photostory friday: pictures of oz

firstly, by way of explanation, "OZ" is a kiwi way of saying 'australia'

our trip to see tara and her fam for 8 days during the recent school holidays was simply wonderful, and contained a little and a lot of everything...

an early morning start

friendship and joy

a second birthday!

beaches

did i say beaches already?

how about jumping at beaches...

and some snorkelling

then there were the wharves

the local council allows houses to build RIGHT to the water, so there are any number of private wharves, but plenty of public ones too

perfect for jumping off...

then there was our day trip to sydney

this involved a lot of ANTICIPATION

then exhaustion..

did you know there are ONE MILLION 56 THOUSAND TILES

on the roof of the sydney opera house?

and here's just one of them!

chocolates galore at the lindt cafe

our week was full of cute dogs too

and chocolate pizza

WHAT holiday is complete without chocolate pizza?

and big knickers

i almost forgot about the big knickers

did i mention the beaches already?

and more joy (for the jumping of)

sightseeing too

and ice skating

i almost forgot about the ice skating

and the scary pelicans

was there ever a FREAKIER bird?

i don't know how big their brains are, but they're smart enough to wait by the fish filleting table at the beach and wait for the leftovers to wash out

watching one pelican try to carry off the remains of an entire fish without all the other pelicans stealing it off him was entertaining.  freaky but entertaining

then it was time to say farewell

and thank goodness for skype :)

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