End of term

The girls finished another school term on Friday so are now on 2 weeks' holiday. For Laura it was the end of 'normal' school as her HSC exams start after the holiday and then she's finished for good. There was an end of Year 12 event for the students and parents on Friday night at one of the nearby RSL clubs which we attended. The last week of school also included the traditional 'muck-up' day where the Y12's generally play pranks and throw a lot of water around. The day actually spread throughout the week and the students seemed to be quite creative with their disruptions without exceeding the restrictions placed on them.

Sue and I had been invited by one of the couples from our social tennis to a barbie on Saturday lunchtime which was very pleasant and our first for the 'season'. It was a sunny and hot weekend which was lovely and we went on a bike ride down to Manly and back early on Sunday morning, to get into some practice before the longer ride next weekend.

I have also been preparing for my new member of staff who starts this week. This is my first 'real' employee for the business here and one of the main requirements that I need to have in place before we can apply for a permanent visa, which - if everything else falls into place - should be possible in a year's time.