Daylight Saving arrives

The clocks went forward here on Saturday night for Daylight Saving Time (which makes the difference with the UK change to 11 hours from 9 hours). So the evenings are lighter until just after 7pm at the moment and we had our first evening meal on the veranda - probably the first of many over the next few months!

It's been a quiet week in some ways, with Sue being over in Belfast, but also busy with various household jobs and running the girls around. We skipped cooking on Friday night and tried the local Chinese takeaway which was good.

On Saturday morning I took Laura for a driving lesson to Colloroy where we bought a wetsuit for her swimming classes at the local pool, as 3 hours in the water gets quite cold! I then took Caroline and 3 friends down to the Mall - including a new English girl who has just started at the school - and later Rebecca was out at a party on Saturday night.

Sunday has been a quieter day although Laura went off to watch the Aria awards this evening - she had managed to get hold of 3 tickets for the 'pit' at the show, which is the Aussie equivalent of the 'Brit' awards and so all the main bands will be there, some performing and others receiving awards, so it should be an exciting experience for her!