We Are The Smart Ones Now

The two rescued barnacles are once again in the sangria jug, under Captain Louttit.

Where's whats-er-name? asks one barnacle, of the other.

Gone, says the other barnacle. Looks like WE might be the smart ones now.

You know what? says the first one. She weren't all that smart though. If she were smart she would've had a name.

Yer? says the other one. Let's get names then. Let's ask Captain Louttit.

Shut up, down there! roars Captain Louttit.

Noo! says the first one. Let's not. That won't do.

Goose! says the other.

Wally! says the first.

And so it is decided. The first step on the road to being smarter is to have a name.......

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It is cold in Tasmania. We all know that. Today will be a maximum of fourteen. Hello autumn.

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Unni and Arthur are riding side by side.

You look cold says Unni. You need a jacket.

I'll get one in Launceston, says Arthur.

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They arrive in Launceston. Unni has decided they will all have lunch at Cataract Gorge. They follow Basin Road to the Inclinator.

The Inclinator is a people mover, a glass-walled compartment on rails. You can travel in it from the entrance at the top of the cataract down to the grassed area and Basin at the bottom. There you will see the First Basin with the South Esk running through it, a swimming pool, a kiosk, a suspension bridge, a restaurant and peacocks.

What an excellent contraption, says Gaius. Pity.

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Schopenhauer travels down on the Inclinator, because he has the inclination.

Gaius wheels his bicycle down the steps.

Unni waits at the top with her bike and the Platonic Ideal, with Captain Louttit, Goose and Wally in the basket.

She is waiting for Arthur, who has gone to Launceston to acquire a jacket.

Time ticks by. What is holding Arthur up?

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Gaius and Schopenhauer are admiring Cataract Gorge and First Basin from the bottom. They try to see it as it was first seen by William Collins on the Lady Nelson, in 1804.

(They have been to the Interpretation Centre).

"The  Beauty of the Scene is probably not surpassed in the World". (One may agree with William Collins)

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But where is Unni? Where is Arthur? When is lunch?

Why are there peacocks?