Tuesday 28 November – Mlestone day – 11 months on the road.
Finished my novel “Turtles All the Way Down” by John Green. I really enjoyed this young adult novel with its interesting take on mental health, friendship, relationship dynamics, loss and love.
Ararat
820am! My watch informed me I was being super lazy this morning. Actually I couldn’t believe I actually slept that long. I probably would have continued sleeping had Paul not got out to go to the loo. He found me reading when he returned, but urged me to get up and enjoy the gorgeous day that had dawned. He wanted to play golf and be back before it was too hot to be enjoyable.
I did get up, have breakfast, take the long walk to the loo and then was ready to head to Aradale Golf Club.
We mad it for 10am and not another soul was around. Paul paid the $10 green fees, put the bag and buggy together and we wandered to the 1st hole. The course itself was a little rough, though the greens were indeed green and well manicured and for a little country course that is saying something.
Paul’s golf was a little hit n miss and while he could have played 18, he figured he would only become more frustrated, so we stopped at 9. The temp by now was beginning to creep up as it was, so to start out would have only lead to more sweaty puddles.
We stopped in town for some more food bits and then walked the main road to the fishing, camping all round kind of jumbled store, for some trout bait. With the necessary bits to catch dinner, we returned home ready for lunch.
When Paul was done, he loaded the car and drove round to the wall. I opted to stay behind for a while, enjoy the peace and the warm and read my book, while taking in the view of the lake. While there, I had a dragonfly try to land on my nose and eventually settle on my iPad. He had me amused for quite awhile, dancing around to the music I had playing and attempting to navigate through my apps.
I stayed put for 45min, before packing my things in a bag and walking around to meet Paul. He was yet to catch a fish, but had seen plenty jumping, which was both encouraging and frustrating.
I took the car back to the van for drink supplies before returning to sit in the semi shade and read. I was melting outside and my iPad didn’t like it, shutting down because it was too hot.
I took the opportunity to take photos of the vibrant blue dragonflies that were buzzing around and landing on the stalks of long weeds.
Paul eventually called time on his fishing. He’d had a few bites, but was not able to entice any fish to shore. We packed everything in the car and returned to the van where we proceeded to pack up the car. Paul went for a shower, while I continued to read outside. He returned shortly after, but far from refreshed. The showers only have one tap and because of the heat of the day, the water came out steaming. He then went in to town for beers before making his way back and loading the car ready for our departure in the morning.
We sat in the van, where we were out of the sun, but cooking. I was so sweaty. We eventually decided to go for a walk just to get out of our sweat box. It was decidedly cooler outside and we enjoyed our amble to the lake wall and back. The sun was beginning to set, giving everything a golden glow. It was very pretty.
Once back at the van we put dinner together and ate. I then went for a wander over the bridge, to take some photos, as the sun disappeared over the distant hills. We then walked to the toilet block and back, before peeling back all the bedding, cranking the pedestal fan and hoping we would be able to sleep.
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