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Although the Tiiiii still coiitiniied, \v(* prti- 

 t'ecdcd on our joiinicy tlio fblknviiifv iiioniiiiii\ 

 being desirous of reaching Goulburu Plains, 

 (whieh vm tmt xmly twenty miles disisnt.) 

 We passed tlimigh a swampy^ ttattly-^<io^ 

 coniitry, and hy noon ari'ived at Tarlo/* OH 

 tlic banks of tlii' (.'ookbnndoon river. Proceed- 

 ing' several miles further, from the summit of a 

 Bfll iiei^tlie road, w# were gratified by a splendid 

 Als^i idew of a portloii <rf &>uUwn Jpkk$^ 

 mi the ^pen forest land in its vicinity. We 

 passed tbrono-h the township, which at present 

 contains only a few bark and wooden Iiabitations. 

 This situation for the township not being origi- 

 n&TLy weU U is the intenMon of gOTesm* 



nient to remove it to a more suitable imit of the 

 plains. 



M o arrived in the evening- at the prettilv situ- 

 ated dweliing-lionse and fine estate of J. Bradley, 

 Esq., called Ld^owtie^ ^ fio^ yrMth thm 

 is a fine prospect of a very pietttresqttd portion of 

 the plains. This part of the country, (called 

 '* Goulburu Plains" and " Midweny"' by the 

 aborigines,) is a scries of beautiiul plains, clear 

 of t^iaitoir, ex06|»t w&ere 4 few scjitteired dmnps 

 i^'&mM^Tomaaf'^^i m ^^Koiieygti^Ie/' ^ 

 seen, readily distinguished Iiy its dark apjjear- 

 anee, contrasted by tky livtily carpeting of ver- 



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