Had another egg sandwich, this one with onion. It really was a lazy daytime! James came home for lunch, with a KFC (admitted he couldn't be mythered to cook!).

I wandered out for a walk about 2:30pm. I needed to get a couple of things from Hamilton, including my ticket for the journey back to Melbourne. I'm not looking forward to it at all; I'll be travelling probably for a total of a day and a half, if you count getting from Hamilton all the way to my house. And not a break in between!

It was very quiet in the residential area, but the town centre itself was a little busier. It's not that bit a town centre really, a bit like a small suburb of Birmingham. I bought my ticket then wandered up and down the high street a bit. Bought a thank-you card for Kylie and James, and then lunch from a small bakery with not a lot left in stock - a meat pie and a caramel slice. I ate it overlooking two churches in another residential area, full of trees; Kylie had taken me past them during the orientation drive on Monday.

Hamilton churches; one anglican, the other presbyterian (we think).

I sauntered back home; Kylie had just arrived and was about to pop off for a bit to, uhm, the town centre! She invited me along, so I went. We didn't spend long there - there were a couple of things she had to pick up. When we got home again, I had a shower while Kylie arranged things for the evening and also for her plans next week.

Me and Kylie went out in the evening, with her friend Stu. We went to a bar/restaurant/gambling room in the centre of Hamilton (called "Central", logically enough!); unlike Nambour it wasn't sleazy at all. Apparently it had recently been modernised and actually looked pretty nice inside; it looked all nice and new - especially the bright dark blue carpet and the wooden surrounds. The passageway in was lined with panels that looked a bit like luggage lockers!

Stu lost $5 on a dog race; this was after he complained he couldn't afford the higher-priced meals! I had chicken filled with cashews (in a sauce), chips, and salad, for about $17 so eating out is a bit cheaper in Australia. My desert ("A Piece of Heaven" was how it was listed on the menu!) was chocolate cake and marshmallow ice-cream in hot fudge sauce, was fab, and was only $4.90.

Dropped off Stu and went back home. Sorted out my money; this led to me and Kylie going through all kinds of coin stores that her and her brother had, seeing what unusual designs and commemorations they had on them. She worked in a bank in Colac, and hence handled a lot of funny money, some she could keep as souvenirs. She had many ordinary Australian coins minted to commemorate something or to promote some special event, but she also had some foreign coins too - the ones from New Zealand and Fiji I could understand as they're very similar to Australian coins so could easily slip through the hand. She also had coins from Papua New Guinea, old English 50p and 10p/2 shilling coins, and, for some bizarre reason, a 1989-issued 100 Dinar coin from Yugoslavia! Jelena has been informed!! She also had an official, commemorative, still packaged, $5 coin of Don Bradman. Also with the coins were a small collection of shark's teeth (still sharp!), and a handful of commemorative badges from her time at the bank that may be worth a little something.

Kylie and James went to bed early (about 10:30pm), after watching "The Footy Show" (which is about Aussie Rules Football, but the show is similar in style and content to some of those more lighthearted preview shows for real football that can be seen on Sky Sports). I stayed up online till around 1am, the idea being if I had less sleep the night before, then I'd be more likely to sleep on the plane better.

I sent mail to a couple of people's profiles through the Friends Reunited Personals site, and did a spot of packing. Searched around for about half an hour trying to find my plane ticket, and thought I'd lost it, but it turned up after a thorough search of one of my bags, though there is a potential problem with it. It appears that at the check-in in London, instead of ripping out the outward portion on both my tickets, he ripped off both portions of my London-Melbourne flight and didn't touch the Melbourne-Brisbane ticket! Well I hope that doesn't cause too much a problem. Getting up at 6:30am; this is not going to be a fun day tomorrow!!