A couple of nights ago I was down in the garage and I heard something move in the backyard. It sounded like somebody running away when they heard me. So I ran back inside and locked the door. I have noticed a lot of animal pooh lately in the backyard and so I have made sure to shut the side gate thinking it's the neighbour's dog.

Anyway this morning at 5.45 am I went to get a towel hanging on the side verandah and  there standing in the middle of my backyard was the 'unknown intruder'...... a Wallaby.

He went into that sort of cautious squatting position when he saw me and sat there for a while. I went back into the house, woke my 6 year old daughter and we spied on him from the back window.

He finally hopped away when I opened the window. He hopped straight over the back fence into the state forest which is behind us.  I don't know if he'll be back but think he's been visiting for a while. I have a nice thick couch lawn that he must really love.

Now I know where all the droppings are coming from. Next time I catch him out I will have to try and get a photo. And I dont think I'll bother planting any lettuce or spinach out the back either.

Well the weather here has been beautiflul. The rain has kinda stopped again. Though the sky was cloudy again this arvo. The days have been absolutely beautiful here though, nothing to complain about.

There has been talk that we will get a big flood here in July but we are into the middle of July now and it seems to be clearing.

The kids have had an exciting holiday so far. We saw a couple of whales from the headland and the same night was a huge tide and went fishing in the river (not for from the mouth) and the kids saw a huge shark come up out of the water. I think it might have been a tiger shark. I've heard before of people seeing them in that spot.

I also drove to Sydney for a couple of days. It's my first drive to Sydney since I got my lisence in January. I havn't driven in Sydney much before. I managed to drive along Parramatta road, Woodville road to get to Fairfield, then onto Horsley drive, and drive back again to Eastwood. All without any incidences or getting beeped at, So I am quite proud of myself. I didnt even stress at all about it, which a few months ago would have been terrified at the thought.

The 10th of July was a 9 year anniversary of an accident that I witnessed, where I had to call an ambulance. 2 passengers died in the crash. They were brothers. It happened on a rainy night at 10 past 8. So that night (last friday)I went to cemetary to leave flowers. It was so eerie because it was exactly the same weather as the night of the crash. And I said sorry when I laid the flowers because one died while waiting for the ambulance. Then we drove out past the crash site and threw some flowers out to the spot. I took the kids back the next day in the daylight to show them what had happened and where the car hit the trees.

The main reason for taking them is because the 6 and 8 year old have been taking their seatbelts off when I'm driving, then I have to stop and make them put them back on. But I showed them the very spot the 2 guys landed (they werent wearing belts and ejected the vehicle and died in the rain in the bush)

It has had the desired effect and they havn't taken them off since. Also my 8 year old asked if I could stop at the crash site again so he could pray for the brothers. So I let him. But I told him I'm not stopping there again.

Also my son who is 15 now has never talked about the accident before but when I mentioned it last Friday he told me he remembered that car overtaking us the night of the crash. He was only 6 then. I dont think any of us will ever forget it.

Still a week to go of the holidays and I'm actually enjoying it. Will be a shame when they have to go back to school.

This morning  we heard on the radio about an accident where a teenager had been killed on the highway, in the early hours of this morning. It happened at a suburb close to where my kids go to school, so I said to my second eldest "oh no I hope it's not one of your friends from school. He said I only know 1 person from that suburb and said his name DG.

This arvo I got a phone call from my oldest son, saying that something really bad had happened and one of their friends had committed suicide. 

when he told me the name I got a cold shiver down my spine because it was the guy my son told me this morning that he knew, DG

So they are really, really upset, especially my second eldest because it was really weird that we thought of him when we heard the report and turned out to be him.

He actually is was in his class and they only talked to each other yesterday afternoon, not really that many hours before it happened.

Everybody at school is devastated and trying to work out why, My son said he seemed happy yesterday when they talked.

I feel deeply for his parents and family.

Thank you to Matthew at Admin and especially Lui for helping me with my problem. If this blog works then my problem is sorted.

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