15th July – Wednesday
Another exciting day in downtown Georgetown!!!
We are now well known among the locals – everyone we meet asks if we are the break-down people. Nearly about to have another one, after spending an hour and a quarter talking to Telstra!!! Don’t ask.
To fill in the day, we first decided to finish off the town circumference walk. This time we headed south along the creek, scaring a number of cows in the process. Walked past the council depot – just like all council depots – and ended up at the rodeo grounds. All these tiny towns have large rodeo grounds, which are probably used once or twice a year. It was here that Les met a donkey, which was quite intent on coming with us and needed to be convinced that it lived at the rodeo grounds. Past the airstrip to the water tank, then back into town along the levee bank. A rather strange sight was a helicopter parked in the back yard - where else would one park it?
Back at the caravan and it was time to talk to Bushy about travel arrangements for tomorrow. Mrs Bushy has decided she would like to go shopping in Atherton (only returned from Sydney yesterday!!!), so Les will have to catch the bus to Atherton, which leaves here at 11.00 am and doesn’t arrive until about 4.00 pm. Hopefully, the car will be fixed by then (fingers crossed) but it will be too late to drive back – not a good idea to drive after dark. This means a night in Atherton, at least. We still have to take it day by day and hope that it wont be necessary to wait for a part.
This afternoon we decided to have a bocce challenge and were very quickly joined by another couple. We didn’t keep score, but it was fairly level going. Which is more than could be said of the ground, which did provide quite a few challenges, with super fast dry grass, long rough, bare dirt and kangaroo poo.
Then to fill in the remainder of the afternoon, I talked to Telstra.
Another exciting day in downtown Georgetown!!!
We are now well known among the locals – everyone we meet asks if we are the break-down people. Nearly about to have another one, after spending an hour and a quarter talking to Telstra!!! Don’t ask.
To fill in the day, we first decided to finish off the town circumference walk. This time we headed south along the creek, scaring a number of cows in the process. Walked past the council depot – just like all council depots – and ended up at the rodeo grounds. All these tiny towns have large rodeo grounds, which are probably used once or twice a year. It was here that Les met a donkey, which was quite intent on coming with us and needed to be convinced that it lived at the rodeo grounds. Past the airstrip to the water tank, then back into town along the levee bank. A rather strange sight was a helicopter parked in the back yard - where else would one park it?
Back at the caravan and it was time to talk to Bushy about travel arrangements for tomorrow. Mrs Bushy has decided she would like to go shopping in Atherton (only returned from Sydney yesterday!!!), so Les will have to catch the bus to Atherton, which leaves here at 11.00 am and doesn’t arrive until about 4.00 pm. Hopefully, the car will be fixed by then (fingers crossed) but it will be too late to drive back – not a good idea to drive after dark. This means a night in Atherton, at least. We still have to take it day by day and hope that it wont be necessary to wait for a part.
This afternoon we decided to have a bocce challenge and were very quickly joined by another couple. We didn’t keep score, but it was fairly level going. Which is more than could be said of the ground, which did provide quite a few challenges, with super fast dry grass, long rough, bare dirt and kangaroo poo.
Then to fill in the remainder of the afternoon, I talked to Telstra.
3 comments:
You obviously finally found an English speaking person who works for Telstra!
Hi Less and Pauline,
Hope all goes well tomorrow and you are back on the road again travelling and seeing more of this big country.
Hi Les and Pauline
Finally, a good news story about Telstra! So pleased they were able to relieve your boredom. Unfortunate that they undoubtedly caused you a massive amount of grief and stress in return for the entertaining conversation.
Good luck with the vehicle repairs.
Denby
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