Airbnb

I love airbnb.
After yesterdays long drive it was only a short drive to Ballarat and my next stop, last night I had stayed in Wallace 10km south at the converted church owned by David, another lovely host. He recommended the art gallery, this was a good idea for today as it was too hot for much walking around outside. The art gallery was excellent, there was a showcase of student work which was very good, I wouldn't have known it was student work unless for a sign explaining it was a competition, the students were lucky to have an opportunity to showcase their work in a leading gallery.
After going round the ground floor I took a pit stop at the gallery café for coffee and cake, to my joy the cakey bit came with a little side of single cream. I dipped the cake into the cream and some of the cake dropped into the cream which left a blissful union of cake bits in cream to slurp. But I digress I was talking about art, after the pit stop I looked around the second floor, a good range of art from different periods was on show, I was nearing the end of the gallery and a man with a loud voice and a stick came booming in with a quiet man, he was a loud man, I wondered if someone with such a loud voice is able to whisper or if they just end up shouting. Anyway I had finished inspecting the artworks, it was indeed a fantastic gallery, I spent at least a few hours there.

After a quick look at the lake, which is lovely but it was too hot a day to enjoy it much, I found my next airbnb on the edge of town as recommended in Les's blog. Kate was warm and welcoming, we talked for hours in the evening and she reminded me of Linda in Geelong who I also talked for hours with until the wee hours. I had a good chat to David last night too when he got home from his function in town and he still had a sticky label on his shirt with 'David' on it. All these people are wonderful, Kate's a lovely person and I wished I was staying longer. Quite a lot of airbnb hosts apologise for untidiness, when the reality is I've never seen such clean, exquisite characterful dwellings! Linda's place had period light switch fittings and beautiful antique furniture and that little attic chalet room, plus a pool and the amusing dogs! David's converted church is such a unique space it makes more sense as a living space than most purpose built living spaces which are just boxes, the Apollo bay airbnb was like a retreat, the airbnbs in Adelaide were tastefully decorated, the second one had a vegetable garden and chickens, in Coogee bay I was welcomed with hearty sandwich, and Kate's place is simply beautiful, expansive and very well decorated - I can't imagine anyone not liking the décor here.

Airbnb. It's proper bo.



Kate's beautiful airbnb, there was even a cold bottle of water and a mini choc block.