[Abridged summary of daily activities follow]
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Departed Perth. ->Kojonup - bought seive at Co-op. - tried unsuccessfully to purchase formalin from pharmacy. -> Broomehill -> Jerramingup -> Fitzgerald River National Park by Quiss Rd entrance at E end of Park -> Twertup Road at the junction of Quiss Rd & Pabelup Drive. "Twertup" is at the end of the road about 12km from turnoff. Arrived at about 7pm - all the others were already there - bemoaning the bees in the FW tanks. Helen Taylor - Historical Soc. Paper making; Kaye Vaux - Historical Soc. book club - paper making Cl-PO, Ongerup; Anne Hart - sports club; Elsie Penglose - handicrafts, photography; Gordon Thomas - history of area. [Meals etc in evening]
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[Gave talk on snails]
Stn#1 Fitzgerald River Nat. Pk, WA - Pabelup Swamp, approx. 34°07'S, 119°24'E; open scrub (burned xii-89) on flat ground to E of dried lake; dead & alive under log SMSS et al.
Stn 2. Stn 3.
Stn 4. Succinea sp.; Fitzgerald River Nat. Park, WA; Point Ann, approx 34°11'S, 119°35'E; dead in litter under shrubs at seaward base of rocky hill. SMS-S et al.
Stn#5: FRNP, WA; St. Mary's Inlet; approx. 34°09'S, 119°34'E; dead on S bank of inlet near bar x6; dead on sand flat about 0.5km upstream from bar x 5.
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Stn#6 Bothriembryon dux; FRNP, WA: S of St Mary's Inlet bar, approx. 34°10'S, 119°34'E; dead in low scrub in shelter of beach dune.
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#7: FRNP, WA; West Mount Barren; approx. 34°13'S, 119°26'E; on lower NW - facing slopes; dead & alive upon plants in open. Eucalyptus preissiana, thicket burned Dec. 1989.
#8: FNRP, WA; West Mount Barren; approx . 34°13'S, 119°26'E, on mid & upper NE facing slopes, dead & alive on plants & rocks in open Eucalyptus preissiana thicket burned Dec 1989.
# 9: FRNP; Doggers Swamp; approx 34°11'S, 119°22'E, in shallows of permanent water body.
# 10: FRNP, WA; near Doggers Swamp; approx 34°11'S. 119°22'E; slightly higher ground just to east of circle of trees surrounding lake; shrubs & trees to 3m; burned Dec 1989.
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Ongerup area. WA, property of K. Vaux, N of Township. - lake at homestead x1 -small freshwater lake x1 - large freshwater lake x1 - gypsum lake (almost dry) x2
[Rear of notepad notes]
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Perth -> Kojonup-Jerramugup-> Fitzgerald River Nat. Park -> Twertup Field Station
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Twertup Field Station
-talk on land snails in general & Boths in particular. My car - 6 people.
#1 near Dried Swamp area one of Pabelup Swamp Series ? 18km S of Twetup turnoff - burned.
(Photo) Bothriembryon dux & Succinea; Hakea; Eucalyptus; bugs; Banksia. Burned Dec 1990.
#2 Swamp area: Melaleuca; no snails; snakes; skinks; frogs; weavils; beetles; scale insects. Burned Dec 1990.
#3 Higher Ground, Burned Dec 1991: Eucalyptus ?tetragona; Aatea (large); Banksia; Eucalyptus; no snails.
#4 Point Ann, not Burned: Photo of Point-> East. Succinids. quartzite.
#5 St Mary's Inlet, Not burned: Very saline; v many recently dead bivalves gydrobiids on upper strand line (? long dead).
#6 Behind coastal dunes near mouth of St Mary's Inlet, Not burned for long time. (dense stand of eucalypts - deep litter) -inland -> low scrub. Bothriembryon dux.
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West Mount Barren - burned Dec 1990: Both. alive on burned shrub branches, eucalypt regrowth. ?Boronia, 'black-boys', rocks. Few dead shells - some predated - few vey fragile pieces ?burned, none found under stones. #7 Lower slopes; #8 high slopes/ [Boiled pastry recipe]. #9 Dogs Swamp; #10 E of Dogs Swamp.
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