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 17th July 2026 : another early start to play the “Essendon Supplements” at Palmwoods oval- the unbeaten team in the competition. The rain held off in the morning but fell intermittently during the afternoon. The Supplements batted first and made 244 runs after 45 overs. - a run rate of over 5 per over. Our team played valiantly! Nic took a catch whilst fielding. An incorrect umpire’s call against us finished the game with us on 86 runs, but it certainly took the edge off everyone’s day! We had a lovely last dinner at Spero’s Greek Restaurant on the wharf- Jennifer & Ron, Chris Smith & Libby, Pat & Vinnie, Jeff Ledger, Pete Gunning and Richard Ruse. Rain then set in in earnest for the night. Billy Rowe & Karen Curtis Cricket in the sunshine Cricket in the rain  Beach at Mooloolaba from the Surf club full of construction stuff
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 16th July 2026: another early start for cricket at Yandina against the North Coast cyclones. Fortunately rain mostly held off! Nic faced his 35 balls not out. The other team won by one run but we almost caught them in an exciting finish! A group of 10 of us dined at the Thai Lotus in Brisbane St. soft shell crab in Thai curry sauce for me. We got home by 8pm for an early night, with the rain starting in earnest!  Captain Paddo  talking to his team         ACT >70’s Nic batting  Beautiful rainbow after smattering of rain
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 15th July 2026: we had a sleep in then Nic got to work on Tilba stuff requiring dining a hard copy and printing it at Officeworks!! I did the washing and sorted out caravan stuff. We then had lunch with Pip and Rosie at the Boathouse at Cotton Tree, the restaurant that is, rather than an actual Boatshed that Google took us to! We had entree sized delicious garlic and macadamia nut prawnsRosie & Pip came back to see our caravan and have an ice cream. I then did a shop at Sunshine Plaza and Nic posted his documents at the Post Office.washing was dry to bring in.! The wind picked up and the temperature dropped! We attended the club dinner at James Squires-a mediocre marinara without pasta for me and Nic had a chicken Parma. It began to rain as we left for Maroochydore 
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 July 14th: Up early for cricket at Palmwood cricket ground against northern Rivers Victorian team. Nic bowled an over and scored a wicket. The Northern Rivers team was a strong one with younger players than in our team and beat the ACT team who were all out after 35 overs.  Meanwhile Barb Preston organised an AllTrails walk along the Buderim Palmwoods Heritage Tramway Walk- a 4 km walk along an old tramway track used for goods and people until 1935, through rainforest. Jennifer and Karen came along with Barb and I. In the evening we went back to the Surfclub for dinner with the gang- battered whiting and chips and salad for Nic & I     
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 13th July 2026: up early for cricket at Yandina, 45 overs a side. It was cold in the morning but warmed up to a sunny day. The > 70’s started well, with George Preston and Peter Gunning playing particularly well. Went walking with Jenny and Karen around both ovals 4 times. Nic stayed in for quite a while supporting 2 high scoring batsmen. He also bowled several overs. However the Queensland Muddies team got the better of us after their 35 overs. They were actually a younger team. We had dinner at Cotton Tree, Namory Eatery, with Nic’s very old friend Pip and Rosie Welch . Nic has known Pip since 1968. Nic had Mussaman curry beef cheeks and I had a wonderful seafood laksa.
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 12th July 2026: Apologies for being such a total wimp and mentioning my foot in yesterday’s blog! Today it is fine except for some bruising, attributable to the ice application I’m sure! We travelled to Caloundra for cricket today- a social match combining the >60 and >70 teams playing the Trundlers.Nic batted and bowled. The other team were too good for ACT. We had curious grey butcher birds surrounding us during the day!  We went back to Mooloolaba Surf Club for dinner where we sat with Billy Rowe and Karen Curtis, who saved a table for us in a crowded restaurant! They were great company! We had Whiting fish fish & chips all round. Yandina for both teams tomorrow! Nic’s team fielding in the far distance in this photo!!                    ?what bird
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 11th July 2026: left Hervey Bay heading for Maroochydore via Maryborough. We drove past the airport, much as I remember it as a field with a small shed, where I landed in a Piper Cherokee, one of 5 passengers and a pilot going to Proserpine for a Melbourne University Underwater Club diving holiday out of Shute Harbour. We had to make an unscheduled landing because suddenly we had limited visibility through the windscreen. This turned out to be due to a faulty grease nipple, and I was dispatched to walk to the nearest petrol station to try to get a new one, which I was able to do! We camped that night on the airfield. Maryborough is a very spread out town full of old run down  high rise on stilts weatherboard houses. The Bruce was once again stressful driving due to the single lane status. Finally we hit dual carriageway! We stopped about 3/4 hour short of Maroochydore at a huge new service G’s where we had crab sushi and a coffee, We got to the Maroochy River Caravan Park at ...
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