Jaunting Around Australia

We made it home!  It was a busy trip, and like I suspected the internet connection was pretty much non-existent, so here’s a brief photo diary of our trip through Victoria to South Australia.  ^ – ^

   
~ *  We stop at Gundagai and visit with The Dog on the Tucker Box: Sitting up the top of Mackey’s Peak in the Grampians.  Still can’t believe I made it up there!  * ~

~ *  A panoramic view of the Grampian Mountain Range.  * ~ 

   
~ *  In front of the old Mt Gambier Post Office, South Australia:  At the Cave Gardens, it’s a big sinkhole in the middle of the town!  * ~


~ *  One of the roads in South Australia.  * ~

   
~ *  Playing around with some photos I took.  * ~

   
~ *  Blueberry macaroon, which tasted like cake ~ weird huh?:  Sunset in Rutherglen, Victoria.  * ~

   
~ *  Peach flip-flops, bought for this trip: A new purse!  ^ U ^  Yay for pink plaid!  * ~

   
~ *  At Olive Hill Estate, Rutherglen:  Some gorgeous park in Ararat, Victoria.  * ~

Last, but not least ~ have a Happy New Year everyone!  I can’t wait to see what 2013 will bring.  ♥ ♥ ♥ 

xox,

bonita

Wordless Wednesday ~ 1st September Ed.

     

     

xox,

bonita

Hourly Instagrams ~ A Coastal Road Trip

We went to the coast for my youngest sister’s birthday this Saturday, so I thought I’d do a picture diary of the day.  ᵔᴗᵔ 

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Our outfits for the day and a sneak peek at my outfit that I am posting about later. ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Rolly~polly baby and of course, the never~ending~baby~blanket~of~doomed makes another appearance!  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  We stop at Braidwood Park to feed the baby; I took the photo while Theodore is nursing, and then driving down the Clyde.  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Crossing the bridge into Bateman’s Bay and first sight of the sea!  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Sour gummy worms galore; yummy! and feeding Theodore.  Again.  His little toy Scruff came with us.  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Husband building sandcastles with a friend and my sandy toes.  ~ * ♥ * ~

   
~ * ♥ * ~  Lunch was at 3 o’clock, late but good, with ginger beer, chips, potato scallops and a tandoori chicken wrap.  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  The shore’s sentinel {a beach pine} and a view of Surf beach.  ~ * ♥ * ~

 
~ * ♥ * ~  Saying goodbye to the sun, surf and sand as we cross the river and pretty sunset on our way home.  ~ * ♥ * ~

It was Theodore’s first ever trip to the beach, but I don’t think he was that impressed as it was rather windy!  > o <  Still the sun was nice, and it was a lovely spring day.  A fun way to start the summer season don’t you think?  
^ ᴗ ^

xox,

bonita

S is for Snow!

Time for the photo diary of our day at Mount Perisher last Saturday.  Okay, I might have taken more than one picture an hour…  Instagram is so much fun and I seriously had to resist overloading this post with a billion photos of Theodore!  But just as much fun as taking photos ~ snowboarding again for the first time since last year.  Wow.  It was great…..  But let me get on with the pictures before I bore you all to death with recounts of my runs!

 

6:00am ~ We get up before the sun and say hello to Mr. Moon.  Early mornings are not my thing, but I do appreciate a beautiful sunrise. 

 

7:00am ~ Artistic photos while Husband and his brother do the boring stuff like load the car with an insane amount of gear!   We almost didn’t fit in the dog; but once I put my nifty packing skills into play we were able to drop her off at my parent’s place so they could dog sit.

 

8:00am ~ *sings* “On the road again; it’s good to be on the road again…”

 

9:00am  ~ Fellow adventurers to the snow; we were just in more of a hurry to see…. The snow!  I know you can hardly see it in the picture, but I promise that it is there. 

 

10:00am  ~  Hiring snow boards and feeding the baby at base camp {i.e. Jindabyne}.  Theodore with his fuzzy babyhawk is all “Whooo!  Rock on!!”

 

11:00am  ~  Up the mountain; I only wish we could stay at that motel!  Husband graciously lets me ride first whilst he keeps an eye on Theodore, so here I am on the Triple chair lift at Smiggens.

 

12:00pm  ~  Maybe one of these days I’ll try to take a shot while I am moving on my board, but for the moment here’s a snap that I took while “resting”….  Okay, so I fell on my butt a few times.  Hello!  Just had a baby!   So Feather {my snowboard} and I take a well earned break.

 

1:00pm  ~  Theodore’s Talkies:  “Zzzzzz”  Translation:  Happy Mommy!! : D  I look after the bubba, then Husband and I go for a ride.  Look!  He’s on top of the world!  Waiting for me again… 

 

2:00pm to 5:00pm  ~  Things get a little hectic at the end of the day; I pack up baby after finishing some runs with Husband and drive to my friends house.  We warm up in front of the fire while I feed and change Theodore{again}, while also fitting in a month or so of catch up chat into one hour.  Then I leave pick up Husband and his brother but end up running late.  Whoops! 

   

6:00pm  ~  We say goodbye to daylight, and to the snow, and by this stage I am too tired to be bothered taking any more pictures….   Really our day didn’t end until 10:30ish, but like I said, no more snaps! 

I may have been knackered at the end of the day, but it was sooo worth it.  I had a blast and as always, cannot wait to go again!

xox,

bonita