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4 February 2013
Well Laura Ingalls was probably not as lucky as we are, but it’s still a prairie. I should call this post Big House In The Paddock though.
We moved in three weeks ago, and we’ve been pretty busy ever since. Jenny had given us a four pages “to-do” list, and though we’ve only covered a couple of items, it feels like we’ve been here forever. The first few days, it was too damn hot to be doing anything outside, with temperature way over the forties, so we just cleaned the house, rearranged the girls playroom into a classroom, since they’re starting high school this year, moved the TV room, etc etc.
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4 February 2013
It’s all in Italian, but there are subtitles on the big screens. Though the family sitting in the row in front of us probably won’t need the subtitles, as they speak the language rather well, judging by the way they chat passing the salads and the bottles of wine back and forth. Well they’re not really sitting in the next “row” per say, more like their chairs are closer to the stage than ours. But then, you can sit everywhere there is a free spot, and they were there before us.
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It’s a bit overdue, I know, well it’s only been a year but here’s a list of the mods since I bought the car.
September 2008 I bought this : Toyota Landcruiser HZJ75 “Troop carrier”. 1998 model, straight 6cyl, 4.2L. 299.338km. I bought it from CFA (Country Fire Authority, the fire department in Victoria), needless to say they took good care of Troopy. It was fitted with
– UHF radio
– Bullbar
– Snorkel
– 2 inches lift kit
– Eleven seats
– Two additional headlights