December 10, 2006
Smokin'
Yesterday we awoke to the smell of smoke and a layer of haze thick enough to make it impossible to see the city- only 5kms away and normally visible from the end of our street. It was forecast to be 37 C so we decided to take Oma and Opa into the hills, the Dandenongs, where amongst the forests and tree ferns it might well be a few degrees cooler.
After much admiration of cockatoos, lorikeets and galahs we set off looking for dinosaurs along the Lyrebird Walk. We didn't find any but as usual, did find plenty of what our resident Dinosaur expert, Jacob, described as dinosaur-poo. After restoring picnic and iced-coffees at a local cafe we headed back down to Melbourne to grandma's house. Jacob enjoyed a swim in the backyard and grandma inadvertently served tea at 5.00pm after misreading Oma's watch. This is when Opa thinks it should be served anyway so no one minded too much.
Today was forecast to be cooler but was actually 42 - so we are just hanging out at home waiting for the cool change and reminding the foreigners to keep the door shut!
Posted by Faith