. At a time when the world is more environmentally aware, when
scientists are investigating the greenhouse effect and acid rain, when ordinary
people are concerned about pollution and recycling, and the “green” vote can
influence the fate of governments, it is ironical that there is a valuable area close
to home which needs constant effort on our part if it is not to be destroyed
or lost.

| refer to the old Timber Reserve near Teesdale, which Ray Baverstock so
ably describes in this issue. Just when we thought it was "safe", we learn of new
threats. Dianne Hughes originally alerted us to the problems there and both she
and the Club made representations which resulted in the area being fenced and
a gate (unlocked) placed at the entrance. Then, at the end of 1990 we learned
that Leigh Shire Council is considering the reserve as a tip site. So further letters
were written. And on a recent visit with Dianne Hughes, we discovered more
illegal tree felling, and perhaps worst of all, a huge old tree trunk mutilated by
removal of bark in the shape of a human form (see illustration on page 55). The
Reserve is hidden away, and difficult to find without precise directions. This is
part of its charm, and its vulnerability. It is only too easy to inflict damage without
being observed.

Why do we bother? Whatis there about this small remnant of original vegeta-
tion that makes us want to take action? To stand, with the warm evening sun on
your back and see the red-gold kangaroo grass rippling in the wind, to find the
sheoaks regenerating now that the cattle have been excluded, or vertical stems
shooting skywards along a fallen banksia trunk, to watch the birds coming in to
drink among the water milfoil and the curly stems of the rushes atthe small dam
at the far corner -- that is what it is all about.

Valda Dedman

We are still hoping for replies from juniors to the question about snails in the
last magazine, so we will hold over the answers until the next issue.

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The Meredith Road Timber

Reserve Teesdale
by Ray Baverstock

The Meredith Road Timber Reserve is a small area of open bushland to the
north of Teesdale. The present reserve is a remnant of a much larger area which
was gazetted over one hundred years ago as a timber reserve to supply
firewood mainly for the local bakeries. As this use declined the Reserve was
gradually reduced in size and now has an area of approximately 20 hect-
ares.

This land was first brought to the attention of the Geelong Field Naturalists
Club by Mrs Dianne Hughes, one of our members who lives at Teesdale. Mrs
Hughes was concerned that the boundary fences were broken and cattle were
grazing on the Reserve and damaging the remaining vegetation.

Following representations by Mrs Hughes and the G.F.N.C. to the Department
of Conservation and Environment, the fences were rebuilt. Since the cattle have
been excluded considerable revegation of plants, including grasses, has
taken place.

Plants

In early 1989 the Plant Group and local residents conducted a botanical sur-
vey of the area. It would appear that in the early days of the Reserve some tree
planting had taken place, as the Group identified some Sugar Gums and a
Eucalyptus ficifolia which appeared to be over 100 years old. Indigenous trees
include River Red Gum, Manna Gums, Casuarinas and Acacias. Many wild-
flowers and native orchids can be seen flowering in the spring season. A full
plant list has still to be compiled.

Theterrain is undulating with the highest point being atthe south east corner.
Most of the Casuarinas are growing along the southern boundary. A small dam
near the northern boundary provides water for fauna. The middle part of the
Reserve has been degraded by sand extraction in the past, but rehabilitation
would not be difficult. The road leading to the Reserve is fairly long and access
can be difficult in wet weather.

Birds
| have been using the Reserve as one of my search areas for the Australian
Bird Count conducted by the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. Pre-
liminary counts were made in January and February 1989 and | commenced
official A.B.C. counts in May 1990.

52 Geelong Naturalist

The original inspections and subsequent counts have revealed that there is a
resident population of between 35 and 50 Noisy Miners, probably the largest
concentration of this species in the Geelong District, and according to the
RAOU a significant number by Australia-wide standards.

Noisy Miners are active birds which feed on nectar, lerps, insects and veget-
able matter. They are communal breeders and several birds, other than the
parents, will fed young in the nest.

| have observed Noisy Miners foraging in the surrounding paddocks on
several occasions.

Significant numbers of Red-rumped Parrots, Eastern Rosellas and Striated
Pardalotes have been counted and more than twenty species have been recor-
ded. A table showing results of the bird counts between 27/1/89 and 17/7/
90 is included.

Vermin

The Reserve is relatively free from vermin. On the first two visits several rab- -
bits were seen, but none on the last two visits. A fox and a hare were seen on
other visits.

Reptiles

The only reptile | have recorded was a Blue-tongued Lizard which was bask-
ing in the winter sunshine on the last visit on 17/7/90.

Use as a Seed Source

Although some non-indigenous plants have been identified, the bulk of the
plants appear to be indigenous to the area and could be a valuable seed source
for any Land Care projects in the district.

Threats to the Future of the Reserve

As mentioned earlier, sand extraction has taken place in the past. In mid-
1990 tree felling was taking place and trail bike riders had discovered the
Reserve and were causing considerable damage, particularly to the revegated
grass areas.

These activities were reported by the Geelong Field Naturalists Club to the
Minister, the Department of Conservation and Environment and the Shire of
Leigh. No reply was received from the Shire, but the Regional Manager of C & E
wrote on behalf of the Minister, pointing out that although the Land Conserva-
tion Council in its final 1982 Recommendations recommended that the area be
a mineral and stone reserve, the Geelong Region had written to the L.C.C. in
1989 proposing that in any future review a more appropriate reservation would
be either Flora Reserve or a Bushland Reserve.

The Department has now erected a fence and a gate at the entrance, so as to
prevent vehicle and trail bike access.

