23rd November, 2008
Hi all, been a while since our last update, things here have been quite busy.
Now Sunday afternoon and the sun is out, have had a week of not brilliant weather - well when I say not brilliant I mean a bit cloudy and not as warm. Average temp has been a chilly 26 to 28 degrees.. Ha Ha Ha, have had a couple of storms in the evening. What a show, storms are big here, nothing like the ones in the UK. At least we are not in Queensland they have had really bad weather, about 14 inches of rain fell overnight the other day. They will still complain about a lack of water.....
Tuesday 4th November saw Melbourne Cup Day - A horse race which stops the whole country. Finished work at lunchtime so we could all get home or to the pub to watch the race. We were not to bothered by this but at least it gave me a half day off with full pay...
Have been doing a lot of walking over the last few weeks - had quite a long one the other day.... Woke up to find that the car had two flat tyres... I had no foot pump and all the neighbours were out. So we decided to walk to Wallaroo - what a mistake... It is about 5Km to walk along the beach but somebody in their wisdom put a marina in the way, which you have to walk around, this puts an extra 3km on the journey. Anyway got to the garage and purchased a can of tyre weld and a bottle of pop, and then walked all the way back.
Got tyres sorted the next morning in the garage in Kadina. At least we did not have to walk there.. The exercise is good for you so they say.
Things are starting to happen at the house, the landlady has decide to put in two rainwater tanks, each one holding 10,000 litres. The planning has gone through for the carport so something should be started pretty soon. Who knows we might have a garden for christmas, We could be having turkey on the barbie yet....
Am still working at the chicken farms, we are producing one shed a week at the moment. As there are 40 sheds to build there is quite a bit of work to do still. Have included some photos to show you my office....
Will try to remember to update this blog on a weekly basis, Have been a bit lazy not doing it for a while, work, rest and play seems to take over when you are in a place like this.