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17th Oct[ober] â”€ Monday - I flew for the day to
Melbourne for Uncle Geoff's funeral
and had an atrocious trip back
where I was as sick as a cat!
18th (Tuesday). We left Hobart and set
off north - east past Cambridge Airfield 
passed through [crossed out] Sorrel [/crossed out] Sorrell and then
made east and south to Dunally, the
narrow isthmus connecting the Forestier
Peninsular. Across that peninsular
to Eaglehawk Neck where we had lunch
by the Tasman Arch. From that part
of the coast, there is, stretching south
a large bay which was [underlined] packed [/underlined] with
MUTTON BIRDS. Dark masses of them
were flowing in all directions as the
afternoon ruffled the sea, as well as 
a huge and steady stream making
north off the coast. Then on to
the Arthur Hotel at Port Arthur, where
we spent the rest of the afternoon
walking round the ruins. In the
evening there was a meeting at which