Description of the terrain and rail journey from Birdum and Pine Creek. Travelled in a Sentinel locomotive carriage to Katherine where they boarded another train to Pine Creek. Meets Dr [Clyde] Fenton (1901-1982) at Katherine. At Pine Creek visited the Court House where an old Chinese man was being tried for opium smuggling and further relates a story of an earlier case. First sight of the large ant hills [termite], twelve feet in height and their large flutes giving them the appearance of Gothic cathedrals.

1. Photograph: The Sentinel locomotive carriage facing northwards

2. Photograph: 'Pine Creek'

Places mentioned: Katherine (NT); Pine Creek (NT); Alice [Springs] (NT);

People mentioned: Dr [Clyde] Fenton (1901-1982);

Activities mentioned: Opium smuggling

Insect mentioned: Ant (Hymenoptera); Termite (Isoptera)

Photo number/s as per Journal and Index of Photographs: 140, 141