Our Saturday...

Woke at 6am, put the washing on the line and then Oli and I drove to Eumundi Markets for the morning... very busy and lots of fun.  Heaps of different food stalls (Mexican, Polish, Tibetan, Chinese, German etc...) so Oli was in his element as he's really in to eating at the moment! Loads of musicians too including some amazing digeridoo players as well as stalls selling items from dresses to boots to ironing board covers (!) to metal wall hangings to jewellery to leather hats and much, much more... I had a free hand exfoliation and Oli had a head and shoulder massage. We stopped at having our palms read and our chakras re-aligned(!).  Enjoyable morning and not too hot today (24 degrees) with a breeze: most pleasant. 

Bought some cedar blocks to hang in the wardrobe as they were recommended to keep out moths and insects.  We've had the outside of our property 'sprayed' to prevent creeping and crawling critters from coming in for the next 6 months!! To also assist in preventing them coming in , we leave the screens across when we open the doors for a breeze.


Ate our food in the 'park'. Oli noticed that the word 'park' describes a different area than it does in the UK.  Here in Oz, a park is generally a small area with seating, a barbecue or two and swings and slides for the kids; they are often in the shade though which is welcoming. (A NATIONAL park in Australia is different again: hectare on hectare of bush, dirt and kangaroos!)  


I am getting more confident with driving in Oz now... was a bit nervous to start with but now I tailgate with the best of 'em!  Around here, there are no parking meters... there are zoned areas which are marked with the maximum stay allowed.  Seems to work really, really well and I have always been able to find a parking space, even now with the summer holidays and Christmas looming.