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Firewood gathering, while not prohibited by regulation, will not be allowed as
the Reserve is not a designated firewood gathering area. -

The Club’s major concerns regarding the Reserve appeared to have been
largely alleviated. However, we now believe that the Shire of Leigh is consider-
ing the Reserve as a tip site. .

| believe that this proposal should be totally opposed. Small isolated bush-
land areas are important as refuges for wildlife, and in this instance the Reserve
isan important link between the Bamganie State Forest, the Bannockburn Com-
mon and the Inverleigh Flora and Fauna Reserve. The importance of such areas
was pointed outto the members ofthe Club by Mr Lawrie Conole in his talk atthe
meeting on 4th July 1989, when he spoke on “Fauna in isolated forestremnants
in the Geelong area".

Ray Baverstock
13 Helena Street
Highton, 3216.

Illegal firewood cutting - January 1991 Photo: Valda Dedman

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MEREDITH ROAD TIMBER RESERVE - TEESDALE
BIRD SURVEY - PRELIMINARY REPORT

UMBERS OBSERVED
f n
Date 27.1.89 | 27.2.89 | 30.5.90 6.6.90 17.7.90
SPECIES Survey time 65 min. 45 min. 20 min. 20 min. 20 min.
$ S 4

Noisy Miner 35 35 34 49 37
Australian Kestrel 1 1
Red Rumped Parrot 15 4
Eastern Rosella 20 12 38 28 22
Striated Pardalote 7 5 6 6
Australian Magpie Lark 2 2 2
Australian Magpie B 4 5 9 6
Willie Wagtail 2 2
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo 1
Galah 2 2
White Plumed Honeyeater 7 2 4 5
Yellow Rumped Thornbill 2
Little Raven 1 6 4
Dusky Woodswallow 2
Laughing Kookaburra 2 2 2
Black Faced Cuckoo Shrike 1
Long Billed Corella 4
Red Wattlebird 2
Spotted Pardalote 3
Australian Hobby (Little Falcon) 1 1
Welcome Swallow 2
Common Starling

60 o | 111 83

The last three surveys were done in the standard time of twenty minutes as
required in the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union Australian Bird Count
over an area of approximately 5 hectares.

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Mutilation of Red-gum at Meredith Road Timber Reserve Teesdale, January 1991. The
figure is life-sized. The bark has been cut away and the head and limbs overpainted. The
body area is deeply incised. Photo: Valda Dedman.

56 ; Geelong Naturalist

Have you seen a Tiger Cat in the
Otways

by Lawrie Conole

The Tiger Cat, or the Tiger Quoll, Dasyurus maculatus is not the elusive black
panther, but actually the largest surviving marsupial predator in mainland Aus-
tralia. Tiger Quolls are superficially dog-like in shape, and almost the size of a
small Beagle. They are reddish to very dark brown, and have various sized white
spots over their body and tail. Its nearest living relatives are the Tasmanian Devil
and the smaller quoll species - the Eastern Quoll (Eastern Native-cat), the Wes-
tern Quoll of south-west Western Australia, the Northern Quoll of the tropical
“Top End”, and two quoll species in Papua New Guinea. In the early days of
white settlement in western Victoria, the Tiger Quoll and Eastern Quoll were
widespread in the woodlands of the basalt plains and stony rises as well as the
coastal and ranges forests. Around the turn of the century, both species under-
went drastic population crashes, and by the 1950’s the Eastern Quoll became
extinct on the mainland (still numerous in Tasmania). The reduced populations
of the Tiger Quoll became fragmented. In the 1990’s the tiger Quoll is regarded
as rare and restricted in distribution in Victoria. There are three areas in Victoria
which form strongholds for the species: Far East Gippsland, the stony rises bet-
ween Port Fairy and Hamilton (around Mt Eccles-Lake Condah), and the Otway
Ranges. Although Tiger Quolls are regularly but infrequently observed in the
Otways, we know virtually nothing of their biology in the area.

There are several aims of the OTWAY RANGES TIGER CAT (TIGER QUOLL)
SURVEY. One is to gather all possible records from members of the public,
naturalist groups, forestry workers and others, of Tiger Quolls in the Otway
Ranges area. This area extends from Anglesea in the east to Princetown in the
west, and north to the Princes Highway. Together with information collected by
the Department of Conservation and Environment, this data will be analysed to
gain an understanding of where Tiger Quolls occur in the Otways, what their
habitat requirements might be, whether they are affected by habitat distur-
bance, and an idea of their rarity or otherwise. The resulting report will form the
basis for possible future field studies on Tiger Quolls in the Otway Ranges, and
will be the first local assessment of this little known species.

If you have any sightings or information about Tiger Quolls (Tiger Cats) in the
Otway Ranges, along with your NAME, ADDRESS and TELEPHONE NUM-
BER, send the following information for EACH observation: LOCALITY (be as
precise as possible), DATE (if not complete, the MONTH and YEAR are very
important), TIME OF DAY/NIGHT, HOW MANY SEEN?, HABITAT (e.g. far-
mland, tall wet forest, heath etc.), HOW SEEN (eg. in “chook-house”, crossing

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road, roadkill, etc.). AGE/SEX (if known), CONFIDENCE (how sure are you of
your identification’ 100%, 75% ?). Send your information to:

LAWRIE CONOLE

165 SEPARATION STREET

NORTHCOTE, VIC. 3070.

Ph. (Home) 03 4814926

Tiger Cat — Photo: Trevor Pescott

Nagoya to Rubbish Major Wetland

from World Birdwatch May 1990

The demands of the rapidly expanding human populations in southern and
eastern Asia are having a disastrous effect on the region's wetland ecosystems.
Not only is soil erosion in the catchment areas due to deforestation and over-
grazing resulting in serious siltation in many river systems and reclamation for
agriculture destroying vast areas of coastal wetlands but pollution from both
domestic and chemical waste is fast becoming a major problem.

