Posted on by Caroline Lieber

September 2020

  • Chillagoe
  • Viv Sinnamon

John and I drove out to Kowanyama where John has been working on a project to protect the habitat of the white bellied crimson finch. I was interested to meet Viv Sinnamon who has an amazing cultural heritage collection there.

Sunflowers coming out on John’s terraces
John started volunteer work with the local fire brigade

We started travelling south for Stuart and Stephanie’s wedding. Mum and Dad had shouted us a holiday in a campervan. We got to Babinda Rocks the first night, then Townsville and the Platypus campground at Finch Hatton that Bruce and Toni ad recommended.

We drove out west to Carnarvon Gorge and visited some friends of John’s who live on a big farm near Roma.

Laxmi has been drawing and playing a wolf game and reading voraciously.
The wedding was lovely though I didn’t take any good photos
We had a great stay with Jodes. It was sad we couldn’t see mum and Dad because the border was closed.
We met up with Bruce and the family on the night after the wedding. Katie stayed with us.
Sarah and Renee and Oscar and Harry came to stay when we got home.

That was just before Varsha’s 16th birthday camp out sleepover!