Aussie Day!!! (Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!)

As it's Australia-Day bank hol (Aussie,aussie,aussie!) we decided to take the tent to Bunbury. Although there's an L plate in the background Jase did know what he was doing with the axe!

















After a lovely lunch at vat2 we had a paddle on the beach and a swim back at the campsite pool.

















The highest point in Bunbury is the look out tower. The views are amazing. Even the lighthouse looked like it could fit in the palm of your hand.

















The best view !!!

















The next morning we went in search of Dolphins at the Dolphin Discovery Centre. As we waded into the sea we saw two Dolphins. You're not allowed to touch them but it's just peaceful watching them. These two were called Lumpy and her calf (Dimple-under the water!)

















We were tempted to stay on the beach at Koombana bay Hilton but they were fully booked so we headed on to ack Beach to catch some surf!

















"I see no ships!"






















"But I DO see marshmallows!"
The ladies of the house relaxing!

















Bunbury has some beautiful beaches and while we were there we saw the dolpins again. We only spent the weekend there but would certainly visit again.

















Jcp is a great swimmer but couln't catch the dolphins!

















We headed home along the scenic route and stopped for lunch at Silver Sands. Thankfully we found a bit of shade whilst Jase was the BBQ king once again.































Must try cathing those Dolphins with more effort (to get rid of me 'Man-Boobs!') Jcp :o)

Where ever you are in the world those pesky birds get everywhere, Brixham pigeons or Taunton townies!!

It was a blistering 42 degrees yesterday so we relaxed,made sure we had plenty of cold drinks and stayed in the pool!
What else is a chap to do??

We own a piece of Oz

Well it doesn't look like there's much to keep the sun off your head, but hopefully it won't be too long until there's a house built.

Nothing like throwing down the Gauntlet! What I actually said was "check for Typos".
It's true though; I don't have a clue about blogs so you could be in for a long old wait. I'll try folks lol

A 'creative' sleepover

We were feeling rather Aussie as it's nearly Australia day (26th Jan) so we felt like something typically Australian, so we (Noonie) made a Pavlova!
Yum!!!
Kiwi, Mango and Peaches - with OOOoodles of cream of course!
We also had a sleepover with Tianah and Carly from school.
We walked round to a newish shop around the corner, where the girls had already been on a Saturday morning course in scrapbooking, so Tianah and Carly were in their element when we took them to see what they had. We ended up buying heaps of bits to make cards and bookmarks...


The results were AMAZING!!! Don't you think?
This one's Emily's...

And this one is by Caity...We then felt more Italian than Australian, so Pizza's were on the menu...


Bellissimo !

This may be MY LAST posting, as I'm getting agro from PP about my lack of spelling, grammar and sentence structure, so as from now, PP will be doing all posting, so you may not see anything for a while???
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Jcp

Off road from Lancelin to Cervantes

John fancied a 'short drive north', as he puts it, so some 300kms later, we arrived at Lancelin, which was the start of the beach driving trip to Cervantes!!!
Brill fun, as driving on soft sand is quite a challenge. You have to drop your tyre pressures quite a lot to start with and then KEEP MOVING. As soon as you stop, you're bogged, so John kept high up on the dry stuff, with his 'New Ute' that he's stoked about! just in case Jen Jen felt a bit tired, but she was having none of it and coped admirably!

This first photo is the tourist bus that takes you up in the dunes if you don't a vehicle of your own, so you have to watch out for that (not that you could miss it!) but the dunes are so big that even the bus gets swallowed by the humps n bumps!Once we made it down to the beach, we just kept going!


The views are a bit rough, but I took a shot to show you just how ugly it gets! lol
The small dot to the right is John - that's how much sand is here! If I was a brickie, I'd want to wait around for the cement!It just goes on and on...
Must be 'beer - o'clock'

Fed up with it all now....NOT!!!
Going there again, definitely, but will take PP and girlies next time!
Cheers!
JCP

Mandurah visit

A liitle trip to Mandurah was overdue as we're after more ideas for the house we're building (We did our 'pre-start' today, which is the first official meeting with the builders) and Jessica was brilliant!
We finalised all our decisions, from colour of house bricks to kitchen benchtops to driveway blockpavers and even taps design, so that needed a little 'reminder' from our show home in Mandurah!
But Mandurah is so close to the beach, we had a little visit after we looked around the show home.

Girlies on the beach
There was a stagedoor bar and cafe that served GUINESS, so it would be rude not to wouldn't it?After that 'exhausting day' we had to go home for a splash in the pool!