At about the Coen district - Peach River + Rocky Creek. After lunch at Renardo went to north of Dravida PS to Clookey River - Ernia to inspect farm. Heard of coup d'etat flying forces near by. Shop & d. Add O. Corpse- [illegible]. Van meanwhile last jethunt up 7 Nyctinomis from roof of house in Cairns, and al. (Cont). Fri. Mar. 26. With the Stevens bros (and Mrs E. Stevens) up Renards range 9 m. to Speedwell property on the upper Clookey River (8½ miles due west) Cairns. On a nearly tributary, the Sanyang Creek the fabulous "striped type car" is reputed to occur. The location very attractive - an old house with billy sembs to S×E - tending to open flood on × w. Afternoon Van set traps, while one of the back sons of the home showed me the way to Sanyang. Over there a nice forest in which bushfire "people" has been done 3 years ago by Martin Buller. Hunt at dusk - n.g. Sat. Mar. 27. Cairns folk went back (Ernia & his wife had wanted to go cubing but a leak in their radios stopped them). In the afternoon. Traps set by Van produced Tettalus, Lepus, Cortechmus. [illegible] Hyperpyrrhodon is here. Saw two Hyperpyrrhodon run across the track between 5 & 6 o'clock. Sets made with Star traps for spotted cats & civets(?). Sun. Mar. 28. Nothing in my traps. Van fed some mice. Mon. Mar. 29. Something sprung by pig or casowary? or possibly dingo. Saw slippage of 2 small Hyperpyrrhodon. Van first record species of bat - seemingly The New Guinea Sternops. Sight of a skins of T. stigmatis and Dactyllopsis, Ernie Stevens took us down to Cairns i. p. m.