Downtown Tieri

The last couple of weeks have been consumed by domestic duties in Tieri.  We have spent good time in Tieri with our grandchildren doing the usual bush things like catching yabbies (crauchies), having a backyard fire and cooking them, playing golf, and generally being reasonably outdoors most of the time.  Brendan left some gardening for us and now that it has got quite hot, the grass is taking an effort to keep green.  There is always watering to do at the Golf Course as well.  Speaking of which the amalgamation of Golf & Bowls Clubs that Garry is working on is going well.  We have hired a greenskeeper from Victoria and have rented a house for him in Capella.  He starts on 24 October and will take the pressure off the volunteers.  I hope it rains soon or he will have a battle on his hands through summer.  The amount of paperwork invloved in putting two clubs under one name is unbelievable.  I put the application in last week to join the 2 licensed premises under one licence and applied to move the 4 pokie machines from the Golf Club to the Bowls Club under one licence.  The application to the Qld Govt was approximately 80pages long including 23 attached forms.  I am still 3 forms and one letter short.  I cannot understand why such a complicated process is necessary to achieve what can be said in one sentence - did I mention that there were 4 seperate cheques to be drawn to accompany the applications all made out to exactly the same Govt Department!!  Anyway we will get there - I do understand why part time volunteers get frustrated with the process and give up.
A trip to the beach at Yeppoon with the boys to visit thier great grandma provided some variety.  They spent about seven hours on the beach the day after we arrived as the weather was perfect - not too hot but hot enough to be in and out of the water regularly.  A trip to the movies to see Zookeeper was ok.  I think the best bit was the popcorn and there were a few funny bits in it provided by the animals.
I must comment on the Fitzroy Development Road or the Dingo Beef Road as we knew it. The road runs from Dingo north to near Nebo (Mackay).  Instead of the narrow single lane bitumen strip that ecisted when I last lived in the region, there is now a wide 2 lane bitumen road in very good condition.  The mining boom has obviously provided some good things.  There are a few trucks on it but if you are travelling in the area choose that road, its one of the best in the region.  You need to ignore most maps which show a little or secondary road only.
Apologies for not much travelling new this time but we will be back on the road in 14 days from today.
p.s. Our son and daugther in law are enjoying their holiday in Italy and seeing many great sights.  Brendan has loaded about 300 photos onto his Facebook page so far.