A New Year...A New Commitment to Blogging

So it is 2012 and once again I would like to share my journey through life. I am a few days late for a first day of the year posting, but I do have a great excuse...I have been away on the Gold Coast for a kid free long weekend with a friend. We even pretended we were super cool and went to Summer Field Dayz! I am really going to try harder to post more...because I am sooooo interesting!




I had the most wonderful start to the year. We stayed at the Watermark and stayed up until 2am most mornings talking, up early and then naps in the afternoon. I can only hope that the rest of my year is as full of laughter, fun and good food.



Last night we went to Summer Field Dayz and saw Scissor Sisters. There were of course other performers but SS were the main drawcard for us. We hung out listening to various DJs for most of the night and having a bit of a groove, pretending we were cool. Scissor Sisters were fantasic, I got lots of pics and none of them turned out. I also got a vid that I am having trouble uploading damn it! Maybe tomorrow it will magically work.

Where we live.

I swear we live in one of the most beautiful parts of South East Queensland. The above photo is looking from the Redcliffe Jetty over to the Port of Brisbane.



Looking from Scarborough north to the Glasshouse Mountains at sunset.




A blustery day looking out over Moreton Bay to Moreton Island from Scarbough.

Looking east over Moreton Bay towards Moreton Island from the Redcliffe Jetty at sunrise.

One of the boats moored at the end of the Redcliffe Jetty.

Tasmania

We lived in Tasmania for 2 1/2 years. We didn't get a chance to explore as much as I would have liked and unfortunately I lost many photos from the adventures we did have. However these are a couple of my favourites.

Snowing at our house on the Eastern Shore. It was September if I recall and by mid-morning was a beautiful sunny day.

View of Mt Wellington from Kangaroo Bay at Bellerive.

Kangaroo Bay at Bellerive with the Bellerive Marina and Mt Wellington in the background.

Looking towards the Eastern Shore over the Derwant from the hill in the Botanic Gardens in Hobart. The fog on the river is the Bridgewater Jerry.

Mt Tamborine.

Mt Tamborine was lovely. We did a short walk that was what seemed like 1000 steps down....oh man I struggled! But it was still lovely. I wish I remembered the name of the falls there.

We stopped on the side of the road and just took in the views west. It was truly spectacular.

Springbrook National Park

On the drive up to Springbrook National Park we stopped at a small picnic area just to have a look. We noticed a little path so we walked down and checked it out and came across this magnificant swimming hole. It has a rocky stream leading to it and then there is the swimming hole and then it leads off again to a stream. I can['t wait to take the kids there so we can all go for a swim.

At Springbrook we went for a walk to Natural Bridge. It is about a 2km circuit. It was amazing. Going under the 'bridge' and seeing where the waterfall goes into is dark and so loud. It roars. Being there is exhilarating. I wish I had better photos....I need a better camera.

Lamington National Park

I love Lamington National Park. I don't love the drive there so much with all the twists and bends and being on the side of the mountains. But the views are stunning....breathtaking. And driving through the rainforest is quite exhilatrating.

We did a short walk from the Green Mountains section. It was just inder 2kms I believe and took us past the treetops walk. I am terrified of heights and the thought of walking on the wobbly chain and wood plank bridge was scary but I overcame those fears and just did it. I am glad I did as well....it literally took my breath away being up that high and looking down. In some parts you couldn't even see the ground for the trees.

Walking on the track made me realise that I want to get fit and do these types of things more....by myself and with the kids. It just felt so good. It made me feel alive.

The Green Mountains section is well known because of O'Reilly's and the story of the Stinson. It is one of my favourite Aussie hero stories. I would love to do the walk to the crash site but that requires a high fitness level. But it will happen.

Australia Zoo!

For 6 months I had been putting all the change that I cam across into a money tin with the idea of using the money for a big outing. And on 6 May 2010 the day had come! We had $220 saved and we headed off early to Australia Zoo. The kids were excited and I was excited for them. I was a bit hesitant tho and didn't believe it could be that great.

We arrived just on opening and walked in....at first I was even less impressed however we found our way through the alligator enclosures to the kangaroo area. The kids have seen kangaroos on dozens of occasions but they still love them. The kangaroos are so docile and sweet.





After the kangaroos we made our way through the enclosure with the koalas and spied quite a few. Olivia had a pat and was quite impressed.



We also had the good luck to see the 3 elephants being walked down to where the shows are held. We were so close and I think I was more excited than the kids were. On our way back down to check out the Croc show we ran into a worker there who told us if we hung around for a few minutes we would see the Cheetahs going on their morning walk. So we did! They were absolutely gorgeous!! They were eyeing Noah off though....not sure why as there is not much meat on him! We were told not to run as it is in the cheetah nature to chase!



During the rest of the day we wandered around and checked out the shows...the birds of prey show was fantastic and looked at all the animals. We saw the tiger show which was amazing however because of the glass and the position of the sun it was impossible to get pics. At one stage one of the tigers came right up to where one of the boys was standing behind the glass. I think I was again more excited than the kids.

Next up was the elephant feeding! Again I was more excited than the kids. Zac did not even want to do it but being the bad mumma that I am I forced him to do it the first time but the 2nd time he was ready to go!







After a long day we left at about 4:30pm and I had to admit it was a fantastic day, enjoyed by all 4 of us.