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
Day 41 Friday 15/7/2022 Mulambin, sunny light breeze 11 – 22 We’re up early this morning and surprisingly without hangovers, in anticipation of moving to our pre-booked site. The park is very busy so we’re glad to have booked before … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 41 – Confusing beach birds
July 2022, Mulambin, Qld Now we’ve arrived at our destination we’ll be taking it easy in the sun for many weeks and I don’t want to bore you to snorts with descriptions of shopping trips and daily weather reports. Don’t fret, but the posts will be less frequent with just a few snippets of what we’ve been doing, after all, you must give a beachcomber time to comb beaches. So here goes: That was the warmest night we’ve had on this trip. It was so warm that Elle woke up in a sweat and thought she had Covid. She went … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Day 40 – Settling In
Day 90 Tuesday 24/8/21 Mulambin, humid 25 It’s a funny old day, we have cloud cover, heat then more cloud. Woody slowly does the pack up jobs. Things like putting the fridge back in the car, cleaning and pulling in the awning. Slowly our little home starts to take on a temporary look. We take last walks on the beach and I meet an old turkey on the beach but he doesn’t have much to say. The Prado’s grab us some nice fish from the Co-op. We hear that there’s been a crocodile sighting on Yeppoon’s main beach. Happy hour … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Day 90 – Saying goodbye
Day 89 Monday 23/8/21 Mulambin, sunny with cloud 23 Double or Nuthin’ and Shirley Temple leave to visit the family in Brisbane. As things currently stand that means that they’ll be entering what Victoria deems as an Orange Zone and … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Day 89 – A Peaceful Haven
Day 87 Saturday 21/8/21 Mulambin, Sunny 23 Shit! I suddenly realise that I’ve forgotten to colour my newly cut hacked hair. Waving bleach, colour and cling wrap around while chatting with M about the wonders of Dyson Stick Vacuums and how much I’m missing mine, I get the colour totally wrong. I end up looking like mutton dressed up as lamb. At least it’s a good chance to clean the van’s pipes and shower with the excess hair bleach though. With hair a ridiculous shade of brown we head into town, Yeppoon, for a farewell lunch at Waterfront Bar & … Continue reading Capricorn Dancers, Days 87 & 88 – Moon rise over Mulambin
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