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! |
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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