We went to this last night, cinema under the stars in Nelson Bay. Port Stephens is home to whales in the winter and the whale watching cruises leave from Nelson Bay so the film was quite an old one about whales (I suppose there are only so many times they can show Free Willy). It was a very pleasant way to spend an evening. There was a bit of a delay as various people were called over to try an work the equipment then, just as the film was about to start, hundreds of Rainbow Lorikeets started to gather in a huge tree above where everyone was sitting, they then had an almighty punch up complete with deafening screeching which carried on for the first half hour of the film, it was pretty funny, the organisers must have been tearing their hair out.
I went to a talk on gardening in sand at Bunnings (like Wickes). It really is sand here, not sandy soil, just sand! It was free, there was free coffee and cakes and we were all given a pen and it was a pretty useful talk. I can't believe how good the customer service is here, not just in Bunnings but everywhere. Zoe was saying the same thing, even while you are wandering around the supermarket, every assistant you pass looks up from what they are doing and says, "how are ya?". It's a bit unnerving to start with because you don't quite know what to reply but very refreshing once you are used to it.
Ian has excelled himself making benches for an outside seating area we are creating at the back of the house. Of course this has involved the purchase of several power tools and multiple visits to the hardware store but he has completed the first one. I wondered why he was in such a rush to get it finished.......