1st Bardia Bimble
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 14 Apr 2018 22:57
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1st Bardia
Bimble
 After a
lazy morning, we bimbled toward the village and watched a pair of darters
messing in the river. Mustn’t forget the little brown jobs (LBJ’s) in our quest
for the exotic or rare. This LBJ puffed his chest up
and posed mid song.
  Next,
monkeys racing in and out of the water, playing and
climbing.
 I loved this chap, one horn up, one down, having a cool off
after a long working day, he would have started at around six this morning and
now the temperature is nudging forty degrees.
 He seems to be saying “Disturb me at your peril”.
  Domesticated some four thousand years ago these herbivores work
hard in the fields. Weighing in at between three to five hundred and fifty
kilograms, they are amazingly nippy. From laying peacefully to on their feet in
seconds and easily breaking in to a canter. They all seem to have their own
characteristics and facial expressions.
   Two men with their happy
charges.
 Local lads wanted their picture
taken.
   The
expected round of selfie-selfies.
 We get as
far as the hardware shop.
  All metal
is weighted to arrive at the cost. Fifteen dollars a
kilo, whether it be nails, screws or stainless steel cups and saucers. The plastic bottles of fuel looked a bit battered by lack of
air.
 We came
out to find Santosh, who looked as if he had had a
great New Year’s Eve last night (it’s now 2075)...... He offered us a
lift.
  First, a
quick stop to buy some melon and a coconut oil for
another guest. The Medical
Hall.
 Santosh
took us around a back road which passed the National Park
entrance, our destination beginning at six in the
morning.
  After a
very late lunch, we headed out once more for a paddle.
Man and cow
equals.......
 ..........new friends. Lovely to sit
and watch the bee eaters play, swoop and feed.
ALL IN ALL A HAPPY
TIME
RURAL
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