Japan's Fujimae tidal flats, which are regarded as a most important feeding
and roosting area for migratory waterfowl, with concentrations of shorebirds
considered to be among the highest in Japan, are threatened by Nagoya City's
current garbage disposal plan which would virtually wipe them out. Although an
alternative site has been suggested the problem highlights the whole issue of
garbage disposal generally, and the need to maximise recycling of waste
material. Although over 3096 of Nagoya's garbage is recyclable only 196 is
actually treated in this way. f

Bunty Moreton - ICBP Australia

58 Geelong Naturalist

Vascular Plants of the Long Forest
A Checklist compiled by M.J.C. Baker

Introduction

In 1986 the Geelong Naturalist published a comprehensive guide to the birds
of the Long Forest by M. Hewish (etal.). Here for those, whose eyes turn downas
readily as up, is the latest list of vascular plants for the same area. Hewish may
also be consulted for a map and general description of the Long Forest. More
detailed botanical information is available in the paper by Myers et al. (see the
references at the end).

The making of this list began in 1963 when the writer bought a bush block in
the Long Forest and started to learn the names of his new fellow-creatures.
Some years later J.F. Osborne made many identifications in connection with
studies for his M.Sc. degree. In 1970 J.H. Willis paid a visit and found or con-
firmed many more species. Over the years the list grew gradually, till in 1986
B.A. Myers, who was studying for her Ph.D., provided a large quantity of new
additions. The latest species to be added - and they make up some ten percent
of the total - have been founded by V. Stajsic.

Represented in the present list there are 74 families, 200 genera and 316
species, of which 79 (marked by an asterisk) are introduced. The families are
given in the order adopted by the Flora of Australia and the order within families
is alphabetical. The botanical names that are no longer in use given in brackets;
and the common names follow Willis’s Handbook to Plants in Victoria where
possible.

Illustrations

Sources of easily available illustrations are given for all except 17 species by
means ofthe letters, S, W, A, V, C in square brackets at the end of each line. They
stand for the following (details are given in the reference list at the end):

S is for South: Flora of South Australia, Jessop and Toelken eds. (1986).

W is for Western and Wales: Plants of Western New South Wales, Cunningham
et al. (1981).

A is for A.C.T.: Flora of the A.C.T., Burbridge and Gray (1970).

V is for Victoria: Flowers and Plants of Victoria, Cochrane et al. (1968).

C is for Costermans: Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia, Cos-
termans (1983).

There are 260 species illustrated in S, 191 in W, 114 in A, 86 in V, and 52 in C.
S and W between them illustrate all except 33 of the species, and it is a striking
testimony to the close relationship between the Long Forest plant communities
and those of semi-arid Australia that such a high proportion of our species are

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also found in South Australia or Western New South Wales. It is perhaps even
more striking that 61 of our species are also listed in the Flora of Central
Australia.

Some groups are fully illustrated in books devoted specially to them. For
instance all the Eucalypts are splendidly shown in Brooker and Kleinig's Field
Guide, all the native peas are in Woolcock's Field Guide, and the orchids are
covered by Jones's Native Orchids of Australia and Dacy's Victorian Orchids in
Habitat. Unfortunately, two of our most characteristic species, Pimelea hewar-
diana and Stipa breviglumis, lack readily available illustrations.

A Request
The writer asks anyone with additions to the listto communicate them to him: Dr
M.J.C. Baker, P.O. Box 42 Melton, Victoria, 3337.

DENNSTAEDTIACEAE

Austral Bracken Pteridium esculentum [SW]
ADIANTACEAE

Common Maidenhair Adiantum aethiopicum [S]

Rock Fern Cheilanthes sieberi ssp. sieberi [SW]
ASPLENIACEAE

Necklace Fern Asplenium flabellifolium [SW]

Blanket Fern Pleurosorus rutifolius [SW]
LAURACEAE

Coarse Dodder-laurel Cassytha melantha [SWA]
RANUNCULACEAE

Small-leaved Clematis Clematis microphylla [SWAV]

River Buttercup Ranunculus inundatus [SW]

Sharp Buttercup *R. muricatus [SW]

Small-flowered Buttercup *R. parviflorus [S]
FUMARIACEAE

Fumitory *Fumaria sp (prob. muralis) IW]
URTICACEAE

Shade Pellitory Parietaria debilis [W]

Nettle *Urtica sp.
CASUARINACEAE

Bull-oak Allocasuarina luehmannii (Casuarina) [SWAC]

Drooping She-oak A. verticillata (C. stricta) [SWAVC]
PHYTOLACCACEAE

Red-ink Weed *Phytolacca octandra
AIZOACEAE

‘Angled Pigface *Carpobrotus aequilaterus [S]

Inland Pigface C. modestus

Galenia *Galenia pubescens

Galenia *G. secunda [SW]
CACTACEAE

Common Prickly-pear *Opuntia stricta [SW]

CHENOPODIACEAE

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Berry Saltbush
Small-leaf Goosefoot

Saloop

Nodding Saltbush
Barrier or Ruby Saltbush
Wingless Bluebush

Fragrant Saltbush
Bassia

Five-spined Bassia
Bassia

Pussy-tails
Pink Purslane

Mouse-ear Chickweed
Levantine Chickweed
Hairy Pink

Four-leaf Allseed
Pearlwort .

French Catchfly
Corn Spurrey

Coast Sand-spurrey
Red Sand-spurrey
Chickweed

Prickly Starwort

Sheep Sorrel
Slender Dock

Guinea Flower

Small St. John's Wort
Matted St. John's Wort
St. John's Wort

Australian Hollyhock
Carolina Mallow

Tall Sundew
Pale Sundew
Errienellam

Tree Violet
Ivy-leaf Violet

Weeping Willow.

