Saturday, February 20

There's a bit of a to-do about the latest song from Tim Minchin, having a shot at Cardinal Pell.  Tim is an absolute musical genius and some of his previous work has been outstanding.  There's no doubt that this latest offering is on par with the rest: musically, it is great and his lyrics are very clever.  Whether he has gone too far, in calling the Cardinal, for example, 'scum', is debatable but I have to admit I enjoyed it when I heard it for the first time the other day.

It's a mowing day today.  I picked Jamie up early and he came out to do the whipper-snipping while Nera was at work and I've had the ride-on travelling in circles for the past hour or so.  It's at the point where I'm just knocking the heads off the dandelions but the yard certainly looks a whole lot better.

Tonight is Symphony Under the Stars in Launceston so Marilyn and I will likely go along to see what is on offer.  I bet it's not Tim Minchin!

I made the final flight bookings yesterday for our cruise to PNG.  We chase the bargains when choosing a cruise but are always caught out by the cost of getting to and from Sydney.  This time we've spent $700 on domestic flights: another penalty for living in Tasmania.

Vision Cruises sent me an email this morning offering a cruise to the Mexican Riviera: flight to US, three nights in LA, cruise, three nights in Las Vegas and flight home for $1699.  Sounds too good to be true and when I investigated, the cheapest fare seemed to be $3199.  I don't think we'll bother.