We woke early, which set the pattern for our time away. Brightening sky is obvious through the canvas and we are very aware of bird noise also - which is a pleasant way to start the day. As we sat with our morning cuppas we saw that a crested pigeon was sitting on a nest in the bottle tree beside us. That was a nice surprise cos of all the birds we had heard during the night and earlier hours, our closest neighbour wasn't one of them!
There wasn't enough milk for cereal, so we packed up to drive into town - driving to the Largest Bottle Tree first. (We'd visited in 2018 as part of my birthday bottle tree trip).
Next stop was a return visit to Ace Drapers. It became obvious that morning that we hadn't packed bath towels. We could have continued to improvise but really I liked the thought of having another chance to marvel over all the stock available in what the locals refer to as the "overflow" store!
We found bath towels and a hat for me, before picking up milk and other basics (at a grocery shop around the corner).
I was well and truly ready for my belated breakfast by then, so ate my sultana bran under a bottle tree in a little grassed area beside our parking spot. Once we'd rinsed the dishes and stowed all the provisions, it was time to head out of town and continue our travels.
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