A Day in Bright
Generally we have had a quiet day yesterday. A trip in Bright , which is a small town of about 3000 people and has a small shopping centre.
The temperature was again 40C but not as aggressively hot as it had been in Sydney. The trouble with such heat is that you don't feel that you want o do very much at all. Hence, one falls into a languid spell.
The master packer, navigator was a bit miffed in the afternoon that Andy Murray's tennis game at the Australian Open was not covered on free to air television in Australia, mainly because some Australians were playing at the same  time and therefore they got the coverage. I did tell her to write to ABC but this received short shrift for some reason.
In the afternoon Pam took me down to the Bright United Men's Shed to show me the project that Mike had spent a lot of time working on. It is certainly impressive, a huge shed with a welding bay, woodworking facilities, a display kitchen , a small lecture theatre and a snooker table. There about 55 members and this labour of love has taken them over 2 years. A bit sad really when we have fighting to get a community centre in Launceston, and this one is purely for men, although apparently women are allowed in as well. Interestingly the local council gave the land to the men's group for the project.
The master packer/navigator did stay up to watch the Laura Robson match which finished here at about 12.45am . I have to admit I was totally bored by the tennis and went to bed at about 11.00. At the most I can watch it for an hour or two but then get completely fed up with the baseline battles that both men. and women produce.
Anyway it is quiet nice to have a couple of quiet days after three months on the road, I did cook tea for all of us and guy called Ray, who is a friend of Pam and Mike's. I stole an idea from Zoe and did an oriental salad that went down very well. Always acknowledge your sources.