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Monbulk

23/1/2014

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Our next stop was Monbulk. Unfortunately, they no longer make Jam here so we had to make do with visiting William, Merryn, Aiden, Thalia and Ryan. I am kidding of course. They are an amazing family who we know from their days in Perth.  They were kind enough to let us camp in their back garden and show us around the area, including trips to wineries, boating / knee boarding on Lake Eildon, icecream factories, rain forest walks and sand sculptures. We also took a ride on Puffing Billy.
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Not looking where you are going whilst piloting a boat is so much cooler than the alternative.
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Walking through the rain forest
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All the kids sitting at the same time ... can't say that happened very often!
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Sand sculptures ... and some children!
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Riding Puffing Billy. It's so cool that you are still allowed to hang out the side of the train and get soot in your eyes and lungs!
Our next stop would include a boat trip to Tasmania but we were coming back to Monbulk to spend some more time with the van Bremen's.
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Melbourne

14/1/2014

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We spent quite a bit of time in Melbourne. Fiona's parents and her brother's family (Tim, Chris, Ben & Josh) came over to visit us and to go to the Australian Open.

While I went with Colin and Tim on the Carlton brewery tour (it's a tough life I tell you), the rest of the family went and visited Fiona's Aunty Pam and Uncle Peter.
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Aunty Pam and Uncle Peter with Franma and the girls
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At the Australian Open watching men's doubles.
We visited Ken and Jan for lunch. They looked after us while we were in Mozambique back in 2011. They are an amazing couple who are currently setting up a school with Iris in Nepal.
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We spent a fair bit of time exploring Melbourne with our family.
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Colin, Ben, Pippa, Zoe and Josh. Unfortunately, these are probably the trendiest members of our family!
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Whilst wandering past The Crown Casino there was a man making fantastic balloon sculptures. Pippa got a bunch of flowers and Zoe got a twisty unicorn.
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If Bathurst was my heaven, this was definitely Fiona's!
We were lucky enough to be able to catch up again with Chris, Lyn, Jane and Pippa who we initially met in Kununurra. We went to Luna Park where Zoe was able to feed the adrenalin junkie that now lives inside of her!
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Pippa, a pirate with a peg leg (let's call him Pirate Pete), Pippa, Jane and Zoe
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Wagga Wagga & Wodonga

10/1/2014

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On the way to Wagga Wagga we stopped in at a Woolies for lunch. Once we got to Wogga, we realised that someone (not naming any names ... Fiona!) had thrown my wallet in the big blue bin out the back of the supermarket.

After an 800km round trip to retrieve my wallet all was well in the world again. I took the opportunity on the drive by myself to take a few photos which was a nice way to break up the drive.
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I think this house is a little past it's use by date but I just loved how it was melting back into the land.
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We almost bought this old church to live in. It was in the middle of no where!
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I don't want to ride the trains in this part of Australia!
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One of the many silos dotted across the landscape
We visited Fiona's Aunty Pat in Wodonga.
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Fiona and her Aunty Pat. Pat got a bit of an education on what a selfie is!
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Bathurst

8/1/2014

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Bathurst was one spot I didn't want to miss. Unfortunately I couldn't manage to time it to be able to watch the Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercars race around Mount Panorama, but to be able to drive around the track (at a painfully slow 60 kph) was a bit of a pilgrimage for me. It was amazing to see how technical the track is and how insane it must be to do 300 kph plus around here.
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I imagine this is exactly how heaven will be !!!
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Ford ... YAY !!!
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A smelly Holden ... Booooo !!!
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Lowndsy's 888 Falcon that he won the '06 round of Bathurst in!
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A Prado isn't quite the right vehicle to drive around here with ... but beggars can't be choosers!
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Katoomba

2/1/2014

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Hamish and Sarah, the couple we camped next to in Narrabeen, kindly offered to show us around Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. It is a beautiful part of the world.
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Zoe and Pippa with their friends Ruby and Poppy at the local cafe,The Gingerbread House.
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We spent a lot of time here literally camped in the clouds. We packed up with everything absolutely saturated ... luckily our next stop was going to be Bathurst which has been in drought for some time so we could dry out.
We visited Scenic World which was a great way to explore some of the natural beauty and learn a little about the old mine that was located there. The highlight was the trip down and back up the worlds steepest railway and the glass bottom cable car.
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Ready to ride the worlds steepest railway!
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The view from the glass bottomed cable car!
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The Three Sisters rock formation at sun rise.
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One of the limitless beautiful vistas!
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