Atriplex semibaccata
Chenopodium desertorum ssp.
microphyllum (pseudomicrophyllum)
Einadia hastata (Rhagodia)

E. nutans ssp. nutans (Rhagodia)
Enchylaena tomenosa
Maireana enchylaenoides
(Kochia crassiloba)

Rhagodia parabolica
Sclerolaena diacantha (Bassia)
S. muricata (Bassia)

S. uniflora (Bassia)
AMARANTHACEAE

Ptilotus spathulatus
PORTULACACEAE
Calandrinia calyptrata
CARYOPHLLACEAE
*Cerastium glomeratum

*C. illyricum

*Petorhagia velutina

* Polycarpon tetraphyllum
*Sagina sp.

*Silene gallica

*Spergula arvensis
*Spergularia media

*S. rubra

*Stellaria media

S. pungens

POLYGONACEAE

*Rumex acetosella

R. brownii

DILLENIACEAE

Hibbertia exutiacies
CLUSIACEAE (HYPERICACEAE)
Hypericum gramineum

H. japonicum

*H. perforatum

MALVACEAE

Lavatera plebia

*Modiola caroliniana
DROSERACEAE

Drosera macrantha

D. peltata

D. peltata ssp. auriculata
VIOLACEAE

Hymenanthera dentata

Viola hederacea

SALICACEAE

*Salix babylonica

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Common Pepper-cress
Common Pepper-cress
Narrow Thread-petal

Weld

Cranberry Heath
Daphne Heath
Peach Heath

Pimpernel

Sweet Apple-berry
Sweet Bursaria

Spreading Crassula

Sieber Crassula

Bidgee-widgee
Sheep's Burr
Sweet Briar
Small-leaf Bramble

Gald-dust Wattle
Lightwood
Black Wattle
Mallee Wattle
Hedge Wattle
Golden Wattle
Wirilda

Varnish Wattle
Prickly Moses

Desert Cassia

Creeping Bossiaea
Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea
Gorse Bitter-pea
Grey Parrot-pea
Showy Parrot-pea
Common Eutaxia
Spineless Eutaxia
Twining Glycine
Western Golden-tip
Purple Coral-pea

BRASSICACEAE (CRUCIFERAE)
*Lepidium africanum

L. hyssopifolium

Stenopetalum lineare
RESEDACEAE

*Reseda luteola
EPACRIDACEAE

Astromola humifusum
Brachyloma daphnoides
Lissanthe strigosa
PRIMULACEAE

*Anagallis arvensis
PITTOSPORACEAE

Billardiera cymosa

Bursaria spinosa
CRASSULACAEAE

Crassula decumbens (macrantha)
*C. muscosa (lycopodioides)

C. sieberiana

ROSACEAE
Acaena anserinifolia
A. echinata

*Rosa rubiginosa
Rubus parvifolius

MIMOSACEAE
Acacia acinacea

. implexa

. mearnsii

. montana

. paradoxa (armata)

. pycnantha

. retinodes

A. verniciflua

A. verticillata
CAESALPINIACEAE
Cassia nemophila
FABACEAE (PAPILIONACEAE)
Bossiaea prostrata
Daviesia leptophylla
D. ulicifolia

Dillwynia cinerascens
D. sericea

Eutaxia microphylla

E. microphylla var. diffusa
Glycine clandestina
Goodia medicaginea
Hardenbergia violacea

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Australian Indigo
Running Postman
Large-leaf Bush-pea
Matted Bush-pea
Leafy Templetonia
Flat Templetonia
Hare's-foot Clover
Hop Clover
Suckling Clover

Silver Banksia
Bushy Needlewood

Common Raspwort
Water-milfoil

Small Loosestrife
Curved Rice-flower
Smooth Rice-flower
Forked Rice-flower
Hairy Willow-herb
River Bottlebrush
Blue Box

Bull Mallee
River Red Gum

Bundy (Long-leaf Box)
Yellow Gum or White Ironbark

Red Stringybark
Yellow Box
Grey Box

Red Box
Manna Gum
Woolly Tea-tree
Moonah

Cherry Ballart (Wild Cherry)

Box Mistletoe
Creamy Stackhousia
Small Poranthera

Bitter Cryptandra
Hazel Pomaderris

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Indigofera australis
Kennedia prostrata
Pultenaea daphnoides
P. pedunculata
Templetonia stenophylla
T. sulcata

*Trifolium arvense

*T. campestre

*T. dubium
PROTEACEAE

Banksia marginata
Hakea sericea
HALORAGACEAE
Gonocarpus tetragynus (Halorhagus
tetregyna)

Myriophyllum (propinquum)
LYTHRACEAE

Lythrum hyssopifolia
THYMELAEACEAE
Pimelea curviflora

P. glauca

P. hewardiana
ONAGRACEAE
Epilobium hirtigerum
MYRTACEAE
Callistemon sieberi
Eucalyptus baueriana
E. behriana
camaldulensis
goniocalyx
leucoxylon

. macrorhyncha

. melliodora

. micorcarpa

. polyanthemos

. viminalis
Leptospermum lanigerum
Melaleuca lanceolata
SANTALACEAE
Exocarpos cupressiformis
LORANTHACEAE
Amyema miquelii [SWA]
STACKHOUSIACEAE
Stackhousia monogyna
EUPHORBIACEAE
Poranthera microphylla
RHAMNACEAE
Cryptandra amara
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Wildlife Observations in South-East

Queensland
by Graeme Faithfull

A family holiday on Queensland's Gold Coast is rarely thought of anything
more than sun, surf and sand. However, within easy walking distance or an hour
or two's drive from our Burleigh Heads base, we were able to observe and enjoy
some of the special wild life of South-East Queensland.

