Come live love and laugh with me
Tiggers Mum is on a short work related detachment to Singapore and I’ve been reliving old memories from when we lived there in the 1960s.
Katong was where we called home
And for some reason I just have a hankering for this – Katong Laksa
Two very fuzzy photos from recent visits to the home of Katong Laksa.
So it’s six years since our last time there
think we might be due for another trip 😊😎
https://johorkaki.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-history-of-singapore-katong-laksa.html
Had a little note from a choir ‘friend’ telling me this is what we (girls) will be rehearsing next term. Quite a haunting tune and we’ll be singing it in its original language (hopefully sounding a little like these singers).
Song of the Beach (seashore) – Japanese folk song.
Sung by KRAJA – a Swedish group
The Song of the Seashore (English translation)
If I wander about ashore this morning
It will bring me back to good ol’ times
The sound of the wind, the way clouds change.
Waves breaking in, the colour of the shells
If I roam about ashore this evening
My beloved will bring me back then
Waves breaking in and waning back
The colour of the moon, the light of the stars
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It’s Monday and we’re about to start our journey home, today we’ll begin making our way south down the east coast on the Bruce, 500+kms to Rockhampton.
Then there’s another 2,000 km after that 😊😎
I said to The Golfer I thought now was right time to go home, it really has become a bit on the warm side and humid as well…yes Melbourne can become hot and have its humid days but they’re not normally continuous one after the other. We’ll just have to see what summer brings won’t we😎
Anyway guess what I’ll be missing during the six hour drive??
I’ll be back sometime soon – will have a wee break after we get home
Bye for now.
Cathy xx
Yes, believe it or not the wheel has turned another quarter.
Officially Spring begins today here in Australia…I’m not sure what the weather’s like back in Victoria but up here in FNQ it’s becoming decidedly warmer.
Sunrise earlier with sunset coming later, pleasant mornings with afternoons of sitting quietly in the shade 😎
There’s been a change in the sky with yesterday’s full moon. Huge bright and low on the horizon at 7pm, sadly no decent photos to show you – I nipped out with my phone, didn’t check any settings and this is what I got. Everything else but a clear shot of the moon
See the little light in the sky above the trees on the right – that’s Saturn 😊
but look, here’s one taken earlier 😀.
Spotted about 4pm last Sunday – now did The Man in the Moon come down too soon or did he stay up too late??. .
When we saw the moon during the daytime there was a rhyme my mother used to come out with along the lines of ‘the man in the moon came out to play all on a summer’s day’ – I’m wondering if she made it up because I’ve never found reference to those words anywhere.
You’ll have to enlarge the photo to see the white mass all alone in the blue sky, no (visible) twinkly stars to keep it company.
Over the past week there has been a definite change in the comings and goings of the in the park.
I’m sure I’ve mentioned before there are two kind of ‘guests’ (as management like to call them) staying here, those retired ones who pack up home and come up here for the winter, and ‘others’ – usually retired doing their big lap but occasionally younger taking leave, many with work related travel using a van as accommodation as well as young ‘backpackers’ who are wandering around the country trying to see the sights.
The ‘season’ starts in May and ends at the end of August so most of the long term winter sun seekers have now packed/ are now packing up and begun/beginning their journeys home, leaving empty sites that are filling up with those others. I said something to The Golfer the other day about how there was a different feel to the place, before most people knew each other and life was ‘slow’ now it was becoming busier and noisier, vans coming and going- people talking all the time – those happy hours more obvious – new arrivals wanting to get to know their neighbours and discuss ‘life on the road’.
Maybe I’m becoming a bit of an old fuddy duddy but…..I rather enjoyed the quieter more laid back everyone knows what’s going on days. Guess I’ll have to wait until next winter to experience them again 😊.
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And this is the inside of the tiny cafe/coffee shop (Kevla Espresso & Health Food Bar) – it’s at the back of a local chiropractor rooms with a small gym under the same roof. It’s just two tables wide – timed it nicely….both we’re ‘taken’ just after I snapped them – with wall benches plus stools dotted around and being at the rear means there’s outside seating and access to the grassy area for children to play in.
I’ve drunk gallons of coffee spent time here trying to get online – yes it’s still crook where we are, my phone hotspot drops out continuously so there’s been very little blog visiting or comment making or answering. . Lots of copy/paste from Word plus photo uploading for some posts.
Telstra/NBN are back in the area so hopes are rising!
