Hello Internet my old friend....

after what feels like forever, we finally have an Internet connection at home again - phew! What's more, I think we've got a nice one. I haven't had a chance to fully test the throughput, but a quick speedtest showed over 8mbps download speed. Nice. We're on Optus cable, with a (large) quota. Celebrated the new connection with a flurry of long calls and video chats with the UK, followed by running a lengthy P2P download overnight.

Spent a great long weekend about 5 hours north from here at Agnes Waters, beautiful surf conditions, lovely coastline, and a fantastic campsite in natural bush setting. Photos are here. Unfortunately, there was no way we could manage to take a photo of the Manta Ray that we saw cruising near the surface clost to the shoreline - we watched him for a good 10 minutes, fantastic!

In other news - Big Brother has just started, which I gather is in sync with a new one in the UK too. Apparently, there'll be some globetrotting swaps from one house to another, which would be very interesting. The aussie female contestants are all lookers, with at least 2 of them managing to mention their boob jobs within minutes of being introduced to the house.... should make for some amusing catfights :)