Privately in more likely to be the 3rd. Bookings for him have been made by Qantas for departure for Bali, Thursday 11.15 P.M. April 1, & by Nana Loochow scheduled to leave March 29 but expected to be some days late. Further than this, matters are in the able hands of Denis Williams in Brisbane. I will call him from Bali Thursday when I find out the local situation as to transport possibilities at Tamara. There are five planes a week from Brisbane to Bali, but only one regular plane for ya night or to Tamara. The Loochow usually takes about nine days a mail Tamara via St. Marys. The weather here continues showing a not so uncomfortably hot as when I arrived a week ago. Bali, Thursday Friday 3/16/56 : Left Brisbane a midnight last night on Qantas "Bird of Paradise" DC4, stopped down in Townsville, I arrived in Cairns 5.30 A.M.- will be before daylight. Then to meet me were the girl Babs, Bruce Brooks, Tom Dubbs, Ernie Flaherty, & Wilf Reed who all came to see them all. The recent cyclone blew of- Mighty good to Cairns, very little rain, about 30% of the to 93 soft in Cairns, very little rain, about 30% of the sugar cane crop flattened, damage will be heavy. The roof blew off the Babs' house, but them being hardly any rain, damage to possessions was small. Left Cairns 6.30. Grissell boarded plane then. Arrived Bali Thursday 9.10 A.M. Smooth flight. Was met at the airport by Justa 2% Townsday Department (We Adam is on leave), & then to meet Grissell & me were, Agent- David (Entomologist), & Ken Hale (animal ecologist, with main interest in herpetology) of the D.P.I. of Agriculture. Spent a visit to port offices, under the wing of Futtee, who came from Queensland only last January. First called on Wilson, Assistant Administrator, then Don Graves in District Services (formerly A.D.O. Tamara), Hands Office for maps (Mr. Jones), Dorothy Thoms