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The international exercise that used Bowen as one of its bases (the one I wrote about last month ) has finally come to an end
And if you’re a little bit strange like me some of you might be interested in this detailed ‘wrap up’ article released by the Defence dept.
It includes many Facts, Figures, Places Where, Reasons Why …plus mention of the four servicemen who lost their lives down the coast near Lindeman Island.
The exclusion zone ‘warning’ notice boards found near various beaches and other spots in town have now been removed – see how the little arrow I added shows how close that area was to Rose Bay and why we saw all the ships moored there, prepared and ready…we weren’t quite sure what for though
(It turned out that US military and the ADF built a 540m floating pier at Bowen, Queensland.) source
At the end of the allocated time they moved off slowly, one by one, over several days – turning east and sailing away. Past Gloucester Island and off into the Coral Sea.
So by August 19th they had all gone and the seas were ‘empty’ again.
And it was almost like magic (or perhaps coincidence) lots of families began to arrive for an early Saturday morning dip. There were balls to kick and buckets and spades for the littlies, as well as sea kayaks and boards (of all shapes and sizes) – children here are so confident around water.
Now our mornings are back to watching gentle peaceful views like this – a single yacht sailing by in a northerly direction.
Winter is coming to an end and I’m going to miss this when we leave for home in a couple of weeks time 🙁
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Bowen Boat Harbour, Bowen, Far North Queensland
Monday August 14th 2023
Tides right – wind’s finally died down – sun’s shining
Wordless Wednesday – when photos tell their own stories
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Happy Days are here again 😎
Taking a little drive ‘up the road’ – leaving very early this Friday morning
(A week later than planned due to an unexpected medical appointment).
Travelling via Parkes, Goondiwindi and Rockhampton
with (hopefully) no floods, fires or state border closures to hinder us…..
it might be a bit wet somewhere along the line though courtesy of an unseasonal front making it’s way cross country west to east. Bowen is expecting a ‘drop or two’ on Monday!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-28/unusual-widespread-winter-rain-predicted-for-queensland/102525130
We’ve done this 4day drive so many times we usually know what to expect – apart from the unusual aforesaid floods, fires and border closures….there could be roadworks, unexpected health issues like last year or the odd early morning close encounter with roadside grazing ‘roos to contend with but generally it’s smooth sailing all the way. Yes, it’s a fair way to drive but with regular stops and both of us taking the wheel for two hour stints the days seem to pass by quite quickly.
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A few years ago someone on another site once asked how we coped being together in a small space for that length of time….
“ …Day one starts excitedly, we’re a bit hyped up having spent the last few days making sure we have everything ready and packed in the car so it takes us till lunchtime to relax and get into the swing of things. By the end of the day all this catches up with us and we are glad to get to our first stop.
Day two we start to bicker – happens each time!
Even tho we have bits and pieces in the car (to read, craft and listen to) as well as drinks and snacks I think it’s the effects of sleeping in a strange bed and the prospect of another long day on the road that brings on this stupidity – as thats what it is.
‘Why are you changing the radio station – I was listening to that CD, why are you changing it – why have you changed the heating/cooling – what do you mean keep both hands on the wheel – this one when you can see for miles ahead and there’s not another thing in sight!’ Silly little things.
By day three its back to normal again, it’s as if we’ve settled down into a better routine knowing and accepting there’s nothing we can do about the size of our great land and as we’ve chosen to drive and not fly thats all there is to it.
Day four is a ‘short day’ the excitement is back again, we know we are on the last leg of the journey to our final destination and relaxation….”
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We’ll be heading home after Father’s Day – mid September
but I’m sure I’ll be chatting to you before then 😘.
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Added here to say…..we’ve arrived!.
In spite of it being a bit of a damp journey it was made more pleasant by seeing a double rainbow at West Wyalong and discovering ( thanks to multicultural resettlement programs) the ‘chef’ at the local Namoi Hotel in Narrabri makes the most delicious Nepalese Chicken Curry
The ‘unseasonal front’ is still making itself known…..Bowen is putting on its cool cloudy dull side this week. Rain coming down in torrents, cover on the bed, warm clothing making an appearance and no sun to be seen – hopefully it’ll change by the weekend.
