. . . . "Papua New Guinea could be seen on the horizon, (now there is a place to see some parrots!) There is not much to see on the islands except a relic of imperial power, a fortress which still mounted some of the earliest breech loading guns made, (this against the Tsarist Russian Empire!) We returned to Cairns by a twin engined aircraft, flying low over the Tip of Australia for photographs, a pleasant" .