The next part of trip sees Mumma, Pappa and Bambi catching an air conditioned bus to Canberra, then onto Beautiful Rita Beers surprise 90th Birthday on the coast, time in Melbourne with our favourite french Canadian friends & Melbourne family, Beer/Kennedy Canberra xmas, Brisbane & the beach, and our final nights in Sydney.
Wow, we really did all that and more in less than three weeks! Amazing.
Check the pics below...
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| These birds sat and ate just outside the kitchen window at mums all day long! |
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| Country bakery goodness |
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| Tasty |
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| Yep, they fly prop planes out of Canberra. This was our transport to Melbourne. |
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| Stone & Wood pacific pale ale on arrival at Dom and Cats place - Thats the sign of a good host! |
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| Rone was all over Melbourne... specially north of the CBD near the Everfresh studio. |
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| The wall at Shifter bikes. Amazing steel road bikes. |
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| Loads of kids got taken out on this intersection. Well at least thats what the gang shoes on high wires would make you think. I think there was even a pair of high heels up there somewhere. |
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| Mmmmmmm Veggie Bar on Brunswick St. |
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| Second time lucky - Fyxomatosis Andy's 'FYXO HUB' was closed first time we went past, but we were persistent and managed to stop by the following day - so worth it. This EURO pursuit bike was amazing! |
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| F.Moser, De Rosa, Merckx, Ciocc and more... only the best vintage steel on the walls. |
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| In the park with Liz, Indie and Zara |
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| More ice cream please. |
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Everfresh
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| Everfresh studio space was pretty rad - and they have an old NBA JAM machine! |
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| Meggs sparkling red label commission. |
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| Love the the Ned Kelly piece and the planet of the apes dude made from a he-man sculpture. |
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| Out the back of the studio was a load of scooters all in various states of repair. Seems one of the guys who shares the studio has a vintage vespa/scooter fetish. |
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| The studio also had a load of VHS tapes. Some nice films in there! |
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| Darren Henderson owl's at Liams place. |
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| Ye olde Melbourne family. Note Liam is rocking 'a traveller' - old skool Liam! |
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| Moroccan soup bar. Still as good now as it was back in the day! |
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| Xmas day - Uncles love to take the piss, specially out of the little brother when he is not around to throw a tantrum again. hehe. |
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| Hammock times. I could use one of these in my life! |
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First time I had seen my uncles EH.
Oneday we might have a 55 or 56 Chevy pickup with a baby seat in the middle of the bench seat. Yes please! |
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| My older brother cracked into this old skool Whiskey on xmas night... after finishing the 35+ year old dimple! |
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| Boxing day BBQ - It looks like we are cooking, but I think it stopped just after it kinda started and we had to relocate. I never really liked those communal park BBQs anyways. |
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| Final ride on RIH in Canberra. He is either at mums house or hanging in Pats shed. |
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On the way to the airport... managed to snap one of the crazy Canberra street signs. 'Speed hurts' was just one that we saw while in Canberra. I think our favourite was 'Text and drive U B next'
Tax payers money - well spent? |
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| Jack & Xavier went a bit nuts when I gave them some VNA stickers. |
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Xavier is one cool kid!
Crazy to think that he is wearing a shirt I made for Jack almost 6 years ago now. |
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| Stuck in the rain storm. Poor little Xavier. |
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| More Rain storms in Brisbane. Where do you hide? Under a tree! |
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| Xavier. Yes he is old enough to have a moustache! |
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Ninja-go! Jack & Xavier love these guys... and we played it every morning religiously.
I always lost... even when I won. hehe |
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| This is Bambi's second beach visit. |
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| Xavier was so cute and gentle with Bek and Bambi |
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| Our Queenslander home for 3 days. Thanks Bridget for having us. |
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| Back in Sydney, Roly gets acquainted with Gabba before a little Fruit Ninja action. |
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| Brad vs Fruit Ninja! |
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| Gabba moonlights as a guard dog! |
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| Shannon and Jumbo in their Redfern studio space |
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| Panel van times are good times. |
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| Had to take this one. I can't believe I used to cross this bridge twice a day for several years! |
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| The Davies/Evans family at the end of an emotional morning. |
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| Carringbah at low tide. |
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| Final good bye. Next time we see all of you we will be three! |
A big thankyou to everyone who took the time to see us in Australia. We miss you all more than you can imagine. A special thanks to Krys and Brad for letting us use their house as our main base while we were in the country. You guys are amazing!
Back in the UK, back at work, and counting down the days until Bambi arrives.
More soon...
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