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L.Dickson
1949
Aug. 28 cont.
P.O.
Museum's Box 635, Pt. Moresby. Went back
to Papua Hotel to await the TAA airboat two.
It came about 1115. At the airport I waited some
more. The flight was due out at 1230 & we finally
departed about 1305. Saw Sidney Lande at the airport
& talked to her briefly. Loss the 3 hr. flight to
Brisbane & only 1/2 hr. to Sydney. We arrived
about 1/2 hour behind schedule. Basil was there to
meet us. We took the airboat two & then to his
flat in Kirribilli. There I had a delightful
evening with Basil & Judy. Judy is 'tutor'
in Engl. Dept. at N.S.W. Univ. in Kensington. Stayed
overnight with them.
Aug. 29
Went to Museum & worked with Basil on becoming
on two joint papers, but didn't get too far with
numerous interruptions. Geoff Shanna came by
about 1200 & at 1300 he met his wife Barbara
& they took me to lunch at a small somewhere in the
(Paddington?) direction of Kensington. We got back to the Museum
at 1415. Jack Mahoney (Dept. of Geology & GeoPhysics,
Univ. of Sydney) was there & we talked about sediments,
etc., until about 1600. After that Basil & I finally
got back to work. At 1700 Judy showed up &
she'd we headed for the TAA office to get a
bus to Mascot (airport). Arrived at airport 1805
for flight at 1915, just in time for coffee.