It's Sunday afternoon here in Old Noarlunga and we've just returned from a brief stay down on the south coast at Carrickalinga. We - Jo, me, Kelly, Chris and the boys stayed in the Beach House and Chris' parents and brother hired a cabin in nearby Normanville.
But first to last week's activities. Kelly's trip to NZ seemed to go well - Chris picked her up at the airport on Thursday evening.
With Kelly away for 4 days, and Chris occasionally having to travel to the city, suddenly Jo and I were in charge! On Monday, we took Rufus to the local dog park:
On Tuesday evening Jo and I drove over to Glenelg to attend possibly the worst Fringe show we've ever been to - in Adelaide or Edinburgh. It was certainly the worst Beatles' tribute band I've ever listened to. They tried some of the more technically challenging songs and fell flat on their faces. The event was held in a typically high ceilinged church and the acoustics were pretty rubbish.
And to worsen my evening my iPhone suddenly stopped taking a charge. The cable worked when I connected my phone to my laptop and transferred data OK but it still wasn't charging and there was an error message in the settings on my phone. I had no option but to book an immediate appointment at the Apple Store in Adelaide.
So on Wednesday morning I took the train to the city. It turned out that both my cable and my phone were faulty. The battery was running at below recommended capacity and would continue to degrade from now on - I could either replace it now or continue to use it as it died away. I didn't really have time to wait for them to replace the battery today so opted for a simple cable replacement for now. I'll either replace the battery or the phone when we get back home.
While I was away, Jo was having fun and games with Asher when she took him to school. His water bottle that day was a soft flexible one and Asher decided it would be good fun to use it to "skoosh" some of his classmates. Jo told him to stop, whereupon Asher turned the water on her! Jo managed to get the bottle off Asher eventually but he was not best pleased and did a runner, heading straight back home again. Jo followed him all the way but Asher was definitely in a foul mood. Unfortunately, Jo never had time to explain to the school what had happened and had no means of phoning them to explain as her phone doesn't have international roaming - and I was away.
The school had observed that Asher wasn't in class although his school bag was there so they immediately tried to contact Kelly (who was in NZ) and she contacted Chris (who was at work). The head teacher and a classroom assistant eventually walked round to the house and Jo was able to explain to them what happened. By now, Asher had forgotten all about it and was perfectly calm and happy to go back to school. It was all over in an hour thankfully.
On Thursday, we went beach exploring - Seaside, Aldinga Bay and Sellicks. At Aldinga Bay, we found this nice shaded spot:
We took a longer walk along the whole length of Sellick's Beach after which we were both ready for lunch:
For tea on Thursday, Chris, Jo and I took the boys round to the "Oldy" - the local Old Noarlunga Hotel. Chris eventually had to disappear to pick Kelly up at the airport - an opportunity for the boys to indulge a little:
Everyone was at home on Friday. It was "Values" day at school:
Asher chose Respect and went to school dressed as a red-bellied snake.
Meanwhile, I had now fixed the puncture(s) on Chris' gravel bike so I took a ride out to Christie's Beach and had a nosey round the local vinyl records store. Nothing doing this time but at least I got back without any punctures - or falls:
Later on Friday afternoon we took both cars down to Carrickalinga. Photos have already appeared on FB and WhatsApp but here's a couple of others:
That's about it for now. Just a week left of our holiday now.
