Day 69 Sunday 16/7/2023 Mulambin, light rain cool 21 We spend the morning indoors and complain about the weather, but it is a chance to catch up on some blogging. Feeling wintry and with a couple of bananas in the … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Days 69 & 70 – Making Banana Frisbees
Day 67 Friday 14/7/2023 Mulambin, Breezy 15 – 22 It’s Woody’s birthday and we have a quiet morning before he walks to the marina with R & S. Elle and I drive. Lunch at Waterline Restaurant overlooking the boats is … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Days 67 & 68 – Green Ants & Termites
Day 65 Wednesday 12/7/2023 Mulambin, windy 14 – 22 Woody walks into Yeppoon. Elle and I drive in as I need to have an injection and Elle needs a chemist. Oh, the joy of being peripatetic septuagenarians. It’s quite handy being ‘on the books’ for the medical centre here as the nurse who gives me my jab also did it in 2021. Elle faces the confusion we always face on the road. You see our home doctors kindly mark our prescriptions as being OK to dispense 6 units (if we want them, which is handy if we’re going bush). But … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Days 65 & 66 – Peripatetic Septuagenarians
Day 63 Monday 10/7/2023 Mulambin, sunny 10 – 21 Woody is doing the washing early when another camper arrives and ticks him off for using the laundry before 7:00am. He glances at the timer and says “Aren’t you lucky, you … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 63 & 64 – Travelling Mice & Double Head
Day 62 Sunday 9/7/2023 Goovigen to Mulambin (Capricorn Coast), low 20’s A chilly early start for the last leg of the journey north. We pick up the Burnett Highway through croplands and some cattle. We spot 4 brolgas in a … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 62 – A Trifecta
Day 61 Saturday 8/7/2023 Goovigen, sunny cool breeze 6 – 21 I’ve been writing this blog for nearly 8 years and yet, I still feel that I’m unable to capture in words the simplicity and essence of this life. As … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 61 – Becoming Philosophical
Day 60 Friday 7/7/2023 Goovigen, breezy 12 – 25 OMG! It’s 11:00am and what have I done? Apart from the morning routine of breakfast and a bit of blog reading, a chat with our neighbour back home, a chat to … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 60 – Anyone for Tennis?
Day 59 Thursday 6/7/2023 Goovigen, sunny 12 – 25 We all take walks around town. There’s a bit of action going on as power poles are being replaced by new ones and the mobile library is visiting the hall. I … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 59 – Goovigen, a potted history
Day 58 Wednesday 5/7/2023 Miriam Vale to Goovigen, misty rain to sunshine 16 – 24 We get an early start. Poor old Woody was kept awake by the orange streetlight. Back on the Bruce Highway, it’s 21 degrees with heavy … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 58 – Under a tipsy moon
Day 57 Tuesday 4/7/2023 Miriam Vale, Qld, humid misty showers 16 – 22 It rained during the night but not heavily. We heard maybe 5 trains, but they were more of an interest, than annoying and whizzed by quickly. We … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 57 – Bats!
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