The kids and I are about to start our last week of freedom; I start work on the 8th of November. Having said that, the kids will be in nursery for a few hours this week to start getting them used to it.

I have had two social outings this week - not bad, for only three weeks in the country. The first was out to Castle Hill (about 45 mins away) to meet with Lisa and her two kids (19 months and 10 weeks old). I was introduced to Lisa through the Newcomers club  - she is a Kiwi who moved here with her husband about five months ago. It was great fun but a shame that she lives so far away as it is not so easy to meet up.

The second occasion was to go out for dinner with a group of people from KPMG (plus two interlopers - a PwC'er and an EY bod). I know one of the group through ICAS so had emailed him to let him know I was in the city and he invited me out. We had a really great evening - dinner and drinks on the Bondi beach front.

We also tried Playgroup this week - not the most welcoming bunch of Mums/Dads and Nannies so we will try another Playgroup this week - thankfully there a good number of them within 10 minutes of us.

Adam is still going to swimming lessons and still screaming his way through them. Maybe this week will be better, I hope - sitting with Emily in the cafe watching Adam screaming for me for half an hour is not much fun.

Colin took Friday off work this week and we went to the motor show. It was absolutely huge - five halls of the exhibition centre with everything from Holden's (Vauxhalls) and Hyundai's to Ferrari's and Maserati's. Adam was very taken by the Utes - pick-up trucks - and scooters. The show was at Darling Harbour so we also went to the aquarium - the advantage of being members!