Day 9 Tuesday February 23, 2010

Rainbow over the Bay, viewed from Linda's bedroom window.

Tomato trials-Part of the Digger's Club Boundary Road Garden

Sunflowers covered in netting at the Boundary Road Garden.

View of Port Phillip Bay from Arthur's Seat State Park Lookout.

An echidna on the step of the Two Bays Hiking Track.

Three kangaroos along the Two Bays Hiking Track.

Today was a cooler day following a bit of rain in the evening on Monday. It began with a very short shower in the start of Linda's work day. A lovely rainbow rose out of the bay bringing luck and perfect work weather. Linda picked lettuce for the restaurant with Lou, and washed cucumber seeds. The rest of the morning and afternoon were spent in the despatch (shipping) room watching how Rick ran the operation for Digger's Club. The Digger's Club has 60,000 members and have shipped up to 12 crates of mail a day. They only use the Postal Service. Her day ended picking cupid tomatoes and weeding squash at the Boundary Road garden.

Meanwhile Anne hiked a portion of the Two Bays Walking Track, visiting Seawinds gardens, Arther's Seat and the King's Falls Circuit, with a stop at Rex and Eileen's home for a rest and water break before heading back. She climbed 1000 feet and hiked just under 10 miles. She ate lunch at the highest peak of the Mornington Peninsula being serenaded by a Magpie who wanted to share the lunch.

But the hike home from Rex and Eileen's was the highlight, including an echidna (porcupine like anteater) on a step of the trail, a group of 10+ kangaroos less than 5 yards away, who followed along the trail with a gentle loping bounce, and a garden of butterflies who escorted her through a valley of ferns fluttering all about her for 200+ yards. Coming back down the mountain after hiking for 4 hours made her knees shake, but they got her back to Heronswood where a splash in the pool cooled her down and made her hungary for the pizza from La Best Pizza delivered to our door. With a couple of beers, eating pizza under the giant fig tree was a peaceful ending to a very eventful day.