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Archbold Cape York Expedition
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L.J.B[illegible] - Flight Notes
11.31 Photo about north over edge range. Savanna forest and rain forest.
11.34 Tableland east of Coen. Patches rain forest increasing to East.
Hoop pine.
11.40 Photo creek at Coen Airport (Croll Creek).
11.41 Over Coen Airport.
11.45 Landed. 4 photos Coen drome.
12.35 Left Coen drome.
12.40 Over Irvine Creek. Open dry savanna forest, low trees from Coen
airport, no scrub on creeks.
12.44 Blue Mountains (photo). Brushy rain forest and savanna forest.
Long way from rain forest of main range.
12.46 Attack Creek. Some rain forest trees on banks.
12.49 Geikie River (perhaps Falloch Creek). Photo looking East. Narrow
rain forest on banks.
12.53 Wenlock River. Brushy rain forest on hills (patches).
1.01 - 1.02 3 photos Mt. Carter ? Much rain forest; fan palms. Trees in
flower.
1.05 Foot of Lloyd Bay. Photo from southwest, over scarp of Divide.
1.07 Photo as 1.05. Rain forest all along scarp and down eastern streams.
1.10 Photo down Claudie River , rain forest on creeks.
1.15 Arrived Iron Range. Photo Mt. Tozer from drome.
1.35 Left Iron Range.
1.37 Photo Portland Roads from near Iron Range.
1.40 Photo east to Portland Roads. Light rain forest on low tableland.
1.43 Mountains bare back from coast slope (fires ?).
1.44 Mouth of Pascoe River from southwest. Some rain forest on hills and
streams.
1.45 Country much dryer north of Pascoe. Open savanna forest with lines
of rain forest trees on creeks.
1.47 Photo NEE (north of Pascoe).
1.51 2 Eastern of 4 creeks entering Tempae Bay (photo). Much dead tall
mangrove foot of Temple Bay; patches as if logged; fallen dead trees.
1.56 Photo distant dunes above mouth of OliveRiver (?)