Friday night was really stormy and cold and rainy. So we decided to go fishing. Of course. The week before Carl had caught a flat head which became his dinner, so he regaled us with stories and aspirations of catching a net full of fish. I will get to the point - we got nothing, got covered in strange looking insects and soaked. But I managed to wrap my squid bait round Carl's head whilst casting out which made me laugh so much I nearly fell off the rock. W...

Over in Australia at this time of year is th Melbourne cup, which is a week long horse racing extravaganza. Lots of people have the week off work, and Melbourne gets an offical day off for the Melbourne Cup day (like the Grand National.) As we are not avid gamblers, we went to only one race meet, Derby Day, and had a couple fo wins so we broke even, which wasnt bad. That same weekend was our friend Jamie's 33rd birthday, and his girlfriend Kath decided that sur...