Thur. Sep. 2. Left Corrton cmt 11 a.m. Lunch at 9:30 Wathington at Helensvale about 1.30 pm. Reached Shipton's Flats at about 4.30 pm. Much of the way is through open forest - Past Black Mountain, a pile of granite boulders almost wholly blackened by lichen or fungus. River scrub along the creeks - Wallsby Creek etc. Shipton's Flat is a disused sawmill & lumbering camp. The builds, some of which we occupy, in poor condition. Fri Sep. 3. Cold. 55°. In traps: grassy clearing 3 pears in clumps; in little valley scrub behind fence, 2 scrub Rattus conatus. Len & I left at 9 a.m. to explore Mt Dinningen. We had as guidance a letter written by an army man who had done trig. station work on top. From the sawmill we went east up over a rather steep ridge & down to Parrot Creek. We crossed the creek in thick scrub then turned up grassy, she-oak covered declivity, sou'westerly. The crest of the east-west ridge up which we then climbed was 1800 by Len, 2300 by me. Turned SE up the ever ascending crest - all open forest & mainly 'daisies'. Passed top of spur (which we descended in the pm & found too steep). Reached exposed area 'look-out' 2030 (2650) ft. Continued upward closer to mountain to "edge of scrub, 2620 (3350) feet (Army saw + 3000 ft). Track Track inside scrub more confused & difficult to follow than the jack-trail of Rocky Scrub. But pushing up right side I might just under crest, found the 2 20 ft rocks divided in letter, & then traversing south side for 100 feet or so came to water. Not very much of it & flowing steeply down a rocky bed inclined at nearly 60°. Returning I improved the track & met Len, who had also been searching fruitlessly for water, at "edge of scrub". Sat. Sep. 4. Colder. 53° Traps: 1 Melomys. Anemoid 1075 ft (= +800) A reconnaissance walk with Vant Horton to locate "big scrub". Land SW of Moran Creek mostly open forest. That between Brian Creek & Parrot Creek all scrub. Back in p.m. to clean track & pick camp site. Evening, sat by potential Platypus pool but saw no Platypuses. Set 10 steel traps.