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17th June [margin]I542 [guess] T [crossed out] 9 [/crossed out] 70 (6)[/margin]
  We did this day actually go for a 
cruise all day in the Marlin. We went south 
down the west coast of Hook Is[land] turning round its 
tip at the south into Narra Inlet. There we 
dropped two fishermen in the dingy and 
aquaplaned up +[and] down the inlet. It was 
easier than I thought though on each 
occasion I tried to pull the nose of the board 
up too far - the first time [guess] tiring my wrists 
unneccesarally *[unnecessarily], the second putting my weight 
too far back on the board making it too unstable 
and coming off when I was going into the 
waves. Of the five of us who tried, I was 
the only one to come off. Joan was very 
good.
  We had lunch at the mouth of a creek 
at the bottom of the inlet, where there was some 
fresh water. Afterwards we went up the creek 
a way and I saw Leaden Flycatchers, Dusky 
Honeyeaters and White-eared Flycatchers and 
heard a Rufous Whistler and the screeching of 
Lorikeets. The latter I could not see but just 
before we were leaving several flew high over the 
inlet to the east, screeching and I could make 
out the green, with red bellies and blue wings


 