The Chalets

These are the gorgeous but tiny chalets where we are staying at Jandakot airport.Love them but cant wait to get a house!!

Pics

Arrived in Perth!

Well we are at the chalets at the airport after an interesting trip

So we left sydney and drove to adelaide- the gps got us lost lol....seriously not funny at the time! Was really good to see Nana and Papa ( Happy Birthday for today nana we love you!)

On the Saturday we spent the day with Sue ( Ricks mum) and also saw Simon and Moni and Ethan and Zoe- way too gorgeous!Also I dropped a chopping board on my foot so still swollen and sore

Sunday was a family bbq for Kalybs birthday- and Nanas too, so we spent the day with peggy, Kerry, Tyrone, Amelia, Zac, Nana and Papa, and the kids from next door for a while also.

Then across the Nullarbor for the second time......was fairly uneventful.

Now off looking for houses....stay tuned hehe, so far today blogger doesnt like my pics so will keep trying or will upload later

Visiting!

Today we visited Aunty Julie ( who is my godmother and Tarnis also!!) Just some pics, wowee I know you read this your house is just gorgeous!!Thanks for the cake mmmmm and good coffee too ( much better than Riva lol)

Moving.....

Well we arrived in sydney in one piece.....hehehhe

day 1
trailer kept blowing fuses so we finally got going......only a few hours late
then a truck tried to run me off the road

stopped at rockhampton in a hotel, where coco managed to find a little exit for himself...imagine 2 adults searching for a cat at midnight!! lucky he answers to his special call and came back- still not impressed

day 2

I was driving and almost hit an eagle...missed the eagle but it dropped a snake on my windscreen!

made it to grafton with kids still alive- luckily cos I am over hearing- are we near perth yet

the trailer was the best part of the day, when the car indicated right, the trailer indicated left.....Rick managed to fix it in gympie while we played at a lake...cats thought they were in hell- honestly there were ducks walking past and they couldnt get them

day 3
was filling up with petrol and accidentally broke the fuel cover off...hmmmmm.... was putting petrol in and it just fell off

then as we came over a hill in sydney well we stopped but the trailer pushed us forward into a car in front, luckily no damage to theiur car- just their box, and only the number plate on ours damaged

today is a day off, going to see my godmother, and out for tea before we go tomorrow

JUst cos the girls said

So we had coffee this morning at Lukabean yep with poffertjes for breakfast ( I missed you Vicki!!)

Here are some pics...just cos....and they are only on ere cos the girls said you know these will end up on her blog

ROFL

Will miss you girls
MWAH xxxx

Swimming Carnival

Townsville Grammar had their infant swimming carnival today- way too cute!Here is my munchkin- she came fifth in freestyle, last in backstroke ( but very funny- the year 6 boy grabbed her thinking she was in trouble as she was going sideways lol) and she had fun in the novelty noodle team race! I will definetely miss Grammar and the friends we have made there too, but you never know who we may see in Perth :D

Fed Up With Chrisco

Well for the seventh year in a row Chrisco Hampers has NOT made my christmas.....once again I have been stuffed around by a bunch of people with no freaking idea.

Thats it, had enough, off their mailing list now. Tell me how a large organisation can have no clue about customer service, customer relations or actually they just have no clue full stop

The hampers I ordered are not the ones being delivered
they are going to the wrong adress since they forgot to change my delivery address even though they changed the postal ( cos that makes sense)
Oh and apparently Perth- well isnt that in QLD????

Lets not even discuss the lack of return phone calls......well done Chrisco- 7 years of crap is way more than enough for this person.

