WE ARE BACK BABY!

That's right. This post is from our home, on our computer, with our internet, with our software. Ah, it feels so good!! Very nice to be back in touch with everyone!! We're pretty behind with our posts so I'm just going to show a couple of pics from last weekend. And then try to catch up to this weekend!

First I have to show a picture of poor Breagha. She fell almost 2 weeks ago. Totally my fault...major Mother guilt. She is almost all healed up but she was looking pretty rough there for a few days.

Yeah, black eyes too. Really bad.

On to happier times!!!!....

Last Friday was Anzac Day...which I mentioned on an earlier post. So, after the parade we had lunch and then met up with a couple of Darryl's coworkers (Mike and Mireille are from Quebec) at the Botanical Gardens. The kids played on the playground for a while and then we did some walking around before heading over to South Bank.

Part of the Gardens are along the water. Which just makes it seem that much nicer!!

The trees are beautiful here. The Gardens are free too which is always a bonus!

An Ibis - They're always around and the kids seem to really enjoy chasing them!

Me, B, Mireille, and their son, Jason. He's just a bit younger than Breagha. And they have another addition arriving in June.

Cool trees, right? I have to find out what type of tree they are.

This big guy was swimming in one of the ponds at the Gardens. Mike decided to pick him out of the water so we could get a closer look. But, he wasn't too happy about it. He was back in the water pretty quickly! I love watching the turtles swim. Definitely my favorite water creature.

And a water dragon. He was big. Shamus enjoys all the lizards/reptiles.

Then we had breakfast at Rej and Clo's last Saturday morning. Which was wonderful. Afterwards they took us to a little Wildlife Centre by their house. It was great for the kids and there were also a couple of hiking trails so we got to enjoy that too!

I'm sure Shamus' favorite part of the day was sitting on this bike though!! He sure enjoys hanging with Rej too. I think it's because they both love the wildlife here. I definitely need to take an "Aussie Wildlife 101" course as Shamus knows more critters than I do!!

Just hangin' out.

Ah, this guy was cool. A Tawny FrogMouth. Yeah, looks like an owl but not even in the owl family. He blended right in with the tree banch that you could barely tell that he was there.

And the wallaby. They're damn fast!

Wild turkeys. They just seemed way too big to be sitting on a little tree branch!

We also saw a duck billed platapus but couldn't get a clear picture. That was neat to see. Weird looking little thing.

Breagha's eyes were starting to heal at this point. :)

Thanks for a great day Clo and Rej!!!


This week was pretty busy...Darryl got his 457 Visa. Which is the Visa we need to get to stay in the country and the visa we need for me to also be able to work! So, that was good news. Our last couple of boxes arrive...also good. The internet was hooked up...good. And we got a new hard drive for the laptop...good. And Darryl got the skype phone working...good too! Oh, and the house is officially sold! Papers were signed this week too! Busy week. Lots happening. We're finally getting really settled in. But, now I have contact with home so that just makes me homesick! It was really nice to get to talk to my family this week. Miss you guys!!! And I can check out all the new blogs too!

K, way longer than I wanted the post to be. I'm signing off!!!!