A quiet and relaxing time whilst in Thailand, and eating heaps of Thai FOOD! Along with all the tropical fruits, and Sue even found some out of season 'Durian'.
A few Thailand photo's of interest follows.
Only in Thailand!
Yes, this is the actual name of a retail clothing shop, we cater to all, no matter what your preference.
Our local Mini SERVO!
Minimum purchase Baht 10 = 50 cents.
Sue's daughter had some thing to do with this, whom works here as marketing manager.
The 'Glam Habitat' is a high end boutique hotel / villas with self contained kitchens, with 1, 2, 3 or 4 bedrooms available. Check it out at Glam Habitat
Sue and Farn - just checked in!
Wow! it's palatial to say the least.
Next stop - after an uneventful flight and no Covid-19 checks on arrival we are home in Port Lincoln and ______
Neat and tidy with easy access to the blocks in front. Gate frame and sheeting from Stratco. Post salvaged from other onsite projects.
Off to check out Memory Cove
and find the Whalers Post rock
Now find the marker in the rocks -
hint close to centre of photo.
Good size Blue Swimmer
Now you can see the size of his muscles - YUM! Alas only the one for a taster
Some tasty Yellow Fin Whiting and a lonely Gar.
At the peak of the CV-19 panic buying, no dunny paper. Why - 'Some one sneezes and every one poo's them selves'
Our house rose-'Perfect Moment' survived the summer.
Off camping - delayed a day, fridge required
fault finding. The good new's only gas required.
Valve installed and re-gassed, 24 hours later all good to go!!
We got 12 days in Lincoln National Park before the park was closed due to CV-19. No drama as the weather had turned for the worse = cold and wet
Sections of stone walling and other evidence of a building may have been here. Approx. 1km from our camp site at Horse Rock East.
SA Water formally E&WS water test hole in Lincoln National Park
Low tide
Tinnie launched before the low tide.
Rain squall about to hit, time to start packing
Good use of my throw net, cause I can't throw the thing away. Protect our precious 12 Figs.
Coffin Bay golf club all to our selves, until they closed it to non-members due to CV-19
Council applying social distancing rules!
Project - Caravan cupboard doors refurbished.
Another home grown fresh Red Delicious
One of Sue's exotic species!
Fair weather fishing
Making the most of the sun shine. We know it's Sunday as we have a cooked breakfast
Oiled green Tumby Bay, very close to chipping in. No flags or rakes due to CV-19, hence the foot and ball tracks
Salvaged mooring ropes recovered from Lincoln National Park, now erosion control mat, at least slow the rain water down off the paving.
Picture tells the story - CV-19
At least we have an indication where the hole is. Yes! Sue chipped in from 20 feet.
Apple pie, our home grown - Yum
Signage down town at the Town Jetty.
Fresh King George Whiting for tea.
Now whilst in isolation______
Sue has named our resident wild life.
Blue Wren is Philip.
Our field mouse - Stuart
It's cold, here's the hail
More hail
Sue's Magie friends - Yeah! talk to any one.
Morning walk, just made it home before the shower arrived
This is Lucy
It's calm, with bulk carrier loading grain
Sue's got the wrens visiting every day as they enjoy the Peanut Butter
Ya! gotta be good to hook a King George Whiting that small.
Our verandah sun rise view
The panic buying has subsided, we now have an over supply of dunny paper. It's stacked on the floor
It's cool and no fish!
This guy caught more than we did
What's the blue marking found on our morning walk?
Monday - SA water locating their high pressure main that runs through the easement in front of our place.
No squid, but a pleasant walk along the foreshore in the calm conditions.
Sue landed the largest one - fresh fish for tea
Another walking trail we have found, this is a section of the mountain bikers track
Fire access track up the hill.
More fishing with our chair rod rest, which prompted _______.
This project - salvaged from KAB dump on the floor the original one, with the modified one, now our rod tripods.
