"LORD OF THE RING!"

LORD OF THE RING! (That’s me!)

HOT! HOT! HOT! Not good weather for an Australian animal that has thick hair/fur… we all had trouble sleeping last night (41 degrees didn’t drop below 35 until after 11p.m.) we all had to have a cold wash cloth sponge down so we could get some relief. Mum was very cranky pants and so she had another cold sponge down and decided to put some talcum powder on just to keep comfy a little while longer… she didn’t put the light on did she? No… and she spilled the talcum all over the floor of the van. She was not happy! Dad and I just pretended to be asleep coz we didn’t want our heads bitten off by asking dumb questions like “what happened?” or  “are you ok?” when we heard the naughty words mum growled out! (Been there, copped that, don’t wanna get it again!).

Mum reckons dad is a jinx! He reckoned it would be nice to have a small canoe so we can all go out and have a paddle around, then (as dad always does)… said we’d probably lose this peaceful setting and a group of scouts will rock up and have a jamboree here or something.. Mum told him to ‘shut up’… next thing you know… about half a dozen canoes rock up and moor at the boat launch! But they didn’t stay long, four cars turned up they packed the canoes away and all the life jackets and drove off… then, as they drove off in a cloud of dust. A nice young man rode out of the dust cloud. We are meeting a lot of people on this trip and most of them have been really nice!  His name was Dylan and works as a baker in Alaska where he lives at Anchorage… and he is riding a push bike around Australia before he flies out to do the same in New Zealand. He had funny markings on his arms, legs, and fingers I asked mum what they were, she told me they were tattoos, or body art. I looked at my furry paws and thought no point in my getting a tattoo no one would see it! One of the tattoos on his right paw… sorry, I mean right arm had pictures with instructions on how to fold a paper plane, so I thought that was cool. Dad said for me to get a tattoo the first thing would be to wait until I was older, then to get a tattoo like hat done I would have to go to a tattoo parlor where the tattooist uses a needle full of ink and stick it into my skin hundreds of times! I fainted when I got my little wombat pre-school needle so I don’t think a tattoo is for me.  Mum made him a cup of coffee and a slice of banana and walnut bread, and dad filled up his water container. Dad and Dylan talked for a while about their travels, where Dylan had been we are eventually going, so the conversation was good. I didn’t understand most of it and just watched the line of ants walking across the table outside.  Mum said later he was ‘buff’ and dad growled and frowned. I don’t know what that was all about!

Oooh!!!Guess What I am LORD OF THE RING!  Dad let go of me in my swim ring this morning before our brekkie swim. I didn’t know he had done that he had let go… I was scared at first, but then I floated a little bit away from dad… I felt ever so brave! I AM TAHUNE AIRWALK McKAY III LORD OF THE RING! (swim ring that is). It was a lovely swim… mum and dad were very proud of me, I even saw some little fish in the water coming up to say hello to me! I didn’t want to get out after our dip but mum said it was time for breakfast, then after an hour if I still wanted to go back in we could but I would have to wait until then.

Today is going to be 43 degrees and two more trees came crashing down a fair distance away last night. I jumped but both mum and dad told me not to worry as those trees came down a very long way off. I looked up at the trees nearest to our van… just to check, can’t really blame me can you? I don’t want to be squished! It's going to be the same tomorrow and 43 for two days after that! We have decided that it will be better just to stay put near the river and swim a lot and keep drinking a lot of water. Dad said this is 'dangerous heat'. Mum put some sun cream on my nose so I don't get it sun burned. I am amazed at how small our van is and how big it is at the same time... What I mean is the storage. There's heaps of it! There's almost enough room for daddy if he squishes down, I hope he's not in there if there's an arugment... mum might not let him out! LOL! *just kidding*. 

Mum had to buy another pair of sunglasses as the other pair broke in half! She bought them at the camping store in Cobram and they are polarized! Mum let me put them on when I went out fishing with dad to protect my eyes and it stops the glare from the water! I can see the little fish swim past dad’s hook… I whisper “keep swimming little fishy.. daddy wants a big one!”.  

We came back to the van and I pretended I was super cool with mum’s sunnies on and put my paws up! “Dude!” I yelled... Mum and dad just laughed, lunch was a salad sandwich for mum, dad had tahini, cheese and peanut butter (GROSS!) and mum found some really fresh green grass for me. We talked about where we had been so far, and where we were going next. Dad suggested I choose the next spot… yay! I look through the book of all the camping places very carefully and say “This looks good I think we should go to Tom and Barry’s way”. Mum raised one eyebrow, and dad said, “Where?” I point to the book while looking at the picture. “Right there… see? here on this page… Tom and Barry’s way!”  Mum looked me and where I was pointing with my paw. Then she looked at dad and smiled, picked me up and gave me a hug saying she thought it was a wonderful choice! (Go me and my bad self!) Then she put me down for my wombat nap after lunch… I heard dad say to mum “Tom and Barry’s way?” Mum laughed as she said “he means Torrumbarry’s Weir past Echuca and Moama”

 Oh… Is that what I mean? *yawn* zzzzzzzzz

 

 

Daddy Storage... ha ha.

I don't know daddy, it looks deep to me!

Now there's a good looking and brave wombat!

DAD! YOU LET GO!

Daddy is proud of me!

Next stop? Tom and Barry's Way.

DUUUUDE!  HIGH SIX! :)

 





Until next time... lots of love and wombat cuddles

 

Tahune xxx