David & Jaqui`s New House & Zoo Doo

Sunday - we went to see David and Jaqui's new house.  They thought they would be in before Christmas but things never happen the way they should.  It is beautiful and Dalton took a bunch of pictures.  It is not quite finished, carpets go in on Thursday, painting needs to be done and David is laying the tiles and he just left Monday for the Mainland or 5 months so.....Jaqui will be moving their stuff in with help from both their families and odd and sundry friends.  I would say they won't be settled until about the same time next year.  They are going to be in great shape as there are loads of stairs, but it is a wonderful house, I wish I could see it when it is finished.

David did all the woodwork himself, it looks really good, unfortunately it won't be finished by the time we leave.  Dalton took this picture, means more to men than women

Stuart and Ellie are in the Kitchen, loads of windows, cupboards and space, will have a spot of tea in it when we return.

The view from the road, wish the old Ute wasn't in the picture.

We went to Jaqui's parents home for a BBQ in the evening...a sort of going away party for David.  Loads of good food and conversation.  It was about 39 degrees...very hot...next thing you know, thunder, lightening and rain started.  We got 4mm of rain in about 10 minutes, it stopped for about 20 minutes and started again for about 5 minutes, not quite so hard the second time.  It was hard to believe how the weather could change, the temperature dropped to 19...still pretty warm for sleeping.  However, by morning it cools down nicely, just to get us confused as to what to wear...Dalton gets stuck wearing jeans but I am always in my capris or shorts so am much more comfortable than he is.

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Monday, Jenny's parents came to town so we had a nice visit with them and then did some running around, mostly though, we just had a down day, much needed.  Stuart, however, had to leave for the west coast to fight more fires.

Jenny and her mother and father - Joyce and James Weeding - making lunch 

Tuesday, Dalton and I went to Russell Falls.  We had a great day, we took all the secondary roads rather than the main highways so we saw lots more than we normally would.  We stopped at the "Zoo Doo" they have albino wallabies and white lion cubs.  Dalton hated the place because the animals didn't have enough room but the animals were very interesting to see.  The albino wallabies were a bit odd though.

  This is the albino wallaby

This cute little Koala sleeps about 23 hours a day.

There are 4 white Tigers here, very cute but their pen is too small for them!

One of the views of Russell Falls, not much water this time around.

This is on the path to Russell Falls.

I took a bunch of pictures of the black swans on the way home, however, I didn't get as many shots as I would have liked so I will be going back, they have babies now, the babies are white.  They are lovely to look at.

We had to get home so Dalton could cook dinner, he promised Jaqui he would cook for her.  Ellie also came over so it was a lovely evening.

Wednesday, Jenny and I took Dalton to play golf in Orford, a little place 52km. from Sorell.  Jenny's parents live there so we took the dog and went for a visit...we walked along a beautiful sandy beach, it was more sheltered than the one outside the door of Jenny's parents.  It looked to be very overcast today, however, it was very hot...fires are still burning on the West coast and the smoke is heading in our direction.  We have been praying for rain the last few days as we want Stuart to have the week-end off.