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28.11.53 We got away from the hotel at 10.45 
(15) and having picked up some goods in the 
(104) City began our way out west at noon. 
By 1.0 pm we had got through Penrith 
and Emu Plains and made our way up 
Mitchell's Pass where we stopped at Lennox 
Bridge for lunch. There I saw a 
STRIATED THORNBILL and another bird 
which I could not then identify but 
next day found was the ROCK WARBLER. 
We went on slowly through 
the towns along the ridge, stopping 
once to see Bentley's [guess] Nurseries. We 
settled our things into the Ritz Hotel, Leura, 
and took a short drive to Echo Point 
where we had our first view to the 
south of the "Blue Mountains", and te€l- 
had a short walk round to the cascade. 
29.11.53 Was a Sunday and a very quiet 
(13) day spent mostly reading in beautiful 
(109) weather in the grounds of the hotel. 
Before lunch we went fof in the car 
round Cliff Drive, looking at the view 
