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[May 1st. 1955]
the way up the stream, which there was
[crossed out][?][/crossed out] same way north of us and we
were more than half way up one
of those long western slopes so common
to the Grampians. We turned back
to the ledge for lunch.
  Afterwards we returned northward
to the eastern slopes of the valley which
contained the weir. We pushed up
this northward until it soon became
clear we could never get to the
top of it, where we plunged down
into the gully. And there we got
into the thickest scrub I have ever
been in. It took us an hour to
do roughly Â¼ mile down to the weir.
Half-way we rested and watched the
magnificent sight of 4 Wedge-tailed
Eagles soaring in a thermal 1000' [feet]
above us. From the weir we went
slowly homeward, arriving at 5.30. The
birds added to the list that day were