Day 4

Needless to say, much of my recent time has been spent watching the cricket Test Match Australia Vs India from Melbourne.  Today is Day 4!  It has been very enjoyable to watch though at this stage it may be the MCG pitch is 'too good' and not providing enough help to the bowlers.  Therefore it has been a run feast and the game may end as a draw.

Kim headed home Saturday morning. It was great having her with us and enabled us to have a great Christmas.

Boxing Day saw the three of us head off for a walk along Kings Beach.  From there we popped into the Kings Beach Surf Club for a drink.  It was overcrowded and extremely hot.  After a quick drink it was decided home was a better bet right beside the pool.

We enjoyed tea at the Bellvista Tavern.

Just before Kim headed off on Saturday morning, the weather turned overcast and there were some light showers about.  It is now Monday morning and we have probably had around 20mls of rain overall.  This is relatively dry as the Gold Coast has received heaps more with some areas getting ten times the rain we have had here over the same period of time.

More showers are expected here this afternoon. I haven't been on a bike ride since Friday because of the wet or threatening weather.

But the pool is again full and the garden and lawns have received a good drenching.

The pool temp is down to 25.7º.  Yesterday it eventually got to be hot, high 20's in the late afternoon when the sun eventually broke through.  Much of Sunday was around 24º.

I put another brew on on Saturday morning and it has being doing all the right things, now bubbling along nicely the last day or so and with no overflows!

I expect to bottle wash possibly Wednesday, the weather looks good for drying that day before the wind and rain return later in the week.