Oh no - rain

So its raining. And this is not a good thing. We have to head into the cape very soon and visit very remote, very small communities up extreme 4WD tracks and it is raining.

Suddenly this may not be fun. We have stocked on food and wonder if 4 weeks food will last 4 months if we get stuck.

We've left all the children behind - thanks Lisa and Danny for letting us stay and we were glad Kerry to help out with Lockie and fun to see Shay. Thanks for your dad's bday lunch. It was a treat to be in Townsville for such an occasion.
More weather reports soon!!!!

Beginning the next journey

So here we go again....

It is almost December and is always the way with Commonwealth projects, we are asked to start them just before Christmas, months behind a schedule we did not build. Nevertheless, we have dropped everything to start the project and keep the good will alive on all sides. If we are lucky, this will get us out of buying Christmas presents this year.

For the record, we are off on this journey to help Indigenous people get telephones in remote communities of less than 50 people. Yes, these are the remote outstations in those places at the end of the tracks you never take. We are first going into the central Cape York area between Daintree and south of Coen. Yes, we are chasing the wet. Hopefully we will beat it or we will definitely not have to bother with Christmas.

We have had an interesting journey so far. Paul has been babysitting non-stop in Townsville. I drove from Ipswich to Rocky to catch up with family. It was good to see Uncle Darryl coping so well and how much support Ros, Jeanette and Keith have been. It's cool to catch up with the cuz's.

Then it was off to Moranbah to help Ona turn 40 - which seemed to take several days. We have to share the photos. It was great to catch up with all the second tier kids - gee we are getting old.... Its almost like having grandchildren. Ona' you have ages beautifully.......

Then it was off to off to Armstrong Beach. No fish for Paul but a good fishing trip. Jimmy got a feed and we had some one on one time with Will which was the best treat. Love these kids like we owned em. Pity we missed Nat but hopefully, we can catch him on the way home.

So we are finally heading north to start the job. We have finished the desk top analysis - and so we have a plan. Bought some food, stocked the emergency rations, packed the jack, the trax things which should stop us being bogged and the other 100 recovery items......

So on the next entry, we should be able to tell you how clever we are for not getting lost, bogged or holed up on the wrong side of a deep creek. Hopefully we will even get the phones signed up and try for a fish one evening.

Keep in touch everyone. We are off again.....