Day 414 Arthur River Friday 16th March 2012

View down the "main" street

MV Arthur Robinson

Dead wood

Hi Folks,
Tonight's blog starts last night after the blog was written and Susan climbed up on the bed to discover wet bedding. Unfortunately the mattress was pushed against the "wall" and a small leak had been soaked up by the sleeping bag mainly and the quilt and the sheets and the foam. Had there been a gap it wouldn't have been an issue. If we spent more time living under canvas this time out we would have sorted a lot more of these issues by now. I need to apply Seam Grip where the PVC is stitched to the canvas. It can be a bit hard to find in the shops so if your local camping store has some let me know, seriously!
Onto today. The weather gradually improved after a few showers early as did my humour. Once the sun came out we were able to dry the wet stuff in the tent. With the sun on it and the windows closed it reached a heady 31C inside. Taking advantage of the warm sun i reproofed the dog pee leak and sealed one of the vinyl seams with "Tarzan's Grip" which is urethane based glue with more volatile solvent than Seam Grip. There endeth the chemistry lesson. Camping is so much easier when the sun is out.
Happy that our equilibrium with the universe was restored with dry bedding we walked into town.
Susan successfully paid our camp fees via her card. We strolled over the river bridge which is barely one car wide. Passing motorists drove respectfully past us at low speed. After taking in the views we returned across the bridge where some young ladies in a Yaris did not show the same care and attention towards this elderly pedestrians as he videoed.
On our return to camp i took the car down to the river mouth to collect firewood. This is the only collection allowed here but there is tons of wood on the beach that is washed down the river. We need it to cook our pork roast in the camp oven tomorrow night.
We had a light tea and are looking forward to some sunny days with less breeze.
Looking forward to a pleasant nights warm sleep free of rain, thunder and lightning.
Night folks

Cheers Simon

"Careful!" (windy audio muted)

Arthur River (windy audio muted)

The runout at the mouth