The time is going very quickly and as a family, we have commenced the countdown to the big day! The October holidays passed very quickly - almost in ablur but we did mangage to squeeze in a trip to the Central west in between the many phone calls, apointments and house cleaning in preparation for our year away.

John really enjoyed attending the Reid's Flat Public School Centenary Celebrations. Here he managed to catch up with old friends and exstudents from way back in 1980. After this we made a trip out to wellington to stay with Anna & Scott for the night. What a big one!!!! It's great to catch up with old friends.

For the sake of the kids, we made a lightning trip to Dubbo Zoo. An enjoyable day was had by all as we walked and cycled our way around the zoo. As usual, the Meerkats were a favourite with Nick.

On our way home, we had to stop overnight in Canberra to have our Canadian Visa Medicals. What a long day! We were very pleased to get this out of the way.

School is back and I am counting down - only 40 more school days left or me.

The countdown has commenced. On December 28th, we fly out to Toronto to begin a year of high adventure and challenge.Our flight with Etihad Airlines takes us via Abu Dhabi where will will have a 21 hour stop over. This will be our last chance to soak up the sun before we succumb to temperatures as low as -3o degrees.
There is so much to organise - visas, medicals, insurance, packing the house, flights, enrolling the kids in school and so much more. Cant Wait! It's all very exciting.