Drive to Young

The next day we drove to Young, it was a lovely drive, rolling countryside and lovely yellow fields of canola. Another beautiful day, Young is a lovely town, with some lovely old buildings and very friendly staff in the visitors centre, and a yummy fudge shop that has generous tastings of fudge!

Peace Bell at Cowra

They have a Peace Bell at Cowra and mum was most impressed, would fit in with all the work she does with the Interfaith Council she is President of back in Melbourne, so we had to get a few photos of the Peace Bell.

The Mighty Lachlan River

The Lachlan River flows through Cowra, so I rang Lachlan and told him I was taking a photo of the river for him, and also told him that I went for a nice long walk along the banks of the Lachlan river. He did not seem overly impressed, but I am sure one day he will appreciate these photos!

Overnight Trip to Cowra and Young

Mum and I went for an overnight trip to Cowra. We went to the Japanese Gardens at Cowra and spent a lovely couple of hours wandering through the gardens. They were just lovely, so peaceful and beautifully laid out. We also had another beautiful day. We then drove up to the ruins of the POW camp, the site of the break out of the Japanese soldiers, where over 300 Japanese were killed. We then drove out to the War Cemetery.

Floriade

Took mum to Floriade, it was just a perfect day, warm, sunny, not too hot, lovely and still. We had a wonderful time just wandering through the flowers, stopping off for some talks and shows, and had some lunch and then wandered through the market stalls. It was a great day.

Parliament House

Have had mum up for a week visiting, we had a tour of Parliament House on Tuesday and went into Question Time, which was very interesting, had to drag Amy away- she really enjoyed it as well. I was not very impressed with the behaviour of the politicians in Question Time, I wouldn't accept that level of behaviour from my kids or any class I taught! Great experience though.

Fruit Bread

Have been experimenting with bread again- made a fruit loaf, tasty yummy and looked pretty good as well!

Using My IPad

I am having lessons on how to post to my blog on my Ipad.

Taming the Demon!

As you know last year I took my mother on a trip to Europe to visit my brother. She did need some persuasion to get her there, and needed to be persuaded that we should make the most of the opportunity and visit places like Paris, Budapest, Cesky Kremlov. We had a wonderful time and mum enjoyed herself immensely. In the process I have unleashed the genie from its bottle, she now has a passport that is valid for 9 more years and she wants to get some more stamps in it. I was recently advised that when Amy finished Year 12 that I would no longer need to worry about her and could take mother on another overseas holiday! So this week some specials came out for New Zealand came out, so we are heading over to the North Island in March for 10 days, so that should keep her quite for little bit, I now have a trip to plan!

AST Finally Over

No exciting photos or events to report this week. The main thing this week was that Amy sat her AST exams on Tuesday and Wednesday. These are university entrance exams, and a scaling test for the colleges in the ACT. They are over two days and have three components, a multiple choice exam, a short response exam and a writing exam. I am pleased to report we survived the week without too many dramas so that was plus!Just three more weeks before this term ends, with a couple of assesment tasks due and some more exams, so will be glad when this three weeks are over!

New Car

We have sold the corolla and have brought a Hyundai Getz, which is automatic, as Amy has been learning in an automatic. We decided Amy couldn't afford to run a car, and that we could probably try and manage on two cars, as Bill and I often ride to work or I walk in or even catch the bus. So we will see how we go! Amy has been doing lots of driving and is not far of getting her P's which is a bit of a scary thought!

New Carport

One of our projects this year was to put up a carport as the garage is full of bikes - both pedal and motor, and Lachlan's workshop which seems to be expanding at an alarming rate. It has taken a while to get the carport done, but it all happened last week and is now up and ready and doing it's job and we are very happy with the outcome.

Amy's Glasses

Amy regularly gets headaches and has a particularly bad run of them lately, so I checked with the optometrist and found out it was two years since her last eye check so off we went for a check up and found out that she did have a problem with her eyes, so needed to wear glasses for close up work and computer, so is now the wearer of glasses and I told her they made her look very intelligent!