The sun is back out and so are we. First we headed out for some flu shots and had a great time with the folks in the chemists. One shot for each of us and we are off to the fish place for bugs and crabs. Balmain Bugs are a kind of slipper lobster that has a taste between lobster and shrimp. The crab was a blue swimmer sand crab and it was delicious. When I saw the word "blue" I was worried that it might taste muddy like the blue crabs of the Del-Mar-Va region. Instead it was a spectacularly tasty crab, meaty and light with ample white meat. Leslie got another fine batch of Mooloolaba Prawns. Next stop was the gelato shop where I got a double cup of lemon sorbet and mint chocolate chip. Miss P. got a scoop of chocolate. The butcher's shop had some big honking tomahawk steaks and we brought back a 4 lb lunker. This birthday stuff is really working out for me!
This is "Stuff" that is aimed for the Aussie bloke
A blue spinner sand crab and a Balmain bug
Leslie got some local prawns too
The bugs are slipper lobsters
The taste is a cross between shrimp and lobster
Lots of little legs
The post eating carnage
This looks costly but that is the kilogram price
Fresh and on ice
These crabs are some of the tastiest ones I have ever eaten
Hmmm, should I get the ice cream cake?
No, I'll just get the two scoop cup. Lemon sorbet and chocolate chip mint
A walk on to the park
The rains brought lots of debris through the spillway
the lake must have overflowed its banks
Off in the distance a Straw Neckked Ibis
Great red patches under the wings
It just might be mating time for the brush turkeys
The woods are dense
The paths are soggy
Overflowing kind of soggy
Oops where to walk now?
Bowling pin humongous
Walking back into town
