Another glorious morning in Bendigo for a stroll through the gardens. The bats in the trees were amazing number wise
JL picked us up late morning and we spent some time at Lake WeeWop before our lunch booking at Alium for midday. Went with the tasting menu and simply superb both in taste and value. Great service in very pleasant surroundings.
Then time to head to our BnB in Harcourt for our 5 nights stay in mountain view rooms. The weather has been great all week, if a tad warm, but may deteriorate by weekend but all good. Always great to catch up with family and learn more about their travels and the kids. Of course too much talking is no good for anyone and soon the sun was approaching the yard arm which means only one thing . Get ya bib on
And of course food is always delicious. Not a big scotch drinker but this was very passable. When in this neck of the woods always introduced to an amazing variety of white wines . Also had my birthday present to wear to set the mood. Night 1 navigated
Saturday arrived and finally the sun started to rise like an old man getting out of bed. Hey, I resemble that
Leisurely drive into Castlemaine this morning and was able to see some of the devastation from the January bushfires which was both widespread and hap hazard at times it appeared. Some hard luck stories and some lucky misses. Nice walk around botanical gardens while ankle behaves herself ( must be female as always changing mind ). Pleasant town to walk up and down the Main Street while da ladies haunted the dress shops. Back then to Harcourt for a coffee and danish as you do
As the weather was still very pleasant we headed off up to the top of the hill for some champers. From our view on high we could make out some peasants down below so threw some cake at them to eat. It’s the little things that count. Sadly it slowly dawned on Freddo he had only bought up one bottle of champagne 🤦🏻♂️
Time to relax then for a few as there could be some drinking later. It’s a gift I have to foretell the future. It seems though that after factoring lunar cycles, lack of daylight saving and rabbit migration studies 5 pm drinkies became 3 pm drinkies. Yay. Did fall for the old “ where did my drink go “ shim sham though.
Tonight was BBQ night which can only mean one thing. Bye Bye white wines and hello Big Red. The scotch fillets were delightful as were the accompanying salads . Glad we did some walking today as rain is starting to approach and will be a wet Sunday . I quickly forgave my drink snatcher as is my nature
Cheese and scotch rounded out the evening and my stomach . Night 2 done and dusted . Bring on Sunday
Of interest to the medically inclined or age related reclined I have discovered an interesting factoid. Intake of over 1 L of alcohol per day alleviates ankle pain. Who would have thunk.
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