Day 16 Monday 20/6/2022 Yelarbon, sunny 7 – 21
It’s a warm morning and Woody is up early to do the washing in the little garden shed. While the washing dries, we all sit around reading in the sun. It’s one of those places where people just wander about chatting. The quiet is broken when the lady manager bellows ”Who left the lid up?” Elle and I both look sheepish; we’ve forgotten the QLD rule of closing the toilet lid to keep the frogs out.
We walk around town, and I meet S who is scooting about on her mobility scooter. She’s a retired art teacher and she takes me back to her home as she has a great view of the painted silos. We sit and chat for half an hour and I learn a lot about the town and her three marriages. Her first husband was bitten by a death adder, the second drank too much and the third also died. “I’m a mankiller” she says with a twinkle in her eye. Thanks for a lovely morning S, you are priceless.
On another walk around town, I find an unusual water tower that is worthy of a sketch. The chap who lives opposite tells me that they had poor water pressure here until the tower was built, then all their pipes blew as it was too strong.
We decide to stay a third night and as it seems that accommodation is tight this year, we book ahead for Kenilworth Showgrounds. We have happy hour in the BBQ shelter and watch kangaroos feeding on the other side of the old pony club arena.
Dinner is a recipe that was in today’s newspaper and it turns out to be a keeper. The mushroom risotto cakes are made in the pie maker using instant rice. God, we love instant rice when we’re on the road.
Accom: $20.00
itchingforhitching 
The man killer was fun and yet also sad to lose three spouses !
The painted silos are nice
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Gosh, she was a delightful character. Thanks for following.
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☀️😊
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Nice silos. And instant rice? I don’t think we have that here. The mind boggles …
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It’s the microwaveable stuff, I think one of the brands here is from the UK. Why I wonder, as we seem to grow enough rice to supply half of Asia.
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Indeed. And we grow not one grain. But your explanation makes sense. We haven’t got a microwave, so of course I wouldn’t have noticed this product.
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Do you know that two of my wives died and when we got together again (we had been married in between) Jackie said “You are not burying me” ?
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It sounds like she has quite a sense of humour, your Jackie!
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Indeed
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I shall have to check our loo for frogs now!!!!!!!
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Considering that they often get accidentally peed on they always smile at you.
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I expect a few of them croak!!!!!!
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Argh!!
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Sorry!
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😂
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