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[23'"^ October 1955] we got in and the rear tyre was 
almost flat when I pulled up at the 
garage. While that was being 
repaired, we paid a visit to the 
church and graveyard with some 
choice inscriptions + had a cup of 
tea by which time the car was 
ready. 
A little way out of Buckland 
we came across the first of two 
echidnas of which we had good 
views of normal behaviour. At the 
same time I could hear YELLOW-TAILED 
BLACK COCKATOOS. At Swansea we 
had a milk-shake, bought sandwiches 
and fruit which we ate at a spot 
favoured by fisherman who were there 
in large numbers. Shortly after I 
stopped to inspect a patch of bush in 
which I found a BROWN HAWK'S nest 
with 3 eggs. A bough broke as I was 
climbing down and I bent my thumb 
severely backwards. Then after 
