We’ve just come back from a glorious twelve days up at Lochanbar. The first few days were characterised by WIND! 
And extremely dry air, which the already desiccated landscape could have done without. But slowly the temperatures rose, so we went from huddling under blankets with the heating on, to having all the windows open and wondering if we might need to turn the fans on.
Last night we had the pleasure of sharing a glass of wine in the garden of the lovely and extremely kind Sue Unwin, who is managing director of the Bunya Mountains Accommodation centre, and who has lived and worked on the mountain for forty years. It was a glorious evening, warm and sweet-scented (also dog-scented 
).
But overnight we had a couple of millimetres of rain, the wind returned in full force, and the temperatures dropped ten degrees! We had (a very tasty) breakfast at Poppies on our way out and I huddled over the mug of coffee like it was literally freezing (it wasn’t). So weather in the Bunya Mountains is never boring, to say the least.
Also caught up with the lovely Rebecca over breakfast, who is not only the best professional house cleaner in the world, but is also a talented artist. Look at her beautiful artwork on her facebook page.
Spotted this delightful Lycid beetle on our door frame during one of the warmer days:
We won’t be back up there until after the school holidays, but as we are now coming into the low season for the Bunyas, we hope to have some lovely long stays there before our guests come back over Christmas and the autumn/winter of 2018.