Fun Things to Do

Things continue active in the Harbour Flat.

Lindsey's son, daughter in law and granddaughters have been in Melbourne this week, so we had an impromptu meal on Monday night at a pub in Collingwood. Advantage:  that I could take the train and the venue was only a short walk from the station. Disadvantage: I didn't especially like the venue. It was dark and noisy and my chips were overcooked. The fish was nice, but overcooked chips are a big flaw in my world. And it wasn't only my chips which were overcooked; other people mentioned it too. It was good to catch up with people and I had a good evening, but I wouldn't choose to go back to that particular pub. There are lots of others to try.

I spent quite some time on Tuesday walking round and round and round the Coles supermarket in Spencer Street looking for a pre-cooked turkey crown which I could have sworn I had bought in the Coles in Sebastopol last year. Not only could I not find it, I couldn't find any turkey which wasn't flavoured, adulterated or marinated. I couldn't find much turkey at all, though there was a positive Kosciuszko of varieties of ham. I picked up most of the rest of my shopping list and then on an impulse I hopped on a tram and went round to the Woolworths in The District. Where I found the pre-cooked turkey crown I had been looking for. Obviously I hadn't bought last years in the Coles in Sebastopol!

I think I got almost all of my target of 30 minutes of walking a day during my futile hunt in Coles.

Down in The District. Freyja had alerted me to the presence of the big, cuddly, pink bear so I went to look for it. There are other big things as well.

This is, apparently, a lolly tree

I was at work yesterday. Lindsey had bought some more Australian Bush decals for a wall leading to the treatment room. She had earlier got some gum trees and bush animals but there was still quite a lot of space to fill. So Lindsey, Nurse Pri and I filled it

And then, when I got home, there was an exciting birthday box waiting for me:

filled with yummy things:

and fun things:

Thank you to Tabitha, Austin and Freyja.

Although - one of the items may have been stolen

He colour matches very well 😂

I don't have any actual plans for today but there is a rumour that there is a little Christmas Market today in Collins Street. I might wander up in a bit and have a look.