Monday 24 February 2014

Bits, Bobs and In-Betweensies

Here we have a few odd photos that I thought you might appreciate. And one VERY HOT day at Lesmurdie Falls - a little hike in 40 degree heat. We're super clever we are!


The Becs and I larking around. Sisters from other misters! And Anthony lurking in the back ground haha


Had time to have a few painty jams - "vegemites" here in Down Under! This lovely lady let me paint her bump!


Of course it would be Doctor Who - what else am I going to paint?!! Haha!


Now onto our little -slighty-too-warm- hike to Lesmurdie Falls


"The View". Perth is actually in the back ground there...


See, there it is! (After major zooming in)


The Falls. As its a bit hot, obviously there's not a lot of water!




I do not like heights.


I'm doing quite well to be smiling. I genuinely do not like heights!


"Couple Awesome"


Here's the little creek that is at the bottom of the 1k hike, I thought I'd take some arty farty photos



And one of me :)


And then... as I was taking photos I couldn't help but notice, what I thought was flies at first, in fact was TINY FROGS OF AWESOME!
 So hard to get them whilst they're still, but I think I managed 2 good shots!


Thursday 20 February 2014

Scaly, Slimy and Slithery!

From the title you may think I am describing menfolk of the creepy kind... I'm not! 
We had a little afternoon jaunt to Armadale Reptile Centre, as those of you who know me, know I love a reptile! (I used to own a Red Tail Boa Constrictor called Bob!)

Here we have some of the better photos of the Centre.


So cute! These guys are actually really small and bobbing about in the water



Hello to you too!


These guys have the BEST faces!


Hey... I'm on this rock here... Want to join me?


JOIN ME.
Absolute crack up!


Gorgeous and a big one!


All I love frogs. They're so funny looking



Simon is animal whispering again. He does this a lot.


And we met Mitchell the Stimpsons Python - according to my rule, I now own this snake, as its named after me. Along with the Major Mitchell cockatiels and the Mitchell Freeway...


He's a friendly fellow. The snake, not Simon.
Ok, Si is a little bit friendly...


You'd think it was a fluffy bunny the way I'm cooing at it.


Gis a kiss Mitchell! 


He felt the need to have a little jaunt around my neck!


Dirty little flasher


You'd think this would be epic lounging around. You havent seen ANYTHING LIKE lounging til this next fella!



Legendary.


This young critter was not even on the list! I saw him on the glass!! Crazy fast, I had trouble getting a picture!




I'm touching a kookaburra!


These are my favourite owls. Tawny Frogmouth. Just amazing!


Simon bird whispering again. This bird is called Vinny, and apparently doesn't like ANYONE. Wrong! He loves Simon!




I took over scratching the head - as soon as he realised it was me and not Si - BAM! Went for my finger! Cheeky bugger!


Selfie time haha! Smile Vinny!

Thoroughly enjoyed my afternoon at Armadale Reptile Centre, I highly recommend it! Super cheap, and lots of fun. The staff were awesome and had stories to tell as well!

The Beginning of 2014

Normally, in January I'm a hermit. Full on hermit, because I'm unable to leave the house due to the crazy English weather (last year was a foot of snow, this year however I am glad that I've left my Mummatron in a house that is on a hill! Major flooding and gale force winds. Way to go England!)
So now being in Australia, I'm delighted to inform that I shall go to the ball! I can go out in a t shirt and shorts and not have corned beef legs! I can actually walk in flip flops not massive wellington boots! 

This thought pleases me :)

So, with a slight hangover, we embrace our new year - my resolution is to "Have fun, and love myself"


Becca thoroughly excited to be having a blow up sword and shield from the yum cha restaurant, Dragon Palace.






Anthony and Bec with their fun blow up toys!


Amazing churned rainbow ice cream with sherbet! Amazeballs.


How cool is this? In the middle of the CBD (Central Business District) is a beach sandbox with deckchairs and a tv playing the surf with surfy music! I am in heaven.




Loving life


Super far away shot showing exactly how big this screen was!

So now we go onto the arrival of KIMBERLEY!!!! Kim is from where I'm from (kind of, different town, you never admit to being from the town Kim is from haha) So we decided to go to Cottesloe, Kim's favourite beach in WA. To be fair, I love it too. Well, I did love it, til I got "dumped" in the ocean. Now I don't like it so much! I prefer calmer, less wave-y/surfy waters.


Just getting settled in the sand


Kim's happy to be "home"


I'm clearly an Aussie now. It's still quite warm but below 30 degrees so I'm wearing a jumpery thing.


ABSOLUTE WUSS.


I don't like the waves waaah!


Yaaay! I'm in the ocean above my knees! (This is a big thing for me you know)

And so onto a few more beachy shots from different times. 


I'd given up the Cottesloe Sunday Sesh as a bad thing (for me, just find people at the Ocean Beach Hotel - OBH - to be more than a bit pretentious and "too cool for school". I'm a geek and proud!)
So I took myself off and then spotted the beautiful sunset, so stopped and took pictures and watched it til it was gone. A much better use of an evening for me!


Onto yet another day at Cottesloe. This time we meet the lovely Zoe on her short trip to Australia.
These girls crack me up. "I want to make a hole in the sand and be buried in it!"... All righty then!



This is my lovely previously mentioned in another post Amy, who we have now defined our friendship as being each other's Squishy. The Urban Dictionary explains this term HERE 


No need to ask her to pose like a creep. She. Just. Knows.


I think Kim is now regretting her holey business


You can just make out the mermaid tail we gave her too!


Now its Zoe's turn. We are super classy and adult about this. As you can see below. Majorly mature.