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The railway passed through the eastern part of the range.
There is granite and open forest of pines, others
are nearly bare. Top of gap at ± 388.
Another is sedimentary - this forms (1 mile) and
is directly east of Kangaroo State (260 mi).
From the rock wallaby country. (Winter all 8
miles apart). Tableland (centuries?) 824
10 mi to S.W. Also (across waterfalls) a fault
diagonal across elevated area to S.E. This must
be towards Mt Alice + Mt Leichard.
Arrived Winter 3:30 p.m. in time for the
expedition & conductor to open the "Melbourne Cup"
on the radio.
After a bath went to present letter of introduction, joined me
by Mr. Watts, to Mr. Venn. He in turn gave me the
address of people who might have some local knowledge,
and afterwards presented one at the Winter Club, written
D. Bell to Tomm see if any steel now information. Venn's
list of gramophones (reported):
Kangaroos (various)
Wallaroo, rock wallabies in hill country (Royal)
Dingo
Khyawoo mine
{Waltznot in a wattle in a
creek 30 mi west.
Porcupines
Bardicote (still ?)
Despills Byrnes drayman & the last and winter
brigade of all fodder, mugs with a flag
about me in the hotel so I will.
Fri.
Oct. 17. Arrived sleepers to get me to Brisbane the evening
of the 20th. Said + brogas. These queer birds came right
into town after food & water. To the boat to write letters.
Mon.
Oct. 18 - Left at 8 a.m. Due E., leaving Raylands to N., passing
between them the "distant tableland" alluded to on
Saturday. After then tables appear to the remaining
dissected fireplain. Small hill level at 530 miles;
eastern tip of big tableland level at 523
523
[illegible]
Clips (rock wallaby) 528