Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Monday, 7 July 2014
More photos
I can't help thinking that God did a great job when he created far north Queensland. Yesterday we ventured north onto one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world. If this is earth with all its faults and imperfections think what heaven's going to be like! I only took 197 photos! Don't worry I will only post a few here.
These photos show a few shots of the coast road driving North out of Cairns. We ended up in Port Douglas about 1 hour north and then stopped off at one of the beaches on the way home.
These photos show a few shots of the coast road driving North out of Cairns. We ended up in Port Douglas about 1 hour north and then stopped off at one of the beaches on the way home.
Saturday, 5 July 2014
Out and About
Spent the day today out and about near Cairns. We visited a butterfly place, went to the Barron Falls and then to 'Rainforestation'. Here are a few photos.
Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Winter holiday
Well, the winter holidays have started, not quite the winter holidays we are used to! The first Sunday afternoon we went to the beach and had fish and chips. You can see how cold it is! This is only a two week holiday as the big 'summer' holiday is in December/January.
If you swam from here, you would eventually reach South America!
If you swam from here, you would eventually reach South America!
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
This weeks headlines
This weeks headlines:
The Wisdom of Teeth
Having been told by dentists in 3 different continents to have my wisdom teeth out, I finally got round to doing it on Friday. The ice pack quickly became my new best friend, along with soup, jelly and ice cream. All I can say is that I am glad I chose to have it done in Australia and not in Tanzania!
In other news we had a great rainbow this week. I took loads of photos, but have not managed to capture the colours, still you get the idea.
Cane & Trains
The sugar cane is being harvested and with it, to the delight of all the boys in the house, the running of the cane train, including the one behind our house. Bethany is not as impressed. The train runs a few times each day and whenever it passes we all have to run to the end of the garden (it's not that far!), climb the fence and see if the driver will wave. It's a bit like being in the 'Railway Children', albeit on a much smaller scale. I have to run too because although I am not that bothered about the train (hard to imagine, I'm sure) Ruben is thrilled by this new development, but needs help climbing the fence. In his words, "Man, train, wave, all gone". of course he says it much more dramatically that I can on paper.
Roo Turns Two
Finally and much more importantly, Ruben turned 2. He is increasingly hard to keep up with and I spend much of the day chasing him round the garden and other people's gardens to get him in the car and watching out for any diggers, lawn mowers and trucks in Cairns. Fortunately there are a lot of them, so we are rarely disappointed. He also loves watching youtube clips of any of the above. Who would have thought that a 10 minute clip of a man mowing his lawn, in real time, with no music or commentary could be so fascinating for a 2 year-old. What is pure joy for Ruben, I have threatened the others with as a punishment.
Of course he had to have a lawn mower cake!
The Wisdom of Teeth
Having been told by dentists in 3 different continents to have my wisdom teeth out, I finally got round to doing it on Friday. The ice pack quickly became my new best friend, along with soup, jelly and ice cream. All I can say is that I am glad I chose to have it done in Australia and not in Tanzania!
In other news we had a great rainbow this week. I took loads of photos, but have not managed to capture the colours, still you get the idea.
Cane & Trains
The sugar cane is being harvested and with it, to the delight of all the boys in the house, the running of the cane train, including the one behind our house. Bethany is not as impressed. The train runs a few times each day and whenever it passes we all have to run to the end of the garden (it's not that far!), climb the fence and see if the driver will wave. It's a bit like being in the 'Railway Children', albeit on a much smaller scale. I have to run too because although I am not that bothered about the train (hard to imagine, I'm sure) Ruben is thrilled by this new development, but needs help climbing the fence. In his words, "Man, train, wave, all gone". of course he says it much more dramatically that I can on paper.
Roo Turns Two
Finally and much more importantly, Ruben turned 2. He is increasingly hard to keep up with and I spend much of the day chasing him round the garden and other people's gardens to get him in the car and watching out for any diggers, lawn mowers and trucks in Cairns. Fortunately there are a lot of them, so we are rarely disappointed. He also loves watching youtube clips of any of the above. Who would have thought that a 10 minute clip of a man mowing his lawn, in real time, with no music or commentary could be so fascinating for a 2 year-old. What is pure joy for Ruben, I have threatened the others with as a punishment.
Of course he had to have a lawn mower cake!
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Cane season
It's time to harvest the cane in Cairns. It's so pretty I thought I'd take a few photos on the way to school before they cut it all down.
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