Last night’s show was a fund raiser, with entertainers and musicians donating their time. Ticket sales and raffles raised over $20,000. This was the ninth year the event has raised money to employ breast-care nurses.
Kelly Brouhaha, Lyn Bowtell, and Ashleigh Dallas were my pick of the performers, together with the host Darren Carr, who is very funny.
Today’s temperature reached 34.8° at 6 pm, which was hot but not as hot as the forecast 37°. We put up some shade sails to limit the direct sun heating the van and in the morning ran the AC on fan only in an attempt to dry up any residual water sitting on the plastic air distributor. The shade beside the motorhome was good until midday, then we took Bluey to town and left Tilly in the van with fans on and plenty of air flow. I can remotely monitor the temperature and humidity in the van.
We ended up having lunch at Hopscotch, in the Bicentennial Gardens, beside the Peel River. The outdoor area is shaded by this wonderful deciduous plane tree, so it was pleasant sitting there. The food wasn’t brilliant, but our iced coffees were lovely.
We turned on the AC in our caravan just after 2 pm, and turned it off four hours later due to water dripping from the unit again when the outside temperature was at its highest. We kept the van locked up, hoping to keep it cool, but the inside temperature quickly rose to 32°, so we opened the door and windows and put on fans. As the outside temperature decreased, the van cooled down enough for us to leave Tilly inside while we went to a show. Bluey stayed with Leo in the motorhome with the AC running.
Anita needed to cook a corned beef, so we did it in the air-conditioned camp kitchen to avoid putting extra heat and steam in our van. We took turns walking the 120 m in the afternoon heat to check on progress. We had the corned beef for dinner with a salad Anita made.
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