Day 2: Sunday 25 March
2pm, Ayr
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| 'Home Sweet Home' for five weeks |
Safe and sound in Ayr – collected at the airport yesterday by John, Gudjuda’s Business Development Manager and his lovely wife, Lyn. We got the low down on Ayr and the surrounding communities during the hour drive south, from Townsville. Perfect intro to the friendliness of the locals!
Home for the next week for Shelley and five weeks for me is the Ayrline Motel. We’re already firm friends with Ray, the very generous owner who couldn’t do enough to make us feel comfortable – completely unprompted he dropped off a bowl of hot chips to us last night, just because we were sitting out in the shade, waiting for evening to fall.
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| Nippers at Alva Beach |
We’re an hour behind Sydney so up at 6am and straight into a walk around town in the early morning light. Saw my first cane toad (probably not something to be thrilled about but I’ve never been this far north before!). Everything in town was closed, bar a newsagent and chemist so we took a taxi ride out to Alva Beach where the local nippers were in training. The water was pretty murky following last week’s storm and floods, but it was lovely to feel the sand between our toes. Even managed to scratch out a couple of sketches, so you can tell I am feeling completely relaxed!
Time for a nana nap - blame the humidity!!
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