WENT FIRST TO SEE MR. SPENCE (LLOYD'S INS.). MADE PLANS TO TAKE US ABOUT TOMORROW IN COMPANY CAR. THEN TO MEET MR. MITCHELL, MGR. OF BURNS, PHILP & CO. HE WILL MAKE PLANE RESERVATIONS FOR US. HAD TEA. HE IS BUILDING A HOUSE - IS AN ENTHUSIASTIC GARDENER. OUR FREIGHT IS ON BOARD A SMALL BOAT "THYME"(!) LEAVING BRISBANE TONIGHT, WILL TAKE 10-14 DAYS TO REACH CAIRNS. MAY HOLD OUR WORK UP, BUT DR. TATE + I CAN COLLECT OUTSIDE OF CAIRNS. BACK TO HOTEL FOR DINNER - ROAST BEEF, FRESH FRUIT CUP OF PAPAYA ("PAWPAW" HERE). PINK TABLE CLOTHS ON TABLES, THE DINING ROOM ON "1ST FLOOR" WHICH CORRESPONDS TO OUR 2ND FLOOR (OUR 1ST = GROUND FLOOR). LETTER #4 FROM MAY WAITING. POSTED IN FLA. ON 2-15! TO MOVIE "FRIEDA" TONIGHT - A VERY GOOD ENGLISH PICTURE. HOME AFTER WALKING DOWN TO VICTORIA BRIDGE AT FOOT OF QUEEN ST. A NEAR FULL MOON. BRISBANE IS BUILT ON BANKS OF A RIVER - 30-40 MILES FROM COAST. DREDGES ARE ALWAYS AT WORK KEEPING CHANNELS OPEN. FREIGHTERS COME UP RIVER TO SYDNEY. BRISBANE HAS MANY SIDEWALKS COVERED WITH BUILDING ROOFS. A CONFUSING LOT OF SIGNS OVER WALKS. MANY ICE-CREAM BARS - 5D A MILK SHAKE. SOME GOOD CHOCOLATE MADE IN TASMANIA - CADBURY'S. MUCH FANCY IRON GRILLE WORK ON BALCONIES OF OLDER HOUSES. MANY TRAMS - PEOPLE HOP ON & OFF WITH GREAT ABANDON. FINISHED LETTER TO MAY. WAS MOST SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT SHE IS A DISTANT COUSIN OF T. DONALD CARTER!