Emerald day 2

When one hears the word, emerald, one conjures up visions of a bright green gemstone flashing brilliantly in the sun. Emerald in Qld can only disappoint by that standard, the fact that its drizzly rain and the town itself seems to be one giant muddy roadwork doesn't help.

But - they do have the world's biggest artist's easel (where do they come up with this stuff?) and just in case you are in disbelief, here is a snap :

Giant easel, Emerald, Qld

We visited the brand new shopping centre boasting no fewer than 30 speciality shops, but left when we couldn't find a coffee shop, instead we reverted to the older mall that only has 22 speciality shops but a choice of 2x coffee shops. Yes, it's been a very slow day.

Judy's labrynthitis is worse so we returned to the van and a cup of tea. Grr, this laptop s playing up with its video - might have something to do with it being dropped the other day and the piece of plastic that came out through the dvd drawer.

Judy was even less impressed with the Lorikeets  that come right up to your feet and can easily be picked up, as long as you've got a crumb or two. I had the snapper handy so they had to settle for having their picture taken:

Rainbow Lorikeet, (Trichoglossus haematodus)

 

 

Did we mention that this van park is on the far side of Lake Maraboon, the dam of which we couldn't drive over yesterday? I just have to tell you that the Lake claims to be 3x SH's, so it's pretty big. Dirty brown mind you but supposed to be full of fish and something the are rabbitting on about called a 'red claw', a crab I guess.