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11th November 1955.   Set off the Bill Middleton
after lunch and arrived at Cavendish 5.0pm,
where we met Max McGarvie, Claude Austin
and his brother-in-law, Peter Ross. After
refeulling the cars and ourselves we went
north up the Henty Highway till we got to
the road off to the right (i.e. east) which
continues over the range through the
Chimneypot Gap to the Victoria Valley. We
camped a few miles in on this road 
and had a short scout round. At 9.0,
as we were turning in a light rain fell.
12th November.  After breakfast we did a
more thorough exploration of the area
round the camp which was quite flat
and with not much undergrowth. Birds
seen were the RAINBOW LORIKEET, with a
call very like a noisy miner, WEEBILLS,
SPOTTED PARDALOTE with nest in rotten tree,
BUTCHER-BIRD (first record for the area), BLACK-
CAPPED SITELLA, BOOBOOK in a wild cherry,
WHITE-BROWED BABBLER, five EMUS and a 
MISTLE-TOE BIRD.