Hot Start for 2008!
Welcome to the Year, Connoisseurs! And a hot one it is, here in Australia.
Melbourne – the southern city of the east coast of the mainland, suffered its hottest day on record for that time of the year when the temperature hit 42 degrees between Christmas and New Year.
Coming through Customs on New Year’s Eve on my way back from spending Christmas with the family in the colder climes of Wellington, New Zealand, I was told, “You won’t need that leather jacket out there, Lady – it’s 41 degrees!”
We’ve had several days of it now and Melbournians who haven’t deserted the city for holidays at the beach, are hiding behind drawn blinds and closed doors.
I’m packing for a move to the country – living with a house overtaken by cartons,
praying for a cooler day on Moving Day next Monday.
I’m fleeing the city for the drought-stricken countryside of Central Victoria for the old gold mining area around Bendigo and Castlemaine. My friends consider me crazy – no main town water, no natural gas, no mail delivery and what do you do with your rubbish? It’s an interesting question, beyond the realms of the majority of people’s imagination in 2008.
Few have experienced life without community systems. It wasn’t an issue during my childhood growing up in the New Zealand country in the 1940’s and 50’s. We carted water from the creek when we ran out of water for the house and drank from a rainwater tank, which is what I will be doing in my new life. Talk about déjà vu!
As one knowing friend said smugly, “You can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl!”
What an interesting time I’ll be having discovering the best spots to wine, dine and indulge - to report to you. There’s a plethora of interesting galleries and individual places to explore. Bold Cafe & garden gallery on the outskirts of Castlemaine combines good food, plants and sculpture in an enticing garden setting – an oasis in the middle of the country, with the best dahl I’ve found for a while – and local wines by the glass.
Bold Cafe
146 Duke Street
Castlemaine
Victoria 3450
T. 03 54706038
All this, just over an hour from Melbourne!
Enjoy!
jill@flyingconnoisseur.com
Melbourne – the southern city of the east coast of the mainland, suffered its hottest day on record for that time of the year when the temperature hit 42 degrees between Christmas and New Year.
Coming through Customs on New Year’s Eve on my way back from spending Christmas with the family in the colder climes of Wellington, New Zealand, I was told, “You won’t need that leather jacket out there, Lady – it’s 41 degrees!”
We’ve had several days of it now and Melbournians who haven’t deserted the city for holidays at the beach, are hiding behind drawn blinds and closed doors.
I’m packing for a move to the country – living with a house overtaken by cartons,
praying for a cooler day on Moving Day next Monday.
I’m fleeing the city for the drought-stricken countryside of Central Victoria for the old gold mining area around Bendigo and Castlemaine. My friends consider me crazy – no main town water, no natural gas, no mail delivery and what do you do with your rubbish? It’s an interesting question, beyond the realms of the majority of people’s imagination in 2008.
Few have experienced life without community systems. It wasn’t an issue during my childhood growing up in the New Zealand country in the 1940’s and 50’s. We carted water from the creek when we ran out of water for the house and drank from a rainwater tank, which is what I will be doing in my new life. Talk about déjà vu!
As one knowing friend said smugly, “You can take the girl out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the girl!”
What an interesting time I’ll be having discovering the best spots to wine, dine and indulge - to report to you. There’s a plethora of interesting galleries and individual places to explore. Bold Cafe & garden gallery on the outskirts of Castlemaine combines good food, plants and sculpture in an enticing garden setting – an oasis in the middle of the country, with the best dahl I’ve found for a while – and local wines by the glass.
Bold Cafe
146 Duke Street
Castlemaine
Victoria 3450
T. 03 54706038
All this, just over an hour from Melbourne!
Enjoy!
jill@flyingconnoisseur.com
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