Well it has been quite a while since we've been updating you on all we are doing.  We are going away to Clare Valley this weekend and doing some wine testing.  Dogs are going with and we are camping so it will be fun.  The weather is changing so it is not so warm, but a little while ago I took some photos of the birds that come to our bird-bath to cool down. Here are some:

Also in December (I think), we had a Koala visiting us in a tree just outside our house, look at the lovely face:

And to our surprise the Linear Park Duck also came to say "hello"

Here is also a few photos of our official first Tent camp in Aldinga.  The big tent is Steve and Beth's, and the small one ours, but we recently bought a bigger one, which we will test out this week-end.

We took a day off to watch stage 4 of the Tour Down Under (TDU). 143km from Adelaide to Angaston. It was 28 degrees today, and we had a lovely trip to Springton (59km from start) and had the opportunity to see the bunch of 3 riders that by then had an 8:30 lead on the peleton. After that, we drove to Angaston, to see the finish. By then the peleton had caught up the break-away group, and it was a good sprint to the end. We managed to get a couple of pics of cycling legend Lance Armstrong, so thought that we would post these. We are planning to take part in riding a stage next year (non-pro of course!). All in all, it was a lovely day out, and here are a few pics...

this is the map of the stage that we watched today

It was funny to see the kangaroo on the car - this is the 'logo' for the TDU 

Leonie took this pic - it is at Springton where the peleton was 8:30 behind the leaders. Lance is at the back

This is the sprint to the end...150m to go!

Leonie managed to get this great picture of Lance - nice new bike huh? The numbers on it represent a couple of interesting facts:

• 1274 - number of days since Lance last raced professionally
• 27.5 - the number (in millions) of people who have died from cancer since then

Wayne managed to get this shot of Lance using a bigger lens. Lance is only 39 seconds behind the leader at the end of stage 4

It was nice to be able to see all the cyclists, as well as take in the lovely sights of the Barossa valley. It will look nice in winter after the rain. Miss you all, and catch-up soon!

We did it! We got the keys for the new house on 1st December, and then began the arduous task of removing the carpets and linoleum. It took as 2 and a half days, and the kitchen has also been ripped out. Now we are planning for the new kitchen to be installed. Here are a few of the 'DIY' pics:

goodbye carpet

the linoleum starts to go...

so long kitchen

ready for the tiles :)

who said this was fun?

We hope to post more pics as the kitchen progresses. We move in soon.

Bye for now