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[Sharon]

Dale wrote: "You're a better woman than me, Sharon. I hate ironing and buy clothes that don't need it."

Many people hate ironing Dale, I guess that's why I've been kept busy all these years.

[Dale]

More than likely Sharon. Sounds like you have filled a niche.

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

Sharon wrote: "Dale wrote: "You're a better woman than me, Sharon. I hate ironing and buy clothes that don't need it."

Many people hate ironing Dale, I guess that's why I've been kept busy all these years."

That's the same logic that we use to explain why mum gets so many house cleaning gigs :P

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Congratulations Jess, that is fabulous news!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well as you may have gathered, we are back on dry land again! Had an interesting holiday, fantastic shore days in Isle of pines, Suva, Port denaru and Vila. Lots of relaxing, sipping cocktails and reading which was great. I will put some photos up in a few days - we are in Qld for a few more days before heading home :)

[Sharon]

Brenda wrote: "Well as you may have gathered, we are back on dry land again! Had an interesting holiday, fantastic shore days in Isle of pines, Suva, Port denaru and Vila. Lots of relaxing, sipping cocktails and ..."

Welcome back Brenda. Sounds like the ideal holiday glad you enjoyed yourself :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Sharon :)

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

Lucky bugger.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Brenda wrote: "Well as you may have gathered, we are back on dry land again! Had an interesting holiday, fantastic shore days in Isle of pines, Suva, Port denaru and Vila. Lots of relaxing, sipping cocktails and ..."

Don't rush home. The weather here is weird and the smoke today is dreadful. In Sydney anyway. Maybe it is better up your way.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Liam wrote: "Lucky bugger."

Haha! Thanks Liam:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Well as you may have gathered, we are back on dry land again! Had an interesting holiday, fantastic shore days in Isle of pines, Suva, Port denaru and Vila. Lots of relaxing, sipping..."

We saw that on the TV this morning, it's looking very bad again! Was so incredibly scary while we were away, and hardly getting any news wasn't the best - we had fires about 2-3 kms as the crow flies away from our house at one stage! Still not even summer!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Well as you may have gathered, we are back on dry land again! Had an interesting holiday, fantastic shore days in Isle of pines, Suva, Port denaru and Vila. Lots of r..."

Between smoke and cicadas - it is a day to spend indoors!

[Dale]

Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Well as you may have gathered, we are back on dry land again! Had an interesting holiday, fantastic shore days in Isle of pines, Suva, Port denaru and Vila. Lots of r..."

I was thinking about you, Brenda and your house and wondering how much you knew of what was going on. Since you couldn't do anything while on the cruise I didn't say anything. But sent prayers up all would be safe.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Well as you may have gathered, we are back on dry land again! Had an interesting holiday, fantastic shore days in Isle of pines, Suva, Port denaru and ..."

It certainly is Phrynne!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Dale wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Well as you may have gathered, we are back on dry land again! Had an interesting holiday, fantastic shore days in Isle of pines, Suva, Port denaru and ..."

Thanks Dale. We had our daughter in constant touch with us, as I had international roaming set up so could receive and send texts. She asked us at one stage what to take if she had to evacuate. I told her just herself and the pets. I was too far away to try to tell her where things were, so figured she was the most important...fortunately we didn't have to worry...

[B the BookAddict]

Michael, Liam and all South Aust members,

Here's something to cheer you!

Lonely Planet Guide 2014 lists Adelaide as the #9 Best City in the World to visit!

http://www.news.com.au/national/south...

[Vicki]

Ditto what Dale said. :)

Sharon, I'm sure that by now you have ironing down to a fine art.

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

Bette wrote: "Michael, Liam and all South Aust members,

Here's something to cheer you!

Lonely Planet Guide 2014 lists Adelaide as the #9 Best City in the World to visit!

http://www.news.com.au/national/south..."

Anyone know where Melbourne came? :P

[★ Jess]

"Lonely Planet Guide 2014 lists Adelaide as the #9 Best City in the World to visit!"

Pls.

[Elaine]

Michael wrote: "Bette wrote: "Michael, Liam and all South Aust members,

Here's something to cheer you!

Lonely Planet Guide 2014 lists Adelaide as the #9 Best City in the World to visit!

http://www.news.com.au/..."

Sounds like a lovely day Michael. Glad you enjoyed it. Those sorts of things are always fun and full of nice surprises and it's great to be able to taste all the different foods. I also love the Bollywood dancing. So much fun and colour.

