Day 55 – Sunday 12 September 2021 –? Km

This morning we all went to the Townsville street markets after breakfast.  The markets are held in a closed off section of Flinders Street. The satellite navigation in the car took us straight there, thank goodness, with a parking spot very close by.  We walked along the street looking at all the different stalls & admiring the handiwork on display. On the other side of the street we visited 3 charity shops that were side-by-side, then continued walking amongst the other market stalls. We found a few items, including a butter knife from a charity shop as we only have sharp pointy knives in the Karavan & they are not that good for spreading butter nor getting jam out of jars.

We stopped for a chat with Willy, Marlene and some other sailing friends at a coffee shop before wandering off to the shop where we picked up some milk, bread & a roast chook for lunch. An art place caught our eye on the way to the market so we stopped in to have a look. We walked around the gallery looking at the art on display when we heard someone calling out Tereza a couple of times. We both thought it was someone else in the shop called Tereza, but as we turned to look it was Renata with Laura, our daughter-in-law’s mother and sister with children in tow. Laura also lives in Townsville & they just happened to walk into the art store for a browse & spotted us. What an amazing coincidence. We had a nice chat with them.  We made a purchase of some nice sculptures before heading back to the house.

Today 8 of us graced our lunch table. Bob and Lyn, the other sailing friends stayed for a while and helped as well.  We had a nice lunch and chat before it was back to work for all.

I painted the other front door with two coats of paint this afternoon.  While waiting for the paint to dry, Tereza and I went for a nice walk on the beach.  My goodness, they have very low tides here, we walked out a long way and our feet never got wet. On this huge beach we only saw a family waking their dog.  We did see some nice birds and I found a whistling duck’s feather to add to my many feathers on my hat. It was a lovely walk.  Will and Marlene look very tired.  None of us are hungry after a big lunch.  For sundowners only a glass of wine. Will and I hang the door back.  With the new paint the door looks a treat.  Now there is the outside of these doors to paint.

None of us wanted dinner tonight.  After showers we came back to the Karavan, checked up on emails, the news, blog and bills paying – unfortunately bills don’t disappear when you are not at home.  Tonight Will, Marlene and I watched the Aragon Moto GP. Wat an exciting race it was. 

Another great day.