Caching in Nanago

 Heaps of caches here and we choose a road just out of town that had a few.

Someone had put a lot of thought into them.

The nose pulled off and log was inside, unfortuneatly the paper was very wet.

Came across this catsus while following my phone directions. Completely straight about four metres tall. Tree with face is just off to the left side.

This one was called dreadlocks and it had a hinged bottom.

Nanago

 First trip in the caravan, only 200 kms away for four nights.

Fridge seemed to be working well but the 12volt lights were not. Apparently we blew a fuse on the way up. Didnt notice the difference until we wanted to turn the outside jights on. Warren thinks he can rewire with heavier wire.

Making a list of what we need/want. Better pillows! We bought new pillows but they are not good, second night we put the back rest from the lounge behind us then the pillows.

I want a clock, not essential but I like to know the time.

Toaster and serving spoon. Wash8ng up liquid, I didnt have any at home because we use the dishwasher but thats fixed as we are only 200m from a servo and they had a few groceries items.

Need to replace paper towel holder, first stop, I opened the door to be greeted with paper towel unravelled all over the floor.

Dragon boat racing

 Early visit to Bribie Island and the dragon boats were out in force.

As my daughter exclaimed that they were vintage rowers, she said she didnt didnt want to use the word old.

We saw a mens team as well as the womens, ten on the mens, twelve on the womens, rowing in pairs, with one at the end beating the drum and one person at the other end with the steering oar.

Berthing the boat, then they picked it up and carried across the road to the enclosed boat lock up. Dont know when they started but they were out of the water by 7am.

Easter bunnies

 We did our grocery shopping on Wednesday as I knew Thursday was going to be busy, after all the shops would close for Good Friday. People do go a bit nuts before a public holiday.

I had a couple of things to do at a nearby suburb so we combined those, shopping and the usual morning tea.

These were our coffees, complete with Easter bunnies!

I did look at Easter chocolate eggs but Warren said we didnt any. Hot cross buns, love them but store only had fruit free ones so they were left there.

A fall from above

 Monday we were sitting quietly in the lounge while the floors were drying. Lucy was asleep and there was a mighty crash coming from the kitchen.  

The exhaust fan had fallen out!

The plastic cover was on the floor and the rest of it was resting on the stove top with the electric cord dangling. A gaping hole in the ceiling.

I was hoping there wasnt sets of eyes looking down at us. Possums and or snakes have been known to reside in ceilings.

On further investigations, there appears to have had three plastic clips holding it in place by screws, two were broken.

Warren got out the ladder and was able to screw it back into place using the outer rim.

Thank goodness we didnt have to put up with the hole in the ceiling for long. I guess after holding on upside down for twenty four years, it felt intitled to let go. Hopefully the repair will last a few more years.

Tenterfield

 Last motel stop, only 320ks from home. As we are maybe coming back here next month for an event, we didnt linger long. However I did see a famous tree not far away in town that was worth a quick visit.

It is a cork tree.

Believed to be the oldest and largest cork tree in Australia bought out in a jam jar in 1861.

Some people or something has prised some cork off it in places.

I went up the street to take this photo to try to get the size of it.

Moonbi and Uralla

 

Next stop was Uralla fir another walk around for an ad lab, first one 2as zcross from a school and we had to find what 6d would buy. The area was a very old unused swimming pool, the surrounds were almost completly overgrown. We had to resort to a location photo that was supplied, 6d or sixpence got the use of a locker. Then we walked the town for the rest. The sign Uralla was at the end if start of the town, in the top of the A is a sticker of a pair of undies. Someones sense of humour I guess. It rained most of the day, except when we walked the town and when I drove (usually if its going to rain it will do so when I am driving. Although I did have several kilometers of cattle to drive through yesterday.

We stopped at Moonbi to fill up with petrol, eckk $110 and the tank wasnt even near empty.  Fuel has increased in price from $2.04 to $2.49, luckily we wont need any more before getting home tomorrow. We moved on to a nearby park to have our morning tea and there was the chook about six feet off the ground. No explantation for it all.