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3 p.m. leave Adelaide, more beastly mal-de-mer.
Nov;
Reach Melbourne – raining – reminds me of London. 2 p.m. no lunch, entrain for Broadmeadows Camp – arrive, Broadmeadows ankle deep in mud – no lunch, no tents – everything rotten
Nov;
Visit Melbourne Picture Gallery – rather good painting by St.George Hare, flesh very nicely handled. A powerful piece of work by Harold Power, and – a Brangwyn! No need to say what I thought of his work. Visit Dick H., a most frightful scamp but great fun, understands Art and Literature but not how to treat his wife. I meet a charming damsel, rather like one of the dream maidens that Waterhouse delights to depict; want to have a chat with her but Dick drags me off to a theatre, suppose a man with more sense would not have allowed himself to be dragged off. Return to camp by a detour to avoid pickets.
Dec; - 3 a.m.
March off to entrain for Williamstown – ranges firing all day – return to camp
Dec;
Manoeuvres. These are of frequent occurrence, hence no mention hitherto.
Dec; Saturday
Have leave for Saturday only – visit Delafield Coote, stay the night.
Sunday. 11 a.m.
Visit Trevor Knaggs, find he has married and has a child – like most infants of tender weeks, very ugly,