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Excerpt from The Emu; 1905-6, Vol. 5: A Quarterly Magazine to Popularise the Study and Protection of Native Birds; Official Organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union
Next day it was decided to make for the secluded gullies in the back country, where the dense scrub still exists, with the various soft-wooded and other trees towering 200 feet high, and where beside the cabbage palm's fan-like leaves the bungalow or spear palms raise their heads over 100 feet in the humid atmosphere a veritable paradise for bird-life. The ornithologist could profitably spend a month there, in lieu of a couple of days. To these fascinat ing regions we set sail with two days' provisions, securely packed by Mrs. Legge, sen., and her daughter. With Mr. H. W. Legge again at the helm we sped on our way for a couple of hours, landing a short distance Up a rivulet which took its source in the back hills. After a couple of miles of walking and climbing, we arrived at our camp, which we christened lyre-bird Retreat. It consisted of two humpies roughly built by the Messrs. Legge on selections taken up for sleeper-cutting. We soon made ourselves at home, and after refreshing ourselves with some of the provender brought from the boat, we set about investigating the scrub, which grew at the very door - or would have done had there been a door, but our house was primitive, inasmuch as no doors or windows graced the structure in fact, a fireplace was in course of erection, but it not being required, the builder had ceased its construction and visitors were allowed to enter lyre-bird Retreat by way of this chimney.
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