1.43 Mostly Mitchell grass downs. Timbered and in distance (10-12 miles) range of low mountains. 1.50 Following very large densely timbered sand ridge cut by long grassy glades. Barcoo 1 1/2 miles. 1.58 Blackall. 2.13 Left Blackall. Country green; many small grasshoppers at drome. 2.20 Leaving Alice River on left. Country 50-50 downs with scattered trees and dark ??? ridges. 2.25 A glaucous grey tree very abundant with prevailing brown mulga on more open country. 2.30 Beautiful park landscape to far distance. Great dark sand ridges (Gidyea) to horixon with downs both sides. 2,34 Over creek (several channels with long narrow holes, yellow water) with eroded drypans and then a long sand ridge both sides. 2.40 Miles of open downs studded with trees (low, dark, bushy) with gidyea out- posts advancing from large bodies to the S. 2.50 Still this great area of Mitchell grass downs. 2.58 Longreach. 3.29 Left Longreach. 3.31 Over green channels of Louisa River. All channels and Billabags full of turbi yellow water. Longreach much drier than Blackall. Water plentiful from Charleville 3.37 Country becoming more timbered: numerous claypans but no sand ridges. Soil yellow brown. 3.43 Great green Mitchell grass plain with few trees. Rotting black masses roly- poly indicate lines of fences. 3.53 Still great plains (yellow-brown soil) with scarcely a tree except along watercourses. 4.5 Scattered flat-topped hills 2 miles to south. 4.8 Over table-top hills separated by clay pans. Hills seem grassless and carry few trees on top. Edges breaking off all round in great cakes like the drying mud