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[May 1955] the way up the stream, which there was 
Pi same way north of us and we 
were more than halfway up one 
of those long western slopes so common 
to the Grampians. We turned back 
to the ledge for lunch. 
Afterwards we returned northward 
to the eastern slopes of the valley which 
contained the weir. We pushed up 
this northward until it soon became 
clear we could never get to the 
top of it, where we plunged down 
into the gully. And there we got 
into the thickest scrub I have ever 
been in. It took us an hour to 
do roughly % mile down to the weir. 
Half-way we rested and watched the 
magnificent sight of 4 Wedge-tailed 
Eagles soaring in a thermal 1000' [feet] 
above us. From the weir we went 
slowly homeward, arriving at 5.30. The 
birds added to the list that day were 
