Tuesday, January 2

It was such a nice day yesterday, we decided to go out again.  There's a long walk along the foreshore at Devonport, which we have never done, so we retraced our steps from yesterday, packed a lunch and set off.  We were very impressed; the area is stunning and well looked after by the council.  Hordes of people were enjoying the sunshine, on foot, bikes, or skates and there were lots of pleasant greetings.  We really are lucky in Australia, to live in such a civilised environment.  In the warm Devonport sunshine, all the negative news headlines fade away.

There's a Vietnam War Memorial on the foreshore, built on a breakwater and it's very popular with fisher-people.  Once upon a time I would have said fishermen, but it's an equal opportunity occupation now with just as many females as men.  There seemed to be lots of fish being caught, too, so it was not just a way of passing time.

One of the nicest things about the beach here is that, as well as sand, it has long banks of beautiful rocks. I'm surprised that some entrepreneur hasn't seen an opportunity to make a quid flogging them off to landscape gardeners, and I'm glad they're still here for us to enjoy.  

All-in-all, another great day.