Avalon Lights

The clouds have parted and also the grandies have gone to bed.  There are blankets and picnic tables being setup all along the grass verge here. Cars are lined up like they are at the Drive-In. There must be a show in town. I got some of it on video. I have left the section at the end to demonstrate the time gap between the light show finish and the explosive sound that accompanies it. The gap is around 50 seconds. I have never seen fireworks shooting from planes or skydivers before.

Canola Time

 Went on a short drive to Port Arlington to see what's what.  I have written about the canola previously and it is hard to drive at the moment without seeing some.  The area around here has huge fields of it but it seems that crop takes a toll on the soil, so the paddocks are rested and something else is put in later.  The covered walkway out to the ferry at Port Arlington is now finished, however we most likely won't use that service again since we have our place in Williamstown. Even if they did stop there our place is at the other end of town. 

Working the remote

Squadron over the house

Canola Hill

These are giant mussel seats next to the walkway

The Fountain

 I walked passed the party rubbish again yesterday so I just had to go back this morning for a quick 30 min pickup of the remainders. It was mostly small stuff, bottle tops, ciggy butts and lolly wrappers.  There was a lady there (Jill) who I was talking to the other day.  She has been in Clifton Springs since 1978 and lives near the fountain.  Now that fountain has always been curious. Anyone who has visited here would have driven passed it and back then it was working beautifully and proclaiming Clifton Springs.  Seems it was turned off for drought reasons and flowers were put back.  There was a push to get it working again 10 yar back but not even a dribble.

No water to spare