I wanted to say a quick good-bye... no, more of a seeyalater... while I've got the chance, and just in case I don't get another. Tomorrow will be a full day, and we'll probably be pretty busy on Thursday too. Now, don't expect me not to say anything, because you know me... any chance to sit down is taken graciously (probably abused). I'll try to take a bit of time before we go, but just in case I don't...

I'll miss you guys. Hopefully... all going to plan... we won't be gone for too long. But, even if it is a long absence, we'll try to pop in and say hi when we can. But I'll miss you anyway.

In the words of the immortal Bill and Ted... "Be excellent to each other."

The boys in action... I'm going to get in trouble for this... but these are also some of my favourite shots of the weekend, so I have a legitimate justification.

Saturday.... Boys being boys... A break in the hard yakka was demanded when the slingshots were uncovered. By this stage they'd been carting furniture for a few hours and had the first load about ready to go. We decided by majority poll that a bit of R&R was in order. The boys got the slingshots and we got the cameras, so we were all happy.
From left: Mick (the hand) and Macca, my nephew.





Sunday... heading in for the first load. The boys doing their best to retain their anonymity. LM9 and I stayed at home and tidied the girl's room. Packed up a lot of stuff that went into the next load. I still haven't culled my clothes yet. 





Sunday Afternoon... The bonfire had been going for a while. This bookcase was one of the cullable items, so the boys had to chuck it onto the fire too. Mick and Macca (out of shot) had a ball destroying stuff. One... Two... Threeeee.......
Just as it's leaving their hands...





And just as it's landing.
If you look carefully, you can see that the bookcase has knocked a few of the bricks into the fireplace. On the right of Mick's legs you can see them just starting to fall inwards.





Ok, now I've got to type up some minutes for the P&C... then the clothes. And I'm not going to let myself stop. I want to get more stuff done before tonight. Oh, I'm going to sleep for a week when this is over.

Got time for a quick entry. The boys have just taken a load into T's place, so I'm taking a half-hour break for lunch. Got to get into the girls' room later. That should be fairly easy. Most of it's done... only mattresses in there for the kids to camp on.... some clothes and toys still there, mostly rejects, so they'll go into the garage sale box if they're any good. If not, we're going to have one hell of a bonfire tonight.

Anyway, apart from packing, carrying, lifting, cleaning... this is what I've seen so far today.
Smoko Time: Macca was being the big boy that he is. He found the slingshot and decided to have some fun. He was using rocks to try to get the green box in the puddle... so of course I had to bring the camera out. How are these for splash shots?









I'm not sure who the clever one was, but this struck me as being funny. The monkey's been Gryphonn's mate for years, so he made sure he had a good spot by the window, right at the back of the van. Can you imagine following this down the highway?
"Don't get too close, man."





Ok, I've probably wasted most of my half hour break, so I'd better get back to it. I at least want to get the girls' room looking a bit more tidy. Then I've got to cull the clothes in our wardrobe. *shudders* I hate going through my clothes. I like too much of it. Be brutal... be brutal.

Music of the hour... John Butler Trio, Sunrise over sea.

Mmm.





Saturday... been moving. A couple of good friends have been helping today... Mick and Macca... one of them just happens to be my nephew. He wouldn't let me put his pic up because he reckons he's going to pull all of the chicks. 

Got a fair bit done today. We went into town to drop a load off to store at a friend's place. It was really dark in town, and it had to happen sooner or later... we spotted a rainbow. There's my baby in the dirty white van.



Well, back to it.
Music of the hour... Pink Floyd, The Wall.
Time for a beer, I think.

Got time for a cuppa. Packing and moving... aaaaaaarrrggghh !!! The birds were out this morning though. It was almost like they were saying good-bye. I got a few nice shots and I gotta share them.

First is the cockatoo. They were out squawking and this one did a loop to see what I was doing...





Then I looked around at all of the bigger birds picking on what I thought was a crane. I took a photo as it took off from the dead tree and thought 'that should be good'. When I checked the photos I found out that it had been the Sea Eagle. Finally, check this out. I think he left his best for last. And despite the bad conditions, the camera worked pretty well.





Then I saw a pair of Forest Kingfishers. These are the Eastern Form. They're only little guys, and pretty shy, but they let me get pretty close.









Saturday. Cloudy.... nope, raining.
Listening to Fleetwood Mac... Rumours, of course.