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- May 20, 2024, 10:14 AM
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 112 m
- AustraliaQueenslandSomersetHazeldean27°1’15” S 152°33’45” E
Somerset Dam
May 20 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
I'll tell you something, the mornings are icy cold; cold enough to make you want to stay in bed. All day. But nature makes her calls, and one must heed them, otherwise you would inadvertently pass the bed. Oh, not pass, but sounds like... 👌Therefore one must be brave and face the trek through the long, wet grass in order to assuage nature's call.
Morning abulations (or is it truly adorations, like my auto-correct came up with) done and dusted, we thought we'd get the jump on the others and make it to Somerset Dam nice and early. A check of the map showed a long and winding road (that leads to your door ... who sang it??), so the long-suffering husband says, I'll drive. Ummn. No. Why not? he says. Because you'll just try to flog it. It needs to be nursed along, because there hasn't been a response from that dratted A1 mechanic (so he thinks, but I'll have a word with him!) as yet and I'm ready to give him a piece of my mind.
Hmmn. Better not do that, 'cos I need every part of it that I've still got left, otherwise I'll be slowly losing it! So, back to the long and winding road... It didn't lead me to your door at all, Somerset Dam. It lead me astray and to the township instead. I asked the husband to do that (check what the address was, so we could get google to lead us astray), but no, we're very clever and can do that without Google's help. Besides, the races takes precedence! Let's stop at the general store. A hot chocolate (with almond milk) later saw us returning almost to our point of origin as our destination. We certainly took the long way. All the byways.
If you're confused now, imagine how I feel! I have to live with this mess that is my mind. (Whoops, too many exclamation marks. Can't have that. Let's try again.) Ah yes, the destination. We checked in early, before 10am, in spite of going to the wrong place, but it was a pretty enough place to see regardless, and we got to see the mist on the water near the dam wall, which was real pretty. Once we set up, I sent out messages to the hordes that were yet to arrive, to let them know where we were located.
One by one, they arrived in their twos, setting up their caravans, wild west style - all in a circle and pitch everything in the middle. I was so impressed by their speed and efficiency in getting set up and bringing out the liquid nourishment. We were still trying to do our washing, so we could make our bed! But much excitement was had with us all being there together. ☺️
Nibblies and drinks were distributed to all, then superwoman, who was trying to put us all to shame (successfully too, I might add), whipped out the bickies she'd baked, then later a homemade veggie soup, followed by a Mexican dish with guacamole sour cream etc etc, completed by a lemon curd dessert with thickened cream! Well bowl me over and call me tweety, I bowed to the greater person that I'll aspire to be. When I grow up.
It seemed to be a bit of a competition happening, as another one, not to be outdone, whipped up a cheese and onion damper (cooked in a camp oven on the table), followed by chicken drumsticks, also cooked in the same. Boy, do I now know what I want to be when I grow up!?! Yes. Yes indeed I do. I wanna, I wanna... just kidding. I want to be a man! Yes indeedy, I do! I got a taste of it today, with the real women doing all the work, and me just sitting there twiddling my thumbs, feeling like a twat for not having thought of anything like that, let alone for everyone! Oh. Do men actually feel like twats, or do they just take it for granted?
But definitely a huge thank you to those who made the day a very special one. ❤️ I am in awe of all of you that put in the massive efforts to raise the marquees, fix the dinners for everyone, get a rip-roaring fire going and create a magnificent ambience and contribute to great conversation, even if it only appealed to the lowest common denominator. Replete with gratitude, we said our good nights 🌙 ✨️ (early; is hard work, this having fun. It takes it all out of you) and headed back to our powered site to watch our last episode (of our limited series) and retire to bed. Sweet dreams, beautiful people!!! You are amazing. Hakuna matata.Read more