Easter is very late this year

You may recall that I left my camera in Adelaide so these photos are all from Bron.  Here's some Easter Eggs she prepared earlier... but fortunately she brought us all one, after distributing the others to people she has only known for a tiny fraction of her life.  I drove from Wentworth to Heth's house in Adelaide on Good Friday.  We rendezvoused chez Heths and she drove us all in her big car to Goola Wa Tu in Goolwa - at the Murray Mouth.

A leisurely start to Saturday

but then we were off into town to buy provisions

though the car had groaned with them on the way down.

Here's our first glimpse of the Oscar W which plies this part of the river for tourists like us.

 

As we posed for the above above photo, a man rushed over to have his photo taken with us.  Understandable perhaps but bemusing for his wife who stood wanly by.  He may, of course, be the embodiment of Oscar W.

Easter Sunday dawned as it should.

We breakfasted on the deck (the east facing deck - we had 4).

Heths was keen to walk through the dunes.

I had to go down to the sea again...

So, of course, we did.

Behold.

A distant plane

 and a highway of 4WDs heading for the Murray Mouth.

Fortunately it's a very long beach.

And we are not easily deterred.

Shades of Ursula Andress, I like to think.

Others have suggested Miss Piggy.

I'm not sure what these are, but they're very photogenic...

After all that nature, we had to go home

and do what we do best.

Bron had made gingerbreads and the makings for us to decorate them, each to her own.

Miss Piggy indeed!!!

(to be continued)

Where have I been??

Before I blog Easter, I must explain my absence.  Firstly my laptop was stolen, and I'm still grieving.  Secondly, I spent some of the week before last in Albury for work.  Above is my hotel room - very spooky after that week's Jonathon Creek...  I drove home on the Saturday following the Murray and had lunch at Oscar W in Echuca.

Oscar W may resonate with those who spent Easter at Goolwa.  In the case of this restaurant, it pays homage not just to the paddleboat but also Oscar Wilde and has quotes on the wall such as:  People who live within their means obviously lack imagination (or words to that effect).

Other writing on a wall in a public loo

which also amused me.

Arriving home, I checked the olive crop.

and made sure masterpieces were still being created.

including god's.

While Sissy cornered the bone market.

Easter is next - after a bit of crochet.

Easter Dumb Bunny

Hmmmmm.  I left my camera / phone in my car at Heather's house so did not have it over Easter.  Bron, having considerably more presence of mind, had her camera and is sending copies of her photos.  Until then, above is Dymphna all packed up and ready to go.  This was a few days before we left Wentworth for Adelaide.  Dymph was a little bereft at waving goodbye to the HMAS Platypus and crew which were continuing their journey to the Murray Mouth.