Daytona - Wednesday

Wednesday 23 September

The weather wasn’t great – raining and overcast!  The boys went off on the bikes looking for parts to fix Jim’s motorbike.   Lesley and I caught up on jobs around here.  We walked around the corner to the Earl St Grille for a quick bite.   Had to wait a few hours more for the car to be ready.  Had the laundry packed and ready to go!  Drove down to the Laundromat, and right next door was a ‘Festhaus’ – a bar owned by a pro surfer.  The boys settled in there whilst Lesley and I got up close & personal with some washers and dryers!

I enjoyed a Canadian beer -  Labatts Blue.

From Wikipedia:

Labatt Brewing Company Ltd. is a Canadian beer company founded by John Kinder Labatt in 1847 in London, Ontario. In 1995, it was purchased by Belgian brewer Interbrew; it is now part of Anheuser-Busch InBev. Laba

In the United States, Labatt brand beers are sold under license by Labatt USA.

Labatt Blue is a 5% abv pale lager. There are 11.53 US fluid ounces (341 ml) of beer in a bottle of Labatt Blue.  Since Labatt Blue became Canada’s best–selling beer, the company’s flagship brand has entered in a number of international beer ratings competitions and has always performed notably well. In 2003, Labatt Blue received a Gold Quality Award at the World Quality Selections, organized yearly by Monde Selection.

A couple of guys came in and sat beside us.  Turns out they were ex-military and had been overseas and had worked alongside Aussie soldiers.  (Quite complimentary about the Australian medic who’d saved their buddy who’d been shot in the neck.)  They were friendly and we talked about surfing and of course, they’d like to visit Australia one day and go surfing, so we talked beaches and sharks!  And Mick Fanning and THAT shark attack!

Next, time for dinner so Jim drove us to Steve’s Diner.  Hadn’t been there before, but discovered they serve the best home made bread with butter and delicious soup!  Completely full, we left for home quite satisfied!