More birds!

The birds here continue to fascinate us. The kids went out on the veranda with bread to try to lure the cockatoos in for a snack. It worked. Sam just sort of held the bread up and a couple of birds landed on a near by roof to check him out and soon they were over for a nibble.
As you can see, they are good sized birds. Sam is having a great time!
Kait got in on it too. I think they had about 6 different birds come to visit that afternoon. We also learned bread is not good for them --that we should feed the sunflower seed--I just didn't have any. John found out at work if you get in the pattern of feeding them often, they will come and wait on the railing for you to come out and feed them. If you don't come however, they are known to destroy wooden houses. Our building is all concrete. I think we will only feed sporadically!!

It is Fall and the weather is turning colder. The mornings are in about 16 c(58f). I think it got to 68 f today. A typically winter day here (July) is in the low 60's. So it should not be too bad. At the beach, the water is getting cooler. Sam has a wet suit that he wear when surfing. It helps his body not get so banged up from the fins on the bottom.

Sam had another rugby test (scrimmage) on Sunday. He is playing for the Collegians League rugby. There are two types of rugby league (Sam) and union. I did not know this but league is more rough--yippee!! Anyway, there are different rules. The Collegians are a Catholic mens club sort of like the Knights of Columbus. They support the team that has boys in age groups under 8's up to adult. They play other league teams. We travel to other towns to do this and the season goes through September. He practices on Tuesday and Thursday and has games on Sunday. We are learning alot. John has figured out some of the rules--but, I am a bit clueless. I am trying though. It is quite rough. Tackling with very little protection. I will get some photos this weekend.

Kait is doing a drama class on Saturday afternoons at the Performing Arts theater. She really loves it. I have seen nothing so far. She goes in the door and comes out 1.5 later happy. Apparently this weekend they were filmed doing a number of different performances.

Well all of this keeps us from traveling much right now. We did go to the Nan Tiem Temple on Saturday morning. It is the largest buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere. It was a very peaceful place. We had a vegetarian lunch and lotus tea. I forgot the camera--I am sure we will go there again.

On Sunday after rugby we went to Bulli beach to have lunch at a place with water views, Ruby's.

It was a perfect place for lunch.

I am trying to keep us visiting new places--but life is getting in the way. Mom and Dad are coming April 25th to May 10th. We plan to visit a lot of places with them. So I will keep you posted--no pun intended!