Book Bargains

Before I left Narrabri this morning I spent a profitable half hour at their Rotary Book Fair. 

I scored this large swag of books for around $60. Some are for me and some are to donate to a local Family History Group.

Thanks Rotary

Our local Rotary Club organises an event in our backyard on the lake each Christmas Eve. In previous years we have stood with family members on our jetty and watched the flotilla of local boats follow Santa sailing in Paydirt on his route from Bolton Point to Wangi Wangi.

We were one of the first boats to join Santa

Now that we are proud boat owners we decided to join the flotilla as it followed Santa. Accompanied by our daughter's family we were one of the first boats to join Santa just before Bolton Point. Many vessels of all shapes and sizes joined us as we made our way around the lake's shore to Toronto and onwards towards Rathmines. We left the large fleet at Coal Point and made our way back home to Carey Bay for a barbeque dinner.

Conditions on the lake were good, although the water was slightly choppy the sun was shining brightly. It was wonderful to see so many people along the shoreline and out on jetties partying and enjoying the parade. It was lovely to see many of our neighbours in Carey Bay out and waving as we went by.

I had fun taking photos with my new phone as we bumped along, I couldn't see what I was taking so my snaps are real point and shoots. At one stage my grandson told me I was taking selfies, on reviewing the photos I had taken over twenty pics of myself.

It was a fantastic event and an amazing way to kick off our Christmas celebrations. Thanks Toronto Rotary.

Thanks to friend and neighbour, Marnie, who took this pic of us as we went by her jetty.

Local Treasure

$32 well spent

For fifteen years I have intended going to the Galston Rotary Club Annual Giant Book Fair which is on again this weekend but I'd never made it.

What a surprise I got when I stopped by yesterday afternoon. I expected that most of the books would be gone but I was mistaken. As a former librarian I could tell when I entered the door and saw the display that there were many books on offer here; in fact there were 55,000 books for sale.

There were rare books and signed books, some books were individually priced while others were sold by the inch. The books were all sorted and categorised. The local Rotarians have done a super job in organising the fair; countless hours of preparation would have preceded the Fair.To work out how much to pay one lays the books down flat, piles them up and measures the height of one's bookpile in inches. For my 16 inches I paid $32 ($2 per inch). I couldn't buy too many books because I have a bit of a back problem at the moment and can't carry too much which is probably a good thing.

I won't wait for another 15 years before I visit the Fair again.