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[16.9.52] which I have often explained myself and where 
he got onto more Olive Whistlers. Having got my 
supplies, and picked Max up again, we had 
lunch in the car in pouring rain on the 
Ocean Rd. [Road] just below Lavers Hill. 
Then on, in the heavy cold showers, 
to Glen Aire, Hordern Vale to the mouth 
of the Aire R. Where we got properly 
stuck in greasy ground at the bottom of 
a long hill. An hour and a half we spent 
trying to get out and eventually I decided to 
walk for help. While I was away Max 
got onto CASPIAN TERNS, REED-WARBLERS and 
LITTLE PIED CORMORANTS. I walked 2 % miles 
and returned with a chap called Stewart and 
a tractor who pulled us up and out of the 
hill. We made straight for Apollo Bay, 
where we saw GANNETS and CRESTED TERNS. 
We call in at Greenacres got a room, a 
bath, a meal and a warm dry bed, while 
heavy showers of hail and rain with a 
bitterly cold wind ranged outside. My Mother 
with Michael and Jonathan had arrived to 
