Drove on from Gunlom. A guy from NZ had his motor not working, so gave him a lift to the roadhouse. He farms near Dunedin. It snows a lot! He grows sheep and beef cattle, plus hay to feed them. We gave him a lift back to the Gunlom turn off. Apparently he got down there ok and out again. We met the Pommie guy from Brighton UK, who was helping him try to get his car running, in Edith Falls.
Stopped at Pine Creek to submit the kids schoolwork on Sunday. Rolled on to Edith Falls. It is spectacular. One couple from the Sunshine Coast told us the swim to the falls was easy, so we did it. I was anxious, but it turned out to only be about 200m. Wouldn't want to cramp up out there though.
The sky around here is super stoopidly blue staight overhead, and is still quite blue on the horizon.
Had pizza and music night Monday night. The guy had only been playing for four years, but was very good. His wife, the singer, came from a musical family. Found out about the couple from the GC, John Miller and his wife Zelda, plus a run down on their basketball playing daughter who got a scholarship to the US, his brother who headed Sport NSW etc for a bit, his dad who was in the Qld parliament for 20 years. John himself was a schoolteacher, then water sports manager in the Whitsundays, now in a set of paint shops.
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