Day 12 - Dysart for the last time!

Morning/Evening Bloggies, well we are leaving Dysart today. We had a 6am session with the last group of workers, I have to say they were the most interested. See how Murphy’s law works? On the day we are keen to leave & get to our next destination, the group just wanted to keep asking questions & dragged it out for longer than it normally lasts! Good thing I charge them a fortune!

 This visit has been good, we have learned a bit about the site, the town & more about the people that work & live in this industry & environment, all Ness & I can say is we are glad we are just passing through!

 The drive to Moranbah was good, but with the amount of rain that they have had up here a lot of the creeks were flowing & quite high, none high enough to cut the road but still quite exciting. Hey Egg, there were a lot of Toyotas parked at the side of some of the creeks! The Land Rover made it through no worries.

 Got to Moranbah & found the caravan park, boy were we in for a treat! The ladies who run the park were rough as guts! Pauline was waiting for us at the caravan park entrance, short spiked hair, Jeans & boots & a shirt with her sleeves rolled up. Roll your own cigarette hanging out of the side of her mouth.

 “How are ya’s?” were her first words! She then showed us to where we could park the van & I must admit I was surprised at the quality of the accommodation. The Donga (Portable building) was brand new & had never been used. “We don’t get many wheelchair people up here” or words to that effect! So we parked the caravan out the front & will have use of the van & the Donga.

 While Pauline was showing us around, her partner (Not sure whether business or life?) turned up, a lovely bloke called Melissa.... Well if she is not a man then she should be!

 Many of you know that Vanessa is not short of a word or two.... well she had nothing on these two, they obviously don’t get much of a chance to socialize in Moranbah. Ness & I both left to set up the room & the van & they were still talking to us as we were leaving! If you get up this way you just have to stop in at the Moranbah Caravan Village. Say hi to Pauline & Melissa.

 Left the van in Moranbah & then drove to Mackay, we are going to spend the weekend in Mackay. Woo Hoo, stay tuned for the Mackay report.

 A few of you have sent in some questions, thank you it is great to hear what you want to know. I will try to answer all of them as soon as I can.

 My sister Heather wanted to know if kids have a 6^th sense, because when my boys & her son were younger they used to sit on my knee & not wriggle off.

 Heather I have noticed this too, it seems that kids know that when they are on my knee they just have to sit still, and in fact some of them seem to even hang on using their legs. So to answer your question, I think that kids just know that some people are different & even on a basic level they change their actions to suit the situation they are in. But now you mention it some of the places I went with Jamie, Brad & Daniel were pretty bumpy & uneven. Yet they seemed to stay on quite easily..... Weird huh!

 Brad (My brother in law) I have a suggestion for you..... invent a sport that involves hitting a golf ball, tackling your playing partners & getting pissed all at the same time. You & many others would be in heaven! Hell even I would give it a shot.

 Brad (My Son) I knew you would have clean undies on mate, keep up the good work!

 Arama & Meredith, thank you for the questions, hope you got my deep & thoughtful answers. Next time post them on the blog so everyone else can see what you want to know.

 And Sarah, the hunt is on for a poly waffle. Ness & I are sure we will find one in a country milk bar somewhere that has been on the shelf since 1978, we will carefully bubble wrap it for you & send it to you express post.

 And lastly but not leastly, Dan (My other son) tried to ring you tonight, but the phone rang out. I’ll call you after Basketball tomorrow mate. Good luck & play like you did last week. He scored 6 goals/baskets/hoops. Awesome!

 Stay tuned for the weekends report from Mackay

 Salutare qualcuno Till tomorrow.

 James