Monday Sept 9th 1929:
On account of today being a school holiday, the H T had the day off, so he and I went out 12 miles to some real caves and explored for a while, though did not have time to go through them all. They are not bad for this part of the world although can only be negotiated by the help of ropes. There are a few stalagmites and stalactites about and there are three drops on to htree different levels. Not having sufficient time or rope we only explored the first level and returned to Camooweal for lunch. Did a bit of study in the afternoon and out at Reilly’s at night.
Tuesday Sept 10th 1929:
A day of study and how awful it is. Still it brings a little satisfaction when one feels one has really done something. Cec went out with the Dr and Mr and Mrs Andrews and had a musical evening., returning about midnight when I was sound asleep in bed.
Wednesday Sept 11th 1929:
….. and Thursday and Friday were all put in Camooweal reading, writing, trying to catch up with studies etc.
( My father was completing his studies to become a fully ordained minister of the Methodist Church.)
The weather has been rotten, frightfully windy and as a result terribly dusty and nothing can be kept clean for any length of time.
Saturday Sept 14th 1929:
Left for Mt Isa this morning taking Glen Reilly in with me. Had good run through, as well as the rotten, rough, dusty roads would permit. Pulled up and had some lunch of damper and brownie with an old chap along the road and eventually reached Isa at 6.30 pm. Took Glen to where she was to stay and went to the Church Hall and fixed my things in a room at the back and then got shaved and cleaned. Went then to the chap who shows the pictures and got him to put a slide on announcing a service for tomorrow, watched the pictures and had supper and turned in.
Sunday Sept 15th 1929:
Had anticipated a lie in this morning but some chaps camped at the back of the hall had me out for breakfast at 7.30 am an awful hour for Sunday morning and I was tired too. Poked about then until 10 o’clock when Sunday School opened and I officiated there and gave the three teachers, all men, a day off. Took the teachers home afterwards and went with one across to the mines to the dormitories
Where he stays and had dinner with the men. We all lined up behind each other and collected tin plate, pannikin etc as we went along and then had our rations dished out and found a seat and ate. There are a few men about too as about 1500 are now emplyed at the mines. It was a bad weekend in Isa though as Thursday had been payday and the whole place had been on the spree ever since even to the Postmaster and Bank manager. The hardest worked men in there are the Sergeant and two policemen. Did some visiting in the afternoon but found nearly all down with flu and so had a poor roll up at night, (16) and a dog that proved very disturbing by carrying the hymn books around the Church. Was a b it disgusted with things and found bed after supper.
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