Australian Holiday Part 6 - Enjoying Australia!

Always great to be home again!

A view from Cleland...

A trip over the causeway to granite island to see the penguins after dark...

Visiting the waterfalls near Normanville...

Australian Holiday Part 5 - A Day at the Footy

While in Australia we had a great day at the footy watching Port Power beat West Coast Eagles convincingly. We enjoyed the match with Nanny Helen and Poppy Paul, Uncle Sean & Uncle Peter, cousins Molly, Charlie, Annie, Jack, and Kiana, the Mickans, and Imran. Thanks to Sean for organising the tickets and Helen for the great BBQ in the car park before the match.

Australian Holiday Part 4 - Cuddling Koalas and Chasing Kangaroos

To fulfil a wish for Susannah to cuddle a Koala, we visited the Cleland Wildlife Park with the kids.

Johnathan meets Hazel, the Koala.



Susannah gets here cuddle!


Susie feeding a Kangaroo, but she preferred to run after them yelling "Show me how you hop"!!


Mon, Susie, Annie, and who is the cheeky kid at the front?

Australian Holiday Part 3 - Family Fun at Normanville

Some cosy evenings with the family at Normanville...

Nanny Helen reads a bed time story to Hannah, Susannah, Kiana, and Johnathan - but it looks like Poppy Paul is ready for bed!


Lunch time for the cousins, Susie, Gemma, Johnathan, Kiana, and Molly.


All ready for bed in pyjamas


Poppy Paul reads a bedtime story.

Australian Holiday Part 2 - Back at Normanville

We stayed at our house in Normanville which was fantastic. Very different during winter compared to our summer visit. The fields and hills were green compared to the dry brown of summer and it was very cosy to have the fire going in the house to keep warm.

The views, even better during winter!




Susannah gets settled back in to life in Normaville, finding her old toys and enjoying the deck, even during winter!

Australian Holiday Part 1 - Catching Up With Family

We have been back from Australia for a week now and are getting settled back in to life in Doha and are over the jet lag. Here are a few pictures from our two week holiday.

Meeting baby Tom, Johnathan and Susannah's new cousin, at Sean and Jane's house.


Playing with the cousins in the backyard. Charlie, Annie, Gemma, Johnathan, and Molly look at the clouds!


At Nanna and Pop's house, Susannah catches up with Misty and entertains Nanna and Pop.


Tether tennis in the backyard at Nanna and Pop's. A nice winter day in Middleton.

A day at school

More photos from the CD - these ones in a folder called "27th April - Just a Normal Day"!

Johnathan and his Porsche

You may recall an earlier post on the blog about a Porsche driving school that visited Johnathan's school during the year. Now the school year has finished, we got a CD full of photos from throughout the year and we found these pictures. It looks like all the kids had a great time