Tuesday....15 June

So, it rained...it rained all day! It rained all night, the wind blew all night and my little bed felt like a bucking bull ride, this van really rocks!!!! As most of you know I have damaged one of my inner ears, rocking in the wind does not do a lot for me or my balance, ended up in bed holding a round white bag item I relocated from Royal Perth Hospital the one time I got to sample their skills. All the nurses reading this should recognise the description. Was a most unhappy little camper. Mercifully bag remained empty. My moans and groans were accompanied by the thunderous pounding of the sea on the rocks, incredible to be able to hear it this far away. As it rained all day again today, the lads made do with admiring and discussing the merits of the new welder that came in the mail today. Much looking hopefully to the sky for a break in the weather to allow them to try it out on the newly constructed carport capable of holding large 4x4 and fairly large 23ft van. Maybe tomorrow lads, but by the sound of the pounding waves I would not hold my breath. The girls waved a few dusters around the house then continued with beading 101.
Seems I am guilty of telling part of a story and not giving the ending. The visiting caravan that sheared a wheel off last week has been duly fixed by our two resident mechanics at minimal expense to the owner who has duly shown his appreciation! Our lads saved him the cost of the having a car carrier (?caravan carrier) come out from Geraldton, 150kms away to take the van in for repair and of course the two to three week wait to get it back. They were even able to repair other bits broken by the wheel as it came adrift and they did all that on the nature strip in front of this house,the next day. So that couple will be back on the road later this week as was their plan without missing a beat, very lucky people as a sheared wheel was capable of causing a seriously nasty accident as well when it seperated from the caravan.
We are planning a trip into Geraldton before we depart Kalbarri as the lads have been writing a shopping list of things it seems we/they need. Hoping for a nice day as we are all going and it would be nice to do lunch and a spot of shopping at She-Bunnings for the girls. Why should the boys have all the fun!!!!!!!
And come tomorrow even if I have to cut holes in a rubbish bag to make a raincoat I will walk up to the lookout, I am missing my daily dose of sea views and its been raining for two days now. And following a serving of a wickedly good home made cheesecake I need the exercise too........

Monday... 14 June

What a shame, yesterday was so nice and today is overcast and miserable and now it is raining and according to my freindly BOM site it is gonna bucket down tomorrow! Very little acheived today, sat around saying how nice dinner was last night and what lovely company we had and doing a spot of beading 101. Maybe tomorrow will be more interesting but how I cannot think especially if it rains all day.......

Sunday....13 June

Fine and sunny 26 today. Perfect weather! Walked down to the lookout again today and I saw a dolphin playing. Am very pleased with myself for recognising the water splash and locating the animal amid all that water, it was well out to sea, not in the shallows. We sit on a bench seat at the lookout and have slightly bigger than 250 degrees of vision and all of that is water, so magical. As you all know I do not swim and am not one to walk along the beach but I can and do admire a view when I see one. We went out to dinner at the Kalbarri hotel tonight, good food, nice atmosphere, good company. Very enjoyable evening, slightly chilly on the walk home but the milky way was shining brightly to light our way.

Saturday ....12 June

Today we  went to the Rainbow Jungle Bird Park here in Kalbarri. This park breeds parrots of all sorts from around the world.The collection is stunning. Birds of all sizes from tiny to massive. Birds of all colors and what vibrant exotic colors. The plummage was everything from ho hum to wow and there was even one parrot that measured over a metre in wing span. Hard to pick a favourite, but I quite liked the Princess Parrot, medium sized featuring a pretty peachy colored bib. The macaws have such vibrant vivid colors and they are massive birds, they make our local parrots look a bit tiny.Macaws of all colors, blues, red, yellow, green, purple, orange, black. I saw black parrots with yellow trim, black parrots with white trim, black parrots with red tails. I saw the Rosella sauce parrot and the bird that is on the Arnotts biscuit tins too. Of course they had our white cockatoo, and corellas, and pink and grey galahs and the major mitchell cockatoos. They had pretty lovebird parrots and bright bright yellow parrots . The best thing about this park was that they had a huge undercover open area that the birds could fly free in and actually get wind under their wings. The avairys were very clean, all had plenty of clean water and seed and fruit and vegetables and they are actively breeding birds to help keep certain species from extinction so most were in breeding pairs of male and females with very informative signage on the avairys making it easy to tell male from female etc . A stunningly beautiful park full of color and happy inmates.