Sharing with Denyse’s weekly link up Wednesday’s Words & Pics
Why don’t you pop over and see who’s visiting her today
Take Me Home – Phil Coulter 1983
I sit here thinking
As the sun is sinking
Over the mountain
And the dry, dusty ground
As the night is falling
I start recalling
The nights
In my own town
I see the faces
In familiar places
I hear the music
That they played way back then
My heart rejoices
As I hear the voices
Calling me
Home again
Home
Oh take me home
Home to the people
I left behind
Home to the love
I know I’ll find
Oooh take me home
As the sky is burning
My mind is turning
To the cold winter evenings
By my own fire side
So far away now
But any day now
I’ll sail
On the morning tide
Home
Oh take me home
Home to the people
I left behind
Home to the love
I know I’ll find
Oooh take me home
Take me home
Far across the sea
Home is where I long to be
Home
(Da da da da)
Oh take me home
(Da da da da)
Home to the people
(Da da da da da)
I left behind
(Da da da)
Home to the love
(Da da da da)
I know I’ll find
(Da da da da)
Oooh take me home
Was entirely different to the one I showed you last month.
https://cranethie.com/2023/02/06/mackay-street-art/
The light was different – it was in the shade
The ‘canvas’ the artists had to work with was entirely different
Large walls and the sides of two story buildings
These are just a few more of the murals in Fifth Lane Mackay
If you want to see it best……Click/ tap or finger slide to enlarge
https://www.mackay.qld.gov.au/facilities/council_facilities/fifth_lane_street_art
For more wonderful art – pop over to Monday Murals hosted by Sami
it’s a colourful world over there with lots to see
State borders being closed in 2021 during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic meant we had to extend our ‘winter break’ in Far North Queensland.
I’ve mentioned previously we spent some of that extra time visiting Mackay, learning about a small city 950km north of Brisbane but just a couple of hours (190km) south of Bowen.
Of all the many crafts I’ve tried to learn over the years
there’s one I’ve never been able to master
Crochet!
But I do recognise and appreciate skill when I see I see it
These are just a few items from another exhibition I/we went to at Artspace Mackay.
Which I’m sure will appeal to many of you.
(I’m sorry but I can’t locate the description plates that tell what each exhibit is)
However the subject was Lichen -that ‘strange stuff’ that grows on things
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen
https://www.anbg.gov.au/lichen/what-is-lichen.html
https://www.anbg.gov.au/lichen/what-not-lichen.html
Don’t Forget – if you want to see it best……Click/ tap or finger slide to enlarge
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https://mackaycreatives.com.au/user/traceyrobb/
Previous posts from Artspace Mackay
https://cranethie.com/2021/11/03/looks-can-be-deceiving/.
https://cranethie.com/2022/10/30/out-of-his-comfort-zone/.
Fifth Lane Street Art – Mackay Queensland September 2021
A fun way to spend some time getting to know a strange city
I’ll let your eyes roam up one side of the alleyway the way ours (and our feet) did
Fifth Lane Street Arts Project is the culmination of 16 local artists and five visiting artist’s work in an outdoor gallery that has something for everyone. source
Lots of great information at these two links 👇
https://www.mackay.qld.gov.au/facilities/council_facilities/fifth_lane_street_art
Click to access 5th_Lane_Street_Art_DL_Final_ART.pdf
For more – pop over to Monday Murals hosted by Sami
it’s a colourful world over there with lots to see
And Don’t Forget – if you want to see it best……Click/ tap or finger slide to enlarge
Bright and cheerful….
That’s how a local described the new ‘paint job’ on the public toilet block in Marian Qld.
While we were in Mackay last year we took a drive out through Marian to the Pioneer Valley and discovered they had indeed had a face lift. The pale blue Hens and Roosters decor from the last time we drove through (2009) was gone, they kept the same theme, altered the design slightly and went all green. It was certainly easier to see and access, using some of the grassy area as a parking spot.
And look what we saw in Yeppoon later that month.
More decorated loos – right there just a short walk up from the beach
The screened area to the right of the ‘gents’ is the same one as to the left of the ‘ladies’
It’s a shower – get rid of the salt and sand – area
And look, they both have dogs waiting patiently outside
Linking to Monday Murals – it’s a colourful world over there with lots to see.
Don’t Forget – if you want to see it best……Click/ tap or finger slide to enlarge
(Sometimes through a dirty windscreen – sometimes at about 100km an hour 😎)
We left Bowen driving south and said goodbye to cane fields at Proserpine with the little ‘cane train’ railway that runs across the road and where the mill (like others in the area) was working non stop processing the harvest.
