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[May 28-29 th ]. Near Wye River a solitary WHITE-FACED 
HERON stood in the rock pools on the 
shore which reminded me of the 
Queensland birds. At Kennet River I 
went up a wood cutter track which 
rose steeply to 700 or so feet above 
the small settlement. It was virgin 
bush at the end of the road, and, being 
high up the side of the ridge it 
was notable how little undergrowth there 
was - a very marked difference to 
the gullies which were thick with tree - 
ferns. It was getting dark and apart 
from a few anxious moments turning on 
a very treacherous surface the return 
to the Ocean Road was made uneventfully 
and with the birds intent and hidden 
in the dusk. 
I got up at 6.30 am. next morning 
at the A.B.C. where Mrs Baulch had looked 
after me very well. After a breakfast 
of poached eggs I went forth and found 
several of the fishermen gathered together 
