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of a river farm. These the Nmost of many such reaching beyond river. Rock like
a brownish sandstone.
4.11 Over Diamantina. The many green channels carry only a few trees.
4.13 Winton. Aerodrome mostly butter grass and chenopods (tall bushes, 2 or more
species). Fat pale brown hoppers and smaller marbled brown and yellow ones very
plentiful--also flies. Seems that ??? of checopods displaces Ambla over large areas
about the town.
4.34 Left Winton.
4.40 Smooth green tussocky nearly treeless plains since Winton. A broken line of
low range occupies whole of west horizon. Soil brown.
4.42 Surface largely clay pan (?) over large area (effects of overstocking?)
Plenty of water in channels of Diamantina tributaries. Little timber. (grey
boolibash? foliage)
4.52 Small patch eroding timbered hills 1 mile to right. Country still great
on
green plains with few trees and perhaps hard ridges and strung out along creeks of
Diamantina.
4.56 Over very big branch of Diamantina: numerous vivid green channels and more
timber (coolibah?). Range getting closer to west.
5.5 Still great plains with a big creek every few miles.
5.14 Passing close at hand the last of a long interrupted line of flat-topped hills
making up from west to south.
5.25 Still great plains with very few trees; grass green. Mountains have receded
again to south.
5.35 Still tussocked green plains and frequent channels; seem to be in Flinders
Fall now. All channel holes full of yellowish water.
5.37 Change to red sandstone ridges and open timber (Acacia?) alternating with
plain.
5.42 Enc. papuana on some sand ridges. Windmills with round supply tanks of
raised earth--"Turkey's Neck"
5.45 To right downs with long narrow sand ridges running nearly straight across
our course. To left Largely red sandstone and spinifex extending to the now approach