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Are they eating the road?
Hi All,
We awoke exhausted after last nights’ antics, well I did.
I was kept awake all night while Simon slumbered blissfully on. Now I know thunder can awaken you but I have now discovered that lightning can also. All was in darkness then a flash of light through the dense canvas not once but over and over, then the thunder.... I was calculating whether thunder can get to the peak for instant deafness 140dB, I reckon it was about 110dB a clap.
Actually Simon did wake a few times and was buzzing about checking the watertight capabilities of the canvas and our pegging and lashing erection earlier during set up. I reckon we have graduated from the Laurel and Hardy school, the tent stayed up and we stayed dry. After finally awakening at some unknown late hour, Simon checked the tent again and did find some minor leaks, corresponding to joins where vinyl meets canvas and dog piddle met canvas at Riana. We also noticed some staining on the top of the canvas and wondered if that was from the possums at Mt Field... how does one research such a subject hmmm?
The weather radar showed it would be overcast, showers and generally miserable all day, so we decided to drive back to Smithton and explore the town further – read get a Latte somewhere. We detoured to Marrawah and noticed that there had been some upgrades since we were there in 2007, we muttered that we were glad we had not camped there last night, a rather exposed site. Further up the road Dismal Swamp a favourite destination from our 2007 trip about 15kms before Smithton was closed, reason unknown.
We were delayed by an accident which the SES and CFS were cleaning up a camper had run off the road down a steep embankment. We tuned in to the radio but did not hear any further details on the news. Later skyping with Kaye she revealed the accident was on the news and when she heard it she thought of us, but when the reporter indentified the accident had occurred at 10am she relaxed “they wouldn’t be that organised” haha thanks Kaye.
We lunched at the Smithton bakery, had coffee at another cafe pottered about and headed “home”. This time I got a picture of a curious sign just before Christmas Hills, Simon reckons this is why the road is so bumpy.
A couple of other items of note. A dairy farmer has an underpass for his dairy cows, wonder how much that cost and did he get assistance from the highways department, the second was a couple of paddocks full of deer, what else would you farm at Christmas Hills!
We stopped off at the ranger station for the second time to pay our fees, but their machine is still malfunctioning, at this rate it might be cheap accommodation. The camp here is filling up with 5 groups adjacent to us 3 lots in their large motor homes which looked very precarious as they negotiated the road in.
I am quite attached to this old camper, basic but comfy, and even better when I have a drawer. Ahhh.
Night folks
Susan
YESTERDAYS PICTURES BELOW
Looking through the grass
Almost daybreak
Here comes the sun
Streetscape in Stanley
Church in Stanley
I was kept awake all night while Simon slumbered blissfully on. Now I know thunder can awaken you but I have now discovered that lightning can also. All was in darkness then a flash of light through the dense canvas not once but over and over, then the thunder.... I was calculating whether thunder can get to the peak for instant deafness 140dB, I reckon it was about 110dB a clap.
Actually Simon did wake a few times and was buzzing about checking the watertight capabilities of the canvas and our pegging and lashing erection earlier during set up. I reckon we have graduated from the Laurel and Hardy school, the tent stayed up and we stayed dry. After finally awakening at some unknown late hour, Simon checked the tent again and did find some minor leaks, corresponding to joins where vinyl meets canvas and dog piddle met canvas at Riana. We also noticed some staining on the top of the canvas and wondered if that was from the possums at Mt Field... how does one research such a subject hmmm?
The weather radar showed it would be overcast, showers and generally miserable all day, so we decided to drive back to Smithton and explore the town further – read get a Latte somewhere. We detoured to Marrawah and noticed that there had been some upgrades since we were there in 2007, we muttered that we were glad we had not camped there last night, a rather exposed site. Further up the road Dismal Swamp a favourite destination from our 2007 trip about 15kms before Smithton was closed, reason unknown.
We were delayed by an accident which the SES and CFS were cleaning up a camper had run off the road down a steep embankment. We tuned in to the radio but did not hear any further details on the news. Later skyping with Kaye she revealed the accident was on the news and when she heard it she thought of us, but when the reporter indentified the accident had occurred at 10am she relaxed “they wouldn’t be that organised” haha thanks Kaye.
We lunched at the Smithton bakery, had coffee at another cafe pottered about and headed “home”. This time I got a picture of a curious sign just before Christmas Hills, Simon reckons this is why the road is so bumpy.
A couple of other items of note. A dairy farmer has an underpass for his dairy cows, wonder how much that cost and did he get assistance from the highways department, the second was a couple of paddocks full of deer, what else would you farm at Christmas Hills!
We stopped off at the ranger station for the second time to pay our fees, but their machine is still malfunctioning, at this rate it might be cheap accommodation. The camp here is filling up with 5 groups adjacent to us 3 lots in their large motor homes which looked very precarious as they negotiated the road in.
I am quite attached to this old camper, basic but comfy, and even better when I have a drawer. Ahhh.
Night folks
Susan
YESTERDAYS PICTURES BELOW
Looking through the grass
Almost daybreak
Here comes the sun
Streetscape in Stanley
Church in Stanley
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