Yes we have walked over the road and been for a swim, well Himself did, I paddled in the shallows.
Have only booked in for three nights, will be interesting to see just how long we end up staying.
We were up early this morning and got away from Lake Grace by 8.30am. Just as well too as the wind was blowing a gale and it was hotter than hell. We had a bit of a chat about days with strong winds and hot weather and lo and behold out on the horizon we could see smoke. No idea where it was but somehow doubt that the local farmers were burning wheat stubble on a day like today. We pulled up in a lovely purpose built lay-by that even had an all weather picnic area under cover but it was too darn hot so we settled for a brisk walk to get the blood circulating and got back in the car to eat lunch as we drove with the air con on full bore!
Got to Esperance and set up our weather station which said it was 42C early this afternoon.It is still 42C and it is now 5pm. Guess they are having a heat wave!
Have called an old workmate friend who lives here now and she will be dropping in later to share some fish and chips with us and play catch up. Will be wonderful to see her again, its been a few years since our last contact. We come bearing goodies from her family in Perth, so we will be doubly welcome.
Sight of the day:
A farm with a town letter box. I said we should go back and leave them a note to say hey this is wrong get yourself a proper letterbox and stop showing such poor form. Farm letterboxes are traditionally made out of 44 gallon drums or similar cast off containers and some we have seen are works of art the way they are turned into all sorts of fascinating, quirky or downright beautiful pieces. But they are all BIG, easily found by mail contractors and here was this tiny little town letterbox on a pole at the entrance to a dirt road between paddocks out in the middle of the southern wheatbelt where it appears that the standard paddock size must be at least 1000 acres as fences are few and far between where the wheat stubble shines golden in the hot hot sun. Come on people have a little class please!
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