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[September 30^^ 1952] main memories are the Blue-billed Ducks, the 
one Ground Parrot and the one Bustard that 
I saw. 
13.10.52 
After lunch Max McGarvie and I set off on our 
([?]) 
camping trip in the Otways. The R.A.O.U. [Royal Australasian 
([?]) 
Ornithologists Union] had this 
year gone to Palm Valley, near Alice Springs, and, 
quite apart from the expense of such a trip I had 
to wait for the arrival of Louise! So Max and I 
decided to look round close to home and spend 
as much of a fortnight as we wished camping 
where we liked. 
The weather for many months had been 
very and still is, though not raining when 
we set out. We went off via Stoneyford, Cobden 
to Waarre. We picked up few birds on the way 
YELLOW-BILLED SPOONBILL, BLACK SWAN, SWAMP HARRIER 
RAVEN and MAGPIE before we had our first 'find' 
of CORELLAS at Cobden. Straight through to our 
destination with GOLDFINCH, STARLING, NOISY MINER 
YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILL, WHITE-FRONTED HERON, GREY 
BUTCHER-BIRD, EASTERN ROSELLA, SWALLOW, KOOKABURRA, 
WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER, BLUE WREN, MAGPIE-LARK, 
COMMON BRONZEWING AND CRIMSON ROSELLA. Beyond 
