Weekly Wrap

After the thermo and cattle delivery on Tuesday we left very early for Bris on Wednesday and spent the rest of the week in Brisbane, crunching numbers and kilos. We caught up with some of the northern guys and G spent a day with them drafting bulls in CQ. We were glad to get home again late Friday night.

Went to town yesterday and finally bought the new travel bag I've been deliberating over for a couple of months. I used my Christmas money and gift card which brought the price down to a number that I was comfortable with. Ahem.

The Cricket World Cup has started. Oh joy. Games are being played in NZ and Aus - first game here was in Melbourne yesterday, between Aus v England. My brother, Peter, came over last night to watch the second innings and to have dinner and a few beers.

It was hilarious listening to him and G discuss the boring interesting finer points of the game blah blah. Cricket's a funny game blah blah. Remember when insert batsman's name got out in insert year to the insert one of the following: inswinger/outswinger/googly/full toss/short ball bowled by insert bowler's name. It's amazing how they can remember a ball bowled 15 years ago that won/lost a match but can't remember what they did last weekend…….

Anyway, it turns out that the tournament goes for SIX WEEKS!!! SIX WEEKS OF THIS!!! It also turns out that quarter final 4 and the 2 semis will be played during the week that we're in Capetown at the Golden Oldies World Cup; G is hoping that the organisers will have something planned for when those games are on and he wants an Australian world cup t-shirt now. The good/bad news (depending on how you view your cricket) is that the final will be played on the day we leave to fly home. G was devastated to learn that and asked if we could change our flights. Ha.

Anyway, moving on, back to last night. I served the boys some garlic prawns while they sat in front of the tv. Then we moved to the table, briefly, for wagyu rib fillet, potato bake and wombok salad then back to the lounge chairs to watch England crumble under the Australian bowling attack. I made mango sorbet in the thermo. It was delicious but I made an absolute mess all over the bench and the machine itself!!! Wow, need to work on my technique a little but it was fun. Gave the boys brain freeze but they really liked it and there was lots left over for the freezer.

Right now I'm sitting in a rocking chair in the back room of our little local cafe. Im enjoying the moment. We have another busy week ahead of us including a couple of days in CQ. Gibbo is at a six-a-side cricket competition getting as much practice in before we head to Capetown - only 3 weeks away!