The boys were up early keen to play with their new mates so
it wasn’t long before they were off traipsing across the dunes again. They
found some fox prints so they decided to build a trap for it using some cooking
twine and a few sticks. The plan was not so much as to catch it but film it as
it came to get some food they were going to leave out for it.
There was a light
wind blowing, by WA standards anyway, so we all headed for the beach where
boogie boarding, footy and car wars were the order of the day. We headed up for
lunch and a rest during the heat of the day. Their new mates were heading into
Jurien Bay for a look around so we did a little bit of 4WDing around the local
area. We eventually ended up on a lookout that had a great view over the bay
the camp is located in and back down the next few beached. I even managed to
convince the boys to sit there for a few seconds and soak up the view. After
all that climbing up sand dunes we headed for the beach. While the water isn’t
warm yet it was warm enough to cool us down while we played classic catches in
the water.
The boys grabbed their mates and a fish finger (that we
still had in the freezer from Brisbane) to set the trap for the fox while we
invited their parents, Anthony and Alison, over for ‘happy hour’. When they
returned they told us how they were having a competition doing flips and rolls
down the dunes. Sam had obviously won as every piece of exposed skin was
covered in a layer of fine white sand, including his face! I pulled his mop of
hair apart to expose the roots and I am not joking in saying that it was about
2 – 3mm deep in sand!
We gave them a shower but it was pretty much in vain. Jack
reported having to keep turning the pillow over all night as it kept getting
covered in sand while Sam’s bed could have doubled as a quarry with Sam not
being bothered one iota by it.
I thought I should tell you about my latest ‘invention’. We
have a Telstra 4G wireless thingy so we can connect with the world. Problem is
that most free camps are out of town, just far enough, and in just a deep
enough hollow that you usually struggle to get 1 bar. I used to put the thingy
on the roof but I guessed being surrounded by metal wasn’t optimising its
performance. I looked into external antennas but they were $170+ and not
guaranteed to make it that much better. My solution was to zip tie a small
basket, which holds the thingy, onto my telescopic landing net, and then that
happened to fit neatly onto the bike rack. It sits about 10 or 12m of the ground
and is doing a pretty good job!
It was a magnificent evening so we put the boys down, poured
a drink and settled in.... but our outside lights were attracting what appeared
to be sting-less wasps by the hundreds so we had to retreat inside...oh well!
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