Christmas/New Year

Mark and I went to Maidenhead, Berkshire (pronounced "Barkshire") just outside London for Christmas and New Year, meeting up with the Townsville crew - Mum & Tim, Sarah, Troy and Tayla.

Mum made the girls Christmassy dresses.

We Spent New Years at Hogmanay in Edinburugh, Scotland. We actually spent it in a hotel on the outskirts of the city with one of Sarah's friends, Pam, from Townsville. We endeavoured to find some excitement in the city (NB. Scotish bus seats!) where we witnessed a fellow Aussie's disappointment with the N.Y weather, with a lot of choice swear words at the ever present cold drizzle.

The girls loved playing together. They became great friends during their time together. Isabella was asking for "Ta Ta" long after Tayla returned to Townsville. Stay tuned for more mischief...

October frolicking

I went to Burnie and a trip around the North West of Tassie on my own for a free concert Triple J put on Saturday night. As it's 4 hours drive from Hobart, I decided to spend the weekend and visited a few of the local attractions. Wynyard had their annual tulip festival, so I decided to go for a tip-toe.

I headed out to Dismal Swamp, a blackwood sinkhole preserved by Forestry Tasmania. The weather was cold, wet and windy, in keeping with the name. You could walk through the swamp on walkways, and artists had inserted their flair in areas throughout the walk.

I spent a night in Stanley, which has a geographical attraction called 'The Nut', a volanic shell filled with basalt - similar to Table Cape, where the tulip farm is. You can get a chairlift up & down, but being the intrepid adventurer I am, I climbed the steep incline and had a wander about Stanley's nut. I'm more used to seeing Stanley (my father), doing his nut. Tee hee....

The best way to finish a self-absorbent weekend is to gorge oneself. Cheers!

Betta Milk Ad

Mark and Biscuit recently starred in a Tasmanian milk ad. "Betta milk" keeping the good stuff in Tasmania. These are two of the 'officers' who were training new recruits, ie the cats, to sniff out people attempting to smuggle out our milk.

Canberra wedding in September

My cousin Matthew and (now) Belinda Connor got married in Canberra, prompting a Connor reunion.

Matthew and Belinda's wedding was the perfect opportunity to catch up with all of my 'little' cousins! The 'crazy' Connors!!

More of The crazy Connors!

A happy Trio!

We stopped over on our way back from WA - talk about 'love seat'!

September Perth wedding

Mark's quest for extra points in his "Walk around Antarctica" competition while we were on holidays. NB the weather didn't get much better...

"Wino's Tasmania" in Margaret River.

Hobartians ventured to the Eastern boarder for Grubby and Sharon's wedding in Fremantle, September. We enjoyed experiencing many of the local sites.

The "Burt St"gang!

Kathleen and Danni (friends from Townsville) put us up while we were in Freo. Had a grand time!!

Tayla and GG

Tayla had problems playing 'nice' with Georgia... Not to worry, they kissed and made up after the camera stopped rolling.

Nieces Tayla and Isabella

Mark and I travelled to Townsville for a week in August to celebrate Tayla and Isabella's Christening, not to mention mummy Katherines' 30th, Granny Cheryls' birthday and Isabellas' belated 1st birthday!