ARGHH - traffic....
We left Melbourne at 4.30, and arrived in Inglewood at 8pm - 3.5 hours later, and it wasn't even a long weekend
Sure it was raining a bit, and there were a few broken down cars or accidents, but that was ridiculous, it took about 1.75 hours just to get to the service station at Calder Park
Justin was also wearing his new contact lenses, and wanted to take them out once we got to Inglewood - however he discovered that the water wasn't turned on at the house. ARGHH again
I contacted Craig - 2IC to see if he could advise, and luckily he said the plumber would have just forgotten to turn it back on
Poor old Justin's eye's were pretty sore by this time, as he was having trouble taking the contacts out, so I went down into the garden, and turned it back on. All good, we could relax now
Saturday morning, and Mark from Restoration Australia arrived around 10am with another cameraman - Steve
They initially set up on the veranda - and luckily it was a lovely sunny day
They wanted an "origin" story from us - ie how we met, why we bought the house etc
Next up we went down the road to the....
whoops - looks like I forgot to finish this....as its now 13th June!
Anyway, next we went up the road to the old Eucy/Goldmining "ruins" - and did some further filming
Saw a very colourful spider while there
Unfortunately the pants I was wearing were a magnet/velcro for the eager weeds
Had a quick lunch outside in the sun - and Justin played his guitar
Then they wanted us to drive around town a bit in the ute with the Inglewood Yacht Club Commodore magnet affixed to the doors - Mark attached the camera to the side window and we communicated via my mobile phone on my lap - didn't take any photos of this
They also had us walk down the street to see Steve and Denise - and sit at a table with them outside their shop - having a chat and a pretend coffee
After Mark left - I went around the garden and picked more pomegranates
And also admired the Autumn colours of the grapevine leaves
And Justin took a few photos - of how we were living/coping there without a downstairs bathroom or kitchen
But at least there's a bit of progress with the bathroom ie waterproofed floor, bath in situ etc. We also wondered about the shower head being seemingly above the tiled area - it isn't the tiles will go beyond the blue
The kitchen however is still a shell
So we have an interim kitchen in the scullery - with not terribly much bench space - what with the coffee machine, toaster, kettle, and George Foreman sandwich press there. We also have the microwave and benchtop oven on the washing machine and dishwasher - but we make it work
On Sunday we met up with Mark P in Bendigo at the Dispensary for an early lunch at 12 noon
Parked up near the Ulumbarra Theatre (old jail) in preparation for the Wagner opera that were seeing at 2pm
Walked down past the Botanic Gardens and saw and heard screeching bats in some of the trees
The Dispensary was very good, started with a negroni, and had the chefs platter for lunch. Surprisingly, not many restaurants are open on a Sunday for lunch in Bendigo - we were lucky to get this one - about a 10 minute walk away from the theatre
Finished lunch around 1.30 - and then walked to the theatre. It was the last part of the 4 part Wagner Ring Cycle - Gotterdammerung, and Susan wasn't with us - as she was at a work conference in San Francisco. Anyway, Mark and Susan had originally booked tickets to see it in Brisbane last year or the year before, but it was cancelled due to covid, so when we heard that it was going to be performed in Bendigo - we thought we might go
Didn't get organised in enough time, so just saw the last one - bought B reserve tickets for $275 each
Anyway, we certainly got our money's worth - as it started at 2pm, but didn't finish til 8.45pm - ie 6 3/4 hours!.. Granted there were 2 x intermissions to get out and stretch your legs / have something to eat or drink
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