Winter 2010

Winter here isn't exactly as it is in Blighty!

The morning and evenings are cool and on rare occasions we have to put the airconditioning on heat for an hour or so to warm the house. In the main though, it tends to warm up by mid morning. I have still worn shorts all winter and most days can get away with a polo and no jumper or fleece.

We get some beautiful clear blue sky days and now we are into mid August they are becoming more frequent and it is warming up very nicely.

Rachel has managed to secure a job at a local office superstore very similar to Staples in the UK. She works in the service department as a service co-ordinator dealing with repairs and maintenance to photocopiers printers and faxes.She really enjoys her job as it is so varied and she gets on well with her colleages which  has made it easy to fit back in at work after five years of being a stay at home mom.

We have another addition to our garage too! There are some great places to ride around here and after borrowing my bosses motocross bike for the weekend, I scoured the internet and found a bike for sale which fitted my requirements. Unfortunatley it was located in Morayfield, Queensland which eight and a half hours North of here.

So Friday afternoon after work, I set of in one of the Utes from work and drove up to Brisbane. I stopped at my friends, Karl and Jane for the night. Had a good catch up with them and a few beers, managed to get in three hours sleep and then headed up to Morayfield. I picked up the bike and drove back to Port Macquarie getting back for around 3:45pm.

I took her out the weekend with my boss Jamie for a blast round some of the fire trails nearby. I had a fantastic time, got extremely muddy and can't wait till next weekend when jamie myself and another friend Scott are off to play again.