Day 53 Wednesday 27/7/2022 Mulambin, sunny 13 – 22 The receptionist at the medical clinic asks if I’ve been there before, “Yes” and if I still live at the same address, “Yes”. “And do you still drink a carton a day?” She asks. “Huh?” When I crack up, she says “Nearly gotcha didn’t I?” We go in search of a new toilet chemical called Portasol, to no avail it must be good as it’s out of stock. Woody walks on, this time to Taranganba while I walk along my favourite, Lammermoor Beach. Dinner is marinara seafood cakes cooked in the … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 53 – Bad habits?

Day 51 Monday 25/7/2022 Mulambin, sunny 13 – 22 We’re out of coffee beans so we drive into Rockhampton. It’s a nice morning for a walk around East Street in the heart of town before Aldi and Doblo’s fruit barn. … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Days – 51 & 52 – Tex Mex?

Day 50 Sunday 24/7/2022 Mulambin, sunny 13 – 21 The park is busy with weekenders. Woody goes for a walk while I catch up on online art lessons. The curlew is back in the garden doing sloth impersonations. After lunch, … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 50 – Bats in the belfry

Day 49 Saturday 23/7/2022 Mulambin, sunny 14 – 24 Woody does the washing and then dashes into Yeppoon Farmer’s Market. He returns with Byfield mandarins and a humongous avocado that has to be around 20cm in length. He is told … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 49 – Some as big as your head

July 2022, Mulambin, Qld 26mm rain then clearing Wet drizzly weather, we decide to go to the supermarket just to get out of the van. It seems that all of Yeppoon have the same idea. The one difference is that … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Days 47 & 48 – Dead stuff and a good lunch

Day 46 Wednesday 20/7/2022 Mulambin, breezy 15 – 22 A warm night of throwing legs out of the doona. Woody picks El Prado up at Toyota again in the hope that they’ll repair the car today. They can’t leave town … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 46 – Oh, what a feeling!

July 2022, Mulambin, Qld A trip to Yeppoon is a chance for me to organise a doctor’s appointment for next week. There’s much kerfuffle going on about mask-wearing but out of force of habit, we wear them in shops and … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 45 – Masking up & juggling spuds

July 2022, Mulambin, Qld El Prado and Woody take the Prado into the Yeppoon Toyota dealer for the repairs to the fuel tank pump problem that caused the breakdown in Narromine. After lunch Woody sets off to walk back into Yeppoon, something that he’s wanted to do for quite some time. While walking I notice a woman who looks like she’s having sex with the invisible man on the beach. As I pass her, I chance another glance, and this time she seems to be using an invisible squat toilet whilst praying. I reckon calling out “G’day!” Is out of … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 44 – Assessing the Toyota, twice

July 2022, Mulambin Qld El Prado drives us down to the Emu Park monthly market under the trees in Bell Park. The location is superb with a curving expanse of beach on one side and the stalls shaded by hoop … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 43 – A couple of drongoes

Day 42 Saturday 16/7/2022 Mulambin, sunny cloudy sea breeze 21 It’s hair colour day now that we’re plumbed in. I didn’t particularly want to put hair bleach on campground lawns. While Woody visits the farmer’s market in town, I wander … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 42 – O is for Osprey