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[23rd Nov 1953]
done some 7000 miles. Picture-post-card
for the children, collect our lunch and
off again at 9.30. The day to begin
with was fine and cool with scattered
clouds. The bush was more open; with
less undergrowth than I remembered.
The road was extremely good bitumen
which lasted till the 252 mile post; just
short of Cabbage Tree, after which the
road was a good smooth gravel for the
rest of the day's journey.
  Around Orbost was a SCARLET
ROBIN and WHITE-THROATED TREE-CREEPER
We had lunch at a creek just short
of Cann River. It was very still, grey
and peaceful, and we heard GANG-
GANGS. We stopped frequently in the
afternoon to look for plants, seeds of
some of which we collected and many
we experimented with transplanting into
Elastoplast tins keeping the plants as 
undisturbed as possible and water-logged
How they will fare in the boot, I don't