The settlement is completed and we have moved into our new home. We are grateful to the friends who helped out! Now we can focus on the Christian volunteer work that we both love.

Our house is sold, and we are planning to move out by the end of November. Watch this space...

Leonie and Wayne are in the process of simplifying, which involves selling the scooter and the house.

Our aim is to do more of our volunteer Christian work which both of us enjoy, so we have decided to work less in order to achieve this goal. We are sure that Jehovah will back our decision as we serve Him more fully.

The scooter sold last Friday and we thought we would put some photos up to show you what it looked like:

 

 

The house has been on the market since the middle of August and we have an offer in place. Here are a few house pics to show you what the finished house looks like (taken by a photographer):

 

Leonie and I bought a couple of fishing rods last weekend, hoping to go fishing soon. We were kindly invited by Tony and Lyn to go fishing on Monday 3rd January (public holiday here in South Australia).

We headed off to Port Victoria, about 200km from Adelaide. We left at around 7am, arriving in Port Victoria jut after 9am.By the time we unloaded everything, prepared the rods, and began fishing, it was about 10am.

 

We fished off the edge of the jetty, and used maggots (they are called 'gents' here) to attract the fish. Leonie was not too keen on the idea, but we were soon catching fish.

Between the four of us, we bagged about 60 fish. Leonie and I were very happy to have caught the following:

14 x Garfish

2 x Chow (member of the mackerel family)

9 x Tommy Ruffs

We packed up at about 3pm for the road home, all very happy and some of us a little sunburned.

We look forward to going again soon, and in the men-time, Leonie has been perfecting her culinary skills on the different fish types - really nice tasting!

Garfish

Southern sea garfish are pale greenish blue on the back and upper sides, and have a broad, blue-edged silver band along the middle of the side. Garfish are distinguished from most other species by the large ‘bill’ or ‘beak’ on their lower jaw.

 Tommy Ruff

The Australian herring, is one of four species within the Arripis genus. It closely resembles its cousin the Australian salmon, although it grows to a smaller size. Like the other members of its genus, it is found in cooler waters around the southern coast of Australia and possibly New Zealand. It is not related to the European herring family.

Here is a picture of some of the catch (the matchbox is included for scale, because as some of you know, fish are the only creature to double in size each time you talk about them!):

Come back soon for more updates!