Yesterday the cooling system in the house broke. Billy knew it was on the blink but the boys wouldn't have it. Subsequently it broke altogether and we were all roasting. Nick and Rich got on the roof to try and fix it. Nick was an integral part of the operation and held the ladder. Turns out, no amount of mending was going to work and a new piece was needed. That's how I ended up in Dome, the coffee shop, all alone for hours. We had breakfast together and the bo...

Breakfast was Sausages cooked on the barbie courtesy of Nick. The novelty of having the BBQ is too much for him so god help us all. Billy escaped this culinary delight by having fruit bread and Heymish had a roll up! Strange child! After brekko Billy decided we should go to Hilarys boat harbour. It's really pretty. Bit 'jaws' like. Perfect scene for a disaster movie. Pretty little harbour, busy little beach, kids playing in the sea. Need I saw more? First stop, ...

After a good nights sleep alls well in my world. Billy had an appointment at the chiropractor first thing so we left the boys behind making bacon sarnies and headed off. While Bill was being pulled around I headed off for a stroll. It was hot, sunny and almost deserted. It was nice to get my bearings and take in my surroundings. It was all so surreal. We came back and collected the boys and headed off to the chocolate factory. Coffees for us, hot chocolate for B...

Fast forward half hour from the airport and we arrived at Chez Fortt. Its a bit Ramsey Street. Kadie, Heymish and the dog, Levi, we there to we greet us. Billy and Rich have a lovely home. Their house is beautiful and really big. It would be fair to say I was in a complete daze. I felt completely detached from myself, like I was watching through a window. No time to dwell on that fact though. It was all systems go and after a quick tour me and Bill were off to t...

So, here we are,finally in Australia! I kid you not when I say it seems like a lifetime ago that we were at the airport ......... We checked in at 6.30 Thursday morning. We had so much stuff it looked like we were leaving home. 2 huge cases and a hand luggage bag full of enough sweets and biscuits to feed a 3rd world country. There's crisps for Kirsty, bourbons for Billy, Jammie dodgers for kadie, Costa coffee for Fella . . . . Getting rid of the cases was quick...