1947 Miss Joyce Allan, Cntology; Musgrave at Mc Krown, entomologists; Kinghorn, reptiles and birds; T. Fredale, monographs of Australian literature; Raintow, librarian; Hatcher, invertebrate palaeontology. In Sydney Stayed at: Stretford Hall (Mrs Neil) Phone FM 3687 47 Yarranabee Road (Bus 369 to Thornton Rd) Darling Point. Visited Botanical Gardens. Got a few books at Stores: Angus of Peterson; Tyrrell; Moore (who was Geoffrey Vernon); K. Stewart. (S. H. Barker at Brisbane) Maps for Rainbows. Permit for Children. Patin Bork. Dec. 29 Left Sydney at 1.35 pm. Arranged sleep on train. Dry scrub with small eucalyptus trees over high, ridgy country. Much burnt. At 2.50 down to the drowned estuary of the Hawkesbury River - miles of winding, twisted valleys among steep hills clothed with dry forest. Cypri beels. Resorts. 3.02 Way-way - a resort 3.10 Sopwith, a brigalow country town where there is some citrus grown. So far looked in rain for unburned country. 3.50 Groveset. Some ford-sized hills west. Don Creek. This is again drowned land. Followed by Lysin (flood). 4.10 Teralba, Cockle Creek. This is another large estuary. Entering mining country - slag heaps, turning definitely away from the sea. 4.30 Cardiff, outpost of Newcastle 4.28 Broadmeadow. Swamps and tidal river reach west. Saw magpies, Crows & Currawongs. Then going steadily up valley. 5.40. West Maitland. Rock beds dip steeply to S.E. 6.15 Whole broad again descended by two and turned into dairy pastures. A totally disorganised lunch for supper at next stop - Mittagong - AT 7.20pm. Dark. Dec. 30, 5.00-6.30 a.m. Slept early as soon awake. Country closed all through highlands to Slim Downs; though