Barmera Loveday 4x4 ODESSEY August 2012
Day 2
Thursday 28th August 2012
Day 2 began with the Deputy Chief of this 2 person 1 dog back to nature community springing out of bed preparing the camp site, boiling the billy and preparing the morning meal for "The Chiefette" and her trusty guard dog. Once DC (Deputy Chief) had cleaned up after the morning meal it was time for building the ablution block so as TC (The Chiefette) can pamper body beautiful, then onto hunting for food for TC although a 100lb Murray Cod took one set of tackle from my line, some would say a stumpfish, however, this is my story and I say it was a 100lb Murray Cod, the hunting was not a complete waste I did catch a stickfish, not a lot of meat but makes good flavour in a stew. Whilst I was busy TC tendered her trusty guard dog then gave me meager pickings and allowed me a few minutes off before giving instructions to gather firewood, this then allowed time for pioneering / exploring this magnificent wilderness. Prior making a camp fire and slaving over hot coals I had to prepare the evening bathing ritual for TC, darkness fell over our back to nature campsite with a little glow from the remaining embers of our fire, the three of us settled back for a restful night.
That was my version of events; this is Sheryle’s:
John fell out of bed, had to have two black coffee’s before he could open one eye, yes, he cooked breakfast on the Webber, put up the shower tent, mucked about for three hours with fishing gear that has not been touched for 12 years and lost a set of tackle on a submerged log, pulled in a stick with another rod and reel, ate a hearty chicken burger for lunch before going to sleep for an hour then drove to the tavern to pick up a trailer load of wood, played 4x4 driving before showers and a BBQ tea.
Personally I believe my version of events is the accurate version!
The weather has been fantastic, mostly sunny all day with some cloud covering this afternoon certainly short sleeves was the call for the day. The scenery is awesome, river red gum’s standing proudly on the edge of the river with their silhouette reflected in the water, willywagtails dancing with each other and catching their meal on the wing while pelicans are gracefully flying/sailing along the river, parrots of various description landing close by and feeding with a flock of about 500 sulpher crested cockatoo’s flying less than 2 metres from the water in formation, apart from their usual chattering the sound of their flapping wings was like a loud thumping, these sights are only ever seen when one does not have a camera to catch the event, neither Sheryle or myself have ever seen anything like this previously.
We are running the Everkool fridge from the caravan batteries, along with my CPap machine running all night and lights last night the batteries were fully charged 13.8v by 8.30am, I am so pleased especially after my mishap in Queanbeyan.
Keep the shiny side up
John & Sheryle
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