Photo Friday

Dolphin Cove

Bombala and Myanba Gorge

We took at day trip out to Bombala yesterday, which is about an hour inland from Tura Beach.  Bombala and surrounds are home to the platypus, apparently the largest population in NSW.  Not that we saw any, but we were there at the wrong time of the day.

We went for a lovely walk next to the river, went to the viewing platform in the Platypus Reserve, had some lunch at the bakery, then stopped at Myanba Gorge on the way home.

 Platypus viewing

 Myanba Gorge

House update

The house is currently being painted, both inside and out.  This time in 2 weeks time, we'll be moved in!!  Just a little excited!!

Kid talk

Jackson got into bed with us when he woke up this morning.  After cuddling me for a short period of time he said "Mummy your breath smells like poo, thats ok though cause you're still lovely"!!

Picnic Point

We spent the morning at Picnic Point, which is just north of Tathra.  Had a great time collecting all sorts of things on the beach, which included some volcanic rock (from an undersea volcano that erupted north of New Zealand in 2012), a sea anemone shell and a coconut (which we can only assume was washed onshore from some faraway island!).  Another place with great national park camping which is on our list to come back to with the tent.

Gorgeous morning at Spencer Park beach

House update

The garage door is on and timber flooring is done! Kitchen and bathrooms are being done, and painters are due next week.  So excited!!

Photo Friday

Low tide at Spencer Park beach today

Photo Friday

I am now kid free on both Wednesdays and Fridays, so I want to use this opportunity to take more photos in and around where we live.  I will post my photo of the week each week on a Friday (or the nearest day!).  This photo, taken yesterday, is of one of the fisherman's huts on Fishpen in Merimbula.

House update

The house is about 4 to 5 weeks away from completion!! Very exciting.

 The front

 Looking towards the living area from the kitchen

The back

Rock pooling in Eden today

After school beach time...

GoPro

Jack, Josie and I got Richard a GoPro camera for his birthday, and today he took it out for the first time.  Firstly some photos of Jackson boogie boarding at Pambula Rivermouth, then a video of Rich SUP'ing (I took a still frame from the video - it was way too large to upload).

Happy 40th!

Our Josie

I love this pic Dad took of Josie today....

Nethercote Falls

We had a fantastic time at Nethercote Falls this morning. We climbed up to the falls, swimming through rock pools and climbing up mini waterfalls before reaching Nethercote Falls itself.  Spectacular.  We had a great swim there, Jackson and Rich swum right to the bottom of the falls, then we spent our time throwing stones in, climbing the rocks and watching the crazy people jump from high up into the water. And only 30 minutes from home!

 All of us swimming up to the falls

 Crazy person jumping from up high (see top left of photo)

Beach play

We had an early pizza dinner at home then went down to Tura Beach this evening, such a gorgeous evening down there.

Big day

Jacksons first day of Year 1 and Josie's first day of pre-school! They both had great days.

Brogo Dam

We loaded up the canoe this morning and made our way out to Brogo Dam.  We had a lovely morning paddling around the dam attempting to catch fish (no, still no fish caught!), then we pulled into a little beach for a drink, some snacks and a swim.