So far it hasn’t rained in 6 weeks of travel.
Today broke that drought and at 5.30 this morning large sploshy drops of
rain started to land on the camper. These turned into frequent large sploshy
droplets and now we have rain.
Immediately the joys of camping evaporate as we are confined to a very small
space with two small [...]
Our first impressions of Kununurra were that it is a very beautiful place
indeed. The high ranges that flank the town make it quite spectacular and
the lush green gives it a great feel.
We have been vegging quite a bit since coming here and apart from doing a
drive around to the local spots of interest our only [...]
Some days kids can be complete little turds. This was one of them. Of course parents can be big turds too… but they can get away with it easier… That’s all I have to say about that.
‘Take it In’ by The Waifs has been a song we have listened to as we travel. It [...]
The backside of nowhere really can be a beautiful place…
For the last few days we were camped at Palm Springs, an inland water hole/billabong 45 km east of Halls Creek and a little piece of paradise.
We heard about it thru Greg and Danielle and decided we should stop and have a look. They didn’t take [...]
The visitor staggered into our camp at Palm Springs a little after dark and just as we were sitting down to dinner. He approached thru the scrub shining a tiny led torch and yelling “Where’s the cold water! Somebody tell me! Where’s the water?”
He collapsed on the ground by our table exhausted and maybe even [...]
Just a quick note for those who may wonder where we are and where we have been…
- stopped one night at Fitzroy Crossing – checked out Geiki Gorge – not the most exciting one we had seen and went to Danelle’s grandparent’s gravesites – missionaries up that way for 47 years – stayed at Fitzroy [...]
I headed down town today to get a new fin for my surfboard. A bottom turn in shallow water saw the old one snap off.
No one had a fin, but I went to the op shop to check out their selection of second hand books. As I was standing there I noticed a soft core [...]
‘Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pigs like it’
Much as it goes against this quote that I generally try to live by I’ve been doing a bit of pig wrestling lately and am feeling a bit grubby.
Waddya do hey?
If only life were simple…
Still I think it’s a great quote!
HD the [...]
There are few books that are able to blend depth of thought and substance of content and yet still be readable and accessible. ‘Enough
’ by Will Samson scores highly on all counts and even looks like passing the ‘Danelle test’. (Any book Danelle reads is worth noting as it means it is one I [...]
A few years back Steve Smith gave me a biography of Bonhoeffer entitled True Patriot that he felt offered some excellent insights to what was happening in the ‘emerging church’.
I finally got to read it and while I’m not sure exactly what Steve was seeing as of value I did find the story of Bonhoeffer’s [...]