Smythville

Aunty A's Medal Haul , originally uploaded by EclipseAu . Ipswich Police Citizens Youth Club's , Trampolining Club held its yearly championships today at their Dinmore Campus. Aunty A and SML were both competing, albeit in seperate divisions. Aunty A in the Womens 4 division and SML in the Mens 2. Finding the "Dinmore Campus" was our first hurdle of the day. I had asked Aunty A for directions yesterday and at one point in the directions she held up her right hand and said turn Left ??????? WT !!! Anyway following the directions seemed simple enough..... turn left after the dump and go along the road a way and you're there. The reality: turned left after the dump, travelled along the road for about 7 hours before finally finding the shed. LOL The Aunty A cheer squad was there: US, KLB and I & C, Big Nanna, DML, ML and SL and Kids. First up was Aunty A on the Double Mini tramp, then SML on the Tramp. We then had to take off to get our Fami...

Byron Bay Lighthouse , originally uploaded by EclipseAu . On Saturday, I packed up the family and we headed off for a bit of a get away to help take our minds of our sadness at losing our Aami yesterday. First stop was Jupiters Casino for Breaky. We had the buffet at Food Fantasy. Then we headed off for a swim at Tallebudgera beach. After an hour there we decided to go for a drive down the coast, and we ended up at Byron Bay. None of us had ever been there before. We saw the lighthouse and stood at the most easterly point on the east coast of Australia. We Had a late lunch of Chips and potato cakes from a little cafe on the beach and watch a wedding party getting their photos taken.

RIP AAMI , originally uploaded by EclipseAu . Aami was a beautiful dog. We had to make the heartwrenching decision today to let our beautiful girl go to heaven. We miss her very much. For 16 years she has been very much a part of our family. From the early days when she and Maddie were our babies, to seeing the girls become part of our family and growing up with them, to the final years of her life as she slowed down to spend more time with us in the house curled up on her bed. Rest In Peace our precious girl. We love you.

Smythville goes to Brassall Community Fair , originally uploaded by EclipseAu . Today Ipswich State High School and Brassall State School held a combined fair to raise money for the respective schools. We went along to partake of the Sausages in bread and pancakes from the Pancake parlour. We were originally going to lend our support to the Ipswich North Scouts who do the snags in bread, but we couldn't find them, so the money went to the schools.

CB & JP Builders PTY LTD , originally uploaded by EclipseAu . I helped CB and JP build a leggo tower today. As you can see it was nearly as tall as CB.

BBQ at Kholo Gardens , originally uploaded by EclipseAu . On the agenda for Smythville today was a BBQ with some mates. Shane and Leila were back in Country from Riyadh and Abu Dhabi and were keen for a meetup so we organised a little soiree at Kholo Gardens. It was awesome to catch up with everyone outside of work. We need to do this more often. After everyone left we took the girls for a walk in the rainforest creek. On the way back up CB started screaming and ran out of the water crying. To our surprise she had nearly stood on a snake in the creek. We stood and watched it for a while and it just stayed there, its head just sticking up through the water until I went down to have a closer look, then it disappeared under the water. Some Info about Kholo Gardens: The Kholo Botanical Gardens is a small park located on a bluff overlooking the Brisbane River with a path leading down to the river. The park was established in 1988 as a bicentennial project. It has two 1878 vi...

I had an Appointment today at Robina Town Centre Apple Store to get my iPhone fixed. The glass of the display screen had started coming unstuck. After I had finished at the Apple store CB and I walked back around to the Hairdressers to collect NP and JP. We then went for a bit of a drive around and Ended up at Fingal Heads . These Photos of Mum and the Girls were taken at the beach adjacent to the Fingal Holiday Park at Prince Street, Fingal Head. We checked out the caravan park before heading up to the Lighthouse for a bit of a sticky just around the corner. Getting to the lighthouse is a 5-10 minute (depends whether you are just strolling or walking) journey along a mainly sandy track. The Picture of the Girls doing the "Queens of the World" pose was taken on the point, below the Lighthouse over looking Cook Island (seen in the background). There is a snappin' little beach just off the right of the headland where the lighthouse is perched. I think it is ca...

Effective Truck Message , originally uploaded by EclipseAu . On our way down to Robina to get my iPhone fixed (they replaced the whole display) we found this truck with what we thought a very simple and yet effective message. Have a look at the writing on the back of this truck in the lower left and right corners. For those that can't read it: On the right hand bottom corner it says: "Passing Side" On the left hand bottom corner it says: "Suicide"

Smythville dot Com , originally uploaded by EclipseAu . We now have or own domain name. Wahoo. www.smythville.com for all things US.