Melbourne's Warm Weather

Just prior to leaving the Sunshine Coast we had a welcome visitor, a kookaburra popped in to see us. This looked like a young bird but did not seem frightened by us.

For those living overseas, the kookaburra is an Australian bird which is renowned for its 'laugh'. Its call sounds as if it is laughing. It also has the name "Laughing Jackass". It is a meat eater and is known to feed on small rodents, lizards and even snakes.

We fed him some BBQ sausage which he did not really like. It was great to have it visit us.

We flew to Melbourne Wednesday afternoon and caught up with all the grandchildren as well as Kate, Kim and Chris' wife Wendy. Chris was finishing his study! (He was doing his final exam).

It was a great night. On Thursday we settled in to living out of a suitcase. I spent much of the day with Gordon Atkin with my external hard drive installing various pieces of computer software which had been acquired in certain ways! A BBQ with Kate, Arj and the kids completed a quiet first day in Melbourne! And the max of 25 degrees was great too. Cooler wet weather is forecast for tomorrow.