1. Day 3
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Scenic views from Sugar Loaf rock, whale watching at the Cape Naturaliste lighthouse, a picnic at Meelup Beach and then a final stop in Bunbury on the way home ...

2. Geckos in the Yard
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... the picture.  With like 99.9% of homes in Warnbro having some type of fence separating them from their neighbours (and it seems 90% have a fence made of this corrugated material), we miss the openness ...

3. Kids' Baseball 01Nov2008
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... played Balcatta.  Both games were on our Rockingham home field which made it nice for our whole family to be in one place on a baseball Saturday.  Both Rockingham teams won by the mercy rule ...

4. Marapana Wildlife - Apr2010
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Cousin Karen wanted a chance to hold a koala, and Marapana Wildlife Park was her chance.  This is a great place (about 15 minutes from home) to walk around with and feed a wide variety of animals like ...

5. Margaret River - Apr2010
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Whilst Lanette was working, the boys and Tim took Karen on a whirlwind one-day trek to the Margaret River region in the southwest of WA - about 3-4 hours away from home.  We hit many of our favourite stops ...

6. Mom S in WA - Day 06
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... agreed that Kings Park is terrific.  On the way home we drove by Cottlesloe Beach and had ice cream cones (actually, "gelato" cones). ...

7. Picnic at the Breakaways
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About 15 km from the homestead to another side of the Wogarno sheep station, we picnicked and hiked at the Breakaways.  Erosion has created cliffs with overhangs and fun places to climb.  There ...

8. Sheep on the Way Home
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We had to get some good "sheep" photos as we drove back.  About 2 hours out from Perth, we drove a small highway through beautiful pastoral and crop land.

9. Warnbro Sunset 13Jun2008
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It's Friday, so we hustled home after school. After a quick change of clothes, we headed off to the beach to play and watch the sunset. The sunsets here at about 5:20 pm. We played catch with a frisbee ...

10. Wogarno Hill
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About 5 km from the station homestead is Wogarno Hill, which is a rocky outcrop that rises about 50 meters for about 3 km.  We had a great time climbing rocks around it and then one afternoon Karl, ...

11. Wogarno Homestead
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We stayed two nights on this working sheep station in the Outback about 8 hours from our house and about 40 km from the goldfields at Mt. Magnet.

12. Wogarno_homestead
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13. 1st Day of School: IMG_0553
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IMG_0553: Boys doing their first night of homework (i.e., vacation's over!).  ...

14. LWLC: technology
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technology: One half or so of the Technology Building.  In Western Australia, the "Technology" curriculum area includes a large subset of areas including shop/woodworking, home ec and cooking, textiles ...

15. Wogarno Homestead: Tyre Swing - Wogarno Station
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Tyre Swing - Wogarno Station

16. Wogarno Homestead: Wogarno shearing shed
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Wogarno shearing shed

17. Wogarno Homestead: Wogarno shearing shed_2
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Wogarno shearing shed_2

18. Wogarno Homestead: Wogarno Station
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Wogarno Station

19. Wogarno Homestead: Wogarno Station_2
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Wogarno Station_2

20. Wogarno Homestead: Wogarno Station_3
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Wogarno Station_3

21. Wogarno Homestead: Wogarno Station_5
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Wogarno Station_5

22. Highlights: Karl & Dane at Wogarno_2
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Karl & Dane at Wogarno_2: The boys had a good time on the tyre (Aussie spelling) swing by the homestead where the owners of the sheep station live.  ...

23. Wogarno Homestead: Wogarno Station Road
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Wogarno Station Road: We drove about 15 km on this wide, well-graded red dirt track from the Great Northern Highway to the Wogarno homestead.  ...

24. Wogarno Homestead: Wogarno shearing shed_3
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Wogarno shearing shed_3: Inside the shearing shed, they had 4 stations for shearers to do their thing.

25. Wogarno Homestead: Wogarno Shearers' Quarters
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Wogarno Shearers' Quarters: The shearers' quarters included these 3 buildings (left to right): the showers, the dining room and kitchen, and the trailer with bedrooms where we slept.

26. Wogarno Homestead: Wogarno Station_4
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Wogarno Station_4: The bedroom where the boys slept. Lanette and Tim slept in an attached room.  We all had beds, but nothing much else in the rooms.  With no heater and Peter leaving a window ...

27. Wogarno Homestead: Playing Footy at Wogarno
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Playing Footy at Wogarno: Tim playing "500" with our Aussie Rules Football ("footy") in some open space on the station.

