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30 Thursday
Got up at 6 am sea very smooth. See coast line very plain. Very cloudy. I slept on upper deck during the night Passed Cape Howe at 11.50. Clouds lifted at about 9 am rather a hot day. A good few sea Birds about. Concert held on quarter Promenade deck. Went to bed at about 9.30pm. wrote letters to Mother, Olive Turner & Florrie Whitehead.
31 Friday
Rather a stiff westerly wind blowing. calm sea. Detailed for Guard duty on stairs to Isolation ward. Wrote letters to George Handley, Jim Griffiths, Mrs Blackwood, Doris & Olive. Passed entrance Heads to Melbourne at 2 pm, took photo. Landed in Melbourne 5.30 pm & got leave till 12 pm, didn't think much of Melbourne Went to Majestic pictures. Fruit very cheap & everything sold by the pound, got back 11.45 pm.
1 April Saturday
A very dull day. saw 2 companies of Infantrymen go aboard the Suffolk. Tin can band formed & doing good work, Rather a dull afternoon. Left wharf at Melbourne at 12.30 noon pm, pulled out into stream. Ship thoroughly examined & troops inspected. Sailed 5.30 pm Passed Heads Port Phillip at 5 pm.
2 Sunday
Very changeable weather & rather a rough sea, rained during the day, went on church parade. No land in sight.