[B the BookAddict]

Liam wrote: "Bette wrote: "Michael, Liam and all South Aust members,

Here's something to cheer you!

Lonely Planet Guide 2014 lists Adelaide as the #9 Best City in the World to visit!

http://www.news.com.au/..."

Anyone know where Melbourne came? :P

Cheeky:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mariana wrote: "Hi. Here is day there is night. Good night in Australia. Good morning here!"

That sounds confusing, but you're right! Good morning Mariana:)

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

Something interesting I learned today that I didn't know actually, New Zealand is the furthest you can get into the future before you go into the past.

[Geoff]

Sorry Liam, but Samoa (Western) & Tonga are an hour ahead of NZ.
Currently it is 1030 am Wednesday in Sydney, 1230 pm in Auckland and 1.30 pm in Apia Western Samoa, and Nukualofa in Tonga.
Samoa used to be on the other side of the date line until Dec 2011 when it went from 29th Dec to 31st Dec missing out Dec 30 completely. The dateline was moved so that Samoa is now in the same 'day' as NZ & Australia - it is all to do with trade :-o)

[[deleted user]]

Anyone heading to brisbane Supanova this weekend?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Melanie wrote: "Anyone heading to brisbane Supanova this weekend?"

Love to Mel...too far away!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mariana wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Mariana wrote: "Hi. Here is day there is night. Good night in Australia. Good morning here!"

That sounds confusing, but you're right! Good morning Mariana:)"
Good night to you, Good..."

Oh dear! It certainly is:)

[Liam || Books 'n Beards]

http://imgur.com/gallery/xLKvb

10 out of absolute 10.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Poor thing, I hope she will be ok once her parents arrive.

[Deb]

Melanie wrote: "Anyone heading to brisbane Supanova this weekend?"

Been this afternoon.... went to see George RR Martin and had my 2 lovely hard copy books of GOT signed. My daughter also got her books signed by all the actors present ... she still needs Lena Headey to sign her page though. I'm sure you'll have a great time if you go... lots happening

[Deb]

Ashleigh wrote: "Oh wow! That's cool. I got one of my Kate Forsyth books when I met her at a writing course last weekend. Meeting authors is so cool"

I agree... I go to author signings whenever I can. Kate Forsyth is great. I went to see her at BWF one year. I'm sure her writing course would have been fascinating.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Deb wrote: "Melanie wrote: "Anyone heading to brisbane Supanova this weekend?"

Been this afternoon.... went to see George RR Martin and had my 2 lovely hard copy books of GOT signed. My daughter also got her..."

George R R Martin is in Sydney next Tuesday. I will be seeing him at a Sydney Morning Herald Literary Lunch.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "Read this article earlier about Amazon's attempt to get a presence in independent bookstores in America. Not surprisingly it's not gone down to well.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-..."

How could they seriously think that news would go down well??

[Vicki]

...one US bookseller described it as "inviting hungry foxes into the henhouse."

That about sums it up.

[Neko]

*looks around*

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Laura wrote: "*looks around*"

Welcome back Laura! Fabulous to have you with us again:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Vicki wrote: "...one US bookseller described it as "inviting hungry foxes into the henhouse."

That about sums it up."

That's what I thought Vicki!

[Neko]

Ello Brenda :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Hey Laura!!

[Neko]

Do you know when Spring time is actually meant to happen? Or do we get stuck with very odd weather until Summer time?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

It seems to me that we have gone straight from Winter to Summer! Not so much in your neck of the woods though - I think you still have winter, don't you! Weird is right!

[Neko]

Ohh that's true it's been rather hot there, so rather have the icky coldness like Tassie has? I was looking out from the Flight Centre today and saw it was snowing on the mountain!!! Hail last weekend..lol

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Crazy! Most of southern AU has winter and mid/northern has summer O__O!!

[Neko]

Nothing to do with global warming either ;D

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Laura wrote: "Nothing to do with global warming either ;D"

:)

[Sharon]

Well, it's about to storm here, and I might turn my computer off LOL

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Yes the weather is going to turn violent here soon too...though we've had strong winds most of the day, it's been mid 30s :(

[Neko]

So strange! Polar opposites. Here it just stopped heavy raining and the sun has come back out....I don't think it'll last though.

[Faye]

Oh gosh, my daughter just finished year 12! Off into the big wide world now.

[Leonie]

We have a fire nearby here. There's a plane and a helicopter buzzing around, but it's blowing away from us (thankfully!) but I think that next time I walk up the common it might not be as green/brown as it was on Thursday!