4th place

It was Cross Country at school today, and both Jackson and Josie came 4th in their respective races!

Camping at Short Point

We spent last weekend camping at Short Point Caravan Park.  We had a great weekend, lots of pool time, waterpark action, and some tennis.   Great time away, and not too far from home!!

Love these two ...

Zone Swimming Carnival

Based on his school swimming carnival results Jackson was selected for the school swimming team to compete in the Far South Coast Swimming Carnival in Candelo, he competed in the 50m freestyle and relay.

He had a great day, swam his little heart out in the 50m free individual and then in the relay they came in 3rd place.

 Jackson's in lane 2

 The changeover in the relay

Camping at Dalmeny

Just spent a night at Dalmeny, we have been to this campground a couple of years ago and have been wanting to come back for a while now - such a great spot.  Weather wasn't great this weekend, some wind, rain and a fabulous lightning storm over the ocean, but we all still managed to have a great time.

Friday arvo beach time at the local

After school swim

It got up to over 40 degrees today for the first day back to school, so after Jack and Josie got off the bus we went to Grandad's neighbours pool for a lovely dip to cool off.

New school year

Jackson Year 4 and Josephine Year 2 - yikes, time is going too fast.

Australia Day - Annual Big Float

We took part in the annual Big Float in Merimbula today, where hundreds of people take to the waters on inflatable things (we saw unicorns, flamingos etc) and float on the tide from the bridge down to Spencer Park or Bar Beach.  We took all the SUP's and ended up at Bar Beach for a sausage BBQ.

Camping at Geehi

We just spent a fantastic couple of nights camping with the Pursells at Geehi in the Kosciuszko National Park, floating down the river on inflatable thongs/rings, hanging off the rope swing, some 4WD'ing (including about 6 river crossings), and a 17.5km ride on the Thredbo Valley Trail - great time, must go back again!

New 24" for Josie

Surfing

These school holidays have been about the beach and surfing, with Jackson turning into a great little surfer and Josie getting really confident in the water.  Love these two!

Hanging out with the Rices

We just spent a couple of nights in Murrambateman with the Rices, and as usual, we all thoroughly enjoyed the catch up.

In addition to hanging out at the Rice Ranch, we also all went to the Arboretum, and we managed to trip to Questacon on the way home.

School holiday activities

Making lamingtons with Jack and Josie whilst hanging at home on a warm day.

Trip to the Mountains

We just had a great time up in the mountains with the Pursell's.  A cruise around the mountain bike tracks at Cooma, a swim in the thermal pools at Yarrangobilly, a night in Jindabyne, then a cycle/hike to the top of Australia from Charlottes Pass, before a dip in the Snowy River at Dalgety on the way home.  Amazing what you can fit into 36 hours!

Top of Mount Kosciuszko