Ouch!

Ouch No. 1: Tracy turns 40 tomorrow (30th). She is celebrating by inviting over some friends who are considerably over 40!

Ouch No. 2: The price of beer in this country. Being used to paying about $1 a beer (whether that be US$1 in the US or NZ$1 in NZ) we are getting a shock at beers for A$2 to A$2.50. Probably similar to UK prices these days though. At least the wine is reasonable, though duty is threatened to go up for beer and wine.

Ouch N0. 3: The nighttime temps are getting down near zero in the outlying areas and even here in Brisbane it's been cold in the last couple of days (record official low for April is 8.3C - 47F - and it's been colder than that here in the northern burbs. The city had it's first recorded temp below freezing last winter). Winter is approaching, but we are near the tropic of Capricorn (Brisbane's latitude is 27deg28') and expected warmer. Time to get a heater for the camper or move north!