Sunday's News

Summer has arrived with a bit of a vengeance the last day or so. The local weather station is situated at Maroochydore Airport about 30k's north of us and right beside the beach. Therefore temps recorded there tend to be a little cooler than what we get at Bellvista being 4k's from the beach. And yesterday was one such day. The usual summer's day sees the top temperature reached late morning before the sea-breeze kicks in. There was only a slight sea breeze yesterday and we really didn't get any of it all. Therefore the day remained HOT! Maroochydore recorded 35 degrees. At 11 pm the temperature was still about 27 outside.

We rarely use the air conditioner here but yesterday afternoon was an air conditioner day. Generally the ceiling fans are enough to move the moist air around effectively cooling everyone! However we both slept well under our ceiling fan last night! The pool got to 27 yesterday and we spent most of the day beside or in it! Despite it being about 26 degrees at 7 am this morning I headed off for another bike ride, this time I just took my time. The early morning shade from numerous trees makes the ride a pleasant but warm experience.

Upon arrival back home it is into the pool, clothes and all! A refreshing swim soon has things cooled down again and it is time for relax pool side. Needless to say, the installation of the pool several years ago was a great investment for us!

This is a new community here at Bellvista and the developer Stocklands has arranged for the creation of a local Bellvista Community Association. I have attended a couple of meetings and I have suggested the association requires a presence on the internet. I have created this temporary web page for them. It is very much in 'draft' form at the moment and still requires some features to be finalized. For example, the new logo isn't finished just yet!