There was one particular episode where a woman who was hard of hearing and refused to turn on her hearing aid (because it would use up the batteries) wanted to complain about the view from her window. Basil points out to her that it is, in fact, a view of Torquay Harbour, and asks her what she expected - "wildebeest sweeping across the plain ...?"
Yep, that's Torquay Harbour. (No, that's right, no wildebeest.)
And here is our new home in Torquay.
And that's even our car parked out front.
This is from the back. It's the second-last house in a cul-de-sac, up on one of the many hills of Torquay, and that big window has sweeping views of the bay.
Like all views, it's always changing with the weather and time of day. I especially like looking out at night when it's full of twinkling lights.
Unlike the places where we've lived lately (in crowded cities like Wuxi (China) and Istanbul), we have a garden - quite a big one really.
There's an oak tree in the middle of the garden. Even though we are well into Autumn and the streets are full of piles of leaves that are rather fun to kick your way through ... our tree still has most of its leaves. I'm thinking we are going to have a bit of a raking job to do when it finally drops them.
Inside
We have an upstairs! You have to realise that this is exciting for us West Australians.
It feels very romantic going upstairs to bed. There are three bedrooms upstairs.
And there is a bathroom upstairs, and a toilet downstairs as well.
There's another bedroom downstairs, too.
The kitchen is lovely, again with a great picture window over the sink.
Through the kitchen there is a laundry, with all mod cons.
And in the hallway, tucked under the stairs, a piano!
The main living room is big and bright and airy.
There's one of those instant gas fires that has flames and feels just like a real fire (without the smoke and mess) in the grate.
And, looking the other way, down the other end is the dining room with that huge picture window and views over the bay.
We reckon Torquay is a great place to live, and we are looking forward to having people stay with us and enjoy it with us.
