WEATHER: Overcast and cool. Highs in 49s. Drizzle
Before they left, our homeowners kindly wrote up a list of suggested places around the area that we might be interested in visiting. We are almost through the list! Mount Bunningyong is about all that is left, so off we went.
The weather wasn't great, but we decided to go anyway. Mt. Bunningyong is an extinct volcano. We drove up the road to the top. Unfortunately, the fog hid the beautiful views, but we could make out verdant valleys below.
Afterwards, we stopped in a local coffee shop for lunch. We had some delicious pumpkin soup and a toastie, rather like a grilled cheese sandwich.
We saw one car smashed up in a ditched and read a newspaper article about another crash a few days ago, both caused by "black ice" when we had freezing temperatures recently.
Last Friday night at the Learmonth Cafe, one lady, after introducing herself, asked me whether we had seen a Huntsman Spider yet. I thought that was an interesting way to strike up a conversation. So, today, I looked it up on the internet.
No, we have not seen one. I don't think they come out in the winter. Apparently they are huge, and prolific in Australia. Before coming to Australia, we read Bill Bryson's book "Down Under" in which he writes abundantly about the "300 things that can kill you in Australia". As we finish up our days here, I'm happy to report that we have survived just fine!
DINNER: The second half of a pasta mix our chef daughter made and sent to us.
After dinner, we watched a DVD with a very old BBC comedy called "Are You Being Served?" It is one of our favorites. One episode was in black and white, from 1972. Even back them, it seems a little risqué. Fun!
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