No TV or internet.

Having no TV isn't a problem but it does take time to adapt to not having readily available net access and mobile phone reception. There are so many people to call and message, and it's proving difficult to keep up. It feels ever so awkward working on a laptop computer at a picnic table near a scenic lookout while the campervans roll up and tourists climb the steps to see the view. Also, Moorina cemetery isn't a very practical access location and the signal's poor there anyway, there can’t be much demand for a boosted signal at a cemetery.

Our little cottage has a few faults but in many other ways it's ideal. Unlike some of the other old houses around here, it's bright with plenty of ventilation. The water supply consists of one small rainwater tank for drinking and washing with a dam supply (supply from a dam) for bathroom and toilet. At the moment, the dam supply (damn supply!) isn't working and no one's sure where all the plastic pipes and valves are. We've used about a third of the tank but rain is forecast and it should fill quickly.

What’s happening in Weldborough on Good Friday? Well, it is fairly quiet, except for the black cockatoos calling in the trees. Jazz has had a good long walk and the trees have been trimmed along the driveway. Weather is misty damp but warm and, when it clears, the bikes might get a run. It may even be possible to set a watch by the tourist traffic on the highway. At almost precisely 10am the first of the camper vans, caravans, Winnebagos (strange word, is that how to spell it?) and motorbikes drive past. A good project would be to photograph the variety of passing traffic, not that there’s much of it.

No TV or internet isn’t really a problem. There are other, more old-fashioned but more active, things to do.