For Odette
Daggy I know, but I'm a real fan of ABC TV's Gardening Australia programme, so you can imagine my delight when we went along to the Tasmanian Royal Botanical Gardens in Hobart, and I came face to face with Pete's Patch - the very place where long time presenter Peter Cundall records the show. "Wow! Cool! Unreal! I can't believe it!" (This was Luke's reaction drenched in sarcasm). But for me, seeing the full organic vege patch, grown without any chemicals, was a real trip highlight (I can hear you all laughing from way over here across the Strait but it's true!). I was just devo that the ABC weren't recording the show on the day we visited so I could meet Pete myself (gotta give the man huge gardening chops - he is 80 you know!).
For Luke
Seeing any other kombis on the road is a bit of a special moment for Luke (the faithful VW wave is a nice gesture that seems to be a national thing), so seeing a kombi in the main street of Hobart on top of a surf shop, was pretty cool for my VW obsessed travelling side-kick. The surf shop was called Red Herring and they'd gone to a great deal of trouble to get the old bus painted (and gutted) so they could use it as their trademark shop sign. Very cool.
Yours in the great outdoors,
Odette
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