24th August 1915 (incl. 25th & 26th)

Helouan is supposed to be

a healthy convalescent climate

but I’m hanged if i can see it

at all. I fancy it is all the same

all over Egypt, dry & cloudless

skies from weeks end to an-

other. One may stay here for

months at a time & never

experience a rainfall

Some of the mornings &

evenings are certainly very

cool & we feel the benefits

of it lounging about in

deckchairs shaded from

the sun by an impromptu

screen built by the natives

here at a very low

cost, yet there is really little

or no efficience work or material

attached to them. They are

made from light timber formed

into a framework with straw

mats tacked to form the

roof.

Australian War Memorial