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9 th DECEMBER 1955 Hugh Wilson, and Norman Wakefield came 
up for the weekend and, together with Bill 
Middleton, we set off for the Otways at 
about 5:30 pm on the Friday evening. We 
went through Beech Forest and turned down 
to the right through the pine and spruce 
plantations to the Aire R. Beyond the 
bridge the road became only a track 
(Binn's Road) and as we were the first 
vehicles with rear-drive wheels only, to 
get through that season, we had some 
sticky moments. However we reached 
the Ocean Rd where it comes out at 
Cape Horn and camped in a C.R.B. Camp 
at the junction. I saw a Satin 
BOWERBIRD in the dusk. We were all 
tired, and turned in early 
10 th DECEMBER 1955 After a wander round 
after breakfast, we made back up 
Binn's Rd to a spot where Norman 
Wakefield and Jim Wilks had previously 
found a good beech gully. We plunged 
