Home, Garden and Sydney
A duck in garden!
I gave the garden a complete soaking--and a duck appeared!
Bob Head
Family
Jessica in netball finals vs Jannali
A cold but sunny midday saw us all at the Bellingarra courts for all the final matches of the local Association. Jessica (marked WA in Magpie black and white) played well but had to sit out the last two quarters for another player to have a turn. The two teams
Bushwalking
Evans Lookout to Govetts Leap bushwalk
Cousin John lives in Blackheath in the Blue Mountains and his brother Keith is visiting Oz. We last met in London at Jacqui's place about 5 weeks ago. I travelled up by train and we set off about 9.15am from Evans Lookout, in great walking weather. We
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Birthday Lunch
Today being my 39th birthday(!?) Mary, Alison, Caryl and I had a very nice lunch at the Nun's Pool in Cronulla.
Scouting
Scout Medallion awards
Last evening, two of our scouts, Kara and Kai (now Venture Scouts) were presented with their Medallion Awards by the Regional Commissioner for Scouts, peter Jamieson. This is a very rarely achieved award, resulting from achievements across many areas, not followed in school curricula or in sports. As leaders, we
Jess and Toby
Grandparents' Day at Yowie Bay
Yesterday Mary and I attended this School Day and I took pics of some of the paintings and Mary took some of the dance items.
Holidays 2012
Finally home--and thanks to all of YOU!
Just an hour ago we arrived back home--collected from the airport by Brice--after two flying stages--13 hours and then just 6 hours--with a one and half hour stop at Singapore --very fast--a Qantas airbus 380. It was very dark and VERY cold when we got
Cliff
Last day and at last-- the Olympics!
The LAST surprise before we began the final countdown to Heathrow was to meet the Australian Ladies Olympic Hockey team on Shoreditch station.........they obviously were waiting for me and it was their surprise for me--how nice of them...... At Heathrow--long-time friend Cliff came to see us
Holidays 2012
A swim, a journey past a bus doing press-ups-and the theatre
Michael provided the towels and we set off for London Fields public pool --one of the only 9 Olympic sized pools in Britain. It was rather crowded but Mary was pleased to be overtaking younger people in the slow lane. There are some Hackney street and market scenes --to provide
Holidays 2012
Leaving York for London
IN two hours a packed Grand Central train took us, non-stop, from York to Kings Cross. All main line train seats now have a full power point available and WiFi. When you have to wait on a crowded platform--do you wonder where everyone is going? We joined the
Holidays 2012
York Medieval Mystery Plays
The main reason we were in York was to see these Plays with Dorothy-the wife of Nan's cousin John Pullee, now deceased. The plays are only performed every few years, in the grounds of the ruins of St Mary's Abbey. The performance was stunning--a
Holidays 2012
Added pics today--The incredible city of York
York is an incredible place--even before you see the Viking Centre, Museum or Dungeons. It is the once-and-for-all antidote to modern straight -line city planning and is an exotic synthesis of many very ancient buildings with ultra-modern boutique and speciality shops and eateries and market