Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University

Cape Barren is the easternmost cape on Cape Barren Island, north of Tasmania. Despite their
name, Cape Barren Geese are only distantly related to geese in the rest of the world. In some
cases, farmers regard them as pests in their fields.
Convicts once were on Maria Island; later there was a cement plant.
I walked down to see the fossil shells up close; the cliffs are enormous stacks of fossil shells. It was
too windy for Jane; she went on around.
Several thousand wallabies and kangaroos were culled from Maria Island. Neither species is native
here. Pademelons are native.
Tasmania is the most mountainous island in the world.
August 7. Wednesday. Flight from Hobart to Melbourne, thence to Adelaide. The Melbourne flight
was delayed an hour and a half because 11 persons checked bags in in Melbourne (where the
plane was coming from) and didn't get on the plane. Flight Melbourne to Adelaide.
Met by Lawrence Johnson and Pen Horner, a local environmentalist. They took us to the
Esplanade Hotel, on the beach. Pen Horner, 16 Parkmore, Sturt 5047, SA.
August 8, Thursday.
Bush walk with Lawrence Johnson, in the Lofty Mountains, about 12 km, over Mt. Lofty Summit, 730
meters. Cool, cloudy, but not rain. We walked variously through disturbed and relatively
undisturbed forest. This is really just a rural hike through semi-suburbs of Melbourne, with some
preserved areas. Nice wattles in flower. Part of the hike went through Mt. Lofty Botanic gardens.
New Holland honey-eater. Scarlet robin. Wood duck = Crested goose. Pacific black duck.
Australasian coot. Little raven. Adelaide rosellas. Eastern rosellas. Superb blue wren. Pied
cormorant. Eurasian coot.
The Lofty Mountains are a southern extension of the Flinders Range, which, further north, is
beautiful but barren. Rare in the Flinders Range is the yellow footed rock wallaby, seen in Cleland
Sanctuary.
Dinner at the hotel with Lawrence Johnson, George Couvalis and Linda Burns.
August 9, Friday. to Cleland Wildlife Sanctuary. Rainbow lorikeet. Mountain Duck. Magpie goose.
Sacred Ibis. Kookaburra. Birds in the area.
In the park, confined animals. Red Kangaroo, with a white stripe mouth to eye, a distinguishing
mark. But only the males are reddish; the females are quite blue-gray.
Dingoes. I first heard them howl, like a cross between a coyote and a wolf.
Koalas
Western Grey Kangaroo, with joey. close-up pix.
Euro - with joey, in a rocky area.
By account in the literature at Cleland Sanctuary, kangaroos with feet less than 35 cms. long are
classed as wallabies.
Lunch at Flinders University