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23rd Nov.[ember] - 1953. - . The 'early-to-bed' meant
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 I was wide awake at 5.0 a.m. so I got 
up and stole quietly forth.  It was
a warm sunny morning with the call
of a whip-bird echoing across the harbour.
I first walked over a causeway onto
a low island with a few banksias. I
saw some WHITE-FRONTED CHATS but none
of the waders I had hoped for. So then
I walked on the road up the cliff and 
was able to find some smaller birds
which I had no doubt sped by in
the car with no time to see before - 
BROWN THORNBILL - SILVEREYE . YELLOW-FACED 
HONEYEATER . GOLDEN BRONZE-CUCKOO and 
PALLID CUCKOO.
  I had been to lazy to write 
this up the previous night, so got
half the day before written up before
breakfast. After settling our account, I 
got my punctured tyre mended ( Sale, the 
previous day) and found I will have
to get a new tyre, though it only had