WERE A SKID BUNKET OF CLOUD WITH ONLY THE SUMMIT OF GOOD- ENOUGH ISLAND STICKING THRU IN THE DISTANCE. TONIGHT I WALKED UP THE HILL TO WATCH MY LAST GOODBY SUNSET, ONE OF THE BEST- A BEAUTIFUL ROSE & YELLOW FADING INTO ORANGE, SALMONY YELLOWS MY MOON DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. GEOFF OPENED 2 RATION CANS TONIGHT AND HE HAD COFFEE + I RACOR + A COOKIE. BOYS + I LOOKED FOR THE WALLABY IN A.M., BUT COULD FIND NOT FACE. BROUGHT IN MY LAST 6 STEEL TRAPS, LEAVING MY SET AT END OF WORK FLY OUT TONIGHT. FINISHED ANOTHER ROLL OF FILM TODAY. NO HACKING TONIGHT. SAW ONLY 1 BAT. 142 SAT. 20 JUNE 1953 TOP CAMP TO MIDDLE CAMP. (THIS IS BEING WRITTEN IN THE 2nd). WE WERE UP AT 6:1, POLED OUR SNAGS, TENTS + FLYS DOWN + FOLDED INTO PACKS. ALL GEAR THEN PLACED IN 2 LINES - 1 FOR SINGLE LOADS, THE OTHER DOUBLE LOADS. KEN FRIEND ABOUT 10:30 A.M., WE HAD A GOOD GAY FOR AN HOUR BEFORE THE 14+ CARRIERS SHOWED UP. WE HAD RICE COOKED FOR THEM + FINALLY AT 11:30 THEY POLED THEIR LOADS + STARTED DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. A LOVELY SUNNY DAY. LEN + HIS BOYS WENT ON BEHIND TO COLLECT ON THE WAY DOWN. A CARRIER ON WAY UP HAD SET A BRUSH FIRE WHICH SNAPPED THE TRACK AT A NARROW PART. THIS HELD US UP FOR 30-40 MINUTES WHILE THEY CUT A NEW PATH THRU THE SCRUB. VERY CHEAP. COULD SEE ALL OF CAPE NELSON AND ITS VOLCANIC GEYS, ALSO GOODENOUGH ISLAND FAR TO N.E. (Also MT S.) MAIN LAND TO N.W. GOOD TRACK, SOFT WITH HUMUS. STEEP GRADIENT TIMES. GEOFF, KEN + I BROUGHT UP REAR + ARRIVED AT MIDDLE CAMP (1540M) AT ABOUT 2:30 P.M. ALL GEAR SAFELY DOWN. WRAPPED ANOTHER TARP AROUND MY SPECIMEN CASE + SAW IT GO OFF TO BINIGUNI. TOOK PICTURES IN CAMP IN F.M. BOYS SOON HAD OUR TENTS UP + BEDS RIGGED. KEN HAD A SUR- PRISE FOR ME - A BINIGUNI COUNSELOR WITH HIS 2 DOGS! HE HAD BROUGHT IN 2 BUSHES BEFORE WE ARRIVED. THE BOYS HAD ALSO FOUND A SMALL BROWN TINGTAIL IN A TREE IN CAMP, 3 GOOD SPECIMENS. HAD BOYS SET OUT 15 TRAPS A PIECE + I PUT 6 AROUND WORK FLY. MEASURED SKINS. AFTER DINNER LEN + GEOFF STARTED CELEBRATING THE SUCCESSFUL MINE DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. THEY WERE PLEASANTLY DRUNK WHEN I WENT TO BED AT MIDNIGHT. AND THEY DID NOT GO TO BED ALL NIGHT. KEN + I WERE UP AT 6:1 TO DO SOME REPACKING. GOT ALL MY EXTRA SKINS + ALL SKULLS INTO A BLACK BOX (#28) FOR CARRIERS TO TAKE TO BINIGUNI. LEN + GEOFF WERE STANDING AROUND IN A COMPLETE DAZE.