SAT. FEB. 28, 1948 EACHAM ATHERTON TABLELAND, NO.Q. — HOTEL [illegible], YUNGA BURRA. ERNIE + GORDON STEPHENS, GEORGE BROOKS, TOM WEBB CALLED FOR DR. TATE, LEN BRASS + MYSELF AT 7: A.M. LOADED OUR GEAR ONTO TRUCK, + WE WERE OFF FOR THE TABLE- LAND COUNTRY. THRU CANE FIELDS N. OF CAIRNS, CLIMBED THE KURANDA RANGE, THRU KURANDA, STOPPED AT MAREEBA WHILE I BOUGHT VIALS + ALCOHOL. THEN TO YUNGA BURRA TO EACHAM, REGISTERED, + WENT SOUTH THRU RAIN FOREST NATIONAL PARK - LAKE EACHAM — 126 ACRES. ROAD TO OLD BUNJI + PARKED NEAR "SCRUB". "BOILED BILLEY" — CORN, MEAT, TEA, MELON + GINGER JAM, PAW-PAW. COLLECTED SPIDERS + BEETLES IN SCRUB + EDGE. STEPHENS' SAW PYTHON WHILE FETCHING H2O FOR LUNCH. MANY NEW BIRD CALLS. CAUGHT A SHINK - TYPE ANIMAL. LEN LOOKING FOR A ONCE-ONLY COLLECTED VINE. NO SUCCESS. TO HOTEL FOR DINNER OUT WITH BROOKS + DR. TATE NACKING ANIMALS. I SHOT SNAKE WITH RIFLE. GEORGE SHOT 2 BING-TAIL POSSUMS + 1 N. RED-LEGGED PADEMELON! I SHOT AT A POSSUM TWICE — IN THICK TANGLE IN TREE — DID NOT FALL. ALSO SHOT AT FRUIT BATS IN TALL TREE CLUSTER — NONE FELL. HOME ABOUT 10:30. HAD SWIM IN LAKE IN P.M. — 480' DEEP — OLD CRATER. GEORGE + I SET TRAPS (V.D. 16) (G H H.T.). PLATYPUS IN STREAM NEAR TRAPS (ACC. TO RANGER). WENT TO HOTEL DANCE — COMMUNITY SINGING, SOLos ETC. TO BED AT 1: A.M.