Leaving Sydney (for a little while)

I thought I would start this “blog”- and I use that term loosely as most of the ones I read are thought provoking and inspiring - as a way for family and friends to keep up with what we are up to during our time in Melbourne and beyond. It will also be a visual record of our time as missionaries, that the kids will be able to look back on in years to come.

Our cat "Scoomy" that we sadly had to leave behind.

We leased our house in Killara in January 2012 and headed to Canberra on Saturday 21^st January. The highlights were Questacon, the War Memorial afternoon tea with the Sparks and then, frankly seeing Canberra disappear in our rear vision mirror!!

Next stop was Womboyn,a small fishing town with only one shop. You could swing a cat and hit all ten houses! We loved it!! Hannah loved the hot chips and chicken salt, Ethan loved his catch of 2 fish and Soph was pretty happy singing into the fan and laughing at how different her voice sounded….simple pleasures.
Always thought I was an outdoor-sey kind of gal, until I spotted an enormous black goanna and, in order to stay safe, pushed my 7 year old in front of me and almost into a bush.......proud parenting moment # 73!!

Wednesday 25^th January was the day we arrived at St Andrews Hall in Melbourne. We set up the 3 bedroom unit, were given some great spaghetti by some other residents here and then headed out to explore the neighbourhood. All the essentials are on the very same street- K-MART, 7-eleven,Coles and medical centre.....in that order!
Very excited to discover the resident cat “Tilly” – mainly because its name is the same as the cousins dog.

Off to a good start.