Melbourne

Our first night in Melbourne was unbearably hot! Denise stayed at Amy's flat (she is staying at her parents - amazing!) with aircon - I stayed at my old friend Michelle's flat with fan. I must tell you that I am very happy to be here but I only realised last week that Michelle doesn't actually live here even though she bought the place last October. She is working 300km away and is staying with her parents until she can find a job in Melbourne. She does come and stay at weekends though. So Michelle has had to go out and buy a frying pan, baking tray (she obviously thinks I'm going to spend a lot of time in the kitchen cooking), saucepan, blow up mattress, 2 glasses and a dongle so that I can have the internet. So I am very grateful despite the fact there is no telly or furniture - I tell a lie, there is a table and chairs.
The following day it was pouring with rain and quite cool (Melbourne is famous for having 4 seasons in one day so the difference over 2 days was quite normal). We had a very exciting evening planned - the Cuba Four had tickets for the Women's tennis final at the Melbourne Open. Admittedly I was hoping to see Serena  and Ash Barty slog it out and was disappointed when they were knocked out, but Muguruza and Kenin were good enough for me!

I was supporting Muguruza - obviously the kiss of death as she lost on a double fault!

This morning I went on a walk along the Yarra river with Michelle before she went back to her parents ( a 3 hour drive ) oh, and I also saw a couple of feathery things

I have spent the afternoon doing my washing and hanging my clothes in a wardrobe (it's built in so Michelle didn't have to buy one!). I intend to spend the evening watching Thiem beat Djokovic on my tablet thanks to Michelle buying a dongle! 

BTW I must apologise for the delay in updating this time but decent WiFi in Tasmania is as rare as hen's teeth!

On Monday I met up in town with Denise and we went on a boat trip on the Yarra river which was very pleasant