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[28.12.47]
the whole district rang with their cries "whit-a-took"
Other birds seen in that part of the rises were - 
BLUE WRENS                YELLOW WATTL-BIRD *[WATTLEBIRD]      KOOKABURRA
NATIVE THRUSH          DUSKY WOODSWALOW                                 BLACK-FACED CUCKOO SHRIKE
HERON                           GOLDFINCH                                                        KESTREL
EASTERN ROSELLA   STARLING                                                           SKYLARK
MAGPIE                           MARTIN                                                               SWALLOW
MAGPIE-LARK               FANTAIL CUCKOO                                            YELLOW-FACED HONEYEATER
  For lunch I moved on across the Prince's
Highway and turned south from Pomborneit. I
made a circle of Mt Porndon and its ring, turning
south again and stopping for lunch where the
road almost touches the Ring. I climbed over 
the Barrier which is at that point about 30'[foot]
high and sat for lunch on the inner slope
looking round the ring. I was looking
round in the trees for the birds when my 
eyes veritably lit upon a Koala! A large
fellow, he was asleep in a fork with his back
against the main bough and sitting in what
looked like an extraordinarily uncomfortable
position. From time to time it shifted
position, scratched a very round tummy with
small black paw and gave sleepy looks
around it. I watched it for half-an-hour