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13.9.47 Colac - The Lake Bank. I visited in the morning 
(19) during my rounds. It was a perfectly still calm 
day, nearly all the sky was blue - one of the 
few days when L. Colac really rises above itself. Opposite 
Queen's Avenue to the west of Colac there were SILVER 
GULLS scattered over the lake, BLACK SWANS could 
be immediately spotted in pairs at various parts of 
the Lake - even in the centre by a pair of black 
necks - like parallel lines drawn on the blue 
water. The odd HERON stalked along the edge and 
there was one perched on the end of the pier. One 
LITTLE PIED CORMORANT was being harried by a pair of 
gulls and LITTLE BLACK CORMORANTS were perched on 
the wreck. A few MUSK DUCK floated off sure by 
now an accept part of that end of the lake. Out 
in the centre were scattered many duck whose 
identity I could not find out. So beautiful was 
it that I went down to Colac East and ran 
out to the end of Church St. where I could look 
over the mouth of the creek. There was a fine 
selection - both species of CORMORANT, BLACK SWANS, 
HERONS (again perched on a fence post), 3 PELICANS 
sleeping soundly on a small spit, COOTS, CRESTED 
GREBES and about 20 MOUNTAIN DUCK walking by 
the water or afloat, upending for food. There were 
