R.I.P Elsie Farley

Our loved aunt Elsie passed away today at Hospital. Her health had deteriorated after suffering a broken hip and was with Mum and Dad when she died.

We all had the oppurtunity in the last few months to spend some time with Elsie at home. We miss her terribly but are happy she is at peace and the Dodes are reunited.

A couple of good photos

At the opening of Caths new creche.

Sun

29.6cm. In one holiday Tuesday Port Fairy had more rainfall than most of the country has had for a year! The weather gave us that outstanding news and then said Wednesday would be a lot nicer. Turns out he was right. While still being rather chilly the sun cracked through and went to the beach. The house is about 20mts from the beach so we got to run along the sand and play “get down shep”. The water was a lot calmer today and it was a pleasant stroll. Then on the pushie for a bike ride to the park along River Moyne. The town was a whaling station back in the 19th Century and all the old buildings and infrastructure is still around. The fishing boats were in but didn’t seem to be working. A quick ride to the light house was interrupted by freezing winds so turn back to home for rolls. Some “Spy Kids” for Xander and Marshall while the other two slept.

A stroll down the main street and an afternoon tea/coffee made the day. Sadly we were excited by Big Brother tonight as Pamela Anderson went into the house. Funny telly and I quickly ran back from the internet café so I didn’t miss it.

It's taken a while to get the video done but here it is.

PS. Out of context but Xander was accepted for his school today (Don Bosco Primary) , we are all very proud and he is chuffed.

Rain

What were we to expect, it’s the middle of winter and we are on the south coast. It rained solidly all night and I optimistically assumed that the sun would burn the dark clouds away. No such luck. So plan B. A drive into Warrnambool and the search for indoor fun for the musketeers. At this point I have to make an admission. I cannot live without the internet. How do I find a play centre in a town 20k away, Google it. Well without the wonder of internet explorer I had no where to go and after trying to remember the directory enquiries number for ten minutes I resorted to texting someone I knew would be in front of a computer. Sad but true.

After three laps of the bool trying to find the place we ended up a typical indoor play centre, loads of stuff for the kids, overpriced food and no where to sit down. The musketeers loved it with Amelia’s independence really showing through. Marshall led her through the trickier and more daunting activities and she loved it.

Now I don’t mind paying for a meal out but $41 bucks for five sangers and a couple of bowls of chips was a bit much. No wonder we go to Maccas on days like this at home.

Not much else other than a cracking lamb roast for tea and a nice bottle of wine…

Port Fairy - Setting Off

The Association has a number of holiday houses available to members to use. To get a berth you have to enter a ballot. I drew school holidays (good) middle of winter (bad). But you cant miss an oppurtunity to get away so to beautiflul Port Fairy it is.

As I began to pack the trailer with the ever growing pile of stuff my mind wondering back to stacking the cream Austin Princess and setting off for Towyn. To top it off Chang sitting in the front foot well. It was the thought of the suitcases flying off the roof however that made me sort out more occy straps. The weather was okay in Narre but a tarp covering all was applied, Ruben dropped off at Grans, and the house locked up.

Setting off at 10ish meant Nate was soon asleep and an easy drive to Geelong for the first Maccas stop. Joy of Joys, Kung Fu Panda was in the building and this will possibly be the highlight for Xander and Marshall. A free toy providing an easy first win for mum and dad.

The rain started to drop now and the tarp slowly entangled itself. Never mind,press on, I had strategically placed all the need to stay dry stuff in the middle, no stress. Well I was at it started to chuck it down and the boys were starting to get antsy.

Popped into the police station to get the keys and into the holiday house. It wasn’t quite what we were expecting but we aren’t sure what to anyway. There are two units built attached with a common area at the back. They are actually quite nice and once sleeping arrangements were sorted we thought , “what now.” . This is when it started to chuck it down, so unplug the mediagate hard drive and chuck a movie on.

More to come........