The builders accepted our offer and the local credit union gave us the go ahead too, so we'll sign contracts etc early in the new year for our new home. I'm so excited as it's just perfect we think.
Here's a link if you want to check it out-ours is second from the left in the group photo. You need to copy the link below and paste it into the url address thingy at the top of your page.
http://www.stockdaleleggo.com.au/details.asp?internetid=176260&OFFICE_ID=70
Christmas eve, Blair, Leah, Russ and I went down to the Merrijig-Ryan and Kirstyn's restaurant-for a lovely dinner. It was a great, but late night.
We had nice family Christmas day with Ryan, Kirstyn, Blair, Leah, Mick and Hayley at lunch and then we all moved out to Koroit and Kirstyn's mum Jill's for our evening meal. We all ate too much and got lots of nice presents, so it was a fun day.
Today (Boxing Day) has been very relaxing. Mick and Hayley headed home earlier, Chief and Suz called over, Ryan and Kirstyn are working and now we (Blair, Leah, Russ and I) are about to get dressed and go to the Greyhounds then on out to dinner in Warrnambool. A friends dog is running so it'll be fun to go after all these years.
Tomorrow it's off to Portland for lunch, then out to the Merrijig again for dinner. Sunday, Russ and I are off to Melbourne and will stay at Blair and Leah's a night or two before heading to Traralgon for New Year's Eve.
Friday, December 26, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Kobie's First Visit to Port Fairy
Dan, Verity and Kobie left this morning after a coupld of days here in Port Fairy. It was lovely to spend some time with them and show them around here and Warrnambool. We managed a lunch and breakfast out,and cooked a curry (Dan's request) for them here.
We also took them to see the NEW villa we have put an offer in for in Warrnambool. It overlooks the second Brierly cricket pitch and on to the racetrack. It's gorgeous and will be perfect to leave (or come home to) when we travel each year to warmer places in the winter.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Port Fairy
We arrived in Port Fairy on Saturday 6th of December. It was great to see Ryan and Kirstyn after 10 months and we certainly had lots to catch up on. Sunday they had their staff christmas party at home-it was fun to be there for that.
Monday, we went to Warrnambool to do a bit of shopping and catch up with neighbour David (and our mail), Tuesday, Kirstyn was off work with a tooth ache which she's since had a temporary filling put in and Deb and Pete came from Portland for lunch so another very social day.
Wednesday we went down to my sister's in Traralgon and visited Kobie and Verity at her parent's house. It amazed us to see how much Kobie has changed in the few months since we saw him last-I guess that's what babies do. Verity already had a couple of trials at various hairdressers in Traralgon, so that's good. Dan and his mate Taz left Perth on the Monday in the car with a fair amount of furniture in a trailer and arrived in Traralgon on Wedenesday too. We caught up with them on Thursday. On Thursday arvo, Russ and I went around to see an old friend of mine Chris-it was amazing to see her after about 7 years!!!!
Friday night we had Dan, Verity, Taz, nephew and niece-in law (Marcus and Fiona) and kids over for a BBQ.
Saturday we drove to Melbourne to stay a few days with Blair and Leah. We had dinner at Woody and Sophie's on Saturday night after a few drinks with Dan and Taz (Dan's Brazillian kitchen hand) at a pub where Mick works near here. Caught up with Barbs and Pip as well, so it was a bit of a reunion.
Sunday we were having Mick and his girlfriend Hayley over for dinner so Russ, Leah and I walked over to the South Melbourne markets to do our bit of shopping for the meal. The markets are great and so convienient for Leah. They really live in a great area-our car has only left its parking spot once in the few days we've been here! I was pretty proud of myself spotting an old friend of Blair's at the market. Leah didn't know him and Russ was having trouble recognising him after about 7 years. He and his wife Suz had just land4ed from London two hours before we met them. They came for dinner too.
Yesterday (Monday) Blair flew out to work in Tasmania leaving Leah, Russ and I home alone for a couple of quiet days before Holly turns up from Geelong for the night with us. We left Leah working and took Mick out for lunch, then drove over to see Mick's house and the new Bunnings store he's working at. Last night we had a quiet night and delicious soy braised chicken salad with Leah.
Friday, December 05, 2008
Mildura
We arrived in Mildura on Wednesday after calling in at Renmark Club on the way to see Glen Jones-a primary school mate of Mick's. It was great so see him-he looks well and happy and is going really well in his position as head chef at the club.
The weather warmed up as we travelled, so it was a bit of a worry to find our air conditioner smelling and crackling as we set up. I like to turn it on the minute we arrive anywhere as that's one of the times the van really heats up-must be the bitumen roads and the fact it's closed up for X amount of hours.
A visit from a repair man yesterday confirmed that it was stuffed. It has apparently fused the condenser and was going to take a day or so to get the spare part and was covered by our insurance according to him. It tuned out it WASN'T covered and with the factory closed until Monday, it started to look like we'd be here until Thursday. It's too hot to sit around here with no air conditioner, so we called him, cancelled the job and we are moving south to cooler weather as fast as we can. We plan to be in Port Fairy tomorrow and a Port Fairy refrigeration crowd will look at the van for us early next week and get it fixed.
