Thorntonia - Week 6

28 April 2012
Off to Camooweal for a game or two of cricket. It is an annual carnival between a few local teams with six a side, everyone having a turn at bowling an over and if you're good enough, you have to retire with the bat when you reach 25. Lloyd's team is called the Border Huggers, made up of himself, his sons and a few from a neighbouring property.

Carl got to play a couple of games for another team and I even got to have a go. Must say Carl was pretty good but next time I'll stick to indoor cricket, it's a bit easier.

At night there was a 20/20 match with all of what you would expect...yep...that's right a streaker! The kids had fallen asleep early by the time the game was over so we called it a night.

29 April 2012
The cricket continued, however we decided a little touring of the local area was called for. We went and saw the Camooweal caves, something that a lot of the locals hadn't bothered to ever see.

small camooweal cave

 There is also a waterhole where you can camp.

pretty big waterhole

After that exciting adventure...the kids slept the whole time...we headed to the N.T. border. We couldn't resist crossing the border since we were so close. Got the old cruiser up to the speed limit of 130km/h but you can be rest assured we won't be doing that with the van on!

at the border

We returned to the cricket just in time to see the border huggers take out B grade. Then back to Thorntonia.

2 May 2012
The kids and I went to work today doing the tucker box. First up we got to witness the bull catcher in action with Lloyd driving and Carl hanging on for dear life.

Carl hanging on...

Carl still hanging on