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Portraits of family in the ‘wild’. This was our first camping since last summer (January 2014), so it’s been awhile; and it seemed that everyone was missing it. The time spent outdoor was enjoyed to the max. Dog especially loved to bask in the morning light.
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As it happens, summer is (officially) nearly over here in Australia. The new routines have started to kick in, daily activities soon became a blur, and before long our summer fun will turn into distant memory.
We have had a great summer holiday. Despite the extreme weather (extreme heat, extreme cold, heavy rain, and more) we really enjoyed this summer, maybe the fact that the two summers past have been a real fluke (constant rain and cold weather) made us really grateful for the ‘real’ heat.
We went for Kangaroo Valley Safari at the beginning of January. We, my family and one visiting old friend, had to peddle in canoes for 3.5 hours, find a campsite, pull up a tent, slept for one night, then pack up the next day to do another peddling for 2 hours along the river to get to our meeting spot at Tallowa Dam to wait for a bus to drive us back to our car. With two young kids and a bunch of people with under trained upper body muscles, it was a full on trip. The view was beautiful, and we practically had the place to ourselves. The second day was extremely hot, I was grateful we were surrounded by water. The experience was super exhausting, but fun.
I did not take any photo today as I was busy recovering from our ‘action-packed’ weekend. I did take heaps of photos then, so for today’s post I will share some of them, taken from several activities we did over the weekend.
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Nikon D90 | AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED | ISO400 | f/7.1 | 1/640 |
School Spring Fair. The Animal Paddock was always the highlight at the fair, and this year was no exception. Who could resist those baby animals? So soft, super cute and cuddly!
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Nikon D90 | AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G | ISO200 | f/5.6 | 1/1000 |
Spring time camping at Wee Jasper. We usually crack open our tent in summer time, but this year we did it earlier. The camping season is officially opened. Let’s welcome more outdoor cooking, less frequent showers, and drinking after 3PM!
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Nikon D90 | AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G | ISO400 | f/6.3 | 1/40 |
Ms 4’s BFF’s Caspar turned 5, and there was no way in the world she would miss it. We jumped into the shower as soon as we got home (straight from campsite) to wash off all the camping 5 inches thick of dust and dirt, and went straight to his party. All the kids were given this cute Scooby-Doo T-shirts once they arrived as it was the theme of the party and Caspar’s favourite cartoon character.
This kind of weekend makes you exhausted, but happy. Totally worth the effort.
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This is the scene at Wee Jasper this fine Sunday morning. This has been a super duper packed and fun weekend, so I had no energy left to write anything more here, nor do anything at all anywhere.
Be back tomorrow with some renewed energy.
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