Well, it certainly has been interesting here in Townsville. We've been kept busy with so many things. You wouldn't think for two retired people we could be kept so busy.
We got into town last week.
This is the view from the caravan park we're staying at. Just opposite Magnetic Island. Nice tropical spot.
Even the local sparrows found a nice little cubby hole to settle their family into.
But that didn't last too long as the demolition team got in and pulled it apart and filled it with an empty Burger King Bag. So Mr. & Mrs Sparrow were forced to find other accommodation.
The warm days and nights isn't something we were used to, so we've tried to acclimate as much as possible....... by spending the day in air conditioning,.... as much as we could. So we've been to the malls, watched a movie, gone to the river to do fishing......in the shade. We've had ice cream on The Strand. (boardwalk) But all in all we are having a great time. It's been extremely relaxing.
The famous Melbourne Cup has come and gone. I placed my annual bet and won. To date I still haven't gone in to cash in my winnings. And right after that happy and exciting news, we discovered that someone backed into my car and damaged the headlight. Hrrmph! I put this down to the Yin and Yang of life. It comes in and goes out, like the tide. Ah well.
And while we've been here, Tillie has put on a very special performance for Jenny's neighbours and has now been evicted from Jenny's backyard. So with a quick phone call to friends Jeanette and Merv, they've rescued Tille who desparately needed constant companionship to ease her stressed out nerves. And with guilty relief, Jen and Scott delivered Tillie to Jeanette and Merv. But it's all good. I just hope Tillie will WANT to come home with me after all the loving that Jeanette and Merv will give her.
And while we've been here catching up with Robert and his new gal Casey, we got to meet her mum and new step dad. Robert is in heaven. Very domesticated already and there's talk of babies on the horizon. Both seem to be very dedicated in their chosen careers. Rob needs to finish his apprenticeship out and Casey has one more year of University left. And there's talk of moving to Darwin after that. I had hoped they would move closer, not further away, but I don't see that happening soon. Maybe when the grandkids come.
And in the meantime, during all this, we've dropped the Scout off to get it's paintwork done. Chris FINALLY picked a colour and that's DONE!! I've never seen anyone stress so much over a colour before. If he asked me once, he asked me a thousand times,.."what colour do you think I should paint the scout?" AAARRGH!!! I TOLD YOU! "Why do you keep asking?!" SO!...The colour is called Neo Blue. The roof is going to be blue as well, not white. We originally started off with red body and white roof, and it's all changed now. But with agony .. and reluctance, Chris finally made his choice. And while he frets over the Scout, he's now frustrated cause he has a BROKEN Landcruiser. You just can't win. Both will be fixed in time and BOTH will be pretty again. And both will be parked at the OUTSIDE of the carparks from now on, so they don't get damaged.
Well, we had a fish today in the river, but no bites on the lines. So we settled for Cold Rock Ice Cream on the boardwalk and a nanna nap this afternoon.
Oh! and we bought a little LCD TV for the caravan. And after Chris attached the base of the TV to the stainless pull-out tray, I put all the plugs into the TV and promptly zapped an electric line that runs the water pump, two lights, and basically one side of the caravan. So with a call to our second year apprentice son, who sounded reluctant to help, we now wait to see if we have to have an Auto Electrician have a look or if Rob CAN help out. We THINK it's going to be easy, but not sure.
We have four more days here in Townsville. Tomorrow, the Landcruiser is having racks put on the roof while we spend two hours waiting ....AT THE MALL ...in the air conditioning. And being female, I certainly don't mind that one bit. I might send Chris off to the OTHER side of the mall while I 'girl' shop, otherwise he'll be over my shoulder, harping..."what do you need that for?" " we don't need that, you already have one.""don't buy that, you can get it cheaper elsewhere" blah, blah, blah blah,...I think Woolies has earplugs.........
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