It was one of the work guys 50th birthday on Friday and here are John and Curly celebrating at a very nice pub in Newtown.
A movie - The Rite with Anthony Hopkins-on God versus the devil was very interesting.  It was at the end of the movie that they said  that there are 14 catholic exhortists still working in the USA today.
An official tour of the ABC studios showed us radio and tv studios plus the make up room with the off shoot of the special effects area and paraphernalia.  One of the childrens shows was being recorded but we only saw the rehearsals and left before they actually did the shows.  It was a couple of informative hours.
In the Outback Heros talk this week it was on Teamsters, Bullockies and transport. Teamsters preferred bullocks to horses as they were cheaper to buy and to maintain.  They blazed the trail, took enormous risks and endured great hardship.  Each bullock of the team had a name and their directions were usually given by whip or walking beside the leading bullock.
The SMSA author talks only last a hour and this week it was Kate Matthew, a historian and writer living in the Blue Mountains.  She is conducting research on Governesses in Australia and they were not always the prim and proper figures that literature would have us to believe.