Whinging Pom!

So...it's getting to be just like Manchester here with yet another 24 hours of rain.The dam is still rising and I moved the marker, we are using to record the highest level, another inch higher today. The forecast for next week is further rain which is all well and good but when you need the sun to give you power it makes it a long week.Yes, we have our generators but Geronimo guzzles petrol and Jenny 2 is not working. (I know! How unlucky are we? It's nothing we have done. She worked the first time we unpacked her but has not gone since).I just a bit fed up at the moment...The things that get me down...

1. Dull, grey, wet days and therefore less free power.
2. The wet weather means more grit sticks to your shoes and I am having to constantly sweep the house.
3. Jenny 2 is not working which means we have to use Geronimo for the more menial tasks and 'he' guzzles petrol.
4. The satellite internet takes at least an hour to come online. We have 65gb of offpeak  (1.00 a.m - 6.00 a.m) data to use but when I got up at 4.30 this morning to switch it on it was still not connected at 5.45!
5. Blinkin' frogs! They are loving this wet weather but go outside and they are almost deafening with their calls. 8 years I have been coming to Frogknot and never heard a Pobblebonk until this year and yes, it was great at first but now I hope I never hear another one for another 8 years.
6. Rain gets down the chimney, despite the cap on it, and dislodges creosote which blocks the flue and makes the stove smoke...but we need to light the stove so we have hot water.
7. Trying to find dry wood.

Whinge, whinge, whinge.

No surprises this time...

Hey 'Up Over'!Guess what?...We are coming to see you early next year...and for a month!We booked our flights today...so excited!

Byron Bay and 'Swell' 2016.

So...this weekend we went down to the sea. We met Trace and Jen at Byron Bay where Jen had been selling her wares on a stall at a gathering of Biker Chicks. We stayed Sunday night in a cabin at a holiday park and then drove up to Currumbin the next day to see this years 'Swell' sculpture festival. It is our third year visiting it and I think this year was the most disappointing...see what you think...

Back in the dark.

So...We are back from our trip to the coast. I will upload the pics from that trip tomorrow.We had to take a different route home, to the one we intended to take, as Cunningham's Gap was closed due to an accident. It made the journey slightly longer but much more interesting.This little fellow was waiting for us when we got back.A Tawny Frogmouth...

 

It's sprung!

So...It is Spring! Goodbye cold nights and frost. Hello creepy crawlies and slitherers!

Tomorrow we are meeting Tracy and Jen in Byron Bay for a day and night and then on Monday we are going to this year's 'Swell Festival' at Currumbin.