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Like a Rollingstone, Day 55 & 56 – Bloody Midges

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Day 55 Sunday, 3/7/2016, Rollingstone Weather, changing My God are we still here? El and Elle Prado leave to head north. We’ve finally got the jump on the midges. The bites have healed and there’s no more itching. Wow that’s only taken two weeks. Day 56 Monday, 4/7/2016, Rollingstone, Warm Rain 24 It started raining about 4:00am but we had anticipated it and had everything battened down. No more wet T shirt stuff for us. Obviously, this beach combing life is frying our brains because we drove into Townsville for supplies and got to the outer suburbs before we realised … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 55 & 56 – Bloody Midges

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Like a Rollingstone, Days 53 & 54 – Losing ourselves on Magnetic Island

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Day 53 Friday, 1/7/2016, Rollingstone, Hot We spend the day lazing and reading. Happy Hour becomes happy hours and stretches for three hours as we farewell B & C. The waves pound the shore. Day 54 Saturday, 2/7/2016, Rollingstone, Beautiful … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Days 53 & 54 – Losing ourselves on Magnetic Island

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 50 – A Lakeside Site

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Day 50 Tuesday 28/6/2016, magnificent once more We had a shower of rain over night. Which seemed to be the equivalent of Melbourne’s annual rainfall and all in a matter of ten minutes. We flew outside to drop the clears on the annexe and by the time we’d finished the rain had almost stopped. All we could do was laugh because I was in a T shirt and Woody in his undies and we were soaked through. Woody takes the Jeep into Townsville for a service and the rain had provided evidence of our mysterious leak. They unblock the tubes … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 50 – A Lakeside Site

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 49 – A Tropical Haircut

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Day 49 Monday, 27/6/2016, Rollingstone, cool, steamy now how can that be? I am so enjoying falling out of bed and onto the beach cowrie hunting. Woody has threatened to put a stop to the shell collecting but I can think of no better use for the two narrow cupboards above the fridge. Besides, I’m getting good at cowrie spotting in the half light. Although I accidentally brought home a hermit crab the other day and got a hell of a fright when a bunch of little legs popped out on the kitchen sink. He was quickly dispatched to the … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 49 – A Tropical Haircut

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Like a Rollingstone, Day 48 – In the Lockup

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Day 48 Sunday, 26/6/2016, Rollingstone, Overcast, cooler Hallelujah, our neighbours have started to pack up. We farewell ‘the Sugars’ who are heading home to Mackay. F and L (yes, even they chuckle about that one) have kindly offered us a camp spot under their house if we need it (those big Queenslander houses are rather handy). They are indeed charming people. While I work on finishing our caravan club newsletter, of which I am late in dispatching, Woody lies on the bed and watches the neighbours pack up. Last night they had a family meeting and mother declared that breakfast … Continue reading Like a Rollingstone, Day 48 – In the Lockup