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28.11.51 Wednesday. We left the hotel at 
(62) GR. 9.30 am and, collecting the lunch, went off 
(35) D. on the Mt. Victory Rd and went to the 
(86) T. base of the Mt. Rosea track. The weather 
was cool with sun and clouds. We 
started up at 10.20, paused at the base 
of the "staircase" for lemonade at 11.0 and 
set off again at 11.20, reaching the 
summit at 11.55 where we had 
lunch. 
There is a superb view from 
there and I took a complete panorama 
with the red filter on my camera. The 
birds most common on the top were 
the [EASTERN SPINEBILL] and [WHITE-BROWED 
SCRUB WREN. We saw directly below 
us, on the eastern side, a forestry 
track which led back to the road 
where the car was. We wanted 
to take it but could find no 
easy way down and Joan was 
not suitably dressed for a scramble. 
So we came back by the route we 
