But water is fun to play in and on. And the fact that the bay is likely to be polluted and full of diseased, toxin-laden fish did not stop the massive 2008 Melbourne International Boat and Lifestyle Show at docklands this weekend.
We rode our bikes through the city on Sunday and went to gawk at the insides and outsides of luxury multi million dollar cruisers right down, humble fishing boats, inflatable catamarans and water-police boats. I even found the boat I want to buy (one day).
It was a really beautiful day. Unfortunately on the way home my bike wheels made too much contact with the tram-tracks on Smith Street and I made too much contact, at much too fast a speed for my liking, with the asphalt. So I am bruised, scraped, stiff and sore today. But no more than that. I thank my falling practices for remembering how to avoid broken wrists and necks and my strength training routines for good core body strength so the impact was not too big a shock.
I will however, be using a bathful of precious water to soak away the grit and aches. It’s medicinal, I’ve only had a couple of baths in the last few years and we use our grey water so I shan’t feel guilty, nyah!