7.30am
10.3 degrees, clear sky and no wind. Felt ok so didn’t need the heater on.
Kerry
found the Rainbow Bee-eater in her bird book. I had been calling them
beekeepers. She said her father hated them as he kept bees and they would sit
on the fence and just gobble them up.
Went
back to the leases and tried other spots but no joy. Parked in a dry section of
Mosquito Creek for lunch under the big gum trees.
Explored
another spot and Steve found an old track that lead up a gully to a horizontal
shaft half way up the side of a mountain. We walked up to check it out – forgot
my camera. I was ok going up but I will need Steve to be able to go back down.
Steve, Brian and Kerry continued further up to two more vertical shafts but
they didn’t seem to connect with the horizontal one. Amazing to think what they
accomplished with so little equipment and so little food and water.
At
the last stop, not far from the main road, I spotted some scrapes and I got one
tiny bit. Brian found two even smaller bits so he has definitely got the knack
in listening for the gold signal.
It
was a lovely temperature today with a gusty wind.
We
just got home when Jon rang about some mail we had received. Had a lovely long
chat with him then the phone reception disappeared – it is weird.
Another
great evening chatting – will miss them.
NO PHOTOS TODAY
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