Zig and the Cat come to Sydney

Because this is Mrs B's first try at posting. Everything is in reverse order. Soz.
They jetskied on Hamilton Island.

They walked the Grand canyon in the Blue Mountains.

Stuff Cat and Zig did in Sydney

They got bored at Manly

Cinema in the Rain

The Benefits are Wild ..

Cat The Snake Goddess

Ethan Loves Green Tree Frogs

BukWahs were the trivia kings - a victory to Mountgay rum

Our Love Will go Onnnnnnnnn

Outback adventures with the Waages Part 1

Our hotel pool was awesome

She should have known it was a strangler fig ...

More outback adventures with the Waages

So how much is a bird on the head worth then?

Too Kool 4 Skool

Cat and Zig Visit the Reef

Bucks and Waages visited the Great Barrier Reef. Airlie Beach QLD.

Cat and Zig's Honeymoon

We made them feel at home - on Brighton Beach

They threw away all the rubbish. Where's ya wheelie bin?

House part 2

Wendy moving us in to the kitchen - cleaning and preparing (all the things Cath doesn't like to do)

A quick view of the garden from the kitchen

House part 7

Thank goodness for Bob the plumber.
He saved us from flooded bathrooms - replumbed the shower and patched in the dishwasher - but he did advise us against running our network and speaker cables through the sewer pipes

The finished floor in the lounge - nice - thanks David & Wendy (for not having faith in me to do the job and kindly paying a professional!)

House part 4

Even with Michaels roofing instruction.... I still managed to break my finger by falling ONTO the roof

Meanwhile Michael did some wizardy under the house to make some crazy metal bolts "disappear"

House part 15

Michael showed me how to tile the roof without hruting myself

Cath laughed her pants off

Serge making a shelf out of a crate

... he is really very handy (at least that's what the girls say)

Gang member Cath started painting with her trousers on looking

Bag upon bag of sawdust

Ethan "helped" by hammering all the screwdrivers into the ground....

The lounge with nothing in it (except my

beautiful wife)

Another Korean dude ripping up the lino in the hall

Our colour consultant Vin...

...advised Cath that Brown is pink and that all rooms should be painted Orange if possible

Her assistant agreed and then ate the cheesy balls

The boys room

Before (carpeted)

After (destroyed and leaning)

House part 22

Serge takes down the curtin rails (which he finds funny)

Meanwhile the Korean dude rips up the carpet - he spoke no English so he found everything funny

House Part 23

It is very cold in our house
In fact these are all of our blankets!

I wouldn't let Alf go to the loo until he had finished

Ethans year 1 teacher Ms Bensley

I can't believe he has his own football team

Jonathan Lamb Football Club (even note that the contact name on the banner is JOHN!

Rory would rather chase seagulls than ride the scary rides at luna park

Ethan and I went to visit USS Kitty Hawk in the harbour

Rory's toast

Please note when we get to England that he likes his toast this way:
Jam + Honey + vegemite (he doesn't like marmite)

Serge helps at the car boot sale

the classic moment this day was when ethan, trying to be helpful, altered our signs which read O.N.O to read O.N.O.L.Y (which in ethan spell = only)

We had to learn where the nearest fire station was...

... due to my consistently clumsy and dangerous cooking techniques.

These are 2 saucy birds I met one night on the lash (Jenny and Danielle)

Trip to luna park

They went on these death defying rides as well as the 1940s "house of fun"
Rory chose this day to cement his "funny farm" look

Cath turns 40

.. and boy did she make a big fuss about it