This is a actual tripod ex-KAB dump
Road side pick ups, knew there would be a use for them one day.
Old salvaged camp chairs _ now also light weight rod tripods
In action!!
Work well, alas no fish.
Squid jig soaking for so long the star fish attached
Yet another verandah sun rise
It's RAINING, no walk in the morning cold!!
Delivery - our screen material took 3 months and another 3 weeks later to get installed.
Before
Vehicles getting some vitamin D
The install - car port post needed to be move over 6" to line up with verandah post - jack in place = easy
Slotted rail in place ready to slide in the slats
1st screen rail in place - it fits!
Last rail and tapped into place.
AFTER - very happy with the results, cuts the wind and rain driving in to the front and laundry doors
The sea eagle caught more fish than we did
Evening relaxing by the sea ___
Alas no fish
Philip in for his regular feed
and Lucy not far behind
It's now July 15th and we are now_____
Half way thru WINTER!!
Yep! it's getting hot already - shorts and T shirts at Tumby Bay golf. These lads are not going to suffer from dehydration, the all important esky on wheels, with tinnies on ice.
Misty morning across the bay from our walking trail vantage point in Puckridge Park
Blue Wrens are very territorial, hence this is a rare photo
The Ledge at Coffin Bay - rod holders provided
Yet, another magic sunrise
Swift Water Oysters - Bloody Delicious!
Our new walking trail, also some kids biking trail with a serious jump ramp.
Not for the faint-hearted
Some industrious earth works on this camber corner
It's nearly spring - Apple blossom
Screens down to knock down the cold easterly wind, thus enjoying our verandah, and strip heater on high.
Just finished reading a book about this invention and how it improved the roads / tracks on Eyre Peninsular in the 30 - 40s.
Pulled by horse, the one blade offset disc turned the sand over to expose the clay layer, eventually clearing the track of sand.
Our Grand Parents farm at Verran, now owned by our cousin.
Just finished reading a book about this invention and how it improved the roads / tracks on Eyre Peninsular in the 30 - 40s.
It's his 70th.
Shed junk put to creative use.
Di and Linden chewing on some lemon topped marsh mellow slice
Friends and relatives
Pot luck lunch well catered and Sue lasagna was cleaned up in short order.
Linden with his four sisters
Chris another cousin, made some bird boxes from soft pine, as can be the seen the parrots love them. It's the softest timber around in these parts.
Now the flags flying
Cool misty mornings
Friends of Southern Parks working bee - pulling Poly-gala an introduced weed that takes over the native vegetation.
Sleaford Mere
Gnarly and twisted timber
BBQ lunch in the great out doors, post Covid-19 in South Australia
Port Lincoln History group obtained access to SA Waters Uley water basin, which provides water to Port Lincoln and further afield. Tour led by John Hyde who have lived on the property as a child. Uley Station. Darren from SA Water also assisted.
1853 - 1854 the famous Australia explorer John McDouall Stuart was employed on the station, this is stone is all that remains of his hut.
Following photo's are a series of the now derelict Uley Station homestead.
As a kid we used to ride our bikes out through Uley basin. The massive mulberry tree now dead.
Uley Station ran over 3,000 sheep on the property.
Wallaby Sam's cave - 1930's, hunted Wallabies and Roo's with skins carted to town for sale.
Stock watering trough
A very informative and interesting tour - thanks to all concerned.
SA Water have been busy on the block in front of our place -
Water main exposed and trenches started for block 3 and 4.
Our block will tap into the water main that parallels our block.
Sewer line to our block
WM - water main
Our morning walk - Tools found on the road in front of our neighbour place. Checked with Matt later in the day, but not from his ute.
How ever a lady had chatted to him about a lost tool box, as posted on Face Book. Heidi did some Face Book work and came up with a phone number. I rang and 5 minutes later with 6 pack in hand, Nathan is reunited with his tools. Tail gate on his ute not clipped properly when he loaded his dog.
