21 February, 2026 07:00

Straight out the window (photo). With ducks. What a way to see the light move in, after waking at around 4.

The repetitive noise stopped at 9.29PM so perhaps that’s their cut off. In any case it did stop.

Vehicles came in and around, but I slept all through and only with a sheet.

Catch my breath today to work out what I’m doing.

7.15 AM

Sunlight advancing down the slope.

Some more photos of the morning; loving the light and dark.

10.15 AM

Found the toilet as mapped. Then saw the pool is closed until 10 so found tapwater, competing with five big ducks who thought my bucket was full of goodies and for them. Characters.

Back at the river brewing another coffee and the rest for a coolish van shower. Very hot today, and the tablelands air and dust exacerbates the unpleasantness.

Be right after a shower. Very tired and feeling very alone and lost. Not fully allowed to be here.

2.20 PM

Fabulous quiet spot all to myself, but I doubt it will last. Very hot. However, I used the time to start and advance two Yass paintings.

Work on them, put them in the sun. Up to three stages in the one day. One of these is going to have a lot more darks, as in the late evening photo of the rocks above, taken last evening.

A bit later. That’ll do for today. Good to have Yass in the folio.

Using the new $25 chair first time. It’s terrific. Seen here.

6.40 PM

Unbelievably hot. The sun just keeps boring into the van, even though I’ve blocked it out. Hot hot.

I gad to move because a very strange person hooned in nearby and started talking loudly. Can’t tell if it’s a she or he. Has a trailer rooftop and left, so I moved away. Person came back drinking as expected, now it’s looking permanent. Most unsettling individual with probably a mental problem, constantly talking. Has a dog, with a bucket on its head.

Not someone I want to be around. I think I’ll move on tomorrow because of it. Where I don’t know. Then the person too may leave.

It’s the mental illness side of this homelessness I don’t like.

Saturday night in Yass. Wonder if it gets bad.

Nice lady nearby the other way. K. with a cat called Dave. On her own, my age or younger, battling away in an old caravan.

…Troubling person has turned on a loud device. A problem brewing maybe. Bad news as it is.

Hopefully the caravan people on the other side quieten the person when they come back. Extremely unpleasant and unnerving for them.

8 PM

Wind just came through, cooler too, after a brief tank shower. Bit better now.

All good so far in the park. Darkness coming in now.