Clare Queen, the only Scot to survive the 36-hole cut at the Handa Women's Australian Open had a third-round 76.
She bogeyed the first, sixth and seventh and birdied the short ninth. The Carrick on Loch Lomond player bogeyed the 14th and 16th before birdieing the 17th.
Her earlier rounds were 71 and 77 and her 54-hole total is 224 which puts her in joint 61st place with a round to go.