01/01/1977
Left Perth (WAM) at 13:45.
50147.25 miles - Refueled at Begonia Service Station just west of Mundaring.
50315.15 mi - stopped east of Merredin at 18:50. collected beetle 1km west of Burracoppin.
50374.0 mi - Petrol at BP Southern Cross
50383.9 mi - Stopped for night east of S. Cross.
02/01/1977
Broke camp 0610 hrs.
50517.7 mi - Stopped south of Coolgardie 0830 hrs.
50608.1 mi - Refilled at Norseman 0950 hrs. Photo of Norseman Shire Dump F112. [collected] [Sinumetra] sp. cf. S. [Kalgaeu] /red. sedgewicki-slyte Bothriembryon, gastrocopta sp., some sinistral Themopupa sp., Paralaoma sp. Stopped at top of Beacon Hill (photo of Jane) - found snails. Bothriembryon, Camaenids, pupoids, Paralaoma? etc in leaf litter under quartz boulders and stones in gully. Also collected on other peak across coll. to SW - fewer snails.
50742 mi - refueled at Balladonia Petrol
50864.7 mi - Stopped about 1km east of Caiguna at 1845 hrs. Live and dead Bothriembryon, few dead Angasella, lots of pupoids. Later additional note; Bothriembryon dux (some alive), distinctus, "crispies"[?], some alive Themapupa sp. (sinistral & dextral), Omegapilla sp., bone fragments, 1 piece of rock.
50996.0 mil - Stopped for night just east of Madurah, 22:00 hrs.
03/01/1977
0600 hrs, collected live Angasella, live and dead Bothriembryon, live Sinumelon, live large pupoids, very small Charopids, two types of camaenids.
50967.2 mi - stopped at Mildura Roadhouse.
Stopped fro fossils on Roe Plain, about 10km east of Madurah.
10:30 hrs Eucla.
51101.0 mi - 1130 hrs, stopped east of Eucla, south of turnoff for new section of highway. Live and dead Bothriembryron, dead Angasella, 3 spp. pupoids.
51103.9 mi - Stopped at first scenic lookout east of Eucla, photo looking west to end of cliff at Eucla. 1 live juvenile Bothriembryon, live Sinumelon, dead Angasella, 3 spp. pupoids? Live Charapids. 7 spp. molluscs. Themapupa, Omegapilla, Gastrocopta, Paralaoma, Angasella spp., Bothriembryon barretti, Themopupa[?] dextral, Sinumelon nullaboricum.
51165.8 mi - 1530 hrs, stopped at fourth Lookout from Eucla. Took photos of kids, cliffs and scrub. Collected dead Bothriembryon, Sinumelon and pupoids.
51221.8 mi - Refueled, Nullabor Homestead.
51395.4 mi - 2030 hrs, camped about 36km west of Ceduna.
04/01/1977
0800 hrs, broke camp. Collected Bothriembryon barretti (red), Themopupa sp., Omegapilla sp., Gastrocopta sp., Punctid - all dead.
51419.3 mi - refueled, Caltex Ceduna.
1000 hrs Ceduna, collected Helicella neglecta, Themopupa sp.
51531.8 mi - about 3km west of Minnipa. collected living and dead pupoids ( 1 sp.), living and dead introduced snails.
51817.1 mi - Refueled B.P. Peterborough
Camped 37km from Broken Hill.
05/01/1977
Broke camp 0700 hrs.
52148 mi - 1030, refueled Ampol, Broken Hill.
52402.8 mi - refueled Nyngan.
52654.2 mi - 1900 hrs, refueled Narrabri.
Arrived Sunnyside about 6.15pm.
06/01/1977
Sunnyside.
07/01/1977
52703 mi - Departed Sunnyside and Marah Downs at 1000 hrs.
1900 hrs, arrived at 1- Chapman Cres., Avoca Beach.
08/01/1977
Avoca Beach
09/01/1977
Avoca Beach
10/01/1977
left Goscord[?] aat 1730 hrs, photos of Hawkesbury R. oyster leases. Arrived 8 Flood St Bondi about 1900 hrs.
11/01/1977
Visited Australian Museum
12/01/1977
Went to to NSW State Fisheries, met with Peter Wolf.
13/01/1977
Car serviced at Toyota dealers, Corrimal. Found slugs, yellow and buff yellow in litter in wet forest to northwest of railway station. Photographs of slugs and area.
19/01/1977
To Port Stevens
21/01/1977
To Avoca Beach
24/01/1977
Collected snails at Avoca, 3 spp.; 1 like[?] Gyrocochlea sp., 1 ? eudodulict[?], 1 hairy ? Chloritid. South of Chapman St, ? Helicarionid, juvenile Camaenid? and others.
26/01/1977
Visited Australian Museum, took notes on books and documents.
29/01/1977
Left [?] about 3:00pm
53864.5 mi - bought petrol, Orange, 2130 hrs.
53878.5 mi - stopped 1.7 miles along turn off to Mullion Creek from highway between Orange and Wellington (18km from Orange). Camp by side of creek.
30/01/1977
53880.2 mi - 0850 hrs, highway at turnoff.
54078.5 mi - refueled, Caltex at Nyngan.
54272.0 mi - refueled, Caltex east of Wilcannia. Stopped at Wilcannia about 1645 hrs to visit private historical museum.
54459.4 mi - 2200 hrs eastern summer time. Camped about 20km east of Broken Hill by dry flood stream.
31/01/1977
Left camp 0800 hrs SCT.
544740 mi - refueled, Broken Hill Shell.
54689.2 mi - Lunch at Orroroo SA at 1300 hrs, found Helicella neglecta.
54750.2 mi - refueled, Port Augusta.
54858.6 mi - Stopped at Kimba SA, collected snails near rubbish tip about 0.5km from main road. Helicella cf. neglecta, Themapupa, Ovupapilla[?]
54859.4 mi - departed 2000hrs, at highway.
54926.6 mi - refueled Wudinna.
01/02/1977
54946.4 mi - departed sidetrack at Poldinna at 0800 hrs about 5km east of Minnipa.
55069.0 mi - refueled Ceduna.
55148.5 mi - stopped for lunch between Bookabie and Penong. Rest area on south side of road, found Paralaoma, Themapupa, Bothriembryon, dead pupoids and charopids.
55169.3 mi - Nundroo
55266.6 mi - refueled, Nullabor.
55303.1 mi - Stopped at no. 5 Lookout. Bothriembryon sp., Omegapilla, Themapupa, Gastrocopta, ?Paralaoma spp., dead camaenids, dead charopids, pseudoscorpions.
55342.6 mi - Stopped at no. 3 Lookout, ie: 3rd from Eucla and 2nd from Nullabor HS. Found Omegapilla, large high-spined Bothriembryon - live and dead, live and dead Sinumelon nullaboricum. Themapupa sp. live and dead.
55393.0 mi - refueled at SA-WA border, left 2030 hr central summer time.
55522.25 mi - Arrived camp just east of Madura about 8.15 pm WST.
02/02/1977
Broke camp at 0630 hrs.
55627.7 mi - refueled, Caiguna.
Stopped at Newman Rocks, west of Balladonia. 1 live taken, Bothriembryon dux, [?] dead dux fragments.
53877.6 mi - refueled, Norseman
56114.0 mi - refueled, Southern Cross
56132.0 mi - Camped west of Moorine Rock at about 2000 hrs, to north of road at gravel scrape[?] at 215 mile peg.
03/02/1977
Broke camp at 0615 hrs. N
56299.0 mi - refueled, Northam.
Back of noteback, 3 pages of notes titled "Conservation of Natural History Collection".
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