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

Yes - she does

Ethan tests to see if Rory's hair can be pulled off

Meliss and Audrey wander into the sea

it was a beautiful sunny day after school and all the kids jumped in with nothing on down at the park on condamine street

My two future apple executives

Rory does his first poo in the potty.......

....it is there if you look closely

Ethan saved up for almost 20 weeks

to buy this helicopter on ebay
He is very proud because it has 650 pieces!
It took 2 days to build an it is HUGE

Egg Rolling at Easter

Here is our effort - great eggs especially Caths (pictured) - which has 2 pink skis attached to the bottom. My egg had a beard. The left overs were scoffed by passing seagulls and dogs.....

Ethan spotted this...

Bad news for fans of Nemo

Mother Theresa visits our home

The adventure begins

With a dead snake and a lovely view.
On the way we saw wallabies and huge spiders

More adventure...

we found more sand, some skinny dipping (everyone had a go)
and a digger

The adventure continues....

This is Mackerell bay where we wanted to go.....
We never made it - but we did have an adventure

GOOGLES - what about these for your feet

..as Ethan and I discover "boot heaven" in Target

Latest Pics

Ethans Bluebottle Jellyfish stings

both arms - both legs - though Cath was pleased to be surrounded by surf life saving hunks while they carefully peeled the stings from his body

Rory searching for the ultimate wave...

..one that might pull his trunks back up perhaps.....

Latest Shots from Home

Will they play for England or Australia?
Rory minces his way to the shops

A night at the museum

Wayne and the Margarets sell our flat

Is this the biggest chip in the world?

Anthea and Ken Leaney came to visit

We had a great day in the blue mountains - we walked 400 miles through the bush with Rob and Olgeny.
Unfortunately the only picture I have is this one. It shows Ken taking a rest....

LOST SUNGLASSES

Last week at the park, we found a pair of sunglasses - do they belong to you?
They are black and would suit a motorcycle rider.

The Bucks become property moguls

It's "Our House" but it's not in the middle of "Our Street"

Here is the description

"A Cottage With Potential On Great Land - Positioned in Cul-De-Sac
Fabulous potential to improve this spacious original timber tile cottage. Positioned on a leafy setting on a 750sqm corner block with two street access and a fabulous North facing garden.

3 Double Bedrooms, 2 captures North Sun
Eat in kitchen with pantry off
Bathroom with separate shower access
Generous combined living overlooks garden
Garaging and huge storage area under house

The Potential to capitalise on this property is immense. Interest to home owners, builders and developers.

A Great Area To Raise A Family"