Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Western Australia Adventure


Well we have been home for almost 2 weeks now from our fantastic 6 week holiday and Melbourne is freezing.  William has fast settled into Kinder and we are back in our routine.

I think the highlight of our trip was the Dolphins.  Paul and I were fishing at Peron NP and a pod of dolphins came up to the boat and put a show on for us swimming at the bow of the boat while we motored along, they were so happy diving in and out of the water for what seemed like ages.  William and Tony got picked from a crowd at Monkey to feed a Dolphin.

We had a fantastic time with Tony & Shiv, William even calling Tony, Ton by the end of the three weeks.

Bremer Bay was stunning, fishing every morning (unsuccessfully) for 7 days and then off to the beach after lunch. - There are about 12 beaches to choose from.  Then onto Denmark, fishing every morning again with the motor breaking down one morning and Paul having to row back to shore which took about 30 minutes to William singing - Row, Row, Row your Boat - he was not impressed!!

William got a dose of School Sores (or invertigo) whilst we were in Exmouth - so after a trip to the hospital, dressing and antibiotics, he had to stay out of the water and off the beach for 3 days - tough in 30 degree heat!!  Then we got to Broome and a phone call to return to the hospital to check out his Staf infection.  We waited 2 hours in emergency for a 5 min from the doctor of "Oh he's OK" want to see my fishing pictures - so the doctor and Paul spent more time looking at fishing photos and video's than he did William's leg.  Come on Boys!!!!

Tony & Shiv reluctantly left us after 3 weeks and we headed up to the stunning Cape Leveque for 7 nights.

We took over 400 photos, here is a selection of some of the best, not to bore you too much!!

Burra Pub with Daddy

Rest Day in Ceduna before crossing the Nullabour

Rest stop on the Nullabour for icecream!!

We made it across the Nullabour in 12 hours - at Norseman for the night

Bremer Bay for 7 nights over Easter

One of the many many beaches at Bremer Bay



DinoWorld in Denmark



Yeh, Tony & Shiv have arrived in Perth

Shivvy is made - playing Mother Bear and baby Bear!!

Brothers in the kitchen - watch out

Cooking up a storm of Fish Curries

Fish for the Curry


Dolphins at our camp in Peron National Park


Mummy caught a fish

Monkey Mia




Tony & William feeding the Dolphin at Monkey Mia

Tony's favourite place - Tackle World.  With some money from Grandma William bought a Tackle Rat



Catching a Shark

Yardie Creek Gorge in Exmouth

Coral Bay - bandages on one arm and leg, no water or sand for 3 days so watching movies on the Ipad!!!


Sleeping with Stumpy the Whate Shark to keep William's head up on the 15 hour drive from Coral Bay to Broome

Cable Beach at last

Shivvy Birthday dinner at the Thai in Broome





French Champagne on Cable Beach after a girls day of shopping, massages, and lunch at the Brewery - Can't get better than that!!

Cable Beach Sunset



Broome Resort Pool


Waiting to leave for the airport - Not Happy Jan!!

King of the Fishing Kids - they are under his spell

Cape Leveque - view from our camp site

Daddy caught another Fish!!

Catching crabs

Way too much facial hair!!

Cape Leveque Aboriginal Culture Tour - mud crabs



Eating mud crab cooked on the fire in the sand


Last night in Cape Leveque at Sunset



Flight home from Perth to Melbourne arriving at midnight

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Maureen & Alan's 50th Wedding Anniversary Party


Mum and Dad celebrated 50 years of marriage today with
an Afternoon Tea Party in our garden. Here are a few photos of the afternoon which was a great success and we had beautiful weather.

Congratulatory letters arrived from Quentin Bryce - Governor General, the Victorian Governor, the Prime Minister, the Premier of Victoria and their local MP.

I read out the notes you had sent me and the speeches were great.

Sharon, Linda and I baked solidly for a couple of days and even Bart got in on the act as Gail is away in Europe on a business trip.

All the cousins had a great time together. Jarrod and Keegan ran the bar, while Elise and Melissa helped out in the kitchen and served food.














Saturday, March 24, 2012

Camping with my Cousins and Nana & Pop


We spent four days in Early February at Inverloch with Nana, Pop, Sharon and my cousins, Hayden, James and Cameron. Liam and Gail down down for a day trip.




James & Daddy heading out
Pop's knees are a bit dodgy to get all the way down in the sand!!

Cousins and Cricket


House Slaves!

March


Balloonatic Bruce at the Kinder Family Night Picnic

Amy's Birthday Party - it was a Barbie Party - who is Barbie anyway Mummy?
Patiently waiting for cake

Playing Ball with Daddy and Daniel

Thursday, March 15, 2012

William at Kinder (Pre-School)

William started Kindergarden (or Pre-School) a few weeks ago now, here are a few shots of his first day.

He now tells me that he loves his new Kinder and is not scared when I leave and he loves his teacher Sally. He asked me whether I missed him when he was at Kinder - I said "of course I do" and he told me that he didn't miss me!!! he still likes me to stay for about 10 minutes when I drop him off, until he settles into a game or joins in with some other kids.

I had my first parent duty within the first weeks and decided to make banana muffins with those kids that wanted to join in. It was a success with 6 kids sitting around the table taking turns adding ingredients and having their turn to stir the mixture. We baked them and the teacher handed them out to the kids at the end of the session with the recipe to take home. One little girl even helped me dry the dishes.

We had a Friday night family picnic a couple of weeks ago with Balloonatic Bruce entertaining the children with balloon animals and a magic show that ended with a balloon turning into a live rabbit!! The parents having a drink, and dinner whilst getting to know each other.



This is my journal covered with family photos. The teachers and I will paste pictures of what I do at kinder throughout the year.
Enough photos already Mummy!!
Our handsome boy!


Play Doh
Puzzles
Pin Board construction
Campfire Playground