QVB

Friday 19 November

This post is out of sequence.

The photos are from my phone.

Claude and I went to a seminar in the city.

After we went to look at the shops and

end up in the Queen Victoria Building.

The tree was magnificent.

It is 3 storeys high.

North Curl Curl beach

Wednesday 24 November

North Curl Curl beach

She found a ball.

We played for a while with it.

She is very good at catching

and not too bad at throwing.

But one of the guys near the

club came to claim his ball.

After a while he brought it back

for Amelia as "she has so

much pleasure playing with it"

I think...his mates must have

say something to him about

taking the ball from a baby.

looking at the waves.

I carried her to them and she

was clutching me in a death grip.

But I run in the water and she

thought that was fun.

she was covering herself with sand

even trying to put some in her nappy.

So I took it off.

snack time.

she only ate 1/2 the banana.

She has been off her food .

Arcadia

Monday 22 November

Trip to Picton

We were met at the train station by Ellen

our guide.

She took us first to Arcadia. (1860)

It use to be 2 railway workers cottages.

Now made into one cottage

beautifully restored.

Arcadia

entrance

in one bedroom

The lovely wood at the back

use to be cover up, it was

rough wood, very large planks.

oh boy, I would not like to do

the dusting......

a look at next door garden

an old chimney cover in roses.

In the other bedroom

oh, back in the other room

kitchen, you guessed it.

Mary and Marge

My mother used to grow this

type of roses.

In a bedroom

getting ready to explore Picton

and the Edmund Blacket designed church

Picton

Monday 22 November

With a group of friends from

aqua and the walking group

We went to Picton

for an Historical walking tour

the viaduct

the bath

The people had to stop using them

as the flow of the river decreased.

the George IV

built in 1839

St Mary founded in 1850

straggling along, it was a hot day.

the post office

St Mary Mac Killop

opened a convent there too

old houses

iron work at the pup where we had lunch.

going home

(R) Rosina, Sheridan, Tricia

Marge, Mary

The train were very smooth.

We had a very educational day.

Wollongong

Sunday 21 November

We drove to Wollongong and

rode our bike along the sea shore.

They have a beautiful cycle way.

But There was a detour due to work

on the road and I was not paying

attention and got caught with

the wrong gear and not wanting to stop

I push on and....fall over, in the

grass edge...with my bike on top

of me.!!!Oh!!!

I have a HUGE bruise on one knee.

Other rider stopped to see if I was

alright. I was laughing at how stupid

I was not to have stop or change gear.

Well this was not all our adventures.

We stopped here for me to take photos.

And....Claude fell off his bike.

But he got hurt. He had a very bloody

elbow. He does not know what happened.

He said he was stopped!!!!!!

Well this is the photo I wanted.

picnic time.
I had a snooze and got sun burnt.

one of the many beaches around Wollongong