Wednesday 22nd May
Sunny and 24 degrees today. Makes for a good day to drive. So it's off to Pomona once the van is all packed. It's a one and a half hour drive for around 114km. We got to the show grounds and was greeted by a man who told us where to park as the caretakers won't be back until this afternoon. He congratulated Clive on his reversing up the hill in 4WD as the ground is a bit bogy from all the rain that they have had. The mower man said he would mow our area next before we put the awning out. So I took Gai to the van so she could at least have a comfortable seat in there. We opened the door to discover draws open and what looked like water all over the floor with a glass bottle broken on the floor too. I realised that it was oil from the pantry. I had not locked this one either. Rookie mistake 3 - check and re-check that all cupboards and doors are correctly latched before driving off. Seems that 'someone' had not done his job properly so somewhere the pantry flew open, the oil bottle fell out and broke. If Clive had wanted to clean the floor all he had to do was say so. It cleaned up with an old towel and paper towels, then a wipe down with hot soapy water. I think that Gai will be taking over this job in future. The show grounds are really nice and large here. They would have to be at least 6 times bigger than Mudgeeraba. They hold the Noosa Country Show here in September. There are about 8 vans in here tonight and I think more are planned as there is a special area for a group that is coming in. It's very peaceful. No TV reception, but on talking to the care takers when I went to pay we need to re-tune the TV into the Sunshine Coast transmitters. Ahh - what beautiful clear reception we are getting on all stations. Something we could never get at home, even with three, yes three, visits from different antenna guys who replaced the aerials and put in boosters.