Saturday: Bowen
N a crowded itinerary rest days and sleep ins are always welcome, though it wasn't all that late when everyone surfaced and Madam rounded up the troops for a little jaunt in to Jochheim's for a bee sting or three and a sliced white sandwich loaf.
That last item provided the excuse to add Vegemite to The Visitors' dinkum Aussie experiences, and the result was the regulation bewilderment why anyone would bother, followed by complete befuddlement as Hughesy slathered the toast with a healthy dose of much needed Vitamin B.
I do like a little toast with my Vegemite.
After breakfast we had a morning of pottering round, followed by a round of dumpling making, which accounted for a lunch that was sufficiently substantial to allow us to limit the dinner menu to home made pizza.
Madam does the pizza dough just right, Hughesy has the basic toppings almost down pat and the result was the regular tasty but not excessively complicated treat. Keep it simple, passata, anchovies, basil, a few olives and the mozzarella and it's difficult to go wrong. If the above sounds immodest I'd point out that we'd flunked the right combination first time around based on definite ideas of what's on and what's not. Once you've managed that it's just a matter of sticking with the tried and trusted, isn't it?
In any case, with the northern road trip beckoning it was another early night ready for the next big adventure in the morning.