The Burleigh Heads National Park sits at the entrance of Tallebudgera Creek
and becomes an isolated rainforest headland on the edge of residential sub-
urbs. Although not prolific with birdlife, Brush Turkeys were commonly seen
scratching through the leaf litter forming their enormous mounds, often with a
multi-colored Noisy Pitta close by. In the canopy above, flocks of Figbirds and
Little Wattlebirds competed for the fruits and berries of the rainforest trees.

Further up the Tallebudgera Creek, the Queensland National Parks and
Wildlife Service runs Fleay's Fauna Centre, named after the noted naturalist.
The guided walk through the centre was most informative. Complementing this
park around its perimeter is a boardwalk which meanders for a few hundred
metres through mangrove mud flats. After our first view at low tide, we were keen
to return at full tide to note the contrast. The boardwalk now sat well over the
water with mangroves on either side. Beneath us were small mullet and crus-
taceans with Sacred Ibis and various waterfowl feeding amongst the rich mud
flats. But it was the brilliant Kingfishers which we found the most spectacular.
We observed Collared, Forest, Sacred and Azure Kingfishers on various visits to
this area, perched at different stations in the mangroves, either preening or eye-
ing the water for food.

The boardwalk gradually returns to a bushland track along the creek leading
back to the built-up areas of Burleigh Heads. Along this walk we observed many
Scarlet Honeyeaters and pairs of Bar-shouldered Doves and Pale-headed
Rosellas. Many termite nests in the eucalypts were holed with the nesting sites
of the Kingfishers. Above these coastal flats we observed Brahminy Kites soar-
ing and an Osprey perched above the water.

Further up in the hinterland lies Tamborine Mountain, about an hour’s drive
from the Gold Coast. This area supports nine small National Parks, from 12 to
230 hectares, which nestle amongst this rural mountain residential area. Our
visit was following a night of rain and by the side of the road a Pheasant Coucal
sat perched on a log, drying its feathers in the sun. At our lunch site, we became

the centre of attention of Blue-winged Kookaburras and Pied Butcherbirds, all
obviously waiting for a handout. A male Satin Bowerbird fluttered around our
spot, returning regularly to one section of the bush. No bower was obvious

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except for one piece of blue plastic. We left a few scraps of blue material in
strategic spots in the hope of his finding them useful for his display area after
we left.

Our further walks in other parks on the mountain were through majestic palm
groves or thick rainforest gullies with enormous Moreton Bay Figs and strangler
vines. One small park preserved a grove of Macrozamias, large palm like
cycads said to date back thousands of years. Our bird observations were
Logrunners, scratching in the leaf litter and once again, Noisy Pittas. High in the
canopy, we sighted a pair of Wompoo Pigeons with their spectacular purple,
grey and green feathers.

Lamington National Park is further up in the Divide about two hours from the
coast. My visit, this time without the rest of the family, was to Green Mountains,
perhaps more commonly known as O'Reilly's who run the guest house at the
summit. | had made an early start to the journey and along the winding road saw
many groups of Whiptail Wallabies feeding on the grasses. These are most
attractive Wallabies with a striking white stripe along the side of their heads and
white under-bellies.

Atthe summit, large flocks of King Parrots and Crimson Rosellas are attracted to
the guest house area by large sowings of bird seed on the ground and they
are quite used to human company. Heading down one of the many walking
tracks, the calls of the Eastern Whipbird and Pied Currawong were recogniz-
able butso many were unfamiliar. Just off one cleared area, a male Satin Bower-
bird had setup his bower and was displaying with voice and trinkets to two
somewhat reluctant females. The variety and amount of blue trinkets had
obviously been made freely available by the locals.

Further into the bush, Logrunners scurried about and more pigeons were
observed, this time a black and white Wonga Pigeon and in the highest trees, a
group of Topknot Pigeons. The most exciting sightings of the day were a male
Regent Bowerbird and a Green Catbird. The call ofthe Catbird is indeed like that
ofa cat and is quite eerie in the dim rainforest. Regent Bowerbirds were quite
common in the immediate area by the number of calls but sightings were
more difficult.

It was a pleasure io observe such spectacular flora and fauna in these areas
that we "southeners" had only seen before in photographs and on television.

Written by Graeme Faithfull

Fellow observers Jutta, Anne, Jonathon and Meredith Faithfull

5 Garyth Crt.,
Belmont, 3216.

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Marysville Camp-out
Jan 27th - 29th 1990

Prickly Woodruff
Silver or Snow Daisy
Rough Coprosma
Common Billy-buttons
Cascade Everlasting
Hairy Pods

Hairy Pennywort
Myrtle Beech

Dusty Daisy-bush
Alpine Oxylobium
Slender Tussock grass
Alpine Mint-bush
Candle Heath
Creeping Fan flower

Marysville

Ray Water Fern
Fishbone Water Fem
Hard Water Fern
Gristle Water Fern
Poached Coral Fern
Scrambling Coral Fern
Mothershield Fern
Batswing fern
Common Bracken
Common Ground Fern
Finger Fern

Screw Fern

Common Maidenhair
Kangaroo Fern

Soft Tree Fern

Slender Tree Fern
Rough Tree Fern

Asterula scoparia
Celmisa longifolia
Coprosma hirtella
Craspedia glauca
Helichrysum secundiflorum
Hovea longifolia
Hydrocotyle hirta
Nothofagus cunninghamii
Olearia phlogopappa
Oxylobium alpestre

Poa tenera

Prostanthera cuneata
Richea continentis
Scaevola hookeri

Fern List

Blechnum fluviatile
Blechnum nudum
Blechnum watsii
Blechnum cartilagineum
Gleichenia dicarpa
Gleichenia microphylla
Polystichum proliferum
Histropteris incisa
Pteridium esculentum
Culcita dubia

