Home sweet home

We are in own place at last. Thank you to Howard & Jill and Ian & Julie for their fantastic hospitatility over the last three weeks. You have been so generous.

With nice timing, our container arrived on the 1st September, exactly a month after we arrived in the country. I took the morning off work to help with the unloading, then left Ali to 'nest'. She also had to await a visit from the MAF Inspector, who needed to check our bikes, tents, boots, etc for creepy crawlies, seeds and other bio-contraband. We got off quite lightly, with only one pair of boots and some Christmas decorations requiring fumigation, so they've been take away.

It's lovely to have all of our own things again and the house is now starting to look like home, thanks to Ali's hard work. I've still to find out where everything is, especially in the kitchen. We've rediscovered things we'd forgotten that we had and it's joy to have more of a choice of what to wear.

The lounge is still looking a bit bare, as we await the delivery of a new lounge suite, but otherwise we are just about 'ship shape' and ready to receive guests!

We've also got the phone and internet installed, so we are officially linked to the outside world. Get in touch.