Barwon Heads - a small visit to explore

Barwon heads is about an hours drive from home
This little town reminded me of the seaside towns in New Zealand.

We stopped for brunch, and ice cream and Jennifer purchase some fabric.

 The Harbour beach looked like it had it all, calm patches

 Pools to explore

And sand for kids to play. 

We drove out to watch the surfers enjoying the waves before heading home.

Werribee Zoo - day out in the sun

We purchase yearly tickets in go tot he local zoo's

So on Saturday, we thought, why not. 

 The theme for the zoo is the Rhino's

They have a breeding herd

The Arabian Oryx was on show as well

But it was this big Rhino that had the show

The sun was bright and Jennifer had her sun hat on even in the open air wagon's

 It's call the Werribee Open Range Zoo so the animals can move around

and mix freely.

A pleasant Morning on a sunny day.

The Bushfire Smoke

The Smoke on Sunday night left us with a red glow.

 So we had a red star

 By Monday morning the smoke was thick in the city.

This was at 08:00 in the morning, Sunrise had been at 6:05

By 10:00 it hadn't changed, 

It was to stay like this until Wednesday afternoon when it started to rain

Not much but hopefully enough to clear the smoke.

So right now, it's a mix of Rain and Smoke.

Lets pray for those in the heart of the bushfires...

Melbourne Zoo with Abbey and BJ.

BJ and Abbey are on Holiday with us for a week.

So Abbey wanted to see the Zoo. So off we went to the Zoo.

Lemurs were the first to be seen.

 Monkeys were next

 Pigmy Hippo was out and enjoying the sun

 Lizards were also out and about.

This guy was not very happy.

 The Tiger was not happy either as it was pacing side to side.

The turtles were out in the sun.

but we made it to the butterfly house. And the Butterflies were out in abundance.

 With the gardens bloomings away for them

 Abbey just wanted one to land on her, and she got her wish. They didn't even notice one was on Jennifer as well.

 The elephants looked bored.

 This lizard was very slow-moving.

But the picture of the day was the Meerkat as we were leaving

Christmas 2019

What a year. we have finally been able to have a Christmas with all the family together again.

 Playing Games

 Eating Cake

 Eating more cake

 Lissa and Jakob wore matching tee shirts.

 Stephan started to be like Lissa sticking his tougue out at me.

 Eating more cake

Lissa and Jakob have found they can coomunicate by phone now. LOL.

And Stephan was able to relax with Olivia.

Overall a relaxing day of eating way to much.

Gemma and Jennifer were there but got missed in my photo's

Summer in the Sun at Gardens

We went to the Melbourne Gardens for a lazy afternoon

We just sat around and watched life go passed.

It was a nice afternoon.

 

Micheal John Still 1936 - 2019

My Uncle Michael Died Last week.

I chatted with Mum and she was feeling down.

Michael had lost Margaret earlier in the year and was quick to follow.

 Micheal with Margaret in 2018

 Michael with his Family

 Michael on his Wedding day

 Micheal with all the family, Daughters, Sons-in-law, Grandchildren

Christmas 2015