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Seems I can post photos now. So a few more photos from my morning stroll. This little one was friendly, happy for pats but then decided my green jacket looked tasty…..

Another beautiful day on our holiday. After a lovely early morning walk where I saw so many kangaroos (and deer), I am sitting at the kitchen table watching a Kangaroo mum & her Joey munching grass. Every 5 mins or so, the Joey would sprint off from mum, do a fast loop of the bush and return. I watched this three times and then the penny dropped and I laughed, clearly baby Kangaroos get the zoomies too. Saw lots of mums and joeys on my walk.

@Momof3gurlz I enjoyed reading your review and sorry you came home with a souvenir. Hope your symptoms remain mild.

Had a lovely day today. First day of our road trip. We left Sydney this morning and drove most of the day. This trip was my son’s idea and he booked us the lovely accommodation several months ago. We are currently in modern self contained accommodation on a private property surrounded by bush, beautiful views and wildlife. We only have 4G and CC is being glitchy so will post photos at the end of the trip. Had the fire going tonight and could see the eclipse but didn’t think our photos would do it justice so didn’t take a photo of it.

@bobmacliberty im also curious the reason why they have dont wish to cut the cake (is it the type of cake they are serving?). Also, curious what other traditions they are negotiating? Re cake cutting. When my parents renovated their house, a long steel ceremonial sword immaculate in it’s sword case was discovered by the builders. My dad displayed it in the house on the wall. When we were planning our wedding, dad suggested we use the sword to cut the wedding cake. Mum was very quick to nix that idea!

Lovely photo of you both. Glad you had an enjoyable evening and had your dancing shoes on.

I loved your cabin door decorations! They made me smile everytime I passed your door and it was the best one I saw. My first cruise with our teens was on a Christmas cruise. Loved decorating our cabin door in Christmas decs and seeing others doing the same. Sorry to hear your teens got criticism but glad they got complimented in their behaviour. Maybe try Royal Carribbean if you haven’t already. Very popular with families especially teens because of all the activities.

If I am converting correctly, the price from South Pacific francs to AUD is $950.00 for the earrings in the top row. Beautiful pearls.

This is gorgeous. Think this leaf pile photo should be framed

Thank you. I can’t remember ever doing this for concert tickets or midnight releases of anything like your grandkids, but it certainly makes them happy and yes she was doing a happy dance..

With the talk of the New York Marathon, I hope @singinalot is having fun in New York. One of my favourite cities.

@bobmacliberty how wonderful that the Right Whales are being brought back from almost extinction. I love Whales. On my recent ship excursion whale watching cruise, seeing the mother and calves and just hearing them almost brought tears to my eyes.

My daughter and her best friend have been trying for 6 years (including the two years they lived in London) to get tickets to the annual Glastonbury music festival in England. Last night was their second and final attempt to obtain tickets for 2023. So, at 8pm on the dot when the second round of tickets were released, she had her phone, her laptop, my phone, plus her dad and her brother with their devices all set up in a family room. Her best friend in Sydney was doing the same at her house as was her best friend in England… From 8pm onwards, I would open the door to the room every 15mins and get a sad shake of heads. At 7.50pm, DH came out and said it’s not happening. At 7.55pm, I heard a shriek. Yes, her Sydney BF had finally secured 3 tickets, 5 mins before the event sold out.

My son has been away for the weekend in the Hunter Valley winery region which is about 3hrs north of Sydney. A mob of locals checking my son out as he went for an early morning walk: I have always seen mobs of wild Kangaroos on our previous visits to the Hunter Valley region and my son said they were everywhere on the weekend.

Headland views, a garden that appealed to me, another rockpool with a bit of wave action And a “life aquatic salad bowl” with a large Chai latte that was a delicious way to finish off our walk at Avalon Beach - in the one of the many cafes in Avalon village before we collected our car nearby.

Whale Beach, Rockpool, first of 4 water dragons we saw on walk and another headland view.

Anyways, the reason we were on the bus was because we were doing a one way 7km walk from Palm Beach to Avalon Beach. Beautiful coastal views, 3 headlands, beautiful homes and 3 lovely beaches & rockpools: Palm Beach & Rockpool & first set of stairs:

Well, my word for today is glorious. DH and I stepped off the bus at Palm Beach on a beautiful sunny Sunday in Sydney and I looked at the sparkling beach and clear water and turned to DH and said “ oh my goodness, isn’t this glorious ?” Then I left hubby on the bench whilst I popped into the ladies and the lady washing her hands in the basin next to me turned to me and said “isn’t it just glorious? - we are so lucky to be here today”. I could only agree. Then as DH and I started walking to the other end of the beach, we overheard an older gentleman who had just come out of the water turn to his friends and say “isn’t it just glorious? The water is so clear”. So there you have it, the beach that the actress Nicole Kidman holidays at every summer and gets papped, is glorious😀

Sounds like you have some beautiful items in your wardrobe that you will not be taking with you. What will you do with them?

Had bad hay fever this week. Been taking a tablet every morning when I get to work which is unusual for me. I usually only need a couple of tablets during all of spring. In the news today, hay fever suffers to be aware that there is currently a high pollen count due to the current warm weather after all the rain.

The burglars from Home Alone? Hope you share photos later of all the Christmas decorations you put up. Sorry you knee is giving you grief but with your love of Christmas I can understand that the pain is not going to stop you decorating the house for Christmas.

That is frightening. We were very lucky that he headed up the road to escape, rather than straight into our yard and banging on the front door. Two policemen remained in our driveway watching over the car until the tow truck arrived.

It’s almost midnight on a Sat night in our usually very quiet suburb and this just happened - short version - male driver high on meth & ice - crashed his car into the telegraph pole out the front of our house - got out of the car and staggered up the road. Resisted arrest and got tazered. He is currently surrounded by four police while they wait for the ambulance. His smashed up car is littered with drugs…. I hate that people like this are on our roads.

How lovely that your granddaughter is featured in the paper.

@dani negreanu no dinner for me tonight after our lunch + that cheesecake. DH was happy to have baked beans for tea, so instead of cooking dinner tonight I went for a very long walk across several suburbs to attempt to walk off all that deliciousness. When you or you DH make the burnt cheesecake, please post a photo here.