Wordless Wednesday

Heather Goes Whalesharking

Today I was finally able to go whalesharking, which is one of the big tourist attractions in Exmouth. I went with Ningaloo Whaleshark n Dive, and they were great. Dave will go tomorrow, and I'll post his photos later!

 This is a dugong. We saw it when we were doing our introductory snorkel.

Putting Asher to Work

This last week has had three milestones- Dave finished work on a Wednesday, on Saturday we had a garage sale and sold nearly everything, and on Wednesday we sent everything that was left to Perth in a trailer. Our bedroom suite, fridge, and washing machine is being sold to the manager moving in after us, so that is still here. We have borrowed a portacot for Asher and a table from church, and everything else is our camping stuff.

Asher is enjoying this very simplified house. The less stuff he has to play with, the more he plays with what he has.

Supermoon! (A late post)

A Supermoon is when the full moon is closest in its' orbit to the Earth and generally happens once a year. This year the supermoon rose as the sun set, around 6pm, but there were low clouds blocking the moon rise.

Asher has an adventure

This afternoon Dave and I were finishing our big task of the week- packing everything and preparing to put it into the trailer. Around 4:30pm, when we are usually winding down and getting ready to go for a swim or a walk with Asher, we were still packing away. Asher was sitting on the porch and started scooting away, through the yard and down the driveway and down the dirt road leading to the farm...

Water Transferring- Toddler play!

We've been doing lots of activities with things around the house. This one was transferring water from one container to another, and I usually give him a variety of 'tools' to transfer with. He gets the general idea, but doesn't manage to move much water. (He often tries to pick up water with his fingers and transfer it that way).

Despite putting it on a towel, he gets everything wet, but he loves it so!

Warroora Station- Church Camp

Last weekend our church visited Warroora Station for church camp. Warroora is the sheep and cattle station of the McLeod family. We went there last year too, and stayed at the Shearer's Quarters. The quarters were 'donga' style buildings- a row of rooms with either one single bed or two single beds and a table in each. There was a communal kitchen and outdoor area.

 This is Asher posing in the kitchen.

Dave Finishes Work

 Asher usually goes to the door around 3 each afternoon looking for Dave (we can see the farm from our front door). Too bad Dave's work schedule has changed and he gets off work at 4pm now! That time of the afternoon is the hardest- between when he expects Dave and when Dave actually arrives.

I bought a cake and decorated it for Dave's last day of work. I only had about 30 minutes to do it, so I used marzipan to make an off-colour barramundi (perhaps it has been rolling in mud) and some corrugated paper for the fins and tail.

New Friends

 At church camp at Warroora Station, Asher was sitting on his mattress playing when a goat wandered in the open door of our room and climbed on his mattress. Later Asher shared a piece of bread with Billy the Goat...

Gecko poking!