A day in Ceduna
I finished up yesterday's blog quite angry.
Not getting into WA is one thing, but finding out I can't get back to Victoria was a low blow.
I have had some time to think about it. I see the sense of it, but I can't help feel that the politicians/bureaucrats have come up with a rule that is easiest for them to implement.
They basically want to stop us travelling.
It's just unfortunate that I was already travelling when they made the new rules. So now I'm resolved to make the most of it. I promise not to spout off at Dan.
So I've got that apology out of the way - I finished up yesterday's blog telling you I'd stay in Ceduna and I'd describe my day for you.
I started the day putting on the washing.
Do you still want to know more about my morning?
Well it's my blog - not even Dan can stop me rambling on....
The hotel has washing machines for the use of its interns. The receptionist, Jessie, tells me where it is, sells me washing powder for 50c, and tells me I'll need two $1 coins to operate the machine.
But who carries cash with them these days?
Two more trips to see Jessie (the dryer also needs coins, and I didn't realise till I needed the dryer too), and before I knew it, the morning was done. One half-day down, 21 to go!
I'm sure all my readers will breathe a sigh of relief to know all my clothes are starting off clean again.
But what's in store for half-day 2 of 22?
As it happened, my good friend Mal called me during the morning to tell me I should buy a hand-held fishing reel and go fishing off the jetty.
Yes, well that's a well known way to waste time isn't it?
But... there's no way I'm taking up fishing.
I know I have a lot of time on my hands, but no, dropping a hook and sinker into the water and pulling it up and throwing it back 50 times just isn't my type of fun.
If I'm going to the jetty, it's to laugh at the idiots pulling up seaweed on the end of their lines.
Maybe there's a nice photo I can snap.
I decide that I'll go have an early lunch and while chatting to the waitress, I ask where I can get a pair of swimming shorts. I didn't pack any.
She guides me across the road to the sports shop.
I'm in there waiting to be served. I notice all the fishing gear they have.
Oh no!
Mal had entered my head and wasn't letting me out of there without the fishing reel.
The sales assistant was very knowledgeable and managed to convince me to spend $6.50 for a hand-held reel with a lure designed to catch squid.
"But what do I do f I catch something"? I ask. "Oh there'll be someone near you that'l help you out with that. Just act like you need help" she says.
Oh well for $6.50, I suppose it's worth it to deal with one of the 22 half-days.
"I better get one of those hats too. I don't want to get sunburnt. A half-day standing out on the jetty is bound to require one of these floppy hats" I say.
$24.50 Kerching.
And then another $7.50 for the second reel to catch whiting with the squid bait I'll have when I catch my first squid.
Kerching, Kerching.
I still haven't got my swimmers - she points me to another shop.
"Thanks for your assistance" I say as I leave wearing my new floppy hat with the price tag flapping in the wind. I figure that will help identify I need help on the jetty.
The surf shop assistant was very nice too. We select a nice pair of surf shorts to try on. Yep... Kerching $74.50.
What?
Yep... beautiful colours.
She cheers me up by providing me some real help on what to do this afternoon - Davenport Creek, Denial Bay, Laura Bay. Now there's a nice afternoon plan.
So I follow the plan
I drive to Denial Bay beach. The road ends and I keep driving, and before I know it I'm on the beach:
Make sure you get all the sand out of the car including underneath it. You may have to get the car detailed before you drop it off.
ReplyDeleteYou just don’t understand fishing do you Julian. Stick to golf.
ReplyDeleteHi Julian, Great blog. Given our IT background that title "A Day In Ceduna" has me intrigued. I'm hanging out to see the numbering sequence you'll use for day 2, 3 etc. I can guess "another day.., and a further day .. a subsequent day ... but I'll be really impressed if you can do 7 or 8 :). And I also didn't see any mention of ironing ! I can't imagine you wandering around a crumpled mess, so you'll have to tell us how you convinced someone to do the ironing :)
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ReplyDeleteHi Julian. I assume that news takes a little time to reach the far reaches of SA and so thought that I would give you a heads-up.
ReplyDeleteYonhap News Agency, 13 Jan 2021, is reporting that North Korea will hold one session of its rubber-stamp Supreme People’s Assembly on Sunday, 17 January. The Assembly is expected to ratify the decisions made at the recent Workers’ Party Congress, only the second called since 1980.
The Workers’ Party Congress was called after intelligence reports reached Pyongyang about Victoria suddenly closing its borders to all and sundry. The Supreme Leader was concerned that North Korea had lost its mantle as the “Hermit State” and immediately asked that plans be put in place to accelerate the development of a long-range ballistic missile capable of reaching Melbourne.
Both the US and China were alarmed by the prospect of the development of a missile with such a range. In a rare display of unprecedented unanimity, President Xi requested his Foreign Ministry to urgently contact Premier Andrews through the back channels of the BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) to ask Andrews to contact Pyongyang immediately and explain that Victoria was the “Permit State” not “Hermit State” in order to de-escalate tensions.
Brilliant
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