Molly has left the building....

After we came back from Fraser, there was a kind of calm pervading our persona's for.... ooh must have been about an hour! As soon as we came within the environs of the city, we knew we were back in the thick of commercialism....

This sign is one that has become prolific here. I find it really offensive.... hey! NOT that I'VE got any problems in that department you understand!! It's just that its the verbal equivalent of a picture of an average couple...you know.... doing....it!



...and then it was back to work for me. Molly has been really good about the general lack of pace during her stay here. There's been a whole lot of hanging about with the kids and Phoebe in particular has been like a necklace to her. However, at the end of that week, Daile took all the girls to the famous Australia Zoo... the one that Steve Irwin started, and that his widow and children are expanding like their pop star status depended on it.





They had a really good time. There were lots of animals that you could make contact with, but Matilda still found some of it a bit upsetting she told me. I think that like me, she finds it sad to see the wild animals kept in such small space (relatively).



This is a wombat....









Then the following Saturday, I'd got some free tickets to the Boat Show, and as the proud owner of TWO boats... I felt compelled to go. Some of the boats there were, as you might expect, out of this world. This one (with apologies for the focus of the pic) had 3 x 250hp outboards on it. They were absolutely MASSIVE. I just had to go and stand next to them to soak up some of the awesomeness. I imagine that with a boat like this, you can do away with a pudenda altogether! What with the sign on the road outside about having longer lasting sex and this on the inside, there were a lot of sheepish looking fellas in there!



... I certainly saw a lot of activity at the fishing rod stand anyway! Then when we got back home Matilda thrashed me at chequers. Good day then. I DEFINITELY need to buy a Porshe. Good job I haven't got the loot eh!



Then before you can say anitdisestablishmentarianism, its the last week of Molly's trip.
We took her to the land which we'd managed to keep not managing to do. We went out for a couple of meals,



looked at shoes...



...had a driving session, did some hanging out...and then on Friday lunchtime it was all over!

The girls took time off school and Kindy to take her and I met them at the airport. Matilda doesn't do this well. When Josh left she was really upset so we were not surprised when she was just the same with Molly and had to be prised off her when she actually went.





We had a call from Moll this arvo.. she's back and fine. She had a good book this time, and the flight went really quickly as a result.

We all miss her of course, Matilda being a bit teary. Then we found the little notes that Molly had left on the Nixie clock and had a little warm moment. Thanks for those Moll... it helped.

And so we press on. Fast approaching the anniversary of this blog and our arrival here. Can't quite believe it.