Bundaberg
18 March 2019 | Bundaberg
Virginia MacRobert | Very hot and humid
Two days and two nights of constant noise. That's what it felt like. Imagine leaving the tractor running in your lounge room and trying to sleep through it. I lie actually. For a period of about 4 hours of shear bliss we were able to ditch the motor when the wind behaved. No complaints, as we are now safely arrived in Bundaberg.
For the last night we had passengers. At dusk three things happened at once; dolphins came alongside to check us out, I caught the two fish and three boobies landed and sat on the bow railing. They stayed all night but at some stage one flew off. Two sat all night rocking away. I guess they were sleeping. They are the most endearing birds, reminding me of a child dressed in Mum's shoes and clothing. Their 'shoes' are way too big but colour coordinated with their beaks. They seem unafraid of humans, and cats and dogs. Coco just sat near them watching while the boobies watched back. They stayed for about 70 miles all the way to the river mouth when we shooed them off. There were lots of other boobies sitting on the guiding beacons on the way in, one a high rise version of booby land with boobies nesting on each rung of the ladder up. The lazy birds knew where we were headed.
Bundaberg is a sprawling small city on flat land by the Burnett River. It was the centre of the sugar industry but I dont think that's their major business any more. The river must have once been extremely busy judging by the number of now collapsing wharfs and rusting sheds along the river banks.
My youngest daughter, Hoi-Yan lives here with her partner and two year old son. We caught up this afternoon and will spend a couple of days together starting tomorrow morning. Their 3 acre property is right at the edge of the town in a convenient location. Just as well as they run quite a menagerie, with dozens of hens, four dogs and two cats.
John has some routine maintenance on the engine and of course wheel repair to do. He will spend time doing that while I go and play with my grandson. Lucky John.
We are very tired and will sleep like logs tonight. Until later. John and Ginni