Next time you hear from me we should be on NZ soil (or waiting in Perth or Brisbane airports). Here's some of the last shots of our time here.
Eden's class had a pirate party for the end of term party. We found a pirate headband at the chemist and made the rest of the outfit from her wardrobe (well Lily's boots) and a tinfoil and cardboard cutlas of course! Can't believe I didn't take photos of the pirate cupcakes I made!
Cooper had a go at digging for gold nuggets on the sandpit too!
Bouncy castle fun at Aly and Lexi's party
Cooper wanted a "meeting" with the chairs this day, sometimes it's a bus or a car or a train when I mop the floor. This must have been really comfortable.
All ready for the last day of school, Footy Friday (as the AFL final was the following day). Best we could do was Magpies hats (the Collingwood Magpies, who then lost in the grand final, but thought we could get some use out of their gear!) and All Blacks tops...Lachie didn't want to say we think the AB's could win the AFL final as well as the RWC, but Lily said she would!
Final basketball game...8 weeks ago the girls couldn't dribble...now they're pro's! And Cooper is too! Lachie's great at tackles and shooting (his dribbling was always pretty good)
A train...not sure if it's easy to see or not, but the iron ore trains go through here without slowing down, 2 engines at the front, 2 engines in the middle and I took this photo so I could count carriages, I think there's 60 after the middle engines! So 120 carriages! Lucky we don't have to wait for those in Waipuk when we're heading to town!
Not to scale, but close on my iPad! He'd be the size of the old 50c piece (or the size of an Aussie one). We had two living between the glass and the mesh on the kitchen window, easy to watch what they were up to, but had to leave their homes intact while I washed the windows. So unfortunately they both had to die as I didn't want them to find their way inside!
A twenty-eight found the seed bell first...
Followed a couple of days later by a galah, then more and more! The galah's took turns and shared whereas the twenty-eights fought over it!
Lily's highland skirt is getting a wee bit small (time for another one Daddy!), so Cooper figured it would fit him now! It will do one more competition for Lily next weekend.
I took the kids swimming then a trip to the SuperPit lookout again.
It's a bit windy up there!
Stopped off at the giant nickel pots for a photo on the way home.
Last trip to Hammond Park...kings of the castle...
Lachie finally got to pat the friendliest kangaroo.
Taking a walk home after dropping the car at the panel beaters...finally! Took 3 days and came back with the lock not working and the door not even aligned properly. He had another go and now claims its not his problem! Don't go there local people! And certainly don't pay in advance!
Must have exhausted Cooper! His favourite book, the Perth map book...
Holiday camping in the lounge!
And as you can now tell, I didn't get this posted online after I did it, and now we're home...stay tuned for the last pix of Aus...
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