30th/1st new month!

Firstly happy first of December Myles was very excited to open his woolworths Christmas calendar! 

This weekend was a vary varied weekend, we started Saturday morning going to a local car and truck show,

This is Laura with a 'Kenworth big double' it currently has just under 2.5 million miles on the clock and still going strong. An 804hp caterpillar V8 is the power plant.

We had a browse at all the various cars and bikes and ha a trip home.

On the way back we picked up a tilt tray car trailer for Ian which had been hired for the weekend. I was asked to drive it home which wasn't too tricky as the roads are so wide over here! We got it home and loaded up the Clio race car to take it to work as that is the next project.

Poor polly the Peugeot wasn't happy towing the trailer and car but she got it there none the less.

All was good and we dropped it off. 

In the afternoon we hung debs birthday present from her mother which was a rather ornate bird feeder. We erected a steel arch and hung it from the middle.

Nothing much happened in the afternoon until the evening. Deb had decided that we would go to a concert down the road from us, it sounded quite good so we packed up a picnic and headed out.

The concert in question was in aid of the RFS as a thank you to them for the heroic firefighting they have done recently. (The event was to raise money for the NSW, RFS (Rural Fire Service) which is a charity/voluntary organisation which provides training for volunteer bushfire fighters during bushfires. I am told the RFS claims to be the biggest voluntary fire fighting organisation in the world with 70,246 (ish) volunteers! 

Before anything musical everyone stood and sung the national anthem, something I doubt would happen in Britain. It's great to hear everyone singing, except the 2 pommies that were there. 

We sat down and tucked into our food while we were treated to some amazing singing ranging from modern songs to classical. 

The concert started at 7:30 and by this point we were all pretty chilly in jackets and wrapped in blankets. It started with the Phantom of the Opera sung by Dale Burridge & Danielle Everett - Original stars of Phantom of the Opera. They were amazing and we had a lovely time listening to them and a few other singers. By the end of the night around 10ish we were all freezing and hurried home to cups of tea and hot chocolate. Later to discover that the temperature was actually 13 degrees according to polly! 

(There will be some videos to come of the singing you lucky people you!)

Sunday morning was an early start for Laura and me as we had a trip to work. As nothing got done on Friday it had to be done at some point! We didn't get much done as on Tuesday I hurt my wrist playing tennis, it was still sore and I twinged it again Sunday. The decision was made that we would go home and join Debra shopping. This in itself was very exciting! Debra was going to Costco! Costco is a rather large store, actually it's a warehouse where everything is sold in bulk. And by bulk I mean by the pallet. We wondered around having all the free samples which was lunch taken care of! After a couple of hours I left Laura and Debra to it and headed up the road. Foti had been in contact and had asked if I could do a couple of shows for them. Tonight's show was for a Sydney suburbs Christmas carol concert. As a guess there would have been 4000 people there. It was a big do! Fireworks were all set up and loaded ready to go. I had asked Deb and Laura to come up if they wanted to see what it actually is that I do! Debra was very interested in the various systems that are used and the fireworks themselves! After this Laura stayed and took photos of the fireworks and even helped with the derigging afterwards! Once we finally got home around 12 we had a feast of cheese, meats and biscuits. With slightly full bellies it was time for bed as I had work again at 8am the next day!