Horrible Horrible day today.
Mail plane made it in, but barely.
Three patients all day cause no one wanted to go out in the rain. Beige mud everywhere.
ICK!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Weather....
Horrible weather today. Actually the last few days have been pretty dreary, but today it really blew up a freezing driving rain.
The Airlines of Tas flight barely made it in. There was a bunch of us waiting for it to land to pick up people, and few to fly out as well. I thought I had heard the plane go over at 11, and in fact I had, just that it was going the wrong way and didn't land!
When I got up there L was on the radio. Everyone waited and waited. Finally the radio crackled to life and the pilot announced they were making their approach. Asked what the conditions were like. L said that the strip was VERY VERY wet, and for the plane to keep to the right, and that there was a cross wind.
Coming in the plane was practically side on, every one was holding their breath and waiting for things to go wrong. He was coming in pretty fast too. But he righted himself up and came in pretty hard. There was a veritable bow wave of water behind the plane as it landed. But everyone got off safe. And the new passengers got out safe. A few hours later the weather really closed in. Poor puppies were very wet and sorry for themselves.
But then the barge came in. Mauro went down to lend a hand with unloading. He said that the barge made four tries to dock, and ended up hitting and breaking one of the supports.I'm just glad I wasn;t out in it!
The Airlines of Tas flight barely made it in. There was a bunch of us waiting for it to land to pick up people, and few to fly out as well. I thought I had heard the plane go over at 11, and in fact I had, just that it was going the wrong way and didn't land!
When I got up there L was on the radio. Everyone waited and waited. Finally the radio crackled to life and the pilot announced they were making their approach. Asked what the conditions were like. L said that the strip was VERY VERY wet, and for the plane to keep to the right, and that there was a cross wind.
Coming in the plane was practically side on, every one was holding their breath and waiting for things to go wrong. He was coming in pretty fast too. But he righted himself up and came in pretty hard. There was a veritable bow wave of water behind the plane as it landed. But everyone got off safe. And the new passengers got out safe. A few hours later the weather really closed in. Poor puppies were very wet and sorry for themselves.
But then the barge came in. Mauro went down to lend a hand with unloading. He said that the barge made four tries to dock, and ended up hitting and breaking one of the supports.I'm just glad I wasn;t out in it!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Doctor's Day
Well today was a full on day, Sonia reigned supreme in the surgery, and we had a flat out day...while Tony the pilot and the two cops from Flinders read the paper in the unit!
Tomorrow I have a bit of organising to do as well.
MMM, tonight Mauro is cooking chicken casuela. Yum! I can smell it cooking now.
Tomorrow I have a bit of organising to do as well.
MMM, tonight Mauro is cooking chicken casuela. Yum! I can smell it cooking now.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Cape Barren Island, 1 year on
Well it has been a whole year since I arrived on Cape Barren Island. Time certainly does fly when you are having fun! I lived through the first winter, and then the summer...got pretty hot here, temps up to 44C!
On the way we managed to get ourselves two dogs, Colo Colo and Diablo...and they give up a lot of joy...and frustration!
I will try to keep up with this a bit better from now on. I literally forgot all about the damn thing!
Well I just returned from a week long sojourn in my former home town of Sydney. Had a three day feastfest with my dearest friends Nicole and Debbie, it was Debbie's 35th birthday, and we went all out. Spent most of my time eating and drinking with the two of them. A fantastic time was had by all!
On the way back we got stuck at the airport for most of the day due to a thick fog covering the whole of Launceston and stretching right out over the Bass Strait and the Islands. Flinders and Cape Barren were both completely covered. Finally we were able to take off for Cape Barren, which was relatively clear, but just across the strait, there was Flinders, still covered!
On the way we managed to get ourselves two dogs, Colo Colo and Diablo...and they give up a lot of joy...and frustration!
I will try to keep up with this a bit better from now on. I literally forgot all about the damn thing!
Well I just returned from a week long sojourn in my former home town of Sydney. Had a three day feastfest with my dearest friends Nicole and Debbie, it was Debbie's 35th birthday, and we went all out. Spent most of my time eating and drinking with the two of them. A fantastic time was had by all!
On the way back we got stuck at the airport for most of the day due to a thick fog covering the whole of Launceston and stretching right out over the Bass Strait and the Islands. Flinders and Cape Barren were both completely covered. Finally we were able to take off for Cape Barren, which was relatively clear, but just across the strait, there was Flinders, still covered!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Back to the Barren
Sorry peeps. It has been a wee while since I posted I know...
A lot has been happening, and not happening that SHOULD Be happening. But that would take me all night to tell you about. So I'll just go for the highlights.
