Getting There

Today we pay the deposit on our new house as our funds have finally arrived from the UK (after much faffing about). Unfortunately the exchange rate is dire and we have ended up losing money on our exchange (about the cost of a new car!!). Chris is picking up his beast of a 4x4 today - he has had to patiently wait a week poor thing. I bet we will be going out for a long drive later to test it out!

Yesterday we drove north for about 2 hours to Kakoura - the scenery is so beautiful I felt quite choked - this is the kind of thing that makes the trip half way across the world worth every minute. Pictures to follow as words cannot quite give it justice.

Alex is in readiness for his birthday tomorrow and has been checking out the pile of presents under the bed to try and guess what they are. Unfortunately, due to him not having started school, he has no new friends as yet to party with. We are going to the cinema and the swimming pool instead. He is also about to lose his first tooth so we are all excited to see what exchange rate the tooth fairy uses!!!