Gero here we come

are we there yet? No! bleep bleeeeeep....

Well, the wagon decides to start overheating a few days before we are due to travel 400kms for the squash championships. Neil our trusty mechanic replaced the thermostat and radiator cap which seemed to so the trick although running warmer than it did before. Neil thinks it's ok so that's fine by me.

So off we go, Gero bound. Set out at 9am with the usual frantic stresses (mainly by me) but since I am the one that has to get everything ready then that it understandable. William came home from school poorly sick, headache, shivering etc - real bad man cold which is a disaster a day before the tournament. 10 mins up the road I realise I have forgotten heaps of things but never mind.... take multiple wrong turnings, why are the maps always the wrong way round?? lol. Stopped off at Dongra for a toilet stop and filling of bellies.

Arrive in Gero 5 hours later. Cabin is okay, small but everything we need except a toilet of course!! We decide to go and find the squash courts so we know where we are heading in the morning. I ask the lady at the camp site if she knows where it is and she gives me directions .......to a derelict squash courts!! Oh Crap. Drive around a bit and stop at the swimming pool to ask, turns out its around the corner. All the sports facilities are together, it's fantastic. Footy, basketball, netball, badminton, soccer, bowls, tennis, swimming, squash, hockey, skate park - could there be anything else to add??

Back to the cabin for tea, an early nights and to dose William up with drugs. Elliot stayed at Matts.

Geraldton is a lovely place, we were very impressed, small enough but big enough if you know what I mean, shame it's so far away from everything else. Oscar was quite happy playing on the park by the beach for ages. We went to the museum where he did a treasure trail game and we also went to Oakabella which is the most haunted place in WA.

Down to the nitty gritty of the results, William won the 11's singles and team 11's. Northern Nicks came second overall. Elliot won plate in the 17's which he was chuffed with. William came 4th in the 13's. We think if he had been in full health he may have done better, Damen whacked him on the head during their came with his Raquel which floored him and that didn't do much for his headache either. Sue Hiller gave Will a talking to about his attitude (bad) and then Mike Cornish took Lee to one side and reinforced this saying that if no-one liked Will then he wouldn't get into the team regardless of how good he is. I felt really really bad about this, we are crap parents. Vowed that things would change, and we are picking them up constantly on their attitude and lack of respect for adults.

Time to head home and it took 4 hours, nice to be back but it was nice being away too. All the animals are fine :)