Bush fire

Hello dear readers!   

Yes, we have had bushfires very close to where we used to live in Menai and also near where hubby works. In fact they have been told to work from home both yesterday and today. It's a good way to start getting into retirement mode, having cups of tea and working in your boxer shorts.

Fortunately nobody has been injured in the fires and no houses have burnt down as far as I know. The smoke has been horrible though.

This is our neighbour's place in Menai and our
previous rented house was right next to it.

My nephew from Sweden is visiting at the moment. Right now he is in Broken Hill and will be back on Thursday. Before he left we had a day outing to the Hunter Valley wine district which is always good fun. If you are more of a beer drinker they also have several breweries that you can visit, which we did. 

He was also able to add the Big Kookaburra in Kurri Kurri to his list of Big Things. The public toilets below were beautifully decorated with murals. In fact Kurri Kurri is well known for it's many murals and it's worth having a little walk around to see them.

The first weekend he was here he came with us down to Albion Park where we have been looking at a house. Both he and our daughter approved wholeheartedly of the house, but unfortunately we have run into complications due to my non-citizen status and we are still trying to work it out. We went up to Saddleback Mountain where you have a fantastic view of the whole valley and where you can also go for nice walks. Then we went to the Minnamurra rainforest and saw a very rare lyrebird. It was actually quite fearless and walked around without taking notice of us. They can imitate any sound. For instance if they hear a motor mower or chain saw they can imitate that perfectly. Check it out on YouTube.

Tonight we are meeting up with hubby's other niece in Sydney for dinner. She is here for work and it will be nice to catch up.

Time to say goodbye. Cheerio!!