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Wednesday 1 June 2022 Today is the first day of winter and as I write to you it is a balmy 30°. Down south they’re expecting snow and blizzards! Earlier this morning a young trainee pilot was doing touch and go practice on the runway here. Watching him took my thoughts back many years ago
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Sunday 29 May 2022 Home is now under the lovely shady cool trees at the Riverside Caravan Park in Katherine. The park is high above the deep banks of the Katherine River, which is very wide here. The immediate river below is dry sandy beds. I think one of the channels further across may still
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FRIDAY 27 MAY 2022 We are now in the Northern Territory, having moved along from Camooweal. I need to catch up our ambles over the last few days: Last Saturday we enjoyed a pleasant night at the PO Hotel in Camooweal. Rosie came with us and we joined several other dogs and their owners in the
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SATURDAY 21 MAY 2022 This morning we planned to visit the Drover’s Camp Museum, in town. It is voting day for the Federal Election today and I was wondering whether we would see any evidence of activity here. I think about a third of the town’s population of about 300 must have come in early
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FRIDAY 20 MAY 2022 We have been on the road now for two weeks, and here we are camped at one of our favourite places. The brolgas, whistling kites, ducks, egrets, cormorants, mudlarks, galahs, herons, butcher birds, and other feathered locals have made us feel so welcome with their lovely song and funny antics. One
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TUESDAY 17 MAY Today we were car-less as Linus spent most of the day having her radiator replaced. It was very peaceful relaxing at the Sunset Caravan Park, which is so aptly named. The sunsets have been spectacular here – almost as if they were arranged especially by the park. Rosie and I explored the
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Monday 16 May Last night about 8 road trains (three carriages each) spent the night in the truck park beside the pub. As the sun peeped just over the horizon, tinting the sky a ruby red, first one, then the next slowly came to life, the engines increasing in powerful sound, and then the long
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14 May 2022 We enjoyed our extra day in Longreach, reading, relaxing and planning the next leg. I was thrilled when a family of Brolgas dropped in to say g’day. Along with pelicans they are my most favourite of birds. They are so elegant and regal. In the evening, we enjoyed a ‘date night’ dining
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Sunday 15 May 2022 Today dawned beautifully clear and sunny. A majestic group of Brolgas performed a low level fly past over camp with the soft whirring of their wings and occasional deep honk to announce their presence. It took my breath away as I looked up and saw them, so sleek and perfect as
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Friday 13 May I think Rosie might have remembered the Barcaldine Showground from our previous camp there last year. This morning she confidently led me around to the Rodeo ring, pausing to sniff the daisies on the way. There were a few horses taking training gallops around the racecourse, which caught her attention, although I
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