Tomorrow we fly home to Nelson. Wow. We can't quite believe it. Our last week in Melbourne has flown by - mainly with a continued concerted effort on the renovations here, but also going out and about. Today we checked out a few Open Homes with Bella and Nic and are astonished at the high prices places are going for. We walked into one old home and immediately felt as though we were back in the 1950s. Blue swirly carpet, kitchen cupboards with little push-button catches, old fabric and lace lampshades ....... the guideline price was around $600,000. The real estate signboard seriously suggested that it was a serious contender for bowling the house completely and starting again, i.e. the land price was $600,000. Not surprisingly, Bella and Nic are contemplating possibly moving north to the Sunshine Coast where prices are a bit more achievable.
On Wednesday John and I walked into town and had lunch with two of our Aussie friends who live on the Sunshine Coast but also have an apartment in Ceret. We had a great time together and have booked our next date - a coffee in Bar Pablo at 5pm on 21st July.
Today we have already reached the predicted high temp of 40 degrees and it's only 4pm. It could well keep rising. The weather forecasters are predicting that Melbourne could break the record for the highest night-time minimum temperature. The record is 30.5 degrees. I definitely don't think we will be getting much sleep tonight.
P.S. Yes a record high for the overnight low - 32 degrees!
