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went in a local pub today & met Mike Lambourne from Blackpool!! small world.The Bull is there cos they roam main roads & scary (Big Buggas!) tomorrow we can vote early (Aug 21date) because we are travellers Here in Oz voting is compulsory Fines are imposed for NOT voting The weather here is perfect Went to the markets and was fortunate to watch a balancing/juggling act (pics to follow) The market atmosphere was really friendly.We carried on to a pub ( Matso.s) where we met Mike.Next came the RSL Club (equivalent to the British Legion) again locals very friendly and the club a great memorial to the war dead ( display of old rifles/machine guns/gas masks etc) Might go back and seek permission to photograph the items Evening ended with myself having a few drinks Unfortunately Annie cant drink (hence me driving to the pub & Annie driving home !!)
arrived at Broome and expected to stay overnight BUT we like this site SO will do a week & leave Tuesday AM for Derby.Did a London Bus tour of the area today and was informative.The town boasts an open air cinema ans the seats are deck chairs ! ( featured in a film called Bran Nue Day)The bus is running well and comfortable..There is a shooting range on this site Ive tried to encourage Annie to take ‘mystery/walks !!! I’ve taken to drinking Bicardi in preference to beer and it is quite nice !! Dont let people tell your retirement is borin Its Not !!More soon
We are SO pleased on the outcome of this ‘fix’ Click photo to enlarge
Dead pleased on the fixing result !!
Oh Dear !! What a piggin Day !!
yesterday was a pig of a day !! reversed into a 4WD and tore me back panel lights of just as we were leaving !! MY fault !! fixed it up with 2 screws and drove 9 kms on an outback track road stoppin every so often to check ( we couldn’t get any screws from ANYBODY) drove a further 300 kms and luckily it held.Spent $50 in Broome on drill/screws & a tube of silicon !! Me n Annie spent around 3 hours fixin it up re connecting wires Siliconin the gaps and after loads of patience it looks better than new !!!! Annie remained very calm thru out the ordeal & is learning rapidly to ‘chill out “
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Annie woke me up with a brew (tea) and we relocated the satellite away from this constant wind. Having done that Ann has ventured down to the beach collecting sea shells Being Sunday we had a leisurely day short walk on the beach The tide goe2 out a very long way (reminds me of my hometown beach at Blackpool) & deposits 1000,s of sea shells ( Ann has a good collection already) In the afternoon a mini open market is held on the camp village green (Usually books/DVDs & made up trinkets) Didn’t buy anything The day ended on its usual windy note (getting a wee bit boring now)
Awoke to find neighbours around us on the move & the wind is still around BUT at least the weather is warm Neighbours asked for a demo on our satellite and could we get it to work? Has been brilliant until someone asked!!! Spent most of the day in frustration to NO avail..so? what to do? Have a BBQ and finish me Bacardi off !! It turned out to be a brilliant night ,sides aching with laughter !! met a couple from Egypt ( No I’m not going to walk like one !!) and another group from Adelaide .They had so much fun they left their contact details to meet up in Adelaide (around Nov) stayed up playing an addictive card game on me puter till gone midnight & sod the TV !! the lady from Adelaide gave us a brilliant sea shell (hard to describe) and will put a picture on me blog soon (anyone knowing of its origins let me know)
Annie ( bless her !!) has spent the morning clothe washing while i had to do me blog !! Still windy in Paradise and hasn’t let up since we arrived.The Egyptian bloke has moved to next site to us ( His Motorhome is MASSIVE,needing a special licence to drive!!)tis our last day here Will be spent cleaning up and getting ready to depart for Broome tomorrow
Take a look at we missed at Xmas
Lots of sneezing during the night,,,Outside was very windy and Motorhome doing a lot of swaying (and NO im not doing what people might think I’m doing because of rhythmatic bus movement !!!) Apparently this camp site was devastated last December when a Cyclone hit have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adEk9M3gFHQ Take alook what we missed Xmas the campsite has its own mini market selling household stuff plus camping equipment. We have learnt how to put guy ropes on our canopy & will buy matting for the floor area( very popular with Motorhomes/caravans etc & turns the canopy area into another room At the moment it is too windy to put the awning ( canopy ) up Evening we went to BBQ area and coked the last of our RSL meat raffle winnings !! The area is nicely set up with concrete tables & very clean Tonight’s crowd were very chatty and have travelled from Adelaide (where we are eventually heading before our UK trip in Nov) Wind played havoc with our Satellite dish BUT was stable enough for Annie to watch her fav prog (Doc Martin)
Watch me play Didgeridoo
Geoffs Life After Work ! 