Day 06: Meryl Streep and the Big Merino

More rain today for drought-stricken Goulburn. If we settled here, I reckon James and I could solve the water crisis inside a month.

Met up with some lovely puzzlers (aren’t they all?) at the NewsXpress store in town. Rebecca Wolfe has been buying all the Lovatts titles since they were first published in 1979. She knew more about our books than we did.

Plenty of people we met had heard Craig’s interview with James and myself on Radio 2GN, including Jeanette McKinley who helps with the Goulburn Friendship Club. They meet monthly and with the help of the crossword books we gave Jeanette, the club will be getting into puzzles later this year.

Quick bit of sight-seeing including Goulburn Cathedral and the big Merino, before watching Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia at the local cinema. Warning: do not watch this film unless you have already eaten!

Not too many people photograph the rear end of the big Merino. But then, they're not James.

Long-time puzzle fan Rebecca Wolfe.

Jan Winters (left) and Lesley Power at the NewsXpress Store.

Sandra was a great help in organising the meet-the-puzzlers in Goulburn.

The Gothic revival styled Goulburn Cathedral, a place of worship since the 1830s.