We honestly can't complain about our Spring weather in Melbourne. We had an extremely warm weekend. We've not had much Spring rain but today it is absolutely pouring with rain and you can literally hear the ground gurgling and burping away!

Yesterday it was 28C, sunny with light cloud cover and a high wind. In the early morning Terry and I worked in the garden, breaking up clumps of daffodil bulbs, moving some Christmas lilies, and laying bark over garden beds to retain moisture during the coming Summer months. Later in the afternoon we relaxed in our outdoor spa in the warm sunshine easing our aching limbs.

In the early evening visiting Cockatoos, became extremely distressed. Screaming and flapping their wings they created a cachopony of noise. Investigating I found a ring tail possum in a tree that the cockies were obviously pursuing. Cockatoos are quite feisty characters but they obviously needed some assistance. Grabbing the hose pipe I doused the possum with a spray of water. The possum took umbrage at this drenching and disappeared fairly quickly, squeaking his anger and literally flying from branch to branch in his haste to get away from the shower of water. Once again, peace was restored in the garden!

In the evening after a barbecue we continued to sit outside enjoing the warm evening with a bottle of red wine and watched the brilliant sun slowly slip below the horizon.