Grammitis billardieri
Lindsaeaceae linearis
Adiantum aethiopicum
Microsorium diversifolium
Dicksonia antarctica
Cyathea cunninghamii
Cyathea australis

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There is a Bower at the Bottom of my
Garden! - Gough’s Bay

28-2-1990 by Bev McNay
Henry wakes early with his incessant warbling. Henry is a young, fairly tame
magpie who is waiting for me to throw out bread and tid-bits to the verandah,
some of which he will take from my hand. Currawongs are the nextvisitors, with
their beady eyes and strong beaks. They will eat all the bread they can get. About
15-20 Satin Bower-birds arrive, squabbling and eating voraciously. There is
one mature blue-black bowerbird, the rest are immatures and females, greenish
brown in colour. It takes seven years for a Satin Bowerbird to reach full maturity.
Some of the 5-6 year olds have an odd black feather or two, and there is a notice-
able change in the colour of their beaks, from being dark coloured to almost
white. Their eyes become a startling blue colour.
A pair of King Parrots arrive and an immature Crimson Rosella. | will feed
them some seed in a container at the back of the house later on.

A few sparrows arrive to clean up the crumbs, and yesterday a Striated `

Thornbill was on the verandah, about an arm's length from where | was sit-
ting.

The King Parrots fly down to eat their seed provided. They are the bosses over
the Crimson Rosellas. Every now and then a Currawong pushes in for a feed.
There are several Galahs coming to the tree to eat also, but when a White Coc-
katoo arrives, all the others retreat. The cockatoos are really magnificent birds,
so large and white. Itis a delight to watch their antics. When all is quiet later in the
morning, a flock of Red-browed Firetails land at the feeding site to finish off the
left-over seed. | have seen two new birds in this area around my house today. A
New-Holland Honey-Eater and a Willie Wagtail.

An Eastern Spinebill has been hovering around the Grevilleas all morning, as
have the Striated Thornbills. There are numerous Jenny Wrens about, but | have
yet to see a mature Blue around here. | can hear a White-throated Treecreeper in
the Red Strongbark just up the road. The usual Honeyeaters, Brown-headed
and Yellow-faced, have not been present during August.

| have the pleasure of having the bower of the Satin Bower bird in the bottom
of my garden. It has been built of twigs and grasses, and is decorated with blue
drinking straws and bits of blue plastic. Today there are yellow blossoms on the
ground, last week there were several pink blossoms. From the verandah | can

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hearthe churring mating calls of the birds. There is great activity of birds coming
and going around the bower, and apparently much competition and fighting.
The Black male is not often present; the females and young birds seem to be
doing the decorating. Each day the "objects d'art" are different. | guess that
there is a lot of stealing from bower to bower. The immature brown birds are
often seen fluffing up their feathers and strutting around the bower making
strange churring noises. It appears that the bower is a community affair, dif-
ferent immature birds spending time at the bower re-arranging their blue trea-
sures and adjusting twigs in the bower. A female approaches and the male will
present her with a bright gift, fluffs up his feathers and dances around her, this
time he makes a squeaking sound. But where is the black male bird?

A large Pigeon looking bird flew out of the bushes one day last week, and |
think it may have been a Wonga Dove. I have seen a couple further away in the
bush in this area, and | could hear the Woop-woop call in the distance, which |
gather, could belong to the Wonga Doves.

There are several Black-birds around, which | think are nesting, and a pair of
Spotted Turtle-doves frequenting the area. | have seen a Sating Flycatcher, a
Grey Fantail and some Red Wattlebirds around the house in the past week. Eas-
tern Rosellas are frequently seen about, but they do not seem to ever come
down to feed with the other parrots. However | saw a pair feeding in the long
grass next door.

Gough's Bay is about 20 minutes drive from Mansfield, between Mansfield
and Jamieson, looking over Lake Eildon. Mt. Buller snowfields are about an
hour's drive away. The area is great for boating, waterskiing and fishing in
the summer.

23.8.1990

| saw two Brown-headed Honeyeaters today, feeding in the Grevilleas, and
two Kookaburras on the S.E.C. lines. A White-faced Heron flew over, calling as
he passed.

| have just noted birds that | have seen around my house, as there are many
more to be found around the lake and nearby bush.

Bev McNay
2 Percy Street,
Belmont, 3216.

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Pomaderris
Pomaderris
Heath Spiridium

Wedge-leaf Hop-bush
Pepper Tree

Rock Correa

Pale Twin-leaf

Yellow Wood-sorrel
Soursob

Big Heron's-bill
Common Heron's-bill
Blue Heron's-bill
Austral Stork's-bill
Magenta Stork’s-bill

Hemlock
Pennywort
Stinking Pennywort

Common Centaury
Yellow Sebaea

African Box-thorn
Austral Tobacco
Kangaroo Apple
Oondoroo

Blushing Bindweed
Kidney-weed

Sweet Hound's-tongue
Paterson's Curse
Austral Forget-me-not

Austral Bugle
Horehound

River Mint

Snowy Mint-bush
Dwarf Skullcap
Forest Germander

P. ferruginea

P. prunifolia

Spiridium eriocephalum
SAPINDACEAE
Dodonea viscosa ssp. cuneata
ANACARDIACEAE
*Schinus molle
RUTACEAE

Correa glabra
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
Zygophyllum glaucum
OXALIDACEAE

* Oxalis corniculata

*O. pes-caprae
GERANIACEAE
*Erodium botrys

*E. cicutarium

E. crinitum

Pelargonium australe

P. rodneyanum
APIACEAE (UMBELLOFERE)
*Conium maculatum
Hydrocotyle callicarpa
H. laxiflora
GENTIANACEAE
*Centaurium erythrea (minus)
Sebaea ovata
SOLANACEAE

