10 [page number] 
[November 13 th 1956] 
NOVEMBER 13 th [1956] 
quite welcome. General collapse at 
the camp, which a few whiskies completed 
A sound sleep. 
At work at 7.0 on the car 
and at 10.10 was triumphant in backing 
out. I found that I had to take 
the chains off to let the wheels grip 
the wood. The only piece of good 
fortune was that there was a stack of 
fence posts 20 yds from where I stuck. 
It was a gloriously hot day 
so I stayed round camp with very 
little on. I had a very good view 
of a Hylacola and an even better view 
one of a snake which I almost trod 
on in slippers only. I killed it - 
a very pale Tiger Snake. At 4.10 
I moved off- with chains on - and 
except for a brief stop when one wheel 
went right down, got out onto the 
road safely, removed chains, and was 
very grateful to be on really firm 
ground again. 
