The humidity is enshrouding us as the remains of tropical cyclone Oswald meander down the coast of Queensland. There are some interesting rainfall predictions i.e >200mm. I am hoping against good judgement that the rain will hold off until Sunday allowing us to pack the canvas and head to the cabin for the remainder of our stay here.
We toodled up for a day in Taree today. Susan left early with Anna's car which had to be serviced. I followed with the ute and trailer containing the buggy to have it's starter motor issues rectified.
After offloading the buggy and trailer I caught up with Susan. We wandered around and were doing some shopping in Woollies when the opticians rang to say my sunnies had arrived. We chatted to the happy smiling ladies and said our goodbyes since it is unlikely our paths will cross again. Unless my glasses fall apart before we depart the area of course. The sunnies are very stylish. I am now breaking in my new multifocals or to be more correct training my eyes to adjust to them. The best test is to walk along shelves in shops looking at items and the price tags as your focus distance keeps changing. Another good exercise is to visit the local art gallery which is something we also did this afternoon after a 20 minute downpour had subsided. We had prior to this gone to the cinema. However one film that we might have watched had already started and the next was "The Life of Pi" which I had seen 3.14159 times already. We stopped for lunch at Fish Fish Fish where we had a respectable meal. Some time after we had left Susan deduced she had been over charged and returned to reclaim $5.
There were two exhibitions at the gallery, a set of underwater pictures of a search for wrecks off the Great Barrier Reef and Red Rock & Rust Belt which was a comparison between Petra and Detroit. The link shows the pictures and explains the idea.
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| I didn't read the info accompanying this sculpture |
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| I presume it was a man's dream of what to do when the family is bugging him |
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| An outside sculpture |
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| Ditto above |
We sat for some time listening to the talking book in the Pajero before having tea. As previously noted sitting here this evening it is quite humid and the odour of grass rotting under the PVC floor is gaining momentum. The main door fly zip is becoming more dysfunctional and I am hoping it will survive until we return to Adelaide and our local canvas shop.
I am trying for an early night tonight. Must be some sort of a record not yet 10 pm and the blog is written and published.
Cheers
Simon
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