New Pool...

Slightly later than I had originally hoped but I have finally been able to upload a short video tour of the new house - had lost my cable in the move and could not upload it!

There is no commentary in this one so will have to get the mob to do another one at some stage
http://youtu.be/KJQmjxu1_Go

Despite being late winter and still rather nippy at night the children have been in the pool several times already and have on two occasions dragged us in!
 It does at times take them a while to get in the pool

But once they are in even when they are shivering so much it is hard to get them out. the pool is deep - probably around 5'6"so canon balls are the order of the day

Cameron

Hamish

Xanthe

And me

Tish for some reason refused to get in...

New House...

Apologies for the gap between postings but life has been a tad hectic. In mid June we received news that the owners were selling the house we were renting and that our lease would not be renewed. With work and visiting Aunties we decided that we could not wait until the end of our current lease (October) before moving so we started looking for a new house immediately. Long story short the upshot was that we moved last weekend to our new house in Caravonica.
It is still a bit of a mess but we are getting there; a video of the inside will be posted shortly... but in the mean time here are a few piccies
Back patio

Car port

Front of house

Dinning room and kitchen

Lounge (with Xanthe's room through the arch)

We have more garden area than in Yorkeys

We dont have a Mango tree but we do have an orange tree that is full of rippening fruit

and from the kids point of view the most important feature...

Its early days but the wildlife whilst different will have some interesting

Festival of the Knob

I realise that it has been over a month since my last post but I have to say that there has been little to post about...we have all had various bugs which has meant that between work and school we have done very little!
Today though was the Festival of the Knob - basically a fair at the community centre! Tish was working unfortunately which meant thatI had to tape Xanthe singing in the choir for her...

http://youtu.be/tfDO32978Ik

Both the sound and video quality left a lot to be desired!
The children seemed to enjoy being the SES's "crash test dummies" for their zip line - although Cameron would not go on it as it was too high

http://youtu.be/e1ZSoh5KR2k


When Tish got back from work we all went for a walk on the beach - along with a friends daughter who is here for a sleep over. The clouds over the hills were spectacular

The kids all enjoyed the chance to dig up shells and strike the odd pose

Usually the sand here is flat but today the effects were more interesting

The other highlight for the week was Xanthe getting her "Seniors" shirt at school

Tomorrow Xanthe has regional trials for Softball so watch this space.....

Oh yes the other bit of news  - we are moving, not far this time but unfortunately the owners of our house are  selling up and with our current visa we are not allowed to buy anything other than houses less than 12 months old so we are having to move...BOO HISS!!!