I haven’t blogged in a couple of weeks or something so it’s about time.
The weekend before last - well actually the Thursday night before that evan - Cath and I went up to the Springbrook mountains cabin for 4 days away together. It was a lovely break from the hustle and bustle of the big city.
Friday night we went to see an art gallery put on by her friend Sally Harrison. We had a nice time there looking at all the paintings. Unfortunately I wasn’t feeling 100% well so we didn’t stay long, but just long enough to appreciate the art. Sally told us she had sold about four paintings (iirc) and was very happy with that. There was more to the night so she may have sold more.. I’m not sure. We went to the local Mexican Restaurant, Pancho’s. We had dinner there and after a few glasses of coke and water I was feeling better. We were surprised to see some young guys ordering daiquiris. It’s not something you see that often.
On Saturday we went to the Glow Worm farm again and checked out some fireflies. Unfortunately, there were only a dozen or so and usually the place is lit up so brightly with hundreds or thousands of them. It was still awe-insipring to see them first-hand. We also took in the Glow-worm tour again as it is part of the firefly tour and saw the most amazing glowing mushrooms. They glow so brightly you can read a newspaper from the light. Since they actually create the light and not just reflect it, you could read all night if you wanted to. Because the hill down to the firefly valley was steep and slippery we had to ride on the back of a tractor. That was an experience in itself!
Sunday we went looking for a Geocache but didn’t have much time as we’d wiled away the mornings (every day). Also, the cache was along a well-used footpath and there were people walking past every few minutes. We gave up after a while and headed back to the car. On the way down the hill, I put my feet under the footwell air conditioner and noticed something black wriggling on my socks. They were THREE LEECHES!!! ARGH! I ripped two off and threw them out the window and Cath stopped the car so I could get out and rip off the other one. Only one had actually latched onto my skin so it wasn’t that bad. In fact, when we were looking at the fireflies Cath had one jump onto her leg.
That night we went to see a theatre show at Dracula’s Caberet Restaurant. We got there just on 6pm and got in the very long line. We went inside the “Whispering Hemorrhoids” funeral parlour and had a quick introduction. Cath correctly guessed our host was one of the actors as he carried himself and his dialogue so well. We jumped onto the indoor Ghost Train and had a fun ride into the restaurant. Cath was dressed in her Goth gear and a girl looking for the toilets asked her where they were. Apparently whenever Cath goes to Dracula’s people think she works there, due to her clothing. It was most amusing… for me anyway hehe. We sat down in our seats which were not facing the best way to see the stage show and promptly asked if we could move to the other side of the table if the customers expected there did not turn up. Of course, they didn’t turn up and we moved over. The waitress suggested we probably cast a hex on them so they would not show. heh. We had a fantastic night with some great shows. There were many songs we already knew and lots of funny acts in the stage show called “Fangs and Fetish”. It was the most entertaining show of my life. Cath says I have been starved of theatrical entertainment as she knows other shows which are much better than that. Either it was that or the good amounts of wine we drank that added to the show, but I really really loved it. Cath even got a free glass of Brown Brothers Shiraz which people sitting near us didn’t want. It was so nice I bought a bottle of Brown Brothers Cabernet Sauvignon last night to drink.
Monday we got out of bed late and slowly tidied up the place and made our way back home again. It really was a fantastic weekend away and I can’t wait to go again. Cath has been given some other places as suggestions from her friends to try out up there, including one that allows you to take your dogs since it has fenced off areas. Since Cath’s oldest dog doesn’t have much time left on this Earth she would like to take them along some time just for a nice experience away from home.
Last Friday evening I picked up Sienna from her mum’s and we went back home. Saturday morning was a trip to the swimming school for her last lesson of the year. She had a fun time learning swimming and didn’t do too badly swimming without help. After that, we went to the Redbank Shopping centre near where I used to live before I moved to this place and did some shopping. Poppy had sent me some money for her Christmas presents, so instead of picking something for her I let her do the choosing. We were already in the Crazy Clarks shop as I wanted some cheap toiletries and that’s the best place to get them — $2 for 1L jar of hair gel! Bargain! She picked a dolly and some clothes for it, a Dora game (in the style of the “Headache” game) and a big lollypop.
We were heading out and Sienna saw the cinemas and wanted to see a movie so we put all our stuff in the car and got back just in time to see the Bee Movie. It’s not brilliant but a nice watch for kids. About 15 mins before the end, Sienna wanted to leave, however. We stayed on and headed home where she went to bed.
Sunday we went to the indoor playground I had taken her to some time ago. We got there about 2pm and it was only open until 3pm so she didn’t get a big lot of time to play, but enough to enjoy herself. There were no other kids there when we arrived but a little girl of about 2.5 - 3yo arrived soon after and Sienna had fun arranging for things for Samara to do as well as getting her to help Sienna carry things around. After that, we headed home and Sienna went to bed until it was time to go home.
