RAIN

5-11-7. Early goshawk in same tree. Made calls re: shipment. Port costs $366!!!!!
Air freight hardly costs more and totally fast and easy to door. Classic lesson
learned hard way. Then parkup bellingen on a perfect jacaranda purple organic
carpet. Bloke got flag and five bound for lightening ridge! Gave me twenty!! Six
flags for the afternoon bellingen always good.
6-11-7. Nambucca magic massive support, surf shop got stock. A morning filled with
faces people power manifesting almost miraculously. Eight and more flags plus
stickers. free coffee with ozrusskies oh what fun we had tatyana victor and natasha.
Cold blustery early but. called to get bill of lading sent to newcastle to grab on
way to dock sydneyside. And down to parkup river's edge in southerlies melbourne cup
day and i tied flag for headscarf hey presto a winner. And BATHERS brain wave too,
two small flags make an outfit threefifty for material. One across the top with
gathers for cups, one through the crotch stars front!!!!! Couple from cattle country
west of the divide. Great white lines of surf river mouth wind versus tide. Blue
patches with pelican gliding. Painted rocks need redo of green white and blue.
Started on first two. Cup race run i did flags into scene. Fisherman caught fat ugly
fish in river. How sweet it is!
7-11-7. Whipbird lashed the night, drops fell sporadically on my tin roof from
overhead tree plop plop. Into Kempsey where elder lady got flag for porch next to
koori flag! Heapscool. river and rain, fish jumped. i carried on to port mac through
rain and into rain. Straggled into starbucks for free hot chocolate newspaper free
cranberry cake and free chocolate brownie. kfc library and parkedup beachside as
schoolies had surfing class. me behind coastal natives. rocks and the red tide i was
here last time washed away by the green salt sea. Birdlife transisting to southerly
species. new scientist mags again an instant update on the state of the ark. merging
supermassive black holes get a mention. Aids causes deforrestation. Then there's the
bad news. All abord leaving the station hurtling into nanagiga giddiness. Hope is a
good thing. by definition! Chilly breeze sneeze. Flag photo for calendar. What do
those kookaburras know that keps them laughing? And finally enough with the rain
already and more predicted.
8-11-7. Heron egret swallow and osprey(with fish in talons). Rain. Another
interesting spruik with stickers and wavers going out. One dollar capucchino in
arcade. Day dodging rain. long read of newspapers in cafes. Bill of lading in newc
tomorrow. finally fled to library for warmth and read 'australian'. Days lengthening
means light later which is great for the traveller. The cold and wet a real
challenge which i met! onward!

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