It is around 10:30pm on a Thursday night, and it’s only getting later. The nastiest aspect of this maternity has been the waiting game. Yesterday at 4:30pm, Toni went into labour with contractions occurring on or around every fifteen minutes. By this time last night, her contractions had become slightly more persistent, and the pain […]
Continue ReadingWaratahs v Highlanders
Tonight we made our way down to the Sydney Football Stadium (SFS) to watch the HSBC Waratahs take on the Highlanders from Southern New Zealand in Super Rugby. The game was pretty decent, with the exception of a series of stop-start periods in both the first and second half. The Highlanders were still within reach […]
Continue ReadingAdventures in Collecting
On the weekend we attended a deceased estate auction in the nation’s capital. Up for auction, amongst many things, were a set of foreign currency and a US 1976 bicentennial first day issue and medallion. Bidding by proxy (via my sister, many thanks) I managed to win both lots which I had earmarked after reviewing […]
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