FRIDAY - FEB. 20, 1948. HOTEL CARLTON - SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA! WHAT A CHANGE FROM OUR USUAL QUARTERS! A COMFORTABLE ROOM ON THE 7TH FLOOR - TWIN BEDS - BATH AT END OF HALL - NO CLOSET BUT A LARGE WOODEN LOCKER - AND NOW I HAVE RIGGED UP A CLOTHESLINE FOR MY WASH - BASIN IN THE ROOM. UP AT 6:30 A.M., DRESSED LEISURELY, PASSED A VERY CASUAL MEDICAL INSPECTION, WAITED IN LINE FOR AN HOUR TO HAVE IM- MIGRATION INSPECTION (VERY QUICK), THEN POLICE REGISTRATION WHICH I MUST COMPLETE WHEN I ARRIVE IN BRISBANE. KEPT OUR LUGGAGE IN STATE ROOM. WHEN ALLOWED, ASHORE I CARRIED OFF TO CUSTOMS LETTER. GEOFF GOT HOLD OF HEAD CUSTOMS MAN + HIS MEN EXPEDITED OUR INSPECTION. I GOT A BAGGAGE MAN TO HELP US TO CAR-RUN IN MIDDLE OF PIER. GEOFF FOUND A TAYT + WE WERE OFF TO THE CARLTON. MOST OF PEOPLE WERE STILL ON PIER WHEN WE LEFT. ARRIVED CARLTON 11 A.M. UNPACKED. TO LUNCH AT 1: P.M. HIGH-CEILINGED OLD-FASHIONED DINING ROOM. FOOD VERY REASONABLE. WENT TO AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. MET MR. WALCOMB WHO IN TURN INTRODUCED US TO MR. TROUTON, CURATOR OF MAMMALS. TO BRITISH COUNCIL. MET JOHN ("JACK") THOMAS - HEAD OF SYDNEY OFFICE (RESPONSIBLE TO CHARLES WILMOT). WENT TO N.S.W. FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY - MR. METCALF IN ENGLAND. WENT TO SYDNEY MUNICIPAL LIBRARY - MR. BELL RECOVERING AT HOME FROM 6 MO. ILLNESS. MR. FLANNERY IN CHARGE. WENT TO ANGUS & ROBERTSON - BOOKSELLERS. BOUGHT COPY OF TROUTON - "FURRED ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA" - 3RD. EDITION. HOME TO SHOWER. JACK THOMAS TO HOTEL FOR COCKTAILS. THEN HE DROVE US HOME TO SUPPER. WIFE (ANNE) CANADIAN. WE HAD A REAL HOME EVENING. I EVEN WASHED THE DISHES! HOME BY FERRY - OUR FIRST RIDE. THEY ARE SMALL, FAST AND HAVE FUNNY ABDO NAMES. ARRANGED FOR DINNER + BALLET SAT. NIGHT.