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
My Shimano beach sandals have died and I’m quite sure that most of our friends will cheer. I bought these trusty rock hopping, floatable sandals at BCF Mt Isa in 2014. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the area, Mt Isa is about 500kms from the sea. These trusty shoes have travelled tens of thousands of kilometres, trudged beaches of the Pacific, Indian and Southern oceans and kept me afloat in a murky river on a hot day. They’ve even stayed sitting in the stepwell when the caravan door was flapping down the Bruce Highway a few years … Continue reading Rest in the rubbish bin trusty Shimanos
No, this isn’t us. we spotted this rig on Boyne Island. Continue reading No Fixed Address
Day 14 27/7/2019 Saturday, Tannum Sands, sunny 24 It was a warm night with the sound of the ocean and a lonely mopoke. It’s so nice to sleep in, at last there’s no travelling and nothing to do but explore … Continue reading Follow the Sun, Day 14 Tannum Sands
Day 13 26/7/2019, Friday Bundaberg to Tannum Sands 16 – 25 It’s a perfect night for sleeping and we wake to birds singing and a warm dry morning. While we’re eating breakfast there’s a knock on the door. It’s Harry the caretaker, we’ve parked in the wrong spot. Oops, sorry Harry but it’s a bit late now as we’ll be gone in a half hour. Nearby Cedars Road drops steeply to a one lane bridge over the Burnett River then upwards through sugar cane farms, macadamias, mangoes, paw paw, zucchini and strawberries. I doubt that most Australians realise how much … Continue reading Follow the Sun, Day 13 – Tannum Sands
Day 12, 25/7/2019 Thursday, Cooroy to Bundaberg 10 – 25 We sleep well as the only sounds here are crickets and a train away in the distance. It’s a cool morning but Woody is up early as usual and walks … Continue reading Follow the Sun, Day 12 – Bundy
