Yabby Catching at Somersby Falls

I had this memory of visiting my brother in Coonamble years ago (just in the middle of no-where..) and he caught yabbies. They were de-lish! Steve took this awesome pic of one up at Somersby falls on the way to Nannies house, so we had a go at catching some.

 (Steve's awesome pics at the end)

We used sheeps kidneys on a string and tried to lure them out.

 First catch!! (ahem... only catch)

 We set up a few strings on sticks by the plunge holes. Really strange rock formations that all of a sudden have deep deep holes in the rocks.

Best part... getting stuck in the mud :)


Pics by Steve the previous week at Somersby Falls:
Yabbies are small and would fit in the palm of your hand, so I'm not sure if there are some mutant yabbies there, or this is just a really cool close up!

June School hols - environment day

The kids loved the local Environment day fete.. fair.. thing. They spend ages drumming with a man on his stall.. which was a bit embarrassing as we had to buy something after :) haha

They both LOVED helping on the wildlife stall. Lucas has an injured baby possom in that woolly pouch and Riley ofcourse, has a blue tongue lizard :)

They made their own milkshakes by bike power and somehow I ended up minding a fermented product stall while she went for lunch. Random but happy.

Lots of things to see..

We always end up at the park and getting stuck into some mess.

They made a really good cubby house at the end of the driveway. We later found spray paint, pen knives and other contraband items inside. Boys being boys eh?

National Maritime Museum

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Small Beginnings

 Lucas looks super cool in his baseball uniform. He's slowly getting over his fear of being looked at when batting! He is enjoying it, though I had to be firm that there's no quitting until the end of the season. ;)

Riley was super happy with his finds today. We have two chickens. One healthy (result on the left) and one very very ill (result on the right). It was a triumph today though as I've been given them a special diet for their condition (my very first nutrition clients!) and this is a massive improvement. The sick one will probably die, so I prepared the boys for that... and no we didn't eat the little one.

So much excitement for one day! We've been enjoying the raspberries everyday (my favourite!!) and he is very particular about sharing them out fairly.

End Nov mash up

Riley and his super neat handwriting (when he wants to) :)

Crazy hair at a party 

 Helping me out with photographs for my Workplace Health and Safety Assessment. This one is obvious, biohazard with infectious conditions!

Passing skills on to the next generation of insect admirers.

JACKPOT!!! We got Mum's bananas this year! Woohoo! Hanging proudly near the front door.

 Trying to avoid a photo with his cool sunnies on. On the way to the school annual performance - it was BRILLIANT!!!

Not trying to avoid a photo :)
The best bit about the show was the finale. They dimmed the lights and replayed the music for the kids to exit. .. but they still heard the music and they kept singing!! So all that was left were the kindies singing over and over with the actions - loving the limelight, finally over nerves and sharing what they'd been learning all year!  They literally had to go on stage and pull them off! haha

Such a sweetie pie. I wake up to, "What's your favourite breakfast Mum?" . xxxxx

Looney Secret Garden

The day before we went to the Aquarium we took the kids to Milsons Point for a wander in the Secret Garden and a ride over to Luna Park (just looking - it was a Sunday!).

The history of the garden is pretty boring... I have... to be honest, only a tiny amount of interest in Aussie artists, movies, tv shows etc... snore. BUT we taught the kids anyway.
If  they looked carefully they found characters in the bushes and lots more! We also found a lovely family of funnel web holes..... eek!

 Butterfly and bell found.