Happy Halloween Everyone

Who knew that an American holiday could be so much fun? I read somewhere that Halloween is the second biggest holiday in the world for spending... Christmas is first of course, but it surprised me to discover that Easter and Mother's Day are surpassed by this crazy night where kids dress up like monsters but are the best behaved ever and random strangers open their doors to you and give you candy. It was so wonderful to see two neighbours joining together to create one of the scariest, fun and heart racing experiences of my life... A great job Murray Bridge... Happy Halloween to everyone!! Embrace it... Enjoy it... I know we did.

Dream a little dream...

 The last couple of days I have been thinking about a holiday... The greatest holiday ever. Partly I have been thinking along these lines due to a mate's message "Where would you go to write if you could go anywhere?"
I would love some sort of Nim's Island set up where I could live off the land but still had a laptop for writing and wi-fi so that I could still submit my stuff (to editor or competitions, etc.)

I have also passed a few books at work that have been along the theme of travel and great places to visit.

All of this has got me wondering where would I go on a dream holiday..?

It would need to be kids friendly and somewhere my gorgeous wife would also enjoy...

One of the greatest educational experiences I have had in my life was when I went traveling overseas. This same (or similar) experience I would most definitely want to share with my kids.

On your greatest dream holiday where would you go..?

The Revenge of the Amateur Animator...

A little while ago I put a short film up on Youtube, a message to my kids that they can dream big and grow up to be anything they want to be (find it here).

I have now put my hat back in the ring and created another short film... a blatant advertisement for South Australian Libraries.

Check it out here and feel free to write comments and pass it on to your friends to have a watch (and a laugh at my terrible, kooky amateur animation).

Let us see if we can get it to go viral!!!