BBQ and a night out in manly

Hello all- this might be the last post for awhile, I think our camera has reached the end of its lifespan- which isn't too bad as we were planning on getting a new one, but it is rather bad in terms of taking photos and having them instantly for the computer....

neways.... here are a few random pictures from our Christmas Eve BBQ and Christmas day with Owen's parents.

Cameron's friend from St. Louis just moved out to Australia so we met up for a night in Manly.

Tasmania

Ok so we've just come back from this fabulous trip where we took millions of photos! and as we went so many different spots i can't resist putting up too many photos!! Plus I'm a big dork and I've made a mini map of Tassie- we started at the mid bottom dot which is hobart, went over to the lower right dot which is marion bay where falls was and then back to hobart and follow the line in a clockwise direction and that's where we traveled!

Our first day in Hobart we were lucky enough to have a few of the boats from the Sydney to Hobart race arrive. This is Wild Oats, who have arrived first the last three years in a row.

We took a shuttle bus to Marion Bay for the Falls Festival. Three days of camping and music as well as new years. This is the gorgeous view of the main stage.

There were so many people there. This is a photo of one of the four or so sections of camping areas, all packed full like this.

We ended up with a great location and spent the early afternoons watching the second stage from our tent.

Here is a picture on New Years Eve of Sacha, Emma and I. Emma and I went to uni together and it was fun to meet up.

After Falls we headed west and stopped at Derwent Bridge where we went for a wander around Lake St. Claire National Park.

From Derwent Bridge our next stop was Strahan. But on the way we went to Nelson's Falls,

and we even got a picture of Owen in front of Mt. Owen just outside of Queenstown.

After having lunch in Strahan we went for a bit of a drive and found Henty Dunes (furthest dot on the left) it was very tiring to walk on such fine sand!

After a bbq dinner at the campsite we went and sat on the beach to read and wait/watch the sunset.

From Strahan we drove North to see Cradle Mountain National Park.

We drove further to Devonport for lunch on the beach and then we camped just outside of Launceston. This bear head just cracked us up and apparently you can have tea parties inside? Very strange thing to find at a caravan park...

On our way to Bay of Fires we stopped near Pyengana at a lovely cheese shop and to walk through lovely rainforesty area to St. Columba Falls.

Here is a photo of our campsite at Bay of Fires, I took this standing right in front of our tent.

It was quite cloudy here but still absolutely beautiful. We drove up further north a bit (top dot on east coast) and walked along the rocks covered in orange lichen.

The next day we drove down, with a few stops, to Freycinet National Park. We hiked in with our packs to camp in the park. This is a view of Wineglass Bay from the lookout point. We camped just behind the end of the beach that you can see.

A few random photos of us on the beach.

Lots of wildlife. There was a wallaby family always around our campsite. We were lucky to get a photo of the baby having a feed.

Later on in the day we were lucky enough to also see a wombat (only picture we got you can't see his head!) and a seal resting on the rocks. The seal went for a bit of a swim and this is when it returned to the rocks.

Here is a picture close to sunset, I love when the sun rays come through the clouds like this.

And last but not least, before heading to the airport when we were back in Hobart we drove up to the top of Mt. Wellington to take some photos of Hobart.

Catching Up

Hey- so I haven't added many photos lately. We haven't been up to too much but what I do have a few pictures of are from pubs and random ones from a day off. This first photo are two of the results from the woodfire at Sturt. My piece is on the left and Owen's is on the right.

So we went down to Canberra to have a big Thanksgiving and afterwards went out to the pub with some of Owens mates. This is of Owen, Chris, Jemma, Mark, Mel, Tara and Matt.

On a day off Owen and I took the ferry to Watsons Bay. There are some fish and chip restaurants and a beer garden (where we ate) right when you get off the ferry. While waiting to go home we took a walk and I took some of my random photos because it has been a long time! This first one is a view from where we ate of the ferry drop off point and the city in the far background.

This one I love, it is of a glass bottle that has clearly been in the ocean for a long time as the green is growing off of the bottle.

This photo is of the swimming area, I thought the metal shark protecting poles looked nice with all that is growing on them.

Finally here is a picture of Owen and I waiting for the ferry to arrive to take us back to the city.

Finally, this past week we went to our uni for the graduating students show. The opening night was fun. This is a picture from the afterparty, taking a break from dancing; Leticia, Shinae, Cath, Patrizia and myself.

A Few Gatherings

Not much has been going on lately but there have been a few get togethers. Dani, who I worked with, returned to europe last week. Before she left we had a dinner and some drinks at Yuriko's. (not sure why the photo is so yellowy.....)






Then Tim and I once again celebrated our birthdays at the lowenbrau. We went first to dinner and then off for a few steins and some sing alongs. This is Tim, Lee and I, all of their Movember moustaches were cracking me up!


And... not the best picture of Owen... but that's our one from the night!

Sturt Wood Fire Weekend

This past weekend we were lucky to go to Sturt, an art school south of Sydney. We were involved in a wood fire, raku and saga fire with visiting artist Bede Clarke (who teaches at Mizzou, small world!). The first two pictures are of Sturt outside.

And then a not so lovely photo of us at the caravan park that we camped at.

This is the kiln where we did the wood fire. Both chambers were packed and then the doors closed in. We started the fire at 6 pm Friday night and finished adding wood around midnight on Saturday. It's all closed up and will sit until Thursday when they will open up the doors. As the fire got hotter and the night darker the flames looked fabulous.

This last photo is a bit fuzzy but is of Owen and I with some of his classmates and Bede.