Canberra - Kangaroo Valley - Bundeena

Hi again
Well here I am sitting in a superb location (After we cleaned up the poo and toilet paper from some moron) in the bush in the Blue Mountains in the Megalong Valley.

Birds are going off kids are in school and Lucy is well just being Lucy (loud).

We have had a busy time holidaying since my last post and there has been a mix of emotions from meeting great people to the lows of the War memorial in Canberra and seeing just how bad our Grandads had it over sea's and the horrors that they were a part of, to the living conditions in the mud and cold. This is a place that every Aussie should visit I spent two days there but coulde have spent longer and I would be lying if i said i didn't have a tear in my eye the whole time I was there, in fact even now just thinking back another has formed.

The national Museum in canberra was a disappointment lots of open space very little content :(.

The Zoo was pretty good with an aquarium and good reptile display, the big cats also had good open areas and I managed to get some good pics of a few of them.

I had a couple of good flights here and I had to get out of bed at 5am to fly one sight bloody crazy but good fun, the guys in the local club were great and I would love to come back.

After Canberra we ended up on the coast in Moruya and we rented a dinghy for a few hours fishing ,lots of tiddlers caught and a small amount of sunburn.

From here we went to Kangaroo Valley

This turned out to be a great move as we met some great people and had a fantastic time .

The kids made friends straight away Lucy lost her trainer wheels and the families all hit it off as well, so a great Australia day weekend was had.

There were heaps of Wombts and Goanas and I even saw two lyrebirds which was a bit of a highlight.

After KV we headed for the coast again so i could possibly have a fly at Stanwell park a famous Aussie flying site, we camped close by in Coledale which was on the beach, it had the potential to be a great spot but due to being right next door to the toilets and a truckstop it lost it's appeal as Debs and i were getting no sleep and the weather was no good for flying so we hightailed it out of there to Bundeena in the Royal Nat Park.
My cousin lives here and it was great to catch up, we had lunch one day over in Cronulla at Hogs Breath where I had a steak that was supposedly cooked for 18hrs?
The next night we rode our bikes to my cousins (Jeff , Barbara and Ollie)
They had cooked up a storm and some of the tastiest curries Iv'e had in a long time. On the way home we saw a deer as well.
After Bundeena its to our current bush camp in the Blue mountains.

Heather on an early paddle KV

Our campsite KV

Now this is unbelievable if you had have seen the rig he was using?? Maybe the fish was either stupid or had help :)

George with his prize catch

Wally the Wombat

Our Red Bellied who was around most days.

DS Party

Canberra Zoo- Olive Python

Mr Murray Cod

Mountain Lion

Tiger- Two great shots

The kids all love the Dingos

Rock Python
Canberra Pilots are a bit weird

Lake George - Sunrise before flight

Sunrise Lake George

What are we doing the sun isn't even up yet.

Stanwell Park-Bummer i never got to fly here. Awsome coast line.

The War Memorial-Canberra . These men of the 2/16th my uncle Sully would've fought alongside. The ones that never came home.

There are heaps of these figurenes of all the different battles throughout the memorial.

Stained Glass at the Hall of Rememberence

Simpson and His Donkey

The faces of all the soldiers(prisoners) killed on the Sandokan Death March- Murdered by the Japanese

Lest We Forget

A small portion of the men killed-WW1 Galvo