Brendan mentioned yesterday that he had two rogue rocks in his yard which were making mowing a problem. We had a look over the recalcitrant rocks yesterday afternoon and hatched a plan to rid them from the yard. Before that though, at 7am, Adrienne was up photographing the sunrise.
After breakfast we commenced our assault on the rocks. They are smooth black basalt and came out of the rich, red volcanic soil fairly easily, but were heavy. Brendan had bought a dog trailer for his ride-on mower since coming over, but it was still “new in box”. We planned to use the trailer to reposition the rocks. I re-acquainted myself with spanners for the first time in six weeks and we put the trailer together. This also necessitated a trip into town to pump up the tyres.
We finally decided the rocks were too heavy to load into the trailer by just two old blokes, so a plan to move them later was agreed. Thank goodness.
It was then lunchtime so we drove west to Stanley for some sightseeing and lunch. Stanley is a pretty town at the base of a weathered volcanic plug named “The Nut”. After lunch we visited the Stanley harbour area via the house lived in by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons and the historically significant governor's house at Highfield. The photos go some way to describe how beautiful this place is.
It is interesting to note that a young Doctor Kiernan Dorney, Joanne and Adrienne's father, was the family doctor to the Lyons family during their respective times in Devonport. In those days the Devonport Hospital was located at La Trobe, Adrienne's birthplace.
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