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February 1 st 1950. At 3.10 in the afternoon Joan 
and I left Colac by car for our holiday. 
Our destination the first night was to be 
Ballarat. We passed north through 
Beeac and Cressy across flat plains to 
Rokewood. I kept my eyes open for [?] 
and Wild Turkeys but neither were seen. 
After Rokewood we climbed and soon got 
to Corindap *[Corindhap] where we were surprised to 
see a flock of SILVER GULLS. Then up, 
through cleared timber until we met 
large stretches of bush, with a most 
attractive gum red bark peeling from 
creamy boughs. It was here that we 
began to get doubts on the identity of 
the MAGPIES - many were very dark 
grey in the middle of the back and 
some had the gfey black extending in 
from their wings. I think these must 
have been a hybrid population for 
when we went further north, such 
confusing birds were not seen. 
The road deteriorated badly and 
