21 June 2014
The winter solstice – shortest day of the year.
A lovely warm day of 23 degrees today i Roma. John & Denise went off to look around the town while we found a car wash to wash off all the red dust that had accumulated on our car. Kurgan was sound asleep when we located the Dog Wash where we put coins in and give our dog a shampoo, rinse, tick & flea rinse and a blow dry. Kurgan loved the wash etc but wasn’t too keen on the blow dry. Guess who smells beautiful now.
There are Bottle trees everywhere in Roma. Bottle trees and Boab trees come from the same family – Malvaceae – but are different species.
The Boab ( species – A.gregorii ) occurs in the Kimberley region of West Australia and eastern parts of the Northern Territory. The Roma Bottle trees are of the species B. Rupestris and are a native of Queensland.
…….and here is the tree.
There are bottle trees in the main streets honouring fallen soldiers from WWI. There is a monument in from of the tree with a soldiers name on it all the way down the street.
You have to know you are in Queensland when you see so many “Queenslander “ styled houses.
Queenslander architecture is a modern term for the vernacular type of architecture of Queensland, Australia. The type developed in the 1840s and is still constructed today. Queenslanders all have this underfloor area that is used to cool the building through ventilation.
Tonight Kurgan has put himself to bed. I roll up his bed during the daytime and put between the table leg and the seat. This is the second time he has got his bed out and gone to sleep on it. Wish he would do this every night and save me from trying to get him off my bed.
More warm weather tomorrow.
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