Get Adobe Flash player
Home

Whole Family

Going to the beach - 2 November 2005 at Caloundra

Tim's picture
IMG_0501-640

Tim's parents are over from New Zealand on holiday. This week they are holidaying at an apartment in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast just north of Brisbane.

2nd November we went up to visit them. Miranda had already stayed over for a few days and this time it was Jadeen's turn to stay with them for 2 days.

IMG_0511-640

First though we had to go to the beach and make sandcastles. This was a lot of fun with a large fort being constructed with some fairly rudimentary towers on the 4 corners, the best of which was smashed by a child before any photos were taken!

This was followed up by a visit to the rock pools along part of the coast while the tide was out.

IMG_0604-640

Tim managed to get some fantastic shots of the foam droplets as the waves smashed against the rock shelf we were on. The new camera really captures this well with drops of foam hanging suspended in the air.

All the pictures are in the Outings gallery as well as the other galleries they belong to. Click on Jadeen's gallery to see all her pictures for example.

IMG_0636-640

Finally we enjoyed a meal of fish and chips in the apartment with Mum and Dad before heading home leaving Jadeen to stay for 2 days. We will miss her but she is bound to have fun and will be back before we know it.

Sandcastles

Tim's picture
HPIM8107-640

We all went to the beach last Sunday afternoon and built sandcastles.
The main castle was a 3 metre square tide fort. While shovelling the sand I developed blisters on my palms!
It successfuly held the water out for some time.
We also did some sculpting of wet sand making some simple

HPIM8096-640

spires and towers.
The kids loved playing in the sand and revelled in all the sights and sounds. We found a soldier crab, watched a hawk riding the wind currents, played in the current of the incoming tide (we were right at the entrance way to a long passage way between the mainland and a large island)
Then we had a great swim before coming home.
There are a heap more photos in the galleries.

Using RSS to view this site

Tim's picture

Did you know you can get the updates for this website without having to actually go to the site?

Yes you can!

This site uses a feature called RSS to do that. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication.

What this means is that this site creates a RSS feed and you can read that feed using a RSS reader.
Think email.
Everytime we post information to this site it sends out the information and your reader can get it. Unlike email though you can control what you do and don't get.
Read more information about RSS on SpyJournal Blog Tips.

Miller Family Feeds
The Syndication Page has links to every feed this site makes. Once you have a feed reader installed simply copy this link ./?q=node/feed to your reader.
Feed Readers
About.com lists links to free RSS readers you can download and install for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Went to the creek and played

Tim's picture
HPIM7199-800

Today we went to the creek and played - it was great!
The kids found some mud and splashed and had a ball as did the dog. Mercedes preferred to watch from the comfort of the bank with me as I used the camera to good effect - there are 50 odd photos published here today.
Check the Nature Image Gallery for the pictures

Lots going on at the moment

Tim's picture

Read about Judith's dragons on her site and check out the sunsets we have been having.
Tim is full on at soccer at the moment, both outdoor and indoor.
We are all enjoying the fantsastic food Judith creates.