THE WOMBAT. 



We return to camp by way of the beach, and find the 

 walking unexpectedly easy, as the greater part consists of 

 low flat rocks, with occasional patches of sand and shells, and 

 there are only one or two places of really rough rock. The 

 shells are in great abundance, but are mainly in fragments. 



While we are sitting round the fire after tea at camp, 

 Mr. Cawood pays us a visit, and invites us all down to a 

 party at his house on the next night. 



28/12/94. A stray black duck is observed on the creek 

 as we are preparing breakfast, and is soon transferred to our 

 pot, at the cost of a wetting to its eager pursuer. 



The flies are very troublesome this year all along the 

 coast, and in the shelter of the scrub round our camp they 

 are almost unbearable. Some of those who are going to Mr. 

 Cawood's to-night spend a great part of the afternoon dolling 

 themselves, one in particular experiencing great difficulty in 

 shaving, as he is compelled to use the bottom of a tin plate 

 in lieu of a looking-glass. 



Heavy rain all the evening. 



29/12/94. The morning turns out beautifully fine and 

 sunny for the first time since we started, so after our 

 usual swim we start round the coast for Stoney Creek. A 

 mob of blue cranes fly past as we leave the camp, and on the 

 beach we see a few groundlarks and one or two silver gulls. 

 When we reach the mouth of the creek, taking a glance 

 round we see far up the valley what looks like a block of 

 water suspended at a height of about 100 feet, giving promise 

 of good things in store. We find the creek is not overgrown 

 like most of those on this coast, and we work up along the 

 bed. At about a mile from the beach we find some rapids, 

 which we at first mistake for the Stoney Falls, but climbing 

 these we work up higher. We make an intimate acquaintance 

 with the forest nettle, which grows just at a convenient height 

 to catch the face, and in about another mile we reach the 

 Falls themselves, which are very fine. There is a deep gorge, 

 with almost perpendicular walls, down the centre of which 



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