Supple, eh?

Many of you know that I've had a bit of wrist problem over the years, some annoying pain, probably the result of too much mouse clicking - who knows, maybe it was the Napster heydays that did it. Well I finally made an appointment with an Orthopaedic surgeon to have it checked out, and it turns out I have "supple" wrists. Yes, supple. Apparently quite common in ladies, but rare in blokes (as he put it). So I left feeling quite emasculated but happy that there is no obvious major damage to the tendons and ligaments in there. And I decided to check out the actual meaning of supple. It's actually not so bad. Besides, I play footy, drive 4WDs and work around crocodiles, I'm confident in my manhood.....I think.

Laura is at soccer practice at the moment and Edie is asleep. She's been grumpy today because of her impending new teeth (Edie that is, not Laura). She (Edie again) has started giving us fake smiles that are slowly morphing into grimaces, likely the result of a little pain around the gums. A little bit of whisky rubbed in should do the trick. She's also ever so close to crawling, and enjoys being upside down.

It's been plenty wet here recently, with enough rain to boost the dams to over 50% capacity. That means that there is enough supply to last the city over 3 years without rain. And of course, as a result the water restrictions have been eased, up to a target of 200 litres per person per day (from a low of 140 when we first arrived, recently it has been 170). So no doubt consumption will slowly creep back up again. At least people have proven that when necessary, they can reduce their use considerably. And we're still not allowed to clean driveways with a hose - a little bit of common sense in there.

All the rain means the lawns are nice and green again. Over the weekend we decided we would avoid getting trapped indoors and took a day trip down to Mount Tamborine. It is less than an hour away from us so it's a bit touristy, but has plenty of pristine rainforest walks. We got about 20 minutes into one of these walks before realizing that rainforests are not meant to be walked in on wet days. Why you might ask? Because of the leeches. Leeches that live on the ground and thrive under wet conditions. Once we noticed them crawling on our shoes and socks we decided to turn tail and get out of there. But not before we saw plenty of nice paddymelons (wallabies) bouncing around under the leaves. Laura even saw one with a joey! So I guess we aren't the real adventurers we pretend to be, if a few little bloodsuckers are going to keep us away. We shall be back (on a drier day), and the canopy walk is next on our to-do list. We just need visitors so we can take them there.

Mount Tamborine rainforest - Taken just before discovering the bloodsuckers

All for now, take care and Happy Easter everybody!