Townsville
Made it past Rollingstone. Yay. Easy day into Townsville. Decided to "take it easy". So planned out the next week of short 60km days. Leaves lots of time to sit back and read a good book :-)
Sep 18, 2015
Sep 16, 2015
Rollingstone
Well back here again. Pretty much the same, but hotter. On the way here I did manage to pick up some road side items I had passed a few times already this year. That bottle of graphite powder. Finally thought of a use for it, and it was still there. How lucky is that?
The last few days have been a steady headwind and occasional showers. Just enough to provide some more humidity when the sun comes out. It's tiring to pedal in to the wind for five and a half hours a day, but that's the agenda for the next week.
School holidays start Friday, so I guess the coastal road is going to get even busier.
Aug 26, 2015
Cardwell
The weather has remained kind to me. After waiting about Townsville area for a week, I returned north for a bit. Need a bit of rest and recuperation.
Aug 16, 2015
The Strand, Townsville
Holey dooley, Townsville is going flat out! Stopped for a breakfast on The Strand just on sun up and for a quiet spot of brekkie. But it was not to be. First was the guy with the whipper snipper. He left and noise was still settling down, when the edge trimmer strolled past. He was followed a short time later by the dreaded leaf blower. Peace now? No, the leaf sucker was next.
Finally some quiet?
No.
A monument to turtles of the past, while their smaller offspring are harvested in the background.
The turtle harvesting commenced on the beach. Once they were large, big enough for two men to pick up and carry away. Now they are a lot smaller, and it's faster to harvest them with machines.
Australian Slang:
Holy dooley: Exclamation of surprise.
flat out: busy
Brekkie: breakfast
Comments:
Date: 2015-08-29 11:45
Author: John Oliver
Megan, what is turtle harvesting? Are they adult or juvenile? And are they being harvested for food? This disturbs me a lot!
Date: 2015-08-30 12:50
Author: Megan Lee Webb
Sorry John, I was taking the mickey
Aug 08, 2015
Rollingstone: I won the cake!
So excited. -You beauty! I won the cake! And a six pack of beer, but who cares about that. I won the cake!
I'd picked up coins today on the road, and when I counted them had $1. The Lions raffle was on, and the couple coming around asking to buy tickets. Tickets were $1. I knew it was mine:- I'd found $1.
Of course I won, else I would be so excited, eating cake and writing about it! Still, it's exciting :-)