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| Togetherness over Thai: Chris, Janette, myself and Bob |
The day has passed in a much more mundane fashion than usual; cleaning windows and screens and other bits of the rig in readiness for some new lucky owner. (Note the positivity!) We popped out to buy Victorian fruit and vegetables, a new towel rail now successfully suction-fixed to the wall and some card to make up For Sale signs for the windows. In all, the sort of activities that any normal retired people would do on any normal day.
Our dinner out last night with our friends, in probably the only Thai restaurant in Sunbury, was delightful, and no doubt enjoyed equally by all those others who did the same; the restaurant was packed out and it was only Tuesday! Farewells were made back at their home after lingering over late cups of coffee, and promises to catch up next year in New Zealand This assumes, of course, that we don’t change our mind and set off again for another circuit of this continent.
I omitted to mention in yesterday’s posting our visit to Alfredo who has been charged with the reupholstering of our dining seat squabs. We had trouble tracking down his business even though it was listed in the Yellow Pages on-line. He has no sign-writing and his barred door has a very closed look. When we finally did track him down and push through the door, we found ourselves in a room full of bolts and scraps of material, and all the bric-a-brac such a business might accumulate over fifty years or so. Deep from the bowels of the chaos emerged our short stout swarthy tradie, with all the gestures and vocal intonations a gregarious Mediterranean gentleman of certain years is tarred. He reminded me of the Greek godfather of my sons, he who passed away more than three years ago now, but is not easily forgotten. Chris and I looked at each other and agreed, without saying a word, that this was the man for the job. We left him with one squab cover and a cash deposit, just hoping he would honour his part of the bargain and have the goods ready for us on Friday when we go to Melton for the tyres and electrical repair.
We are supposed to be in for rain tonight which does not bode well for tomorrow, our last day in Melbourne before setting off north.
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