1. Adelaide Day 1-May2009
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Lanette and Tim escaped to Adelaide and South Australia's Barossa Valley for a few nights to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversay (25 March 1989).  We flew from Perth to Adelaide, landing at about 3pm.  ...

2. Adelaide Day 2-May2009
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Lanette and Tim escaped to Adelaide and South Australia's Barossa Valley for a few nights to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversay (25 March 1989). The first night was at an original 1850s German settler's ...

3. Adelaide Day 3-May2009
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Lanette and Tim escaped to Adelaide and South Australia's Barossa Valley for a few nights to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversay (25 March 1989).  Day 3 was spent walking the streets and parks of the ...

4. Geckos in the Yard
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I love this photo Lanette took of geckos playing on our fence in the backyard.  She said the little one was moving all over the place while the big one wouldn't budge enough to even get his tail in ...

5. Karl @ Dancesport 10Sept2008
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Karl's Year 5 class had a "Dancesport" performance in the chapel at Living Waters on the 10th of September.  In front of family and friends, they performed an amazing variety of dances and did really, ...

6. Karl's 11th B-day
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We celebrated Karl's 11th birthday with a big cookie made by Lanette.  Since the candles couldn't be planted on the cookie, Lanette held a stack of 11 burning candles for Karl to blow out.  Karl ...

7. 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 ...

8. Mom S in WA - Day 02
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Day 2 with Mom and Ann in WA.  In the morning, the boys watched the Twins beat the White Sox 12-5 (live on mlb.com) while Lanette and the ladies went to check out the grocery shops.  In the afternoon we ...

9. Mom S in WA - Day 05
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We gave Carla and Ann a tour of our school campus this morning.  Sorry - forgot the camera so no pictures, but you can see my photos of the school from last May here. Lanette was working today, so after ...

10. Mom S in WA - Day 11
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While Lanette was at work, the rest of us headed up to Perth via the train.  While it costs Lanette about $10 a day to take public transport (bus or combination of bus and train), family's get a great ...

11. Our Backyard
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Just a few photos from the backyard of our house in Warnbro. Most people don't have clothes dryers here, so Lanette's getting used to hanging the clothes out to dry. To choose any of these photos to ...

12. Pemberton's Karri Forests
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We stayed one night in Pemberton and then explored the forests with a scenic drive and Lanette's courageous attempt to climb a 75 metre (246 ft) giant karri tree. See locations marked on a Google Map ...

13. Perth Zoo 02Sept2008
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Karl chose to spend his birthday and his day off from school at the Perth Zoo.  Lanette, Peter, and Dane joined him while Tim was at the Year 11 Leadership Camp. These pictures were taken by Peter ...

14. Flght to Perth Australia: Lanette and Tim in New Zealand
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Lanette and Tim in New Zealand ...

15. Our Backyard: Lanette_dane_drying
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Lanette_dane_drying ...

16. Our Backyard: Lanette_drying
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Lanette_drying ...

17. Surf at Secret Harbour 6-May-2008: lanette_tim_secretharbour
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lanette_tim_secretharbour ...

18. Another Day at Secret Harbour: Lanette_Dane_SHarbour
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Lanette_Dane_SHarbour ...

19. New (used) Trajet: IMG_0554
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IMG_0554: Lanette at the wheel of our 7-passenger Hyundai Trajet (pronounced Tra-jay)  ...

20. Kangaroos!: Lanette_roos
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Lanette_roos ...

21. Kangaroos!: sheep
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sheep: Driving away from the Darling Range and back toward Rockingham, Lanette took this photo of sheep.  ...

22. Halls Head 06July2008: Lanette_HallsHead
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Lanette_HallsHead ...

23. Highlights: Lanette at Wogarno
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Lanette at Wogarno ...

24. New Norcia: New Norcia Hotel_2
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New Norcia Hotel_2: Lanette on the balcony outside our room.  ...

25. 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 ...

26. Mt. Magnet: The Granites - Aboriginal Paintings_2
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The Granites - Aboriginal Paintings_2: Lanette and Karl checking out the Aboriginal paintings.  We really didn't figure out what they were paintings of.  ...

