North Kimberley Fires

Yes, if the only thing that comes out of all this is that we take more notice of our surroundings and do something to help avert further catastropes then this and Anne's other post have done good. Eventually the irresponsible idiot fringe may actually (here's hoping) take note and act accordingly. Anne, I sincerely hope it is not too long before the fire cools down - its a worry.
Happy camping,
Mike.

Hi Michael,

So far have held it back to $1.90 but should really have gone up again some more when we got the last load as it went up quite a lot to us.
Yes daughter Lisa's tell me the vehicle went out ok although I have to admit I don't really recall. So much happens in such a short time here that it all starts to flow together by the end of the year.
So glad you liked the burgers, guess the difference is we do have real homemade meat patties in them, not factory paste garbage. A pity it can't any longer be our own beef (which is even tastier) this was how they started I used to make them for a treat just us who lived here, using of course back then our own meat.
We do buy the best quailty stuff from the butcher so hopefully that also ensures they are nice.
Yes, rain, rain & more rain - Soon !
cheers, Anne

Love your comment on the food !!!!
You can come back anytime.
thank you so much, Anne

Anne,

I was there in May/June leading a small convoy of three vehicles. I asked after you a couple of times but ran out of time....(a whole other story).

Love the place, we enjoyed ourselves immensly.

Dave O
Got some nice pics of Kimberly on my web site now

Sorry I missed you Dave, I did get to meet a few from ExpolrOz this year. Think you may have been the person I was told about and when I finally did come looking to say Hi, Joanna said you missed them, they said they would try on the way back down.
Then same thing happened to me again on the next attempt I was flat out and when I finally did appear Jo said 'they waited quite a while, but had to move on'
So again very sorry.
I had a quick look , yes you have taken some very good photos.
cheers, Anne

Hi Andrew,
That was son on the dozer, tree was totally dead and hanging over shed. Was very old, been there since before our time. White ants must have got it. Couldn't credit that it had been dead over a year but it took him almost 2 days to get it down safe and out. Was hard though working right beside the shed, he couldn't get the rippers right around it to get at the roots, and the ground there is full of coffee rock boulders so the roots must have been stuck in between them like glue. If we had known it was so stuck in we may not have been so concerned about it falling during this wet and landing on the shed, mind you it had to go because even if the whole tree didn't fall some of the large branches would have.
Never mind the kids, isn't it funny just how many of us adults can happily stand and watch a big machine at work for hours. I caught myself walking past and just having to stop and watch for a 'moment' just to see how he was going.
Yes, Jo does come over well, bubbly and fun, lots of people comment they enjoyed listening to her. She won the Kimberley & Pilbara ABC Heywire last year and got a week in Canberra from it with all the other young people from round Aussie, which she really enjoyed.
Missed the replay of Malcom's show would have been nice to re vist what we all looked like all those years back. I have forgotten when it was filmed but that show must be 10 perhaps even a few more years old. Be nice to still look more like one may have 10 years back ah.
The locking away consists of sitting in the office all day and still not being able to keep up with the phone ( which goes constantly) and paperwork !
Gets easier from now on as it gets quiter, which is why I normally only come on forum any time between Oct & March. Our tourist & cattle season is so short, but so flat out keeping up with as they both happen at exactly the same short time period.
Yes thank you, Wayne's leg did finally get better. Considering he is no spring chicken and where the cut was, he was very lucky to not end up needing skin grafts etc. They did think the stitches and skin may not take, but all was well in the end. He is now enjoying a well earned ' wet season' break back home in Queensland.
Would never cope the season here without a few of our long termers like Wayne.
Telstra want to put in a proper pay phone phone. That blue one is a pain we spend more time trying to dig out stuck money etc than it does working but everyone loves it so much in the fridge that I don't want a new one.
Will eventually have to I guess. We had a gold one which went ok, they ' upgraded ' the radio line speed and the gold then wouldn't work on it so had to have it replaced with a blue one which is the biggest heap of you know what, that I have ever seen. It's just a constant battle with the coins either falling through or jaming, if it worked ok for you then you did well !
cheers, Anne

Actually yes wouldn't mind a copy just to keep, swop you a couple of stubby holders for it ok ? Put your return address for me when you send.
Our postal adress
PMB 9
Kununurra
WA 6743
many thanks, Anne

I'll pop it in the post this afternoon.

Steve