Sept. 6 (cont'd.) Arrived at our camp site within the rain forest, Don, Van and I enlarged a little clear space where somebody (the wartime survey party?) had camped before, and rigged our 18 x 18 fly, while the boys took billycans and bags and went up the mountain about 1/3 of a mile for water. The boys had not been gone long when we heard one of them calling. Sent old Norgi after them with two guns. Boy and Willie had found two climbing kangaroos in a tree top. One, an adult female was shot; the first tree climbing kangaroo for the collection. The other was hit but got away. Hunting the tree climbers delayed lunch and it was after 3 o'clock when I set out up the mountain to collect. Got as far as the water place - a tremendously steep, rocky streamed falling to the Annan, about 350 ft. in altitude above camp and distant about 600 yds. A most beautiful place, roofed over by great trees and open underneath. Rocks covered with mosses and liverworts, and a scattering of ferns and Helmholtzia, A small Marattia or Angiopteris, 1½ to 3 ft. high, looks most interesting. Returned to camp about 6 o'clock with perhaps 20 spp. of plants. Don had shot 6 birds. Van and Roy had out 65 traps between them. Tuesday, Sept. 7 7:30 Left camp for top of mountain. 8:15 2 big granite rocks on crest of spur - 2930 ft. (Did some track improvement. Began new track up spur crest to avoid steep ravine of water place. 8:40 Gully of water place (tin miners' intake lower down) 3100 ft. At this point gully turns sharply east and up, where dry open (dead trees) branch gully enters from left. 8:50 On up gully. 9:20 Left gully ca. 3200 ft. and struck up for open place on right. Big open area flat rock and boulders. Shrubs and orchids. Magnificent view to Thornton Peak, blue Pacific and west to Main Range. 11:50 3400 ft. Survey party camp on a headwater stream of Parrot Creek. Good water, and camp site, with ample space on a flat on north side of creek. 12:45 Summit - 3660 ft. Clouds blowing over. Visibility 50%. 2:00 Left summit. Alt. 3630 ft. Photos: Willie and cairn; 1 view to west. 3:00 Survey camp. Had lunch here. Improved road. Unable to follow survey trail most of way going up. Alt. 3500 ft. 3:30 Continued down. Alt. 3400 ft. 4:30 Left survey trail on Parrot Ck. waters and followed our new trail of this A.M.