The south of Trip to avoid a Hurricane, but later had an all-clear from Nadi. The wind had not risen above about 60 mph then, but 17 inches of rain had fallen within 48 hours & the streams were pouring great quantities of red water into the sea. Monday I saw it, this red water was within the barrier reef which lies close & most of the coast. Nadi very hot & humid. Wood waste & sultry wind had flattened a fair coverage of sugarcane. Left Nadi 7 PM Trip time & arrived Sydney 9:30 (7:30 Then Time); distance 1978 miles. Staying at Manlyworth Hotel, old place modernized to the extent of private bathrooms; apparently a Canton hotel. Sydney has had much rain from the cyclonic disturbance. Muggy & rather hot for Sydney. Ben able carried a crew of eleven including two captains & two first officers, & we had only 12 passengers upon arrival in Sydney. The had only five through passengers from San Francisco. Trans-Pacific flight: 7581 miles, 27 hours 40 min. Canton was a very good service. There is that the split & polish of Pan American, but so far as I could see efficiency is at a very high level, & arrangements for passengers very complete - down to a buttonhole in Timor. Thursday Mar.8. Left Sydney 9:30 AM by TAA XC.3, Stopped down at Newcastle, & 361 To Brisbane 1:05. How ever solid clouds much of time. River high with big rains from the cyclonic disturbance. Townsville, Cairns, & some places in Gulf of Carpentaria have taken a bad beating. Wind & flood have done much damage to the sugarcane crop (harvest begins in two months).