Hike to Genoa Peak

We took a hike up to Genoa Peak, which is just inland from Mallacoota in Victoria today with our good friends Geoff, Jo, Wyatt and Bronte.  Lovely day for it and amazing views.

Slack Lining

Richard bought a slack line and yesterday we put it up in the backyard.  Kids love it, its definitely harder than it looks!

Winter weather

We've been having some stunning winter weather.  These photos were taken last weekend of Merimbula Lake.

Haircut

For a long time now Josie has been refusing to get any significant amount cut off the length of her hair, if she does agree to a haircut we have to cut the minimal amount off.  The other night, she agreed to have her hair cut to shoulder length.  We all think it looks amazing and Josie said, when looking in the mirror, "I always wanted to have my hair this length" ;)

She is holding a bit of hair to show how much we cut off

A week in Perth

We just got home from a very busy week in Perth.

We filled our time catching up with family and friends, went to heaps of parks, did drive-bys of all our old houses/hang-outs, the movies, Sizzler, lunch at a Swan Valley Winery, wandered around Fremantle and Perth City, saw '52 Storey Treehouse' at the State Theatre, went to the collectors markets, did some big city shopping, Rich and Jack went to an AFL game, pizza at Little Caesars in Hillarys, coffees/hot chocolates at cafes in Cottesloe, and we also had Glendon's 70th on the Saturday night. Phew!

We have all had sooo many late nights, including last night where we got in at 1am after driving directly home from Canberra Airport.

Good to be home :)

 Waiting at Canberra Airport

Lunch at a Swan Valley Winery with the cousins

Hanging out in Fremantle 

 Table Tennis in Fremantle

 Jackson playing Mario Kart on the big screen in the city outside the State Library

We went to see '52 Storey Treehouse' at the State Theatre

The cactus sculpture in the City

The new Elizabeth Quay in the city

 Catching up with friends and their kids, this picture is Josie and Piper

Indoor climbing wall at Frank's house

 Jackson loved the collectors markets in Vic Park - full of Pokemon, Star Wars and Mario stuff

 Junkadelic rocking out at Glendon's 70th at Cottesloe Surf Club

Friends

 Eagles v North Melbourne at Domain Stadium - Jackson was an Eagles fan for the day

Half time at the Footy - meat pie in the rain

Coffee and Hot Chocolates at Eric Street Cafe in Cottesloe

 Uncle Ash

Granglen and Granjen

Long weekend in Murrumbateman

We had a great time hanging out at the Rice Ranch this long weekend.  We started the weekend with a trip to the huge new Ikea in Canberra, then on Sunday we went to Cockington Green with the cousins followed by the Dinosaur Museum, then on Monday we hung out with the cousins in Murrumbateman.

Lovely weekend away and great to see the cousins enjoy each others company.  It was cold up there though, they had their first frost of winter and temperatures dropped down to -4oc. Brrrrr.

Rain, rain and more rain

And it kept raining, we got nearly 300mm in 3 days! This coupled with a king tide and 6m swell did heaps of damage to the beaches as well.  

 Our new pool!

 Berrambool Sports Ground.  Jackson plays soccer to the left of this road!

Short Point.  The ocean and back lake became one, and the waves were crashing over the sand dunes.

Stormy

We currently have a big storm hitting the coast from Queensland right down to Melbourne.  We had over 100mm of rain yesterday and same again predicted for today and tomorrow.  After a day spent inside on Saturday we decided to brave the weather and go and check out the 6m swell this morning. It didn't disappoint!

New bike!

Jackson has a new bike, a Trek Superfly 24 inch.  He competed in his first race on it at Tathra today, coming in 4th in his age group.

Brisbane

I just spent a few days in Brisbane for a conference, didn't really get to see much of the city but did head out one night for a walk around.

This is a free pool right on the Southbank - amazing!

Principals Award

Our little Josie got her first Principals Award at assembly this week.  So proud.

Soccer

Soccer season has started again, once again Richard is the coach.  This year we are Under 9's Merimbula Grasshoppers White.  We have already had a few games, getting 3 wins and a draw.  These pictures were taken at the game on the weekend.

 It's a goal...!!

Gooooooo Grasshoppers!!!