At the end of the street where I live, there is a roundabout. If you turn right you reach Kingston. Here there is tragically, a McDonalds, a Big W (aka Wal-mart in a thinly veiled disguise), Coles (one of two large Grocery Store chains), various other chain stores and a few good places such as the Library.
But, if you turn left instead, the towns are much smaller and the shops more interesting. There are some charity shops along the way, and although I did not find any cute ornaments, I did find a game made by 'the Scrabble people' called 'Shrinkwords', all pieces included for $2.50 AU. We go that way to take our garden waste to the Tip which is Australian for Dump. As far as city dumps go, ours is sort of charming, lots of birds, and a second (or I suppose by the time an item reaches the tip, fifth hand) shop, and the place is not even very smelly. We went looking for rocks to put in our garden, larger rocks to build up in the corner, so we can add some running water to try and grow Wasabi. I love that there is a Wasabi grower on the island, there is also a Saffron farm.
Along the road we found a nice Nursery, two places that sold rocks by the ton, and a small bakery.
Left is better.
But, if you turn left instead, the towns are much smaller and the shops more interesting. There are some charity shops along the way, and although I did not find any cute ornaments, I did find a game made by 'the Scrabble people' called 'Shrinkwords', all pieces included for $2.50 AU. We go that way to take our garden waste to the Tip which is Australian for Dump. As far as city dumps go, ours is sort of charming, lots of birds, and a second (or I suppose by the time an item reaches the tip, fifth hand) shop, and the place is not even very smelly. We went looking for rocks to put in our garden, larger rocks to build up in the corner, so we can add some running water to try and grow Wasabi. I love that there is a Wasabi grower on the island, there is also a Saffron farm.
Along the road we found a nice Nursery, two places that sold rocks by the ton, and a small bakery.
Left is better.
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you know i saw that gross thing in the middle of your lovely pictures.
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