Playing catch up

I haven't forgotten about blogging.  It just has taken a back burner for a while.  I am pretty much always two steps behind on everything.
So I am here to do some catching up.

Last month, we had our Spring school holidays.  As usual, it rained, but we vacationed anyway.  Jay got back from Korea and 14 hours later, I shoved everyone into the car and drove 6 hours.  We drove south to Callala Beach.  It is located on the southern coast of New South Wales.  It's very beautiful down there and full of tourists.

Booderee National Park

Booderee National Park

Stars over Jervis Bay

Kiama Light House

View from Saddleback Mountain

View from Barren Grounds State Reserve

Fitzroy Falls

Nellie's Glen

Carrington Falls

View from Wallis Chair lookout

We had a few days with less rain, and we were able to get out and see the sights.  We visited Booderee National Park, Fitzroy Falls, and Carrington Falls.  We had a nice relaxing week.

For the second week of school holidays, I took the boys camping with some friends of mine.  We all left the dads at home and had a gals week of camping with the kids, 4 moms and 9 kids in total.  We drove two hours north to Seal Rocks.  Seal Rocks is a laid back beach area, only reached by driving 5 kms on a gravel road.  There is not much in Seal Rocks besides a small general store, beaches, a lighthouse, and the holiday park where we camped.   It was beautiful!

Tom and Josh, brrr it's cold

The oldest kids, walking to the lighthouse

view of Boat Beach

Can you spot the whales?

Tawny Frog Mouth Owl

Sugarloaf Lighthouse

View of beach, from lighthouse

Seal Rocks

Joe

Joe and Tom

Lighthouse, a very steep walk up to the lighthouse!

One of my friends grew up near here and was childhood friends with the last lighthouse keeper's daughter

Youngest and oldest kids on the trip, Sam and Sarah

Tom

All 9 kids on the trip

Silliest faces

Fun with sparklers (Tom on left and Joe on right)

Sam's first sparkler, EVER!

Tom

We had a really enjoyable and relaxing time on both trips, but we were glad to get back to normal.  At least for a little while...