7am
32 degrees, clear sky and light breeze. The esky fan worked well all night
giving us a nice cool breeze.
Steve
and Wendy rang for a chat – selling their pop-top caravan and upgrading to a
newer one.
Worked
on my blog – very still now so feeling quite hot.
Rang
Jess for a chat to see how her new job was going.
Had
our cuppas in the pool – still refreshing enough.
Worked
on my jigsaw in the cottage. Steve used the old ute to collect old pipes etc
and piled them in the ‘store’ area.
Had
lunch in the van as the little flies are back in the hundreds. A storm is
building, 42 degrees in the van. Put some cold water in the evaporative fan to
keep us cooler.
Rob
arrived so he and Steve wandered around talking about the wells, yards to be
built for the cattle etc. They removed the solar pump and put it down one of
the other bores and shifted the solar panels but the clouds have come over so
it won’t work till the sun comes out again. There is a big tank on top of a
stand so they are going to see if it is ok by pumping the water into it – also it
was a bit smelly so Steve didn’t want it going in the main tank yet.
I
took the evaporative fan into the cottage and continued working on my jigsaw.
The
wind has picked up blowing into the storm. Some rumbles of thunder and then a
few drops of rain fell.
More
rumbles then a 10 minute downpour with the wind blowing in from the north then
whizzed around and blew in from the south so I closed up all the van. I went to
close the shower hatch and the cover has blown off – will have to order a new one
now. It was very nice getting wet in the rain but it was only just enough to
settle the dust.
Chatted
while the storm passed over – a couple of good flashes of lightning. Eventually
the sun came out again and they were able to check the pump was working ok.
More
dark clouds came so Rob headed back to the homestead but will be back tomorrow
to do the bore run with Steve so they can work out what to do with the other
two dry wells.
Wind
picked up again as another cell passed over us but only a few drops of rain.
Checked the rain gauge – 13 ml but Rob says it isn’t the correct measuring cup
in there so it is probably reading too high. Waiting to get a proper one from
BOM.
Refreshed
ourselves with another dip in the pool while we had our drinks.
Very
windy evening but no more rain. Cooked dinner in the van and watched a movie.
Rob said he has an internet connect thing for the TV in the cottage so we will
be able to watch Netflix etc when he brings it up next time.
Once
the flies had settled we emptied out half the dead flies as it was nearly full –
boy does it stink and there were maggots, probably from the big blow flies that
had invaded us recently.
Nicer
evening for sleeping with just the normal fan blowing.
NO
PHOTOS TODAY.
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