Sunday

Sunday, 22 July 2012

Saturday was a near perfect, tropical day – clear skies and a gentle breeze, with little humidity.

Unfortunately, being in Hobart, Les was unable to join us for lunch at the Trinity Beach Tavern. James and Maureen asked Red, Carlene and myself to join them for lunch before they set out for their adventure to Cape York. The tavern sit situated right on Trinity Beach and the restaurant tables were set out on the upstairs balcony – a perfect spot to sit and watch the boats go by. The men seemed to find the scenery on the edge of the beach far more interesting, for some reason! As we were leaving, we spotted a helicopter hovering over the sea off Palm Cove and watched as someone was winched into the helicopter from the sea. A flare had been activated at sea level, so we were left wondering if this was a real rescue or just a drill.

This morning was overcast until about lunch time, when the breeze cleared the skies and the temperature quickly rose from 22 to 27 degrees.

We farewelled James and Maureen early this morning and wondered if their nice, brand new, white Mitsubishi Challenger would look as white when they return!

This afternoon, Rex, Carlene and I headed for the bowls club to take part in the Sunday Scroungers game. When we arrived well before the closing time, we were told that the game had been cancelled because only a couple of people had rung up and put their names down. As we were feeling rather “down” after this disappointment, we decided to head for the Esplanade, a gentle walk around the lagoon (just to keep Rex happy and Carlene to try out her new pedometer) and some comfort food (ie ice cream).

Then it was back to the caravan to listen, tensely, to the Swans defeat St Kilda and retain their position on top of the ladder. Cheer, cheer, the red and the white …

There is a cannonball tree near the entrance to the caravan park. This large tree has enormous seed pods circling the trunk – they are the size and shape of cannonballs. Not a tree one would want to relax underneath.