It’s getting hotter and we are starting to feel it together with the effects of so much fresh air and exercise. Sweated so much I have put us on rehydration drinks - 36c forecast for Brisbane next week! Hot today for our planned cycle ride firstly to our favourite Dowse Lagoon hide. They were all there! See picture below. All in one bunch we had a 2 x Great White Egret, a Little White Egret, an Ibis, a Spoonbill, a Swamp Hen and a Shag! The Spoonbill was hilarious as he got into a tussle with a big long stick and this kept us well entertained!
We were reluctant to leave but we wanted to see the old houses on Brighton Terrace, Sandgate and Eagle Terrace, Shorncliffe. They are lovely but the beautiful renovations are putting prices up and driving the locals away which sounds much like Cornwall and our other beauty spots. Happily these houses are big, a commuter distance away from the city and are expensive so more likely to be full time homes rather than holiday homes which, in the end, may save the area by rejuvenating what was a tired resort.
Coffee at the Café on the Park, Shorncliffe, which has a colourful history from the halcyon days when thousands of day trippers came by boat and train from the city each weekend. Now it has a good menu and evening entertainment so is very popular.
The long ride was lengthened for Brian who had left his bino bag at the hide so I did Woolies whilst he went for it, caught up with me and staggered back to the house with me for a late lunch and a rest. We got some first crop Australian Gala apples – lovely! We both fell asleep and woke up too late and too lethargic to go for a swim so will wait until tomorrow morning!