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[February 1 st 1950] it began to rain. The windscreen 
wiper began to wag and scarcely 
stopped during the next 48 hrs of 
travelling. We arrived in Ballarat just 
before 5.0 pm. and settled in for the 
night at Craig's Hotel where we had 
the 'royal suite'. 
2/2/50 Before we left Ballarat next 
morning we visited the gardens where 
a flock of YELLOW-TAILED THORNBILLS were 
feeding busily about the entrance. We 
much admired their trees and not 
least their squirrels. Then off towards 
Daylesford though the most delightful 
bush of the same grown as the previous 
day. We stopped at Daylesford for a 
drink and something for lunch in the 
car. Then on to Kyneton where the country 
opened out into almost undulating parkland 
From Kyneton we headed north through 
light bush through Redesdale to Heathcote 
and saw DUSKY-WOODSWALLOWS, RAVENS, EASTERN 
ROSELLAS, RED-BACKED PARROTS, NOISY MINERS, 
