Qld Holiday Day 15 - Kempsey to Albion Park

Another early start beckoned for us this morning from Kempsey, as we had a full day ahead of us.

First stop was Beresfield, where we called in to say hello to Nan. We arrived at 11.00am, just in time for tea and biscuits. Nan is 99 - 100 in late September - and still going strong. She enjoys seeing the kids, and they love seeing her.

We also had to pick up our three bantam chickens, that Mum had given to each of the kids for their Christmas present. After much trouble running some down, Mum found some just up the road from Nan's, and so my uncle John had gone and got them and brought them to Nan's for us to pick up on our way through. We really didn't have any idea how we were going to fit them in, but eventually we were able to get the box in a stable position on Maddi's lap, and that's how they made the next three and a half hours.

We also planned to drop in to Toronto to see Flynn play cricket. He had been selected in the Southern Zone Under 14's team, and they were playing their carnival in Newcastle. Unfortunately when I called him at 11.30am to see how he was going, he said that Newcastle had already bowled Southern Zone out of 67 and they were about to head out onto the field. Of course, once we got going we actually got to Toronto just after 12.30pm, but the game had finished five minutes previous to that. Typical really. Flynn had taken the only wicket to fall, which at least was one positive from the whole shambolic episode.

We finally arrived home at 3.30pm - the first time I'd been home since the morning of December 26th some 19 days ago. Murray had dropped over the chicken's new home, which we set up in the backyard and then let the chooks check out their new home.

We had an early dinner of KFC, before Helen had to prepare herself for her return to work tomorrow, and I had to prepare myself for the work that lay ahead of me tomorrow in regards to washing and cleaning.