Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Trip Down South, Western Australia

We went 'down south' to Dunsburough in W.A, a famous surfing location. The beaches and terrain are rugged and the surf great. We had a ball with Uncle Mick (pictured surfing here).


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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Giant Tree Top Walk








We drove to Walpole, Western Australia (6.5 hours south of Perth) and completed the walk with the giant trees. A suspension bridge gradually takes you up into the trees so that you get a birds eye view. This was spectacular and one of the highlights of our trip.

Climbing The Gloscester Tree


The Gloscester tree is located in Pemberton, W.A (about 4.5 hours south of Perth). This is the the tallest fire lookout tree in the world. Historically, they would use trigonometry measurements from this tree and other nearby lookout point to locate where a fire was burning. The tree had a series of metal pegs that you climbed to reach the top, not for the faint hearted!



Monday, December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas

I had a great xmas with Nana and Grandpa. They got all dresses up and danced around with me. Here we are in action.



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Saturday, December 23, 2006

Fish 'n' Chips: Aussie Style





Tonight we went to Hillary's Boat Marina and ate Fish and Chips. Daddy had never eaten them wrapped up in paper before (mommy says this is how she's always had it). It sure tasted great! Mommy was excited to buy a Passiona drink too. It's a soda that you can only get in Australia, see:

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Ngili Cave





We visited Ngili Cave in Yallingyup with Mick, Paul, Danielle and Trisha. on the way down we got to meet an Emu. Check out the Stalagtites and Stalagmites!








Perth

Here are a few recent pics of Perth.



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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Catching Up with Aunty Jade

I got to see Aunty Jade again today. I just love her. Don't her designer glasses look fabulous??




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My First Surfing Lesson

Today Uncle Micky took me surfing. Check me out!


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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Sunday, December 10, 2006

WE MADE IT TO AUSTRALIA....40 HOURS LATER!

Today we departed for Australia. It's close to 40 hours door to door of transit time and Ella did great. Here are some pics of our travels.

Ella & daddy on one of the many flights


Ella trying on her beach sunglasses at LAX airport!



Ella even listened to the inflight movie



Ella chilling out at Sydney airport


Ella crashed out on the final flight from Sydney to Perth (after 30 hours of transit)


We finally made it to Perth airport and were greeted by Grandpa...


and the rest of the Plowie crew


That night, we went down to my favorite hang out, Cottesloe beach ("The Cott")


Sunday, December 03, 2006

5 More Sleeps!


It's only 5 more sleeps til we leave for Australia! Yeah