Day 5 Friday February 20

Sunset over Port Phillip Bay

Linda and John planting Kale and Broccoli.

Staff at morning tea: ?, Caroline, Jayne, and Jude

Breakfast with the birds again but no Kookaburra laughter today. Still a beautiful view of the Bay and the foliage of Heronswood to enjoy with our meal.

Linda actually worked today! She picked Dragon Tongue Bean from the kitchen garden for the restaurant. She picked Passion fruit with John ( another Colin?) and he taught Linda how to slurp it down (eat it). Linda and John planted Kale and Broccoli for their trial garden. At 10 to 10 AM the staff heard the bell calling all workers to morning tea. This morning it included quiche and creme brulee (yesterday muffins and scones with jam and cream.)

Linda John and Lou drove to the Boundary Road garden and picked tomatoes.

Linda had made reservations for Anne and Linda to eat at the restaurant at Heronswood called Fork to Fork. The food was wonderful as was the wine, all locally grown and caught.

Linda spent the afternoon processing 4 varieties of tomatoes for the seed saving class that Lou is giving on Sunday. As the weather climbed up to 90 degrees, a dip in the pool was a welcome relief.

Meanwhile Anne spent the morning reading e-mails, and then a good book under the giant Mortan Bay Fig tree. She cleaned up a little around our living space and then met Linda for lunch. After the delicious hour and 1/2 luncheon she headed back down the hill and onto public transport to Mornington to fix our cell phones.

With buses running late, and full of grammer and high school students heading home, it was an interesting trip. Cell phones fixed in a moment but not in time to catch the bus headed back to Dromana. Having spent the day before shopping the little shops, Anne hiked over to a large warehouse store called Target. What a surprise to find the very same Target in Mornington Australia. My favorite items for sale were men's polo shirts with a North Carolina Logo on the front, and DVD's of American TV shows ie How I Met Your Mother! Had to run to make the next bus but got home in time to have a glass of wine with Linda who was just out of the pool.

We ate at home with a fresh Greek salad from Heronswood's gardens that tasted wonderful.

We finished the evening finding a new way down our mountain to the McCrae Beach this time to watch a beautiful sunset with pounding surf in the background. Another perfect day in Dromana Australia, with no Chock-O-Blocks spoiling the day.