. The Land of the Lyre bird; a story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the country . known as the Bungalow in theJunLde, kept by Mr. Jimmy Hann. The guides charged from tlO to £15 foreach block shown. I have dealt at some length with this locality, but as it was the firstplace where the experiment was nuide in clearing scrub la
. The Land of the Lyre bird; a story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the country . known as the Bungalow in theJunLde, kept by Mr. Jimmy Hann. The guides charged from tlO to £15 foreach block shown. I have dealt at some length with this locality, but as it was the firstplace where the experiment was nuide in clearing scrub land and tinn-ing it to profitable account, I considered the matter of some importance. Iwill now say Lood-bye to Brandy Creek for about f(»ur years. During thattime selection went on rapidly, the survey of the Main Gippsland Kadwaywas comi)lcte(l. contracts were let and works were under construction. Ireturntd to (iippsland in May, 1^77, to survey the new townships along theline between Bimyip and Moe. and surveyed several roads leading to lailwaystations. In the beginning of 1880 I shifted part of my camp from Droumto Poowong to survey roads required in the parishes of Jeetho, JumbunnaEast, etc. 1 have pleasant and grateful rememln-ances of the kmdness accorded to me bv ^onic of the early settlers there in placnig pack-. SURVEYING RECOLLECTIONS. 187 horses at my disposal for shifting camp, free of charge. My first campwas pitched on Mr. E. C. Hohnes (or Miss Holmes*) block, and Ve obtainedour supplies from Scotts store, on ^McDonalds Track. Poowong. The firstroad which I surveyed started from McDonalds Track, at Poowong. andfollowed generally a pack trade which had been cleared south and south-eastafter crossing the Bass River, through the selections of Messrs. Henry,McCord. Holmes. Ireland. Hosking. Fuller, Blew and Hewitt to theboundary of the parish. Some branch roads were afterwards surveyed alongpack tracks leading to the several selections, and in
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