SUN. FEB. 22, 1948. HOTEL CARLTON, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. UP AT 9: - SHOWERED - TO BREAKFAST AT 10: ANOTHER HOT HUMID DAY - ALL SYDNEY WILL BE AT THE BEACHES. WROTE CARDS REST OF MORNING. MAILED. FERRY FROM CIRCULAR QUAY TO TARONGA PARK (ZOO) SPENT ALL AFTERNOON WANDERING AROUND ZOO. BEAUTIFUL LOCATION ON SIDE OF HILL FACING HARBOUR. HAVE SOME EX- CELLENT ANIMALS, BUT MANY ARE POORLY DISPLAYED. THE LABELING, PARTICULARLY ON BIRD CAGES, IS VERY POOR. CHILDREN'S ZOO HAD 2 GIRLS DISPLAYING CHIMPS. YOUNG WOMBAT, EMU, & KANGAROOS WANDERING ABOUT IN THE ENCLOSURE. KOALAS WELL DISPLAYED, BUT NOT ACTIVE. THE PARK IS FULL OF FLOWERS. HOME TO CHANGE FOR DINNER. TO "GLENEAGLES" WITH MR. & MRS. SPIGHT. OYSTERS MORNEY + EXCELLENT VEAL + PEACH MELBA. WE ALSO HAD PITCHER OF ICE-WATER. TALKED ON OPEN AIR PORCH AFTER DINNER. DELIVERED CIG. TO MRS. S. HOME ON TRAM. WROTE ITAY. TOMORROW WE FLY!