01. Victorian Opera’s performance of Eucalyptus (based on the glorious book by Murray Bail). It was wonderful and the set was absolutely outstanding – the canvas in the foreground was used to project various scenes, from a train arriving and forest to the lake where the main character swims. In the background were layered scrims, printed with trees, and behind them you could see the orchestra. Magical. (image).

02. I had to laugh about the toilet queue at Menopause the Musical… and the fact that there was an announcement to the effect of, ‘Ladies, please feel free to use the gents – there are only two men in the audience tonight!’

03. Salt and pepper calamari (highly recommended), lobster rolls, gelato and Southsides at Il Mercato Centrale – it was fun to be able to graze.

04. Fascinating night at the Wheeler Centre – Marieke Hardy interviewing Ben Shewry for her podcast about funeral planning. Shewry’s funeral sounds like an event to be at (!) but I also decided that I had to read his memoir because there’s a whole chapter on lasagne (here’s his mum’s recipe).

05. An encore screening of the documentary, Left Write Hook (it premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival but I couldn’t fit it into my schedule then). Powerful.

06. Watched: Nobody Wants This – so, so good. Bring on S2.

07. Grateful to Samantha Irby for her substack which alerted me to this video. I loved it so much (and I don’t even own a dog).

08. I don’t get to Sloppy Joes often, which is probably a good thing because their tuna melts are irresistible.