Tuesday 25th July 2023
You would not believe the rain we had overnight. It was a continuous down pour between heavy and very heavy. The wind howled as well. We are so glad that we chose to bunker down in an apartment on the outskirts of Mackay. We are struggling with not doing any walking. We were both hoping to go for a walk today but it is too miserable. We walked 87km in six days and haven’t walked more than 20 steps in any direction since. Oh well, maybe I can get some more blogging done and DB might succeed in doing some work. Only time will tell.

It has been raining on and off between torrential and light, with a very strong wind since we woke this morning. A about 10am it looked like there could be a small window of opportunity for activity, so I donned on my rain jacket and off we went. We haded towards the beach and were greeted by a flock of red-tailed black cockatoos putting on a show. We spent some time trying to photograph them without too much success but we may have one of two shots that are okay. We then headed off for a walk in the Slade Point Natural Resource Reserve. It was a short walk through the bush on a nature trail with some lovely flora and some birds., About 10 mins into the walk it started to sprinkle and the weather was looking very inclement. David decided to turn around as he didn’t wear his wet weasther jacket. I decided to continue. I enjoyed a lovely walk for over an hour, noticing some very colourful big and little plants and flowers. It was lovely to be out in the not so sunshine. With about 10 mins to the end of the walk, and at the most open section along the beach foreshore, the rain pelted down again. I was saturated by the time I got back to the apartment but very satisfied with moving the legs a bit today.

We will hang at the apartment today, catching up on the blog and hopefully David will solve his work problem. We are so lucky we have an apartment and the ability to make these choices when the weather is poor.