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[Dec 4^^ 1953] on to the last stage of our journey - 91 
miles to Lockhardt *[Lockhart] - all of which except 
a few miles of reconstruction was a 
perfect bitumen surface. Just before 
Lockhart we saw a CRESTED PIGEON, 
a pair of APOSTLE-BIRDS and a small 
flock of BLUE BONNETS. We arrived at 
the hotel - the room stifling despite 
storm clouds, intermittent spattering of 
heavy warm rain, and gusty wind. 
The night of which it is best to have 
an early night. The only sad 
thing is that I seem to have lost, 
probably at Yass where we filled with 
petrol, my car log-book. It may 
turn up in the indescribable mass of 
luggage in the car. 
5.12.53 I woke early, fortunately, and set out 
(51) at 5.30 to have a look round. It was a 
(141) cool sunny morning and full of bird-calls. 
The country was flat with as much buloke and 
below as there was eucalypt. There I saw 
WH I TE MASKED WOOD-SWALLOW, RESTLESS FLYCATCHER 
