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Wednesday January 16th 1952 - After
breakfast we packed up, hitched the caravan
onto the car and left our spot.  We bought
a few groceries and I left Joan and the boys
at the eastern beach while I went off to get
a welding job done on the caravan. This
took about 1/2 hour and I then left the 
caravan at the beach for Joan, setting off
myself for the Goose Lagoon at its northern
tip where it approaches the Henty Highway.
  On the way I saw a BROWN
HAWK. I walked through tussocks, with a 
sharp look out for snakes to the edge of
the swamp which was alive with SHARP-
TAILED SANDPIPERS. I walked slowly along
marvelling at the richness of the bird life
both in species and numbers - much as 
the Barrier Reef is alive with marine life. I
watched the teal as they came swooping
down wind a few yards away. A
LITTLE GRASS BIRD'S mournful cry came from
the reeds on the opposite shore. A pair of 
YELLOW-BILLED SPOONBILLS flew heavily into the