11.04.13

Last night, as I was about to head downstairs to go to bed, I saw a rather large spider on the wall. My natural reaction was to scream, "Shaun!! There's a huge spider - get it!" And that is pretty much exactly what I said. So, being the caring guy that he is, he catches it in a glass before taking it outside to let it free.

I was unsettled for the rest of the evening, thinking there were more spiders lurking in every corner. This featured spider is very common here, and it is called a huntsman. The name sounds rather daunting, but they are not poisonous, although they will bite you. I don't care whether it is poisonous or not, I DO NOT LIKE SPIDERS!!

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The brave spider catcher

9.04.13

Before today, only overseas viewers have known about this little gem, but I have just told a dear friend in Perth to check it out - welcome to my silly, not frequently updated, little blog, Erica! I miss you! xx

8.06.13

I meant to add this one to the picture montage, but forgot! So, we all know the tradition of the easter bunny, but do you know about the easter bilby? Here in Oz, we definitely do!

6.04.13

Okay, so this one is a little bit late, but hey, better late than never, right? Last weekend was a long one (4 days!) due to the Easter holiday - so, we met up with our friends from Sydney, Dave and Siobhan, and headed down to Malua Bay. We had booked an apartment with an AMAZING sea-side view. Seriously, waking up every morning to the sound of the surf and only a 3 minute walk to the beach...... can you get any better?!? Anyways, we had a fantastic time - lots of good food, good wine, good weather, and good laughs with friends. We spent a lot of time down by the beach, and went to the local bowl-o for an afternoon of lawn bowls. Lawn bowls is similar to 10-pin bowling, but not quite the same. You play barefoot on the grass, and the aim is to get your ball closest to the white cue ball at the other end of the lawn. Needless to say, an afternoon of bowls and beers is exceptionally fun! Here is a picture montage of the weekend, taken with my new camera. It has some awesome built in filters, like sparkles, reflection and watercolour. I still don't really know how to use the thing, but its heaps of fun!

View from living room window!!

Malua Bay

Pretty flowers

Shaun rocking the pony!

Surfer Boys

Me and Siobhan, not looking impressed!

Alfresco dining with seaside view? Yes, please!

Obviously, we are not very good!

5.04.13

Returning the sweet gesture....... and I think we still look good - even though this photo is more than 20 years later! Love you, dear cousin!

24.03.13

What a week it has been - I have been so incredibly busy! I started another prac in a kindy classroom, so I am working at the school for about 35-40 hours each week and spending another 25-30 hours on other uni stuff. Monday-Friday, I am pulling 13-14 hour work days trying to get everything done. But, the prac is going really well so far, and it has been a great experience. Overall, I will be working there for five weeks. The school is in a very affluent suburb of Canberra and the resources at the school are absolutely amazing - they even have iPads to use in the classroom!

It has been a nice weekend so far - lots of work to be done, but Shaun and I got to have a bit of fun as well. We went to our mates' house for dinner on Saturday night and I enjoyed spending some time with their five month old son, Nate. He is so cute! We have been invited to their wedding in Melbs in June, so that is something else fun to look forward to. Then, on Sunday morning, we went to see some other friends who just had their first bub two weeks ago. He is called Archer (Archie) and he is absolutely beautiful. I had such a lovely time giving him cuddles.

The next two weeks will be short work weeks (hooray!), as there is a public holiday on Friday and the following Monday for Easter. We are meeting up with our friends Dave and Siobhan to head down to the coast over the long weekend. We booked an amazing apartment right on the coast with fantastic views of the sea. Can't wait to relax for bit!

Not much else in the news department. I got a new camera, and I am still trying to figure out how to use it, so no new photos this week. But here are a few oldies to enjoy!


xHB

17.03.13

Guess who's back? Back again. HB's back. Tell a friend. Actually, don't do that last bit - I want to keep this blog as personal and private as possible! Anyways, as some of you may know, I have shut down my FaceBook account. But, I still want to be able to keep you all posted on my life, so the blog is back..... for now at least! I am going to try to update it (with photos!) about once per week, so stay tuned!