Day 71 Tuesday 18/7/2023 Mulambin, some cloud 17 – 22 We have a quiet day. Shirley Temple hops off to the Medical Centre to have her foot attended to. Woody checks the quality of the Yap beer at Beaches Bar. … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Days 71 to 73 – Bell Park in Emu Park
Day 69 Sunday 16/7/2023 Mulambin, light rain cool 21 We spend the morning indoors and complain about the weather, but it is a chance to catch up on some blogging. Feeling wintry and with a couple of bananas in the … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Days 69 & 70 – Making Banana Frisbees
Day 67 Friday 14/7/2023 Mulambin, Breezy 15 – 22 It’s Woody’s birthday and we have a quiet morning before he walks to the marina with R & S. Elle and I drive. Lunch at Waterline Restaurant overlooking the boats is … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Days 67 & 68 – Green Ants & Termites
Day 65 Wednesday 12/7/2023 Mulambin, windy 14 – 22 Woody walks into Yeppoon. Elle and I drive in as I need to have an injection and Elle needs a chemist. Oh, the joy of being peripatetic septuagenarians. It’s quite handy being ‘on the books’ for the medical centre here as the nurse who gives me my jab also did it in 2021. Elle faces the confusion we always face on the road. You see our home doctors kindly mark our prescriptions as being OK to dispense 6 units (if we want them, which is handy if we’re going bush). But … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Days 65 & 66 – Peripatetic Septuagenarians
Day 63 Monday 10/7/2023 Mulambin, sunny 10 – 21 Woody is doing the washing early when another camper arrives and ticks him off for using the laundry before 7:00am. He glances at the timer and says “Aren’t you lucky, you … Continue reading Yackety Yack, Day 63 & 64 – Travelling Mice & Double Head
Winter 2022, Byfield to Emu Park, Capricorn Coast, Qld In a place as relaxing as this, it’s easy to sit down and put pen to paper. To capture the feel, the breeze ruffling the palms, the sparkle of the sea, … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – A few memories
Sept 2022, Mulambin, Qld The park emptied out this morning. Staff are doing maintenance work, trimming trees, seeding lawns, and working on cabins. The season is over. We’re slowly packing up. A bracing beach walk reveals hundreds of ‘By the … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Days 89 & 90 – Packing Up
Aug 2022, Mulambin, Qld It was a pleasantly warm night. Woody is up early and walks to Cooee Bay to buy bread again and I pick him up. After breakfast, we have some misty rain but it’s probably my last chance to walk Ritamada. Decked out in Woody’s old sailing jacket, which comes down to my knees, I hit the sand. It’s invigorating with a high tide, heavy mist, and peaceful. In the afternoon I take a walk on Mulambin Beach while Woody has a haircut. The Park is trimming the many palms and The Prado’s old site now looks … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Days 86 to 88 – Haircuts & Trims
Aug 2022, Mulambin, Qld It’s market day again. I do some van cleaning and a heap of hand washing in preparation for hitting the road. The wind is blustery and not ideal for beach walking but I venture out to … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Days 84 & 85 – Feeling the change in seasons
Aug 2022, Mulambin, Qld Woody walks to Cooee Bay to buy a loaf of bread. That’s a 12m walk. I pick him up from there. I never tire of driving along this coast. In the early morning, each bay vista … Continue reading Breakdown Blues – Days 82 & 83 – How can I unsee that?
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