Lego and Amelia ballet

Sunday 9 February

 

Shane and family are coming

for a BBQ and to get the

Lego stored under the house.

 

 

2 minutes and the house was a disaster area.

The children had a good time playing while

we were having a drink outside and Claude and Shane

got the wood BBQ starting.

 

After lunch Amelia was BURSTING

to show us all the ballet steps

she learnt this week at her first

ballet lesson

she is teaching me

 



 

 

 

What a clever girl

 

 

Then it was time to get to the Lego

Shane and Jo had a good time looking through

all of the stuff, even opening Christopher bins

and stealing his fireworks and playboys magazines.

I don't think Christopher is going to be happy with that.

 

Meanwhile Joshua is being potty train, cold turkey.

We had a wet pans so I changed him into some

old clothes that I have been sorting out.

 

 

eating a lollipop

 

trousers a bit short but I love the shirt

 

 



a visitor

for a couple of week we had this bird coming

to be fed bananas.

And then he disappear.

 



Art Gallery concert

Sunday 2 February

 

It is a very beautiful day, hot.

 

This morning I pack up a picnic and we drove

to Fairlight where we parked the car.

We walk to the ferry. While waiting in the shade

I took off my hat and put it on the bench.

When the ferry arrived I took my bag but

forgot the hat. It was a very hot day.

So I was not very happy as it was silly to buy

a new hat when I have soooooo many at home.

 

Arriving in Sydney after our cruise on the ferry

we walk to Government house and had our

picnic in the garden overlooking the harbour.

 

 

Concert in the art gallery

 

Sally Whitwell

She played the piano beautifully and was

very witty.

 

Sally is a conductor, composer, and educator

 

with presenter Julian Day

 

Simon Tedeschi played Gershwin

 

Julian Day and Simon wrapping it up

 

We were very late coming home.

Manly was still full of tourists.

Lots of people on the beaches

and some having BBQ and picnic.

I did not feel like going home

and having the day stopping. 



Trips to the beaches

Tuesday 28 January

 

After my morning walk I came home

and Claude was rearing to go...

I made sandwiches and we drove to

Balgowlah and walk to Reef Beach.

It used to be a nudist beach but the

local complain that it should be a family beach

 

 

I started taking photos between

my feet for Christopher as he

always send me some.

Thursday 30 January

Amelia first day of school.

I kept on thinking of her.

It is driving me crazy not knowing how she is.

So we decided to drive to Harbord and do

 the coastal walk to Curl Curl beach

 

Amelia was fine.

She even took the bus with Michaela

poor Jo had to travel by car with

only Joshua to meet her at the school.



Australia Day

Sunday 26 January

 

Australia Day

Dee Why Beach

 

 

there was an exhibition of old cars

on the way to the beach

 

thong trowing competition

the nippers competition

 



 

and my beautiful grand children finely arrived

 

 

 

Bolliwood dancing

 

 

Amelia having a go at trowing the ball through a hole.....

she had few goes and did not make it.

But they gave her and Joshua a lollipop and

a miniature football

 

Shane, Jo and the kids left to go to town to meet friends



On course tour day seven

Friday 24 January

 

Day seven

 

last day

 free day until we all meet at a pick up point

to make our journey back to the airport.

 

And it is raining

 

John dropped us near South Banks.

We wanted to go on a river cruise to

Williams town but it started raining more

heavily. We would have see nothing

through the plastic cover of the boat.

So we explore

 

a seat

 



Year of the horse

 

We were so wet we went to dry in the Casino and a

very nice hotel, the Rosita

 

some tram

It stop raining so we went to the Eureka building.

It has a nice viewing deck. But where we went to

buy the tickets a panel was saying

"Intermittent viewing"

so we did not go.

We went to visit the art gallery

 

 

 

Good bye Melbourne

We had a really nice time

on our first organised tour

 



 

I was afraid Claude would not like it but he

thought it was Ok. On some of the excursions

he would have preferred going to explore more

and not do all the viewing from the coach.