27. Toodyay 02Aug2008: DSC06338
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DSC06338: Lanette held a 3-week old lamb that was being cared for by a shop owner.  ...

28. Karl's 11th B-day: IMG_1693
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IMG_1693: Since the candles could be planted on the giant cookie, Lanette held a stack of 11 burning candles for Karl to blow out.  ...

29. Perth Royal Show 27Sept2008: Photo0019
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Photo0019: Lanette reminisced about growing up with St. Bernard's.  ...

30. Perth Royal Show 27Sept2008: Photo0026
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Photo0026: Posing with our new hats bought at the Royal Show.  Lanette's is a sun hat that will prove useful this summer.  Tim bought an authentic, leather, Australian bush hat (from Lanette ...

31. Busselton day trip 07Oct2008: Yalingup WA
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Yalingup WA: Lanette and Dane relaxing on the beach at Yalingup on Cape Naturaliste  ...

32. Peter's Graduation 09Dec2008: peter and parents
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peter and parents: Peter with Lanette and Tim  ...

33. Southwest Coast: Augusta WA 02
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Augusta WA 02: Flowers on the grounds of the Augusta Hotel (photo by Lanette)  ...

34. Southwest Coast: Augusta WA 04
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Augusta WA 04: Flowers on the grounds of the Augusta Hotel (photo by Lanette)  ...

35. Southwest Coast: Cape Leeuwin 14
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Cape Leeuwin 14: Lanette and Peter with the big waves at the Water Wheel at Cape Leeuwin. ...

36. Southwest Coast: Cape Leeuwin 18
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Cape Leeuwin 18: Lanette, Peter and Karl at the Water Wheel at Cape Leeuwin ...

37. Southwest Coast: Cape Leeuwin 26
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Cape Leeuwin 26: Lanette and Tim at the Water Wheel at Cape Leeuwin ...

38. Southwest Coast: Cape Leeuwin 46
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Cape Leeuwin 46: Dane at the Water Wheel at Cape Leeuwin (photo by Lanette)  ...

39. Campsite & Driving: Peaceful Bay WA Caravan Park 04
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Peaceful Bay WA Caravan Park 04: Our side of the campsite with the boys sleeping in our big tent and Lanette and Tim sharing the small one. ...

40. Pemberton's Karri Forests: Bicentennial Tree Climb 02
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Bicentennial Tree Climb 02: Lanette and Peter attempting to climb the "Bicentennial Tree" in the Warren National Forest near Pemberton. ...

41. Pemberton's Karri Forests: Bicentennial Tree Climb 07
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Bicentennial Tree Climb 07: Lanette beginning her attempt. ...

42. Pemberton's Karri Forests: Bicentennial Tree Climb 11
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Bicentennial Tree Climb 11: Lanette resting on the platform ...

43. Pemberton's Karri Forests: Bicentennial Tree Climb 13
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Bicentennial Tree Climb 13: Lanette nearing the 40 metre mark of her climb ...

44. Pemberton's Karri Forests: Bicentennial Tree Climb 14
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Bicentennial Tree Climb 14: Lanette eventually stopped at the point of the beginning of the big branches ...

45. Pemberton's Karri Forests: Bicentennial Tree Climb 15
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Bicentennial Tree Climb 15: The view up to the halfway platform with Lanette just above. ...

46. Consipicuous Cliffs fishing: Conspicuous Cliffs WA 33
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Conspicuous Cliffs WA 33: We did a sausage sizzle on the second night at Conspicuous Cliffs (a cool night!). (Mark, Narelle, Lanette, Karl, and Dane) ...

47. Tree Top Walk: blue wren
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blue wren: Lanette has been looking hard for blue wrens.  This is the first one we saw up close. ...

48. Tree Top Walk: tree top walk 02
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tree top walk 02: Lanette and the boys on the Tree Top Walk which took us up to 40 metres in the Red Tingle forest. ...

49. Tree Top Walk: tree top walk 18
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tree top walk 18: Karl, Lanette, and Peter at the base of a red tingle tree showing their signature "buttresses" it uses to support itself in the shallow soil rather than relying on deep roots. ...

50. Albany: Albany The Gap 08
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Albany The Gap 08: Lanette near The Gap ...