Notes distinction of Loops pine & Banyas pine. The form has the leaves subaculeiform, only the middle 4 or so all around their stems. No letter are broadish, flattish, sharp tipped, when flat to the sky. Hop Pines appear dark- foliaged or grow down at the 2000 ft level. Banyas Pines have much paler Green, peculiar to me (see photo), & poor at the 3000 ft level. Rattus assimilis was trapped in empty home. Philip drove me and the forestry men out six miles through the park towards the grass trees and we hunted back from there for about 4 miles between 5 & 10 pm. Saw two Pseudocherius rubidus (1 st) and four Trichosurus (not collected). Moon half full. Two of the Trichosurus were mother child, the other isolated. Wed. Jan 2-1. After skiing went with Richardson, the forester, for a four hour walk through the Park, we took the turning down to the Fells (now virtually dry). Trails beautifully laid out upgraded - a triple narrow but excellently level & easy to walk on. What a pity the approach from Dally up the mountain is such a boulder! Saw twenty of joarmas, & the smaller "water joarmas". Sit higher down into the Loops pine country. Took lot of pictures. Down deposit of owl feet contacts (scattered) with the spread of the roots of a huge big tree (the cover all hotted away). Confirmed Rattus assimilis, and Pseudocherius rubidus. Saved some. Grown birds said to prefer blue flowers so. The male has various antics - lies on his back & kicks his legs. Nest in brush Only a few feet up of form. use same brown year after year (Stirling). "Fem" Wallaby may be the rare Mr. Joarma . Sunset 6.53 pm. Stringy trees may possess very large 4-8 ft at base. Resist cutting down by suckering from roots. Root easily, even, from short pieces, like stegan cane.