The temperature dipped to 2degC overnight, but we felt no pain. The insulation and heating in Northcote is superb, with assistance from a little port. During breakfast the temperature was 6 and it was Adrienne's turn to walk out to the front gate and collect the daily paper “The Advocate”. After breakfast we went to the Farmers' Market in Wynyard. This farmers' market is smaller than the one we experienced in Albany, but proved to be equally as productive and we bought fruit, vegetables, cake and sausages.
We did a little shopping in Wynyard before returning home. We bought “The Weekend Australian”, but were told “The Melbourne Age” had not arrived and would not be available. We also bought a new hair dryer as the one provided stopped working between when Adrienne used it and Joanne wanted to.
After our arrival home and morning tea I attempted to get WiFi working. My first attempt was on Wednesday, but was unsuccessful. A call to BigPond and confirmation a hexadecimal password can contain upper case letters, the WiFi began to work. It is naw a very robust system and both of the Pentony's computers, and those of any visitors can easily communicate with the outside world.
After lunch we planned to visit some antique shops in Ulverstone before visiting relatives in Lower Barrington. The owner of one of the antique shops, Peter Broadfield, is a volunteer fireman and Brendan thought he and his place had some interest. It did. He had recently authored a book on the centenary of the fire brigade in Ulverstone. We spent quite some time talking about fire brigade stuff. The ladies frequented the other antique shop across the road and made some good purchases.
Then it was off to visit the relatives. This time we went to see Tony Callinan's wife, Nancye and her daughter and family. Tony Callinan was Joan Dorney's brother. Nancye is his widow. Nancye lives in nearby Devonport. Nancye has unfortunately suffered a broken leg and is convalescing with her daughter Christine and husband Barry at Lower Barrington, where they own a farm. The photo shows Christine, Nancye, Joanne and Adrienne.
We returned home to Boat Harbour for a filling dinner of very Australian bangers and mash, and red wine. It is cold after all!
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