Jaspen - we finally had some sun today! I am envious of your girls up in north Qld, I love the hot weather. DH & I were thinking of moving there before we had kids as my BF lives there, still would like to do it maybe one day. If I win the lotto, Noosa here I come! Sorry to hear the kids are not well. Marley had shocking eczema, but I got this fantastic cream called Elicon (on prescription) from the paediatric allergy specialist and she hasn't had a bad outbreak since. I call it the miracle cream! Hope you get your housework mojo back soon lol!

Tali - I have a friend who lives in Narre Warren South and its a relatively new estate and its really nice. It is close to lots of shops, there are heaps of schools in the area and Fountain Gate is huge! Narren Warren North is the dearer part, its the older area and lots of big properties. Berwick has some beautiful estates too but a bit more pricey. It is the highest growing municipality in Melbourne (so I read) with up to 80 families a week moving there. The City of Casey covers a really big area too. It is well worth a look when you come down in Jan. Not sure what happens with kids moving from different states, maybe Ali might know?

Rory - your legs must be stuffed! Walking up all those hills would give you a good workout at the best of times, then you do it with a 10+ kg child in a pram - go girl! Love fish cakes - are they Thai ones? They are yummy. What fish did you use? Hope you sleep well tonight.

DH is going to be busy tomorrow, we have 7 metres of mulch being delivered in the morning so hopefully by the time I get home from work it will be all done. We got our water bill today and I am so proud of us, we have reduced our water consumption by heaps! Bucketing all that water around is paying off!