FRIDAY, MAR. 19, 1948 RETURN TO HIDES CAIRNS HOTEL FROM MOSSMAN HYDRO STATION ONLY ANIMAL IN TRAPS - YOUNG WHITE-TAILED RAT (AT THE MARSUPIAL MOUSE BOULDER SET #1½ STEEL TRAP. NO TRAPS SPRUNG NEAR INTAKE ON WILD BANANA BAIT. MADE UP RAT + SHINNED OUT THE "OLD MAN" PADE- MELON THAT I SHOT IN SCRUB LAST NIGHT. HE WAS TOUGH TO SKIN. BROKE OUR TENT CAMP JUST BEFORE A LIGHT SHOWER. PACKED UP MY SHINS, SKULLS + SKELETONS + LIVE BATS. I HAVE TAKEN A TOTAL OF 25 SPECIMENS AT THIS CAMP - 7 SPECIES: RATTUS, MELOMYS, ESOODON, "PADEMELON", ANTECHINUS, FREE-TAILED BAT, UROMYS - NOT TOO BAD FOR SOMEONE GREEN TO THE AUSTRALIAN SCRUB. LEN BRASS SAYS THAT SPECIMENS COME SLOWLY IN SCRUB ANYWAY. HAD MY FIRST GRANADILLA FOR LUNCH. JUICE IS SOMWHAT TART - SEEDS SURROUNDED WITH JELLY-LIKE SUBSTANCE. MEAT OF FRUIT IS RATHER FLAT AND TASTELESS - JIM COBB SAYS THAT IT MAKES A WONDERFUL PIE. HAROLD LANE CALLED FOR US AT 1:30. TOOK US TO MOSSMAN TO CATCH WHITE BUS FOR CAIRNS. ART TAYLOR DOWN TO SAY GOODBYE. THE SAME BEAUTIFUL DRIVE DOWN THE COAST WITH ONE SHORT DETOUR INLAND TO DELIVER MAIL. PASSED SEVERAL LITELY LOOKING PLATYPUS STREAMS. ON SHORE BREEZE TICKING UP WHITE CAPS AND SHOWING A LITTLE SURF. HOT SHOWER, DINNER + THEN TO MUSEUM TO UNPACK SPECIMENS. G.H.H. TATE ARRIVED IN CAIRNS SOON AFTER WE DID. HE GOT HIS MUST HANGAROO! (HYPSIPRIMNODON - 1 - AT DEVIL-DEVIL CREEK - SAW OTHERS. "SNOWY" BATER WAS RIGHT - THEY WERE THERE. PLEASED TO SEE MY PADEMELONS + THE MARSUPIAL MOUSE. WORK NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM FOR THE CAIRNS NATURALISTS CLUB. MR. & MRS. STEPHENS, GORDON, MR. & MRS. READ & HUGH, MR. & MRS. SEATON - MRS. SEATON KNOWS SEVERAL HOUSES IN CAIRNS WHERE RATS ROOST IN DAYTIME. WILL TRY FOR THEM NEXT WEEK. HAD TEA + CANKES WITH THEM ALL AT 8:00 P.M.