Waiting for Julia

Julia G came to town today and Meg and I went along to see her. The five minutes we thought we had to wait for turned into an hour and a quarter so we drank takeaway coffee and chatted. She arrived, we stared, I took photos and then we left. A handpicked group sat with her for around half an hour, discussing floods, roads, infrastructure and gas fields. Our friend K was one of the chosen, representing farmers. Then I drove to Surat; G left home at 4 this morning to come out. Before I left I did a bit of shopping for Drew and sent an Easter parcel off to him, except there's nothing easterish in it really. I sent two Ashdene teacups for his host grandparents too - he met them on the weekend and the grandma fell in love with him. They are avid birdwatchers and he was showing them pictures of Australian birds - they especially liked kookaburras, so I sent a kookaburra cup and a magpie cup. They liked emus too-and while I was driving out here today, what should I come across but a group of half grown emus, crossing the road. I could see them away in the distance and I thought I'd pull up and get some great shots to send them...and then guess what happened....after seeing only a couple of cars in two hours of driving, a car came along and scattered them...and then just as I got near them another car came along. Geez. I took three average photos of just their heads and will send them off anyway. Didn't see another car then until I got to Surat. I bought the new Waifs album and listened to that on the way out.

My ducks are tiny and cute and rather wild. Peter sent a cute little nest box up with them. So we're here until Thursday I think. The new managers arrive on Sunday but don't actually start until the 18th. Is that a light at the end of the tunnel or is it a train?