Happy Birthday Kathleen

Fourteen years ago today Wendy & I were doing laps of John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle trying to bring on the birth of Kathleen after Wendy's waters broke the night before. Now 14 years later she is a beatiful and clever young lady who puts too much toilet paper in the head and blocks it up, then I have to unblock it and get covered in it!

We have had a busy few days this week. On Wednesday John, Jan & Mechelle(John's Daughter) & her 4 month old twins came up for a visit. We had a cuppa on the boat and then went over to the park and had lunch. It was good to see them all again as its been a while since we last saw them.

Michael, John, Charlotte, Harrison, Ian, Middy, Kathleen, Amy & Wendy at the park on the waterfront. We have spent a bit of time here with the kids. .

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The next day we caught the bus to movieworld, which is a theme park with rides and shows etc. Everyone had a good time and there was hardly any crowds as it was mid week and no school holidays, so there was only a couple of minutes to wait to go on the attractions.

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Amy hated this ride, too scarry.

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The following day we walked over to the chanderly to pick up the exhaust part that split on the way from Ballina. We fitted that and left for Tipplers Resort on South Stradbroke Island. We arrived just before dark and had trouble finding a place to anchor as it was packed with houseboats and powerboats dropping anchor in the channel. We ended up finding a little hole close to the resort after sending the kids ahead in the dingy and the portable depth sounder. We went over to the hotel in the resort and there was live music and Toad races. 8 cane toads(which are an introduced pest here) were painted with numbers and people could bid to buy a toad. The first three toads that crossed the line earnt their owners the pool. Some of the faster toads went to $100 and none went below $50. The winner picked up over $300.

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Cane toad races at Tipplers