Did you know there are roosters in Freo?… Who kick into gear at 4.00am?

I guess when you stay in the ethnic melting pot that is South Fremantle anything is possible!

It was a really good two days away – great to be able to focus just on each other and not have to worry about the kids. I think we both missed them, but not enough to put us off doing it again.

Danelle and I had some great conversations while away – some serious stuff and some silliness – just the way it ought to be.

As well as eating out and watching the cricket, I managed to finish Winton’s The Turning. It was bit hard to flow with at first, but the more I got into it the more I loved it… Ordinary people with lives of hope, regret, foolishness… people like me. 

I think I am a Tim Winton groupie…

I have just started reading The Fur by Nathan Hobby, a young West Ozzie guy who grew up in Collie. He won the TAG Hungerford prize which is quite an accomplishment so I’m looking forward to seeing where he heads with this novel. Its a pretty tough act to follow Tim Winton, poor bugger!