Arrow points to the UHF radio in our Troopy - needed to be removed for repairs, Tx not transmitting. The aerial is just tie wrapped to the steering column wiring harness, and shoved up under the dash board behind the UHF speaker. TJM 4 x 4 fit out shops are not auto electricians!!
Our block being mowed by our new neighbours father - thanks
Not phased at all by our male impostor. Mush be the wrong coloured tail that gives him away.
Off to check my Lincoln National Park walking trail.
Dropped off at a road side parking area, and walk in 1.5k's to my section of trail, but also do this section.
And we are off - Check point 4 to 7.
Down and _____
Gone!!
More serious tree down ____
10 Minutes, it's down and ____
Gone
Yet another one
Rotted thru
Heaved off the track.
Only a 30 minute walk from here, pending now more trees down
Well formed artifact - Emu poo
Well used walking trail, part of my trail
includes the Stamford Hill loop.
Wild orchid
SA Water guys had no idea
Our combined baking effort - a smashingly delicious LEMON MERINGE PIE!!
Ready for action
Our roving local cat = Bat Cat.
No we did not get wet, how ever we did walk faster
Our slat screen works as we perceived it would - wind and rain, plus privacy.
Sue's been busy - spoilt for choice - all from the same 150gm ball of yarn
Van seating being removed for repair.
Sewer connection is now in progress - 4 days to complete
A day golfing with the wild life at Coffins Bay
Kerbing done
How about that - one of our old annex skirt banners. DIY wheel cover.
New work bench - spare sheet from previous shed wall cladding. Working on the floor has got knobs on it!!
Pulled the van cushions apart and made up
Got the reading tagged 
Water meter installed and with a good quality ball valve
Our pot of GOLD!!
Our pot of GOLD!!
Locally known as the WHALE TAIL
Here's a better view. Locals fish for Yellow Fin Whiting off this gravel bar at low tide.
proto types from an old bed sheet
Working bee at Mill Cottage - Chris, Ashley and myself showed up. Easy digging with Chris electric jack hammer.
All done - sewer secure along with our Black Water which will gravity feed from our block.
New neighbour getting some ground boring done.
How true is this- Eh! never me!!
Luke's just moved in (2 weeks) and his BLACK WATER pipe is BLOCKED - the rather large gum tree is the culprit - a root had crushed the pipe.
New rubber feet for our fishing trip pods - Ex - bins at PP.
Job done and Coats Hire off to it's next job.
Fungi in our garden due to the recent rains
Our van cushion fabric has arrived, 1 month from Victoria due to CV-19. Fabric ready to cut.
Ready to sew
Ready set and done within an hour - sure beats hand stitching. Check it out below.
Enough material to make 2 cushions
Another working bee at Mill Cottage getting ready to reopen post CV-19 for Port Lincoln at least. Ashley and myself cleaned the Mill Cottage stand lone Kitchen, one of very few left in the state.
Now this is a practical 'DUNNY' seat.
Square front allows for hand holds to lower and push off with our creaky knees.
The cooks bedroom complete with bath tub.
Our Bougainvillea is coming to life.
Off fishing in Chooks new boat - hundreds of shags. We soon found out why they were on the water - massive bait balls appeared on the sounder.
Part of our catch
Finally got some flowering happening
Annex wall repairs after our last trip up the Scotts Beach (Fowlers Bay)
and go-cart. Plus keeps the Joe Blakes = SNAKES away hopefully
Sue's exotic on our last fishing trip - Weedy Whiting
Repairing Chooks de-scaling net - we lost one KGW on our previous outing - Bugger!
Working bee - Friends of Southern Parks - Ian with sprayer giving us a plan of attack.
Bob's giant Polygala tree he removed - Yeah! we seem to see these size estimations from FISHERPERSON's
This is what was geminating under Bob's large Polygala tree.
That's it folks - smaller monthly BLOGS to follow.
Cheers
Graham and Sue