Monday, October 09, 2006
We said our farewells to Henry, Vicki and Pete and headed south to Gympie. We had arrived at Ros and Mick’s place by mid morning. They live on a lovely property 10 minutes drive from Gympie. Our van fitted nicely under their very large carport. Ferg and I took a very long walk along the country roads in the afternoon. Twistie and I were worn out!
We spent a quiet morning around the house, chatting with Mick. His passion is hunting and he took Ferg deer hunting in the afternoon. Ferg changed into camouflage gear for the expedition. They left just after lunch and didn’t get home until late in the evening. They got one stag which Mick will keep for the meat. I spent the afternoon in Gympie discovering the shops much more civilized!
Ferg and I went driving today to investigate the countryside behind the
Ferg and Mick went to the Imbil rifle range in the morning. Ros and I did a bit of grocery shopping in Gympie. When the boys got back from their shoot we decided to drive out to Tin Can Bay. We enjoyed fish and chips overlooking the bay. Unfortunately the tide was out so we were overlooking the sand flats. Later in the day we took a walk down to the creek at the bottom of Mick’s property.
Sunday 8th October:
The valley was covered in mist this morning but the weather looks good for the day. We have booked a couple of dives with Wolf Rock Dive Centre at
Lucky we went diving yesterday, the change has come through and its cold and raining today. Spent the morning at home, we are heading off again tomorrow so we did a general clean up of the car and van. Ferg is off to the dentist this afternoon so hopefully it's nothing major.