Smiled again at the fun signs on the road to Rockhampton (aka locally as Rocky 😊)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockhampton
Had what (at first glance) looked like a very ordinary curry for dinner
Never doubt the talent of pub staff of Indian origin – local beef plus spices
Delicious!
Drove off early the next morning, waving to the ‘bull’ on the roundabout.
See ya next year!
We crossed rivers and creeks – some with water because of recent heavy rains…..some still dry….but waiting until the wet arrives further north later in the year and the water runs south when they and the nearby floodplains will fill.
And it’s that annual flooding rain (plus the flooding caused by recent La Niña events) as well as the constant heavy road transport vehicles (Road Trains) that has cause ‘pothole hazards’. Reasonably easy to see and hopefully manoeuvre safely around in daylight (not good for your car if you don’t) almost invisible at night or worse still downright dangerous when covered in water.
We found the overtaking lane round the corner where we ‘dutifully’ didn’t speed up but let others pass……
Including this big brute further down the road – not that we’d have much option where he was concerned 😟
Lots of other ‘big things’ moving along the road…..as well as…..
well, we’re not sure where this one was trying to go – the shredded tyre tells the tale!
(Nobody hurt and luckily no stock on board)
My last fish ‘n chip pub meal for a while I think – you can only have so much of a good thing. My water was served in a very ‘posh’ crystal looking glass 😊
Another early morning start, a goodbye wave at the Gunsynd statue in the border town of Goondiwindi – then across into NSW.
Where for most of the day it was All Change 🙁☔️
Nothing to see but rain until late in the day when we found a rainbow!
And guess what greeted us the next morning ……yes, more of the same😊
A dreary drive made better by ☕️ & 🍰 at the Tocumwal Pavilion across from the river
Then it was over the Murray and into Victoria.
(I was driving so no photos – the river was the highest I’ve ever seen it)
Things changed, became brighter so by lunchtime we had blue skies and fields of gold
No matter where we’ve been or how long we’ve been away I always have a little smile when this view at a roundabout near Yarra Glen appears. It means we’re nearly home!
Just another 20km to go!
The tv masts on the hills are those very same ones I can see from another angle – much closer to home – from my little library 2km from home 😊
For the next few days we thought Spring had arrived – the sun shone, it was pleasantly warm and a lot of the garden plants thought so too.
The clocks changed – happy summer days are on their way!
Unfortunately the weather had other ideas……it’s back to wind cheaters and tracky dacks round the house plus brollies at the ready if I venture out! This was the forecast yesterday when I was putting this together. Warm clothing still needed.
Come on Spring…it’s nearly November- come out come out wherever you are!
(Please don’t think my whinging about the weather here in Victoria doesn’t mean I’m not thinking about those in other states who are once again ‘living with heavy rain storms and possible flooding’. It must feel like living in a war zone with the prospect of more destruction coming their way….and – rightly or wrongly- we have been led to believe – not much help coming from governments.)
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Linked to Wednesday’s Words & Pics hosted by Denyse – you’ll find many interesting blogs there. Perhaps you’d like to join in as well.
“Why do you always go to the same beach?” I was asked not long ago.
There are other little bays close by – why don’t you go to any of the others?
See the red dot – that’s where we are staying.
Travel 2.5km east (right) and that’s where Rose Bay is.
Travel east, round the corner, then north a little and you’ll get to Horseshoe Bay (which is the place that person was alluding to)
https://www.tourismbowen.com.au/see-do/attractions/bowen-beaches
Yes it’s a lovely little bay – I can vouch for that – but to me it’s an ‘adults only’ bay.
I’ve only ever seen adults there – it has a certain appeal to older adults who congregate there en masse in winter – year after year after year.
It was early morning when I took these and the ‘line up’ had already begun. By mid morning those chairs will have almost covered the sands, the car park and cafe will be chockablock. Claims have been staked – the chairs will remain there all day long!
I’ll tell you a little story:-
I went there one year – one of the early years (2009) when we first started coming up here (before I’d discovered Rose Bay) – picked a spot under the trees on the left hand side, got comfortable in my chair, reading a book, enjoying the fresh air, not really looking at what was going on – after a while I realised others had set up a line of chairs beside me.
A woman was walking up and down in front of me pointing to where I was sitting and I could hear the others saying (quite loudly) ‘she was here when we arrived’.
Yes, you’re right – I’d placed my chair where she usually put hers…..
and she was not happy at all.
I came away and left them to it.
