End of summer

As summer draws to a close in Australia we can look back on a very nice first half year down under. Highlights were camping over Christmas, taking a surfing road-trip, the motorbike trail riding weekend and lots of great meals shared with friends!
Now, the surf is getting bigger and the water is still warm. With the first 6 month job done and a new exciting role starting in May there will hopefully be more time to catch some waves. But first it is off to Melbourne over Easter for a well deserved break; we didn't come all this way just to be working after all :-)

Pet spider

When I tidied away an umbrella that was lying around this fellow jumped out! He seemed to like our cosy kitchen, moving around during the night and sitting very still at a chosen place during the day time.
He stayed with us more than a week and than slowly shrivelled up. Only just holding on to the wall, his long spidery legs collapsing. It was sad to see this happening to a being we got used to meeting every morning.
Maybe he would have had a better change if we had put him in our little patio although the mean little skinks could have attacked him there.