Rhys

Rhys becomes a big Kinder boy tomorrow. It's his last year before he starts school. I will post some back to school photos of the girls on Tuesday.

Gold is everywhere and nowhere

That title is my latest intelligent comment for all those gold prospectors out there. It is everywhere because people often find it in places that really they shouldn't according to the so called "experts". It is nowhere because it is really really hard to find. Here are some pics of Wayne digging a huge hole only to find a bit of metal in the bottom of the hole.

St Kilda's Beach

Kids and I went to the beach and stayed one night. We enjoyed the beach itself, a walk out on to the pier where the Pier Kiosk was situated at the end. The Pier Kiosk was built in the early 1900s. The second day we were there, we went to Luna Park and went on some of the tamer rides. Natasha and I went on the Ferris wheel and enjoyed the very windy view from the top. The Police "Showtime Band" was rocking out for all the locals. We really liked ST Kilda and will head there again probably for two nights next time.

Max is smiling at you!

Friday's Fotos

Bit of a mixed bag yesterday. There are pics of the cat asleep on my bed, Natasha and Emily, Storm clouds gathering over Bendigo taken from the top of the poppethead on One Tree Hill.

Happy New Year!

Looks as though we are under attack from aliens in some of these photos.










Luckily Bendigo put on two fireworks shows last night. The first was at 9.45pm which is the ones that I took pictures of. A cool change came through just after it and the kids and I headed back to the car. Luckily 'cos the rain came down and a big thunderstorm came. We headed home for the night and I have no idea if the midnight fireworks even happened. Here are the photos, they look kinda artistic rather than a true portrayal of the event. Maybe the photographers out there may have some advice for next year! I think they are quite cool though.

Third Anniversary

Well it is three years today that we moved ourselves to Victoria. Here is a photo of Wayne's gold finds to date. We also made one of the most valuable avatars in history for Wayne's use on the gold forums.

Swimming

I took the kids swimming at the local outdoor pool this morning and they had a great time. Beautiful summer weather today.

Pink Petals

I have been doing some exercises with my camera experimenting with depth of field. These were my favourites out of the 58 photos that I took.

Sunset finish to Sunday

Thought this was a pretty sunset to finish off the day.

Mount Tarrangower

Today, the kids and I really needed a change of scenery so we headed to Maldon and up Mount Tarrangower. Here are some photos of the poppet head that we climbed and the view from the top. You can see how dry the ground is as we come into the fire season.

Christmas 2009

The cat was pretty unfazed by it all

Christmas has been a bit of a mixed bag this year. Emily suffered all night with a tummy bug so I was up emptying the bowl several times during the night. So we were all feeling a bit tired and a bit seedy by the morning. Kids were up at 6.00am and ready to open their presents. I managed to hold them off until 7.30am when Wayne got up. They loved all their presents and were kept entertained until we went out to lunch at 12.00pm. Lunch also had it's ups and downs. The food was delicious and the queuing for everything not so exciting. Poor Em hardly ate a thing and was not the best person to sit next to while dissecting King Prawns. She's such a sweetie though and didn't complain. Here are some photos of our Christmas Day.

Ferret fotos

I went next door and took some photos of the neighbours ferrets. Very cute!