We spent most of today (well 4 hours anyrate) at the Aust. Stockmans’ Hall of Fame. It was quite interesting and included a one hour show where a guy demonstrated working sheep with dogs and talked about horses, droving etc. This all happened after we went into town to buy a new microwave for the van. To repair the old one involved sending it to Rockhampton. Now where have I heard that story before? The new one set us back $130 and is smaller (dimension-wise) than the old one so it fits into the space in the van. The only thing is we’ll have to remember to leave it on the seat when we pack up the van to travel! I’ll have to commission John C to come up with a way of fixing it in permanently. With the truckies strike starting this week an unknown quantity, we decided to get some extra fruit and vegies. It’ll be interesting to see whether it takes any road-trains off the road. Cattle and sheep sales in Roma and Longreach have been cancelled because of the uncertainty. The petrol price here is 162.9 but I’m going to leave filling up until Winton, by which time we should then have enough to get through to Mt Isa.
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is it cold there, mum has a jumper on? i love the monument she is near,the microwave was a good price, so fingers crossed no more bad luck.
cheers renee
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