Macca's Meanderings

Hi from Croker Island As we move through October the temperatures and the humidity continue to rise making physical work outdoors increasingly demanding. The once clear blue skies are now filled with more clouds producing some amazing sunrises and sunsets. Most non- indigenous people mis-pronounce the word garngi as follows: garn-gi (or garn-gee). The correct way is: gar-ngi. The 'ng' sound in garngi is the same sound as 'ng' in the English words sang, ring and then add an 'ee' like in the English word seek - gar-ngee.  The house with the 4WD park out the front is my accommodation. It is just 200 metres to the beach. There is only a limited view of the sea. As mentioned in an earlier post, we are in the late dry season which means there is not a lot of green around at the moment. That will change soon when the wet season brings an explosion of growth. Down at the beach directly in front of the house is an old jetty, a relic from the mission days. The current bar...