Saturday

We had originally planned to get away at 8, but took that back to 7:30 - and then were finally ready to leave at 8 - making sure to give Pearl the rest of her cookies before we left.

It was odd not having M there to see us off but she was long gone - off to deepwater running and then to pick up Mi and Az to take them to the airport.

It was a good trip up to Toowoomba - not much traffic and No-name performing well. We stopped at Marburg, at "The Girls" for breakfast (yum, yum and yum again) before testing No-names fuel capacity. We had planned to get petrol at BlackSoil but we had oodles left so pushed on to Gatton - and then on to Withcott - -the last stop before the Range and Toowoomba. At one stage we were 75 km from Toowoomba with a predicted fuel range of 86 Km but when we pulled in to the Caltex at Withc with 13km left in the tank, even though I toyed with the idea of pushing on to refuel in Toowoomba, common sense prevailed. Imagine my surprise when we filled the tank and had change from $50.

We had a few hours before we were due at We's for the housewarming so we took No-name for a drive around some of the Toowoomba tourist places including Picnic Point. The face of Toowoomba population is definitely changing. No longer is it the white homogenous town it used to be,

Mi on the swings.

Next was a quick tour of Aldi for party supplies then on to Macca's - for a cup of coffee and a Skype call with "The boys" - Gr and Wa who is visiting him in Sydney for the weekend. They are both in good form and Gr didn't disappoint - he did his "elevator" gag again.

It was an afternoon housewarming - possibly because the later it gets, the cooler it gets - especially in Winter in Toowoomba.

The Range View

It was great to see the kids again. They have a swing and slide set in the backyard now - and they're both mad keen on being pushed. Mi just wants to go "higher... higher" and Ka is content to just be on the swing! He loves the trampoline as well.

The afternoon was a good oppportunity to catch up with kith and kin - including meeting some of We's friends we have heard about but not actually met before.

The new parents Ti and RH were there as well, with Em. She is the cutest baby - and even though she is only 7 weeks old she is ultra-alert. I told them I was didappointed i had not been consulted regarding names and iT was then that they told me they were going to try for another baby almost immediately - and if it's a girl I have naming rights.

We had a relatively early night - except for the middle layer. The youngsters had been put to bed ages before but not before we'd watched some "Ice Age". It was the teenagers who were off in search of something to do or somewhere to be ... and we were happy to leave them to it.