7.30am
16 degrees, clear sky and gusty wind which is making the awning flap wildly. Greg
is 54 today – hope he has a nice birthday.
Went
detecting but only found rubbish.
Spent
the afternoon drawing plans for a new camper. Steve wants to upgrade the truck
to a 6 wheeler and put a removable camper on the back rather than tow a van. We
love our van but sometimes it would be go to be able to go up a track and not
worry about having to turn around with the van behind us. There will be
compromises of course regarding storage and the bed would be above the cab but
we will look into it and compare with what vans are available. Steve would
build the camper so it will be a long term job too. We will decide all this
when we get back to Cairns next year. We still have so much to see of Australia
and we would like to do the same in New Zealand so I will look into the costs
of transporting our vehicle over there rather than hire/buy one over there.
Anyway gives us something to think about.
Steve
went for another detect in the afternoon while I worked on my blog.
He
came back with a bottle for Mickey and no gold. He came across hundreds of
bottle/tin dumps – the tin has broken up over time and is scattered everywhere
making detecting for gold near on impossible. This area must have been the
camps for all the miners working the various mines in the area. Across the main
road to the east was the King Henry and Lord Nelson mines.
While
we had our drinks we played 3 to Kings – Steve had a win. Then dinner and
movies. So quiet out here.
NO
PHOTOS TODAY.
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