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Although the rain still continued, we pro- 

 ceeded on our journey the following morning, 

 being desirous of reaching Goulburn Plains, 

 (which was now only twenty miles distant.) 

 We passed through a swampy, thinly-wooded 

 country, and by noon arrived at " Tarlo," on 

 the banks of the Cockbundoon river. Proceed- 

 ing several miles further, from the summit of a 

 hill near the road, we were gratified by a splendid 

 distant view of a portion of Goulburn Plains, 

 and the open forest land in its vicinity. We 

 passed through the township, which at present 

 contains only a few bark and wooden habitations. 

 This situation for the township not being origi- 

 nally well chosen, it is the intention of govern- 

 ment to remove it to a more suitable part of the 

 plains. 



We arrived in the evening at the prettily situ- 

 ated dwelling-house and fine estate of J. Bradley, 

 Esq., called Lansdowne Park ; from which fllere 

 is a fine prospect of a very picturesque portion of 

 the plains. This part of the country, (called 

 " Goulburn Plains" and " Mulwerry" by the 

 aborigines,) is a series of beautiful plains, clear 

 of timber, except where a few scattered clumps 

 of Banksia rosmarinifolia, or " honeysuckle," are 

 seen, readily distinguished by its dark appear- 

 ance, contrasted by the lively carpeting of ver- 



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