NOV - DEC  2013  &   JAN - FEB - MARCH 2014
We begin Nov still at the Theresa Creek Dam camp. We are on the second tank of fuel for the outboard and all seems to be well. The yabbies are a little more active or we may be getting better at placing the pots, we have only six.

A few days later and we have about 20 Pots, Seems that many of the weekend visitors from the surrounding mining operations either forget where they place their pots or just can't be bothered to pick them up.

And pretty soon we have more yabbies than we know what to do with, we have tried them every way known to mankind and still enjoy the experience.
 It is beginning to get quite warm now and we are among the last remaining campers. There have been goodbyes every day and many will be back next year, we may be back ourselves.
last days
Last days on the Dam. The little tuppaware boat is ideal.

last days
Only two of us left now 2 weeks ago it was standing room only

to ramp
From our van back to boat ramp, very handy and now very quiet.

Finally it's our turn to pack up and head off to Moranbah for  Kales  Birthday and then on to Cairns for Xmas with Lauren and Ryder in the Goldsborough Valley, Kris, Ally and Kale will be there as well.
2nd BD
Happy second Birthday Kale

books
Loves his books

g&k
Loves Grandma reading them to him
xmas kitchen
In the kitchen at Lauren and Ryders house in Goldsborough at Xmas

ginger stack
The ginger bread Xmas Tree


xmas table
Xmas Table
kale tree
Xmas Tree
deb wen pup
Down by the river at Xmas.  Wendy and Deb with new puppy
dogs too
And of course dogs (the black one is Odey, rescued by Lauren from the shelter, now in a nice new home)

Dec has gone as has Jan, Feb and most of March and we are still in Cairns, The skin Doctor has been treating Blue and we have both been catching up with some dentistry work. Blue had another stint of teaching in Townsville and has just returned on the 19th March.

 We will be heading for the tablelands on Sunday where we will spend a few days preparing for departure to points south.

I hope we can still remember how to put the annexe out.
bacons camp
Our spot at Mick and Maries, very comfortable and dry

Well it's happened again, 23rd April and we are still on the tablelands at Mick and Maries beautiful property located with an excellent view of the dam and close to Tolga, Atherton, and Yungaburra. The weather here is just magnificent, nothing like the heat and humidity on the coast. We have been looking at the situation further south and decided to stay here until the flooding  and inclement conditions pass.  Cyclone Ita crossed the coast around Cooktown and passed to the north east of us  with no significant effects although we were prepared for  a more severe experience, again lucky.
drive ita
A little rain from Ita more good than harm. You can see the lake is quite close.

We are now planning to depart after Anzac day long weekend when the roads will be quieter, the tires are pumped up, the vehicle is serviced so we will make another attempt at leaving.

We've had a good look around the area and would be happy to return here when the travelling is done. The climate is much cooler than Cairns with much less humidity, the winters are quite cold but that would be a trade off against the heat and humidity and not, we think,  too unpleasant.