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Leave Yas Plains for Sydney-Mr. Shelly's farm-Splendid new road-Mr. Barber's farm-Shoalhaven gullies-Interesting spot-Mr. Campbell's farm-Journey resumed-Settlement of Bong, Bong-Bargo Brush-Profusion of flowering shrubs-View from the summit of Mount Prudhoe-The cow pasture road-Farms of Mr. M'Arthur, and Captain Coghill-Flowers-The white cedar-Government hospital at Liverpool.
On the 13th of October, I left Yas Plains on my return to Sydney,[70] retracing my route by Gonnong, Mut, mut, billy, I arrived at Goulburn Plains on the 14th. Resuming my journey on the following morning, accompanied by some friends, they carried me a different route from that by which I arrived at the plains: the road led over a rather hilly but open forest and good pasture land, and, travelling a distance of fifteen miles, (when close brush asserted its triumph over the former fine country,) we arrived at Mr. Shelly's farm on the "Grampian Hills. " Proceeding six miles beyond, we crossed the splendid new road, forming a portion of the great southern line: it was wide, yet unbeaten; a dense forest bounding it on either side as far as the eye could reach, the felled trees being placed along, to point out the breadth of the road. This did not appear requisite, as the thick forest sufficiently indicated it.