Wet And Miserable

The Australian Weather Radar shows a blanket of cloud covering much of the Northern Territory and Queensland.  That cloud has arrived here on the coast and is giving us a Melbourne type rainy day.  The rain isn't what locals would call 'heavy', but we could get 15mls out of it during the day.  The cloud is expected to clear the coast later today or early tomorrow returning us to bright sunshine and temperatures from single figure minimums to around 20 degrees maximums and sunny during the day.

The bike remained parked under the patio today.

The rest of the news is boring so if you want to switch off do so now ..... and go onto another website!

We drove to Maroochydore yesterday for a little 'office' shopping in attempt to better use space available for us and make our little home more user friendly. We have achieved that.  I checked the local telephone company shop and was told I have another two payments to go on my phone plan to complete my contract.  I will then switch to "Kogan Mobile" which provides an excellent plan, is sensationally priced and connects to the major "Telstra" network. The Telstra Network is easily the best across this country.  My current provider is via the Optus network and the phone service here at Bellvista is best described as 'nearly serviceable'.

From there we caught up again with friends Peter and Cheryl at the Headland Golf Club for lunch.  Three of us had the Chicken Parma while Cheryl went for the Fish and Chips.  The meal was "sensational' for regular pub 'fare'.  For around $14 you certainly weren't hungry afterwards.  And at $4-60 a schooner for beer it was all well priced.

There was a big crowd in, unlike the previous week when we attended on a Tuesday.  It is a popular spot for group luncheons we are discovering.

Needless to say it was bread rolls and whatever for last night's evening meal.

Last night we watched another UK detective series called "Vera".  It was excellent viewing.  The footy is back on again this evening and over the weekend.  I have Computer Club tomorrow as well.

Another brew went on this morning.  This time I have made a lager.  I gave the container a good bleach out and rinsed it with hot water to ensure the container was sanitized.

A liberal spray with sanitizer yesterday and a decent rinse out this morning followed by a final hot water rinse means it should be clean and ready for the brew.

I will tell you if it all worked effectively in about 6 weeks time when this brew is ready to drink.