MY OPINION

Let me clarify my opinion on moving to everyone

First of all thanks for the well wishes, they are much appreciated

Here is my moving thing....This is move 34 in 11 years......NO I dont get sick of moving....yes Im obviously nomadic

Yes I unpack my boxes every time and throw them away thanks for pointing out to me that I may as well leave them packed

I DONT THINK WE ARE MAKING THE WRONG DECISION

Let me ask you this...when was the last time you went and did something for yourselves? While we are moving around..yes it can be annoying and its horrid to do the cleaning and leave our friends look on the flip side

*We have been to amazing places in Australia
* Our kids have a wide general knowledge
* Our kids are not racist having lived in multi cultural and / or indigenous communities
* We have awesome photo albums of our experiences
* We have amazing memories of the people we have met and the places we have been

My son can light a fire and throw a spear, my daughters can talk about Australia and show much they love it, my husband has been snorkelling and fishing in remote areas, I am learning to fly, we have been hot air ballooning, we have acheived so many of our goals and dreams in NOW TIME rather than waiting till kids are grown up and we are reitred.

We go see and do lots of activities rather than sit home and complain that the house isnt clean enough, or worry about the boring day to day drudgery that weighs people downWe have a wide range of friends, from a wide range of areas, sure makes travelling fun, no matter where we go we always know somene or know friends of someone.

So rather than judge me on what you all think is wrong look at it from our point of view. WE LOVE OUR LIFE. We know we will eventually live in Darwin on a permanent basis, not when the kids are at school though. We also know that once the kids hit high school we will stop moving, high school is importnat ( well in the short term it is- long term we have never found our lack of completion to be an issue for either of us- and we didnt have year 12 exam stress and we actually enjoy our jobs now)

Yep maybe we dont conform to your idea of proper perfection and how we should live in one place our entire lives...but if we nver moved we wouldnt be us, and that would be boring wouldnt it.

The Big News

OK so I guess you all know....we are moving!! IN ONE WEEK

Well its Monday afternoon and so far I have packed the kids clothes hehe

Nah will do more this evening.....there is so much to do, and we pack the trailer Saturday so by then I need to have rubbish tossed, everything packed and house as clean as I can!!

WOOHOO Perth here we come :)

just a few

we walked around perth this morning, have some really pretty pics, will slowly upload them

BIG NEWS coming soon....keep watching this space :)

Air Race

Today was the final of the air race and it was awesome

I was upset becuase my fave pilot was knocked out- peter besenyei and then my second favourite alexandro maclean was also eliminated- big sigh-

went to tea tonight at some nice chinese place- cant remember what it was called

and jacq i have an aweswome video of josh- rick opened a champers bottle behind him and i got him on vid jumping so will figure how to add it
:)

have a great one

Pics

Red Bull Air Race-Saturday morning

Well this morning we went down to Pit Lane and took lots of pics, the pre race show starts in 1/2 hour, and the racing in 1 1/2 hours, I am so excited!!

Hope you like the pics

Its been nice being away from the kids- really lol, although we do miss them. Yesterday we had a sauna- the spa was hot but not working, and a swim, hvae done lots of walking around perth too

Dinner last night- well we took advantage of the free drinks and canapes for 2 hours and ummm thats all the eating we did...sushi, beef and rice, cakesw, crackers and cheese yummmmm. And the alcohol of course- rick was happy with the free coronas.

Ok the pics dont want to upload..will try once more otherwise I will put them up later

We are here!

Well we sat behinf the townsville crocodiles from townsville to sydney which was very very exciting!!

A long trip from sydney to perth, a cab ride and we finally arrived in our hotel at midnight! Woke up before 7 this morning and had a shower in the gorgeous marble bathroom- with a tv to watch the news....then some breakfast mmmmmm very nice. After that we headed off for a walk in the freezing but very beautiful 22 degree morning in Perth. Found the airstrip set up and did the big block around it. We can see the course from where we are...we have a [perfect view.

I was so excited this morning when we were walking we saw ALEJANDRO MCCLEAN and PETER BESENYI they are staying at the hotel only on the next corner...but I didnt have my camera!

Will go take more pics today and keep uploading while we are away so keep your eyes out :)

Did I mention the outdoor heated pool and spa in the hotel? Very nice, we are going down after lunch when its slightly warmer