Sue's birthday

It was Sue's birthday yesterday and we were lucky with the weather as it was sunny and hot, although a strong wind came up in the afternoon. Today it's changed to being very wet and probably the coldest day we've had since arriving.

Still, for Sue's day I took the girls off on the early run to school at 7.30 as Rebecca had band practice and then dropped Laura and Caroline off soon after 8.00. We then took off to play tennis for an hour at the local courts which were very quiet, despite the good weather (for the record, Sue won 9-7 on a tie-break!). Next it was off to Dee Why for lunch and a walk along the beach (where we could also see groups of school children in the distance, surfing and bodyboarding, which would have included Caroline, but we were far enough away to not embarrass her!).

Once the girls were back from school, Sue opened her presents and we then had a 'party tea' with cake and bubbly, followed by online chats with the UK and finished off the day by watching the latest episode of 'Tripping Over' - the drama set in Sydney and London, which we presume is also on (or has been on) in the UK as well.