Sydney Visit

What a wonderful time we had. The children were so good and it was lovely weather and lots to do, surrounded by so many lovely people. We started out our adventure in Sydney but going to the beach. We then went and got Timothy his first peddle bike and a new dinky for Matthew. Wednesday night we went to Dan's fab art exhibition and was very excited for him as he sold two works before the show offically opened. Thursday we had a great lunch with the delightful Auntie Margaret. We went took the boys on the bus into the city centre. They had great time riding their bikes in the middle of all the busy business folks. Friday we got a ferry to the city and walked up with the boys on the bikes to the Lintel chocolate cafe. Super yum. After that we went on another ferry to Cockatoo island to see the free art show. Some amazing stuff. Friday night the boys survived until 8.30 at night at a lovely pub dinner with friends. Saturday we met up with all the old Glebe grew at a cafe in Glebe. After this we had an excellent time with Auntie Jane, Uncle Ludo and all the awesome cousins. wonderful weekend by all.

here are the pics evidence.

Trip to Hill End

Went to the mining town of Hill End where we got to go into a defunked mine. Alas the particular mine didn't yield any gold in its few years of operation. quote from visitnsw.com "n 1851, gold was discovered at Hill End, then known as Bald Hill, and by 1872, at the height of the great gold rush, the town was the largest inland settlement in NSW.
It had a population of 10,000 and boasted a kilometre of colourful shopfronts, including 28 pubs, an opium den and an oyster bar.
Gold mining activity gradually dwindled, until by the 1920s there were just a few hundred miners left to pick over the former diggings.
The town was proclaimed an historic site in 1967, when the National Parks and Wildlife Service began preserving and restoring the buildings on the site."

Anyway if you get the chance its a lovely place to visit and a beautiful drive there. And of course if your coming from Sydney you can come and stay with us or at least drop in for one of Ben's fresh roast coffees.

Botanical gardens Mt Tomah

Had a lovely Saturday last week. We met up with my brother and his lovely Alex for lunch. Its an hour and half drive from Bathurst so we headed out early. We arrived with an hour to spare and had the dinky's with us. So with ropes tied to the front we let them loose in the garden, towing then back up the hill. It was a lovely day. Good lunch, though Matthew did try swimming after the fishy but we had been expecting rain so we had spare clothes.