June and July Catch Up

 Have been out and about a bit doing a few walks and also got myself a mountain bike so I am riding a few trails- just fire trails and relatively flat walking trails, have been enjoying that.

Walk from Kambah Pool to Red Rock Gorge- such a nice walk

My new mountain bike, have been enjoying doing a different type of riding.

Did the Isaacs Ridge walk with the Scotts

A few weeks back, took a few friends up to the CAS Dome at Mt Stromlo and Bill gave us a private viewing night. The photo above was taken about 9pm at night, it was dark- you can see the stars in the sky.

Bill and the telescope inside the dome. It was a real novelty for all of us, having the dome rotate and the roof open up so you could view the night sky.

The three small domes on Mt Stromlo. We were in the middle one, which is the Canberra Astronomical Society Dome, the other ones are all ANU ones.

One of the photos taken through the telescope with a phone

Little miss Nora is growing up fast! 

We caught up with Jos and Steve ( Bill's cousin) who were visiting from the Central Coast, so we had Lachlan, Abby and Nora over so they could meet Nora who is now 4 1/2 months old

Time for some Nana cuddles!

Amy got herself a drum carder, which she uses to blend her different fibres together

Takes over my kitchen bench to do so!

She then creates a batt which at some point she will then spin and crochet something.

This is her latest project- a beautiful shawl

She then takes over the kitchen table to block it!

Bill's campervan has been here for over a year but as such has not been out on the road as yet. Progress- he put it up to see if it was still working! At this rate it might get out on the road for his 80th birthday- unless I sell it to someone in the meantime!

Little Hugo always manages to find himself a comfy spot to sleep 

Tuesday Girls Head to the South Coast

 The Tuesday Girls had a 4 day getaway down to Broulee, the weather was perfect, we were in short sleeves every day.

Bateman's Bay- Fish and Chips for lunch

Checked into our Airbnb for the 4 nights,

 it was very comfortable and a 5 minute walk down to the beach

Broulee Beach was such a lovely beach to walk along.

 Deb and I walked around Broulee Island one morning

We checked out the Mangrove Board Walk along Cullendulla Creek, 

just over the other side of the bridge at Batemans Bay

Lovely view along the track to the board walk

Through the mangroves

                                           

 Very quiet and peaceful and fascinating to watch all the crabs on the mudflats

Then headed into Batemans Bay for another board walk through some water gardens

The girls needed a swim to cool off after all their walking. 

Needs to be boiling hot for me to go in for a swim so I took the photos

The Single Fin became the first stop on our morning walk to fuel up 

We were pretty impressed with the elaborately served banana bread!

Deb and I walked around Broulee Island one morning

 

Was rather rocky but well worth the walk

Day 3 saw us heading out to Bodalla, stopping off along the way at the Bangalay Sand Forest,

 not far from where we were staying. Surprisingly tall trees growing in very sandy soil.

Then Shark Bay- lovely sheltered beach

We drove along the Moruya River and stopped off at Quarry Park, across the road from the old Moruya Granite Quarry from which granite for the Sydney Harbour Bridge was extracted. Lovely little park and lots of history.

Finally made it to Bodalla, where we checked out the lovely old church on top of the hill

And then the Bodalla Dairy. Lunch today was a cheese tasting and ice-cream!

Home via South Moruya Heads 

The next morning we headed out to the Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens for a wander

Quick trip to Batemans Bay to get Kerrie's glasses fixed and then a stop of in Mogo

 Finished of our day with dinner a the Broulee Brewhouse

Another great adventure for the Tuesday Girls