After a morning's swim in the warm-water pool and an early arrival for lunch at the Soldiers' Club overlooking the Bay - where I had one of the best-cooked barramundis ever! - we visited our many friends at Vinnies and the Salvos, before spending the rest of the afternoon at the public library (where we ran into some more friends). There's something about being in a library that appeals to all my senses, and I could easily spend the whole day there.
Needless to say, we booked two tickets for the next book talk by Markus Zusak, he who wrote "The Book Thief", which was also made into a movie. How he could be talked into giving a book talk in provincial Batemans Bay will remain a mystery to me, but then again, he was born in Sydney and may have had memories of happy holidays down here.
Did I pick up any books at Vinnies? Is the Pope a Catholic? I picked up a beautiful hardcover of Anthony Burgess' little-known "Beds in the East" - so little-known that I had never heard of it! - and "Mr. China - An adventurous young man collides with a vast nation on the brink of capitalism" - my thirst for knowledge of all things China is unquenchable - and lastly a 6-CD audiobook of "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith".
On the way out, I grabbed the DVD "The Worst Jobs in History" with Tony Robinson who travels to find the worst jobs in Britain. Just as well that not everyone wanted to be an accountant or I would never have got the lucky breaks I did. And the lucky breaks continued with this perfect day!
