Hi All,
Once again we were working on our suntans today. The nice thing about working here is the view over the sea to Bruny and the sea breeze keeping things cool. Ann says, "If you live in Tasmania and you don't have a view it's your own fault" Must admit we have been a bit spoiled over here as we certainly can't complain about the scenery. Now the weather is a different matter!
What were the highlights of the day? Susan finished her mammoth decking project and did some mowing. Her fingers are so arthritic she can't pull the cord on the mower unless it is a matter of life and death. Interesting the Toro mower has a 5 year warranty on being guaranteed to start in the first two pulls. It does start very easily unlike the chainsaw when you don't get it right like today. Bloody thing would not start even with Aidan the young gun pulling the cord at a 100km/h. It was put to one side so he didn't wear the cord out like last time. I popped the cover off removed the plug, blew on it and put it back in. It started first pull on half choke. Obviously i flooded it the first time. I did put a new chain on beforehand and thought i had stuffed something up. I had as i found out at the first branch. The chain was in backwards which took about a minute to fix. Twit! After producing a trailer load of wood with the saw and splitter for Ann's shack from the pile of rotting and resprouting willow logs next door i adjourned for beer.
We have booked a night passage on the Spirit for Easter Sunday sleeping in the recliner lounges because they are cheaper than cabins. We arrive in Melbourne at 700am which gives a good few hours to get away from Melbourne towards our next destination. There has been ongoing discussion about the next destination with some varied ideas and scenarios. Just as well time is on our side at the moment as there is much to think about.
Susan has forewarned Nubeena of our weekend visit so we can look forward to community dinner on Saturday and dinner in the Hub cafe Sunday night and seeing baby Lola of course
Today's minor fly in the ointment is the compact camera i bought on Ebay can't go to the PO box here since it has a Lithium Ion battery and they are banned from air freight. Actually it could do as long as it went by road. Anyway its going by road courier to the street address here. The seller reckons two or three days from today. From Sydney to here in three days now that would be a miracle.Which means a return journey here to pick it up, although if the timing is perfect we could pick it up on Monday from Ann at her shack. However since we live in an imperfect world i choose to not even think that is likely to happen. Susan makes a good point. If Li-ion batteries can't be air freighted what about all the laptops that go by air! Maybe they figure it is safer to have them burst into flames mid flight on the owners lap. Who knows? Another of life's mysteries.
Cheers Simon
No comments:
Post a Comment