Slow start this morning. What to do...out to Glenorchy to do the cafe there or off to the farm show with the kids. We decided to do both. As we made our way past the Fernhill turn off we took a quick glance at the fancy petrol guage in the fabulous Honda Odyssy and realised that we didn't have enough petrol to get there and back. I couldn't remember if Glenorchy had a petrol station and so started to call friends to find out. My signal went around Moke lake and so no wiser we headed back to Queenstown rather than risk getting stuck in Paradise. Should you ever find yourself in this position, the petrol in Glenorchy is flowing! No need to turn back, now you know.
But we did and as it happens the descision served us well. We parked in town, or more precisely just out of the main drag as the meters only give you two hours. (I am a fountain of motoring info today). Off to the Earnslaw it was, just in time for the twelve o'clock sailing. We checked in with the lovely Ms MacLaren and then, coal doing its magic, we steamed over the lake to a great farmshow. There were pikelets and scones in quantities that will maintain the curves we have been cultivating on our travels. Kids had a blast and I managed to get a photo of Mika and Ruby in the same place we had been with our friend Trudi when we last visited eight years ago.
Back into to Queenstown with singing on the way and we were all dozy after our chugg home. The boys decided to stay at home while Ruby went with her new friend Nina to the swimming pool and then back to her place to play. Matthew was on dinner tonight and a treat of chicken and rice it was. It seems every night we are falling into bed exhausted. I think making plans for 2011 while in the throws of this project is a bit of an ask yet nothing in comparison to the year that has been. Live in the moment and plan for the future is the current mantra...it seems to work.
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