5th July – Sunday
A lazy Sunday, spent getting ready for the next couple of days on the road to Karumba – emptying the toilet and filling the water tanks. Between socialising and reading, we did manage to make it to the IGA Supermarket and wished we had gone there instead of Woolworths on Friday. On our way out the door, we met Colin and Mary Saul – I used to work with Colin in Devonport years ago. We met them in Tamworth last year and haven’t seen them since. Small world!
The bird life is incredible in this area. The last couple of days we have seen large flocks of budgies (thousands of birds), silver headed friar birds, the most beautifully coloured red-wing parrot and the most stupid of all birds – the bustard. These are large birds with extremely long necks and they think if they stand still, no one can see them. They are really noticeable when they stand in the middle of the road and don’t particularly hurry to get out of the way.
The wind has finally dropped and it is a glorious, sunny day – about 25 degrees. Very pleasant.
We have decided that Mt Isa isn’t really a place we would like to spend our retirement.
A lazy Sunday, spent getting ready for the next couple of days on the road to Karumba – emptying the toilet and filling the water tanks. Between socialising and reading, we did manage to make it to the IGA Supermarket and wished we had gone there instead of Woolworths on Friday. On our way out the door, we met Colin and Mary Saul – I used to work with Colin in Devonport years ago. We met them in Tamworth last year and haven’t seen them since. Small world!
The bird life is incredible in this area. The last couple of days we have seen large flocks of budgies (thousands of birds), silver headed friar birds, the most beautifully coloured red-wing parrot and the most stupid of all birds – the bustard. These are large birds with extremely long necks and they think if they stand still, no one can see them. They are really noticeable when they stand in the middle of the road and don’t particularly hurry to get out of the way.
The wind has finally dropped and it is a glorious, sunny day – about 25 degrees. Very pleasant.
We have decided that Mt Isa isn’t really a place we would like to spend our retirement.
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Sounds like you're having lots of fun! I'm sure by the time you get to Cairns, Mt Isa won't seem so bad!
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