cannot consider such a trip with the limited time we still hope we have at our disposal. The strike news, and news of the "Time" that all men are waiting for" is not bright. A day or two ago there was a demonstration in the streets against a new non-picking order, and the one Communist member of parlia- ment, a Rhodes Scholar named Patterson, who was watching the procession from a sidewalk, got knocked on the head by a blow that put him in hospital. Result, a complete stoppage of work by all wharfies, which prevents unloading of Townsville cargo on the Time. The man on the street now anticipates bloodshed before the strike ends. Saturday March 20. All hands working on collections in forenoon. In pm George and I, with Mr. and Mrs. Bates, on a drive south to near Babinda to spy out the land for further collecting. On the southward drive we reached Cucania, opposite the south end of the Bellenden Ker Range, where Mr. W. Kerns was expecting us. Former- ly a teamster, now a prosperous sugar farmer with a taste for expensive orchids which he grows in a slat house, Kerns has climbed Bellenden Ker seven times. In 1931 or 32 he took Chauvel of MCZ to the top in search of seeds of Garcinia Mestoni, known only from this mountain, and needed for experimental work on mangosteens in the U. S. Chauvel did not know the tree, nor, at that time, did Kerns. Their mission was a failure. But on a later trip Kerns found that he and Chauvel had made their camp fire at the base of a Garcinia tree. Kerns still marvels at the skill of Chauvel with a .32 pistol. Brought down two possums, each with a single shot, as they played in a tree the night the party camped on Bellenden Ker. Discussed arrangements for a visit to Bellenden Ker in the event that we have time to consider it. Kern's son, Bill, would act as guide, and we could depend on getting two or three men to carry for us. From Bellen- den Ker railway siding, about a mile south of Kern's house, where we had an excellent close-up view of the three main peaks of the range, Kerns pointed out the route to the summit. A steep climb of about 3000 ft., to the crest of a leading spur, then easier going along the spur to the final lift, at the foot of which, at perhaps 4000 ft., camp is made on the last water. Camp Known as "TickCamp". Leaves of a palm growing there can be used to make a shelter. From Tick Camp the top can be reached (Central Peak) and the return trip to the lowlands made in one day. To definitely worthwhile collecting I consider we would have to stay not less than three nights at Tick Camp. For a lowland base we could use the labor barracks at Kern's farm. On the way back to Cairns we branched off the main road at Gordon- vale and took a side road to the cane farm of Mr. C. Thomason, at the foot of the Coast Range and its highest point, Bell's Peak, 3368 feet. Thomason a rugged Tasmanian new well past middle age, has handed over the farming to his sons and spends some of his spare time collecting butter- flies and doing "fancy work" with needle and thread. With one of his sons as driver, he is planning a trip by 3-ton lorry to the Byerstown area to examine a selected bit of country for copper. Inbites one or more of us to go with him - a 4 or 5 day trip if the weather is good.