Day 12 Sunday

Another great day today but I am worried. Easter is only five days away and everyone knows that it rains at Easter. We actually need rain as the wet season here was a dud – only 890 mm to date. Sure enough, I just checked the weather forecast and 90% chance of rain and 30C on Friday. The good thing is that the rain is only expected to bring 1-5mm. That’s not even mist!

Penny has been cooking her hot cross buns and messing up my kitchen, but the smell is pretty good. Taste is also excellent.

The virtual catching up is taking off it seems. We have afternoon drinks planned with the Hartons from Adelaide at 4 pm (Aperol Spritz) then Laura Jane from London at 8 pm. Planning is also under way for a 3 location, 7 person wine tasting on 18 April. The big challenge is getting the wines to everyone and of course, practising responsible service of alcohol.

I have been reading about the strange and weird things associated with the virus and I discovered that in my old home town Albury, a 51-year-old man was fined after he was involved in a minor car accident and allegedly told police he had left his home in order to visit his drug dealer. He was later found to have a disqualified driving licence. Police said he was not very bright!

A 32-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man from Muswellbrook in the state’s Hunter Valley were fined for sitting in their car without a reasonable excuse not to be at home. There was no report as to their state of dress or whether they were in the back seat.

Our southern bicycle patrol this afternoon saw a marked decrease in sunbathing backpackers, apart from the group outside the Police Beat building, so you need not worry about us up here in the far north.

My Little Kitchen food orders are mounting with four orders of varying amounts for Wednesday and she indoors has ordered duck, duck and duck over Easter. I think we are allowed fish on Friday. So a busy week looming.

Trivia question: How fast can a black duck fly? (answer for the speed likely on Duck Opening morning!)

Doggy knows the answer.