The Wonder of Woolworths

Just been down to the local Woolworths for a grocery shop. Unlike F.W. Woolworth UK which died in 2009, Woolies in Australia is still going strong and is one of the biggest supermarket chains. And like most UK supermarkets they sell lots of things, apart from booze that is! In the state of Queensland you have to get beer, wine, etc from special bottle shops. Just as well for us that there was one just around the corner!

Ha, ha!

And on the way back from the shop we heard and then saw a Kookaburra - these famous birds have the most interesting call which sounds just like a human laughing - well that's what they say - it sounded to me more like a monkey laughing. The birdlife in Queensland is a bit different to Victoria and they all sound quite unlike birds in the UK. And last night we fed a bandicoot at the pond over the road - it comes out at 4.30 pm on the dot and we fed it half a dozen peanuts which kept it occupied for a while - we'll try to get a photo of him and post it here.

This week's Parkrun was at Mitchelton and I came 7th in a rather slow 21.15 but it was a real switchback course and, unlike the Parkrun in Melbourne, this one started at 7 00 am so I was a bit not warmed up if you know what I mean! Vicky was pleased with her 142nd in 34.54.