noon
After we had made about five miles we came to the first crossing above the bar . This my acquaintance always used when he visited Port ------ -LRB- taking the track along the bank on the other side -RRB- , for the bar was only crossable at especially low tides . Here , although the water was brackish , we saw swarms of `` block-headed '' mullet and grey bream swimming close in to the sandy bank , and , had we cared to do so , could have caught a bagful in a few minutes But we pushed on for another two miles , and on our way shot three `` bronze wing '' pigeons . We reached the Warra Swamp at noon , and camped for dinner in a shady `` bangalow '' grove , so as not to disturb the ducks , whose delightful gabble and piping was plainly audible . We grilled our birds , and made our tea . Whilst we were having a smoke , a truly magnificent white-headed fish eagle lit on the top of a dead tree , three hundred yards away -- a splendid shot for a rifle . It remained for some minutes , then rose and went off seaward .