I just read another mystery ("Spotted Dog") by Kerry Greenwood, and Corinna's still having adventures centered around her bakery in Melborne. The book is rife with words I don't know, and Australian catters are invited to explain and comment. (I'll do them four or five at a time.)

1. She was good at these interruptions...the spoken equivalent of KTHXBAI.

2. I picked up the esky...

3. "Carry on," I said with a Picardian wave.

4. ...Ms. Dawson got me a subscription to Stan.

5. I saw one of the girls and two nervous spoodles.