Heatwave Day Two

The scene this minute. 5AM. After 11PM, when some idiot’s music stopped, I managed to get some sleep.

8 AM

Had a coffee and NYT comments (every morning) here, the secondary spot for showers. Campers in the other spot.

Been quite pleasant but posting now because the heat is beginning suddenly to hit.

11.35 AM

Vehicles gathering around the shade at Riverside Park, where I fluked a spot and likely will have someone muscle in on me. Radios and caravan TVs are the worry. Gets to my head even worse when heat affected.

Breeze now, so I can knock out an hour before the shade moves on, quite comfortably.

Fridge is cranking and failing and nowhere up to it.

Bad fire danger everywhere, extreme in Vic and SA. So ‘lucky’ here.

A vehicle in the shade under every tree.

4.30 PM

At Waldrens on my own. So far. Neither of the two noisy vehicles, so they might have moved on.

After weeks I finally got Bluetti straightened out and the package in the post. Even then they made another mistake – sending packaging instructions after I’d lodged it with Australia Post. The company is off the planet.

It’s a load off because now I’m free to leave. Doctors in Canberra next week and car mechanic here the week aftet, but no dealing or waiting re Bluetti nightmare customer disservice. Notorious I see.

Helps with the heatwave, too, because I’m not trapped. It’s a shocker. Nowhere to escape to but at least I could if there was.

8.50 PM

Two girls in a rooftop arrived, ate on the chairs at the table problematic with the pillock from before after parking a very thoughtful distance away and were beautifully behaved and didn’t disturb anyone else. (Two others also in a rooftop nearby, across the way.)

So heartening. I feel I couldn’t do enough for them.

Then a large campervan zoons in, fluffs the park next to the rooftop across – then lines up the distance between me and the girls and drives in.

A bloke is outside, calling distances.

“You’ve got to be joking,” I say. There’s no room for that huge thing and the three vehicles look cramped stupid, with all other spots vacant.

“Hay?” the guy pretends weakly. Next thing they roar off. They knew they’d fucked it up.

I’m pleased I got the girls sone space.

Anyway, so hot it’s dangerous. Had a bucket wash, which I left outside- the water was HOT!

Two more days apparently, getting worse on each. Nights hotter than summer daytime temps.

It’s a bad heatwave.