28. Wogarno Hill: Sheep at Wogarno
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... them in November from which they're led back to the homestead for shearing.  In dry years (like the current and recent ones), there isn't enough water along the way to the homestead for the sheep ...

29. Perth Royal Show 27Sept2008: Photo0035
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Photo0035: In the midst of the big amusement ride area - very large and busy with rides familiar from home.  I think we counted 4 different bumper car rides.  They had a fun-looking looping roller ...

30. Perth Royal Show 27Sept2008: Photo0039
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Photo0039: The boys riding the "Gee Whiz" - a long 5 minute dizzying ride like the Tilt-a-Whirls" back home.  ...

31. Kids' Baseball 01Nov2008: Peter Safe at Home
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Peter Safe at Home:  ...

32. Campsite & Driving: Peaceful Bay WA camping 05
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Peaceful Bay WA camping 05: Packed up and ready to go home ...

33. Campsite & Driving: Dwellingup cafe
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Dwellingup cafe: On the way home we found a town we definitely want to get back to for more camping... Dwellingup.  We had a great "evening tea" (supper) at the "Dwellingup Restaurant and Tea Rooms". ...

34. Canberra - July 2009: Australian Institute of Sport - Canberra
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... Institute in Canberra.  Canberra is home to many of the sports, but is especially known for swimming, track & field and gymastics. ...

35. Canberra - July 2009: War Memorial - Canberra
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War Memorial - Canberra: The War Memorial is home to Australia's "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" and an outstanding War Museum which was a major highlight for many of our students. ...

36. Watching Twins from Down Under
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... Kubel hit the first home run in the park and Mauer did his usual contribution of 3 hits and solid catching. Photo of the first pitch at Target Field 12 April 2010 by ajc3 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajc3/ ...

37. Peter's 16th B-day and Formal
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It's Peter's 16th birthday this morning!  He celebrated it at midnight as he and I were driving home from the school's Year 11 & 12 "Formal" (think "prom").  We bought Peter a new suit so he could ...

38. My new pointing device
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... me bringing it home and leaving it on the kitchen bench for her to discover ("bench" down here means "counter").     Here's some other photos I've taken of emus.  The first one we saw near Pemberton ...

39. Peaceful Bay Camping
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... in summer, the Southern Ocean is a little cool for swimming so I think only Peter got in the water. The hottest day was when we drove home whilst the thermometer topped 107°F.  ...

40. Our Christmas
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... presents on Christmas Day morning, went to church and then had a big Christmas feast with several of our friends hosted at the home of our pastor. See more Christmas Day and Boxing Day photos in the ...

41. Merry Christmas!
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... American and some homegrown bits like their uniquely Australian Christmas songs.  Last year I posted "Aussie Jingle Bells".  This year I'll share the lyrics from another Aussie classic: "Christmas in the ...

42. Lanette's grandmother passes away
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... for several weeks and were hopeful that Lanette's mom and dad wouldn't have to cut their Australia trip short.  The Grubens were fortunate to have returned home from their long trip to visit us just on ...

43. Hot temps and baseball
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... are at 4:00 so it gives us time to head home for some lunch after the morning game.  ...

44. Gruben Visit Wrap-up
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... home.  We had two great getaways: one to the north to Kalbarri and one south to the Margaret River region.  Altogether it would be about a 13-hour journey between our northernmost and southernmost points.  ...

45. Twins win tiebreaker
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Incredibly dramatic tiebreaker baseball  game - Twins beat Detroit 6-5 in 12 innings. Dane and Karl celebrate with homer hankies while Grandpa watches on.  ...

46. Heading East for Pedal Prix
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... take us across the barren Nullarbor Plain on one of the longest straight sections of road in the world. The race is from Saturday noon to Sunday noon. I'll fly back home Sunday night. You can catch ...

47. I stacked it with my bike
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... my iPod touch whilst staying home for a day from school. I was doing my weekly Wednesday afterschool bicycle training with kids from our college's Pedal Prix racing team.  We go for rides along the beach ...

48. The giant footy ovals
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... stadium in downtown Melbourne that seats a little over 50,000 for footy. It was the biggest crowd ever for a Bulldogs home match. Collingwood is often compared to the New York Yankees of baseball as ...

49. Eastern States Update
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... next 3 nights before flying home Saturday night.  I'm very much looking forward to attending my first AFL foot match Friday night. More news to come soon.    ...

50. Sarsaparilla Floats
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...  We had our first taste of sasparilla at our pastor's house last Saturday, and they sent a four-pack of bottles home with us.  (They're also frequent drinkers of ginger beer which we see a lot of down ...