Day 66 Wednesday 12/8/2026, Maryborough Sunny 9 – 27
Gosh, it’s a peaceful morning, there aren’t many vans here and of course the sites are huge. After a lazy breakfast we shoot into town on a mission. Woody wants to pick up some things from Bunnings hardware to wash the caravan with. Our bucket lost its handle long ago and now does duty to keep the rain off the hitch. And a squeegee thing on a pole would be a help too. We get a bucket for $2 and as Woody’s grandma used to say “those Chinese are cheap”. Of course we have more prescriptions to drop off at a chemist. I reckon we eat more pills than food.
While Woody goes back to wash the van, I go to Queen’s Park for a sketch. There are plenty of shady seats and I can’t resist drawing a burnt-out boat shed on the Mary River. The river is a safe haven for ocean going yachts of which there are many. The sketch done (badly) and an offer from a senior couple to pose (God, I hope they didn’t mean naked), I move across to sketch the rather grand courthouse building. The historic park seats are rather unusual and rake back sharply. Anything placed on the seat quickly slips to the ground. I wonder if they were designed for 19th Century bustles? At least they are comfortable if you sit on them backwards.
Woody is too busy with chores to wash the caravan. oh well, another day. We eat lunch in the sun and watch the park gradually fill up. Our computer-generated code won’t open the ablutions block anymore. Woody drives over to the office to be told “we’ve only just changed it, we sent you an email!” Well there ya go, it seems that we must now check our peemail before going to the loo.
Woody cooks a Thai prawn red curry.
A horse is camped behind us having driven past our kitchen window twice. You wouldn’t see that in a caravan park.
Accom: $32.00, Fuel: $54.31, 23.32lt, (2.389)