I was really happy when the park gave us back our money for the extra days we paid for and even hppier when the repair man wouldn't take any money for the call out yesterday. It's a bummer it's not covered by our insurance policy as the guy here quoted $1200 to fix it. We live pretty tightly these days and that's an expensive have to have!
Last night we went over to our friends Julie and Geoff (Glen's parents) for a BBQ. It was terrific to catch up with them after a few years. I love the sort of friends you don't see for ages, but are just able to pick up where you last left off. They have been good friends to us for a lot of years now.
Today we've been over at the Centro Mall enjoying their air conditioning, buying a few clothes for us and Kobie and having a bite of lunch. It might be time for a swim in the pool here now.
We picked the park nearest the Jones's and it's turned out a great choice. There has only been 3 vans in and we were told to use as many of the nearby sites as we wished as they wouldn't put anyone near us. The site we chose for the van is well shaded which is lucky although it is still 32 in the van right now.
The weather warmed up as we travelled, so it was a bit of a worry to find our air conditioner smelling and crackling as we set up. I like to turn it on the minute we arrive anywhere as that's one of the times the van really heats up-must be the bitumen roads and the fact it's closed up for X amount of hours.
A visit from a repair man yesterday confirmed that it was stuffed. It has apparently fused the condenser and was going to take a day or so to get the spare part and was covered by our insurance according to him. It tuned out it WASN'T covered and with the factory closed until Monday, it started to look like we'd be here until Thursday. It's too hot to sit around here with no air conditioner, so we called him, cancelled the job and we are moving south to cooler weather as fast as we can. We plan to be in Port Fairy tomorrow and a Port Fairy refrigeration crowd will look at the van for us early next week and get it fixed.
I was really happy when the park gave us back our money for the extra days we paid for and even hppier when the repair man wouldn't take any money for the call out yesterday. It's a bummer it's not covered by our insurance policy as the guy here quoted $1200 to fix it. We live pretty tightly these days and that's an expensive have to have!
Last night we went over to our friends Julie and Geoff (Glen's parents) for a BBQ. It was terrific to catch up with them after a few years. I love the sort of friends you don't see for ages, but are just able to pick up where you last left off. They have been good friends to us for a lot of years now.
Today we've been over at the Centro Mall enjoying their air conditioning, buying a few clothes for us and Kobie and having a bite of lunch. It might be time for a swim in the pool here now.
We picked the park nearest the Jones's and it's turned out a great choice. There has only been 3 vans in and we were told to use as many of the nearby sites as we wished as they wouldn't put anyone near us. The site we chose for the van is well shaded which is lucky although it is still 32 in the van right now.
Monday, December 01, 2008
Berri
We made it to Berri on Saturday-we had planned to stop a night in Nuriootpa then come on, but arrived there round 1.30 and figured another 1 1/2 hours would get us here and we'd stay four nights instead of three. This is a huge caravan park , but once again it is really quiet-according to the cleaner I was talking to, it will go nuts on Boxing Day and stay like that for a few months, so she is enjoying the quiet like us. The road between Port Wakefield and Nuriootpa is THE worst sealed road we have ever taken the caravan on. It was so bumpy we travelled most of it at around 60km per hour.
I got my rabbits in Ardrossan (and a few more!). A friend suggested I wouldn't be able to leave the two we bought alone until we got them home, and I thought about it so bought another fresh one to eat on the Sunday. That left two in the display cabinet which the butcher offered to me for $8.95. When I refused, he knocked them down to $5 each so I took them too. Last night I cooked the fresh one in mustard cream and I have to say it was the best rabbit I have ever cooked or eaten. It was moist and tender and delicious.
Yesterday we took a drive to Loxton and Renmark stopping at fruit stalls and a church fair along the way. We stopped at the Berri shop as well, so are stocked with avocados, pumpkins (big butternuts for $1 each) jarred peaches, fruit juices, tinned tomatoes etc. Today is haircut day and then out to the other side of town here to more fruit stalls and wineries. I'm trying to track down an asparagus grower as I saw local stuff in a shop. If not, we bought it cheap in a 5 kilo bag in Mildura a few years ago ( we go to Mildura Wednesday morning).
I got my rabbits in Ardrossan (and a few more!). A friend suggested I wouldn't be able to leave the two we bought alone until we got them home, and I thought about it so bought another fresh one to eat on the Sunday. That left two in the display cabinet which the butcher offered to me for $8.95. When I refused, he knocked them down to $5 each so I took them too. Last night I cooked the fresh one in mustard cream and I have to say it was the best rabbit I have ever cooked or eaten. It was moist and tender and delicious.
Yesterday we took a drive to Loxton and Renmark stopping at fruit stalls and a church fair along the way. We stopped at the Berri shop as well, so are stocked with avocados, pumpkins (big butternuts for $1 each) jarred peaches, fruit juices, tinned tomatoes etc. Today is haircut day and then out to the other side of town here to more fruit stalls and wineries. I'm trying to track down an asparagus grower as I saw local stuff in a shop. If not, we bought it cheap in a 5 kilo bag in Mildura a few years ago ( we go to Mildura Wednesday morning).
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