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Wednesday January 16^^ 1952 
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-After 
breakfast we packed up, hitched the caravan 
onto the car and left our spot. We bought 
a few groceries and I left Joan and the boys 
at the eastern beach while I went off to get 
a welding job done on the caravan. This 
took about 1/2 hour and I then left the 
caravan at the beach for Joan, setting off 
myself for the Goose Lagoon at its northern 
tip where it approaches the Henty Highway. 
On the way I saw a BROWN 
HAWK. I walked through tussocks, with a 
sharp look out for snakes to the edge of 
the swamp which was alive with SHARP- 
TAILED SANDPIPERS. I walked slowly along 
marvelling at the richness of the bird life 
both in species and numbers - much as 
the Barrier Reef is alive with marine life. I 
watched the teal as they came swooping 
down wind a few yards away. A 
LITTLE GRASS BIRD'S mournful cry came from 
the reeds on the opposite shore. A pair of 
YELLOW-BILLED SPOONBILLS flew heavily into the 
