Salamander Bay

Eric and I have the great privilege of living in Salamander Bay. Salamander Bay is a town of nearly forty-two hundred folks and is a nice quiet town comprised of many retired types, holiday seekers, and those of us somewhere in between. My favorite part of where we live is the Salamander Bay Shops just across the street from our place. We can run (literally) to the store and be back home with our purchase in under 5 minutes! It's convenience you can't beat unless you're looking for good produce. The little market has lots of good stuff, but the produce there isn't going to win any awards.

In one day Eric visited the butcher and the baker. Sadly, they don't have a candlestick maker or he'd have managed the complete set! We've eaten at the Farman family cafe and it truly is a family-run business. The only place I've visited more than I'd like to is the chemist, but then having to get medicines isn't exactly a great shopping conquest goal.

The most curious shop to me is the drive-thru bottle shop. Of all the things one might be in a hurry to purchase, I can't imagine alcohol to be at the top of the list. But I don't drink, so what do I know?

I catch my morning carpool from the bench in front of the News Agency. I enjoy (as much as one can enjoy anything just before 6:00 AM) the rustlings of the bakery starting the day and people stopping by for some brekkie on their way to work or making a desperate run in their P.J.s for some bread for breakfast.

We have just learned that Salamander Bay is a finalist for the New South Wales Tidy Town award. It's a great place to live and tidy, too!