I Am Affected By the Weather

@SW-User Mmmm, you're making it sound like a good place to be. Food is one of my biggest weaknesses.

@Bushranger I gotta say, i love the food here. We have great cafe's and restaurants and they're all so close together. Then there's a huge coffee culture...literately coffee shops and vans open from 5 or 6 am every day all over the place, if you know where to look. Melbourne has it but it's much more spread out. Probably Southbank in Melbourne would be the place to go. I loved Scarborough Beach in Perth though... great restaurants with a sea breeze... can't beat that.

@SW-User just be aware Hobart can have a day or two where it gets into to 40's. But usually the next day it is around 17 or 18

@BoobooSnafu We work on the basis of any town with a MacDonalds or KFC is getting too big to go to. If it has both, go around it.

😁 @Bushranger sound policy there👍

@BoobooSnafu Hasn't let us down yet lol.

@SW-User You are always welcome to chat with me.

@Bushranger Thanks.

@SW-User @Bushranger
Goodnight😘❤️💕

@Bushranger The Bostocks were an old settler family in the Western District of Victoria with many cousins in the Riverina. The same with Mum's family - Whiteheads.

@hartfire There's a Whitehead lives in my town. Not sure where he's from, but I'll ask him next time I see him. I know he's from a farming family and had his own farm for a while. Lovely bloke, too.

@Bushranger The first Whitehead was a William who purchased a third of the Spring Creek Run near Hamilton in 1841. The rest descended from him. Most branches bred like rabbits, but not Mum's. Her dad, Norman Whitehead, who had the Wurroit homestead, was the eldest son of the eldest going all the way back. She was his first and only child; he never knew her because he shot himself in the head six weeks before she was born. I believe it was because his wife, my grandmother, turned out to be a scold and a drunk. For reasons unknown to me, all the other branches of the family were far more functional.

@iagreed Did have a look. Mostly the 'Ask the Leyland Brothers' videos. Would love to watch their early stuff like the east west crossing. That was a damn good movie. Another couple of goods one, Harry Butler and 'The Bush Tucker Man'.

@Chevy454 The series, Untamed Australia will show you the variety that is Australia
Here are some episodes. You can find more by typing, untamed Australia, series 2 episode 4 etc

https://www.google.com/search?q=untamed+australia+episode+list&rlz=1C1CAFA_enAU707AU707&oq=Untamed+Australia&aqs=chrome.4.0l7j69i61.7366j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Thanks!!!@Gusman

@LegendofPeza Hey, how do you expect our filthy rich mining company owners to be able to afford their ridiculously lavish lifestyles. Not to mention the kickbacks to government.

@Bushranger The food in Melbourne is totally great, it's like a mini-NYC, similar density of deliciousness.

When it comes down to it, I like living in the country, but I love making city money 🤷‍♂️

@QuixoticSoul I can dig that. I used to live in Sydney, but was lucky enough to score a couple of good jobs down here and even got to retire early. But, damn, I still miss the food lol.

@QuixoticSoul Mind you, though, for food, I prefer SA. Even in really out of the way places the food is great. Even a place like Andamooka has good food. Just wish that Wagga could get its act together.

@thepreposterouspanda Do you get a lot of humidity there? The only saving grace here is that it's pretty dry.

@Bushranger Yes, most definitely. The summers are muggy and disgusting. xD

@thepreposterouspanda Bummer. That's one of the reasons we were glad to get out of Sydney, get away from the humidity.

@nowic2 What about moving to Maatsuyker Island.. i think i'd like it there, although i don't think there's wifi.

@Bushranger oh definitely, despite it getting a little warmer & busier it's a great place to live & easy to get around.

@SW-User I'm not a recluse though. Maatsuyker is a little too extreme for me.