*Lycium ferocissimum
Nicotiana suaveolens
Solanum laciniatum

S. simile
CONVOLVULACEAE
Convolvulus erubescens
Dichondra repens
BORAGINACEAE
Cynoglossum suaveolens
*Echium plantagineum
Myosotis australis
LAMIACEAE (LABIATAE)
Ajuga australis
*Marrubium vulgare
Mentha australis
Prostanthera nivea
Scutellaria humilis
Teucrium corymbosum

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Buck’s-horn Plantain

Ribwort
Variable Plaintain

Pelisser’s Toad-flax
Common Bartsia
Twiggy Mullein
Slender Speedwell
Trailing Speedwell

Turkey-bush
Sticky Boobillia

Tall Lobelia
Annual Bluebell
Sprawling Bluebell
Tall Bluebell

Grass Trigger-plant
Blue Pincushion

Trailing Goodenia
Hop Goodenia
Cut-leaf Goodenia

Common Woodruff
Cleavers (Goosegrass)
Tangled Bedstraw
Rough Bedstraw
Small Goosegrass
Field Madder

Cape Weed
Slender Thistle

PLANTAGINACEAE
*Plantago coronopus
P. hispida

*P. lanceolata

P. varia
SCROPHULARIACEAE
*Linaria pelisserana
*Parentucellia latifolia
*Verbascum virgatum
Veronica gracilis

V. plebeia
MYOPORACEAE
Eremophila deserti (Myoporum)
Myoporum viscosum
CAMPANULACEAE
Lobelia gibbosa
Wahlenbergia gracilenta
W. gracilis (quadrifida)
W. stricta `
STYLIDIACEAE
Stylidium graminifolium
BRUNONIACEAE
Brunonia australis
GOODENIACEAE
Goodenia lanata

G. ovata

G. pinnatifida
RUBIACEAE

Asperula conferta
*Galium aparine

G. australe

G. gaudichaudii

*G. murale

*Sherardia arvensis
ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE)
*Arctotheca calendula
*Carduus tenuiflorus

Drooping Cassinia (Chinese Scrub) Cassinia arcuata

Shiny Cassinia
Boneseed

Spear Thistle
Common Cotula
Water-buttons
Common Billy-buttons
Austral Bear's-ear
Austral Bear's-ear
Stinkwort

Tiny Cudweed

C. longifolia
*Chrysanthemoides monilifera
* Cirsium vulgare

Cotula australis

*C. coronopifolia

Craspedia glauca
Cymbonotus lawsonianus

C. preissianus

*Dittrichia graveolens
Gnaphalium indutum

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Creeping Cudweed
Common Everlasting
Tree Everlasting
Grey Everlasting
Clustered Everlasting
Golden Everlasting
Sunray

Smooth Cat's-ear
Cat's-ear

Common Lagenifera
Scaly Buttons
Common Bow-flower

Showy Podolepis
Jersey Cudweed

Groundsel
Fireweed

Variable Groundsel
Scented Groundsel
Fireweed

Cotton Fireweed

Rough or Prickly Sow Thistle
Sow Thistle

Spoon Cudweed

Dandelion

Common Sunray

Common New Holland Daisy

Water-ribbons
Fennel Pondweed
Sharp Rush (Spiny Rush)

Finger Rush
Field Woodrush

Tall sedge

Sedge

Drain Flat-sedge
Variable Sword-sedge
Common Bog-rush

Silvery Hair-grass
Large Quaking-grass

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Helichrysum apiculatum [SW]
H. dendroideum [SC]
H. obcordatum [WVC]
H. semipapposum [SWV]
H. viscosum [WA]
Helipterum sp. (? = Triptilodiscus

pygmaeus)

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*H. radicata [SW]
Lagenifera stipitata (Lagenophora) [SA]
Leptorhynchos squamatus [WAV]

Millotia muelleri
*Onopordum sp.

Podolepis jaceoides [SWV]
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum [SWV]

(Gnaphalium)

Senecio biserratus [S]

S. hispidulus var. dissectus [SW]

S. lautus [SWV]

S. odoratus [SC]

S. picridioides (minimus) [S]

S. quadridentatus [SW]

S. tenuiflorus

*Sonchus asper [SW]

*S. oleraceus [SWA]

Stuartina muelleri [SWA]

*Taraxacum (officinale) [SWA] |
Triptilodiscus pygmaeus [SW] |
Vittadinia cuneata (triloba) [SWA] |
JUNCAGINACEAE |
Triglochin procera [SWV]
POTAMOGETONACEAE

Potamogeton pectinatus [SW] |
JUNCACEAE |
*Juncus acutus [SW]

J. flavidus [SW]

J. subsecundus [SW]

Luzula campestris

CYPERACEAE

Carex appressa [W]

C. inversa [W]

*Cyperus eragrotis [WA]

Lepidosperma laterale [WA]

Schoenus apogon [WAV]

POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

*Alra caryophyllea [SA]

*Briza maxima [SWA]

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Lesser Quaking-grass
Soft Brome

Compact Brome

Red Brome

Silvertop Wallaby-grass
Windmill Grass

Lobed Wallaby-grass
Common Wallaby-grass
Kneed Wallaby-grass
Wallaby-grass
Wallaby-grass

Bristly Wallaby-grass
Long-hair Plume-grass
Short-hair Plume-grass
Annual Veldt Grass
Yorkshire Fog
Wimmera Rye-grass
Weeping Grass í
Coast Barb-grass
Common Reed
Tussock Grass

