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April 3-5^^ A weekend at Airey's Inlet 
[1948] Taking Michael with us, Joan and I spent the 
(53) weekend at Airey's Inlet with Mr and Mrs Alan 
Noble. It was over cast and showery on the 
Saturday afternoon on which we went down, 
but the next day was fine, with small white 
clouds blown swiftly across a blue sky from the 
south-west. It was a very happy weekend, 
most successful also from the birds seen. 
On the trip down we saw the birds 
of the plains as far as Moriac - RAVENS MAGPIES 
and MAGPIE-LARKS. GANG-GANGS were in a 
plantation near Winchelsea. Turning right into 
the dry Mess-mate bush from the Prince's 
Highway through Anglesea to Airey's Inlet we 
came upon CRIMSON ROSELLAS and NATIVE 
THRUSHES. On a post overlooking a small pool 
in the bush was a LITTLE PIED CORMORANT. 
The Noble's house Anganook [guess] is situated 
beside the river surrounded by river flat with 
sand-dunes on the south (the leeward) side. Pines 
surround the house which has a garden and 
fruit-trees including a fig-tree on which the 
SILVER-EYES were gorging themselves. On one side 
of the house is the "lagoon" - a reedy swamp. 
