Lovely
sunrise colours at 6am – nice temperature now too, not as chilly.
7am
22 degrees, blue sky with a few clouds and a light breeze.
Did
the final packing and gave the cottage a final clean then headed off back out
to the highway and down to Leonora.
Topped
up our water at Leonora and got a map of the pending areas around Malcolm Dam
where we can detect legally.
Pulled
up at Mark and Heidi’s van to say hello. They parked closer to the dam which is
very low.
We
parked in our spot under the big tree. Steve’s fireplace needs fixing up and
others have been leaving heaps of old bottles, tins, little gold crucibles etc
that they have found around the area.
The
wind has stopped so it is warming up quickly. 34 degrees at lunch time – in the
shade of the tree.
Went
out detecting. Found a creek which has been dug out to make a good sized dam
and it has water and fish in it too. We drove over the causeway.
I
found 5 cents so we are in the money already!!
We
both found a little bit each so we are on the board to start our 6 month
detecting season. Steve marked his with his smiley face while I kept with the
little rock cairn as my marker.
Rebecca
rang to wish me happy birthday for tomorrow – lovely to hear from them both.
They are heading over to NZ soon to see their granddaughter again.
Late
drinks with Heidi and Mark and lots of chatting as it is 2 years since we were
last together in this exact spot. The mozzies are very small but boy can they
bite. Steve got the fire going and the billy on to heat some shower water. Not
that we need it too hot as it is still quite warm.
Pretty
sunset colours on the cloud band to the west.
Lovely
evening – the sky seems to have even more stars in it.
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