Well there goes the weather...

Its raining. Large drops of rain. Its not cold though. Everything here makes me feel joy at the moment. Even the argument I had with my mum this morning. Well, maybe not. Even the rain is warm in summer. It would be awesome to go swimming at the beach now.
I do have an issue with Bunbury though. It is crippling me, but hopefully today my dismay will be assuaged. Where have all the good cafe lattes gone? OH GOD ITS HORRIBLE! Everytime I go into a cafe now I ask what size the latte glass is and every time so far I get presented with a huge mug of fart inducing proportions. One shot of coffee, lots a warm milk and we have digestion issues in the Gibbons family. It would be the same for most people. Drinking hot milk with the flavour of burnt coffee - its a wonder Bunbury is not contributing significant emissions to greenhouse gases. I have started asking for cappuccinos with no chocolate. There in itself presents a problem. The way coffee is made in Bunbury is to pour scalded milk over a shot of coffee (sometimes the coffee is not burnt and even rarer, the coffee has a good flavour), and then the bubbly white froth is spooned on the top, creating a lovely white cloud of aerated bubbles. I have left two coffees sitting at the table with only two mouthfuls taken out of them...so far. Of course all of this is my humble opinion, but it makes me want to show these people how it is done. And I can't even make a good latte consistently. Maybe I should lobby the council for compulsory barista courses for Bunbury cafes. Today I am going to a swanky cafe and if I don't get a decent cafe latte, I am going to cry.
Experiences so far:

Poco Loco: in the Centrepoint shopping centre in town. Looks good, especially the food, but beware the oversize cups and prices. Had a cappuccino and drank it, under sufferance. Scalded milk.

Well Fed Cafe: in the Crosslands shopping centre. An old style cafe (see: coffee shop) with lots of plastic chairs and tables and sausage rolls on the menu. I shouldn't rag the sausage roll as the Green in Brunswick has them, but they are homemade and awesome. Anyway, couldn't drink the cappuccino at this place. Was revolting. Scalded to within a inch of its life. Coffee burnt as well. There should be a license in order to own a coffee machine.

Caffez Coffee: again with the oversize cups! This cafe is in one of the main streets in town. Last time I was here, in September 2005, I had an awesome soy latte here. This time was sans soy and badly frothed. Apparently this establishment has changed hands since I was last in. Nice coffee beans though. I felt like I should tell them that they were almost there. Another interesting point was that the cafe says they have free wireless access. I took my laptop, not for net access, but to write, anyway, I tried to access the network and it did not work. I did not pursue it, however, a service promised was not provided. If I am going to be a stickler, I may as well go the whole hog. Incidentally, I ate here as well. Two poached eggs on toast. Nothing exciting. One piece of toast, not toasted well. Not value for money.


Lastly, I have another photo of Bunbury I stole off the net. I am going to start taking my own soon, but I can not take one like this. I live far to the left of this frame. Where ever my mum has to go though, she almost always takes us on the beach road, which runs along the top of the land mass in the picture. Its a great view every time. The curve of the beach goes all the way to Busselton and Dunsborough, which is a 30 minute drive further down the coast. When its clear you can can see the land go all the way around. When in Dunsborough, you can see the lights of Bunbury.