July 11. Mild night at last. Spoke to '7' newsteam in underground carpark. Felt like 'Deep Throat' in D.C. Warm sunshine. More stickers gone out, many more stories. Went to jetty to see Duyfken from Freo. Met Peter Tagliaferri mayor, old mate and his 16 year old daughter. Time, time. Also met yachting types just in from PNG and Solomons. One woman solo, who's going anti-clockwise around aussie. Bloke, Nick, working on super power yacht wanted burgee. Prominade, gull, ibis, lapwing, lark, swallow, lorikeet. Bush stone curlew in carpark at night. July 12 Warm night due to cloud cover. Council workers with blowers. Mud flats where mangrove saplings are cleared, Caspian tern (world's largest), gull-billed tern, eastern curlew, black-headed tern, godwit, etc. Hello, hello. Wandering, wishing, hoping, dreaming. Met American went to uni Bucknell USA 1967.
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