TUESDAY 27 JANUARY     HAMILTON

Today turned out to be mostly a rest day. John’s leg was quite sore today – probably from too much bowling!

It was again quite warm and humid. The run of extreme weather events over much of Australia is continuing – now there are cyclones up north and massive flooding of Katherine and areas around there, in the NT.

I did our washing, including the sheets and towels. It did not take long to dry.

We had a browse through some shops. I bought a lightweight, plastic mincer – might come in handy to make decent minced meat. We bought a doormat and John got some cheap fishing gear.

Had a late lunch – rolls – at 4pm. So tea was late, and light – soup, a bread roll, and strawberries.

We did as much packing up as possible.

The phone was working again, so I phoned son. All is ok at home. My daughter has been in Melbourne, for some weddings. They are then going to Shepparton to pick fruit. She and her husband have plans to travel Australia, working as they need to.

It rained during the night – quite heavily.