>16th August 1970
Ride & Butler, Central Australia, Running log:
Seems to be mostly Harry Butler entries alternating with Ride's of trip across Trans line and back starting with trip across Nullarbor from Kalgoorlie / Kananda / Loongana, Wilpena to Leigh Creek. Farina, Cannu waukaninna Bore, Simpson Desert to Tedford locs. Lakes Kabunka and Ngapaldi, Coober Pedy, Lasseter's Creek, Doclar[?] R., Ceoaegh[?] Ra., Warburton, Yanama T O, Laverton, Kal.
> 18th August
Kananda
> 19 August
Loongana
Nullarbor Stn homestead. Log tales. Yalata starts, Bush Eucalypts and Myall.
Nundrew (fuel pump)
Fowler's Bay Turn Off.
Wolf spider in hole under stone.
Penong
Ceduna X road
To Minnipa. Camp.
> 21 Aug 70
Back on Eyre Highway at Minnipa.18 1/2 at Kimba (253 m.)
Service at Pt. Augusta. Roof rack welded.
> [22 Aug]
Hawker Wilpena Rd. Trodic Callitris Young eucalypts. Photos of Rawnsley Bluff & Callitris H., collected wolf spider under rock.
Wilpena Pound turn-off. Back at new[?] road. Blinman to Parachilna. Parachilna. Cross Parking Leezh[?], camp at Green Well Creek.
> 23 Aug 70.
Green Well Creek , Breakfast Time Creek. Bettana - Sgt Marple & Const. Cavanagh - Liege Creek. Clam fossil from Marple jun., call at Leigh Creek.
2 scorpions[?] in Leigh Creek bush. Mulare [?] fluget. Ex Leigh Creek, T.O. to Copley to Moolanistana [?].Mt. Searl + off. Nepabunna Mission. Wooltana, Camp. Arkaroola Creek N.E. of Moolawantana Homestead.
> 24 Aug 1970
Arkaroola Creek camp. Quail thrush call. 669 male.
N.Mulga outcrop ? N. Mulga Homestead.
Conf.[?] S F O. TE 5 mm 4 mm.
Grail Trestmare[?] seeds.
Camp again.
> 25th Aug
C6790 camp Ptclaten Rey[?], 7c group, 31 Collabere locs. 34SM
Woolatchi Creek
Homestead, filled with fuel. Mt Fittan Homestead, signpost "Talc wine 3 miles on turnoff to right. [C6801]. Mt. Freeling Homestead. Old gene, stone corral photo.
Lindhurst
Farina photo 4/5 old drop.
Maree P.O.
Birdsville Track.
> [26 Aug.]
Clayton Bore Camp.
Hayes Hill. Sites on side of road.
Cannu waukaninna Bore.
Sharptailed Sandpiper Dk brown black paler base olive green legs 52 g.
Camp area Lake Palankarinna. Take off. Start home. Camp. Paul's randible[[?] l.c.
Knafacon[?]
> 27th Aug 1970
Camp in ashes[?], F..., Cooper R., Kanunka Lake.
Sminthopsis crassicaudata centralis WR218
Clayton Flowing bore. 0545 caught by hand in open gibber by bore line.
HB 80, TV 63, HF 16, F 22, FA 19mm.
> 28th Aug 1970
Lake Kanunka camp.
Lake Ngapakaldi camp.
> 29th Aug 1970
Camp at Lake Ngapikaldi. N Cooper Creek 2 Bush Babblers : black crown, chest cream, brown, l. brown, Black/ with white, yellow with white, slate dark 46g, 55g.
Coopers Creek Hilt. [C670] (where sandhill east of up[?] route)
Crossing of Cooper
Canna waukaninna Bore.
Clayton bore.
> 30 Aug 1970
Clayton Bore. Maree P.O.
Ex Maree Supplies $9.32
Signpost
Gate
Photo (DR17)
Mt Hamilton homestead. Turn west north of William Creek Hotel, Signpost on other road 130 Oodnadatta.
Anna Creek Homestead turn left.
DR Photo [C6919]
River bed Camp.
> 31 Aug 1970
Ex camp. Coober Pedy
Mt Willoughby Homestead
Oodnadatta Rd., Welbourn Hill, Camp.
> 1st Sept 1970
Ex camp.
Photo of degraded Mulga[C6933].
Granite Downs T O.
fuel.
Mulga and Grevillea[C6934,35]
Border of N.T./S.A.
