Well, we have had a lovely week on the houseboat. We have swum heaps in the river, fished (no bloody fish here), played cards, puttered around to different camp sites, etc, etc.
Ross went into town with dad in the tinny and they came back with a brand new pushbike for me that they had bought from a place that was closing down for $30.00 and apparently it was worth about $200.00+. It had been written off because there was a bit of a bend on one of the back frame bits but the boys reckon they can fix it!
WE have spent lots of time wandering around Renmark and Berri and went to lunch with Bob, Marian, Melva and Tom at a lovely little pub on the riverbank that overlooked a beautiful area where there were hundreds of black swans camped out.
Ross and I slept on the roof of the houseboat one night - it was just lovely. We were going to do it again the following night but it came up all windy and cold so we moved downstairs again.
WE have only caught one yellowbelly worth keeping which jumped on the line at 2am one morning. I heard the bell going off and got Ross up and we brought it in and decided to keep it but remembered dad telling us you needed to kill and gut them straight away for some reason. We couldn't find a thing in the dark but managed to get the job done eventually and found out in the morning that dad had a net we could have put him in overnight that would have kept him alive until the morning and we could have done it then rather than in the middle of the night! Oh well, we will know next time.
Bob and Marian left during the week to head home and Tom and Melva left this morning (Sunday) so it is back to just us four again. Mum and I play Sudoko on a big board sometimes and we play cards and generally keep ourselves occupied.
We still don't have the caravan back and it won't be until sometime next week now obviously - hopefully it won't take too much longer!
Ross went into town with dad in the tinny and they came back with a brand new pushbike for me that they had bought from a place that was closing down for $30.00 and apparently it was worth about $200.00+. It had been written off because there was a bit of a bend on one of the back frame bits but the boys reckon they can fix it!
WE have spent lots of time wandering around Renmark and Berri and went to lunch with Bob, Marian, Melva and Tom at a lovely little pub on the riverbank that overlooked a beautiful area where there were hundreds of black swans camped out.
Ross and I slept on the roof of the houseboat one night - it was just lovely. We were going to do it again the following night but it came up all windy and cold so we moved downstairs again.
WE have only caught one yellowbelly worth keeping which jumped on the line at 2am one morning. I heard the bell going off and got Ross up and we brought it in and decided to keep it but remembered dad telling us you needed to kill and gut them straight away for some reason. We couldn't find a thing in the dark but managed to get the job done eventually and found out in the morning that dad had a net we could have put him in overnight that would have kept him alive until the morning and we could have done it then rather than in the middle of the night! Oh well, we will know next time.
Bob and Marian left during the week to head home and Tom and Melva left this morning (Sunday) so it is back to just us four again. Mum and I play Sudoko on a big board sometimes and we play cards and generally keep ourselves occupied.
We still don't have the caravan back and it won't be until sometime next week now obviously - hopefully it won't take too much longer!
2 comments:
What an amazing adventurous life you have! I'm so glad you popped up on my blog -- I'm obviously going to have to do some back reading here to find out more about your escapades.
Hi there Susan! I'm so glad you enjoy our blog - life certainly is never dull in our world. I had a look at your website and it looks like you do some amazing work!
See you around the traps!
Lisa, Ross and Boris
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