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
Aug 2019, Emu Park, Capricorn Coast, Qld Emu Park farmer’s market is under the shade of the beach almond trees in a pretty park sandwiched between the caravan park and the beach. The location lends to the atmosphere. The beach almonds with their large red and green leaves, the colourful stalls and glimpses of glittering ocean. At last we find pineapple jam and Joyce the jam maker tells us that she simply cuts the pineapple, boils it, adds sugar and pectin and that’s it. Bloody lovely, we reckon. We also buy her passionfruit butter which turns out to be equally … Continue reading Mulambin Mumblings – Emu Park Market
In Emu Park, Qld there is an ANZAC commemorative walk along the cliff top. There are gardens of rosemary and etched sandstone, silhouettes of the troops in France and the most delicate image of the Gallipoli landing on clear glass … Continue reading Remembrance at Emu Park
Emu Park, is a pretty beach side town on Queensland’s Capricorn Coast. We chat to a woman who is exercising her horse on the beach. She reckons he loves the water so much that he’d swim to Great Keppel island if she let him have his way. That’d give the fishermen a surprise wouldn’t it? Continue reading A Keen Swimmer
