18 April, 2009
Geez, if you want a job done, do it yourself!!!! Chris was supposed to get this blog up to date more than a week ago. I am not impressed.
We travelled from Clearview to The Caves, not far from Rockhampton and went on a tour of the caves. They were lovely and I really enjoyed them. We stayed the night in the caravan park there which started out really nice and peaceful, but sometime during the night, a bunch of touring footballers who won their game came back. We heard them until at least 4 a.m.
Day 77
19 April, 2009
We received a refund from the caravan park who were very embarassed and apologetic about the footballers. We then moved to a caravan park in Rockhampton. I rode into Rockhampton to have a look and ended up at the river which was nice and peaceful.
Day 78
20 April, 2009
We travelled from Rockhampton to Bundaberg. Unfortunately, the gps took us to a dead end at a river crossing with no way of getting across. It was a bit of an adventure and we finally made our way back to another caravan park which was very central and great. I went for a walk into town and had a nice time looking around. It's like a big country town.
Day 79
21 April, 2009
Before leaving Bundaberg, I went to Bundaberg Gingerbeer factory which was terrific, and then Bundaberg Rum. Both places were really interesting but Chris didn't want to see either.
First picture was from Bundaberg Gingerbeer.
From Bundaberg, we travelled to Mooloolaba. This was the absolute worst part of the trip for me so far. After passing through Gympie, I developed a migraine - I get the sort where my vision has problems but not so much pain. The traffic was horrendous and I couldn't see well enough to pull over safely. When we finally pulled up at the caravan park, we found the office was supposed to be a couple of kms away and there were all sorts of problems. Chris finally sorted it all out and got us safely to another caravan park for the night. The shock of so much traffic and people everywhere was very horrible. Neither of us enjoyed this area at all.
Hi Kim and Chris, sorry its been so long since I checked in on you guys, sounds very interesting all the places you have been too. sounds like you have had a few moments, hope you are over the migraine etc. read somewhere Keiran hadnt been well , hope he is okay now. still havent had a chance to see the cria, had a few problems lately ourselves. Nick had another heart attack a few weeks ago and has since been to hospital and had another operation. He went in on Monday and had an angiogram and they decided to operate the next day. His specialist wasnt confident to do it so got Luke Gallager to do it. Nick had to decide whether to go ahead or not, because it was pretty tricky and needed a rare procedure and if it went wrong, he would not survive it. He decided to go ahead and it was very successful and he is home on Wednesday. he cant do much for about 3 months but after that all being well he will be better than he has been for the last 4 or 5 months or so. He is a little down today as he gathered a few sticks for the fire today and felt bad afterwards. He watched the movie on tv this afternoon but doesnt like hanging about and thought he would be a lot better than he is. I have told him to be patient because its important that he take it easy for a while. He doesnt like that I am doing everything at the moment because I havent been great myself. think I am a bit anemic or something, getting puffed out easily and have slowed down a bit. will go for a checkup myself soon. In the meantime have decided to try and sell as many alpacas as we can as I am finding it hard to keep up with toenails and injections and things on my own. an alpaca friend is coming up after agfest to give me a few hours help with nails and needles. (some of them need ade, have gone a bit skinny after having babies etc. still have one cria due, on tues day, we have had 5 girls so far this year, no wethers. so far. anyway am a little tired but wanted to touch base with you and see how you are doing, havent been on the computer much lately apart from checking emails etc. stay safe and enjoy the rest of your trip, cheers for now luv Maree
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