Ducks Patch

Jennifer and i went for a drive together to try and De-stress. So we went for a drive to Daylesford. We just drove and relaxed, great day out.

Stephan and I went for a trip to the Mornington Peninsula. It lasted most of the day and it was raining half the time. but we got to the end of it so we saw all the towns. looks like a combination of northland and Cormandel Peninsula. I can see why so many Melbournains go there for the holidays. I can say I've seen and been there.

I finally got a lens for getting closer to the birds. it a 500mm mirror lens. I trailing it out at the moment but I pleased with it so far.

Yep no pictures. Christmas was good for us this year. We settled on the lot we were purchasing on the 24th of December so we now own a piece of Melbourne. The contract with the builder was signed on the 21st so it is now up to the bank to approve the plans and we start. Jennifer and myself are very nervous about this as it all the house money we have saved riding on this. It not like New Zealand, if a bank doesn't like you over here they have the right to make your life hell and we're changing banks. So Christmas day was a quiet family affair with phones calls and Skype messages going most of the day. The turkey was grat as we had injected it with butter and Cajun spices. A great combination and it made the turkey taste incredible. The kids all got HP netbooks for Christmas so the house was full of computer questions. it's settle down now and there are no more arguments about who's turn it is on the mac. I just say "use your own" and they do. I also got an ext...

**** UPDATE **** 23/12/2009 We now own a piece of dirt in Australia. Well technically the Bank owns the land. but we can call it ours. ********* Well were finally ready to try to purchase some land in the city. So this is it. lot 1113 in Alamanda sub-division. If it goes through and we get the finance then we start to build a new home. It will be about twice the size of the one we had in Auckland. So we're praying hard at the moment.

Well we just went to the east. The area is green at the moment and surprising looked like the king country of New Zealand. the day was a bad day for photo's.