English Tussock Grass
Annual Cat's-tail

Cane Spear-grass
Feather Spear-grass
Fibrous Spear-grass

Variable Spear-grass
Kangaroo Grass
Squirrel-tail Fescue

Bulrush

Small Vanilla-lily
Bulbine Lily
Black-anther Flax-lily
Nodding Chocolate Lily
Chocolate Lily

Tiny Star

Bridle Creeper

Twining Fringe-lily

Evening-flower Gladiolus
German Iris
Onion-grass

*B. minor

*Bromus hordaceus ssp. hordaceus
(mollis)

*B. madritensis

*B. rubens

Chionochloa pallida (Danthonia)
Chloris truncata

Danthonia auriculata

D. caespitosa

D. geniculta

D. induta

D. racemosa

D. setacea

Dichelachne crinita

D. micrantha (sciurea)
*Ehrharta longiflora

*Holcus lanatus

*Lolium rigidium

Microlaena stipoides
*Parapholis incurva

Phragmites australis

Poa (australis)

P. sieberiana

*Rostraria cristata (Koeleria phleoides)
Stipa breviglumis

S. elegantissima

S. semibarbata

S. sp. aff. stuposa

S. (variabilis)

Themeda triandra (australis)

* Vulpia bromoides
TYPHACEAE

Typha sp.

LILIACEAE (inc. HYPOXIDACEAE)
Arthropodium minus

Bulbine bulbosa

Dianella revoluta

Dichopogon fimbriatus

D. strictus

Hypoxis glabella var. glabella (pusilla)
* Myrsiphyllum asparagoides
Thysanotus patersonii
IRIDACEAE

* Gladiolus tristis

* Iris germanica

* Romulea rosea

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Evening -flower Gladiolus
German Iris
Onion-grass

Wattle mat-rush
Spiny-headed Mat-rush

Gnat Orchid

Blue Caladenia

Pink Fingers

Hooded Caladenia
Green-comb Spider-orchid
Daddy Long-legs

Musky Caladenia

Purplish Beard-orchid (Brown
Beards)

Slaty Helmet-orchid
Mosquito Orchid

Hyacinth Orchid

Leopard Orchid

Tiger Orchid (Hornets)
Wax-lip Orchid (Parson-in-the-
pulpit)

Slender Onion-orchid
Striped Greenhood

Trim Greenhood

Blunt Greenhood

Tall Greenhood

Dwarf Greenhood
Nodding Greenhood

Tiny Greenhood
Ruddy-hood

Autumn Greenhood
Larger Striped Greenhood
Brittle Greenhood

Slender Sun-orchid

IRIDACEAE
*Gladiolus tristis

*lris germanica
*Romulea rosea
XANTHORRHOEACEAE
Lomandra filiformis

L. longifolia
ORCHIDACEAE
Acianthus exsertus
Caladenia caerulea
C. carnea

C. cucullata

C. dilatata

C. filamentosa

C. gracilis (angustata)
Calochilus robertsonii

Corybas incurvus

Cyrtostylis reniformis (Acianthus)
Dipodium punctatum

Diuris maculata

D. sulphurea

Glossodia Major

Microtis parviflora
Pterostylis alata
P. concinna

P. curta

P. longifolia

P. nana

P. nutans

P. parviflora

P. pusilla

P. revoluta

P. robusta

P. truncata
Thelymitra pauciflora

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PROGRAM 1991

JANUARY 1991
4 Evening excursion with Junior Group. Bat Trapping -
Leader: Grant Baverstock (Ph. 817256
22 Bird Group meeting. "Crows and Ravens"
26/28 Campout. Mt. Sabine. Leaders: Les Barrow (Ph.
443379) and Peter Williams (Ph. 213503)
FEBRUARY
5 General meeting. Chris Porter - “Our Marine National
Parks & Marine Environment"

12 Plant Group excursion. 4.00 p.m. - Point Addis -
Leader: Pat Quinlivian (Ph. 430209)

24*** Excursion. Point Flinders shore platform and the Bar-
won River Mudflats. Leader: Chris Porter.
*** NOTE - Fourth weekend to coincide with suitable tides

26 Bird Group meeting. To be announced.

MARCH
5 General meeting. "Voyager & the Planets" presented
by the Geelong Astronomical Society
9 Junior Group excursion. Healesville Sanctuary (to be
confirmed). Leader: Grant Baverstock (Ph. 817256)
9/11 V.F.N.C.A/W.V.F.N.C.A. Campout - Howmans Gap,
Victorian Alps

12 Plant Group excursion. 4.00 p.m. Geelong Botanic
Gardens. Leader: George Jones

17 Excursion. Portarlington Sewerage Ponds & Edwards
Point. Leader: Dave King (Ph. 593023)

24 FromBuckleys tothe Heads. A canoe/boating adven-
ture. Leaders: Graeme Tribe (Ph. 552302) and Barry
Lingham (Ph. 554291)

26 Bird Group meeting. To be announced.

2 Annual General Meeting. Members night
9 Plant Group meeting. *Gardens for Birds" - Trevor
Pescott
21 Excursion. Organ Pipes National Park & Pillow Lava
(Coach Trip) Leader: Diana Primrose (Ph. 501811)
23 Bird Group meeting. To be announced.

7 General meeting. F.C. Rogers. Mt. Arapiles/Little
Desert

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CONTENTS

Editorial

R. Baverstock The Meredith Road Timber Reserve

L. Conole Have you seen a Tiger Cat in the Otways?

B. Moreton Nagoya to Rubbish Major Wetland

M.J.C. Baker Vascular plants of the Long Forest

G. Faithfull Wildlife Observations in South-east Queensland

Marysville Campout Jan. 27-29, 1990
B. McNay There is a Bower at the Bottom of my Garden