22. August 2019 13:10
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It is not often that Aiden gets an award for good work at school, but when he does, he is very proud.
10. August 2019 20:10
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Earlier in the year at Easter time we went camping up at Barrington Tops 5 hours drive north of Sydney.
It is a very tall mountain range with some excellent walks, rivers etc.
We had a great weekend with friends sitting around the fire roasting marshmellows, walking and canoeing.
23. July 2019 10:07
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8. July 2019 12:07
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Fairly recently we started the boys on Karate.
We thought it would be a good activity for them to build strength, motor skills and discipline.
Especially Aiden is really enjoying it and putting in the hard work at home practicing. He has become stronger throughout the classes which is great. Before we started he had almost no core strength and now he is able to do sit-ups and pushups.
This weekend both Aiden and Lucas were pulled up for their first proper graduation from the white belts to the red belts and they both passed.
17. June 2019 20:06
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2. April 2019 20:10
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The Osaka aquarium is massive and very impressive. The centre piece is the massive tank in the middle with two large whale sharks and which is also full of other sharks such as hammerheads.
2. April 2019 20:10
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Tontonburi is know as the chefs/kitchen area. Here you can buy everything needed for a japanese restaurant.
It is also full of actual restaurants and other oddities such as more exotic places. It has what is known as Osaka's best Ramen restaurant (the one with the long counter in the photos below) - and Yes, the Ramen was very good.
Here it is also possible to eat specialties such as the Puffa fish.
It was also one of the few places where I saw real Samurai swords for sale.
2. April 2019 20:10
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Below the Osaka tower is a restaurant area with lots of yummi food.
The area was once a very modern part of Osaka, and worth a visit during the night.
2. April 2019 20:10
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Osaka castle is a beautiful multi story pagoda like castle inside these massive moats and ramparts with several layers of defense.
2. April 2019 18:10
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Narrabeen Beach . . .
My apartment is situated right on Narrabeen beach - one of the nicer and quieter northern beaches.
Now that I've said this, you're probably wondering about that surfer in the middle of that photo... and is the wave real?
You betcha!
I even have a photo of this surfer being 'chased' by this HUGE wave, on the wall in my apartment.
Narrabeen is renowned for its great surf and dangerous rips. Many famous lifesavers come to surf at this beach. However, usually after a big storm, the beach is closed as the waves can get pretty rough and dangerous rips pull you out to sea.
These photos were taken outside my apartment during the annual National Surf and Lifesaving competition.
