Ashes on water

Well Wild Oats has just won the Sydney to Hobart for the third year in a row, only the second boat to do it. The last time that happened was 1946, 7, 8 by Morna. ABC news online was the first to put the news up that I could see. They put up a piece saying Wild Oats had about an hour to go, but then no one else covered it! Channel 7, supposedly covering the race, didn't even put up a news update. Channel 10 managed an update saying Wild Oats was about to win and then nothing since. The yacht tracker was way behind. Rolex Sydney to Hobart site itself only managed to the article up about a quater of an hour after. Can't believe it all. Clearly, no one covering this race enjoys it as much as I do. If you wanted to actually see the winning yacht win you'd have to be on the dock! Certainly took some of the fun out of it.

Closer to home, Tregear was 21 deg C when I woke up about 7.40am this morning. Decidedly warm. Lovely. There was a loud noise yesterday that could have been someone in distress, when I went out to investigate it was kids playing. Very loudly as only kids can be. I also heard kids laughing ....