I got a puppy. His name is Colo Colo. Son of Colin (Short for Collingwood) and Bella. One of a litter of six. 3 Fluffy and 3 short haired. All black and white. There is some border collie in there somewhere I'm sure of it. Anyway, Colo is one of the fluffy ones. He is very cute. We called him Colo because there is a soccer club in Chile called Colo Colo. And we thought it would make a nice link with Collingwood. Of course the club is named after a Mapuche Chief who fought the Spanish.
And later Mauro found out that it means "Mountain Cat". Oh well.
I have been taking him for a walk most evenings. And taught him a few tricks already. We have had him four weeks now.
My friend Nicole came down for a short stay. She seemed to like it. And I kept Colo as a bit of a surprise, because she loves puppies. She adored him.
We took a long trip down the other end of the island to visit some friends, and the puppy came with us. He was sick in the car, poor baby.
Its spring here now, and the Island is coming to life. We are seeing a lot more wild life than we did before. Lots of blue tongue lizards, and birds nesting and other strange lizards and critters. Soon it will be warm enough to swim too.
Tonight we went and saw the play the kids at the school put on, it was hilarious....a rip off of Pirates of the Carribean...called Pirates of Cape Barreon...hehehe.
Im still laughing.
A lot has been happening, and not happening that SHOULD Be happening. But that would take me all night to tell you about. So I'll just go for the highlights.
I got a puppy. His name is Colo Colo. Son of Colin (Short for Collingwood) and Bella. One of a litter of six. 3 Fluffy and 3 short haired. All black and white. There is some border collie in there somewhere I'm sure of it. Anyway, Colo is one of the fluffy ones. He is very cute. We called him Colo because there is a soccer club in Chile called Colo Colo. And we thought it would make a nice link with Collingwood. Of course the club is named after a Mapuche Chief who fought the Spanish.
And later Mauro found out that it means "Mountain Cat". Oh well.
I have been taking him for a walk most evenings. And taught him a few tricks already. We have had him four weeks now.
My friend Nicole came down for a short stay. She seemed to like it. And I kept Colo as a bit of a surprise, because she loves puppies. She adored him.
We took a long trip down the other end of the island to visit some friends, and the puppy came with us. He was sick in the car, poor baby.
Its spring here now, and the Island is coming to life. We are seeing a lot more wild life than we did before. Lots of blue tongue lizards, and birds nesting and other strange lizards and critters. Soon it will be warm enough to swim too.
Tonight we went and saw the play the kids at the school put on, it was hilarious....a rip off of Pirates of the Carribean...called Pirates of Cape Barreon...hehehe.
Im still laughing.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Back to the Barren
Man im a lazy SOB...oh well, I have a good excuse, my internet has not been, well, usable. Not that we were unable to use it, just that we were too scared to. You see, my partner wandered into the clinic a few weeks ago, three weeks ago to be precise, and announced that he was unable to get on the net. So I rang Telstra....three hours later, after talking to about 10 people and being cut off three times, I was told that there was a credit ban on my phone because we had a bill of almost $4000!!!!
My jaw almost hit the ground...but it turned out to be a big mistake, on Telstra's part. And we don't have to pay it. But now we have a new connection.
And then of course I have a brief escapade to Sydney...for Uni ostensibly, but I had fun catching up with some dear friends and getting drunk on green plum wine and eating yummy Korean BBQ. And then of course it was my little redheaded cousins 1st birthday, that was fun!!!
Anyways, now I'm back home on Cape Barren. Another Doctor's day behind me. And all is well. Well apart from the fact that I have to write a 2000 word essay in two weeks!!! EEEK!
Well an update on our food finding and foraging abilities. Mauro brought back some fishing lures from Sydney...and some squid lures. So we decided to try them out and went down to the docks at sunset last saturday...after some kerfuffle with the fishing rods (Muuro had neglected to put any line on mine0 and then managing to get the lure stuck in the net...I went merrily casting off the dock with the other line...and managed to pull in two nice fat squid.
Of course, never having caught a squid before, it took some working out haw to manage them. Very strange creatures. You know you have one because when you pull it out of the water you can hear it blowing ink out. Lovely thick black ink that goes on everything.
When we got them home we then had to figure out how to clean the buggers...an experience in itself.
But I figured it out on the first one and the second one went much better.
And we had calamari for dinner.
Yum.
My jaw almost hit the ground...but it turned out to be a big mistake, on Telstra's part. And we don't have to pay it. But now we have a new connection.
And then of course I have a brief escapade to Sydney...for Uni ostensibly, but I had fun catching up with some dear friends and getting drunk on green plum wine and eating yummy Korean BBQ. And then of course it was my little redheaded cousins 1st birthday, that was fun!!!
