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11^^ November 1955. Set off with Bill Middleton 
after lunch and arrived at Cavendish 5.0pm, 
where we met Max McGarvie, Claude Austin 
and his brother-in-law, Peter Ross. After 
refuelling the cars and ourselves we went 
north up the Henty Highway till we got to 
the road off to the right (i.e. east) which 
continues over the range through the 
Chimneypot Gap to the Victoria Valley. We 
camped a few miles in on this road 
and had a short scout round. At 9.0, 
as we were turning in a light rain fell. 
12^^ November. After breakfast we did a 
[1955] more thorough exploration of the area 
round the camp which was quite flat 
and with not much undergrowth. Birds 
seen were the RAINBOW LORIKEET, with a 
call very like a noisy miner, WEEBILLS, 
SPOTTED PARDALOTE with nest in rotten tree, 
BUTCHER-BIRD (first record for the area), BLACK- 
CAPPED SITELLA, BOOBOOK in a wild cherry, 
WHITE-BROWED BABBLER, five EMUS and a 
MISTLE-TOE BIRD. 
