Mothers Day Weekend

Alison came home for the weekend and having heard about Mackenzie's "Duck" interest, went with her and Pip to Machattie Park to see some real ducks - had a great time feeding them except when she left her finger near the bread too long! Kenz has now found even more ducks at our place, a large plastic one in the linen cupboard as well as some ducks on a coffee mug.

All came around for dinner on Saturday night.

David spent a lot of the weekend at the airport helping install a new emergency beacon (ELT) in the plane as the old system for all ELTs/EPIRBS becomes redundant early 2009. The new 406mhz system will be picked up by satellite instantly after the 50 seconds allowed for testing. Decided to install it early as we plan a trip up to the Gulf and Cape York in July, mostly designated "remote area" where an ELT is compulsory as well as desirable.

Jenny spent most of her day off on Monday reconstructing a garden bed near the fruit trees and planting some new items. Late Monday, a week of clear blue skies and clear air was replaced by thunderstoms, hail and rain but probably not much rain in terms of mm.