Tiki tour day 6

Starting the journey back home today, we said goodbye to Baradine

Morning walk and I saw two kangaroos in the camp grounds

Miss Jules finished her quilt top

Lea has finished part of her quilt top, love the colours.

We drove to Dubbo and then on to Cowra, the sun was setting as we arrived.

A photo shared on What's App of the final few at Baradine.

We have had dinner and a bit of a relax and now it is bed time. Tomorrow we have a craft shop, a quilt shop and the Japanese Gardens to explore and might even put the car thru the car wash , it has a splatter of cow poo from following a truck.

Joys of travel in Aus!!

Happy stitching. 

Well

this week has flown by once again!
I have been up to Gisborne and caught up with Margaret and Tracee

Margaret's dog Misty and I had a morning walk, I was the slow one!!

we spied a few kangaroo easing into the day

and having breakfast

this beautiful tree was on our way

I have started on another KOGO blanket and have to knit up some fillers

you can see the strips are all different lengths, so need to even them up. The multi coloured wool should fit in ok.

The Aussie hero quilt is quilted, I removed the single tooth, he is a bit less comedic now.

Off now to trim and begin the binding.

Have a great weekend.

Peaceful afternoon

Yesterday I visited Trish, a friend from where I used to work, we both love stitching and patchwork, so had a sew and a natter!!

first a cuppa and a snack.....

some secret sewing...sorry can't show you any more just yet.....

Trish has been very busy making hexies....she has over 100 flowers so far...

yummy gluten free sponge cake......

today I have traced and cut out kangaroos to go on one of the Aussie Hero's quilts...am off now to sew them on with the invisible thread....now there is a challenge!!

Happy sewing!

Ballarat Wildlife Park

This morning I left Gisborne in the sunshine and arrived in Ballarat in low cloud and drizzle!! What a change! I took the toy voyages to the park so one could achieve a mission, which was to have kangaroo experiences! Easy to do here!!

Mum and bub!

this was the first time I had seen a red kangaroo close to the fence, their faces and eyes are quite different to the gray kangaroos.

So peaceful!!

Happy days!

FNWF

Well we had a great night last night, Tracee had the fire going - just as well as we have returned to winter here in Gisborne after having a few beautiful spring days, we stitched, ate, laughed, played with the dogs, looked at Tracee's quilts (beautiful!!) and were shocked when we realised it was 11pm!!
We didn't take photos of the food, but Tracee had cooked a wonderful chicken curry with rice, Marg had made sausage rolls, Tania had a plate of chopped veges, carrot, cucumber, capsicum, dry biscuits and dip and a yummy brie, and I had made jelly with strawberries and blueberries set in it! A feast!

Marg working on her kangaroos, she is  on the last one!!

Tania making hexagons for her new quilt

my hexagons splattered about!! They are for the quilt I am repairing for a work mate

Marg's last to be stitched kangaroo

Tracee busy knitting, and unknitting and knitting, a little woops happened that slowed things down for her.

Isis keeping us company!!

Hexagons under construction.

We had a lovely evening, it is such a treat to get together and sew and chat....many thanks to Tracee for being the hostess with the mostest!

Pinched Marg's photo!!

Down the beach

Probably my last beach walk for a while - it is sunny and warm today but the breeze is a little cold, but that doesn't stop a walk on the beach!!

this poinsettia was in a garden on my way - just loved the colour!

went along Panorama Road,followed the track alongside the golf course, over the swing bridge (yep I felt it swing when some bloke walking the other way stopped walking and started jumping up and down!!!!) Some people!!! He stopped when I stood and stared at him - must have had the scary face on!!! :-) This was the headland the track came out on

Scary lady trying to take photo of self!!! LOL!!

Back down onto the beach

love it here today!

but I forgot a photo from yesterday

went with DH for a walk yesterday morning - he didn't tell me it would be 7km round trip until I staggered back to the bungalow!!!! ( He knows me well!!!) But we saw hundreds of these bats (fruit bats??) hanging in trees, some quiet, some chattering and jostling for position on the tree.

Have been sitting out the back here sewing in the sun keeping company with the kangaroos

Not a bad way to spend a few hours!!

Australian postcards

These cards have all gone to a new home in Finland.

Visitor

There was a visitor in the yard next door on Sunday, he had a look at us and then carried on eating, not a care in the world.