Tuesday Girls Head to Tumbarumba

 Deb, Kerrie and I (aka "The Tuesday Girls" ) headed to Tumbarumba for a short getaway. Discovering our local area was fun! We headed off on the Friday, making a detour into Yass to get our 1st breakfast at the Clementine Bakery and then Long Track Pantry at Jugiong for 2nd breakfast.

Top of the hill at Jugiong 

Next was a quick stop to say hello to the Dog on the Tuckerbox, then we headed into Gundagai and went for a walk up and down the main street. It was a bit damp but we had our raincoats and umbrellas to keep us dry. The main street has been done up and they had some magnificent sculptures. 

This one was a tribute to Yarri and Jacky who helped rescue nearly 70 people during the 1844  great flood where at least 75 people lost their lives.

Dad and Dave, Mum and Mabel.

We stopped in Tumut for lunch then finally arrived in Tumbarumba around 3:30pm.

We went for a quick wander around Tumbarumba, and discovered the "Heads It Is" sculpture, just one of many of the sculptures on the Snowy Mountain Sculpture Trail.

Tumbarumba Creek is very pretty, we walked along here each morning for our morning walk. A very pretty setting, and Tumbarumba we discovered was a delightful town.

Saw lots of lovely autumn colours

Our plan Saturday morning was to ride the rail trail but the weather put stop to that. It looked like it was just going to be showery so we thought we would head up to the hills and check out the Braymont Gardens.

However the rain decided it was going to be 'proper rain' and not just showers. We did enjoy the gardens despite the rain, we had umbrellas so ventured out.

This was a tree church where they hold weddings. They had silver birches being trained over the steel structure, it really was a pretty spot.

The rain started to get a bit too heavy so we retreated back to Tumbarumba but it stopped after lunch and we decided to explore Batlow. It was a pretty setting but the town itself was rather run down, it was bit sad to see that. The area had been hit by the 2019 bushfires which hasn't helped.

We visited the Apple Thief and brought some yummy apple ciders.

We have certainly enjoyed the magic of Tumbarumba and surrounds.

Good Friday Easter Picnic

 We had our annual Good Friday Easter Picnic again, and this year the weather was just perfect. It was held in the usual spot at Lennox Gardens and we had a lovely time. We have to keep inviting people with young kids as our kids are too big- they are the ones hiding the Easter eggs for the Easter Egg hunt!

Bindi and Amy

Charlie is in charge of the cooking these days. Same menu- bacon and egg rolls, hot cross buns and fruit platter. 

Hiding the Easter Eggs

Lachlan- now a big kid hiding the eggs!

Finding the eggs

Charlie and Mia- the grown up little kids!

Some of the little kids we needed to invite!

Was lovely to have Lachlan and Abby join us this year.

Amy beheading Bindi's Lamb Cake!

Stake Relief Society High Tea

 Each year for the last 3 years we have been putting on a High Tea at our church to celebrate the birthday of the Relief Society - the women's organisation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This year it was the 182nd Birthday. Our theme was Love and Kindness. It was a busy week leading up to it but to see the end result, to hear the chatting and laughter going on was worth it. We had some great helpers and it was a lovely day.

We got people to bring a donation of women's sanitary items, the back seat of the Hilux was full to the brim with donations. They have been taken to local community pantries and charities who have been very grateful.

Catching Up Photos

 I have been very slack at my blog so  it is time to catch up with some random photos.

I was given a lovely tree fern by a friend last year, after it survived a summer and winter I decided it was worth protecting it a little more so we had a shade cloth put it to shelter the area and hoping to make it a bit of a fernery. We were very happy with the result.

We had dinner over at Bindi's on St Patricks Day- the table was so just lovely and we had a fun time and yummy food as usual.

It has also been the Canberra Balloon Festival recently so the Tuesday Girls ventured out early on a Tuesday morning and we walked around the central basin at 6:30am. Couldn't believe how busy it is around the lake at that time of the morning. The wind direction that morning meant the balloons were not taking off from their usual spot, they did have some tethered balloons outside the National Library and we also go to see some of the other balloons in the distance. It was a lovely morning for a walk around the lake.

Jindabyne March 2024

Amy and I headed down to Jindabyne a couple of weeks ago for an overnight stay. We drove down Friday afternoon, stopping for lunch in Cooma, visiting the Charles Davis Photography Gallery in an old church building. It is such a lovely space, he photographs wildlife.

We then stopped of at Shut the Gate at Berridale where we purchased some goodies for our dinner which we enjoyed on the balcony at the Jindy Inn where we were staying in Jindabyne and enjoyed a grazing plate dinner overlooking Lake Jindabyne.

The next morning we drove up to Lake Crackenback Resort where they had a local produce market on. We purchased some more goodies!

Then we headed to the Wild Brumby where we met Mia and Bindi for lunch to celebrate Bindi's birthday. It has been a while since we went there with them- back in 2016 and we have been talking about going there again for ages. They have Austrian food and serve an Austrian soft drink called Almdudler which Bindi and Mia were craving. We had a lovely time then headed back to Canberra. A quick get away but fun!