Catching up over a cuppa

Alright, so I have been horribly slack with this blog. Last time I wrote it was July the 29^th, and we were in Narrandera. Now it is September the 18^th, and we are in Nambucca Heads, where we started from, 18 months and 3 days after we left (I didn't count, Mum worked it out). True we have been back for a couple of weeks now, and half the people who read this blog probably already know, but I've gotta celebrate somewhere hadn't I?

Soo, I had better catch you up on where we have been. We stayed in Narrandera for 2 weeks, while dad taught at the school. We stayed at the showground for a measly $15/night, which was excellent for us. We also started to get the really cold weather, grateful for beanies gloves and thick jackets.

After staying in Narrandera for 2 weeks, we set off for the snow!! Oh, this was going to be fun (and don't forget freezing cold). To get there we drove through Kosciusko national park, and it was brilliant seeing snow everywhere. We even saw two herds of brumbies, which was extremely exciting for the girls. But to get over those hills, oh boy what an effort. Straining and grunting at 40km/hr, we managed to get over those hills, with the heater going full blast. We were all glad that we had a lighter caravan to tow, instead the old Millard (oh, and by the way, poem writing isn't my forte, just in case you didn't guess).

The scenery was astounding, but we all agreed that we would try not to take such mountainous routes next time, because of the strain on the car. The boys knew to turn the heaters on, because of all their 4WD magazines they had read. It worked too, something useful from all those mags!!

Oh, and something else, our heater wasn't working (except when the engine was overheating). We were all in the car, rugged up fully, and we were going to hit colder temperatures too. The thing was, it was working fine last year in the snow, we were grateful for that, but now its not. Just great.

Anyway, instead of freezing this year, we are going to stay in a caravan park with power (yay!!). The caravan park (Rainbow Pines Tourist Park) was $300/wk plus power, definitely our most expensive place to stay so far. It didn't have very good facilities either!!

But, we were all super excited to be able to get up to the snow. We were all doing the same as last year, but we were all a little better. It took a couple of days to get back into it, but we were all zooming again by the end. We had again bought season passes with our own money, and we only had to hire some skis for the little girls, which was good.

We also had a go at tobogganing for a couple of hours. The girls definitely enjoyed skiing more though.

Right, I will leave you with photos of all our awesome snow experiences:

The boys slept in the car, though Joel certainly didn't mind
having a sleep by the fire

Lots, and lots of coals

By the end, we had the snow start to melt.

Joel, the skier and snowboarder. Me and Joel switched
quite a bit (snowboarding's harder, I know).

Tobogganing down the slopes

Cool girl, this is really how she skied!!

3 skiers, 2 snowboarders, and heaps of fun
(thanks mum and dad).

Oh, and 1 more thing on the weather. The weather up in Darwin was 33 degrees, while down in Adaminaby we were shivering in 5 degrees. We always catch places in the wrong season don't we?