more catch up with friends before an arrival at Worra Worra 8/10/19

After a lazy morning of eggs and bacon and more chinwagging we tore ourselves away from the Abbertons (point 1 on map) and headed for the botanical gardens where the cafe "Pollen" was our destination. (point 2 on map)

We met Sue Brown there (she works nearby) and John was soon along too.
The place was pretty busy, but the food was good and it was sheltered from the weather pretty well (which was a good thing as the weather became steadily worse through the time we were there) .
We had an hour and a half of catch up before John was looking exhausted and Sue had to go back to work.  Now they are living back in Oz again it might be easier to catch up (but we do regret that we never managed to fit South America into the travel plans while they were there).

As we left the cafe the hail started and we go dumped on as we ran (Trev hobbled) down to the bottom car park where our car was located,  It didn't last for long, so we were able to make it out to the Endangered Heritage shop (where brother Andrew was working) OK. (point 3 on map)

We had a good look at the current projects in the shop for conservation (some ugly, some beautiful) and a chit chat with him and some of the other EH employees, before heading out to Worra Worra where Andrew, Vic and Kate live.  The name Worra Worra  is a reference to what Tigger said in "The house at Pooh Corner" , and that makes sense since the place is on 100 acres (most of which is a wooded hill)... hence it is very nearly a "Hundred Acre Wood" as in the same book. (point 4 on map)

This was Trevor's first visit and my second one to Worra Worra , and once again the "shed converted to housing" out the back was our home.  I dragged in the swag (much to Vic's disgust) so that we would have separate sleeping spots which made for some really good sleeps while we were there.

Of course it was wonderful to see them all again. Vic  and Kate gave us a guided tour of the garden, sheds and house and then Andrew came home.  The swales are working well on their  side paddock and seem to be moistening up the soil and keeping the many fruit trees that they have planted going so far. They have a young man called Dan staying with them at the moment and assisting with some jobs around the place in return for food and lodging. 

The dam out the front of the house . (with frogs!)