AT 8:A.M. AGAINST SIDE HILLS (RISES 5730 NOW). GAROWATA RIVER HAS A BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT WATERFALL. WE WERE HIGH ABOVE IT. OTHER SMALLER FALLS ON PEAK SIDES. ARRIVED GAROWATH 9:15. I SPILLED FOR FUN HAVN WHILE CARRIERS COOKED RICE & WE RESTED. DURING MORNING WE PASSED SEVERAL LOW STONE PLATFORMS WITH ELONGATED STONES FRETTED AROUND PERIMETER (FEW LEFT UPRIGHT). HOUSES ON STILTS - HAVE NOTCHED POLES TO CLIMB TO DOOR. SEVERAL WOMEN CARRIED FOR US - ALL HEAD CHERRY. LEFT VILLAGE AT 11:A.M. ARRIVED CAMP 11:35 - JUST ABOVE RUSHING BROOK - VERY LITTLE LEVEL GROUND. HAVE RIGGED 2 FLY'S FOR CARRIERS + I TENT FOR THE 3 OF US. WE GET OUR TEA ON SCHEDULE! CLOUDS LOW ABOVE US BUT NO SIGN OF RAIN. TOOK SOME PICTURES FROM CAMP. WE ARE IN TREE FERN LAND AGAIN. ALSO UMBRELLA TREES WITH LONG STEMS OF RED FLOWERS - SAW THEM BEFORE ON CAPE YORK. NOW 4:P.M. + WE ARE RESTING TREADING. HAVE COMFORTABLE SLING BED A LA MANEUA. 280 (251) WED. OCT. 7, 1953 (85) WATERFALL CAMP TO TOP CAMP (1580 M). LEFT 6:30 A.M. - ARRIVED 9:30 A.M. HAD A GOOD SLEEP. BROKE CAMP & STARTED UP A REAL "GOAT TRAIL" HEADING STRAIGHT UP TO THE TOP OF HIGH SPUR OVERLOOKING THE GAROWATA RIVER GARAGE + ACROSS TO THE PEAKS. IT WAS CLIMBING WITH MY HANDS AS WELL AS MY TOES PART OF TIME. THRU FOREST ALL THE WAY TO TOP OF SPUR. TOOK PICTURES FROM SEVERAL LOOKOUT POINTS. CLOUDS BELOW MOST OF TIME. COVERED UP BEAUTIFUL VIEWS TO EAST + SOUTH. CARRIERS HAD HARD TIME FOR PART OF CLIMB. WOMEN STILL WITH US. FOLLOWED KNIFE EDGE GRASS SPUR TO EDGE OF OAK + BAMBOO SCRUB. KEN HAD CUT TRAIL INTO FOREST FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE. NIKO + LILIK HAD 2 FLY'S + 2 TENTS PITCHED. GOOD CAMP WITH SMALL RUNNING STREAM A FEW YARDS AWAY. HARD RAIN IN P.M. PUT OUT 20 M.S. TRAPS CLOSE BY CAMP. KEN OUT HACKING FOR SHORT TIME - NOTHING. GAROWATA POLICEMAN & HIS DOG ARE IN CAMP. WILL HUNT FOR ME FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. DOES NOT KNOW HACTYLOPSILA FROM THIS ISLAND. SAYS THERE IS A SMALL DARK CUCUSS UP HERE. BOUGHT SOME LOWER MANDIBLES FROM SOME OF CARRIERS - INCLUDED 1 THANDICOOT - MAKES 14 SPECIES FOR IS- LAND. TEMPERATURE 65° TONIGHT 281 (251) THUR. OCT. 8 84 TOP CAMP. NO RATS. MADE UP THE YOUNG ZUSCUS. KEN + MY BOYS WERE CUTTING TRACK & DOING CAMP CHORES MOST OF DAY. BOYS CHOPPED DOWN TREE WITH HOLE; HOWEVER, TREE HUNG UP AT WE NEVER COULD FIND OUT IF ANY POEODYMYS WERE IN RESIDENCE. LEN HAS A RASH.