Monday...14 July 2014

So the Rodeo has been and gone, the town was very busy. No idea how it all went, we chose to stay home this time but Himself went out to the local Turf Club to check out the entrants in the big dog show that was on at the same time. He came home happy after this outing.
We went to the markets on Saturday morning and came back loaded down with fresh pumpkin, sweet potato, tomatoes, bananas and mandarins. Himself bought some LED running lights for the ute and another solid strip LED that we are going to put a hook on for lighting up the annexe when we want to cook out there after sunset. Most folk do their outside cooking during the day but occasionally after an extra late happy hour we will feel like a steak and that is best cooked outside!
Today we went "over the hill". This is quite an adventure. Well for me it is. It scares the living daylights out of me. I swear that road is no wider than a goat track even if big trucks do use it. And they have not widened it since I last travelled on it. Cairns is only 62 km away but to get there the road goes up and over the Great Dividing Range and includes 13 km of non stop winding roads and hairpin bends. For most of the time the speed limit is 60 km or less. We were in line behind two big trucks, a couple of caravans and assorted other cars and today we had the added bonus of roadworks! In that 13 km if you have time to look up, you will see the famous Skyrail that runs from Cairns to Kuranda. It crosses the road twice on its way to the top of the mountain.

On the other side is a fairly large shopping centre with all the usual variety and chain stores. I got a haircut and found a couple of nice tops to add to my growing collection. We also got another aerobic stepper as the current one which is used as an extra step for the caravan is slowly wearing out after four years of constant use. Tomorrow is recovery day!