Stairway Eleven (minus one)

"Love is like a brick. You can build a house, or you can sink a dead body."

Lady Gaga

No stranger to controversy, Lady Gaga has been publicly canoodling lately and may indeed be either building a house or sinking a body. Meanwhile we have been putting gumtree-sourced bricks to good use by arranging them carefully over several days to make the vertical transition to the top deck a little easier for ageing knees (both human and canine).

Mike the architect and chief lackey Paula

Mike and Paula have been sampling the delights of southern Tassie for the past few weeks and are about to head off to the northern parts. When we say "delights" we mean smoke filled sky, rambunctious puppies, fetid road kill and heat beyond normalcy.

We'll be happy when they take the heat with them on their eastern seaboard grey nomad experience. Stay on the left and try to go above 80kph from time to time you rubberneckers!