Another wet and humid day, just perfect for rest and relaxation. It was also a good day for our first visit this year to Rusty’s Market to stock up on fruit and vegetables– avocadoes (4 for $2) and Sebago potatoes being top of the list. We purchased a small roast of lamb and thoroughly enjoyed the lamb and roast potatoes; the fresh strawberries were also very tasty.
Saturday, 5 July 2014
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| Freshwater Creek |
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| Freshwater Creek |
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| Sing Australia |
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| Looking for somewhere warm to hide |
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| Are you sure it wont bite? |
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| Graeme, Gladys, Les, Zelma and Brian |
The rain disappeared overnight and the sun shone – and all
the women in the caravan park made a beeline for the laundry!
This morning we decided to visit the weekly Cairns market
near the Lagoon and decided it was very similar to previous years – plenty of
jewellery (some very good, some of a lesser quality) and local craft
works. There was certainly a good
variety of goods available to ponder over.
As we were wandering back to the car park, we came across a group of
ukulele players giving an impromptu performance, getting in some practice
before tonight’s attempt at the world record of the most ukuleles playing at
once.
After lunch, we went for a walk along Freshwater Creek and
took a few slices of stale bread just in case the fish were still under the
bridge. They were. We were also amazed at the large number of
Ulysses butterflies among the rainforest trees growing right to the creek’s
edges and even had a few fly directly above our heads.
Tonight we were lucky to a free sausage sizzle in the camp
kitchen, complete with entertainment.
The owners of the caravan park and their family cooked up sausages and
onion to be served with coleslaw and cheese, with at least 150 people expected
to eat. Our entertainment was the Cairns
Sunday, 6 July 2014
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| Hoppy waiting for breakfast |
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| Fish watching |
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| Fluffy pink flower |
Ditto the weather – another beautiful day with the
temperature around the 27-28 degrees; we are definitely looking for the shade.
We were very happy to see that the crippled bush curlew that
was in the caravan park last year is still here – he now comes and sits outside
the caravan at breakfast time and waits for a serving of chicken. His parents are also still in the park and
should start nesting in the next few weeks.
Today we drove to the Smithfield Shopping Centre, mainly to
stock up on some chicken products from Lenards, now that we have a bit of space
in the freezer. This afternoon, we
simply had a short walk to the creek to feed the fish (and mozzies) before the
football telecast. Fingers crossed …
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See you found a couple of shady characters from Hobart.
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