Christmas Day 2019

We had a lovely Christmas Day with family around for lunch.  Here are a few photos.

T'was the weekend before Christmas.

We had a lovely catch up with family at Sue and Andrew on the Sunday before Christmas.

Jason

Mum, Anya and Jason

Jen and Paul

Gerrard and Crystal

Andrew

Mum

Anya

Mum and Anya 

Christmas Decorations for 2019

I was organised early for Christmas as it's a busy time of year for work.  However, I didn't have time to play on the computer to put the photos on the blog, so here they are.

Christmas Wreath on the front door.

Christmas Tree all decorated.

A close up of some of the many decorations.

Blue icicle lights on the front deck.

Centre piece on the dining room table.

Santa waving from the festively lit boat on the river just along from home.

Trick or Treat smell my feet give me something good to eat.

It's Halloween on Thursday and we have been watching a few scary movies and putting up a few decorations to get into the spirit of the day.  Nothing too spooky though.

Halloween table display.

Vampire Fancies.

Jack Skellington and batty bats tea light holders.

Eye of Newt and a bottle of  Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Cream.

Pumpkins on the couch.

Skeleton straws.

More pumpkins.

Wise old owl. 

Skull and spiders on the table.

Halloween display board.

One of the many scary spider around the house.

All in a days work.

Just a few pictures from that last few days.  We have had a really busy week with early starts and late nights across parcel runs filling in for staff on holidays. 

All the wattle trees are out in full bloom this picture was taken at the back of Campbell Town.

Heavy snow cover on Ben Lomond, photo taken from Prospect on 10 September 2019 

Hot air balloon on Thursday morning on our way to George Town

The Sorento - Queenscliffe Ferry on it's way back to Victoria as it sails past our home.

Large anchor on display outside the Maritime College section at Beaconsfield.

A selection of the 100's of Gannets on the water at the front of our home.

Front page of the programme for Picnic at Hanging Rock.

We had the afternoon off on Saturday to go to

 see one of my favourite stories at the theatre. 

Tasmanian Tiger Hunting

It was Threatened Species Day yesterday and Tasmania has a few on the list including the Tasmanian Devil, Orange Bellied Parrot and Spotted Tail Quoll to name a few.

As we are always out and about with our work, we are always on the look out for anything unusual.  We were working at the back of Scottsdale, Lebrina and Pipers River on the look out for Tasmanian Devils and Tasmanian Tigers.

During the daytime they were all asleep and we didn't see any of them.  Tassie Devils have been released in the wild in these areas, and there are sometimes reports of tiger sighting too.

Notices along the way to watch out for Tasmanian Devils.

Cold rainy day for a trip to Scottsdale.

Then it rained quite heavy.

Low cloud over Mt Arthur.

Along the way.

Sign post for George Town or Bridport.

You wouldn't spot a Tasmanian Tiger in this thick bushland.

The last authenticated photo of a Tasmanian Tiger in 1936. (Thank you Google)

There have been plenty of sightings since then.  Are they really out there?

Afternoon Tea with Olivia and Gerrard

We spent a lovely time with Olivia and Gerrard for their birthdays the other weekend.  They share the same day for their birthdays.

Olivia the Birthday Girl.

Happy Birthday Gerrard.

A room full of visitors.

Sebastian.

Tropical Island Birthday Cake - for Olivia.

Coffee Birthday Cake - for Gerrard.

Olivia proudly displaying her soccer medal :-)