SUN. 15 MAR. 1953 BREAKFAST AT 7:30 A.M. HIDES HOTEL (TEA, APPLE JUICE, POACHED EGGS + FAT BACON). BUS AT 8:15. LAUNCH TO SEAPLANE TIED TO BUOY AT MOUTH OF RUSSELL RIVER. SMOOTH TAKE-OFF AT 9:30. CIRCLED OVER EAINS. PASSING OVER INNER REEFS + SMALL ISLANDS - SURF WASH VERY EVIDENT FROM AIR. OVER THE OUTER BARRIER REEF AT 10:45 A.M. TOOK 2 PICTURES OF FOAM LINES + SHALLOW GREEN WATER SURROUNDED BY BLUE WATER. NOW ANGLING N.E. OVER THE CORAL SEA. SCATTERED CUMULUS COVER. SUN VISIBLE, SKY HAZY. LOVELY COLORS IN SEA ON APPROACH TO PORT MORESBY - SET IN SERIES OF SHALLOW INDENTATIONS OF COAST - LOW HILLS (CONESHAPED) RISE FROM WATER. CUSTOMS NO TROUBLE. ROOM AT PAPUA HOTEL - MODERN OPEN-AIR CREAM COLOR TROPICAL HOTEL 300 YDS FROM OCEAN. ARRIVED P.M. 1:30. AT 2:30 MR. RYAN - MGR. OF BURNS PHILP TOOK ME + HIS 3 CHILDREN UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS TO SEE ROUNA FALLS, BOMANA WAR CEMETERY, + MEMORIAL TO MEN WHO WERE KILLED ON KOKODA TRAIL CAMPAIGN. THE FALLS ARE THE SITE OF A GROUP AT THE MUSEUM. MUCH OPEN SAVANAH ON WAY UP. RAINFOREST CHIEFLY ALONG STREAMS. ABOVE THE FALLS YOU CAN SEE LINE AFTER LINE OF MTS. RUNNING INTO THE INTERIOR. THE PAPUANS ARE A POKER-FACED LOT, SOME FINE SPECIMENS, MANY WITH BUSHY HAIR (SAW ONE WITH BIRD OF PARADISE FEATHER IN HAIR). ALL WEAR LAVA-LAVAS (LONG SKIRTS) RED CLOTH FAVORED. WOMEN WEAR GINGHAM DRESSES OR GRASS SKIRTS. TOOK PICTURES OF CHILDREN. LOOKED AT GOLF COURSE (9 HOLES BY THE SEA). GOOD DINNER. FISH + LOTS OF LEMONADE. G. I. WENT TO BEACH TO COOL OFF IN THE TRADE WINDS - SOFT AIR.