A side trip was made to Darke Peak, SA to check on the status of Nanodectes bulbicercus Rentz, a species known only from that site. Darke Peak is and island of natural vegetation in a vast sea of wheat. We found the katydids along with many other species living quite happily in the Reserve set aside to protect such biota. The trip across the Nullarbor was interesting as usual. There are hundreds of kilometres of mostly treeless plain with grey shrub comprising the dominant flora.
Most travellers find it boring but biologists find it excessively interesting.
The 200 ft cliffs along the south coast are a photographers delight with whales part of the spectacle during the winter months. The Mogumber Bush Katydid was discovered at several localities and in abundance. It can probably be removed from the list as a potentially threatened species. Not so for others like Pachysaga strobila Rentz, a species still only known from the type. With many tettigoniids having a restricted geographic range, this species seems doomed.