Poor Mate

After coming home from the river a few days early because my 2year old Lab got a skin irritation, a few days later he ended up at the vets after swallowing some bones. It was very lucky that we discovered it before we went to bed as he may not have made it through the night. It was great to get him home after 3 nights at the vets.

Christmas /New Years

Well Christmas has come and gone. We had a nice Christmas and New Years, but it was very busy. Traveling back and forth to the river got pretty tiring, but it was great to catch up with some people that we haven't seen for a while, especially those from Queensland. One of the best new additions to the campsite was the solar powered exhaust fan in the bush toilet.. None of the smell you usually get. New Years was spent close to home as it has been over the past few years. It was another great night, the kids pushed themselves to midnight. Here is a couple of vids from the river.

Camping Time

Camping around Christmas at Torrumbarry has been tradition for me since I started going out with my now wife. Torrumbarry is located on the Murray River, about 3hours North of Melbourne. My wife grew up there until she was about 11. Each year we seem to get there earlier to get 'Our' spot. But it has been a blessing in disguise as it is a lot quieter. After Christmas it gets busy on the water And that makes teaching little kids a bit hairy

Holidays

woo hoo

Ban on Summer Weddings

Oh I know it isn't technically Summer, but Summer weddings need to be banned. Us poor blokes suffer in the heat. Even though it wasn't overly hot according to the BOM, it felt like it was 50 in the suit and out in the sun. All in all, it was a great night and very relaxed. I haven't seen that much food at a wedding, it was great.

Camps Over

Busy few weeks
I have been on two school camps, one to Anglesea and one to Maldon. Both pretty good camps, but the grade 5 one to Anglesea was great, especially when we went surfing. The kids didn't like the 7km walk into Anglesea though.

Add to this, my wife had a school grade 2 sleep over.

Hopeless

I'm hopeless at finishing these blogs off. Just looked at Europe 2012 and only got through half the trip, then same with Singapore and QLD last year for my birthday. I am going to try a bit harder.