Aug 2019, 1770, Qld So named, because Cook and his crew set foot here in May 1770. Clinging to the shores of the tidal Round Hill Creek it is a town without shops but it does have a quaint pub … Continue reading The Town of Seventeen Seventy
Day 22 4/8/2019 Sunday 1770 breezy 24 Another sunny morning but a little too chilly for breakfast al fresco. We take a quick trip into Agnes Waters for supplies and have another scout around the area. Woody says we must … Continue reading Follow the Sun, Day 22 – Exploring 1770
Aug 2019, Seventeen Seventy, Qld As the tide drops and the mud flats are exposed in Round Hill Creek tiny crabs tentatively crawl from their holes. They are quite easy to see as each has one large bright pink claw … Continue reading Fluoro Crabs
Day 21, 3/8/2019 Saturday 1770, sunny 24 There’s a helluva commotion in 1770, they’re hosting the regional dragon boat races and we have front row seats. The manager drops by to tell us that Mona is still complaining, to the point of using foul language and by the way our new beach site will cost an extra $5 per day. Still in search of pineapple jam we drive 5km out of town to the Reef Caravan Park as they are holding a market. Alas we only find vegetables, soap and a talking parrot that is more polite than Mona. This … Continue reading Follow the Sun, Day 21 Snoozing in 1770
Day 20 2/8/2019 Friday 1770, breezy clear 25 Dragon boat teams are practicing out on the water. The view through the palms is exotic with an island feeling. Cramped, untidy, smoky at night, the management team hammer the message that … Continue reading Follow the Sun, Day 20 Cramped in 1770
Day 19, 1/8/2019 Thursday Tannum Sands to Town of 1770, Sunny 21 Time to pack up and move on. Yesterday Woody had complimented a council worker on the state of the local parks. She suggested that we check out Turkey … Continue reading Follow the Sun, Day 19 off to 1770
Day 18, 31/7/2019 Wednesday, Tannum Sands, some cloud 25 windy evening We have a lazy relaxing morning, do a little shopping for curry ingredients and Woody cooks a Thai Green Curry while I walk on the beach. At happy hour we are joined by a menagerie of peacocks, turkeys, lorikeets and blue faced honeyeaters. The midges have been slowly eating us to death, bite by tiny bite. Our neighbours are all Victorians escaping the cold and Woody refers to the folks behind us as the ‘Wee Wees’ as they do nothing but read and walk to the toilet, a lot. … Continue reading Follow the Sun, Day 18 Tannum Sands
Day 17, 30/7/2019 Tuesday, Tannum Sands, beautiful 27 We pack a picnic lunch and go exploring. It’s 25kms to Lake Awoonga on the other side of the Bruce Highway. Awoonga is a large expanse of water built to supply Gladstone … Continue reading Follow the Sun, Day 17 – Lake Awoonga
Day 16 29/7/2019 Monday, Tannum Sands warm We wake up covered in midge bites. It’s time to leave this bushy paradise for a powered slab site on the other side of the park. Our bush neighbours will move one space … Continue reading Follow the Sun, Day 16 – Gladstone
Day 15, 28/7/2019 Sunday, Tannum Sands, 24 This place is so relaxing that this morning I jumped out of bed feeling as though I had finally caught up on my sleep. With gusto I dragged the ukulele out from under the bed and instantly botched the F chord. Poor Woody was groaning. You’ve guessed it, the nails are too long. Not only that, I still haven’t coloured my hair since last weeks’ haircut. I had put it off because I didn’t want to get caught with plastic wrap on my head when the fridge repairman called. In hindsight I should … Continue reading Follow the Sun, Day 15 – Tannum Sands
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