These are from this week in Melbourne, we took Jordy out in the pram to see everyones lights around PomPom's house. I also got a few crazy ones using bulb (shutter stays open as long as you hold it) and moving the camera around, they might be fun to use as overlays on layouts. Didn't actually get PomPom's lights coz she didnt have them up til yesterday, oh well. The globe thing in the middle picture is actually huge, you can see it behind Jordy in the side shots.
The smoke from the bushfires has been shocking, both here and in Melbourne. You can see the smoke in the above one. The fires are not near us but its scarey none the less, the smoke got so thick in the middle of the night before we went to Melbourne, we actually opened the curtains so we could see just in case there was one closer. Worries me living right next to the forest that we could have no warning if there was a fire, particularly when you see campers having fires in there when they aren't supposed to. Thinking of all those living near the current fires and those fighting them.
Got a stack more photos from Melbourne, lots of lovely ones of Bianca and Jesse
If you're reading my sister I'll put more up soon here or flickr.
So we finally got all the materials for our house (We paid NO INTEREST thanks to our solicitor finding a flaw in our contract which was a huge relief because it had clocked up to almost $10K!!!), the power pole and transformer went up today (but not connected yet so subdivision cant quite be finalised). Obviously we are now going to be delayed further by Christmas holidays but at least we are starting to see some progress. Makes a massive difference to our state of mind!
