Janet and I spent a large chunk of time today removing large amounts of foliage from 2 gardens to decorate the shearing shed for Mums party tomorrow. There are so many mozzies around at the moment we're gonna have to buy lots of mozzie coils. Shaun did a sneaky and arrived tonight instead of tomoro night. Pat and Geoff also arrived today.

We celebrated mums 80th birthday today. A group of her friends descended on us for a slap up afternoon tea. Yum. Geoff Robert and Murray arrived last evening. Had lots of delicious red wine that have been grown on the island. The quality has certainly come ahead in leaps and bounds since they first started production here a few years ago. Yum, yum, yum!!

Left Broome yesterday morning and into Adelaide late evening. Stayed at a boutique hotel with some very interesting artwork in the rooms. Into Kingscote 10 am Sunday 1 September. It's Fathers Day and the first day of spring. Spring is certainly in the air here today. It's a beautiful day and the whole gang is at the airport to greet my arrival. Off to Western Districts to watch Skye play netball and Blair play football. They both won their 1st semifinal and progr...