We needed to escape from Brisbane, and though I had said we would go back to Sherwood Forest, the weather encouraged us to go to Carters Ridge where there is a swimming pool.
We bore the heat of the day as best we could, Jean in the pool and me in the Motley.
Helene entertained us to dinner and we talked well into the night.
Another hottish day, but we needed to do a little shopping so we escaped in the Little Motley to Cooroy for lunch.
In the evening, as I was sitting watching TV, a tiny frog appeared on the window of the Motley right next to me. It was exquisite, only a couple of centimetres (less than an inch) long, with a bright green back, orange legs, brown eyes with red eyebrows and a distinctive yellow stripe on the jaw. I identified it from the book as an Eastern Dwarf Tree-frog and added it to my growing list of amphibia species. I estimate from the calls we hear that there are between six and ten species in the garden which tells us that the ecosystem is probably in good condition. It also tells us that there isn't a significant cane toad problem here.
Jean and Helene had a girl's day out shopping and looking at real estate.
I planned to work on the Highway Wanderers Newsletter but the awning needed mending so I started to work on that. It turned into a very extensive job because I broke the spring trying to get it tensioned up and had to re-make the end of the spring, not a simple job. In the end the awning is no better than when I started and I'll have to replace the whole spring mechanism.
Jean and Helene got back in time for afternoon tea and happy hour and we chatted outside the Motley until the beashoos drove us indoors at dusk.
I spent the best part of the day cooking curries for a farewell dinner while Jean swanned around in the pool with Helene.
We dined on madras beef curry, chicken curry, vegetable curry, dhal and rice washed down with a 1999 Brown Bros Shiraz which was very nice.