Day 6

Today was a day to catch our breath and take it easy. Also an opportunity to have a look around the sights of Longreach.
Our day started with breakfast at School of the Air. The Year 4 students that were in residence there entertained us with singing and poems. Robyn then went into the classroom to give out the gifts prepared by her class. The grounds of the school were well maintained.
We then had to get Candy checked over as they tell us that the next part of the journey is the worst.
At 11 o'clock we had an appointment with Ben and Alice at the local bakery. They had advertised that the Cupcake Girls would be there selling cupcakes at 11 am. There were lots of people hovering around so the 150 cupcakes that Ben had made disappeared very quickly. Today we made $200 selling cupcakes.
We then had to race back to get some bulbs for our dust lights and head out to the Agricultural College where hoists had been made available. The teachers there attended to Candy's every need. Nothing major was needed just lots of little things. The 'Mob' was there and unfortunately for them after spending all day on their car the news was not good. They have withdrawn from the journey. We feel a bit sad that they are flying back to Sydney tomorrow as they were lots of fun. However, they did come to us and very generously gave us their Bash Bucks. Now that may not sound like much but it was $55,000 which equates to $55,000 of fundraising. So we have a very healthy Bash Bucks account. In fact I think that for a single car we might have the most Bash Bucks which means that we can do lots of bribes.
We did not get to any of the sights at Longreach as time was not on our side.
We were able to do some washing today a very necesary thing as our clothes are covered in dust.
Tonight we had tea at the Qantas Base and the Stockman's Hall of Fame. It was fun chatting to those that we havre met on the journey to date.
We had a bit of drama tonight regarding keys! Robyn conveniently caught some keys that were thrown in the air belonging to a team of Wrangler boys form Tamworth. They had just joined the team tonight and the guy who threw them in the air was only able to drink water because he lost the keys.
Then Dom from the mob was flashing his room key as was Les. Now the Bash rule is do not under any circumstances leave your keys in view of others as to loose keys one has to pay very dearly for them.
The wrangler Boys went without pusuing their keys so I guess we will see them at breakfast with their spare set.
Then to top the key drama off Brenda locked our keys in the car. So the Bush Doctors, Thunder Birds and the Firies all helped us get into our car. We then had to deliver the boys to their Motels.
It has turned out to be a very late night.