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coppice growth in which were a CHESTNUT-TAILED
THORNBILL and BROWN WEEBIL. Arriving back at
the car I found I had a puncture!
  From there we travelled comfortably
on the wide dirt roads, gravel or bitumen,
through completely flat country to Deniliquin,
where we turned south, past Mathoura,
to Echuca. No new birds were to be seen,
and once in Victoria again, we sped
south to Rochester along that straight smooth
road. We had intended to spend the
night there, but because I had had
no confirmation of my booking, and
because we were early, we went on
to Bendigo, where we booked in at the
Shamrock.
6.12.53  Off at 9.0 in the morning with our
[margin][circled]63[/circled]
[circled]148[/circled][/margin]
 boxes[?] headed for home - through
Castlemaine, Daylesford, to Ballarat. I
stopped a few times for birds. We had
a brief lunch in Ballarat and went
on south, reluctantly, slowing speed as
we approached Colac. At Loch Calvert,