I made some biscuits in the oven this morning - Cinnamon, Cranberry and Spice Biscuits. They were very nice biscuit. The recipe came in an email from Sanitarium last night. I just changed a couple of the ingredients to fit in with what I had. They were so nice that a kookaburra decided he wanted some. He flew in from behind Bruce, hit him on the shoulder as he went past and took half the biscuit out of his hand. The other half fell on the ground. The kookaburra then sat on the tree near us watching us the whole time for another opportunity which we didn't give him. Peter will laugh at that as the same thing happened to him when he was a little boy eating nachos on Mt Cootha!
After we had morning tea, we went for a walk along the beach almost to town before walking back on the walking trail to the caravan park. It was an hour's walk so it was good. As we walked along the beach we came across a corrugated iron shed (open in the front) with an old lounge out the front and a sign on the side which said Dine In or Take Away. When we got back to the caravan park I asked the receptionist what it was. Apparently when the mullet are round, the fishermen congregate at the shed for about 6-8 weeks while they fish. They have a wash in the surf! Sounds wonderful I don't think.
On our way back to the caravan park along the path, Allyson and Ian drove past. They had made good time. It was only 12.15 and we didn't expect them till about 2pm. They had got away early this morning. We finished the walk back and Bruce gave Ian a hand to set up when we got back. Their van is lovely, a Roma, which they had bought when we met up with them in Melbourne in January for the Australian Open. It's funny seeing theirs next to ours as ours is quite a bit smaller.
We spent the afternoon talking and talking! Allyson is a quilter like me, and also embroiders beautifully. We will no doubt get some quilting done over the next week. Ian and Bruce also did quite a bit of talking and shared a beer or two.
Allyson and I take a Lotto entry each week and whenever we win anything, we put it in a kitty for when we meet up and we go out for dinner. We usually meet up at least once a year. I forgot to take the money with me to Melbourne so I made sure I remembered this time. We have $235 in the kitty so we will probably get a couple of meals with that. We went to the Country Club tonight where they had a seafood smorgasbord on (it is on 7 nights a week). It was $22 a head, so pretty good value. We had a bottle of wine and an entry on keno as well. We had a good night.
Sounds like someone has van envy :-)
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