Day 215 - Monday 31 July - Around Bundy

Day 215

Monday

31 July 2017 –

Bargara – Bundaberg

Another glorious day to get out and enjoy though we were slow to get started, staying in bed until 8.15am before finally getting into the morning rituals. There were plenty of people around us moving on to their next destinations. We had breakfast, Paul had a shower and just after 9am we were ready to take off for the Bargara Golf Club.

After paying for 9 holes, we were directed to the back nine and began our round in the warm of the sun. Paul wasn’t playing as well as the last round which was obviously annoying him. It was however a good excuse to be outdoors and getting the steps up.

When we had finished the round and packed up, we stopped in at Woollies for a couple of bits and then made our way to the Bundaberg Regional Council office where they had a “Denizens of the Deep” wood carving exhibition. The carvings of an underwater world were created by Arthur H Clark out of Mango and Hoop Pine timbers and they were quite impressive.  

We then returned to the van for an hour. Paul rang the brewer of a small brewery at Baffle Creek to organise to come by tomorrow. We had our lunch and then headed into Bundaberg city. We did a wander down the main strip stopping at a couple of stores to buy a few things. Paul had hoped to pick up some Harley Davidson models we had seen advertised yesterday for $4, but they were sold by the time we got there. 

We returned to the car and drove to the Bundaberg Barrel where we decided to do the tour of the small museum based on the iconic Bundaberg Ginger Beer. It is normally $12.50pp to go through the centre but we were lucky enough to get in at 2 for 1, as one of the interactives wasn’t working. 

We read the posters, pressed the touch screens, completed the quizzes and watched the short DVDs, giving an insight to the family owned and run company that pumps our 1000 bottles a minute!

Once we completed the tour, we were able to taste test their range of soft drinks. We were familiar with three; ginger beer, lemon lime & bitters and sarsaparilla, but they actually have a range of sixteen and they were all quite good. They actually reminded me of a line up of Vodka Cruisers and I figured they would make good mixers. We picked up a carton of six varieties for $28 which should mean I have plenty to keep me going though I will probably need to top up the vodka. 

On our way home we stopped by the old brick water tower that was constructed in 1902. We heard from Claire that when the Burnett River flooded it did so to the level of the third story window.

 

Once back at home we made ourselves comfy, happy to be lazy for a while. I read that a small tornado had ripped through Warwick and hoped that our home has weathered the storm.

We organised dinner and ate, before heading out for a walk through the suburb. It is noticeably cool at night now and I need a jacket when out from late afternoon, however the days are warm as toast.

When we returned, Paul happily read, while I finished up the blog, it was then time to turn out the lights.

Heard a tornado went through our home suburb and the nearby surrounds, was glad to hear that the storm missed our home, though there was plenty of destruction around the place.