Saturday, a day of rest......

The plan today is to take it easy but as usual I am being driven by a inner force that cannot be argued with, otherwise I'll cry....... So washing, cleaning, tidying all done and now one of us is bored listening to Radio Obscurity Darwin, whose listeners are getting really worked up and excited about the possibility of rain in the near future, even though in between news and weather reports, they give advice on having a cyclone kit with you so as to see to your needs during the first 72 hours after a cyclone, they even give the kits away as prizes.  They contain things such as water, soup, tins of tuna, tinned vegetables, baked beans and Tabasco sauce........... Mine has been created with slightly less thought, new case of VB Bitter and two bottles of Pinot Noir......... 

Heard our first Xmas song on the radio this morning and was surprised that it's only a month away, we have not given it much thought.  That said, having passed through some of the towns that we have, that are not even as big as the parade of local shops where my parents live, I'm not surprised they have not put up decorations and a Xmas tree, although if they were to put a bit of tinsel around the 'No Swimming - Crocodiles' signs, with the amount of signs they have, it will twinkle like Oxford Street........
Our day off becomes a trip to the local shops, where we upset the guy who follows us in because we take up two parking spaces, leaving possibly 40 more for him to choose from but not directly outside the Post Office, "Hi" I say, nothing in reply, possibly the first person in Oz to ignore the obligatory, How ya doing, Good Day, Howzit going and the one I liked best was in the local off licence (Bottle Shop) which is double the size and twice as busy as the local IGA (Tesco Express) store, I was standing in front of the VB Bitter chiller when a workman with a 4wd and a hi viz top came in and said, "You okay, Big Man'.  I was the only one there honest.......... Then he bought one can of bitter and went off to continue his days duties...... You may think in some alcoholic haze but having never been called Big before, I think the can was for his dear ol mum.........
So there we are taking it easy, when some wildlife come to us, I quickly learn that Peacocks like cranberries and raisins and are rather territorial when it comes to said food products being shared with two Ibis........
Newsflash, check this page tomorrow because we are expecting a major holiday scoop.
All morning, the guy across the site path to us has been washing, cleaning and re-proofing the canvas awning to his Winnebago and as I compose these words for the crazy campers journal, he is putting Christmas Lights up around his awning........
Plans are now being made to obtain some photos surreptitiously so you to can all share in the joy and wonderment of being a 'Christmas Camper'.........

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