A WEEKEND WITH THE BOY


 Riley flew in to Darwin last Friday from Vietnam so i drove up to spend the weekend with him. It was great to spend that time just the 2 of us. We had fish and chips on the rocks at Nightcliff and watched the sun set, always a nice way to eat.
We spent time on the wharf , shopping and looking at our new car which i didnt end up getting until the Monday morning so we spent the weekend in the old one, which was nice.
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  We did the wave pool which Riley had never been to before and as you can see he is getting good at the surfing. The temp was hot but there was always a sea breeze blowing which kept the heat down a bit.
 
 He was so happy to be home he did cartwheels on the beach at Rapid Creek.
i dont know why the photos are this way, i have tried everything to rotate them but it's not working, the originals are not like this, this happened when i uploaded them, very annoying.
 Riley ran from Neils house in Nakara to Casuarina beach to keep his fitness up, he is very muscly now, has his mothers figure.....
 Darwin always puts on a glorious sunset. On Monday he fly back to Melbourne for 7 more weeks of school, the year has flown, i drove back to Katherine in the new car and back to work. W e bought a Hyundai Getz sx, it has everything and zips along, 140km when overtaking a road train, more roomy than you think and it uses no fuel ! runs on the smell of an oily rag. When i picked it up it had 0 on the odometer, it now has 430klms and the tank is half full. Fuel economy is amazing. It Getz me from A to B in comfort and its cheap, i'm happy.

VIETNAM

 The kids are in Vietnam with their father and having a great time. Mia sent these photos home. The one above was taken from their room in Hanoi, motorbikes with no road rules by the looks of it.
 These were taken at a beach near Hoi An of Riley and Mia on a jet ski, Mia said is was " so fun "

 To get to the jet ski's they rode pushbikes to the beach in Hoi An. I am jealous because Diva and i are at home and sweating it out. Official start of the wet season was on the 1st October and if the last week is anything to go by then we are in for a hellish build up. The sky is full of cloud which is making it very hot and humid but it wont rain for awhile yet, that's why we call it the build up...building up to when it rains. The temp in the house hovers around 30 to 35c all the time. Paradise !