G'day Bob!
I echo Joybell; it's nice to hear from you. If you read it from the beginning you'll probably have been reminded of Disie; she's now married to Ian Simpson and lives at Nariel.

You'll also have realised that I have the task of trying to decipher your doggerel (and probably quite random) French; a la Clive Champion's song(s). Would I be asking too much to get you to post the French yourself?

And G'day to you again, Joybell! One day I'll get to the Western District again, if only to revisit Arapiles, but I''l let you know so I could visit you. I found out recently that a colleague (whose daughter will be accompanying mine to the National) lived at Natimuk and was the fire spotter for the Arapiles fire tower when a student.

Cheers, Rowan