Jimmy the Jeep is almost ours! After a checking over from the local mechanic, it has been decided that we are buying Jimmy for a reasonable price and, for a 16 year old car, it's in pretty good shape. Slightly dodgy gearbox could prove costly in the future, but according to the mechanic Pete, that's the risk we'll have to take with an old second hand car. Negotiations underway with Laurelle about getting the roadworthy certificate and service done first before we hand over any cash, but all being well, it should be ours for next weekend. Camping galore!
Pete very kindly offered his services in return for a crate of Victoria Bitter, a bargain! Pete is the boyfriend of Liza, my netballing friend. They live in Drouin which is 5 mins from Warragul, with a dog and a pet goat, which seemed to be rather interested in my coat when we were over there and tried to have a nibble at it before he got lead away to his little outdoor house. Very cute but rather mischievious!
Recent developments with our housing situation. Our housemate Bec has decided she would like to live in Melbourne city rather than Warragul and is keen to move back to Melbourne at the end of October. She is happy to rent the whole house out to us however once she gets her own place, she'll be taking all her furniture. Our other option is to move into Liza's two bedroom house in Drouin as she has recently moved in with Pete. Hmmm. Decisions decisions. Looks likely we will move to Drouin in October but nothing is final as yet! We popped round to see Liza's house though, it looks perfect, enough room for visitors so if you'd like a holiday with free accommodation let us know! The house is in a cul-de-sac Ramsay Street style, awesome for a street party or game of cricket!! Watch this space
Now that we have a car (almost), we are planning our next trip. We are off to Sydney in a couple of weeks for Matthew and Verity's wedding part II which will be a welcome break from work, but after that we hope to do the Great Ocean Road mid October, with the weather being a little warmer but not so busy that it'll be tourist central out there. We'll drive to Geelong, then onto Lorne then onto the Twelve Apostles (although now I think there are only 6?) then onto Port Fairy with a few activites thrown in along the way. Definitely getting another surf lesson or two and I'm planning on going hang gliding!! A warm up to the skydiving.....We have been offered numerous tents by lots of lovely people so think we'll be all kitted out with the camping gear before we head off on our travels.
The past week has been relatively lazy, with us recovering from our man and woman flu. It appears to have taken hold of most of Warragul, our housemate is currently under the weather with it and I've had plenty patients coughing and spluttering through their appointments so fingers crossed the germs go soon! We did manage a wee trip to the Thai (again) and of course our weekly sporting events of golf and netball.
Bob had part II of his golf competition yesterday with his partner John the Baker. John apparently had the best round of his life last Saturday which unfortunately led to him overanalysing his game and trying to change how he hits his shots. This in turn led to him playing like an idiot and therefore Bob and John weren't in contention for the medal. C'est la vie. Another closest to the pin win for Bob though on the 18th - winner of a golf ball, woo hoo! His name will be in the local Gazette yet again, claim to fame. He enjoyed several pots of beer in the club house after the golf - mainly consoling a rather upset John - before heading home, this time not getting caught out in the rain unlike two days ago (see pictures!)
As for the Dusties, an appalling performance against Nar Nar Goon ended up with us finishing the league in 4th position going into the finals rounds. We play this coming Sunday against Cora Lynn which I believe is a knockout stage. A nailbiter! We ended up in the local Club hotel for post match dinner and drinks to make us feel better about our loss and I had a rather interesting game of pool with a 70 year old Hell's Angel lookalike. Not great chat but he gave me some good pool tips! Thanks Harry
Today was sunny! Despite two hours spent in the shopping mall with my housemate, we spent a lot of time in the sunshine and fresh air, kicking a footie around the park and cycling to Drouin. Topped off the day with a BBQ (see piccie) and Iain (Bec's mum's partner) got his picture taken on our deck that he built, looking rather pleased with himself!
Another week gone, another week to look forward to. This weekend may involve A Taste of Melbourne - we shall see!
And finally.......would you ever have believed that Gippsland (Warragul) has twice the annual rainfall of Edinburgh? One of my patients said to me the other day "for 9 months it rains, for the remaining 3 it drips from the trees". Super smashin great - we still managed a BBQ today though, the rain hasn't defeated us yet! xx
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