The nights are well and truly drawing in now, getting dark about 5pm. It is getting pretty chilly in the mornings and of a night time, but when the sun comes up it heats the place up and it is still t-shirts and shorts weather, which is pretty good for the start of winter. Winter time means business is a lot quieter now and we take the opportunity to have a holiday. So next week we close the cafe for a week or so and head to the warmer northern climate of the Gold Coast and Brisbane. I quite like Brisbane as a City, it is full of life, bustling with people, exotic birds in the trees, large Ibis birds in the parks begging for chips (they are great to watch), lots of shops and a bit of nightlife. After a couple of days it is off down to Surfers. If you haven't been, it is a bit like the Costa's of Spain only a bit classier. We will go to a couple of the theme parks we missed last time we were there. There is a good beach there but if I wanted a beach I would just stay at the Mount, so we try to do all the things that you can't do round here. We booked everything via the Internet so lets hope it all goes according to plan. So I wont be blogging for a week or so (will you miss me).

On a sad note our pet rat died last week, he was a great friend and companion and will be missed, he died peacefully in his sleep, aged 3, RIP Ratty.