TOBY'S 1ST BIRTHDAY AND DAYS OUT - FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2016

Some fun times with friends and celebrating Toby's 1st Birthday.

                            Visiting our friends in Bunbury. The girls with Willow and Ruelle .

                       Us with Ben and Rachelle and Rachelle's parents after a delicious barbecue.

                                         Visit to Cousin Terry in Perth for his 60th birthday.

 

                    After dinner, fun and games for the girls with cousin Sara and her fiance Jason.

                                           Kyra about to take off at the Busselton air show.

                                                  A great pose at the Busselton air show.

                             Toby's 1st Birthday starts off with present opening and muffins.

                                                                Such a handsome boy!

                                             Toby opening his present from his sister Kyra.

                                           In the evening it's Sushi for his birthday dinner.

                 On the Saturday we had Toby's Birthday party as I had been working on his birthday. Me reading out his card.

                                                                     Toby's first car.

Our friends Chris and Annie came over with their 3 kids for the party. Max and Kyra helping Toby to blow out his candle.

                                Ayla, Lillie, Max and Kyra with a not so happy looking birthday boy!

                           Toby digging in to his carrot and date birthday cake. Mmmmmmm!

                                                A visit to the beach near Margaret River.

                                            Doing part of the Margaret river 10 mile hike.

                               Doing some log balancing above the river in Margaret River.

           Kyra giving her brother some TLC at the Rotary park picnic area at Margaret River.

                            The girls on one of the 42 cows on permanent display in Cowaramup.

STEFFI'S BIRTHDAY - BUNBURY - 7 FEBRUARY 2016

Well the big Four Zero had arrived for Steffi in this beautiful area around Bunbury.

                                               The day started off with card opening.

The caravan decked out with balloons and banners. The last birthday to be celebrated in our caravan.

After breakfast we drove to the Crooked Brook forest to do an extremely hot walk. Poor Kyra's face was like a beetroot by the end!

                                Back to the caravan for oysters and prawn cocktails for lunch.

                                   An afternoon swim down at Bunbury town beach to cool down.

                                      

Dinner at the Thai restaurant where Toby started to do some very loud screeching much to the annoyance of the couples quietly seated around us.

                                                 Back to the caravan for cake and a DVD.

PERTH TO BUSSELTON - NEARING THE END OF OUR JOURNEY - 1 JANUARY 2016 - 5 FEBRUARY 2016

Straight after New Year's Eve we left Perth and drove down south to a small inland town called Collie to be near the Bunbury/Busselton area where we couldn't stay because the caravan parks there were full up. However Collie's caravan park was almost empty and very quiet. So we used Collie as our base to explore the area and start looking for where exactly we wanted to settle down as we were still not entirely sure.

Near Collie is Wellington national park where we would go to have fun in the rushing cool waters below the dam there.

               Toby enjoying a night out at De Orion cafe in Collie for some lovely Thai food.

We started to explore the area and south of Collie is Cape Naturalist national park which has some stunning beaches. This is near the towns of Dunsborough  and Busselton and slowly we started to find ourselves attracted to this area.

 

  The view from the top of the peninsular.

             Educational DVD night in the caravan. Toby now allowed to join in watching with his sisters.

                Meeting up with old friends from New Zealand at Yallingup near Cape Naturalist.

                       Lottie one of Ayla's best friends from Montessori in New Zealand. Great for them to catch up. It has been hard for the girls leaving all their friends behind.

 Kyra has been put on a drip by these beach nurses!

           Dusk settles upon us on this warm sultry night by Busselton jetty. Starting to fall in love with this area.

 Our new inflatable kayak which is surprisingly stable and fun!

    Toby on Bunbury town beach.

  Australia day in Bunbury at the Skyfest event with giant bubbles......

   .........mermaids.............

       .....................train rides....................

       ...................and live music.

                                    Farewell to our friends from New Zealand. We had now moved to Australind Tourist Park where we stayed for a few weeks as I searched for jobs and we looked for a house and also a school for the girls.

A visit to Gnomesville near Bunbury. An area in the woods covered in gnomes.

Back to Wellington National Park to try out our inflatable kayak on the river there. On this day we were waiting to find out if I would get the job I wanted and also the house we had applied for. And by the end of the day we had both! Our trip is coming to an end.