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[23^^ October 1955] 
24^^ (Monday). 
[October 1955] 
on the sea as the 'ruffling' of the surface 
scattered in all directions. 
We left Coles Bay just before 
9.30 am and instead of proceeding up 
the east coast as we had planned, 
turned west onto the Campbell Town 
road. Just as we got to the turn 
off the rain came down and 
continued solidly churning [guess] the forty 
odd miles through stony, uninteresting 
bush. At one pause in the rain I 
went a little way off the road and 
was attracted by a high, repeated piping 
call, which being followed up, proved to 
come from a SPOTTED QUAIL-THRUSH. 
Good views of the CLINKING CURRAWONG 
convinced me more than ever that it 
is the bird we have in the Otways. 
Around L. [Lake] Leake we began to see the 
other (Deloraine) side of Launceston. 
We had lunch at Campbell Town 
and then sped rapidly to Launceston, 