(I’ve actually heard of people being asked to move – ‘you’re in my spot’ – that’s how possessive some of them are)
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So, I replied, why would I go there when I could to another place – a quiet place
WHERE….
Sometimes I have company — Sometimes not
WHERE….
Grandmas can paddle in a rockpool while keeping an eye on young charges
Fishermen in wet suits stride from the water clutching a harpoon and net
Young lovers have room to walk and talk.
Young men do what many young men do on beaches – try to impress the girls.
(the young men and the ‘girls’/women came down from the caravan park round the corner favoured by young backpackers)
WHERE….
Saturdays are family days – days for teaching children about the ocean.
Mums and Aunties come down…..with paddle boards, kayaks and canoes.
Dads and Uncles do their share of baby minding – taking pushers to the waterline so the youngest ones can enjoy a ‘paddle’ and appreciate the ocean in their own way
A special place indeed.
(where my photos are taken from a distance)
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It’s really early Monday morning, (I’m about to press publish so fingers crossed it posts) after a warmish night a second cup of tea will be very welcome. This is our last week here but I’m not sure how much time I’ll be spending at my special place…….after all those weeks of cooler than usual weather, things have changed and this was last night’s forecast for the rest of the week!
I think I hear the sound of the air con at the library calling😊
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I’m linking to Wednesday’s Words & Pics hosted by Denyse – you’ll find many interesting blogs there. Perhaps you’d like to join in as well.
My iPad and Phone wallpaper from a few years back.
A reminder that if I wasted it I wouldn’t get it!
#Wonderful Wednesday #Wordless Wednesday
Today I’m joining in with Elephants Child and others at Sunday Selections.
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I smile each time I see these roadside tourist billboards thinking how lucky I am to be wintering in a fabulous part of our country.
Bowen is at the northern end of The Whitsundays
Big smiles all round (or rather, down the Highway) when I saw that just like last year, the ‘little yellow girls & boys’ were still working hard protecting road workers by indicating where overhead power lines were.
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From a distance I thought this was a real house gecko on the painted shed doors out the back of a Proserpine cafe – a laugh and a smile when I realised it was a decorative door handle
This is a real one!
A smile when I saw it clinging on for dear life to a dusty window frame in another shop….followed by a frown.
They are supposedly nocturnal so why was it out and about?
Murals are a ‘big thing’ in Bowen and this is one I hadn’t seen before. Another of those drive down an unfamiliar streets and get a surprise moments!
Painted by James Ellis – the same young Brisbane street artist I mentioned last year.
Eye catching isn’t it.
Well placed and visible from a distance.
Playful dolphins make me smile any time I see them
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And finally a little scene from Rose Bay one morning last week
Low tide, the seas were like a millpond – just right for kayak lessons on the shoreline
I’m not sure who was going to have the most fun.
Dad or the two littlies brandishing their paddles
Do pop over to EC’s and see what beautiful photos she has to share today.
Sunday Selections– a place to share photos…..old and new
It’s been a funny old week where we had a few rainy days
Mornings of heavy cloudy skies
Along with some cool gusty southerly winds
Followed by soft gentle stuff
One morning we thought we left it in Bowen but it followed us down The Bruce to the ’big’ shopping centre at Cannonvale and then hung around while we lunched at Sailing Club in Airlie Beach
It came and it went and there was no sign of it a couple of days later when we went to the Sunday market
Unlike the torrential monsoon rains that come earlier in the year during ’The Wet’ It had been soft gentle rain just like The Irish Descendants sing about in this song
A gentle mist all heaven kissed
Like teardrops off an angel’s wing
Don’t you know you’ll cleanse your soul
With a walk in the Irish rain
Here it is Monday again – wonder what’s in store for this week?
Life is a little unstructured at the moment. We don’t seem to have found the usual rhythm of this time away yet….Some years (a bit like at home) there is a pattern to the days……nothing is planned too far in advance – some things are marked on the calendar but can be can be removed/changed if ’a better offer turns up’
We’ll just take things as they come – hopefully it’ll be a bit warmer than it has been. I feel the cold and rug up like a local so must say it’s been strange seeing others also wrapped up in their ‘cool weather travelling up from down south clothes’ …..I smiled inwardly but didn’t say anything when I heard one camper revealing to others she was still wearing her winter pjs where by now nights would be warmer and she’d be in summer nighties
lol All must be ok in my world when my main thought is what is the weather’s going to be like…..here’s this week’s forecast.
