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[27.11.51] swamps and I poked round a few to 
see WOOD DUCK and BLACK DUCK. There 
were many mobs of kangaroos, but we 
were disappointed to see no Emus which 
are said to be common and for which 
the forest, broken by heathland and with 
very little undergrowth, was ideal. 
We came to where the road 
crossed a canal which we followed up 
stream for half-a-mile in a patch of 
burnt scrub with bracken till we came 
to the reservoir. This still had many 
trees st+H growing in it with the margins 
covered with Leptospermum. The only 
new bird on it was the MUSK DUCK and 
in the stringy-barks along its margins 
were STRIATED THORNBILLS. 
We went on a little way to 
where we had lunch. The forest was 
here more open in character, bordering 
large areas of Leptospermum on our 
right along the banks of the Gleneig 
(which we never actually saw). The 
