Wednesday - Day Eight - Dubbo

Macca's coffee seems to have gone bad again. We had thought when we found a Macca's with a yellow machine it would be better. Alas, it was not. We'll keep trying but I may be making our coffee from now on - and sneaking it in to Macca's when we're having a hot cakes breakfast. We definitely won't be choosing to sit outside if this heat wave continues. It's supposed to be 40 degrees in the State's north tomorrow - which is where we're headed - Lightning Ridge.

The cheetahs came out to hear the Keeper talk - but no food for them today.

As I was left the motel for the Zoo today, the person who would have made up our room if we'd wanted, reminded me to keep out of the heat and sun, stay hydrated, and remember it's always a few degrees hotter at the Zoo. And, believe me, I was so grateful to have the air conditioning in Ravi - I had thought about it for a moment - cart or air-conditioning and decided I didn't need to take the cart out today. I couldn't help but wonder what the people who were riding bicycles around the Zoo thought about their decision not to take their cars. It's a long way round the circuit (about 5km) if you're on a bicycle - and there are no short-cuts back. I wasn't sure how the couple from Switzerland who were on bikes would go.

I was stunned when I called in at Macca's on the way back from the Zoo, looking for the longest, coldest drinks I could find to take back to Sooz at the motel. Their cold milk drink machines was working! I had worried there would be a run on cold drinks and they would have been unable to cope - but they are obviously made of sterner stuff than that.
 

Sooz spent the morning sensibly ensconced in the motel room with the air conditioning keeping it cool. I was happy to join her there for the afternoon - going through pics from the Zoo this morning, having a nap, and thinking about doing some reading (nope) and watching some "The Mentalist" (yes). There are other things I want to see in Dubbo but decided they can wait until we come back in Winter - or at least not when there's a heat wave.  

We decided not to go out for dinner tonight - it was 37 degrees at 6.30pm - so we ordered Room Service - Pork cutlet for Sooz, a T-bone for me. Yum.

Savannah Safari

Without the benefit of the Netflix channel (Dad & Mum's profile is still not working) we resorted to commercial television - Rick Stein's something or other, 'Hard Quiz' and then 'Lewis'.

I'm planning to be up early in the morning so we can rejig the packing and get everything back in to Ravi for the next leg of our trip.