Ngunguru

What a brilliant sunny day we had yesterday in Ngunguru - blue sky again and hot so our 2 loads of washing are beautifully dry. We have stayed 2 nights at an LCP - like a POP with all the amenities and space for 4-5 vans in the front yard of Georgina and Erics house. There is a power supply to each site, water and a shower and toilet that we can use all for $10 a night and also a washing machine for $3.50 a load. We are the only ones here apart from their daughter who is living in a bus on site. Eric has been so generous giving us a lettuce and rhubarb from his wonderful vege garden and some lovely schnapper from his freezer that he caught recently. He also offered us a pumpkin but I had just bought one so had no need.

No. 1 spot in Eric & Georgina's front garden

Yesterday after getting the washing out on the vast expanse of line Len and I drove round the corner to the Ngunguru 9 hole golf club where we played 18 holes on their flat course which was made more challenging by several of the tees being up on high ground with lines of trees to drive through and maybe ditches or a pond in front. Also 2 of the fairways had a line of mangroves with underlying mud right across the fairways where a ladies tee-off ball would be wanting to land or pass through so it was a choice to either lay-up or take a deep breath and take on the mangroves - I found that the mangroves always win so laying up is the best option! Len and I drew for our golf challenge - I'm allowed more shots according to our handicaps - and I was happy with my round of 100 but it is classified as an easy course so my score probably wasn't that great.
After the golf and dashing back to the LCP to get all the washing off the line Len went out with Eric and the other "Old Farts", as they call themselves, for a round of 9 holes in their weekly competition but didn't do well enough to win a prize although all those playing were given a golf ball which will be handy as Len has lost quite a few of his good ones lately! After a couple of beers in the clubrooms Eric invited us to join him and his friend, Brownie, into his "back shed" for a tipple of Ngunguru Wine which turned out to be his own 8 year old brew from his prolific grapes - nice once you adapted to the taste and I suspect very potent!
After lots of laughs it was back to the bus to cook up all the food he had provided for our dinner!

This morning it was raining cats and dogs and blowing but it was time for us to move on from our hospitable hosts after filling up with water and then visiting the dump station further round the bay.

The dirty job at the dump station!