Victory Downs turnoff, Victory Downs homestead. petrol, lunch stop [C6936] Cassia.
Note.* The 70 series is digit out 7003 on the slides is 7002 in the notebook.
Musgrave Ranges [C7001]
Mulga Park H.S., road lined with native poplars and mulga [C7002] Triodia
Mt Connor photos [C7003]
Agnes Rock T O.
Curtin Springs, 8 gals
> 2nd Sept 1970 (Wednesday)
Camp. Tadarida australis, male, WR219. Ha B 85 mm., E.29 mm., TV47 mm., forearm 55mm., HF12 mm., Wt. 34 gm., galysorch [?] moderately developed. Hairs in two tufts but only poorly differentiated from normal hair and not bristle, .al chestnut[?].
Ayers Rock letter box, Derek Roth. Left Ayers Rock
Amphibolous inermis coll., Mulga flit grass shallow burrow 3"[?].
A. inermis small sfts[?] desf haron sfered[?].
Armstrong Creek, DR Beefwood, Bloodwood [C7018]
Camp 6MEIRvingBrock (159 m.) phot but now a flowering bush with moths feeding Scoteinus? [WR220], gregi F. HB 53 mm. TU 37, HF 8, Ear 13, fremm 35, Wt 10g.
> 3rd Sept. 1970 Thursday
Camp. Eucalypt, flat opposite alternate leaves, Photos DR
Rockhole Irving Creek
C. of Edge of Peterman Range country, C. of Bloods Range
Shaw Creek
Chirnside R. Wirlies [C7031]
Lasseter's Cave at Hull R. grindstone ochre flakes
[C7034] Peterman Range. Docker River crossing. Wassie border.
Rebecca Creek Waltic Jaws Just [?] DR Trees [C7036] DR trees.
Giles Corner T.O. camp 717.4
Note: photo of Lasseter's cave etc before C7034
Friday 4th Sept 197Ex camp, back on track.
Edge of Native Reserve (Sign) [C7101] of a new mallee form eucalypt.
Blackstone T.O., dead mulga with regeneration in a gerry plus wick Mt.Aloysius in the backyard. Truck joins from west.
Wingellina T.O..Wingellina.
S.A. border
Waterhole
Red sandhill sand
Ex Wandulina, Main Road, Blackstone T.O., Blackstone camp & mill. Camp
> (Sat) 5th Sept 1970
Ex camp
Cavanagh Range track to south. Lightning Rocks. 25,26 Bilbring.
"Giles Tank" 27 Gald's excavation. Zone of Reserve. non-tank empty. Mill. Warburton Mission filled up main tank. Dictation for road[?]. Road south. NW sign 17, right fork, dead end, main road, turn off to south. Full took E fork, took W fork, turned back. Main road , T.O. Paint, T.O. south. Banded whiteface wt 6 gm male testes 5mm, 4mm. black blood.
There mallee on a plain, 3 white crosses x ground stac. Turnaround. Camp.
Tadanda australis female white collar & white patches extending across back rib cage. HB 88mm., TV 46, HF 13, E 26, forearm 60, wt 34 gm. shot in flight WHB [222] (Sunday) 6th Sept 1970
Ex camp, on road, Airstrip across road, road Winduldarra Rock Hole
8 E. pumilis female, owl pellets.
Gahnda Rock hole Dasyurus jaws.
Manunda Rock Hole
Muggan Rock hole
26 parallel road south
Terhan Rock hole
E. pumilis [231]
To north to soak 2.8 m.
Soak Camp "Paltju Soak".
231 E. pumilis shot at dusk: H B 39 mm, E. 9, TV 36, forearm 34, Hf 5, wt. 5.3 g.
223 female E. pumilis collected Winduldarra
H B 41 mm., E. 11, TV 39, forearm 34, Hf 6, wt. 4.5 g.
> 7th Sept (Monday)
Pultja Soak, main road, Beegul rockhole
Tiliqua on road
Yamana turnoff, Yamana 23 miles new T.O.
Cosmo Newberry filled up. Y corner Laverton 8
Windarra T.O.
Laverton Pub., Malcolm Rd.
Kookynie R.S., main road bitumen.
Menzies 13 g. petrol.
Kalgoorlie P.O. Coolgardie P.O. Southern Cross 21 gals.
Florence Dr.
Wanneroo, Museum, Wanneroo.
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