Day 41

Day 41 80 Mile Beach

Today was a big day, in fact it was Big Day Out day. We were sitting around chillin when the rumour went around that a gig was on the go. The roadies showed up and started setting up the speaker

Tide coming in

Morning sea mist

towers (well stands for the speaker to go on), the stage dome was erected ( 3 x 3 Gazebo) and the bands gear was unloaded and tested ( 3 organs, 1 snare drum, Piano Accordion and a microphone). The band list was extensive, just not known. It was great. Half a dozen oldies who obviously do this on a regular basis. They all took turns playing their tunes. The lady singing was just delightful, her voice was great and she sang a few old songs, she had either an organist and drummer with her. The guy on the piano accordion was great and had a lovely sound to it. He started playing some old tunes then

Morning Sea Mist

Cleaning the Beast

switched up to some new ones from the 50’s! The drummer was having a ball, he was reliving the good old days and was in a world of his own. The ladies shared the organ duties and played a range of tunes. The mosh pit was working overtime with the groupies swinging along. We had originally meant to go for a few songs then go to the beach, but we stayed until the end about 1 ½ hours.

Once the concert was over, we went down to the beach. The Beast had dried out over night and was

The crowd get rowdy

The band keeps them tapping

ready for another go. I had been charging her all day and we set off again. The intention was to go for a short walk then watch the sun go down but it went a bit more than that. We went for about 2 kms north before it started to get a little boggy for the Beast and I found this rock outcrop. I stopped there and Maureen went for a run further up the beach, so far up the beach she disappeared from sight. The rock outcrop was like a

The band strikes up

The Mosh Pit in action

muddy section that had suddenly turned into rock, there were no footprints in it, but you could see the shells and worm holes in it. Maureen went off running and I watched the sun go down, no sooner than it went down than dozens of crabs started digging out of the sand and piling up the sand.

Once back together, we set off back to camp where we had arranged to have dinner at the café here. It

The all girl band with Ukalalea?

Rocky outcrop

was roast beef and vegetables and was great. We had an icecream for sweets and all was good. The internet is still going up and down, so we are having problems loading them all. The tides are getting bigger as when Maureen went down to the beach this morning to watch the tide come in and it came in and in and in, it just about covered the whole beach to the sandhills base.

The rock of the out crop

Me on the rocks

Sand Balls

More sandy balls

Dinner with my lovely wife