Tuesday 13 March 2012

March 2012

It's now almost the middle of March, and we've had more downpours, cold and wet days and some absolutely stunning summery days.

The many frangipani trees around the area are a good indication of how little sunshine there's been.  Normally, throughout summer there is a good scattering of fallen flowers, so fragrant, underneath the canopy, but this summer the flowering has been so sparse that there have been very few falling.

Gerd is putting on yet another concert in his The Edge Art Space gallery.  This space was once the War Memorial Hall, so it is an ideal venue, as it has a stage.  Gerd has renovated it beautifully to make it into his gallery, and on Friday March 16, at 7.30 pm, The Rhythm Hunters return to perform there.  Gerd puts so much effort into holding these concerts (as do the performers themselves) and they are well worth attending. His phone number is 0424 176 337.

It seems a long time since we've seen the Hawkesbury Explorer on the river, and the Hawkesbury seems to have taken over the Riverboat Postman's role.

Since the floods further upstream, the river is a chocolate brown, and there has been a lot of debris floating down it.  Little Wobby residents have spoken of a forty foot raft of rubbish floating past, and telegraph poles and trees, all of which represent a severe hazard to boating.  The 1.8 m tides earlier this month were as high as a normal 2m tide, so it's all contributed to conversation.

For all those who know the delightful Vanessa from her work at Paul and Maureen's, the pub, the servo and
the charter vessels, all of us hope that she makes a good recovery, and hope her family knows we are thinking of them