Hi we are on the road again after a few weeks resting up at the Gary's parents' dairy farm Katunga Victoria.
Just a quick flash back ..... after Cooper Bedy we zoomed to Flinders Ranges and stayed at the fabulous Wilpena Pound - we hiked and enjoyed the birdlife and close encounters with the fauna!! And this is where I lost my hardworking camera ...boo-hoo-hoo ...had taken lovely photos of rock carvings at Sacred Canyon and rock paintings at Akaroo Rock. Luckily Kara took a few g8 shots .... but am having trouble uploading her photos!!
Stayed 2 nites in Adelaide .... caught up very briefly with a good friend and met his lovely baby boy Carter!! Visited Hanhdorf - great touristy town - we ate the biggest German hotdog known to mankind!! YUMMY!!
16th April zoomed to Port Fairy from Adelaide a mere 640kms!! Then another day of difficult driving along the Great Ocean Drive ... the girls were very excited to see 1/2 of London Bridge and a couple of the 12 Apostles ...... finally we arrived at Torquay and stayed with our great friends Ian & Debbie who put up with us for 10 odd days - with us zooming off to Bendigo for Easter and Melbourne for footy.
Our fabulous friends the Johnstons, flew all the way from the West to catch with us for Kara's 11th birthday which we celebrated in Torquay. We then went to Bendigo to celebrate Easter with them ....we all had an amazing time catching up and having lots of quality time togather!(eating,eating and drinking coffees!!)
After Easter we zoomed to Katunga - Gary's hometown and old stomping ground!! The Johnstons' came for a day trip to Katunga to experience the workings of a dairy ... I do believe they had a great time having close encounters of the smelly kind!!
30th April-2nd May - I took the girls to Daylesford to spend time with Jane & Nataraj ...as per the last visit - we had a fabulous time eating lovely home cooked meals and playing Banagram by the fire. The girls enjoyed feeding the chooks and alpacas! We were spoilt by Jane who treated us to the Hepburn Spa & Bath House .... it was beautiful and very relaxing swimming in the heated mineralised pool!!
We finally left the farm on 17th May and headed to Wangaratta where the Tanami was housed at a good friend's place, while we zoomed to Bright for 3 great days staying with Herm & Shelly and their 2 lovely girls! Bright is beautiful with the Japanese Maples showing off their autumn winter colours!
Then back to Wangaratta to stay with Kevin & Mary-Ellen and their lovely children for 4 nites ... had lunch at Milawa and bought yummy cheeses frm the cheese factory and fabulous bread from the bakery!! We checked out Ned Kelly's last stand at Glen Rowan and saw an 'animated/robotic' play ............... very interesting!!
25th-27th May Canberra ............BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR BRRRRRRRRR
We had a busy busy 3 day stay - visited the Australian Institute of Sport, Questocon, Parliament House, War Memorial, National Portrait Gallery & National Gallery .... very very good but we couldn't wait to get away as it was much too cold for us ... -2 to 11C !!
28th off to Batemans Bay for 2 nites .... a pretty seaside town ..stayed at BIG4 at Batehaven ...fantastic caravan park ...has one of the BEST showers & toilet block!! Left for Huskissons ....2 nites here was more than enough as the weather was appalling - heavy heavy rain and squally wind!
At Nowra - I finally bought a replacement camera after much research & fussing around! I now am a proud owner of a Nikon Coolpix .... which I hope will have a long and 'photofull' life with the Lawlors ....
I June - Happy 1st day of Winter!! We are in Swansea a little coastal town 25kms south of Newcastle NSW .... we will be here for at least 3 nites ..catching up with Gary's youngest brother Darren .......... and I would like to take the girls to Sydney for a day trip - weather permitting!
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