maybe we can visit Simon when you have a spare day in your busy touristing schedule!

I was supposed to visit him on Boxing day but rail trackwork put an end to that! Dunno why the rail authorities decided to start the 5 days of urgent trackwork on Boxing day, the day when lotsa' folks head off for holidays. They could have started on 27th & still finished by New Years eve, I suppose they decided most folks have cars.

freda moved house yesterday - she has been technically homeless for months living out of suitcases in a friend's spare room while The Builders ripped apart her place. We might see her on Mudcat more regularly when she unpacks her computer.

It's a 3 hour drive to Canberra from Sydney, but a much shorter trip from Batemans Bay.

sandra