Dec 2. Birds of a morning. Spruiked til noon. Drove to Canberra. Dec 3. Woke in my usual spot at the bottom of Mt. Ainslie to a mob of kangaroos, the gravelly chatter of a flock of gang-gang, miner, rosella, mynah, magpei, galah, cockatoo, king parrot. Eastern rosella: red head, breast, back yellow green, scaled black, yellow, blue, green white etc. On top Mt. Ainslie white winged clough almost all black til it flies. Not much to say. No news. Nov 4. Went to all media outlets. Labour leadership grabs all attention. Met bloke in front of ABC with sticker on car from my last visit Canberra. Nov 5. Leaving Canberra last gasp channel WIN tomorrow filming looks likely. Lake Burley Griffin seagulls, ducks, purple swamp hen, coots, black swan. Later chanced upon Canberra Yacht Club
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