Collie

Last night there was a moth invasion. Suddenly our porch area was full of flying objects, some of which flew into my face and into my bedroom. The shower had quite a few too. I think they came in out of the rain, which started with a heavy downpour at 8.00 pm.

First thing this morning, Val swept them all outside, dead or alive, and immediately a magpie descended on them and consumed the lot for his breakfast.

First on the agenda was a woodland walk on an easy path straight from the cottages. There were lots of things of interest to the Nats, including an abundance of Water Bushes on both sides of the track. We passed a so-called Conference Centre where it’s possible to hold a bush wedding. 

After that we drove into Collie for the rest of the day.; a half hour trip. People could replenish their supplies from Woolworths or Coles if they needed to. There was also a guided walk to see all the murals around town, but i didn’t go on that. I preferred to go to McDonalds to use their wi-fi. Maccas are reputed to have wi-fi everywhere in the world, but I found that in Collie it was still very weak and unable to load photos onto my blog.

We went to a coffee shop, where I sat next to a local woman and complained about the poor communications. She said welcome to the bush! People living in cities have no idea how badly served the regions are.

For dinner we all met up at the Crown Hotel, where a private room had been booked for us. Most of the group ordered barramundi, but I just fancied a pizza. It was delicious.

Driving home in the dark was no fun. We were trying to follow Alan and Jolanda, but they got lost and we went out of our way on a long bumpy gravel track. At the time, I thought we might never find the cottages and have to spend the night in the middle of the forest.

Later we joined everyone in Cottage 3, where I proceeded to demonstrate my fire lighting skills because nobody else had done so. I love a log fire!