So no we did not have time to go white water rafting, I would like to do the river cruise up the Murchison, but no one wants to go with me, I did not do beading today, we did discuss skydiving at some stage during the evening happy hour, (a most merry happy hour it was too), I did not make lemon sago, only lemon and herb chicken in a shake bag, I am not pregnant and I have no intention of going to Hutt River Province and giving Prince Lenard or Princess Shirley, any of our hard earned money so as to be able to look around their farm. I know we are sitting within cooee of their place, but as they are now collecting Australian pensions after not having paid tax for the past few decades, I feel they have lost any credibility! as have the govt that allows them to do so.......

Friday... 11 June

So let me see, if I write in the blog no one makes comment...if I forget to write in the blog everyone says where did that day go to? I get it now, this is the kids idea of a joke on mummy. And you will never guess what I did today........

Thursday... 10 June

Up early, visitors coming and the project soooo close to finishing for the boys. They had the safety boots on before breakfast today, such was the enthusiasum. First they went out and collected scaffolding which cost the usual carton rental. Then they moved my little house and finished the framework of the new shed. They even put a couple of pieces of colorbond onto the roof to make the project look that little bit more completed. They were such happy workers they skipped lunch to be able to finish early for the day. They packed away their tools and dismantled the scaffolding and took it back from where it came. They put my little house back on its allotted spot and fiddled until the spirit level said they could stop. Then the poor loves came home all tired out but happy to be finished and able to sit down and spend an hour or two patting each other on the back. Did not happen! Visitors due around lunchtime failed to show. Just as the boys were sitting down to rest, phone rang to say visitors were broken down 10kms out of town after shearing off a wheel on their caravan, on a trip from Perth to Kalbarri today. Sorry boys, pack some tools and jacks and off  you go to rescue the broken down caravan of incoming visitors. Hours later having layed on their backs on the bitumen to fix the problem enough to limp the broken van into town they got the longed for cold drink. One is now asleep on patio, other is in hot bath trying unlock cramped muscles. What a shame when they had so much to celebrate. Never mind lads, maybe tomorrow, after you fix the broken van you can celebrate finishing the shed!!!

Wednesday ....9 June

Very productive day today. Cleaned and tidied the van, which I  had been led to beleive was going to be moved just a few feet today to make way for the building project to continue. Did not happen. Seems the workers decided to have a day off today. Either they hurt all over or they  hurt all over and had feelings of unwellness following a late late night on the back patio!!!! We girls supervised new curtains being delivered and installed and continued beading classes with great success and two new items added to the ever growing pile of completed necklaces, bracelets and ear rings. Later in the day we took a lovely walk to the lookout at the beach and sat and watched several boats coming and going along the sea/river. Even got to see a boat get to the mouth of the river from the sea and do a "go around". For whatever reason they changed their mind and did a complete circle and came back at the entrance from a slightly different angle. Wondered if perhaps it was a learner at the helm? The second attempt to enter the river mouth was text book perfect so well done whoever it was. On the river was one fellow paddling a kayak with a fishing rod trawling behind the kayak. He was fishing in the entrance channel and had to paddle like fury every time a boat came in from the sea. When they come in they sit just outside the mouth of the river until the waves and swirls and eddies are just so, then they gun the motor and barrel through the opening like a rocket, hence our kayakers need to paddle fast out of their way. One wonders on the mentality of someone who would be silly enough to fish smack bang in the middle and at the entrance to a major marine channel, knowing that the fishing fleet are likely to be returning to port around that time. Still it is nice to just sit in the sea breeze and watch the sea in all its magnificence. And occasionally we meet up with other nomads and exchange the time of day and get another outlook on the weather or the lifestyle.