Greetings from Ingham our new stopping point for about a week. We stayed at the caravan park last night. Thank goodness for aerogard and flyspray as the mosquitos were the worst we have encountered on our journey so far. Mercifully the weather has improved and the forecast is fine for the next week although that's just hearsay at the moment. We packed steadily this morning and left after having showers at around 10. Once parked in the main street Susan proceeded to the bank for a long session which consisted mainly of sitting around waiting to be served. We had coffees and lunch and ventured to the residence of our new HelpEx host Glen. The house is a large rambling Queenslander which is being renovated. Currently in residence are Glen and Cynthia with Helpexer's Astrid and Mo(ritz) from Germany. At this stage it looks like we will be renovating a kitchen upstaiirs which should be interesting. We have set the camper up in the back yard and will use it as our sleeping quarters. It is very bug proof as the mosquitos have only abated slightly on our move into town.
Mo the physicist and Astrid the school teacher cooked Quiche and apple crumble for tea. I am out here typing while the sounds of a scrabble game drift in from next door.
Tomorrow we start work although i will be taking some time to once again dry the roof bag. I am going to add some drain holes to the bottom to allow the water to escape where it pools between the slats. An admission of defeat in my crusade to stop it from leaking!. I also have a large pot of canvas waterproof as it is time to retreat the swag and the weather will ensure speedy drying.
The house here is open which is interesting when cane toads start hopping around my feet as i type!
Goodnight from Katter country.
Cheers Simon
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