Numbers of Sooty and/or Pale-footed Shearwaters: IN A.M. AVERAGED 15-20 PER HOUR (8:-12:M.) IN P.M. SEEMED TO REACH PEAK OF ABOUT 30 PER HR. BETWEEN 3:+5:, DROPPED OF TO ABOUT 5-10 BET. 5:+7: MANY RESTING ON WATER AS BREEZE BEGAN TO SUBSIDE. SOME HAD DIRTY WHITE VENTRAL WING PATCHES DISTALLY. WHITISH AT BASE OF BILL ON MANY. FLAPPED RATHER OFTEN EVEN THO HAD GOOD STIFF BREEZE. CAPT. NOT AT DINNER TONIGHT. HAD ANOTHER EXCELLENT STEAM DINNER + STRAWBERRY SUNDAE TO TOP OFF. A BUSY DAY TOMORROW. I'M OFF TO BED (AFTER I DELIVER LETTER TO BRIDGE). TO BRIDGE AT 1:A.M. H.G (3RD) WAS JUST RETARDING SHIP'S CLOCK 1/2 HOUR. GAVE HIM LETTER FOR CAPTAIN + CHANGE TO MAIL THIRD + FILMS. HAD RADAR SET IN OPERATION. I ACTUALLY SAW AUSTRALIA BY RADAR! ABOUT 30 MILES OFF AT TIME - SHIP RUNNING AT 10 KNOTS. I COULD ALSO SEE GLOW OF SYDNEY'S LIGHTS IN THE WESTERN SKY.