At 7:30 a.m. we were having a cup of tea and deciding what to do on a rainy day; finally decided to go to the bowling club for lunch and, when the rain cleared away about 2 o'clock, to go to the beach. It was lovely: warm sun, gentle onshore breeze and rolling surf - also plenty of white pointers. I went in for a swim. The water was beautiful and the waves large, but without much power.

Later in the afternoon went and took some photographs of Father Casey's garden. A lot of work has been done on it since we were last here a couple of years ago and it looks like it is now nearing completion. There was a front page spread on it in the local paper and he has published a booklet explaining what the various statues are and what the inscriptions mean. Have just come back from there a little while ago after taking more photographs tonight of the spot-lighted Celtic (or Coptic) cross he made and which he has erected in the driveway of the church.

Hope to go into Port tomorrow to pickup a couple of blanks for the dashboard of the ute that the local Mazda dealer is getting in for me and then away probably Wednesday, or Thursday at the latest - next stop Uralla to visit great-great-great-great (I forget how many) uncle Fred's (Ward - Captain Thunderbolt's) grave in Uralla cemetery. Not too sure where from there, but nor' west in the direction of Bourke and then over the border to Thargomindah (don't know what's there, just like the name).

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