Day 258 Katoomba Wednesday 20th February 2013

Hi All,

Today started somewhat more quietly than the previous days on account that the children and Emily had departed to Sydney last night for a school excursion to the tall ships.

Painting finished!
The day was looking grey and finalisation of the painting was not looking good, I had however stated to Francis that the weather would hold out, and it actually did, allowing a final coat to the front wall and a few touch ups on windows.

Helen the neighbour called in at breakfast time to see whether Simon wanted to earn a few dollars, yes actual real money! She needed some chain sawing done, Simon gave an hourly quote and inspected the task. The large pine in the front garden was his main focus, as the hakea in the side garden were tall but not safe enough to attack with the ladder at hand. After 2.5 hours the pine was looking more shapely and the house was visible from the road. I assisted to pile the branches up for transportation to the dump.

During the afternoon we journeyed to town to pick up the dual battery isolator, try on some back packs and continue research at a few camping stores. The pack I am interested to try is the Osprey Exos 58, the Osprey Ariel that I tried today has a cut away shoulder strap style, I am hoping the Exos which is 1kg lighter has the same straps. I really did like the Summit Cloudmaker for strength, simplicity and because it Aussie made. It is heavier than I want at 2.8kgs, but would have to be my favourite so far.

As we returned “home” the rain started, but wasn’t heavy enough to deter Simon from trying out and installing the new gizmo, it worked a treat. We will pack in the morning, but have not got a destination for tomorrow night. Freya would like us to stay longer! I helped Emily join Helpx so we can write a review, they seem interested to continue to have helpers in the future.

Opalised stone in a jewellery shop window in town
Ditto

Cheers

Susan

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