All About Solar Energy

Quite a few solar Energy Companies are now 'down' and we only have one to go.  Don't buy off them they don't test every panel.  The inverter they give you is poor.  Make sure the panels are connected properly to the tiles. Our system is newer and safer so we are the best (despite being almost double the price)!  Attach a "Sunny Boy" inverter they are the best and only $700 extra! The last guy is due this afternoon.

We have just about heard them all now and we have one more to go today and then it is over.

We have found one company which is a local company based here in Caloundra.  They use an inverter which is made here in Caloundra.  Local company, local service and not far to go if there is a problem.  Most likely we will go with them I guess at this stage.

I even had a swim in the pool this morning after my 12k bike ride.  The temperature in the pool is just above 20 degrees so the water is just bearable for a brief brisk swim.  It was brief this morning and it wasn't too bad.  Not bad though to be able to swim on May 1st!

With Community Association and Caloundra Arts we have been around home a lot lately.  We decided to treat ourselves to 'lunch out' yesterday (Tuesday).  We drove to the Palmwoods Hotel around 20 minutes from here through extremely picturesque countryside.

The lunch meals were reasonable, the price was OK and the service was lousy.  I had a Guinness Lamb Pie while Trish had a "Seafood Basket".  The environment to enjoy the meal was exquisite as the two photos show.  It will be a great spot to take visitors and show them some of the 'hinterland'.

I am not sure we will tackle the Seafood Basket again though.  You can only handle so much greasy deep fry for lunch before reaching for a "Quick Eze".

We sat at the table in the photo above.  Click on both photos for a larger view.

Media Players have become popular with people because they give the user control over what they are watching on TV.  No adverts, watch what you want to watch when you want to make it great. I spent some time this morning setting up a media player for friends of our neighbour Brian.  As usual things didn't go as expected.  But we got there in the long run.

We experienced problems connecting to Brian's wireless network. We brought the player over to my home, and it connected immediately.  Anyway we found a wps button on Brian's router which eventually connected the media player effortlessly.  We may take it around to his friend's home later today and set it up for him on his TV.