Philippa and Dad went on a day trip to the snow at Lake Mountain on Saturday. Philippa was especially keen to try tobogganing, but we spend most time playing in the snow and building a snowman. It was a fun few hours, but also cold so we came home via Healesville Sanctuary and had a [...]
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After a Saturday spent in the clouds or mist we awoke this morning to a beautifully crisp (2°C) but clear morning and so decided to get some fresh air after running some errands in town. We decided to pop in an look at Organ Pipes National Park. Actually we pass the entrance to it most [...]
It certainly feels like winter at present- some days the temperature creeps up to 6 or 7 °C! A busy weekend which included a wonderful dinner with friends to celebrate their daughter’s 6th birthday. Today we went to Werribee Zoo as it was much warmer down the hill. We could also show our visitor from [...]
Autumn is almost finished- already we are having cool mornings (less than 6°C). In honour of the season I have changed the header banner on the blog. Attached are some pictures from the garden and a few taken on a visit to a friends, where young P really enjoyed running in the nearby park.
A quick weekend update. Lesley took some pictures in the garden. It’s really starting to look quite autumnal here. Then there are two pictures are of Philippa after she had been to a 4th birthday party, and was sampling the last of the goodies from her party bag! The final pictures are from a lunch [...]
Easter trip to the zoo 2010
Posted in Philippa on Apr 10th, 2010
On the last day of the Easter weekend we headed out to the zoo. Some pictures below. Most notably the young lady asked to speak to the “zebra” – in contrast to a previous visit (admittedly, more than a year ago) where there was much reluctance. Also included is a “rare” family group photo, taken [...]
We had a full weekend, starting with a trip to Daylesford to visit our neighbour’s new business venture. He makes herbal liqueurs which are delicious as well as having potential health benefits…… We went up to the Wombat Hill botanical gardens afterwards- the first of the pictures. The other pictures show some more mundane gardening [...]