I recently attempted my first Triathlon, ok nothing major in terms of distance or effort (1km swim, 12km cycle and 8km run) but I was just outside the first 100 (108th), with 5000 competitors.
All good fun and nobody got eaten by sharks in the harbour, which is always a bonus!

Everything you see on the news of late is nothing but bad. I saw this and had a smile for the rest of the day, so I thought I'd share it.
Enjoy.


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The windows have gone in, so the shape of the house is starting to appear.

A sign of the times... Living in a global market.

Who would have thought that Somalian pirates could jeopardise a house build the other side of the world!

In a bid to save some coin, we are buying the bathrooms and kitchen appliances over the internet in the UK and shipping them.
The bathroom pieces are already on their way and will pass through the Gulf of Adan in the next week - fingers crossed our toilets will receive a US Naval escort :/

I am tracking the container ship via satellite and get a little nervous when it stops mid ocean...

Excluding finances, the build is going really well. We are actually two weeks ahead of schedule.
The builders are good fun and really know their stuff, which is actually making it a pleasure albeit lots of work.

Joel has started to play 'soccer' for the Seaforth Zebras.
The offside rules still needs some work as it's more like bees around a honey pot :)

And in their first game they beat the Manly Vale Sharks 11-1, with the 1 being one of our team getting mixed up as to which end to score in!! LOL