Victoria

We continued our journey down the coast line and stayed in a village called Apollo Bay for a couple of nights. This is the house we rented, with a view to the ocean - it was wonderful!



This is an example of the beautiful landscape along the coast. Very hilly and very green.


More green, and lots of tree ferns.


As we drove along we met a koala who was crossing the road. I had enough time to run and and give him a cuddle. He was very calm and stopped to enjoy my scratching behind his ear, when I stopped that, he moved on into the dense forest.


Of course we also took some time to enjoy the sand and the sea. It was a bit too cold to swim (although Seb did go!)but Iluka still got to play with her new sand set and enjoy the sand. Her favourite word these days is 'deeeeejliiiiiig' (which means lovely) and she uses it whenever she's near water or sand - or sees a picture of water or sand. It's very cute!


More to follow!

Melbourne and Victoria

Last week we went to Melbourne and Victoria, where we met up with my parents-in-law. We spent few nights in Melbourne and then we went on a road trip through part of the state of Victoria, beginning with a drive down the coast to Apollo Bay.

Here we're all having lunch together in Melbourne


It was very windy at the coast that day, and rather cool. But it was a beautiful day!


Iluka even got to go for a swim where a river met the ocean. As you will know by now, she LOVES water!


Then we reached a dense forest where we took a little walk. It was lovely and green and lush.


We saw lots of wild life, and I even got to touch a koala who was crossing the road just as we came past (Seb's mum got a photo of that, I think). He stopped to enjoy it when I patted him on his head, and as soon as I stopped patting him he started walking again. Koalas are so cute!


More to follow!

Movember

Movember, formerly known as November, is a moustache growing charity event held each year in November to raise funds and awareness of men's health issues and more specifically depression and prostate cancer.

And my husband is taking part!

He has had a beard as long as I have known him, and I have never before seen his jaw or chin. Both have now been revealed, and for the first couple of days i could so not get used to it!

He shaved his beard, and this is what he looks like now:



Support his Mo and donate online on his Mo page using your credit card or PayPal account:

http://au.movember.com/mospace/270598/

This charity event happens in other countries as well, but only a few in Europe still. It's fun, though, to see all the men participating, and by the end of November we get to see some really funny mos (= moustaches)!

Iluka also wanted to take part and do her bit to raise awareness of men's health, and because she can't grow a mo, she did this:



Cheerio!

My first market

Today I had a stall at my very fist market. Despite not thinking I would, I got quite stressed about it, but it was a fun experience, and though the whole thing was quieter than I had hoped, sales were quite good.

Here Iluka is helping me set up:



And some photos of the stall






Iluka loves speaking on the phone, and she's quite indiscriminate as to what that phone actually is, so here we're speaking on the shoe :o)


And a close up of the boubou.


I'd write more but I am exhausted. We had dinner at our lovely neighbours' place (in fact, Seb is till over there drinking wine as I write this) and after a bit of wine and a long day with the market and all, I am completely spent! So good night!

Going Swimming

Iluka loves water! Loves it!

We went down to the river the other day and as soon as she saw it, she was so ready to go in it. It's actually already really warm, especially near the shore.

Here she's having a blast!




And holding hands with mum *heart*.



I have started working only two days per week as of this month. Three days was getting a bit much. Now we have a long weekend every weekend, which we will use to go camping and go on trips more before we leave Australia. Yay! This summer will be full of adventures and fun. YAY!

20 year old cat

This is a video of the 20 year old cat who lives across the road. We couldn't figure out how she got into the garden and ate Josie's lunch (I leave some food out for Josie during the day when I am at work). This is how:



On this website http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/agechart.htm they convert 20 years for a cat to a 96 year old human. Pretty fit for a 96 year old, methinks!

A wee video

Nothing much to say. It's late, I should have gone to bed ages ago, but I didn't.