With 25mm of rain falling overnight and this morning looking a bit gloomy, soaking my creaky old bones in the heated indoor pool at Ulladulla seemed to be just about the only thing left to do.
Afterwards, it was lunch at the Milton Ulladulla Bowling Club - roast beef covered in thick gravy, followed by a large slice of Black Forest cake with whipped cream, all washed down with a couple of glasses of their house wine - and a romp through the hoarded treasures of a local second-hand bookseller - or should that be in today's language a pre-owned book re-allocation consultant? - before returning to the peace and quiet of "Riverbend".
