Crossing the range at the head of this
creek, we came on a gully running north, down which we proceeded,
and soon found it open out into a creek, at two or three points in
which we found water. On this creek we found the first specimen of
an eucalyptus, which has a very different appearance from the
members of the gum-tree race. It grows as high as a good-sized gum
tree, but with the branches less spreading: in shape it much
resembles the elm; the foliage is dark, like that of the light
wood; the trunk and branches are covered with a grey bark
resembling in outward appearance that of the box tree. Finding that
the creek was trending too much to the eastward, we struck off to
the north again, and at a short distance came on a fine creek
running about south-south-east. As it was now nearly time to camp,
we travelled it up for about one and a-half mile, and came to a
fine waterhole in a rocky basin, at which there were lots of birds.
FIELD BOOK 7.
CAMPS 105 TO 112. LATITUDE 20 1/4 TO 19 1/4 DEGREES.
(Middle part of Cloncurry.)
Sunday, 27th January, 1861.--Started from Camp 105 at five
minutes past two in the morning. We followed along the bends
of the creek by moonlight, and found the creek wind about very
much, taking on the whole a north-east course.
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