We might've walked past each other... I went to Mareeba yesterday. Caught the ("new") Chillagoe Bus, good aircon, but still can't keep out the dust.

Didn't notice any beetles in Mareeba. Unobservant I guess. lol. Just as long as they don't come out here I'm happy. We get enough small black beetles as it is, and they smell, like the stink bug infestations we get.

Last night would probably have been the hottest I've experienced in a long time. Although I'd like a bit more tree-growing weather to get up my shade-purpose oleanders, roll on the cooler weather please.

Did I mention they're finally working on two sections of the road? The section closest to Chillagoe, which should've been done as a whole with the previous work. The middle section with the red sludge hill and the grid - although it looks like they might leave out the few hundred metres each side of the grid, like they did with the re-sheeting work about 6-7 years ago. But the Almaden section might not get done for years, in spite of the rip-your-wheels off washouts on both sides of the road and across the Ootan turnoff.