Category: Little Adventures

The local 4×4 mud plug was cancelled due to excess water last year so it was with great delight we saw that this year was a go! 4×4 trucks, mud, gumboots, hot chips and sunshine = a great sunday! It was an inauspicious start. We arrived and the kid declared she wanted to go home…

Spring in the park. Playground time. Blossom and flowers and bees. The city. The ‘big draw’ art and activity event for the holidays. Mirror exhibition at the museum. A really fun day out.

A quiet walk by the river. Savouring the spring sunshine and warmth. Smallest enjoying dresses and a cardi rather than the layers and layers of wool. Ok, theres still wool in the form of leggings and vests – but there are also dresses! Whoop (if your 4 anyway) Blue bird skies and skipping ahead. Shaking…

These were taken a while ago – real mid-winter stuff. An amazing walk up in the hills. lightly falling snow and perfect light. Very late to the blog.

During the school holidays there are always things for the kids going on in the city. Today we headed into town to catch the Lights in the Park. As part of kidsfest this winter holiday they put light sculptures and fixtures in a route around the botanic gardens and after a wander in the mall,…

We had a very outdoors weekend, lovely walks and time by the river. Balanced by some reasonably copious film watching and munching on snacks. As the days get cooler and days shorter we are embracing the sunlight when it comes out. 

A walk in the bush. Not our usual haunt but a lovely place (particularly now the wasps have settled down) The rains have rejuvenated the area. Leaves have plumped up, mosses look soft and springy. Some of the trees are tentatively turning towards autumn colours, hews of red, orange and gold are appearing. Of course…