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28 Days
FEBRUARY 1959
2nd Month
FRI.
5 THURSDAY 36-329 BRISBANE
CALLED ON KEITH TARROTT AT OFFICE. WENT TO
MUSEUM. LOOKED AT BANDICOOTS, SAW JACK T. WOODS;
HE IS LEAVING FOR JOB IN GEOL. SURVEY END FEB,
DON VERNON TOOK ME OVER TO SEE MRS. MACHERAS AT
Q.I. MED. RES. ONLY 2 BLOOD SMEARS POSITIVE. BACK TO
MUSEUM - WAS GIVEN JUV. HYPSIPRYMNODON. TO VERNOVS FOR
SUPPER. MET NEIGHBOR, MRS. C.T. WHITE, WHO INTER-
ESTED IN FLOWER ARRANGING. MR. WHITE, FRIEND OF LEN'S.
SAT.
6 FRIDAY 37-328 BRISBANE (BURLEIGH)
OVERCAST
DON + MAVIS VERNON PICKED ME UP AT 9:A.M. & WE DROVE
TO BURLEIGH FOR A SWIM + PICNIC - WATER PERFECT,
WENT UP TO DAVID FLEAY'S FAUNA RESERVE. THEN TO
CORRUMBIN TO SEE THE RAINBOW + SCALE-BREASTED
LORIKEETS (WILD) COME IN FOR THEIR LATE P.M. FEEDING.
TOOK KODACHROMES, STAYED NIGHT AT BURLEIGH,
SAW PICTURE "RALLY ROUND THE FLAG BOYS" - FUNNY.
HEAVY RAIN AT NIGHT. SUN.
7 SATURDAY 38-327 BRISBANE (BURLEIGH)
BEAUTIFUL DAY. HOT
WALKED UP TO DAVID FLEAY'S. SPENT A.M. TAKING
WALLABY PICTURES. MORNING TEA + LUNCH WITH
THE FLEAYS. GAVE ME AN ACROBATES (YOUNG) AND A
BRUSH-TAILED PHASCOGALE. DROVE ME TO BUS, SUPPER
WITH KEITH TARROTT. DROVE OUT TO SEE TIM + CECILY FERNLEY
FAIR
MON.
8 SUNDAY 39-326 BRISBANE TO SYDNEY
11:45 ELECTRA TO SYDNEY.
AT HOTEL WINDSON. BOUGHT BOOKS AT ANGUS + ROBERTSON'S,
SENT "LIVING BIRDS" TO MIKE RIDPATH. TO MOVIES IN
EVENING "IT STARTED WITH A KISS" - VERY FUNNY.