On Friday we took ourselves off to the Camping and caravan Show in Newcastle. It was huge and had everything we could hope for. We bought a freezer for our big trip and a solar panel to power it by. The only things that were missing were my cousin Sue Morgan and her husband Keith, who we usually bump into at caravan shows.
After all that excitement we didn't feel like working on the house so went to have a look at Stockton Beach instead. It is 32km long stretching from Port Stephens, where we are, and goes all the way into Newcastle with sand dunes over 30 metres high. So after all those years of sliding down Horsenden Hill on a tin tray, we can now use our skills sliding down sand dunes!
It was lucky we went to Stockton Beach when we did because it has been closed since, along with Nobby's Beach as another two sharks have been spotted. This is a bit of a shame because Surf Fest starts on Saturday, it is a big do for Newcastle and these are two of the most important surf beaches.
The wildlife is out to get us at the moment, there was a warning on the radio yesterday to shake out your shoes before putting them on as this is the height of the Funnel Web Spider breeding season and the males are out at night on the pull. I asked Ian what happens if you are bitten and don't realise it was a Funnel Web. He said you would know all right because it just stands its ground afterwards looking at you as if to say, 'How do you like those apples?'
Australian TV are very proud of their three big new programmes Gogglebox, Shark Tank (Dragons Den) and I'm A Celebrity, which is not a patch on the UK version because it is missing the vital ingredient of Ant and Dec.
We are off to try our luck in the quiz night at Club Lemon Tree this evening, this could be a disaster because a) we don't have the rest of our regular team - Steve, Karen and Gill and b) if we get Australia specific questions from the last ten years we will be stumped. However, like all competitions here, the prize money is huge so we'll give it a go.