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19 th JANUARY 1957. Started on our caravanning* [caravanning] holiday 
with family - leaving Melbourne 11.15 am Nothing 
to report until late afternoon at Boss's Swamp 
by the Nicholson R. where there were hundreds 
of WHITE-NECKED HERONS - more than I had ever 
seen before. Near them were some white 
birds - egrets or spoonbills - but we didn't 
stop to see. Just before Lakes Entrance was a 
PEACEFUL DOVE. We went on to Orbost, arriving 
at 6.0 pm. 
20 th Jan. '57 We woke to the superb call of the 
GOLDEN WHISTLER - in fine fettle. We moved 
off early, arriving Malacoota at 12.40 pm. 
after a fairly slow drive. The afternoon 
was spent settling in - the jobs required for 
a comfortable fortnight. I was interrupted 
by the excited calling of PIED OYSTERCATCHERS, of 
which there were seven on a nearby 
sandbank who were apparently having 
territorial trouble. Around the camp, as the 
previous year, were WRENS and SILVEREYES. At 
6.0 pm we had a very short walk along 
the beach and were entranced at the 
