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[September 30th]
main memories are the Blue-billed Ducks, the
one Ground Parrot and the one Bustard that
I saw.
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13.10.52  After lunch Max McGarvie and I set off on our
camping trip in the Otways. The R[oyal] A[ustralasian] O[rnithologists] U[nion] had this
year gone to Palm Valley, near Alice Springs, and,
quite apart from the expense of such a trip I had
to wait for the arrival of Louise! So Max and I
decided to look round close to home and spend
as much of a fortnight as we wished camping
where we liked.
  The weather for many months had been
very and still is, though not raining when
we set out. We went off via Stoneyford, Cobden
to Waarre. We picked up few birds on the way
YELLOW-BILLED SPOONBILL, BLACK SWAN, SWAMP HARRIER
RAVEN and MAGPIE before we had our first 'find' 
of CORELLAS at Cobden. Straight through to our
destination with GOLDFINCH, STARLING, NOISY MINER
YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILL, WHITE-FRONTED HERON, GREY
BUTCHER-BIRD, EASTERN ROSELLA, SWALLOW, KOOKABURRA,
WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER, BLUE WREN, MAGPIE-LARK,
COMMON BRONZEWING AND CRIMSON ROSELLA. Beyond
