Friday 30 August 2013
Saturday 24 August 2013
Tuesday 13 August 2013
Willows and beyond
Our time at the Willows this year is rapidly drawing to a close. We leave here next Wednesday morning and head West to Ilfracombe overnight. A couple of nights after that will see us at Mount Isa again.
My last report stated that not much had been found here this year and I am able to report that I have kept up that average despite shifting a lot of rocks and sifting a lot of dirt. Thats the way it is on the diggings. The Gemfest at Anakie has been and gone for another twelve months. Our first this year so we bought a $20- passport that gave us admission over the four days. Admission is usually $10- each per day so we went on 3 of the 4 days of the event. We took our stones in to be sent to Thailand to be cut and we had 32 of them which included some of our garnets from the Northern Territory that we found last year. We look forward to getting a nice little package in the mail in a few weeks time. Thailand because they are honourable, honest and cheap cutters/polishers of your valuable stones.They send representatives to Gemfest each year for that sole purpose.
The mercury has started to rise and several people complaining of the heat. We had 31C in our annexe yesterday and now have the air conditioning on again today.
Liz Speed from Emerald Photographics came out the other day to take photos of Marg. and I and our vehicles and the magnificent Kumho tyres. Kumho want to use us in a National release soon, stay tuned.
We will miss the friends we have met up with from last year at the Willows and some new ones as well. The Owners, Steve and Rea have sold the park and are hitting the road after 20 years here.The park may change by the time we are here again. Bon Voyage you two, enjoy the lifestyle that you have served over those years.....
My last report stated that not much had been found here this year and I am able to report that I have kept up that average despite shifting a lot of rocks and sifting a lot of dirt. Thats the way it is on the diggings. The Gemfest at Anakie has been and gone for another twelve months. Our first this year so we bought a $20- passport that gave us admission over the four days. Admission is usually $10- each per day so we went on 3 of the 4 days of the event. We took our stones in to be sent to Thailand to be cut and we had 32 of them which included some of our garnets from the Northern Territory that we found last year. We look forward to getting a nice little package in the mail in a few weeks time. Thailand because they are honourable, honest and cheap cutters/polishers of your valuable stones.They send representatives to Gemfest each year for that sole purpose.
The mercury has started to rise and several people complaining of the heat. We had 31C in our annexe yesterday and now have the air conditioning on again today.
Liz Speed from Emerald Photographics came out the other day to take photos of Marg. and I and our vehicles and the magnificent Kumho tyres. Kumho want to use us in a National release soon, stay tuned.
We will miss the friends we have met up with from last year at the Willows and some new ones as well. The Owners, Steve and Rea have sold the park and are hitting the road after 20 years here.The park may change by the time we are here again. Bon Voyage you two, enjoy the lifestyle that you have served over those years.....
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