Manly Beach!

One of the most famous beaches in Sydney, is Manly Beach, so we had to go and check it out! It was definitely nice enough to sunbathe, but the water was a little too freezing cold for my liking! There's a famous walk from Manly to Shelly Beach, so we opted to try that before it got too hot out. The walk was beautiful along the ocean and the kids enjoyed checking everything out! Super soft!
Getting ready to check out the sand
Heading over to the beach - it was a cute beach town!
We made it to Manly!
Taking the Ferry from Sydney over to Manly - it's the best way to get there - by boat!

Grace's School Spring/Summer uniform

So Grace was on break for 2 weeks end of Sept - early Oct, between Term 3 and Term 4. She is now required to wear her "summer" uniform, so I thought we would get a picture of her first day back to school for Term 4 wearing her new uniform! It was nice to get all of us back into a routine, but I must say, having a little break between every term is NICE!!

Modeling her new outfit (she actually has knee high's on, although it looks like tights in this picture.)

Birthday dinner

After the Wildlife Park we rode the tram (a little train that rides around the city to get a birds eye view) around and then stopped in Chinatown for some Korean BBQ! It was very delicious! The kids even liked it! Then we had some gelato before taking the train back home.Birthday dinner, and I have food in my teeth - NICE! Thanks, Josh, for noticing that BEFORE you took the picture.... (sigh)
Korean BBQ!
making silly faces while waiting for the tram
There's the Aquarium and Wildlife park!
Here comes the tram!

Crocodile!

Giant Crab!
They had a HUGE crocodile that had been captured because he was always in populated areas and they were afraid he would either kill someone, or something would happen to him. He was in the northern part of Australia. They can't find a mate for him to breed because he kills them......angry croc!!

Wildlife Park

Petting a snake - EWW!!

Kangaroo
Sitting on a "wombat"

My birthday!

My birthday was on Sunday, September 25, so we decided to go into Sydney for the day. We had originally planned to check out one of the beaches, but it was a rainy day, so we decided to check out the Wildlife Park (which is right next to the Aquarium) since we hadn't been there yet. It's mostly indoors, so that worked out well, too. We enjoyed it, and it was nice, but after going to Featherdale there was no comparison. Featherdale is WAY better!! It was much more "zoo-like" and you couldn't touch the animals. We enjoyed our day, though!Koalas sleeping in a tree
Lance liked the Kookaburra
Inside the butterfly exhibit

One of the butterflys

Unpacking

These are some pictures of our first week of unpacking! It was perfect when everything came, because Grace was on her 2 week Term 3 break, so I didn't have to worry about taking her to and picking her up from school! It was easier to just focus on the house and getting things done. The kids enjoyed making forts out of the boxes and I let them play with playdoh all over the floor!! If you know me very well, this was a BIG deal for me! I don't enjoy big messes like that - I know, I really need to get over it! Ha! I will say, though, it kept them entertained for 4 hours straight, so I got a lot done!!! I couldn't believe it!!Their "house"
being silly
enjoying the big space for playdoh