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August 2010 – a trip to the snow.

ej — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:42:08 +0000

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 picnic. The Koalas were actually moving on the day we visited!

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A cool winter sunday, June 27th, 2010

ej — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:16:06 +0000

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 days that we head into Melbourne, but have not really explored it. It is a small park with some beautiful basalt rock formations, including the organ pipes. It was pretty late in the day when we got there and the light was not good so there is only one photo below. We were impressed an plan to pop in again, perhaps with a picnic.

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The weekend that Rusty the Bear visited (June, 2010)

ej — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:37:50 +0000

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 Kinder, Rusty the Bear, one of our favourite zoos. Philippa was very excited that it was her turn for Rusty to visit, and Rusty came with her own suitcase, which included changes of clothes and a toothbrush. What an organised bear!

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Autumn 2010

ej — Sat, 15 May 2010 07:39:11 +0000

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.

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April 18th, 2010

ej — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:30:46 +0000

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 time walk to the top of the hill.

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Easter trip to the zoo 2010

ej — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:26:45 +0000

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 by a friend a few weeks ago.

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Easter weekend

ej — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:30:41 +0000

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 tasks. We finished another vege box, which is now full of soil. Oh, and the Easter bunny also visited

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