Last thursday we met an interesting fellow in Mossman. We got talking, as one does, mentioning where we lived and he said he lived in Bamboo. I said, there's only one person I know lives there, he's on a weather forum. I looked up and big cheesy grin had spread over his face. Well, derrr. Hello in person to Mister Gone Tropo. Nice to meet you. And he's dead keen on tropical fruit, though the stuff we planted many years ago from the Rare Fruit Council meetings really needed to be bred up to the best varieties since we found a lot no better than bush tucker if you were starving.

And great falls these last few days, have been hacking at the fertilizer bags to loosen up the chemicals that haven't been touched in many months.