7.30am
18.5 degrees, clear sky and the strong wind is blowing again.
Drove
down towards the tourist attraction of Comet Mine to check out a pending lease
nearby. Unfortunately it was rugged hills so didn’t detect there. We went down
past the mine and followed another track. There were piles and piles of beer
bottles and ring-pull softdrink cans (which are celebrating 50 years according
to Facebook).
Had
a cuppa at the Jasper Mine where you can dig through the piles for a piece of
Jasper. The flat area in the creek that is full of coloured rock which people
thought was Marble (hence the name of the town) is actually Jasper.
Tried
another lease 30km north which was a Mining Centre as per Hema but it was just
a couple of shafts so no joy there either.
Rebecca
had rung so returned her call. She and Clive are heading off tomorrow for their
month trip to Iceland. They have had a lovely time recently with both their
daughters and grand-daughter visiting.
Rang
Erica to see how her plans are going for coming to Cairns at the end of
October. All arranged which is great.
I
went out detecting where Steve had found his bits yesterday. There isn’t as
many flies here which is wonderful but I keep my fly net on just in case.
A
car drove past and stopped to chat with Steve. They are retired couple who are
working at the roadhouse and caravan park. It is their day off and were having
a drive around hoping to spot some gold. Steve showed them the bits from
yesterday so they realise they won’t find any without a detector. She said the
people in the van park who detect are all very secretive so she hadn’t even
seen a piece of gold yet. Steve got out a bit of quartz with a spec of gold on
it from his crushed rock remains and gave it to her. She was thrilled. This is
why I think the gold fairies should be nicer to Steve and give him a bit nugget
as he is always helping everyone else. Oh well – we will keep looking.
I
came back with my 5 bits – very random but around the area Steve found his. The
sharp spinifex is very nasty when it pokes in through my pants.
This
tree is also very nasty has it has sharp thorns and the leaves are prickly too
so they grab my hair net and make me ‘wait-a-while’ till I get it off.
After
smoko the wind settled. No joy for Steve today.
Played
cards again while we had drinks.
Cooling
off quickly again as the sun set so closed up the van. Forecast is for 11 and
10 degrees in the early morning for the next week.
Leftovers
for dinner and a couple of movies. We do live a good life.
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