Wednesday, November 4

It suddenly got hot, very suddenly, and the temperature is estimated to be 34 degrees, which in farenheit would be around 95. That's 15-20 degrees hotter than it has been. One thing that is very different from Camarillo, is that it does not cool down at night, and it does not get damp, even though we are only about 15 minutes from the beach. The humidity here is much lower, so it is a dry heat. However, dry or not, if it gets into the 40's, as we've been told, it will feel hot. That would be about 105 faranheit. Although our Aussie friends told us the weather here was very comparable to So Cal, they must have been referring to the winter, not the summer. We've been warned that although Christmas is typically quite hot, January and February are the warmest months.

Well today while walking in Kings Park, I came upon what appeared to be a bloody crime scene, as there was a bloody stick, and blood splattered all over the ground. My keen P.I. training told me something was indeed amiss! (although I can't recall having investigated any cases involving a claimant being bludgeoned in a forest.) But then when I reminded myself that we are in Oz, after all, it occurred to me that possibly the tree itself was bleeding, and of course, that in fact was exactly what it was. It was a bloody tree. Looked like some type of eucalyptus, and further up the truck was another bloody spot. Too bad my camera battery had died, would have made a great pic.