Tassie....

Last week, Mum, Dad and myself flew to Tasmania to do a whistle-stop tour of the island. After only an hours flight, we landed at Launceston, where we picked up our hire car. Our first stop was a place called Cataract Gorge, which is only a 15 minute walk out of the town and where the North and South Esk rivers meet with the main Tamar River. We got the chairlift over the first basin and when we got off it, were met by some friendly wallabies! Spent a couple of hours there afterwhich, we went to find our B and B, which was great and did a mean breakfast.

Over the next couple of days we headed westwards along very winding roads towards Cradle Mountain and Lake St. Clair, but unfortunately, because the weather was so bad, we didn't get to see much. Still raining, we arrived at Hobart where we stayed in another lovely B and B and had a good fish "n" chip meal at Meurs. We did pass through some pretty villages called Strahan and Richmond, but to be honest, there's not much to Tasmania and I don't think I'd go again, especially with the Boys - they would be bored silly! It's great if you like walking holidays in the rain, but funnily enough... I don't!

On Saturday, Sam had his first friendly and won 2 - 1 which pleased him. Last weekend, Will played in his AFL game. Unfortunately, they didn't quite have the same result! However Will did get credited with an 'assist' which is great for a first game (he plays the position of pocket forward)

Yesterday (Sunday ) we went to the Australian Grand Prix which was a great experience. Gates opened at 10.30a.m and we pitched our spot on a hill right by the first bend - along with 50,000 other people! There was loads going on all through the day until the actual race began at 5 p.m and it was good to see Lewis Hamilton on the podium at the end in second place. At the end of the race everyone rushes onto the track and heads down to the podium - Jack and his mate Dan ran off....and turned up home a couple of hours later!

Today, I took Mum and Dad down the Mornington Peninsula where we stopped off at Arthurs Seat for a good view and a lovely walk. Then, off to Sorrento for a delicious lunch, before returning home at 5p.m. Tomorrow is going to be another gorgeous day and we are off to Lysterfield National Park to see the kangeroos :)

First two weeks...

OMG! Can't believe it's two weeks since I updated the blog! I was sure I did it last week but think I must've just put new pictures on Flickr and Facebook. We have done soooo much in the last two weeks that I don't know where to start!

In the first few days we went into the City and up the Eureka Tower, did the walking tour "Melbourne by Foot" and visited Redhill Craft market. Took Mum and Dad to Healesville Wildlife Sanctuary where we saw lots of lazy koalas, platypus, roos and lots more.

For our birthdays, Mum and I went to see Mary Poppins at the theatre (which was supercalafragerlistically fantastic) whilst Dad had a look round the MCG Sports museum. After that, we went on the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant on which we had a 3 course meal whilst travelling around Melbourne!

Thursday we went to Anglesea to meet up with Mum and Dad's friends and then after school on Friday, we drove to Wilsons Prom which is a National Parks area located 2.5 hrs away from Mordialloc ( a cross between the New Forest and Yosemite!!!) We had booked two cottages as we went with Natalie, Jason and the girls and spent a lovely Bank Holiday weekend relaxing and chilling out. The weather was fantastic and we spent all day Saturday at "Squeaky Beach" surfing on the waves and swimming in the sea. The scenery is pretty spectacular and we saw several wombats and kangeroos and a group of 24 emus!

Tomorrow, I am taking Mum and Dad to the Dandenong Ranges and Friday we are hitting the city once more.Then next week, the three of us are off toTasmania!

Loads of new piccies on Flickr...

Mum and Dad arrive!!!

Well, March 2nd arrived and so have my parents. I was very impressed that all the Boys wanted to come to the airport to meet them, even though it meant getting up at 5.30 a.m! Maybe it was more the fact that they would be late into school that appealed?! They had a good journey flying Business Class with Qantas and we were all a bit teary-eyed when they walked through the gates.

After dropping the Boys off at their schools en route, we arrived back at ours at 9.30 a.m. They unpacked, showered and then we walked along the beach to have lunch at the beachside cafe. They don't seem to be too jet lagged though fall asleep very early in the evening (so what's new?!!!)

Yesterday, (Friday) we headed into the city and went up the Eureka Tower and did the "Melbourne by Foot" walking tour, after-which they were exhausted!

Sam made it into the "A" team of Brighton F.C so is now training twice a week. Will has joined an Aussie Rules team and he, too is training twice a week. So things are getting back to normal on the "running the kids around" front!

This week, Chris bought me a beautiful new road bike for my birthday. We have just come back from a ride to St. Kilda and for the first time EVER, I was faster than him!!! This bike is amazing - just makes cycling sooo easy!