Novice Campers Travelling Oz

Brad?s birthday today!  The kids and I had spent yesterday afternoon setting up a treasure hunt for Brad so he could find his present.  He had to climb over things and jump up things and finally row out to Melly Island in the canoe to get his present.  This year I decided to really throw him a curve ball and got him a unicycle (thanks Leah for signing for it with the courier and secreting it away for us).  After a few hours practise Brad could ride it for all of 5 seconds.  We took him to the local park for a picnic lunch and served him a sponge cake covered with strawberries and cream but we couldn?t keep the candles lit due to the wind.  For tea Montana and Del had organized for all the staff to meet at a Thai restaurant for tea.  It was not really a surprise as Brad noticed everyone go out in cars just before we were due to leave.  What was a surprise was that James had given Neil a Mohawk haircut and shaved the word Brad on the side of Neil?s head.  Only thing was, James didn?t leave enough room, so Neil was left with 'Bra' without the 'd' which they texta-ed in later!  The food was fantastic, so good to see Del out of the house!  Neil organized banana fritters with some candles on them so we could sing happy birthday! So he got some lit candles in the end.

Brad was a bit nervous going to bed as recently the local Pastor got the birthday present of a midnight visit.  While he and his wife slept some friends took off some roof tiles and got inside his house.  Once inside they took all the wheels off his car, put vegemite on his toilet seat, covered his kitchen benches with something sticky etc.  Brad was relieved to wake without any ?damage.?