For one reason and another, we missed an opportunity to get away from the Keppel Bay Marina earlier in the week. However we did manage to move from the green row to the blue row which in itself was very exciting as a wind gust blew us away from the pontoon just as we tried to tie off our mooring lines, necessitating the quick of action of 5 sets of hands to secure Raven . By Wednesday night, pretty much on schedule, winds in excess of 35 knots arrived and blew without let up until early this morning.
Too windy to go on a picnic to Emu Park, yesterday we drove back to Rockhampton for some sight seeing and a thrilling visit to two of the local hardware shops in the company of Peter and Mary (Tahaa). With our tummies over-full from the $12 lunch at the Heritage Hotel we drove back to the Marina. Trying to liven things up along the way, but failing to engage my fellow travellers, I happily passed the time playing an amusing little game of Spot-the-Bull and was able to identify 6 fibre glass bulls all reinforcing the airport proclamation, "Rockhampton: Beef Capital of Australia" (see photograph). Perched high above shop awnings and no doubt posing a challenge to those who derive their pleasure from emasculating these bovine statues, I spotted a green and gold ‘value-bull’, an earless brown bull and a blue and white bull, which would be a marvellous mascot if anyone ever considered opening the Rockhampton Little Athens Restaurant. At street level but well hidden amongst the tropical plants of the median strips, I also spotted a Brahmin bull, a Santa Gertrudis bull and of course the previously spotted Droughtmaster bull. I am desirous of hearing from anyone who might be able to expand my spot-the-bull list.
Too windy to go on a picnic to Emu Park, yesterday we drove back to Rockhampton for some sight seeing and a thrilling visit to two of the local hardware shops in the company of Peter and Mary (Tahaa). With our tummies over-full from the $12 lunch at the Heritage Hotel we drove back to the Marina. Trying to liven things up along the way, but failing to engage my fellow travellers, I happily passed the time playing an amusing little game of Spot-the-Bull and was able to identify 6 fibre glass bulls all reinforcing the airport proclamation, "Rockhampton: Beef Capital of Australia" (see photograph). Perched high above shop awnings and no doubt posing a challenge to those who derive their pleasure from emasculating these bovine statues, I spotted a green and gold ‘value-bull’, an earless brown bull and a blue and white bull, which would be a marvellous mascot if anyone ever considered opening the Rockhampton Little Athens Restaurant. At street level but well hidden amongst the tropical plants of the median strips, I also spotted a Brahmin bull, a Santa Gertrudis bull and of course the previously spotted Droughtmaster bull. I am desirous of hearing from anyone who might be able to expand my spot-the-bull list.
PS: the photograph of the marina was taken by Neville (Chagall)
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