Safety Breach

We don't like getting phone calls at 4:00 am but that is what happened this morning. Kate and the grand kids were due to fly in to Maroochydore with Tiger Airways this morning and arrive just after 10:00 a.m. However the budget airline has been grounded as of 11 pm last night owing to "Safety Breaches' and all flights have been cancelled until next Saturday. Kate rang soon after 4 .am. to tell us the news.

The grand kids are disappointed as too are we. But that is a risk we take when we fly with any budget airline.

The kids will get a full refund and have now booked to fly here a week or so later. Their options were to take an alternative flight today (at around $400 per person), wait and book again for later during the school holidays, or to drive up here. They have opted to book with Jetstar Airlines and will fly here on Tuesday week. It is a couple of hundred dollars dearer but the best they could do in the circumstances.

Yesterday was pretty hectic around here getting ready for our visitors. I washed the car for the first time since we drove home from Melbourne in January. Never again will I let it go so long after such a long trip. We had passed through roadworks back then so I was cleaning tar off the paintwork which had been there for 6 months! And there was still some 'ingrained' remains of bugs as well. I had to use polish to remove a lot of the marks.

The pool was vacuumed yesterday and the lawn was mowed. I also cleaned the BBQ getting rid of gunk which had built up over previous months!

Needless to say my dodgy back is not moving well at all! At least now I can get back to the chiropractor to have it treated and tasks which have needed doing have now all been done.

Trish has been busy updating the Arts Association website, she added about 20 photos as thumbnails with a link so that when you clicked on the smaller photo you were taken to another page for a 'larger view'. Once she got the hang of it all went well. She is rightly very pleased with herself. Check out what she has done HERE.