Photo's From Bron's Wedding

For those interested here are the photo's we got from Bron's wedding: http://picasaweb.google.com/mr.john.allinson/BronWWedding#

Reno Update

So now we have a

Corridor and Front Door

and a Front Bed Room

Plastering, painting and floors to go!
(Rest of the pics) and my latest geeky gift to myself.

Further

My beer affected trip home from the AFL which included some fat fingered text messaging and a disproportionate tanty about train timetabling, also lead to a blog posting that appears to have gone off somewhat half-cocked. So in the sober light of Tuesday (Yay!) morning, let’s start from the very beginning.

Inspired by a recent MasterChef challenge, Jenny and I have conceived of a plan to put the SRF kitchen skills to the test, pitting one team against another to produce the best Beef Wellington a bunch of nerdy day-jobbers can produce (on the first attempt). As prompted by Gretta's comment on Saturday, before we decide a venue, or indeed any of the other details, let's pick a date! You've got till next Tuesday to cast your vote. (If you can get to both, you can vote accordingly!)

Great SRF Beef Wellington-off

Calling for able-ovened volunteers to host the inaugural SRF team cooking event. The Nth v Sth Beef Wellington challenge! Do YOU have a working oven & friend-proof upholstery? If yes, raise your hand in the comments section for your chance to be at the centre of an SRF history making moment!

Best Man in town

Hey folks. In a frenzy of SRF social arrangements and engagements, thought we'd organise some general AWDs and dinner on Friday week (that's April 30) to show a little Sydney-style hospitality to our Victorian house guest. That's the state, not the era. (Yep, 6 yrs after our moving to Sydney, James is finally paying us a visit.)

Likely north side, in the vain hopes that one or more Flitcrofts may be able to swing by despite the chaos and excitement of their big move the next day, but exact details to be determined once we get a whiff of the weather etc.

Rodeo-tastic!

Sarah kindly extended an invitation to join her on the farm and visit Tumut for the Rodeo. And what a thrilling weekend was had by all!

Early morning on the farm

I'd never visited the farm before so I was amazed by how beautiful it is, how lush regional NSW is, what a great hostess Heather is and how cool Miles' collection of farm machinery is.

Driving up the hill

We made our way up the hill and helped Miles to light a fire, getting rid of some dead trees and blackberry bushes.

The boys have their Iwo Jima moment

And then the Rodeo! How cool is the rodeo. The events included bull riding, bareback horse riding and my favourite: the rope and tie. This was where the cowboy lassooed a calf and then jumped off his horse to tie up three of the calf's four legs. The best guys did it in less than 5 seconds! Terrific. One of the champions of the day was called Clay Bush. Classic.

Horses bucking at the Rodeo

The audience was awesome, pretty much 95% of the crowd wore flanelette shirts, boots, jeans and cowboy hats, including the 3-year-old kids.

We got home and once again lit a fire, toasting marshmallows until we were too close to the flames.

Roaring fire

The next day some of us got to try our hands at the heavy machinery before setting off back to Sydney. John, I'm told that this bit will excite you. So I operated a digger for the first time ever... and it was awesome! Such a sense of power, I ripped up a tree and flung it on to the smouldering embers of the fire... Peta had a go too, and between us we made short work of the tree.

Eek! This thing's in my hands!

Making short work of the tree

V stylish ladies in gumboots

On the way home we stopped at the Dog on the Tucker Box. Another Australian icon under my belt.

Some dog sitting on a food box

All lots of fun. Thank you Sarah for a great weekend!

I took a few more pics, they're all here in a set on flickr. Sarah took some more so hopefully she's got more of the actual Rodeo and can upload them.

cx

SRF Anzac Day Picnic

Since the picnic idea seems to have met with general approval, consider it officially ON. Bring any blankets or babies you've got handy, food (Nick, I'm counting on you for a chook), drink, sunscreen, willingness to laze about stuffing your face, or energy to kick whatever ball might be lying around.

Details are so far sketchy and up for discussion - Say around 1 or 2 on Sunday 25th April? The Botanical Gardens or Milson's Point have been bandied about as locations, what do people think? Northside might be better than Botanical Gardens in terms of carrying on after dark, remembering that the city is liable to be full of drunks?

I open the floor for discussion.

Heil Honey, I'm Home

"In the annals of TV history, there are a select group of shows that were deemed so terrible that they were canceled either immediately after their first episode, before they even aired, or - in a couple of cases - while the first episode was actually in progress."

Includes "Who's your daddy", a reality TV show in which an adopted woman has to pick her estranged father from a panel of contestants, and "Heil Honey, I'm Home", a comedy about the domestic antics of Adolf and Eva!

My kinda cycling shoes

One of my favourite websites EVER is hosting a competition to win some cycling shoes. Get over there and enter.

The Film you have all been waiting for

Ahh the Germans

something else to add to your calendar...

Hey all, The Flitcrofts are MOVING!! woohoo on the 1st of May. It's about 3.5 weeks away and a few of you have offered your wonderful help to us! Of course we're not going to say no, because as you all know, moving is a pretty tough gig.

So if you still feel inclined to join us, (we'll have removalists for the really big stuff, so most of the help will be for the smaller furniture and boxes) then we'd love to see you...I think the removalists are showing up about 11am ish, so if you want to turn up to our place around then with any cars you may have, that would be brilliant!

We'll put a bbq on at the other end with plenty of cold beer and softies for all our hard workers and you can get the first look at our wonderful new home!

Hope to see you there!

xx Margs, Jules, Sam and iFlup2.0

While you’re checking your calendars

Bull Riding, Saddlebronc, Steer Wrestling... anyone?



A few of us (Mattwa, Carmel, Peta, Noodle and I) are heading down for the Tumut Rodeo on April 17. The plan is to drive down on Friday night and stay with my folks at Quidong, Rodeo and what-not on Saturday and head back to Sydney on Sunday. If your weekend is free and you’d like to come down, let me know as soon as possible. (I’ll need numbers this weekend.)

Yay cowboys!

Anyone interested in seeing Swans v West Coast at the SCG on Saturday April 24, starting 2:10pm?