Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 76
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[Page 76]
I saw also the bud & of the Custard Apple – Anonaceous fruit but the fruit here in my opinion is the luscious papua Grenadillas I saw but not the common Passion fruit so far although P.foetida grows here like a weed just as in N.Qd - on the Cairns to Mareeba line - Crotons here are glorious & I've mentioned Acalyphas while the leaves of Ricinus Commis are double & treble the ordinary size - This latter shrub was evidently being well tried in these grounds -
We walked on - I noticed little Lycenid blues & now and again a member of the Nymphalid group like to my old Q-land friend - I've not seen the Wanderer nor his food plants - Kingfishers seem fairly plentiful & I fancy some honeyeaters are here - I'd almost swear to the call of the Leatherhead - I saw some big Swifts in high heaven – also a big bat & a bigger flying fox - How all this interests one in this new land of ours - I could spend months