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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Electricity Bill

 Recently received my electricity bill  $701.67

I wonder whether what rate I am paying 

Item Description Units Price Amount
General Usage 1565.460 kWh $0.336160 $526.25
Controlled Load 2 Usage 236.829 kWh $0.206910 $49.00
Daily Supply 90 days $1.366530 $122.99
Daily Supply - Controlled 90 days $0.038060 $3.43





Origin Qantas RED
General Usage c/kWH 33.6160 30.448
Daily Supply c/day 136.6530 118.8
Controlled Load 2 c/kWH 20.6910 20.79
Daily Supply - Controlled c/day 03.8060 0 I think





RED ENERGY

https://www.energymadeeasy.gov.au/plan?id=RED552334MRE&postcode=4075

10000 Qantas points when pay first electricity bill.  + 2 points per $

 

 


Sunday, March 30, 2025

Botanic Gardens

 Adelaide Botanical Gardens. 


Seemed contradictory that we were drawn to look at glass art. And stayed to enjoy trees and flowers. 























Church St Peters Anglican

 





Went to the 8am service at the Anglican cathedral in Adelaide. The sermon was on the story of the prodigal son (google it).  


The short version is a father has 2 sons and the younger one convinces dad to give him his inheritance and he moves to another country and loses it all through dodgy living and ends up working as a badly treated farm hand and decides he'd be better off working as a farm hand for his dad who apparently treats his farm hands well. So he returns home. Dad's super excited and throws a party. Older son gets angry. Feels resentment that he's stayed home and worked the farm with no recgnition or thanks.


One message one can take from this is that it's the older son who's actually lost. We, men, can see what we know and that's we don't pick the subtleties in human feeling. So we as dads can use the learning as a prompt to ask ourselves so we know how our kids are travelling?


Kids or people who are slaving away out of loyalty should recognise that what was once altruism can turn and eat away at our soul.


The key being communication. Making sure the atmosphere is conducive. That you listen and speak as appropriate. 





Saturday, March 29, 2025

David Coles 60 Birthday

 The key motivation to come to Adelaide was cousin David's 60th birthday party.

It was held at the South Australian Aviation Museum. 

The best bit was catching up with many cousins who I'd not seen for many years. 











Metropolitan Hotel

 We are staying at the Metropolitan.  This is somewhat old world with shared facilities and live music.  


Friday and Saturday night live music started with removing the windows.  The stage is in the background.














Friday, March 28, 2025

Adelaide 2 Fri - Glenelg

Breakfast at Adelaide Markets 
Bus to Glenelg 
Street walk. 
Post cards
Coffee
Swim
Cocktail at Mosley Beach bar. 
Fish and chips on grass 
Wedding dress and
First nation's v white man
(Strange tour guide)
Ice cream
Tram home
Snooze
Pub dinner
Band


Breakfast at the Adelaide Markets which are right across the road. It's indoor with lots of fruit stalls and bakeries. We've found a vegan place that does lovely coffee and for breakfast we added a bowl of salad. 

 

Breakfast at the Adelaide Markets which are right across the road. It's indoor with lots of fruit stalls and bakeries. We've found a vegan place that does lovely coffee and for breakfast we added a bowl of salad
Slept off breakfast and then took a bus to Glenelg. More coffee. 





Wrote a post card to Tim and Ro. Next stop is the beach. 

Went in search of toilets and change rooms.  Luckily found a tour guide who pointed us in the right direction.






Beach side cafe with deck chairs and beds and a bar.  Had a swim and then ordered a cocktail.  Lay about reading for a bit.












Thursday, March 27, 2025

Day 1 Museums & Galleries

 Took a bus to North Terrace and started walking

 

Saw a couple of ladies cleaning a statue.

Just need to find a concrete plinth and lop off her head.

Inside the war memorial

Outside the war memorial
Street beside the war memorial
History of radio museum.
My kind of radio.  Complete with spirits.  
Love the valves.  Another era when the mechanism was a part of the art.  








Engineers!

That too much art gallery rest and rejuvenate.