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[Dec[ember] 4th. [1953]]
on to the last stage of our journey â”€ 91
miles to Lockhardt *[Lockhart] â”€ all of which except
a few miles of reconstruction was a
perfect bitumen surface. Just before
Lockhart we saw a CRESTED PIGEON,
a pair of APOSTLE-BIRDS and a small 
flock of BLUE BONNETS. We arrived at
the hotel â”€ the room stifling despite
storm clouds, intermittent spattering of
heavy warm rain, and gusty wind.
The night of which it is best to have
an early night. The only sad
thing is that I seem to have lost,
probably at Yass where we filled with
petrol, my car log-book. It may
turn up in the indescribable mass of
luggage in the car.
5.12.53  I woke early, fortunately, and set out
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at 5.30 to have a look round. It was a
cool sunny morning and full of bird-calls.
The country was flat with as much buloke and
below as there was eucalypt. There I saw
[crossed out]WHITE[/crossed out] MASKED WOOD-SWALLOW, RESTLESS FLYCATCHER