Hey Dad, can you pick up a few things?

This year, my wife Christina and I are returning to Alice Springs in Central Australia for Christmas. Our son, daughter and sole grandson live there and we had lived there for nearly 30 years before retiring.

Our daughter called and asked if we could "pick up a few things" for her.

Yes, we're happy to do that, but once we said yes, the "few things" expanded. The wine, the personal products, then came the furniture.

The furniture began with a lounge that converts into a bed for her spare room. Then became new drawers for our grandson's room.

We calculated the volume and decided it would just fit into our 6'x4' trailer and said no to another couple of bedside tables.

We loaded the trailer at IKEA and here it is ready to roll on our 1500 km journey north on Sunday next.

What we do for our kids eh.

Robin