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Just a Another Day in Heaven Our 1800 metre morning stroll to the end of the Urangan pier and back is over – the sun? – bright! – its heat? – moderate! – the skies? – clear and blue! - the breeze? – gentle! – the waters of the bay? – smooth! – the fisher people that line the pier? – copious! – the tourist numbers? – moderate! We listen to the chatter amongst the tourists - not a Victorian accent in earshot! – “we caught a cat” says one – “we had a pot of gold at the Paddo” says another – “Stevo is down at the goldie” says yet another! – we decide that a significant number of our fellow perambulators are from Brisbane – we listen some more – “gee nice day but” – “yeah not cloudy aye!” – we conclude that others are from Kingaroy and other places to the west.  This is just too nice a day to head home – we pause at the Mingaloo Cafe at the end of the pier – a few people stand outside and await the supply of their takeaway coffee – a small number occupy the internal and external ...