Our News, Photos and Videos : March 2014

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Silvia and John - Happy Anniversary!

Here's our March news and photos, which starts off with our short break in Denmark with John, Silvia and the grandchildren, mainly so we could be there for their Wedding Anniversary.

We left in the evening and decided to have a night's stop about 17kms North of Kojonup on the way down to break the journey. The weather was perfect for travelling, not too hot, and we were greeted with a cool, sunny morning next day.

Getting ready to leave after a fairly quiet night's stop on the way to Denmark

A morning hug for the tree!

When we arrived in Denmark, we got a text from John saying that he and Emil were having surfing lessons at Ocean Beach, so after unloading some food etc from the van at John's, we went to watch them.

Mike - with his back to me - in the sea watching.....


He got knocked over by a wave and nearly lost his bathers!

Emil is on the right of the above photo, holding his board.

Emil and John in the centre

It looks a lot like hard work to me!

John coming in

The big waves!

Next morning Mike took some photos of the local Kangaroos and John and Silvia's chickens, which have grown quite big now, and they have also had another batch since Christmas.

One of the friendly local kangaroos

Some of the chickens - the others were roaming around the garden!

View from John's front

We parked our van in its usual spot outside the house - there are no camping fees here, chuckle!

One of the reasons we visited at this time was because it was John and Silvia's wedding anniversary. They had arranged to have some friends round for 'brunch'. All the children ate first - here's some photos.

Benjamin preparing a waffle

Maya enjoying hers!

Beautiful roses brought by a friend

I have to admit now that we had been drinking champagne cocktails while the children were eating, so by the time we sat down for our meal, we had forgotten about taking anymore photos!

We stayed at the house for couple of days, taking some more photos and also did a bit of local sightseeing.

The kids on the trampoline

Some local views of rough seas!

We went off for an overnight stay in Walpole at the Rest Point camping site and had a lovely time there, although it was only a short stop. We had a nice stroll along the bay the evening we arrived, then a longer walk next morning to Sandy Beach. Mike managed to fall over on the way, but fortunately he didn't hurt himself, chuckle!

A friendly Pelican

A very tall tree at Rest Point

The Lady Walpole

This is where we camped

Mike cooked the evening meal, while I took the photos, chuckle!

Awaiting the feast!

And very nice it was too!

Next morning we did the bush walk from Rest Point to Sandy Beach and back. You can see from the photos it is a very narrow path with very steep sides above and below it!

This is where Mike fell! (Probably concentrating on taking the photo and not looking where he was going, chuckle!) Luckily he fell forwards and not sideways down the bank!

Sandy Beach

Is this an Alien or a Dinosaur?

No! I'm not as fat as that - I have a baggy shirt on! Look at the size of this felled tree!

On the way back to Denmark, we called in at Peaceful Bay. It was a beautiful day and it really was peaceful - I even had a paddle!

When we got back to John's, he was in the middle of making a model aeroplane

A wing

Part of the body

Emil helping John - he later made one of his own.

Mike looking on

Over the next couple of days we had some walks and Mike also took Emil fishing (for the 2nd time) but they still had no luck. Emil had also taken his kite, so they had some fun flying that instead.

We walked from the town to the Inlet along the river....

..and saw a Pelicon herding some fish to catch.

Mike and Emil didn't catch any fish, but found this dead one on the beach! It was huge!

Instead of fishing, they flew Emil's kite.

Soon it was time to go home. We had another lovely meal with them all, then left in the evening, deciding to stop overnight on the way back as we had done on the way down. We'd had a really lovely time!

John's plane - all he needed was the engine!

Farewell photo - you may be able to spot the moon just to the right of John's head....


....if not you can see it in this photo!

While we were away, exciting things were happening to Jo and family. Jo and Alex had paintings in an exhibition and Alex won the main Youth prize for her picture of Jo......