Ian and Jethro left us in August and we didn't hear from him for a couple of months so I emailed asking how he was and how had he settled down to life back in Canada. He replied that he had been seriously ill and had done two stints in hospital. At first he thought his lack of energy was jet lag but it didn't go away and he was diagnosed with psittacosis or parrot fever. The severity of this illness is variable but he was very ill. It affects the lungs and the brain and is treated with antibiotics.
So we did not let the birds walk on us as they tried to do and as we observed them doing with the overseas tourists at the O'Reilly's Lodge where the birds are fed seed daily as a tourist amusement as they have been for several decades. I wondered how many of those tourists would be crook a month later.
Interesting also on the subject of birds, was the large area of dead trees we passed through near Kyogle in NSW. Noticeable was the pinging of bellbirds. Again, after we left Yamba and crossed the Divide on a minor road somewhere near Ebor there were large areas of dead trees and again the mournful pinging that accompanies, that which we used to have at home before the the 2009 heatwave that caused the bellbirds to move on, which I posted about soon after.
Ian recommended that we stay at Woody Head near Illuka, where the campground is on the beach almost. Leaving Evan's Head we did so, less than an hour's drive. A beautiful place.
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| We set up a tarp from van to trees |
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| Check out the the storm clouds |
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| A serious storm in the making |
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| Big roo went for swim |
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| It rained all through cooking and eating, we ate off our laps in the car |
The morning after, as much as we loved it at Woody Head, the mozzies and biting flies settled it for us, we moved on.
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