After breakfast on Sunday (30 January), we got together with Nancy and Ray who took us to one of the local markets full of produce, fish, etc. Getting onto the Internet was by this time a priority for us, and we got that set up as well. Not enough ADSL ports at the local central office or whatever they call it here, so we went with Telstra's service that runs over the 3G mobile phone network and costs about $15 per gigabyte. Start-up cost was $129 for the modem that talks to the 3G network on the one side and gives local wi-fi on the other, with a built-in wireless router. The modem is tiny and runs on a battery that is rechargeable from a USB port, so it will be particularly convenient when Jen wants to chase David on hang gliding flights, as his location will be visible every minute at http://aprs.fi?call=va7ina if he remembers to bring his GPS receiver/2-meter transmitter along and Jen has her laptop with her.
Weather was pretty much breaking records for heat, but we still enjoyed walks around the neighbourhood in the evenings, and continue to do so.
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