1947. Dec. 1 Left Grand Central Station, Len & Betty saw me off. 5 Left San Francisco (P.A.A.) a few minutes before midnight. 6 Arrived Honolulu 9.30 a.m. Left again 3 p.m. [Red C. Barrett "Koonwarra" a Rotcliffe; "Kyr Fires & Wif?7 Sand] 6 Arrived Carter Island about midnight. (Crossed international date line (lost a day). 8 Arrived Fiji for breakfast. " Noumea (30 miles away from), New Caledonia for lunch, " Sydney 6.30 p.m. Held up there for re-vaccination. Dec. 11.- Steamer "Biddulph Victory", on which my equipment traveled, reached Sydney. She was at anchor out in the harbor until a couple of days before Christmas, and my cargo cars arrived too late for me to work in New South Wales as planned. Dec. 12-29 The Christmas season precluded moving the goods until after Christmas and there were other complications; I worked meanwhile at the Museum, measuring, photographing, etc., the choicer mammals of the collection. Troughton left for his vacation at Lord Howe Island on Dec. 17th. I attended the annual museum "snoteo" as guest. There were with speeches and several paid entertainers. Very enjoyable. a. Skelton Met Mr. Jorguit, a Lessee, who took me to lunch at the Zoo, wanted to arrange for me to visit his sister's station at Widgiewar (southwest NSW), but (Uno) Otway Falkiner, lack of equipment prevented. Prof. E.T. Helstrom, weekly manufacturer & sequinatore, who is interested in keeping the Zoo (ties kangaroos & a collection of African animals); has a private collection of panoto and birds & possums. His assistant: Mr. Aspely. Visited Yvonne Reim's father, Mr. S. Aureousseau at Granville* and her cousin, Mr. Tom Miller at Cheltenham. Discovered lost branch of my own family - Reginald and Gladys Tata at Woolahra & Bordi, respectively. Received "Troyatic". The Museum men met were: A.B. Wiskom, Director; Whitley, Ichthyology; * Buono, 140 to Woodland Road