G'day troops, a busy week. After going over to try to patch up my old man on Friday last week, I ended up bringing him home with me on Monday to monitor the progress. Four hour drive each way with a mountain range in the middle. He had improved a lot so I took him home after work this Friday and drove back to our place this evening, some snow on the road but not too bad. Took a 3/4 Ranger load of peppermint back with Dad and stacked it outside the side door (about 4 metres from the stove) so he and the old lady don't have to go out to the wood stack.
Cowlass came with me again and we headed down to the beach in the sunshine, temp about 18°C. The water was almost flat, no good for salmoning.
We also went for a little drive into the forest about 4km from the township to where the bushfire reached back in January. Eucalypts are well adapted to fires and are making a comeback, they sprout leaves straight out of the trunk after a fire. Wouldn't have wanted the fire much closer to town, mind you.