BRUNY ISLAND VISIT I

March 18 ansd 19 we we took a couple days break at Bruny Island. A friend who attends our Tuesday night Bible studies gave Martha two days at a cottage on Bruny Island for her Birthday.

Bruny Island is off the south east coast of Tasmania.

The above picture is of my beloved wife, riding shot gun, as the car ferry takes us over to Bruny.

View from inside the car while riding over on the ferry.

Everyone else on the top deck of the ferry lined up behind us.

Approaching Bruny

Receiving dock on the island.

Here is a view of the living room of the cottage. The cottage is called "The Weekender."

Julia enjoying some Avocado in the small dining area.

The other end of the living area of the cottage (the window you saw in the above picture is right behind me). There is a small dining and kitchen. It had everything you could need.

Julia likes butter!

Martha took this picture while she was standing in front of the kitchen area. The section of the cottage behind Terry is the bedroom section. You can also see the great view the cottage has over Terry's shoulder.

My amazing wife making French Toast for brekkie (Australian for breakfast)!

Just Chil'n

Front view of the cottage from the road. The windows to the left are to the main bedroom that has a Queen size bed. The middle window is for the bathroom. Thw window is translucent and in frontof the shower. The last window is another bedrrom with two single beds.

The bedrooms (on the left) and the lving area (on the right) are joined by a covered deck.

The bedrooms have sliding doors.

Cottage view

View from the lving area window.

A common view as we went out for a walk on the beach.

While we were out for a walk we stopped and chatted with some locals for quite a while about life in Tassie, Bruny in particular, and the change in the churches over the past 50 years or so.

Views of some of the homes and the walked back to the cottage

Another couple views of the cottages

The door into the living area

A few things we found on the beach and the wealk back

Bath time!

Nap time!

Sunset from the living area window

Our little explorer!

A view of main land Tassie and oncoming rain clouds in the early morning.

Next time our boat trip!!

Grandma & Grandpa Knaut's Visit

We had a wonderful time with Terry's mom and stepdad while they were here from April 12 to 24. So relaxing that we didn't take half the pictures we should have, unfortunately. I think the best parts were getting to spend time with them as two couples in the evenings and watching them interact with Julia. She loved the extra attention!

reading Curious George with Grandma - check out that cheeky grin!

Julia loves reading and helping turn the pages.

We spent a day at the Tasmania Zoo so that Mom and Andy could see some unique Tasmanian and Australian animals up close.

Here's a good ol' Tassie devil. They became fiercely competitive as feeding time approached.

fascination

Mom and Andy worked the camera and videocamera respectively.

crunching through bones and all

We enjoyed the day heaps.

petting the devil

Julia decided she'd pass.

Nothing like feeding zoo animals to bring out the kid in you.

We made it down to Salamanca on the Saturday they were here.

We were pretty thorough in our perusal of the art, craft, and produce at the market, but Julia has yet to learn the joy of shopping.

reading magazines with Grandpa is much more fun!

These are a sampling of pictures from our jaunt to Port Arthur the day before they left. I took much fewer photos this time than the first time I was there!

Julia chillin' with the men.

smiles :)

I have found out where Terry got the tendency to close his eyes for photos.

playing with Grandpa - she just loves to kick or drum with her feet lately

convening for the serious matter of the dividing of the chocolate rabbit

king of the castle... er, penitentiary

These are a few pictures from the model village of Old Hobart Town in Richmond. We tried to take them there the day we were at Salamanca (and Mt. Wellington) but ended up arriving after everything had shut down. So here's a little virtual tour:

The man skinning a kangaroo is one of four things you are supposed to look for in the model village. The figurines are fairly intricate, all handmade, and sometimes humorously posed.

Where's Waldo?

Well, that's all we caught. In other news, Julia has just had her first birthday - and a happy one it was at that. But more on that to come. Stay tuned!