Day 66 Saturday 31/7/21 Mulambin, warm 28 A warm and pleasant day and perfect for washing and handwashing to get some marks out that have been left by various washing machines. One of the downsides to using caravan park washing … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Days 66 & 67 – When life imitates art
Day 64 Thursday 29/7/21 Mulambin, hot 28 We drive into Rockhampton for a spot of shopping. We try cooking plantain banana chips in the air fryer but give up too soon. Soft mush isn’t ideal as a drinks nibble for … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Days 64 & 65 – Kombi Kegs and sleep solutions
Day 63 Wednesday 28/7/21 Mulambin, Sunny 24 The Prado’s and the Nuthin’s go to Gracemere east of Rockhampton to see the cattle saleyards in action. We bow out as we have been before, though it is a must see when in Central Queensland. After a morning of looking into those big beautiful doe eyes of Brahmans they return vowing not to eat beef…for a while at least. For me it’s a quiet day cleaning the cream sauce out of the oven. Silicon and MV pop in for happy hour and make a booking to stay here for a few days. … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Day 63 – Vegan Contemplation
Day 62 Tuesday 27/7/21 Mulambin, sunny 23 I pop into a clinic for another shot (this time it’s one to keep oldies moving) and aside from the man with bright pink hair there’s a cowboy in the waiting room. A real one, the hat, the boots and the bowed legs and an ad for a rodeo on his shirt. I’m called in to see the doc and he’s an Indian (of the subcontinental variety). The doc directs me to the nursing station where one nurse has a persistent cough, and the one I get tells me that she’s new. Hopefully … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Day 62 – Cowboys and Indians
Day 61 Monday 26/7/21 Mulambin, sunny 21 While the boys walk to Rosslyn Bay I sit in the sun sketching Curley Curlew (they have names now) and a most obliging sitter he is as he rarely moves a muscle. We … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Day 61- Oyster Saloons
Day 60 Sunday 25/7/21 Mulambin, warm 23 We have a deliciously warm night with all the windows and hatches open but I wake to find that my Kindle is missing. It has slipped into that dark forbidden narrow gap between the bed and the wardrobe. A place where even the vacuum cleaner can’t reach. Rather than panic I have a shower and ponder a plan of search and rescue. I assume Woody is having brekkie outside in the sun. I pull the mattress aside, jam a torch into the space and reach in with a chopstick. Too short. A long … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Day 60 – Going where no one has been before
Day 59 Saturday 24/7/21 Mulambin, warm 27 The caravan park is busy with weekenders. They tend to start drifting in on Thursdays, young families in bunk vans and camper trailers. The kids really give the pool and playground a workout. Woody decides on a swim at Mulambin Beach but the tides here have quite a range and it’s low tide at present. It’s not, but it seems like, he walks half a kilometre to reach the water and then it’s shallow. He looks like a tiny black dot in the distance. I walk the shoreline instead. Returning to the park … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Day 59 – Did someone pull the plug out?
Day 58 Friday 23/7/21 Mulambin, warm 24 Woody is up early to walk into Yeppoon. A whopping 15kms as the walking path is winding and twice as long as the road. It’s also a lovely day for a gentle stroll … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Day 58 – Forward March!
Day 57 Thursday 22/7/21 Mulambin, sunny cool 18 A cold early morning of about 5 degrees here. Up on the Darling Downs it was a chilly minus 4, the coldest in 20 years so we can’t complain. With El Prado … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Day 57 – A lazy chardy
Day 56 Wednesday 21/7/21 Mulambin, sunny 21 again Because of NSW and Victorian border confusion we extend our booking here another 5 days until the 18th of August. We’re lucky to keep our site as the park is busy. We wonder when and how we’ll get home. I zip down to Emu Park for an early morning blood test only to find the pathology lab closed. On such a sunny morning it’s a lovely drive to Cooee Bay where I’m attended to by an Irishman who has been here 4 years and loves jet ski fishing with a passion but … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Day 56 – Soundlessly pushing buttons
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