Big Thirsty Aussies

Well, summer is off with a bang here. Had a great Thanksgiving dinner. Mind you, I think I need to try and celebrate this holiday in a cooler time of year. Having the oven on for 5 hours when it is 90 degrees + is a bit much. No shopping on black Friday for us, off to beach to swim with dolphins. AAAhhhh... Truly one of those "life is good" moments. Let's see, what next Ah yes that's right I got to meet Wendall(-by meet I mean he came to the school and I had a kodak moment). For those who don't know, he is a member of our local footy team- Rugby League- sort of same scale as NFL in states. They are the St George Illawarra Dragons. Next came the task of the "Christmas Tree!!" Each year we go out to the local Christmas Tree Farm to cut down a fresh one. Step 1. Finding the perfect tree. This is quite a lengthy process as the, "Hang on how about that one over there," factor is extreme. After wandering for some time we were finally able to decide...

Mojo:"It's So Hot!!!!" Ok so I haven't posted in a while...busy? not really just the day to day going on. Have been in the drink (by which I mean in the bay-swimming) 12 out of the last 14 days, summer is here-Woo Hoo! Having said that, today was so miserably stinking hot, with that horrible hot westerly wind to go with it... Can only be thankful that we had the creek to go down to later in the day. Started at beach this morning. Sorry but the most exciting thing today is that we cleaned the car.... Oh well mundane is wonderful in that we are happily floating through some great days in our lives.... "living the dream". Here are some pics. Beach in the morning (with some friends of girls) Get in Here.... Drift to here.... It's all good!!!!

NOOOOO!!!!! Sunday afternoon at the end of holidays. NOOOOO!!!!! Back to the grindstone tomorrow. NOOOOO!!!!! Well we had a great little getaway from the day to day of our life. Sorry if the map is hard to read it is just an indicator of sorts. We do a highlighted map every time we stray from our home on a grand tour. Started on the 11th and camped two nights at Abercrombie Caves. The caves were really interesting and apparently an old bushranger gang "The Ribbon Gang" used to hide out there from the law, way back when. Although we were cold and moderately damp, it was still a great campsite with wombats nosing about after hours. Can't really get a good shot of a wombat as they are very shy. Here are some shots of this great place: On The Way: The Camp: The Bridge of Doom(or more affectionately known as the "I have nothing to prove by going on a swayin bridge with rotton wood and lots of rust" bridge)Kids liked it though: On the walk to caves: The stairs down ...

One More week of work/school before the winter holidays start, Woo Hoo! Took some photos of our Sunday running spot today (had to walk today as Tory is nursing chesty mucus and we would like for it to be gone well before the holidays),as we were able to take camera along. This is again , in the national park, in the Botanical Gardens. We have a current new favourite track- The Heath Trail- but we do end up in the Koori Gardens, and the Casuarina Lawn. Here are some photos. The Heath Trail: The Worlds Largest Mingo Trees: Aboriginal Australians have over 7 uses for these including, but not restricted to their use in photos. More of the trail, and a great scribbly gum. There was also lots of Wattle and Bottle Brush out. Round and Round the scribbly gum the monkey chased the weasels... well actually the monkey chased but the weasels just gave a blank teenage stare combined with the rolling of the eyes (tree humour is just wasted on some ). How cool is this tree? A couple of spots along th...