7.30am
9.5 degrees in the van, clear and sunny. Heater on for an hour for breakfast
and to change – nice to warm up the clothes in front of the heater before putting
them on.
A
vehicle towing a camper drove past us down the track then turned around at the
boggy section and went back again – we thought we would be all alone!!!
Boys
went investigating. I had marked all the mines etc and our 40E boundary on the
Hema so they can work out a place to camp. I uploaded my blog while I had good
internet service.
Nice
and warm in the sunshine – even took my jumper and boots off by lunchtime. The
boys came back for lunch – found a caravan park!! 4 other vans on a 40E that
covers our 40E – you pay the mines dept $25 and they ask the exploration
leaseholder for permission for us to be on the lease and then we get a letter
to send to the pastoralist letting them know we will be on the area – valid for
3 months from when you apply (note it takes 21 days before you get the ok!) It
just provides you with permission to be in an area but no rights to it.
Obviously more than one 40E can be over an area.
Packed
up after lunch and headed up to where they are camped – there is another
clearing away from them which someone has just left – even has a fireplace and
wood all ready to go!!
I
worked on clearing the bigger rocks to make a smoother path from the van to the
fireplace and put the rocks along the edge so I have a pathway to follow. Got
out my solar lights to light the path. After a cuppa the boys went wandering
looking for gold.
No
gold so we wandered over to chat with the others around their fire. They are
from Albury, Wodonga and Yarrawonga in Victoria – two couples and two men. They
are still finding small bits so it is still out there.
Back
to our camp and got the fire going. Heated up the leftover stew for dinner and
ate it by the fire. Very busy in the sky tonight – spotted 10 satellites –
three nearly crashed!! Can see the glow of a working mine in the
distance.
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