We need to be up early to enjoy the cooler mornings before the heat of the day, so drove to Tamworth to walk around Bicenntenial Park. Breakfast at Hopscotch cafe was OK but not brilliant. We watched a council worker start the sprinklers and jets in the children’s water playground, and test the water quality. He gets wet doing this job!
Back at our caravan park we sat in the shade of our friends’ motorhome, with Tilly in the playpen occasionally hissing at Leo on the outside if he got too close. About half a metre gap is still needed to avoid trouble.
We were going to have a lazy day, but I needed to send a parcel full of sweet treats to my 92 year old father. I bought the box from the post office, loaded it with chocolate and lollies, then went back to the post office to send it express post. He also needed a new razor but that was easily arranged online via ebay.
We collected our festival membership cards from Wests League Club. These make it easier to enter the club and get discounts on food and drinks.
Several more vans set up in the caravan park today. I took Tilly for a walk and she ingratiated herself to several campers in the camp kitchen. She was rolling on the floor looking cute, but was really enjoying the warmth in the concrete after being in air conditioning.
Four of us had dinner at the Nehminga Tavern and we all enjoyed our meals. Even though this pub is only 400m from our park, we drove as there is no footpath beside that section of highway. There was a sudden heavy downpour as our meals were served. It didn’t last long but left many large puddles both sides of the highway.
A nearby property had this old car stored on top of a container. This might be the restoration project awaiting the owner’s retirement.
I spent the evening reconnecting a security camera to our wifi. It took a few failed attempts before I remembered to change our wifi to the 2.4 GHz frequency and finally made a successful connection. This frequency is not the best for internet browsing, but is the standard used by many wifi controlled devices.
The camera allows us to see inside the van when we are away from it, such as when we go to events in town. The main use is to monitor the inside temperature to make sure the critters are safe and the air conditioning is working.
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