Anyways, now I'm back home on Cape Barren. Another Doctor's day behind me. And all is well. Well apart from the fact that I have to write a 2000 word essay in two weeks!!! EEEK!
Well an update on our food finding and foraging abilities. Mauro brought back some fishing lures from Sydney...and some squid lures. So we decided to try them out and went down to the docks at sunset last saturday...after some kerfuffle with the fishing rods (Muuro had neglected to put any line on mine0 and then managing to get the lure stuck in the net...I went merrily casting off the dock with the other line...and managed to pull in two nice fat squid.
Of course, never having caught a squid before, it took some working out haw to manage them. Very strange creatures. You know you have one because when you pull it out of the water you can hear it blowing ink out. Lovely thick black ink that goes on everything.
When we got them home we then had to figure out how to clean the buggers...an experience in itself.
But I figured it out on the first one and the second one went much better.
And we had calamari for dinner.
Yum.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Foraging for food.
Yesterday we went back to Ned's Point, where I found a bed of mussels last week. I printed out the tide charts so we would know when it was low enough to get to them.
Well I managed to get a bucketful, not very large but plenty of them. A bit later, after I had filled my bucket and was busily trying to wash the worst of the sand and grit away, Mauro found another bed, a bit further out, with larger ones. I got a few of those too, but next time I will make sure I get those ones.
They took forever to wash...but finally I got them decently clean, and found a recipe in one of our ancient books, handed down from Mauro's Dad...British Food would you believe. It was for Mussel Brose, and though I adapted a few ingredients (we had no leeks!) it turned out pretty well. But still a bit gritty.
I ended up shelling all of the mussels. Although Mauro doesn't like Mussels, he did like the broth itself. Made himself some instant noodles in it...sacrilege!
Today was one of the warmest days for quite a while. I spent most of the morning cleaning the kitchen...I had made a bit of a mess making the Brose, lots of Pots to clean. EEKS! Then decided to make Banana Pancakes, was half way through he first one (and it was yum!!! Lots of cinnamon) When I got a call out to the clinic, someone had managed to plant a splinter deep in the fleshy part of their had...couldn't find any bloody tweezers. Was rather embarrassing actually. Couldn't get it out though, had to bandage him up and send him off to Launceston...
Anyways, when I got back there were a couple of the local kids who had invited themselves over. Mauro was in the middle of getting his fishing kit ready, I think he was jealous of me Mussels! Actually we had decided the day before to try out luck fishing at Porky's Point...had even gotten some limpets to use as bait.
Well after a few hints and a glass of cordial each the kids finally took themselves off. And we went fishing. Beautiful day...but no fish. Managed to lose a sinker off the first rod and the thingy whatsit you use for squid on the second. I went wading in the cold water looking for more limpets to use as bait...and then I saw them, two sharply curved fins and sleek dark bodies cresting out of the water...a pair of dolphins swimming by...it was a lovely moment. Almost made up for not catching any fish.
Well I managed to get a bucketful, not very large but plenty of them. A bit later, after I had filled my bucket and was busily trying to wash the worst of the sand and grit away, Mauro found another bed, a bit further out, with larger ones. I got a few of those too, but next time I will make sure I get those ones.
They took forever to wash...but finally I got them decently clean, and found a recipe in one of our ancient books, handed down from Mauro's Dad...British Food would you believe. It was for Mussel Brose, and though I adapted a few ingredients (we had no leeks!) it turned out pretty well. But still a bit gritty.
I ended up shelling all of the mussels. Although Mauro doesn't like Mussels, he did like the broth itself. Made himself some instant noodles in it...sacrilege!
Today was one of the warmest days for quite a while. I spent most of the morning cleaning the kitchen...I had made a bit of a mess making the Brose, lots of Pots to clean. EEKS! Then decided to make Banana Pancakes, was half way through he first one (and it was yum!!! Lots of cinnamon) When I got a call out to the clinic, someone had managed to plant a splinter deep in the fleshy part of their had...couldn't find any bloody tweezers. Was rather embarrassing actually. Couldn't get it out though, had to bandage him up and send him off to Launceston...
Anyways, when I got back there were a couple of the local kids who had invited themselves over. Mauro was in the middle of getting his fishing kit ready, I think he was jealous of me Mussels! Actually we had decided the day before to try out luck fishing at Porky's Point...had even gotten some limpets to use as bait.
Well after a few hints and a glass of cordial each the kids finally took themselves off. And we went fishing. Beautiful day...but no fish. Managed to lose a sinker off the first rod and the thingy whatsit you use for squid on the second. I went wading in the cold water looking for more limpets to use as bait...and then I saw them, two sharply curved fins and sleek dark bodies cresting out of the water...a pair of dolphins swimming by...it was a lovely moment. Almost made up for not catching any fish.
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