Cape Barren Geese

To Australia's Flinders Island for a striking breed of goose

In the pre-dawn darkness John Byers and I made the long run across the large Australia reservoir. The weather was overcast and a little cool, as May "down under" corresponds to our November. John turned the boat off of the main lake, and we worked our way into a reed-bound back-water bay. Here we threw out a spread of John's hand-carved cork decoys, for which he is gaining fame throughout his home state of Victoria and in other Australian waterfowling regions. We pushed the boat behind a shore blind, spread a camo net and prepared for a morning that I hoped would be as excellent as most of the others during my six-week stay.

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