If you live in Sydney or Melbourne, you can't be trendy unless you have a cafe nearby where you can get a good cup of coffee and breakfast. We have been here almost a year and we still haven't joined the ranks of the trendy, but we rectified that situation this morning.
There are cafes closer to us at the nearby Boat Harbour, but they are for the tourists and general riffraff. Locals come here to this old heritage-listed general store which has been here ever since I can remember. It is now a cafe and it's popular. We decided to go on a Wednesday morning to make sure we would get a table.
The cafe is at the left and we live roughly at the blue pin at the lower right. It's a very pleasant half-mile walk, particularly beside the beach.
We ordered churros and cappuccinos and then sat at an outside table, even though it's the middle of winter. Postboxes and telephone boxes still exist here. Before we entered the cafe we checked in with the state's check-in app which is now compulsory. Although there have not been virus cases in our local area for over a year, it's compulsory for the entire state. We are supposed to get our second dose of Astra Zenica at the end of the month. You may have read that the rollout of the vaccine in Australia has been botched.
The cappuccinos arrived and were better than the dross that is foisted on Sydneysiders. The beans are roasted locally and consequently don't have to travel across an enormous city with all of its pollution. That sentence was for Robin's benefit.
Notice that Marianne is not wearing a jumper. It's about 70 F.
While we waiting, a waiter appeared and gave each of the dogs at the next table a cup of cream. Needless to say, the cream did not last long.
The churros appeared along with some chocolate and caramel sauces. Fortunately, M preferred the caramel while I liked the chocolate. Churros are a Spanish specialty and are basically fried dough. Not very healthy, but delicious for morning tea or brekkie.
We toddled back home and remarked on these large yellow flowers. A woman in a car parked outside told us that they were 'Golden Chalices' and that she was the daughter of the woman who owned the house. The flowers are poisonous.
The house overlooks the park at Dayman Point. The name honours Joseph Dayman who mapped the strait between Fraser Island and the mainland. There is also a monument to Matthew Flinders who mapped the area in 1799 but did not venture into the strait.
A lovely old house.
This house has the bunya pine tree that we see from our balcony.
Another old Queensland style house. It's probably well over 100 years old.
A house attached to a camper van. You can see their view through the carport at the left. Because of the location and the uninterrupted breezes in summer, these would be some of the most expensive houses in Hervey Bay.
We sometimes drive down this hill on our way home from the supermarket. It seems dark and mysterious.
These trees are right behind the units where we live.
Stuff just grows and grows here. This plant is about 10 feet tall.
So if you come to visit us, you probably will have to suffer through this outing one morning.
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