Jericho

Dear Family and Friends





It's now more than a week since we pulled in at Jericho. There continues to be around 30 vans per night. We are lucky to be right beside the river as it has given us a chance to watch the birdlife and their daily habits have been interesting. The larger birds come swooping in taking fish right out of the water then landing on the bank before devouring it with relish. There are wo small ducks that float around each day and from time to time two larger ducks float on by, we presume theyare the parents of the younger ones. Their are two large cormorant birds that seem to play together in the aafternoons as they sweep down and around the part of the river where we are, They look to be playing chases as they fly around. On land we seem to see a few Willy Wagtails, Butcher Birds and Apostle Birds and twice now we have seen two wild budgerigars one a pale blue and the other predominantly blue with yellow. Both beautiful.





We have also had the pleasure of a cat who has made itself at home with us. We have named it Ginger. It began by coming in the evenings at around six o'clock so we assumed that it may have been enclosed during the day and let out at night when it's owner came home from work. It would be gone in the morning. After a couple of days it suprised us by being on our chairs in the morning. It would sit on our laps and make itself quite at home. It dived for the van door whenever it was opened, which made us think that it may have been left behind by someone in a van. It was very clean and desexed and flea free. for a couple of nights it evidently didn't go home as we could tell it had been on one of our chairs. I started feeding at a couple of days ago as it was slightly on the thin side and by this time I knew that someone else here have fed it also.





Mouse (tell you more about John and Mouse's visit here shortly) made enquiries at the local pub when she went in to buy some milk and was told that it belonged to someone who had recently moved from the area. Mouse was told it was left with a neighbour but they didn't know if they were looking after it. It has been missing both afternoons yesterday and today so it goes somewhere, would love to have it as it is a lovely cat and jumps on your lap when you sit down but obviously we can't take it with us so when we go it has to stay but untill then I will enjoy its presence.





Mouse and John are on holidays and have caught up with us while we were here at Jericho. They have their tent and camped here beside us for a couple of nights. It was good to catch up with them. We had a good time with them here, We went on a drive with them to see the local sights (not much to see unfortunately) and checked out the local airstrip as a possible stop over when


John does his yearly flying hoiday.





We plan to leave her either tomorrow or Tuesday, not sure which.





That's it for now





Love to one and all





Ken and Lyn