Sunday, 4th July, 1830
I left the settlement at Brisbane Town this morning at 10 o’clock, and, proceeding by Cowper’s Plains and the east bank of Canoe Creek, I arrived at the basin on the Logan, Lat. 27° 47′, Long. 153°, at 4 o’clock, P.M. The boat with provisions did not arrive till 2 o’clock the following morning. On my way up Canoe Creek I came unexpectedly on a tribe of natives. One of them was on a tree cutting [up] some animal with a stone tomahawk. He was very much alarmed, and cried out lustily to his comrades to make their escape. I should think he belonged to the tribe who murdered the boat’s crew, and expected to be severely dealt with.
Monday, 5th July, 1830
Left the boat at half-past 7 o’clock, and proceeded up the left bank of the Logan for some time; crossed in the evening, and stopped for the night at Letitia Plains.
Tuesday, 6th July, 1830
Proceeded up the river for two miles, and crossed it at the ponds, and reached Dunsinane hill at 10 o’clock. Left Basaltic hills on our left, and, crossing part of Edgar’s range, stopped for the night in a valley. This part of the country being described in my journal of 1828, it is unnecessary to repeat it here.
Wednesday, 7th July, 1830
Arrived at Mount [Lyndsey] at 12 o’clock. The day being cloudy did not get a meridian altitude. Proceeded up the valley towards Mount Hooker, and observed the traces of natives, evidently passing to the North. Stopped for the night at the base of Mount Tyrone. Showery during the night.
Thursday, 8th July, 1830
Proceeded through the pass of St. George, and experienced some difficulty in passing through the ravines and thick brush. There being some high ranges in front of the pass I kept a S.-west course, and at noon, being clear of all difficulty, I found, by a meridian altitude, and the bearing of Mount Hooker, that we were in Lat. 28° 9′ 53″, and Long. 153° 25′. At 2 o’clock came on the Richmond, which was skirting an extensive plain, which I named “Clunie’s Plains,” in compliment to the officer intended as my successor.