For some reason I dont tend to have much success in staying in places in Victoria. Right now I am stying in a motel in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, and I am guessing that this place would get three stars on a good day. I did not choose it, and I have stayed in worse. But it is fairly basic. Thankfully there is a reverse cycle air conditioner that although being a bit noisy works fairly well, keeping the room above freezing. And there is an electric blanket, and also enough power outlets so that I can use the Laptop in bed on mains power.

And there is a small 15 shop open air shopping centre about 50 meters away which will be my destination for breakfast I think a bit later this morning when things open. This places is still FAR better than the last place I stayed in down here south of the border. In that case the remote for the TV had flat batteries, so they needed to be shared with the air conditioner, and the phoneline in the room did not work one bit. [In that case I had internet access through dialing up to Ozimail using my cellphone – to the only number I had on my PC… Tumit. ]

It will be good to get home tonight… My flight is at 8:30pm, but I am hoping to get onto an earlier flight if I get to the airport earlier… We will see