Saturday

We have had a couple of weeks of celebration and fun... Firstly, our boy turned 12. I don't know that I am ready for this next chapter, but I'm excited about what is to come just the same. As we were heading off for a weeks holiday the next morning, we had a small celebration with Tacos and ice cream cake and one of Nicholas' best friends joined us.

Last night we returned from a weeks stay at the coast. Even though there were five of us in a two bedroom cabin I could have had another two days away. We simply  parked ourselves at the caravan park, conveniently located across the road from our favourite local coastal cafe. It was a week of strolling across for coffee, the skate park down the road, library visits and plenty of beach strolls and visits to the botanical gardens. Picnics, dinners out and a trip to the movies - we packed it in.

I now dream of a bush block at Geurilla Bay and beach side picnics.

In no particular order, here are the holiday snaps. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this post is an epic.

Thursday

I missed a whole season of camping this past Autumn/Summer.  A lot of people would think that was a good thing!  But we have a nice setup now. While we don't go strictly for glamping, we eat well and I enjoy planning the meals and the kids activities.  I have a folder filled with activities, locations, recipes and notes on equipment. We hope to get away for a quick trip at the end of winter, but are saving ourselves for a bit of a Tasmanian adventure later.
I find planning any event half the fun, so I've been reading a lot and picking the brains of anyone I know who has been.  
Talking of camping, I love these pictures of Jane Goodall's setup when she was younger.  While I wouldn't take to camping with chimpanzee's much, the mid-century period is my cup of tea!

This picture I just liked... maybe my years at uni studying anthropology.  The anthropologists I know who flocked to PNG in the 1970's had a similar style. And still do! :)