30 Days LAE APRIL 1959 4th Month SUNNY, HOT, HUMID 2 THURSDAY 92-273 (21) 3RD WEEK 2 PAGS. FROM G.MACK CARGO STORY FINALLY STRAIGHTENED OUT. WILL LEAVE SYDNEY ON SHANGSI TOMORROW. BOUGHT 10DOZ. RATTRAPS. 34 OUT TONIGHT IN BIG SCRUB BACK OF MRS. TENSEN'S (MRS. MURPHY HAS ROAD STORE). J.T. COLLINS + I SHOT 1 PIPISTRELLUS TONIGHT OVER STREAM THERE. MR KNOBLETTE SHOWED US HOW THEY PROCESS COCOA, TO TECHNICAL TRAINING SCHOOL TO NOTCH + SHORTEN AUX BARREL. RAY OBERG - HEAD, MR. HAINES - MACHINE SHOP. GUN PERMIT. 2 PKGS. OF TOW, WIRE + 1 HEAD LAMP FROM G.MACK - A GODSEND! DR.+ MRS. SMYTHE, MR+ MRS. GUNN VISITED LAE TO BULOLO 3 FRIDAY 93-272 (42) SUNNY WROTE: MR. MACK MADE UP BAT, ORGANIZED COLLECTIONS. PACKED FOR TRIP. OFF AT 2:30 P.M. JOHN W., MARY + CHILDREN IN THEIR CAR. A 75 MILE TRIP TO BULOLO BUT TAKES FROM 3-4 HRS. OVER SINGLE TRACK WINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD. RUGGED VALLEYS SPILLING OVER WITH LUSH RAIN FOREST. PASSED ZENAG AT 55 MILES - HOME OF MR + MRS. MICK LEAHY. ROLLING GRASS COUNTRY - NOT MUCH FOR EST. INTO THE BULOLO VALLEY - DESOLATED BY GOLD DREDGES. OUT FOR BATS - NONE! STAYING AT A MOTEL TYPE HOTEL MT. MISIM ACROSS VALLEY. BULOKO + WAU 4 SATURDAY 94-271 (23) UP FOR EARLY START TO WAU + THE CLIMB UP THE MOUNTAIN TO OLD GOLD TOWN OF FADIE CREEK. THE GORGE OF THE BULOLO R. TO WAU VALLEY STEEP THINED WITH BEAUTIFUL "PINES" - ARAUCARIA. ROVER WITH J. COLLINS DRIVING WENT ALMOST TO TOP OF MOUNTAIN (8000 FT.). OAK + SOUTHERN BEECH: (PICNIC LUNCH; PLANT COLLECTING; PICTURES; SHOT LARGE MINIOPTERUS WROTE: JOHN GUNN BULOLO TO LAE. OUR 24. 5 SUNDAY 95-270 (24) DROVE UP INTO THE BULOLO TIMBER LEASE. LEN + JOHN W. COLLECTED. SHOT A FEW PICTURES. "PINE IS CUT OUT + LAND CLEAN CUT. SEEDLINGS PLANTED: AMAZING GROWTH IN 7 YEARS (OLDEST SEEN). CALLED ON TOM BAYLISS - OLD GOLD PROSPECTOR. GAVE US A STONE MILL. PASSED ZENAG IN TERRIFIC DOWNPOUR. LAE 7:30, 256 MILES