Drinks at Sunset, Katherine Gorge

Flying Foxes by the thousands in the picnic area

It's a bit of a climb to the lookout but it's steps all the way up and hand rails

and little solar lights so you can see on the way back down, thoughtful...better than using ones mobile phone to light the way.

Almost at the top, by this point the thighs are burning

The view is worth everything.

Nibbles and excellent wine are the reward, but you have to carry it up there or in my case...my friends carried it.

An excellent drop of Tasmanian wine.

Found this crossing the road on our way back to town, after many photos he continued on his way, banded tree snake ?

Random in Katherine

The Girl

Dry season in Katherine

Katherine River at her best.

KAKADU 2013

A NIGHT OF LOUD MUSIC

 Mia and CJ at Bass in the Grass in Darwin. It was a good night of music and the girls had a great time.

 Matt Corby on stage.

Riley playing with his dog Brin and Diva.

RILEY and FOOTBALL

 Riley playing football with the Katherine Camels

 

and Diva who is not playing football just looking cute.

LONDON IN SNOW 18th January 2013

When i stepped out of the hotel this morning i stepped onto snow !!!!

So typical...last day of trip and i finally get lots of snow..buggar !

The walk to Paddington Station was wonderful, snow blowing everywhere, -8, that crunch crunch under your feet and then at the end of the first street where i had to turn the corner the snow, being pushed along by 40 mile an hour winds hit me in the face and it wasn't so much fun anymore lol. Dragging the suitcase i have come to hate through snow was no fun, the back pack was digging into my back, my eyes were watering, nose running and i couldn't feel my hands...but i was soo happy, if I'd had a third arm i would have been taking pictures. After checking the bag in at the luggage room i grabbed a coffee and walked to Kensington Gardens. It was a winter wonderland, so incredibly beautiful and bone chilling cold but i couldn't stop grinning.

The pictures aren't great because it was snowing heavy all day until about 4pm when it stopped for

a little while.

This is the Round Pond, looks different to yesterday when i was here, the grass has disappeared.

I spent the whole day in and out of the park. When i needed to thaw out i would go to a cafe and sit and watch the snow while i drank my coffee and ate my cake or whatever, this was the best day of the trip. Also the last day, at 5.30pm i caught the train to Heathrow and walked the same hallways that i had on the 27th December but in reverse. I caught a taxi to the hotel which is about 5 min drive away, its lovely and probably the best of the trip...everything happens on the last day. I spoke to the Singapore airlines staff at the airport and they said they would text if the flight is delayed. It's snowing again so i am expecting delays. I will text you Anna if i am delayed because you might have to do a job for me when you get to Katherine, hopefully i wont miss my connecting flight to Darwin.

It's been a fantastic 3 weeks, i don't want to go home or back to work but i do want to see my bambinos and puppy so i that's it till 2014 . Ciao from a very very cold snowy and beautiful London, well Heathrow to be exact. See you soon Riley and Mia love Mama.

LONDON 17th January 2013

I started walking at 8.30am today, may sound late but sunrise is 8am. I grabbed a takeaway cup of tea and a croissant and entered the park, it was lovely all covered in fog and ice, took about 100 photos.

On my way across the park towards Knightsbridge i stopped to visit the swans again, they are so photogenic..took another 100 or so photos.

It amazes me how the birds can stand on the ice or swim in that frozen pond, i take my gloves off and i start shivering. Took another 100 photos.

On my way out of the park the squirrels came up for food but i had none, if you put your hand out they come right up to you...another 100 photos

Once in Knightsbridge i spent some time in the V&A Museum { Victoria and Albert Museum }. Very interesting. Displays ranged from fashion to photos, Sculpture.. you could spend all day in there.Then i went across the road to the Natural History Museum, this is the entrance, i spent a fair bit of time here. Lunch was spent in Harrods food hall, its a good thing my bag is full otherwise i would have spent too much money here.

When i emerged from Harrods the sky was getting very cloudy and the temp had gone from 0 to -2, apparently now its around -4 and snow is supposed to fall over night and tomorrow, and it will because tomorrow is my last day. I walked back across the park to Bayswater which took awhile, my little legs were getting tired. It was a great day and i don't want tomorrow to come. In the morning i will leave my luggage at Paddington then spend the day exploring the Regents Park area which i haven't been to yet and then around 5 i will catch the Heathrow Express to the airport. I'm booked into a hotel near the airport because my flight leaves in the morning on Saturday. Suzanne have a great time in Perth and i will catch up with you when you get back. Tell Chris Rosie can stay with me for as long as, no problem. Anna ? i don't know about you but i don't want to leave....why don't i catch the train to Germany and you play tour guide and we pretend that we don't need to go back to work ? ok i will see you in Singapore. Riley and Mia ? see you soon darlings.

A sad Ciao from London.