Sun. March 21, 1948. HIDES CAIRNS HOTEL Mr. & Mrs. Brooks, Edward & John Brooks (children) were at Hotel for Dr. Tate and myself at 9:00. Up to the Atherton Tableland. Found fruit bat in North Cairns - death on road - in good condition - injected with formalin - threw in back of car. Turned south at Mareeba + went thru Tolga, Atherton, Ravenshoe. Stopped at locality where there was said to be a "Flying Fox" "Camp" (place where fruit bats congregate to rest in daytime - altho they quarrel & yell all day. We found some men hunting "Flock" pigeons (?) - feed on a small black berry in "scrub" (rain forest). They offered to help us find bats, but we were in a hurry to reach Tully Falls. Found a ring-tailed, short-eared possum & a rat-mangaroo on road. We treated with formalin. Possum was pretty bloated + head crushed - we'll take a chance on saving it. Tully Falls - 120 miles from Cairns - the highest falls in Australia & doubtless the most beautiful. Take dead-end road south from Ravenshoe thru scrub. Small garden & covered shelter with picnic tables near the lookout. Took several pictures (start of Cairns Roll #3). Cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, cold chicken, milk, pie, cake for lunch. Large pool at head of falls - a swimming hole. The water cascades down 700' to 900' in several falls - runs off to East in a beautiful narrow gorge. Hills and slopes covered with rain forest. Home by way of Innisfail, (around shoulder of Bartle Frere) & north along foot of Bellenden Ker - thru Babinda (H. Raven worked on Babinda Creek) & Gordonvale. Car struck boulder at side of mountain road down from falls - all a bit shaken but car OK. Beautiful stands of tree ferns in creek beds. To Brooks for supper. I boiled the corn - good! They have a pet green frog which sleeps in small vase 1/2 filled with water all day - comes out at night - they feed him cockroaches. To Museum where we did a fast job of skinning our pick-ups. They had kept very well with injections! Bed at 11 p.m.