Giant Flesh-Eating Kangaroos

Help!
They have discovered the remains of giant flesh-eating kangaroos in Queensland. According to reports these huge Kangaroos have long canine teeth like wolves, perfectly suited to tearing off flesh and crunching bone; and they gallop rather than hop. They roam the rain-forest in large groups, looking for prey. And not only that, they also found traces of what's being called 'the demon duck of doom.' The evidence points to some kind of massive water-foul that also eats meat. Julia and I were very scared when we first heard the news - we bolted all the doors and barricaded the windows. I was ready to jump on the next plane outa here. And I just know how worried all my little nieces and nephew back and Scotland would be. They specifically said 'don't get eaten by crocodiles OR giant kangaroos.' Then we discovered that these kangaroos died out about 15 million years ago. Phew! It is once again safe to come out from behind the sofa. I would like to reassure my little nieces and nephew that we are both safe and sound for now.

However on the news this morning there was a worrying article about snakes. Now we are into summer it is 'Snake Season'. Snakes love the heat and they love the sun. You have to particularly careful walking through long grass, where you might accidentally disturb one. Some of the most venomous snakes in Australia live in Victoria. The ones I am most likely to stand on in the next few months are:

The Red-bellied Black Snake - they can grown up to 2 meters, but are not too venomous
Australian Copperhead - can grow up to 1.5 meters, again only moderately venomous
Tiger Snake - these stripey snakes can grown up to 2 meters and a bite from one of them is very serious, however there is a tiger snake anti-venom available.
Brown Snake - about 1.5 meters in length, a bite from one of these and it's bye bye.

deadly brown snake

So what else have we been up to over the last week apart from fleeing deadly animals? Nothing very exciting. I had the hydrodilation injection in my shoulder last Thursday. It was fine. Not too sore at all. And it does seemed to have helped a little - I'm now getting more movement back in my shoulder day by day. I've had more physio treatment and today I'm going for my first hydrotherapy session in the local swimming pool.
Julia has been back at her doctor and the doc is really happy with how Julia and the baby are going. Only 3 weeks or so left! We've both been doing some Christmas shopping in the heat. Last week it was getting above 30C again. We needed the fan on in our bedroom overnight. This week it's a lot cooler, though the sun is still shining. Julia and her mum have been working on making a quilt for the new baby's bed. Julia's doing the design and Ange will sew it all together. At the weekend we went to Julia's sister, Nicole's, 40th Birthday Party at her house in Coburg. There was lovely food, plenty of nice sparkling wine and champagne and lots of kids running around.

And we got our Christmas tree!