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[6th November 1949] went up the Lake to Narcissus Hut at the 
farther end. On the way up we saw in 
the bush on our left a BLACK CURRAWONG. Over 
the water were two Silver Gulls and a LARGE 
BLACK CORMORANT. 
We had an early lunch at the hut 
and walked from there to Byron Pass, between 
Mt Byron and Mt Olympus. The first part of 
the track led through button-grass swamps 
until the foot of the mountain was reached. 
Then we entered beech (or myrtle) forest with 
a few very large E. [Eucalyptus] gigantea, many beeches 
and sassafras. The ground was firm 
and spongy with large numbers of decaying 
fallen logs and practically no undergrowth. 
A new bird seen on the way up was the 
SCRUB-TIT, a bird of quick noisy habits and 
a beautiful song. We had a superb 
view from the top and after half-an-hour 
started down again, passing the main 
party which was just arriving at the top 
of the pass. A little further down we 
found Peter Moore who had found the 
