On Our Walks
A while back there was a lovely thread of sunrises that the early risers among us posted. I loved it, so I thought I'd broaden it to a thread for all the lovely sights we see as we do our slow stagger...
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@arpie
No we are not on town water. The Water Corporation say 10kms out of town is too far to bring a big pipe! Has advantages though as we do not pay water rates or water consumption.
We don't use tanks to collect rainwater. Too much dust on our roofs that collects in the other dry 10 months.
Our water is from a bore. Come September / October the bore water is "tasty"!
I never buy up big. I am however fond of saying that we could live out of our store cupboard for 6 weeks. Same with the freezer. A generator comes in handy when the power goes out, as it often does.
Especially when the personnel in the gas fired powerhouse in town miscalculate on the number of gas tankers required! We are connected to unreliable town power. Hence a generator.
Last year the road was cut for 18 days, and you know what, we managed. The only person who could not understand why I could not make the appointment with the oncologist was the clinic receptionist!
She did not quite understand that a closed road is a closed road and that there was no other way to get to the airport 220 kms away!
I offered a Jacarandah School Atlas! She did not know what that was either.
Ah life in a Kimberley Wet Season.
No we are not on town water. The Water Corporation say 10kms out of town is too far to bring a big pipe! Has advantages though as we do not pay water rates or water consumption.
We don't use tanks to collect rainwater. Too much dust on our roofs that collects in the other dry 10 months.
Our water is from a bore. Come September / October the bore water is "tasty"!
I never buy up big. I am however fond of saying that we could live out of our store cupboard for 6 weeks. Same with the freezer. A generator comes in handy when the power goes out, as it often does.
Especially when the personnel in the gas fired powerhouse in town miscalculate on the number of gas tankers required! We are connected to unreliable town power. Hence a generator.
Last year the road was cut for 18 days, and you know what, we managed. The only person who could not understand why I could not make the appointment with the oncologist was the clinic receptionist!
She did not quite understand that a closed road is a closed road and that there was no other way to get to the airport 220 kms away!
I offered a Jacarandah School Atlas! She did not know what that was either.
Ah life in a Kimberley Wet Season.