SAT. 25 APRIL 1964 ANZAC DAY 8: A.M. HIGH CLOUD OVERCAST. RU HAD HIS FIRST OVEN BURNING LAST NIGHT. STAN AND I WERE TRYING TO SHOOT SMALL BATS IN THE GRASS HOUSE CLEARING AGAINST THE SKY. NO LUCK. HOWEVER, TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT I BROKE THE ICE WITH A WING SHOT & A SMALL MINIOPTERUS FELL ON THE ROOF. RON WILLARD INVITED US DOWN FOR AN ANZAC DAY SERVICE AT THE FLAG-POLE. FOUR CONSTABLES (ONE OF WHOM WAS A BUGLER) AND A CORPORAL MARCHED TO THE CENTER. BUGLE CALLS, SONGS BY THE SCHOOL CHILDREN, LAYING OF FLOWER WREATHS, A TALK IN PIDGIN BY WILLARD EXPLAINING ANZAC DAY, TWO MINUTES OF SILENCE, A LOWERING AND RAISING OF THE FLAG TO BUGLE CALL. KEN, STAN & I ATTENDED; ALSO MRS. WILLARD, MR. WILSON (SCHOOL TEACHER), C.P.O. A SIMPLE, YET STRANGELY MOVING CEREMONY HERE IN THE HEART OF THE TERRITORY. ALL THE VILLAGERS WERE GATHERED THERE. STAN VISITED THE MIST NETS WITH TOBRAM THIS A.M. WE HAD OUR FIRST PARANYCTIMENE, ALSO A SYCONYCTERIS AND A FLYCATCHER. TOOK PICTURES OF BATS IN NET. THE WILLARDS INVITED US TO DINNER: DELICIOUS LAMB; "PUMPKIN", POTATOES, MINT SAUCE, AND A WONDERFUL HOME MADE PIE AND ICE CREAM. THE TALK WAS GOOD AND WE WERE ALL IN HIGH HUMOR. RON GAVE US POINTERS ABOUT THE LOWER MONGI VALLEY. KEN & TOBRAM WALKED DOWN TO THE MONGI - 1 1/2 HOURS. NEW TRAP LINE PART WAY BACK TO PINDJU. SLEEPING HERE IS VERY PLEASANT - COOL AT NIGHT. WE USE OUR SLEEPING BAGS.