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In this article Meston describes 'some of the grandest mountain scenery on the Queensland coast,' between Cape Tribulation and Port Douglas. He refers briefly to sea and land exploration of the region. Accompanied by the photographer Harry Crees, he enjoys the hospitality of several selectors, notably that of Mrs Ah Way, a Glasgow lady married to a Chinese man. Meston states that Mosman Aborigines were exterminated during the pioneering of the region. He describes the course of the Daintree in detail and narrates attacks by Aborigines on cedar-cutters in 1874 and 1876. He asserts, however, that Daintree selectors who treated the Aborigines fairly have not been attacked. Meston also describes how selectors and their families lost their lives during a recent major flood on the Daintree, and praises their heroism. A vocabulary of words used by Cape Grenville Aborigines is appended.
