Queen's birthday weekend

This week was filled with the usual comings and goings. Neil working hard and Cath working equally as hard at home with Bradley! My weekly mothers group is still going well and we're able to meet in the park as the rains seemed to have stopped for the moment, it's a nice way to start the week relaxing in the park with the babies on rugs. All 7 babies were born within 4 weeks of each other and Bradley is the oldest by 4 days!

As we start to make plans for hopefully our business we are gathering ideas and experimenting, so this week Neil had an image printed large to check out just how good his camera is and then mounted and framed. This will hopefully be a demo print to show his work off to people.

The finished product.



Saturday morning was a beautiful Queensland winters day, lots of sunshine and just a slight nip in the air. It had been an extra cold night reaching a low of 6 degrees- chilly! It was a great morning to for a leisurely family stroll at a place called Cotton tree which is only 15 mins from home.

Our walk



A cafe stop is essential on a cool Saturday morning.



The Paskin boys



On the way home as Bradley was fast asleep we did some exploring down a couple of new roads to find some great bush land and waterways, definitely photo potential there for another time.

The rest of the day was spent visiting our friends, Amy, Marc and baby Ryan for food and beer!

Sunday morning, Neil ventured out for sunrise alone, me and Bradley stayed in bed! Unfortunately for him there was no clouds but he took a few snaps anyway.





After a fry up to revive Neil we headed out for the day and to explore an area called Emu Mountain which we have driven past lots of times but never tried to climb it, it is a very small 'mountain' at 78m tall. It was a lovely walk and provided great views of the area. We had a family picnic on the top and did a long walk back down exploring the area fully.

The walk up





The summit



The picnic



A family snap shot



View of Coolum with Mt Coolum in the background



View from the top



The scenery



We were quite exhausted by our return so a refreshing coffee in Coolum was called for before heading home!

Monday was a public holiday here to mark the Queen's birthday, but Neil still worked and I still went to Mothers group so not much celebrating for the queen here! Neil is struggling along as he has his first winter cold, you even get them in Oz!