Wednesday 21 August 2013 – Still here at Hervey Bay

Well I didn’t have the greatest night last night – up a couple of times with cramps following the two walks yesterday, and of course the early morning call from the butcherbird, so when Grant got up at about six thirty and suggested I go back to sleep for a while, I actually did, and woke up at a quarter to eight.  This time I was rudely awakened by the fellow in the caravan behind – who had to move to another site in the park – wound his caravan legs up with the assistance of what Grant tells me is called a hammer drill.  Talk about loud – I know where the hammer part of the name comes from – it was deafening.

Once up I realised that Grant wasn’t around, neither was the car, so I figured he’d gone fishing.  It was nice and sunny, so after brekky and shower I sat outside reading for a while, had a couple of cuppas and a chat or two, and was just getting up to make another cuppa at about 11am when Grant arrived home …… with a catch!!  He was pretty chuffed as he had the biggest catch on the Urangan pier this morning – a 60cm school mackerel.  He brought it home de-headed, de-tailed, filleted and all set to go.  So that’s on the menu for tonight.  We figured it is best eaten fresh, so we gave half of it to the couple in the next door van.

A plate of fish!

So once again, with Grant home, it was cuppa time, then lunch, and we were sitting here just after lunch when Lauris and Ray (my cousins) came to visit.  So the next couple of hours were spent sitting around talking, and moving around our van like lizards chasing the sun as it was a bit chilly in the shade.

After a delay of about 6 hrs I’m back to finish this off.  We crumbed the fish and bought some chips at the shop next door to the park, and it  was all delicious.  I told Grant he is welcome to catch some more of those. We couldn’t eat all of our fillet, so there is some cold for lunch tomorrow.

After tea we went to the Happy Wanderer Caravan Park where the cousins we saw the other day are staying, to play cards.  It was a new game they had bought involving cards and counters, quite simple to learn, and fun to play – especially when you win, which Ray and I did!  We played in Ade and Linda’s annex, and though it was quite chilly outside, they had the heater on and it was warm.

Back in the van now, the cricket is on, Grant is snoring, and all is good with the world.