Another Fine Day

[Updated 8/1/06] When I woke up this morning at 7:30 there was not a cloud in the sky. I’ve seen that happen so many times down here. At 7:30 it is clear. By 9am it is completely overcast and I had given up hope of it being a beach day. However, the strange...

New Year’s Day

It’s 1pm and it’s been raining for an hour in Anglesea. Judy and I are down at the Surfing Albatross and the usually quiet cafe is packed. All the people who would normally be in the courtyard are inside and some extra people have come in because...

New Year’s Eve – Midnight

Midnight It was amazingly quiet at midnight in our street. For a moment I thought our clocks must be wrong. I walked down the street to go down to the river and I heard the people on the corner counting down that last seconds to midnight. Yep, the New Year has...

Two mince pies and tea

Coming down to this house reminds me of the first time we came here. It was just after my 86 year old Dad had been diagnosed with Lung Cancer. I spent a lot of time on the front porch here talking to my Dad that year. While we were down here he was actually quite...

New Year’s Eve at Anglesea

[Updated 8/1/06] 8am It feels like it is going to be quite a warm day. I head out for my walk about 8:20. 9am I’m walking along the main beach and the wind has freshened up from the South and is quite cool. There are also threatening dark clouds inland. I wonder...