May 23, 2012

Crossing the Nullarbor

Eucla, Western Australia

We successfully crossed the Nullarbor in two cars with four kids and arrived safely today in Moonta Bay on Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. We’re resting here a couple of days while waiting for our furniture to catch up. We’ll head to Mount Gambier on Thursday and unpack on Friday. We bought a house in [...]

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New home at Moonta Bay

Moonta Bay house

Juliet and I have bought a house (pictured) at Moonta Bay in South Australia. It’s on the eastern side of Spencer Gulf, which means the sun sets over the sea. The interesting thing about our purchase is that we have never been to Moonta and we have not inspected the house. We lived at Port [...]

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Furniture has arrived

Our furniture arrived today. They didn’t finish unloading until late this afternoon, so we’ve got lots of unpacking to do and most things are still in boxes. At least we’re all sleeping in our own beds tonight. We nearly didn’t have it delivered today because I had to fax back a quarantine form declaring we [...]

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Congratulations Karlene Maywald

Karlene Maywald

I read today that South Australia’s only state National Party MP, Karlene Maywald, has been appointed a Minister in the Rann Labor Government, effectively ensuring a clear Labor majority in the Lower House. The state Liberals are whining and the federal Nationals are suffering palpitations. The SA Nationals have been suspended from the federal organisation [...]

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