[Cape York Expedition journal] January 30 to December 3, 1948
Page 124
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NARU POINT NEWCASTLE BAY THUR. MAY 6 (3 MI. SOUTH OF SOMERSET) MAY 7 NARU POINT MAY 8 NARU POINT. OUT AT DAWN TO RUN TRAPS - NONE IN 55 SETS! GEORGE HAD A MELOMYS IN 65 SETS - MORETON HAD NONE IN 40. THE DUNES + GRASSY POINT SEEM VERY THINLY POPULATED. GEORGE + I TOOK OUR MACHETOS OUT WITH US TO BLAZE TRAIL THRU THE 'SCRUB' FOR OUR NIGHT YACKING. RAN INTO MY FIRST GREEN HORNET! WALKED ALONG BEACH FOR SHELLS. ROLLED IN SHALLOW WARM SURF FOR 15 MIN. - THEN A "SHOWER" IN OUR PRIVATE FRESH WATER STREAM. GEORGE + I WENT ON AN HISTORIC YACKING TRIP! G. SHOT A PETAURUS ? IN BLOODWOOD TREE NEAR BROOK CROSSING. LATER I SAW ONE BUT COULD NOT KNOCK DOWN IN WAVING TREE TOP. WHILE SEARCHING BLOSSOMS WITH LIGHT SAW SMALL WHITE BELLIED ANIMAL (MELOMYS?) SHOT WITH .410 - FELL LATER BUT I COULD NOT LOCATE ON GROUND. MARKED SPOT, SAW ANOTHER PETAURUS (G. ALSO) BUT DID NOT GET. HOME DISAPPOINTED WITH OUR LUCK. But!