“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore”.

We have very poor internet services available to us, hence the delay in posts.

Our first morn was cold, as in Melbourne cold, but the weather improved somewhat to allow us to have a bask/snooze in the sun on the lush lawns. The weather is holding for us as poorer and much colder conditions are expected to rush in from Canada in the next few days.

We spent the morn on a walking tour of the town, population 1920. Complted that in several minutes. We tried to locate the bar situated on the lakefront that I’d researched prior to leaving home, but it quickly transpired I had researched an Ortonville in Minnesota, and we were 14 hrs drive away – so that was that!

This is a sleepy town, preparing to roll up into itself for the coming winter. It strikes me as a place you would want to hibernatefor 3-4 mths in a well stocked weather proof home. The snow gets rather deep.

One positive about the cold would be the affect it would have on the local mossie population. I have never experienced such swarms, they are everywhere near the water, which suprises me somewhatgiven the temps and varying breezes.

The locals are sometimes amused by our strange accents, with very few over our 3 weeks here being able to pick our nationality. I have been referred to as English, Irish, Kiwi, Sth  African, with the best being TEXAN!! Obviously they don’t watch Home And Away. But we did have a bevvie with an older gent who quoted every 2^nd line from his favourite movie – Crocodile Dundee. That about sums up  the popular opinion of we Aussies.

The night was spent at the post wedding rehearsal dinner, which was very much appreciated by us visitors. The wedding ‘process’, as Gary has deemed it, is quite different to our own service and celebrations. But tomorrow we look forward to the biggest wedding this place has seen for some time. The Aussies are set to rock da house as we bop to the bands opening musical selection – Eagle Rock. Should be a hoot.