Although under instructions to assist us with motor transport, Pinwell, foreman in charge of Main Roads operations, did not seem anxious to go out of his way to help. He did offer to drive us down to the drome to see the mail plane in from Thursday Island. His at- titude changed completely upon the arrival of the plane. In the mail was a letter I wrote him from Lockerbie on May 16, telling of our ex- pected arrival and our plans! Stepping into his jeep, Pinwell drove ag to all the sections of his gang, telling them he was off for the day, and away we went. Gordon Strip, the main wartime airfield, and present civil drome, is approximately six miles south of the point where the Wenlock road branches off the wartime military road connecting Gordon Field with Portland Roads. A big hut, on the site of the wartime radio station for air operations, is situated a couple of hundred yards or so north of the Wenlock and about an equal distance of the east branch of the Claudie River. The Main Roads camp of about 10 men is on the site of a wartime CCC camp about half way between the radio station and Gordon Strip. From the Main Roads camp we drove to the road junction, crossed the east Claudie by a bridge in riverine rain-forest, and followed the Wenlock road west and west-south-west to examine the country. In an- other 1½ miles or thereabouts we crossed the Running Claudie (the only one of the three main branches which runs through the year) by birdge, and about a mile further on, forded the west branch of the Claudie. Thereafter, the road ran close to the south bank of the west branch, and in about 8 miles in all from the Wenlock turn-off (6 miles airline) sx came to the foot of Mt. Tozer, and the entrance to Tozer Gap. Tozer Gap is a low saddle in the granite range which Logan Jack named Janet; south of the gap it is called Tozer Range. Mt. Tozer, 1784 ft., is the highest peak on the whole range. Other peaks rise to 1500 to 1600 ft. The gap is about 400 ft. At about noon we reached our farthest point, in the gap, about north of Mt. Tozer, where the billy was boiled and we had lunch. The country traversed was alternating rain-forest and savanna- forest. If one accepts the interpretation of the military map makers, rain-forest greatly predominates and is broken by isolated pockets of savanna-forest. From what I saw, I should say the rain-forest occurs mainly along the streams, while the country in between streams is mostly savanna-forest. The Gap is savanna-forested. Rain-forest appears again on the east and west slopes of Mt. Tozer. Sheer granite cliffs occur on the bold north and east faces of Mt. Tozer. Trees grow tall, and there are many palms, in the rain-forests along the road. The road itself, where it passed through rain-forest, was overgrown by tall weeds, and slippery from the rains. Showery weather - most unseasonal, It is said- has prevailed for weeks, making the Wenlock road practically- ly impassable as far as Tozer Gap for anything but vehicles with 4-wheel drive. A spring-fed gully in the Gap was chosen for a future camp from which to work Mt. Tozer and the higher parts of the range. There is a big area of country above 1000 feet in elevation.