THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER     ATHERTON

Today was humid and hot and not at all pleasant. I am thinking that it is good that we are now able to start heading south. But I don’t know how far south we will need to go to find pleasant conditions at this time of year.

We did a lot of packing up. Took down the annexe and packed it away, and the awning roof. Packed away the spare “bed” and bedding. I did a big wash, including quite a lot of items that had to be washed by hand, so that took a while.

John went to bowls in the afternoon.

I did more packing, then cycled to town, with the task of going to Fascinating Facets to buy geode pendants for Xmas presents for V and R. They cost $70. I cycled almost 5kms, which was quite enough in the heat. After that, I had another long and lovely swim.

For our last night’s tea on the Tablelands, I served us half an avocado each for entree, then mixed grill and salads, followed by mango. A very pleasant, tropical meal.

John wrote two performance reports: to Hayman Reece, on the performance of the hitch we have been trialling, and to his hip surgeon, on the performance of the new hip, more than a year after the surgery.