A day off at last....

It was my intention this morning to sleep until at least lunch time but not too late as we wanted to visit the legendary channon market.  So when Sky woke me up and told me that it was lunch time, I leapt out of bed and got dressed.  I was not very impressed to discover that it was just after 8:30am!  

It was bliss to actually relax over breakfast in front of the damn and take time over my morning coffee.  It is a scorcher of a day and after breakfast Sky, Judy and I set off to walk to the market.  It wasn't long before we had all worked up a sweat so we were very relieved to be picked up by some other students who were driving.  

The Channon Market was huge and packed with people.  We brought some good aussie hats as soon as we got there.  To quench our thirst we had some sugar cane juice with lime and ginger.  It was so delicious that I had another one, while Sky opted for the Nimbin berry ice cream.  That too was delicious.  I brought some fruit leather that resembled the Rainbow Valley Farm logo but it didn't taste anywhere near as good as it looked.  Lucky we took a photo of it to send to Trish.

Sky spent the rest of her money doing backflips on the bouncy bungy thingy and then we had to dash back to the gate to meet our ride home.  We were there for 3 hours and didn't even get to see all of the stalls!

We swam and lazed about for the rest of the day until Darren Doherty (guest teacher) arrived and we took him back to the market.   Sky stayed behind to catch tadpoles under the watchful eye of Judy and I had time to wander around the stalls I missed the first time.  We scored a trailer load of crushed sugarcane (minus the juice) to feed to the stock and use as mulch.

On our return home Darren rang home to let his family know he had arrived safely.  The sage advice of his wife Lisa was "don't flirt or everyone will think your wife is a haggis"  I have been giggling about it ever since.  I can confirm that Lisa is no haggis and Darren has been no flirt (just in case your reading this Lisa!).  

The evenings entertainment was a game of chinese whispers instigated by Sky which proved to be hilarious.  Themes mostly revolving around poo, compost and worms in true permaculture style.