Went out picking for an hour & shot a smoky jay Pseudotetrnus Sat. Mar. 6. In the morning the rain had stopped. The camp was located in a sea of mud where bulldozers had churned up the country side. went out with Van to see his traps. He got 4 Rattus and a Uromys. Some photo. A couple of hours of sunshine. Set out that night jacking up the road. Saw bats & 2 flying foxes. Shot a Chatterer (3). With the light saw 2 drops too far to hit. Shot one other Pseudotetrnus pertbertensis. Am persuaded this scrub is relatively empty. Perhaps the bulldozers & blasting have frightened away the game. Van shot a first black cat as a Perameles. Sun. Mar. 7. In traps (Van's) 4 Rattus anisimilis, 1 Uromys Cardina coelatus. No traces of Hypsepyrnodon. The road building people obviously don't know it, yet many Raven for two not far from here. The trouble is that we know nothing of its habits. again We dejar Van went out for a couple of hours. He shot a possum but could not find it. Mon. Mar. 8. Packed up & left for Millaa Millaa where Harold Moon, my driver to Chillagoe was to meet us between 12-1. Met various people there. Snow Baker had met a man who as a boy worked for Hardy Raven & others reverentud him. An American from the mining area told me that our expedition is reputed to have hidden motives; we are looking for Uranium or something. We descended by the one-way highway (3.30 to 5) to Sadovale. The cloud forest just way at 1500-1800 feet to eucalypts, he-sakes, cycads, umbrella trees, etc. we visited Lake Barin's - rather commercialised but otherwise much like Lake Eacham. Also saw the big "pine", Agathis , 27 feet in girth. Reached Cairns about 5:30 pm. Tu. Mar. 9 Setting species in shape; out putting Gyp & Van for trips to Proserna. Saw talk by the Cairns Naturalists Club entitled "Ceratophyllum S. Ana, Compounds".