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Time has flown along. I didn't realise that it has almost been 2 months since I have posted. I will have some more photos of Benjamin soon for all the family, but thought I better write some things down about what has been happening.

This weekend we will be having our mini-muster in Broken Hill, celebrating 20 years of being in Broken Hill. Many people will be coming to remember over the weekend. Unfortunately the petrol prices have scared some away. It will make our holidays expensive.

The kids have enjoyed soccer with Lachlan, Isaac and Grace all playing. Lach has scored a couple of goals lately, which he has been quite happy about. Isaac's team is doing very well beating their rival team 1-nil.

Last weekend I was in Katoomba for our Cornerstone Directors retreat. I really appreciated the time to get away and reflect on things. I have found the last month quite stressful and I needed to get some head space. I really enjoyed being up in the mountains again, looking at familiar places. I also had the opportunity to take Mum out to dinner which was a rare treat and should put me in the good books for a while :-)

A couple of weeks ago we headed out to a property to have our desert camp. This is something we do annually with the students. We camp at a dry creekbed, near a gorge and help the students develop leadership and group skills. I really enjoyed setting up some orienteering challenges and walking up some of the ridges in the area. I always enjoy going there, sitting around the campfire at night, cooking in a hungi and seeing if we can catch a goat. We actually caught one this year and later it turned into roast and curry. Goat curry is the best kind by the way. Isaac and Lachlan participated in the goat hunt, but were a little bit nervous by the horns.

The weather has been very good lately. Cold nights, but not freezing yet, with beautiful days. Full winter will be here soon. We could do with some rain though.