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[27^^ March 1955] leaving the weir. When we got home 
we were too tired to eat - an 
experience I have rarely had - 
actually it would probably be called 
exhaustion! A Boobook OWL called 
just before I left on my 135 mile 
drive home. 
It was a magnificent week-end, 
the exploration being just as much fun 
as the birds or the botany in which 
Max has become very interested [MAP p. 126] 
17 ^ April 1955 A Sunday. I went out 
with Bill and Joan Middleton, who are 
now living at Forest. It was a 
bad day for birds - very windy. 
Very little was seen and a 
complete list was not kept. We went 
along Barry's [guess] Road, we turned south 
along each access road. The first 
one brought us out near Burtons 
Lookout, the second to a patch of 
