Family reunion in Nanango

On Easter Sunday we drove two hours north west to a place called Nanango to join a family reunion of the Hunters. This is Craig's mother's mother's side of the family. Thankfully Craigs brother and wife and two sons as well as Joanna and her man Kane came along and we managed to find a bottle shop and had a really fun day!
There is even a street named after the Millis Clan, how cool is that!?!?!? As you can see I was not allowed to be in the picture yet... Grin.


We all had dinner at Rob and Jackies place in the evening and played with the puppies. They are so cute at 6 weeks. I wish we could have one!

Easter in Oz

We went for a lovely walk on Good Friday and explored some of the local rainforest! It was a wonderful day and I can honestly say I have never seen so many spiders in one day!!! And we even saw one little snake! Craig's jump was quite impressive!

another addition to the Dobell palace

Here I am, sitting under the new lovely pergola doing Chinese homework and keeping an eye on the job market. Yesterday I spent most of the day at the immigration office and FINALLY got my work permit! I am so so proud and really looking forward to getting back into a normal life. Not quite sure what I want to do workwise but I am waiting for the inspiration! Unfortunately, there are quite a few credit card bills to pay off as you can imagine!

this is what the back of the house looked like when we moved in. Very exposed indeed and unbearably hot in the day.


This week James built this lovely pergola where I can sit comfortably in the shade, listening to all the birds outside and enjoying the fresh air without worrying about getting another step closer to skin cancer. Perfect!

Fortunately it has cooled down a lot this week and we are somewhere in the mid twenties most of the day and had temperatures as low as 15C in the night!
I might get to wear all those jackets and boots I own in the end...