30 Days JUNE 1959 6th Month FAIR A.M. RAIN+MIST IN P.M., 4 THURSDAY 155-210 (84) GOROKA GUEST HOUSE MOST COMFORTABLE. GOOD BED. BREAKFAST AT 8:30 AT KEN JAMES' HOUSE. PACKED FOOD SUPPLIES + WEIGHED MOST OF A.M. AFTER LUNCH JOHN+ROD COLLINS DROVE LEN + ME 11 MILES OUT OF TOWN TO DAN LEAHY'S COFFEE PLANTATION. 45 ACRES IN PRODUCTION. TREES CROPPED TO 6 FEET, GROWN IN SHADE. PICKING EVERY TWO WEEKS. WILL PRODUCE 12-15 TONS CHIMBUS WORKING FARM. BENA-BENA RIVER BORDERS FARM. JOINS AGARO ABOUT 2 MILES BELOW. TOOK PICTURES OF BOYS DRYING COFFEE ON TIN ROOF, SOME STOCK + POULTRY. DINNER WITH KEN. NIGHT CHILLY + MISTY. FAIR, BUT HEAVY CLOUD COVER, 5 FRIDAY 156-209 (85) GOROKA CONFERENCE WITH LEN+JOHN ON KEGLSOGL CARRIERS + PLANS. P.O. FOR STAMPS. CHECKED ALL OUR CARGO WEIGHTS AT QANTAS FOR 2 CHARTER FLIGHTS INTO KEGLSOGL. LEN VERY CLOSE IN HIS ESTIMATES. JOHN TOOK ME OVER TO N:GOROKA TO VISIT JOE + MARGARET COLLINS (3 BOYS, 1 GIRL). HAS A PLANING MILL THAT FINISHES LUMBER FROM SAWMILL ON MT. OTTO, RUN BY ROD + MICHAEL COLLINS. JOE BUILT RANCH HOUSE WITH BEAUTIFUL VIEW OVER VALLEY. WROTE LETTERS TO KAY, BOB ORR + DR. ANTHONY. MY WIDE-Brimmed BUSH HAT THAT JOHN ORDERED FROM SYD NEY ARRIVED. GOOD FOR RAIN + SUN. DINNER WITH KEN JAMES + TO BED EARLY. HIGH OVERCAST. RAIN AT 5:P.M., 6 SATURDAY 157-208 (86) GOROKA TO KEGLSOGL UP AT 6: JOE COLLINS TOOK ME TO AIRPORT. CAPT. ROSS CRABBIE TO TAKE US IN! ALSO HAS ANOTHER PILOT CAPT. TIM TAYLOR IN PLANE. WE ARE 1ST CHARTER FOR THE OTTER. JOHN + BOYS + I TOOK OFF AT 7:12, LANDED 7:33 AFTER A STIFF CLIMB UP THRU BUNDI GAP (9500). DROPPED INTO K. WITH OUR HEAVY LOAD WITH NO TROU BLE. 3 CATHOLIC PRIESTS WHO HAD WALKED IN FROM MADANG TO SUMMIT MT.W. WAITING FOR PULLE + GRASS HOUSE FOR BOYS. WE RIGGED TENT. FATHER JOE TO FLY THEM OUT. MEN BUILT. TOOK MANY PICTURES. CROWDS AROUND ALL DAY. BLUE SKY. CLOUD OVER WILHELM, 7 SUNDAY 158-207 (87) KEGLSOGL 8400 FT. WE WILL CLIMB TO LAKES AT 11,500 TOMORROW SO WILL ORGANIZE CARRIER LOADS. JOHN HAS BAD COLD. MINE IS BETTER. HIGH OVERCAST BY 2:P.M. ESTIMATE NEED 52 CARRIERS. PEOPLE VERY CURIOUS ABOUT OUR ACTIVITIES. NEARLY ALWAYS A FEW DOZEN BOYS, MEN + SOME MARYS JUST STAND + WATCH US. TAKES GETTING USED TO! SEVERAL PLANES WENT THRU BUNDI GAP TODAY.