Newcastle, HMB Endeavour and Eugene

This week I travelled up to Newcastle for the wool sale there. All-in-all it was a slightly depressing day, with wool prices sliding considerably compared to the previous Newcastle sale. Considering the current world economic climate, this was not entirely unexpected, but unpleasant none the less.

The above picture is a view of the Landmark (a wool broker) Showfloor. All the wool being offered for sale in their catalogue can be viewed and inspected priot to the actual sale.

At ~05:45AM I was down at the waterfront and by pure luck found the replica of HMB Endeavour moored in the harbour. The ship left at 7AM, so had I not gone down to the water, I would never have seen it. A truly majestic ship, and makes one hark back to the "olden days".

Eugene is now also standing up and wants to "walk" everywhere. We still have to support him, so his "walks" are rather back-breaking for Mum and Dad.

Eugene and Karla posing for a quick snap during a regular weekend braai session...

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