Looks like I won’t be putting my winter jammies away anytime soon if Thursday Friday and Saturday night are anything to go by😊
Why don’t you pop over to Corinne’s blog – she’s hosting Monday Musings.
(It’s possible this will be one of my rambles where I start somewhere and finish elsewhere)
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There’s been a little bit of tension in the park over the past few days
Most ‘residents’ are older retirees, at the moment the majority are here for the season (May to September), although there are some travelling ‘seeing the sights’ avoiding the winter weather down south, some could be younger (with or without young families)on the road doing their lap, plus with school holidays still on there are some with youngsters hurtling round on bikes and scooters.
Apart from those like us who are using cabins everyone else is living in tents or ‘homes on wheels’ of all shapes and sizes and vintages –
Which means it’s an outdoor lifestyle – for the majority gathering with others would be outside or in the park facilities like the pool, camp kitchen (open on three sides) laundries (also open on three sides) as well (for some) the various toilet/shower amenities blocks ( which for privacy are enclosed).
Contrary to what so many of the population think/believe Covid-19 hasn’t gone away…..it’s still out there and case numbers are on the rise again. I’m not sure why people are loathe to take precautions, there seems to be a belief that vaccination prevents them being infected rather than lessening the effect so mask wearing is scorned – when the staff are available cafes & restaurants are doing big business, theatres, ’pub nights’ and other gatherings are all the rage again.
The Golfer is a chatter….he’ll stop and say Hello to anyone….especially if there are other fellas gathered at someone’s ’door’ (men can gossip as much as women – they tend to hover out the front of other vans and motors discussing this that and the other) …..which means (whether I want to hear them or not) he often relays some of the snippets he hears here and there.
He began the other day with “you’d never guess what”……seemingly the wife of one of the other men came back from the shower block all in a tizz about something.
She’d been finishing up, brushing her hair before leaving and another woman came to the next mirror so they’d begun chatting (as you do) – the chat turned to the hot topic of covid and how lucky they were to be out on the road and not in towns where it was raging and even though (rightly or wrongly) many restrictions had been lifted if you did become infected self isolation was one way of breaking the cycle.
She’s about to leave and the other woman moved closer, looked her in the eye and whispered…..”I tested positive a couple of days ago, I certainly haven’t reported it and theres no way I’m isolating. I’m not staying in my van away from everyone else – no one’s going to tell me what to do” and with that walked off out the door.
So we had one previously happy camper worried sick in case she’d become infected by someone she didn’t recognise and hasn’t seen since (possibly a short stay/overnighter whose site was in another lane) – other campers also worried not knowing if they’d crossed paths with the infected unknown woman – who now (if what she said is true) is out and about infecting others.
I’m amazed no one has reported it to the office…..… there’s nothing anyone can do, there are no rules no reprisals…..’because the onus is on us to keep ourselves safe’ …..seems to be the attitude. I can’t be the only one wondering if they’re just a lonely voice pleading with others to be sensible – it’s not just about yourself, you have a responsibility to keep others safe as well.
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I nipped out after I wrote this and took these.
Seemingly it’s called a Millard ’Slide – On’
Handy if you dont like towing but….according to this review not quite as simple as tossing one on the back of your old ute
Corinne hosts Monday Musings. – pop over you never know what you’ll find to read
This morning I made my way to the water – and was able to breathe.
The second set of two days on the road turned out to be rather eventful ones
Ones we’d rather not repeat
One of us with an Asthma flare up and the other with ’mild’ gastro had us coughing and stopping far more frequently than usual from Goondiwindi to Rocky then on to Bowen 😯😟
Anyway we’re here now – whatever the cause the problems have subsided
The Golfer took his big hat and his clubs out ….I took a beach towel, sunnies and a book
Today all is well with us and our world……hope all is well with you and yours
Two days down – two more to go
‘Crisp’ mornings – sunny cool afternoons – no rain (or floods).
Minimal traffic (few trucks) – lots of roadworks😟
No dramas except for discovering the bottle of water laid across my bag containing 4 days clothing hadn’t been closed securely – thankfully the motel had laundry facilities with dryer!
Summer holiday No wrong season – We’re all going on a Winter holiday.
(If the rain gods in NSW cooperate 😟)
Taking a little drive up the road early this morning – will see you when I see you 😎😎
Home for tea the day before Grand Final Day…..I hope!
(But I’m sure I’ll be here well before then😊)
Still Waters 