Day 29 Sunday 3/7/2022, Kandanga, sunny but expectant 11 – 22
The sun is shining and the puddles are drying. The Prado’s drive down to the Sunshine Coast hospital to visit the brother who has had a suspected heart attack.
We go shopping in Gympie and asparagus are now down to $2 per bunch but they’re coming from Mexico! We buy a couple of DVD series as we don’t have TV reception at Kandanga. After we leave the shopping centre, we visit the CBD. Gympie is a steep hilly town serviced by the Mary River, but, the main Mary Street is located in one of the deep valleys. Of course, it suffered badly in the recent floods. We estimate that 2/3 of the shops are now empty and slowly being repaired. We speak with a couple who are painting a shop. She tells us that this shop lost its ceiling, but the Queenslander Hotel next door had water halfway up the second floor. Many windows and walls have a coating of muddy grime. It’s heartbreaking to see, yet the woman up the ladder reckons they should have the cleanup finished in time for the next flood!
The afternoon turns cool and we have drinks inside the van. We cook pork schnitzels in the trusty old air fryer with microwaved potatoes and asparagus and the remainder of the creamy mushroom sauce from a few nights ago. Yeah, I know we shouldn’t have bought the asparagus. We settle in for a few episodes of Yellowstone, gee they’re a gun-crazy bunch.
Accom: $20.00
itchingforhitching 
I hope your brother is ok!
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El Prado’s brothers, and out of hospital, thanks.
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Hopefully.
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I mean your companion traveller’s brother?
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I refuse to buy Mexican asparagus. I might have been seen searching through the pile of mexican asparagus at our Coles last week, searching for the last few spears of Kimberley grown asparagus!
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It does get up your nose doesn’t it. Californian oranges, Italian kiwi fruit. Yet we have abundance locally, and by locally I mean here and NZ.
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A shame about the asparagus, with cabbage at $18 each
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Crazy isn’t it?
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Just goes to show how much the Mexican growers and pickers are earning!
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It does sound like the poor buggers are getting a raw deal.
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be safe always and stay blessed.
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Thank you.
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Reblogged this on Shalkot and commented:
You are right but a thoughtful step is always better.
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