NOTE THESE TWO LINES WERE DROPPED OUT OF THE LAST POSTING FOR SOME REASON BUT THEY COMPLETE THE CANOE EXPEDITION STORY: Back at Camp 3 we slid ourselves into the river and sighed with pleasure in its tannin stained, but cool, refreshing waters. It was a tired, lazy downstream paddle back to Harry’s Hut and the wheels to carry us home. But with foresight, we had left some beer on ice in the car - and for once ….really did deserve it! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Summer is here These are gardening days with bonfires of tree slash and dead palm leaves, major lawn mowing, bean and tomato harvesting and ocean swimming every day. But the forecast isn’t so good - we expect the monsoon to return and stall over all northern and eastern Oz for maybe weeks
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