Sunday Selections # 619

 Long ago, Kim of Frog ponds Rock, (who no longer blogs), dreamed up a meme called Sunday Selections. 

A place where those who were willing could put up photos they wanted to share, new, old, good, bad or indifferent, any photos you please. 

Nothing rude or vulgar though.

And we don't mind at all if overseas bloggers care to join us.

The meme is now continued by Elephant's Child and I occasionally join in as do a few others. Andrew is one.  Messymimi is another. Drop in to their blogs and have a look.

on the way to Port Pirie we stopped at Port Wakefield for lunch and I learned there is a tiny beach there. I'd never seen it before as we had always driven along the old highway which bypasses most of the town and had service stations on either side. We would fill up the tank, fill up our stomachs and keep going. So this little beach was a nice surprise that R had known about for years.

there is a boardwalk spanning the water

here you can see that is really is quite narrow, the bottom right hand corner shows the sandy area where a family was coaxing a child into the water, he/she had an inflatable ring for safety.

We walked across, just because we could, here is R stepping down the concrete landing

onto the weathered boards which were splintery in some places, but still very sturdy.

on the other side the darker sand shows the high tide level. 

once in Port Pirie we went straight to J's house, that is R and J on her front porch, the grassy area is her front "lawn", overgrown and gone to seed, full of weeds too. The fence to the left keeps her dog in the back yard so he isn't running all over town.

from J's house we went to the Hotel and had to climb 26 stairs to get to our rooms, each step is quite narrow and probably wouldn't pass safety regulations these days, but at least they have installed grab rails at the curve. 

our rooms were along this corridor, R towards the front and mine right at the end. In between are two "washrooms" one for men one for women, each with several toilets, and showers, for people having just a single room with no amenities. R and I each had a "suite".

this is the corner of my room behind the door, a desk with sugar, tea and coffee packets, cups and an electric kettle

clockwise to the next corner shows a mirrored wardrobe and the window air conditioner which worked extremely well. R told me later that the unit in his window rattled loudly all night.

clockwise again to my bed, the bedside lamp near the aircon wasn't working, but the one over in the corner was bright enough to be a searchlight almost. When we checked out I let them know about the non-working one.

the fourth corner has an armchair with a seat so deep when I sat all the way back my legs stuck out like  a toddler on an adult chair. Under the TV there is supposed to be a dvd player, we reported it missing and learned they often get stolen. R's room had the dvd player and a small stack of dvds but a couple were empty cases with the movies stolen. The furniture is cheap and hastily put together so none of the drawers closed properly without a lot of fiddling.

the adjoining bathroom was HUGE, here you see the toilet and part of the vanity which was about a metre wide.

to the left was a decent sized shower, a little bigger than mine here at home, good water pressure too.

across from the shower a mini fridge, sink and microwave. A tiny carton of milk was in the fridge and several glasses chilling which I didn't even notice at first. 

Meg was ready for a cup of tea so we made one, but then...

I pulled out the chair to sit and discovered it was badly stained, worse than what it looks here, so I got the shower mat from the bathroom and laid it on the seat so I could sit. We only stayed the one night as I don't like to leave Lola for too long without me.

On the way home we stopped at the side of the road near Dublin, so I could take these photos, from the car window of course, I wasn't getting out with the heat and all those flies! This statue is Ned Kelly the Australian Bushranger, the owner of this property made these statues himself.

this one is a giant rat, carrying a handbag and wearing a tie, the cow is a cutout, not a real cow

the giant cockroach has been left to rust for a more realistic look

the sign next to him explains these are anti Dublin-Dump statues, I'm not sure about what type of dump was to be there, but the people didn't want it, so it didn't happen.

a giant Tin Man made from 44 gallon drums and smaller fuel cans.

and a spaceship is there too! No Aliens in sight though.

A day after I arrived home, this book arrived in my mailbox! I found it to be as funny as I'd been told. 

More photos next week.