We are fortunate that the station is on the Cooper Creek and has a section of river that is permanent, creating a waterhole. The bulk of the Cooper is dry apart from these deep water holes.
It provides us all with a wonderful spot to swim, canoe, knee board or ski behind the boat and generally just relax and socialise of an afternoon on the weekend. Most of our time is spent out on the pontoon in the middle of the river where I love to sit, chat and watch the fun. One of the ringers usually brings his ute down to provide the music.
Fun ... The boys and older 'boys' like to play King of the Pontoon and spend ages muscling each other around to be the only one left on the pontoon (except me that is !), pushing each other and everybody else off to win the challenge. There is also time for backflips, bombing each other, canoing and a swim occasionally !
Sometimes the boss brings his ski boat down and there is time for knee boarding and skiing.
As Kim says, " where would we be without the Cooper to swim and relax " way out here on a remote cattle station.
PS it takes a little while for some of us to become accustomed to swimming with the turtles bumping into to you, and when closer to shore the little shrimp that nibble at your legs.
Posted by Lynne
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