Sunday Morning Feb 28

Yesterday Helen left for the airport at 7:30 am. Tom helped with her bags and saw her off at Edgecliff Train Station. Helen is well organized; so time to share breakfast together before she left. It seems strange without her. Best wishes for a great hassle-free flight back to Toronto via the US.
Lewis & Elsa arrived at 10:30 via taxi from Parramatta ($70 AUD); just too darn hot & humid to take the various trains & streets with luggage. They arrived to towels & sheets hung on the rotating clothesline by the pool ... prep for the turnover! This is their 1st OZ experience living without A/C! Lewis sat on the balcony using his wireless laptop; (thanks to Jack down-the-street) and fed our 2 Rainbow Lorikeet! Noticing screen-less doors & windows, he asked the familiar questions “will they fly inside?” and “are there mosquitoes?”
We took them shopping at Bondi Junction and the Nespresso coffee shop. A few free tastes later we had fresh supplies for Bob’s coffee machine! It is great coffee: 70 cents a cup beats $4 at a café. Due to the high heat & humidity; we decided to forego the Gay Mardi Gras parade tonight. It was crowded on the train and with the prediction of 6-7 deep viewers it would be hot & crowded! Watching the Olympics was a better alternative, as was enjoying one of Lewis’s great feeds with local beer / wine!
For their 1st night: good news in that it cooled down overnight enough to sleep a ‘little’; surprising news – Lewis & Elsa heard the ‘Birds’ at sunup this morning! He thought it should be recorded since nobody would believe the screeching! Helen would. Elsa thought she was in a bird sanctuary! Now let’s see how the rest of the day pans out!