A day in the life of grey nomads .

Just a short pictorial

Awake at sunrise

Catch the bait

Wait for a bite

Catch the fish

Clean the fish

First barramundi for the freezer . 

Phew , time for coffee

Extend the phone aerial

Beautiful sunset

Cook the catch

What a hard life !!!

4th June to 14th June

Have been a bit slack with the blog updates so here is the last ten days
We left our volunteering job and replenished a few supplies in Cloncurry then headed north
Stayed overnight at the old township of Mary Kathleen , a great free camp as it was last
year but heaps more busy .

Not typical Qld weather
Stopped overnight at Camoweal lagoon where we met up with Susan and Mark

Another cold night , had electric blanket on . Very cold wind next day , also about 35ks from
the south which was good for us going north , not so good for Susan and Mark . So we said
our reluctant goodbyes and headed into N.T.

Stopped about 40ks east of Barkly Homestead , still very windy and dusty . Fuelled at Barkly
where the cost of diesel was $2.07 litre , what a rip off .
Turned right and headed up to Cape Crawford 369ks , which is the next available fuel , only $1.99 .
Then 165ks to our favourite fishing spot . Last 26ks is gravel , but quite good as it has been recently
graded . Not many people here at the moment . They had 2 cyclones through here this year , but only
lots of wind with about 120mm rain each one . Bit of a pity, as a good wet improves the fishing as
it flushes the creek and river systems . Any way here we are . Very hot .

Our camp site for the next 3 months hopefully

First fish , 2kg Queen fish caught at 4.30pm and eaten at 6.30pm . Hows that for fresh

We will try and keep up the blog weekly . Fuel is $1.77 here .!!!

Thurs 23rd May to 3rd June

Well we have been totally out of touch with data , could only get enough service to use phone . Beverley's phone had no service at all . So here is our belated blog .
Left Cloncurry show grounds am and headed up to a property about 35ks on the Burke development road , towards Normanton . We were going to organise to come back on the Sunday to volunteer there for a week after we had been to the Burke and Wills roadhouse camp draft to help out with the Blazeaid bbq and  clothing stall . However this did not eventuate as I was asked if I would like to help in the cattle yards to draft out cattle to go on boat to Vietnam, they needed to get 280, all of a certain weight out of a mob of about 800 , all were heifers and had to be pregnancy tested , as pregnant cattle would not be accepted in Vietnam . So 6 hours later after being in full sun all the time we ended up with a full truck load of 280 .

So after a good nights sleep at the homestead on 500,000 hectares we headed off to Burke and Wills roadhouse to help our fellow Blazeaiders . We arrived about lunch time and helped the crew on the stall . Blazeaid had been donated 14 pallets of new country clothing . We were selling top name brand shirts and jeans for $20 each , we were rushed off our feet .

We then had a visit by Scott Morrison to thank Blazeaid for there work . He had been in Cloncurry and travelled up to the camp draft [ 186ks] ,

We stayed at the camp draft until Sunday afternoon

 Whilst we were at the camp draft we were asked if we could go to the brothers property which was just out of Cloncurry. So off we went to our new cattle station. What a magic place

When they learnt of my metalworking skills I was presented with a list of items for me to do .
I made 2 hay feeder stands , then on to making hat racks

This was of course in between gardening ,watering , mowing , weeding , pruning , planted new vegie seedlings and cleaned and tidied a very large shed . Beverley during all this time did lots of washing and folding and ironing for 3 cowgirls , a cowboy , a truck driver and the owner , wife and daughter , plus she helped with the meals at night . We were fed extremely well .

Very much over run with Corellas

Cowgirl Bella shoeing her horse

A bit chilly so overcoats on for everybody

Horses ready to go to work

 So sadly we left this morning , after the owners had tried to tie us up so we wouldn't leave .
It sure was a great experience , and we hope that they got as much from our company as we did from them . So we are back in Cloncurry at the showgrounds , which is free for Blazeaid , and hopefully will leave here on Wednesday for Batten Point , unless they find us more volunteering .