7.58 Irregular areas pale green S.F. central with brown-grey of brigalow scrubs. A few cleared areas showing reddish soil. 8.2 Small treeless patches apparently bare pale or reddish soil conspicuous in S"T" Entering more closely settled area. Rectangles thinned or destroyed. 8.5 Big river nearly clear blue water flowing N-S. 8.12 Going down to get under broken clouds just entered. All morning large cloud field hiding country. port side clear to horizon. Still over mixed brigalow and S.F. Bare reddish sand ridges conspicuous now and then. Palm? treeless patches seem to be caused by erosion of soil due to stocking and soil shift due to stocking. 8.19 Mixed S.F. and brigalow well watered by creeks. 8.22 Red sandy nature of country very obvious. Thinner grey open S.F. of S of ironbark(?). Brown brigalow scrubs and pale bodies Cypress (?) of some size. 8.25 Closely settled. Over brown soils. 8.30 Mainly brigalow with few open parks. Also good deal of S.F. 8.33 Sudden change to natural (?) open country some miles wide on either side winding streams. Nearing Rona. 8.38 Rona. Morning tea. 9.18 Took off, Roma. 9.30 Seem to have passed last wheat farms. The open downs of Rona gradually giving way to S.F. Soil reddish-brown. Country very bare of ground cover. Keep going up to clear broken clouds. Flying near S edge of the great cloud field that has per- sisted N all morning. 9.40 Over dry sandy (pale) bed of river. Partly cleared timbered country of red sand ridges and ridge of brownish soil. Stocked areas a mass of regular sheep or other contour pads and destruction of ground cover by trampling very obvious pro- nounced S.F. apparently ironbark. 9.45 Sparsely settled ironbark ridges (reddish) with scattered square tanks and ringbarked areas of various shapes.