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I somehow doubt having Melissa do the Pas-de-deux was a completely random pick-a-dance-out-of-the-hat moment.

But my gosh you could see she was bloody overjoyed to be in her pointe shoes doing Romeo & Juliet. Lovely. :)

I wonder if they'll have Talia dancing with Melissa in the finale.

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I somehow doubt having Melissa do the Pas-de-deux was a completely random pick-a-dance-out-of-the-hat moment.

But my gosh you could see she was bloody overjoyed to be in her pointe shoes doing Romeo & Juliet. Lovely. :)

I wonder if they'll have Talia dancing with Melissa in the finale.

Today's haul

Herdsman Fresh Food Festival was this weekend. I made a lovely morning of it, heading down to park at Herdsman Lake (the parking at Herdy Fresh wasn't as bad as I expected) and taking the short walk to the shop. It was very pleasant - a sunshiney day after so much rain!

It was a gold coin donation to get in, and all money went to the zoo, which was motivation enough for me to give them another $4.90 in change after I left. I spent too much money, as I expected I would. A lot of this stuff I wouldn't buy under normal circumstances, but when you actually have the chance to try it and see how good it is, buying something is a lot more likely.



The fresh squeezed juice up the back was on special if you bought three. I got mango, apple and cranberry and berry basket.
Hibiscus flower vinegar - I was really wowed by these, they also had blood lime and tangerine vinegars, to my surprise I liked the hibiscus one best. This will be great on salads and in marinades.
Seeded mustard with olives in it.
Leaf chai tea. riverstar will be proud.
A goats milk peccorino - this was quite sweet and mild, none of the sharpness of regular cows milk peccorino.
A fancy French cheese made with cows and goats milk.

I also bought basics like bananas, and a Mt Barker free range chook because they had $2 off vouchers, and I recently bought a cleaver that I want to try out on an unsuspecting chicken.

I spent about half an hour or so wandering around Herdsman Lake afterwards and birdwatching. Some moron was letting their little dog splash around in the water and hunt through the reeds and scare the birds. Obviously one of these poor illiterates that can't read the "dogs must be on a leash" signs.

Was delighted by FOUR reed-warblers in plain sight hunting insects on the flooded boardwalk area.

Then went to Jackadder Lake to use the toilets there (one big problem with Herdsman - there are NO toilets anywhere around it, this will be a big issue if I'm to ever walk the whole lake in one day). Much smaller lakes like Monger and Jackadder have plenty of facilities. Jackadder Lake recently installed gym equipment around the lake. Had a go on the rowing machine, might try to get down there regularly and do circuits, it's certainly a much nicer setting than a gym, but you have to deal with kids playing on the exercise equipment. *sigh*

I then dropped by Seafresh and bought some threadfin salmon for dinner and seafood chowder for lunch.

Today's haul

Herdsman Fresh Food Festival was this weekend. I made a lovely morning of it, heading down to park at Herdsman Lake (the parking at Herdy Fresh wasn't as bad as I expected) and taking the short walk to the shop. It was very pleasant - a sunshiney day after so much rain!

It was a gold coin donation to get in, and all money went to the zoo, which was motivation enough for me to give them another $4.90 in change after I left. I spent too much money, as I expected I would. A lot of this stuff I wouldn't buy under normal circumstances, but when you actually have the chance to try it and see how good it is, buying something is a lot more likely.



The fresh squeezed juice up the back was on special if you bought three. I got mango, apple and cranberry and berry basket.
Hibiscus flower vinegar - I was really wowed by these, they also had blood lime and tangerine vinegars, to my surprise I liked the hibiscus one best. This will be great on salads and in marinades.
Seeded mustard with olives in it.
Leaf chai tea. riverstar will be proud.
A goats milk peccorino - this was quite sweet and mild, none of the sharpness of regular cows milk peccorino.
A fancy French cheese made with cows and goats milk.

I also bought basics like bananas, and a Mt Barker free range chook because they had $2 off vouchers, and I recently bought a cleaver that I want to try out on an unsuspecting chicken.

I spent about half an hour or so wandering around Herdsman Lake afterwards and birdwatching. Some moron was letting their little dog splash around in the water and hunt through the reeds and scare the birds. Obviously one of these poor illiterates that can't read the "dogs must be on a leash" signs.

Was delighted by FOUR reed-warblers in plain sight hunting insects on the flooded boardwalk area.

Then went to Jackadder Lake to use the toilets there (one big problem with Herdsman - there are NO toilets anywhere around it, this will be a big issue if I'm to ever walk the whole lake in one day). Much smaller lakes like Monger and Jackadder have plenty of facilities. Jackadder Lake recently installed gym equipment around the lake. Had a go on the rowing machine, might try to get down there regularly and do circuits, it's certainly a much nicer setting than a gym, but you have to deal with kids playing on the exercise equipment. *sigh*

I then dropped by Seafresh and bought some threadfin salmon for dinner and seafood chowder for lunch.

BJ's Birding Lessons - Part 10 - Green Parrots

This is probably an edition everyone's looking forward to, because everyone seems to love parrots. They're gregarious and pretty and easy to see and identify. But you may be surprised to discover that there are more parrots in the metro area than you think, and the majority of them are dwindling rapidly due to one particular introduced parrot...

( Who is the culprit? )

BJ's Birding Lessons - Part 10 - Green Parrots

This is probably an edition everyone's looking forward to, because everyone seems to love parrots. They're gregarious and pretty and easy to see and identify. But you may be surprised to discover that there are more parrots in the metro area than you think, and the majority of them are dwindling rapidly due to one particular introduced parrot...

( Who is the culprit? )