Yorkey's Knob

September 10, 2009
We are settled into Yorkey’s Knob. We located the local grocery store called Coles and felt like a couple of bargain hunters. We left the store with 3 buggies of groceries and did it for around $500.00. about half of the price of groceries of Hawaii. We explored the area which had a wide beach which went on for about 4 km. The beach is hardly used. They had a stinger net set up to keep the deadly “box stingers” out of the beach area. As I said previously the authorities hang barrier nets out about 100 meters from the beach as a barrier. Warning signs also indicate that sharks and crocodiles also frequent the area.
We are having a monster of a time trying to get an internet connection that works here. This may require a serious investment. We can get Skype to work but nothing else. We went to the mall and bought a cell phone and broadband stick. $500 we are in the technology. For those who want to know our number it is 045-881-8577
We have made friends with the local merchant by the name of Malcolm who runs the Beach Place Confections and Tour booking office and picked his brain about the area, things to do and to get the overall lay of the land. Stan and Malcolm decided that the best way to chat was with a beer in their hands and once that started we got a plethora of information. Stan says “ Malcolm was especially nice and to meet someone who gave such great information and who was a great ambassador for his area. He was extremely helpful.”
After a tough day at the condo with the kids schooling, the kids and I went to the beach after dark ( 6:00pm) and began to set up a flag football game under the beach flood lights. Dad and the girls against the boys. For the record, the girls won!