Berrara Beach 2

As we headed up the walk to our cabin, we had a big suprise.
The kangaroos were everywhere!
They were quite tame and friendly. Many of them had joeys in their pouches. Kait and Sam named one Greta and her joey is Nigel. Sara, Bob, Mike, Fred, George and Mo kept us entertained for hours.
This was the alpha male of the group. We was as tall as John! No joke! We always stayed at a distant and kept a careful watch on his family.

We are beginning our plans to come home. We are expecting to be home the first week of November. That is in only 6 weeks. We still have our Outback trip the first week of October. So, see you all soon!

Berrara Beach

This weekend we went to Berrara Beach. We went south down the coast near a really small seaside village--Sussex Inlet. Upon recommendation from a family at school, we decided it sounded like the perfect place to celebrate our anniversary.
The are rooftops in the trees. The third one over was our "chalet." It was a very nice 2 bedroom modern cabin. We had a short walk down some steps to the beach.
The beach right in front was rock pools, but a short walk took us too a beautiful swimming beach.
After the kids got us up at 6:30 saying they were headed down to the beach and that they would see us later, we bolted up and joined them. We walked up and down the beach and checked it out. We had been told we would see kangaroos in our front yard in the morning so we were a bit dissappointed when there were none when we got up. We decided to get lunch before heading back to the beach for swim and sun.

Sam got 10th at MacKillop Trials!

Sam earned the right to represent Wollongong Diocese in the shotput (9&10yrs) at the New South Wales Catholic Schools Athletics Event. The event was held Friday, 5 Sept. at the Blacktown Olympic Park, a suburb of Sydney. His mate, Alex Sheridan, came to cheer him on.

Sam was part of the opening ceremony which included a prayer and the National Anthem, Australia Fair. It had already started raining, so after a few short speaches and introductions the events started.
Sam and Alex tried to stay warm. It was a very windy, rainy and cold day. His black and red uniform was the Wollongong team clothing that he was able to keep.
Here is Sam throwing his heart out in the drenching rain. He started out with just his singlet and shorts on --but it was too cold! He threw with his jumper(jacket) and wind pants on. He has a t-shirt tucked in his pants to dry the ball. It was really wet as were we all. We are proud of Sam's achievements--10th in the NSW Catholic Schools (about 2oo schools divided into 7 regional dioceses).