18 Weeks

It has been 18 weeks since we arrived in sunny/rainy QLD. I have to admit that those 18 weeks have gone very quickly, but plenty has happened.

There has been little done on the pool since the last update, I have completed the form work for the pool fence strip footings, the concrete pour will be completed tomorrow morning commencing at 7.00am. The rain last weekend prevented me from doing the concrete last weekend.

Today the solar heating was installed for the pool, a large portion of the roof has now been covered with the specially designed black plastic tubing. The system we have installed will allow us to heat the pool in the cooler months and cool the pool when it is stinking hot.

A couple of posts ago I mentioned the annual deer rut, at the time I thought it was peculiar, I can now reassess that and safely say it is bloody annoying. One particular Fallow stag not too far from our place is annoying the hell out of us his calls go all night from about 9.00pm until 4.00 or 5.00am. It is repetitive, loud and grating. One night Karren and I went out the front and could hear he was only a couple of hundred meters away, he was wondering around calling away. His calls when facing us were much louder than the ones when he was facing away down the valley. I made some very ordinary stag calls to him when his was calling down the valley, each time I did it he would turn and call back. Unfortunately I could not call loud enough or long enough to convince him to come up and have a go at me - so to speak... His was located in the valley just below the house across the road - pictured below.

Early morning

I noticed an rather strange cloud formation and thought it would be worthwhile taking a photo, not sure that the result really highlighted just how amazing it looked but you get the idea...

Weird cloud formation

Emily had her tenth birthday on Tuesday, ice cream cake and Peking duck pancakes were the order of the day.

Happy Birthday

Can't believe she is 10 already

We are off to Movieworld tomorrow, we have had the tape measure out to see if the girls are tall enough to do the rides they want. Rosie is pumped about the Scooby Doo ride and Roadrunner. Emily is still trying to decide if she has the mettle for Arkham Asylum, The Green Lantern or Superman. Should be a great day.