Waiting

12 hours and the removalists will be here. Will all these boxes finally disappear?
Last day of packing was spent cleaning and moving boxes around to more appropriate positions.
Luckily Jay arrived with his Allen Key to dismantle the bed.
What glorious weather as Spring approaches, can't wait to get back on my bike in Paynesville.

Packing aaaaaargh!

Boxes, boxes and more boxes, we are drowning in them. Glenda arrived, immediately took control and started organising me into some sort of methodical packing. She did have the odd de ja vue feeling whilst packing, wondering if she should really be unpacking!! having moved into her own lovely new home last weekend!
We had a quick visit to the shopping centre during the day and decided the the Country Bumpkin road is the one we want to take, too much traffic........ we are out of here!!


Last night was my surprise Farewell dinner at Pho the yummy Vietnamese restaurant in Preston. Lea and Zac had organised Catherine, Sue and Dianne to come which was great. I will miss my Vietnamese restaurants in East Gippsland but will have to start my own Asian cuisine.

Garage Sale

Aaaargh, how exhausting is having a Garage Sale?? especially when they come knocking on the door the day before!! Lea and I opened the gate at 8.30am to let the hoards in, I was so glad Lea and Zac came to help me as we had quite a steady procession of people most of the morning. Well it wasn't a bad days work, but not sure if I want to do it again in a hurry!

I think I might still have a few things to donate to charity, but a big chunk of clutter has now gone, it feels quite freeing actually, all this decluttering!

My next project is 'packing' now thats a daunting task, but I shall endeavour to tackle with as much vigour and determination as I can muster........look out Paynesville, here I come!

Seahorse Riddle solved

Walking along the beaches of Lakes Entrance recently with Helene Blowers and Lynette Lewis, we noticed several sea horses washed up. I have never seen a sea horse in the wild let alone 11 of them. They were quite large and some were still alive (good spotting Lynette!).
Apparently the recent floods have lifted the levels of fresh water in the Gippsland Lakes and this is the cause, which is quite sad. Hopefully enough managed to survive to fight another day.






Our Lakes Entrance trip also involved a boat trip (with onboard wine tasting!) to Wyanga Winery, where we enjoyed dinner with Denece Sippo from East Gippsland Libraries.

How about the groovy wine label designed by the talented owner?

Fish to Fry

House hunting in Paynesville can always be suspended for a quiet afternoon on a brilliant sunny day in the middle of Winter on the Gippsland Lakes to do a spot of fishing for a few bream (6)
'Fisherwoman' has had a steep learning curve in catching, killing, gutting, scaling and cooking.





Before I reluctantly left today, I bounced out of bed to the most amazing sunrise. This really is a magic place to live.