. 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 . pted, for a generation at least, to cany out road Avorks on anything likethe same scale. It has been fre(|uently pointed out that good roads are asessential to the development of the lich hill country of (iippsland as irriga-tion is to the northern di
. 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 . pted, for a generation at least, to cany out road Avorks on anything likethe same scale. It has been fre(|uently pointed out that good roads are asessential to the development of the lich hill country of (iippsland as irriga-tion is to the northern districts, and the grading and metalling of the prin-cipal thoroughfares by the Country Roads Board will ultimately be of incal-culable benefit to this district. The total cost of works has averagedabout £2000 per mile, the Board having determined to secure the best gradesand solidly constructed roads. Subsidiary roads are in many iiistances stillbadly in need of attention, but their ijninovement is only a niatter of sections of the roads connecting Korumburra. Poowong. and Drouin;Korumburra and Leongatha: Korumburra. Kougwak. and Wouthaggi: Poo-wong, Xyora. and Bena; Loch, the Glenalvic district, and Wonthaogi: thathave been completed, have entirely altered the condition of affairs with re- THE COUNTRY AS IT IS, 1918. 4-21. .ILWIHI .\.\A. Jumbuiina is a siiiall coal ininino town on the laihvaj lino from Korunihiiira to lies in a pictiuesque position, and is well sheltered by the surroiindino- hills. It simvosas a railway ccntro for the tt-rtile districts of Moyarra. Koii;t\\ji}< and Olonnlvic. sp»ct to IOjicl tnirtic in the Poowoiiii aiui Jcctho Shire, niid in iht- \\(iiir;iyliShire, whicli lias itiienthe gTadina an<l inetalliiiii are (d liie iilimiviinii^ortance. and in this regard the conditions ure inlinitidy heitcr theyweic tci! year- auo. It is only fair to state, however, thai in die (>i»ini(.n of many ex-perienced men. the sy
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