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[23rd (Saturday)]
we got in and the rear tyre was
almost flat when I pulled up at the
garage. While that was being
repaired, we paid a visit to the
church  and graveyard with some
choice inscriptions +[and] had a cup of
tea by which time the car was 
ready.
   A little way out of Buckland
we came across the first of two
echidnas of which we had good
views of normal behaviour.  At the
same time I could hear YELLOW-TAILED
BLACK COCKATOOS. At Swansea we
had a milk-shake, bought sandwiches
and fruit which which we ate at a spot
favoured by fisherman who were there
in large numbers. Shortly after I
stopped to inspect a patch of bush in
which I found a BROWN HAWK'S nest
with 3 eggs. A bough broke as I was
climbing down and I bent my thumb
severely backwards. Then after