hello readers,
Today was another warm one in the Isa around the 34 mark with no change predicted in the near future. Beautiful sleeping weather at night 12 - 15 degrees. This morning we toodled out to Lake Moondarra with the Titanic II loaded in the Pajero. Initially it was quite windy on the lake and being a fair weather sailor it looked like we might not get out. However we drove to various vantage points on the lake and looked around and the wind died so the decision was made to launch! The videos are posted below. The weed in the shallows was a bit of a menace but the motor started about third pull after i remembered to turn the fuel on! Susan had a short ride but is still a bit nervous on the water. I was cursing i didn't take a rod as i could have had a troll for the elusive barra since the lake is stocked. On our return we had lunch and beer and drove to the town lookout and after a fashion located the Irish Club with Irish food and Irish pokies :-). Susan has been chatting to the neighbours and got lots of helpful hints and information about finding work. We will investigate further after our Cape York trip. Tomorrow will be spent pre-packing and buying supplies for Lawn Hill Park since it will be 7 days away from civilisation although we may have internet coverage. No fishing is permitted in Lawn Hill creek and neither are outboards. So we will be rowing and walking. Just had another magnificent tea prepared by gordon blue. Tuna patties heated up from last night plus a salad containing roast pine nuts all washed down with semillon sauvignon blanc from the Yalumba cask. I must now go and complete my task, the dishes :-)
cheers Simon
P.S. these videos are shot in bluray resolution 1920x1080 and recoded to enable them to be published using Sony Vegas Pro and my trusty Dell E4300 laptop
......POSTSCRIPT
Simon was finishing the blog at tea time, and I noticed he was uploading 3 videos shot by me earlier in the day.... ME "you don't need to put all 3 up" HIM "yes I do because I'm the star" what could I say to that?
Interesting day for me from the perspective of thought processes and observations:
* 100 years ago camping in the creek bed and being as self sufficient as possible = poor and down and out..... today = rich (Winnebago or similar, satellite, solar, towalong car etc)
* The pace of life is different on the road, not slower just less complicated, everything observed and commented on, but also lots of reflective silence, people talk more, strangers walk up and spontaneously start chatting, its wonderful....
* One of our neighbours has not been in evidence at all since we arrived but materialised this morning - Ryan 22 years in the army now 4 on 4 off in the mine, had just driven back from Townsville and time with his wife and 4 year old son, we had a great chat sharing tales and a coffee for an hour or so....
* Gavin and Sue 3 "homes" down have been on the road two and a half years originally from Brisbane spent 2 years following Harvest Trail working in South Australia, gave use the Harvest Trail Book 2009 edition (I will get govt to post 2010 to Normanton for us) shared valuable tips for getting work, they manage to holiday 6 months and work 6 months.
* Simon posted a few days ago about my navigational skills it was rather unfair I actually navigate well its just that I don't know my left from right (I am sure there is some sort of dyslexia in the family, too long a tale for here though). Having finally sent an email to friends and family I awoke with a view of the computer screen in my minds eye...... yes that LEFT I directed people to is actually RIGHT, and Mary full marks for the BIG text in the email earlier, I enjoyed the laugh.
Susan
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