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| Kangaroo Paw?? |
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| Grass trees?? |
We spent
the months leading up to Christmas venturing out, trying to discover new places
in the great outdoors (apart from the beach), and attempting to re-create ‘Austria’
here in Perth. From family bike rides
around our local lake (or is it more of a swamp?) to picnics in Kings Park (a
lovely great big place overlooking the city and the Swan River - a must visit
if you visit!). Within Kings Park are
botanical gardens, endless grassed areas with fountains to gaze at, several
playgrounds for the kids and picnic areas, and new since we left in 2011 –
Naturescape – which is a ‘natural garden’ for kids to wander and paddle and
climb and just get down and dirty really!
Bearing similarity to environments we spent most of our time in in Austria,
we spent a morning there paddling in the ‘creek’ and climbing the rocks,
building a ‘cubby’ (den), climbing trees and rope mazes, and mixing ‘magic
potions’ in the bush, amongst some strange and wonderful Australian fauna (I’ll
put the pics in but have no idea what they’re called!).
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| One little speckled frog... |
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| Mixing a 'cheer up' potion for Daddy |
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| Our local pine forest - in Summer |
Charmed by
all things wooden such as Christmas ornaments and dorky things to hang on your
front door as can be found everywhere in Austria we went in search of ‘materials’,
albeit Australian style. The school is
situated near the house in a lovely ‘leafy’ area and so on our little walks to
and from school we collected sticks and gum nuts (which are locally known as ‘honkey
nuts’ and are a health hazard if you’re running along and accidentally step on
one = sprained ankle!). We ventured out
to our local ‘pine forest’ in search of pine cones, and although we did find a
couple of promising Christmas tree decorations, we also found a Huntsman
spider, hiding under a piece of bark I thought might make a nice candle holder
(I didn’t stick around to take a photo of it!) and a gang of Kangaroo’s graced
us with their presence!
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| Building a 'cubby' |
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| A creeky paddle |
Not quite
the woodsy explorations we had fallen in love with, but at least we were
trying! And we did manage to glue and
stick together some quite nice looking bits and pieces ready for Christmas!
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| Collection of cones |
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| Spot the spider(ssss)! |
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| Bouncy visitors |
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| Biking round the lake |
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| A summer tree in full bloom |
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