SUNDAY APRIL 18, 1948 ON BOARD S/S LOCHIEL UP ABOUT 4: A.M. FOR A LOOK AROUND. MOON HAD SET BUT SKY IN EAST LIGHTNING. STARS CLEAR - NO SQUALLS. BILL WALLACE UP FIXING WATER PUMP. SOUTHERN CROSS NEAR SETTING FOLLOWED BY POINTERS. TO BED UP SOON AFTER SUNRISE. WE PASSED CAPE MELVILLE TO PORT DURING THE NIGHT AFTER WE RESUMED COURSE FROM SWITZER REEF. MOST OF DARK HOURS SPENT CROSSING THE WIDE N.E. POINTING MOUTH OF PRINCESS CHARLOTTE BAY. AT 8: A.M. WE WERE OPPOSITE BREAKFAST CREEK, + HOW SANDY BURKITT IS. COMING UP ON OUR STARBOARD BOW. HAVE SPENT MOST OF DAY HEADING ALMOST (345°-350°) NORTH ALONG COAST PASSING A SUCCESSION OF LOW COASTAL HILLS WITH THE BACKBONE OF THE MCILWRAITH RANGE TO THE WEST - THE COUNTRY WHERE THE "TERRIBLE ARCHER" RIVER HAS ITS HEADWATERS. WE ARE NOW (2:30) WAITING FOR CAPE DIRECTION, THE SOUTHERN GUARDIAN OF LLOYD BAY INTO WHICH FLOWS THE LOCHART RIVER. THE RBO MISSION OF SAME NAME HAS MANY NATIVES WHO KNOW THE "BACK BLOCKS" WELL. THE BARRIER REEF ONLY ABOUT 20-25 MI. OFF SHORE. BLIGH BOAT ENTRANCE IS ONLY A FEW MILES N.E. OF PRESENT POSITION. A FLATTENED FISH OF OVATE SHAPE - ABOUT A FOOT LONG - A SHIMMERING BLUE (PALE) JUST JUMPED OUT OF WATER, DOVE + JUMPED AGAIN IN A QUICK SERIES, COVERING ABOUT 5 FEET WITH EACH SKIP. PASS BEAUTIFUL SAND BEACHES EVERY FEW MILES - SEA IS AN HONEST WATER-GREEN. HAVE PASSED A NUMBER OF SANDY ISLETS - NO VEGETATION - THIS P.M. GOOD LOCALITIES FOR TURTLES, THEY SAY. SPENT AN HOUR THIS 9.A.M. UNTANGLING OUR 2 FISH DRAG LINES - A 30" BARRACUDA THAT BILL CAUGHT DURING NIGHT MESSED UP THE LINES. SOON AFTER WE HAD LINE OUT AGAIN A "WHITEFISH" STRUCK - HAS LONG THIN SICKLE-SHAPED PECTORAL FINS - BLUNT NOSE + A "MACHTEREL" TAIL. RAW ONIONS, CUCUMBERS, TOMATOES, CORNED BEEF + PAPAYA FOR LUNCH. 2 FRIED EGGS, SLICE OF HAM + FRESH ORANGE VUICE. TASMANIAN APPLES + MANDARINS TO EAT WHEN WE WANT THEM. OUR SAILS ARE SET TODAY - JIB, MAINSAIL, + WHEELHOUSE VIGGER.