The First Day of Winter

Happy Birthday to Tony who is officially an old age pensioner today. He spent the day painting at a friends house and had lunch with another friend. We are celebrating this special occasion at the Parramatta Leagues Club (boo boo) tonight with Kerry & Michael, Craig & Danielle and the 3 girls and 1 boy. I have brought a cake so I hope all the 65 candles don't set the sprinklers off.

Last Saturday we had lunch at Hornsby with our New Zealand travellers, Gina and Peter and planned our 2 day stay in Mudgee which is not until July.

We have booked at Forgandenny House (circa 1900) which is a magnificent Heritage Federation home, 250 metres from the heart of Mudgee, overlooking the beautiful Lawson Park and the Cudgegong River.
The house was commissioned to be built by Dr. Charles Lester, who was the first surgeon to practice in Mudgee (circa 1895). An historic home, complete with the ambience of a bygone era, In 1900 Dr. Lester commissioned Architect Harold Hardwick to design Forgandenny House to be his practice and residence for years to come. Built by Master craftsman Collier and Carmichael, on the corner of Short and Lewis Streets, overlooking Lawson Park and Cudgegong River, this magnificent Federation home still proudly stands today.

There seems to be lots of things to do and see so hopefully we should all enjoy it.

Getting back to Saturday at Hornsby. While we were waiting to meet our friends we had a look around the giant shopping centre. It has certainly changed since I last saw it about 10 years ago.

Got a call from David on Skye. He has arrived back in Vienna and he said the trip to France was very interesting and enjoyable but was rather a long drive and he was looking forward to riding a bike for awhile as a different mode of transport.

Not much else happening at the moment just the normal day to day things. Although Tony didn't lose a game of euchre last night and was an outright winner.