This morning we were up earlier but the weather was not as good as yesterday - dry but cloudy. Having skyped with Sarah and then ogled the photos on facebook of our new grandnephew, we set off on today's morning walk.

We had seen an event advertised called Eat Merimbula, which was showcasing all the best food of the area and was only just across the bridge from our apartment. We could see it all being set up over breakfast too! Even at 10am, when we arrived, it was quite busy and became increasingly busier as the morning progressed. We walked the length of the stalls and tried to decide what we might buy. Then we walked on from there and round the peninsula and onto the nearby beach, where there were lots of surfers. We were surprised how close we are to the sea - we can just see it from our balcony but it is less than half a mile.

A view across to our apartment

Then we walked back to the food fair and had a cup of coffee, quickly followed by a shared peach, passionfruit and mascapone crepe, which was delicious! It was very difficult trying to limit our purchases but we stopped at a pulled pork roll and some taster dishes of prawns and bugs (which are like crabs)! It was all very interesting and punctuated with musical items, including a seniors ukelele band!

Prawns and bugs

The seniors ukelele band

We walked back to our apartment for our pulled pork roll lunch, which, like all our other purchases, was great! The weather was hot and sunny by now. Later in the afternoon we took the car out locally and walked down to Long Point. On our way back we spotted a huge and complex spider's web, which on closer inspection turned out to be spiders' webs! There were at least 9 spiders in the consortium and they were all pretty big - though maybe not so big by Australian standards! We also took a look at Short Point but as it had begun to rain slightly we didn't leave the car. It overlooked another lake and a lovely beach so we may return when its fine!

One of the large spiders

The bird below is a rainbow lorikeet, which posed for us on the balcony rail this morning. As you can see they are very gaudy and although quite common, we are always amazed by their colouring. They can become quite tame too. Joan puts out seed and nectar in her garden in Melbourne and they are regular visitors, demanding food by calling when there is none out for them!

Rainbow lorikeet