Wednesday, October 17, 2007
August – September 2007
We arrived at Pete and Marlyn’s place in Stokers Siding ( just south of Murwillumbah), on the 24th August. They were heading off overseas for a month on 26th August while we looked after their place. It was nice to have a house to live in for a while. We got a surprise early one morning finding a large carpet snake just outside the front door. After much scratching of heads as to what to do we encouraged it with a rake into a large box and relocated via the wheelbarrow down to the bottom of the property. Not bad for city slickers!
Over the next month we played bowls, bowls and more bowls. There are so many different bowls clubs around the area that we could virtually play bowls every day of the week if we wanted to. Most mornings we spent in the garden pruning the winter frost bite off the plants and sowing new vegetable seedlings. It was enjoyable watching all the flowers emerging as the Spring weather set in. We watched a couple of shrikes build a nest on the veranda and over the next few weeks they sat on their eggs then two babies emerged. The day we left the fledglings flew the nest. In the afternoons we would go off bowling.
The week before Pete and Marlyn arrived home we held a “Glam Party” at their place. We invited a few friends and relatives and everyone dressed up in their best clobber. We had a great night and everyone enjoyed themselves.
The travelers returned on the 26th September, very tired but full of stories from 
They were pleased to be home and were very happy with our house sitting efforts. It was with some sadness that we left Stokers Siding as we had really enjoyed our time there. We took off on 2 October to continue our journey around
