Friday 5th
May 2017
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| Earl Hill flowers |
Blue Water marina
Cairns Qld
2XS has been quite happy securely tied up on F pontoon
in the marina.
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| 2XS and friends |
But today we have moved her out of her comfort zone…
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| Waiting for the tide to go out |
We are backed up to the little beach near the Blue
Water Bar & Grill – this will give the customers something to stare at over
their lattes.
We are waiting for the tide to go out and we will be
high and dry. This was initially so the
welder could come and weld but…strangely, he doesn’t want to, not without a bit
more preparation time.
Pete is undaunted.
He has found a suitable little beach for 2XS; 2XS is going up!
The plan is…we will clean the hulls. I am not wildly enthusiastic about this task. We have a small green scouring pad each and…the
hulls (TWO of them!) are very big. But I
will slosh and scrub to the best of my ability and will try to avoid being bitten
to distraction by the midgies which live in the foliage on the edge of the beach. Pete, on the other hand, is glowing with joy –
messing about with boats is what men like to do!
Yesterday I went for a beautiful walk, through the suburbs
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| Some of the houses have fabulous stone retaining walls |
and along to Earl Hill. This is a steep hill with a very VERY
popular walking track. It really is beautiful,
shady and leafy.
And at the top a fabulous view of Yorkey’s Knob. (I sent a photo of Yorkey’s Knob to James; he
found the name inordinately funny when he was with us.)
On the other side an equally fabulous view over Trinity
Beach and Double Island.
I went up very slowly and was passed by dozens of
joggers, speedy walkers, dogs. I didn’t care;
I just wanted to get up there without breaking an ankle. I was a bit in awe of the joggers who hurtled
back down the track without worrying about their ankles at all!
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| I love the paperbarks |
Last night we invited our neighbour Ken for a beer at
beertime (5-ish.) He ended up staying
for dinner because he revealed that in fact he had completely forgotten to buy
any food at all when he went to town earlier in the day. When I offered pasta with Bolognese sauce enhanced
with many vegetables he was thrilled to bits – his alternative was a small
packet of cocopops with no milk…
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| More Earl Hill flowers |
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